Very late.. 2 years after I130 approval

[earlynova 0]

Hello, My mother petitioned for my aunt in Oct 2010 for the I130 and it was approved by USCIS (on their website) on July 16, 2015. She didn't know receive the approval letter back then and I called USCIS then for her to ask and they said it was approved. Unfortunately, we both didn't know much about the immigration process back then and now over two years later.. I wanted to check up on the case again and wondered if it's too late to contact the NVC about this case? We thought all we had to do left was to wait on the waiting list but I'm afraid it's not what we were supposed to do? I never called the NVC or anything and we didn't get any notices further than that.. I'm worried it's too late to inquire and all of the waiting was for nothing.. any help is appreciated.. thanks..

 

edit: also any tips or steps on what to do (or what my aunt has to do) after being an approved i130 would be really helpful! (I just started the k1 process myself and remembered my mom did a petition like this, unfortunately i only know about k1 processes, and wanted to help her with her petition too)

Edited October 3, 2017 by earlynova

[geowrian 22,338]

So it's your mother's sister, right? Then it will still take about another 4 years before an Oct. 2010 priority date (PD) will become current. While the I-130 was approved, there still is not an immigrant visa available for the F4 category yet, so it's just going to sit at NVC until one becomes available.

 

The timeline above assumes that your aunt is not from China, India, Mexico, or the Philippines. Those countries are oversubscribed and will take longer.

Edited October 3, 2017 by geowrian

[earlynova 0]

2 minutes ago, geowrian said:

So it's your mother's sister, right? Then it will still take about another 4 years before an Oct. 2010 priority date (PD) will become current. While the I-130 was approved, there still is not an immigrant visa available for the F4 category yet, so it's just going to sit at NVC until one becomes available.

 

The timeline above assumes that your aunt is not from China, India, Mexico, or the Philippines. Those countries are oversubscribed and will take longer.

Yeah, I was worried on what she had to do, so once her PD appears she has to fill another form from the NVC?

 

I forgot to mention this is in Vietnam, thank you!

[geowrian 22,338]

5 minutes ago, earlynova said:

Yeah, I was worried on what she had to do, so once her PD appears she has to fill another form from the NVC?

 

I forgot to mention this is in Vietnam, thank you!

Once her PD is current, NVC will send a welcome letter and the process can continue. The PD is current when it is past the "Final Action Dates" for your category (F4).

 

Technically you can send documents a little sooner ("Dates for Filing" on the visa bulletin). They will sit there unprocessed until the PD becomes current, but it's a way to get a little ahead on the process.

 

Visa Bulletin (updates monthly): https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bulletin.html