I-130 November 2017 Filers

[beachboy95 9]

Hello Everyone, 

 

Me and my wife filed the I-130 in November of 2017 ( with the help of a lawyer we retained)  and received our NOA1 at the end of November. We are anxiously awaiting the second NOA and have been living apart due to her being outside the US. I fly to see her every month or two, and miss her terribly. We are in our very early 20's and are hoping to receive our NOA2 very soon and hoping that the NVC stage doesn't take more than 2-4 months. I am nervous we are going to get an RFE since we are so young. Anyone else in the same boat or filed an I-130 in November? Perhaps another young couple? The waiting is more than difficult, especially with no updates from USCIS. ( Also I made a congressional inquiry last week , I am not sure if it will go anywhere)

[pushbrk 12,894]

You both being in your early 20's is not a reason for an RFE.  You can hope all you want but NOA1 to petition approval is a black hole,   Being prepared for the NVC stage is how you can make it as short as possible.

[Ryan H 3,812]

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1 hour ago, beachboy95 said:

Hello Everyone, 

 

Me and my wife filed the I-130 in November of 2017 ( with the help of a lawyer we retained)  and received our NOA1 at the end of November. We are anxiously awaiting the second NOA and have been living apart due to her being outside the US. I fly to see her every month or two, and miss her terribly. We are in our very early 20's and are hoping to receive our NOA2 very soon and hoping that the NVC stage doesn't take more than 2-4 months. I am nervous we are going to get an RFE since we are so young. Anyone else in the same boat or filed an I-130 in November? Perhaps another young couple? The waiting is more than difficult, especially with no updates from USCIS. ( Also I made a congressional inquiry last week , I am not sure if it will go anywhere)

 

40 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

You both being in your early 20's is not a reason for an RFE.  You can hope all you want but NOA1 to petition approval is a black hole,   Being prepared for the NVC stage is how you can make it as short as possible.

 

[Taaa 125]

On 5/29/2018 at 6:34 PM, Santotanya said:

I’m 200 days in still waiting noa2 

tsc 

noa1nov13-2017

are people really being approved 

yes!!!

we were approved!

NOA1, 11/24/17

NOA2, 05/22/18

 

Check the new USCIS website if you haven't done yet. 

 

[Andres 3]

5 hours ago, Sdkmu said:

I did a search on the thread of NVC may 2018 filers and the range of USCIS to send your case to NVC can take up to 3 weeks.

 

as for assigning case number the normal time is around 6 weeks and up to 8. 

 

You have to call NVC weekly if you want to be on top of things.

 

I hired a lawyer and his estimates to get case no is 60 days which is close to what’s going on here on VJ .. 

So about 2-3 month to have a case number and then maybe another 2 months for interview? sound about right ?

[Sdkmu 51]

21 minutes ago, Andres said:

So about 2-3 month to have a case number and then maybe another 2 months for interview? sound about right ?

Yes .. but remember these are all estimates it could be a lot shorter or longer but you’ve gotta hope for the best.

[Sdkmu 51]

3 hours ago, beachboy95 said:

Hello Everyone, 

 

Me and my wife filed the I-130 in November of 2017 ( with the help of a lawyer we retained)  and received our NOA1 at the end of November. We are anxiously awaiting the second NOA and have been living apart due to her being outside the US. I fly to see her every month or two, and miss her terribly. We are in our very early 20's and are hoping to receive our NOA2 very soon and hoping that the NVC stage doesn't take more than 2-4 months. I am nervous we are going to get an RFE since we are so young. Anyone else in the same boat or filed an I-130 in November? Perhaps another young couple? The waiting is more than difficult, especially with no updates from USCIS. ( Also I made a congressional inquiry last week , I am not sure if it will go anywhere)

As mentioned being at early age is not a reason for RFE,  Request for Further Evidence is what you get if you applied for I-130 and some evidence is missing.

 

My advice if you get an RFE, fire your lawyer.

 

best of luck

[Bleu9 1]

I filed Nov 24, 2017 with a lawyer as well. I haven’t gotten the NOA2 as yet. I recently made a USCIS account, no changes in there. 

As a previous poster said, if you filed with lawyer and got RFE, fire him. Lol

This lawyer sent 30 pics, every certificate possible, kids birth certificates, proof of joint property (lease, furniture purchases showing names on receipts, bank account etc). Interesting stuff. 

I give up 🤷‍♀️

[beachboy95 9]

18 hours ago, Bleu9 said:

I filed Nov 24, 2017 with a lawyer as well. I haven’t gotten the NOA2 as yet. I recently made a USCIS account, no changes in there. 

As a previous poster said, if you filed with lawyer and got RFE, fire him. Lol

This lawyer sent 30 pics, every certificate possible, kids birth certificates, proof of joint property (lease, furniture purchases showing names on receipts, bank account etc). Interesting stuff. 

I give up 🤷‍♀️

Yeah my lawyer is good, she helped me with all of that as well. I have another friend who worked in government and has worked with USCIS and now does a lot of work with family visas. They told me that we should hear around the 6-7 month mark (wether that be an approval, denial or RFE) I heard that they are working on ones from OCtober/Early november from 2017 and apparently K3 visas are being reviewed which were filed in October of 17'. Normally K3's are approved along with the I-130's so Its possible we hear back by Late June/July. We are lucky we filed in 17 and not 18 because I hear that now the wait times are even longer

[beachboy95 9]

22 hours ago, pushbrk said:

You both being in your early 20's is not a reason for an RFE.  You can hope all you want but NOA1 to petition approval is a black hole,   Being prepared for the NVC stage is how you can make it as short as possible.

Thank you. Yes that is the plan, I'm getting the NVC prep done ASAP

[Bleu9 1]

48 minutes ago, beachboy95 said:

Yeah my lawyer is good, she helped me with all of that as well. I have another friend who worked in government and has worked with USCIS and now does a lot of work with family visas. They told me that we should hear around the 6-7 month mark (wether that be an approval, denial or RFE) I heard that they are working on ones from OCtober/Early november from 2017 and apparently K3 visas are being reviewed which were filed in October of 17'. Normally K3's are approved along with the I-130's so Its possible we hear back by Late June/July. We are lucky we filed in 17 and not 18 because I hear that now the wait times are even longer

Oh you did a K3 first? Well good luck with it all. I had told myself it would be around December before everything is done n ready. One full year. 

[lvsweets 89]

Im a december 17 filer. I always check november forum to see how far along. A couple of people from December have been approved. Prayers to all.

[beachboy95 9]

1 minute ago, Bleu9 said:

Oh you did a K3 first? Well good luck with it all. I had told myself it would be around December before everything is done n ready. One full year. 

I did not do a k3, but i hear that USCIS tends to approve/deny them in the same time frame. I could be wrong lol. I am hoping it is done in 10 months. Thats the estimate my friend gave me ( they worked in congress for years and now are active with immigration law in DC) . Best of luck to you too!

[pushbrk 12,894]

1 hour ago, beachboy95 said:

I did not do a k3, but i hear that USCIS tends to approve/deny them in the same time frame. I could be wrong lol. I am hoping it is done in 10 months. Thats the estimate my friend gave me ( they worked in congress for years and now are active with immigration law in DC) . Best of luck to you too!

The I-129F for a spouse used to die at NVC.  Now USCIS kills it when it approves the I-130 or sometimes kills it even sooner.  Forget about the K3.  It has been virtually obsolete for over 8 years now.

[Mara0899 80]

Look like many Nov people filers have been approved more and more, I'm Oct filer PD 30 still nothing update.  good luck everyone.