I-130 February 2018 filers

[rahill 28]

16 hours ago, Taffi111 said:

Hi Rahill,

 

My priority date is the day after yours so we're in this together. My husband is the US Citizen and has petitioned for me and my daughter. So sorry to hear you were denied! That's awful. What happened?

 

They denied him at the interview after talking to him for a few minutes. They said they would send a notice in the mail giving the reason and we never received anything. There were no red flags. We actually lived together for 6 months in his home country. We had plenty of documentation regarding our relationship that goes back 3 years. We were one of the unlucky ones I guess. I've retained a lawyer who looked over our previous documentation and the interview questions and she couldn't find any reasonable issue that they could have. She called it "BS" and....anyways we are filing again with a lawyer this time. 

[rahill 28]

1 hour ago, Dalis said:

Hello, 

 

May I ask why your case was denied? I thought being denied was very rare. Was it because of missing any papers. That is my worst fear- going through this process for a year and then getting denied.

Yeah, they don't have to give you a reason at the interview. They tell you that they will mail you an explanation but our interview was 6 months ago and we have never received any explanation. There were no missing papers and we couldn't get any additional information from the embassy who simply told us that our application was no longer there (it's also not at UCIS...still). 

 

Sorry. Don't mean to scare you. I do think it is rather rare (in the larger scheme of things) but Ethiopia is considered a "high fraud" country and denials are not uncommon. That said, we had all our documentation (proof of relationship) and paperwork in order, so it happens even to those who do everything "right." It was indeed our worst fears come true. In any case, we're doing the only thing we can do. We have a lawyer and we're trying again. Not giving up yet! 

[tmby1045 2]

50 minutes ago, rahill said:

Yeah, they don't have to give you a reason at the interview. They tell you that they will mail you an explanation but our interview was 6 months ago and we have never received any explanation. There were no missing papers and we couldn't get any additional information from the embassy who simply told us that our application was no longer there (it's also not at UCIS...still). 

 

Sorry. Don't mean to scare you. I do think it is rather rare (in the larger scheme of things) but Ethiopia is considered a "high fraud" country and denials are not uncommon. That said, we had all our documentation (proof of relationship) and paperwork in order, so it happens even to those who do everything "right." It was indeed our worst fears come true. In any case, we're doing the only thing we can do. We have a lawyer and we're trying again. Not giving up yet! 

Wow that is so crazy. I cant believe they did that event with you being so prepared. In my case I have never lived with my husband nor have any accounts on both of our names. The most I could do was submit Affidavit letters and Pictures from when we knew each other as kids (12 years old) and now with wedding photos. I have chats and things like that, these would date back to 2012 but nothing really in legal form. 

 

This does scare me just because I am starting to see that more cases are being looked at more in depth than before and with a possibility of an Immigration Reform coming, I don't know how it will be affecting all of this. 

 

Amazing job staying positive and doing this journey again! Its great that you have a lawyer this time too. He will be able to stay attentive and make sure all documents get processed well. Others that i know did it with a lawyer and they were approved. I personally am trying to do it on my own. Those lawyer fees are steep in the state of Florida and this process is costly as is. I wish you the best of luck and we will be on this journey together. My priority date is February 13th and it was routed to Nebraska. 

 

My receipt number displays as invalid in the USCIS website and when i called they said the case is fine and it is just the the website is down. I see that this is a lie since im the only one in this forum having this issue but he assures me my petition is fine and comes up in their computers with my receipt number. I guess i will have to just wait and see what is to come. 

[Taffi111 17]

2 hours ago, rahill said:

They denied him at the interview after talking to him for a few minutes. They said they would send a notice in the mail giving the reason and we never received anything. There were no red flags. We actually lived together for 6 months in his home country. We had plenty of documentation regarding our relationship that goes back 3 years. We were one of the unlucky ones I guess. I've retained a lawyer who looked over our previous documentation and the interview questions and she couldn't find any reasonable issue that they could have. She called it "BS" and....anyways we are filing again with a lawyer this time. 

Incredible that you're going through it a second time over. I just keep trying to tell ourselves if we can get through this, we'll be so much stronger for it - obviously, it's much more difficult for my 8 year old. She sees him as her Dad and misses him so much - a year+ feels even longer to a child :/

 

I wonder if they have a quota? Only certain number of applications can be accepted? It sounds like your thoughts of them being suspicious of applications from Ethiopia, are most likely the answer - but I still feel so sorry for you. 

 

All we can do is wait and hope. Good luck!!

[anayazhere 3]

Hi Everyone, 

 

After how many days of cashing the cheque you receive your NOA1 ? I had sent my Documents on Feb. 22 they received it on Feb. 25.. finally Today they have cashed the cheque.. I haven’t opted for electronic notifications. 

[nickymicky 58]

9 minutes ago, anayazhere said:

Hi Everyone, 

 

After how many days of cashing the cheque you receive your NOA1 ? I had sent my Documents on Feb. 22 they received it on Feb. 25.. finally Today they have cashed the cheque.. I haven’t opted for electronic notifications. 

one week

[dekedwin 52]

USCIS: I wrote to them and this was their reply:

 

Thank you for contacting USCIS Manila, processing times for I-130 application might take 30-90 days. We will send you  a notification via email if we need additional information

 

Sincerely,

 

USCIS MANILA

Department of Homeland Security

Unit 8600 Box, 1575, DPO AP 96515-1575

local address: US Embassy Manila, 1201 Roxas Blvd, Ermita, Manila, 0930 Philippines

Telephone (011.632)  301.2000 x 2224    

Fax (011.632)  301.2208

Email: mphinquiry.cis@uscis.dhs.gov  

 

I was hoping for more precise information, but Homeland Security first reviews the case, and they transfer it to the Department of State, Nd then we get our approval notices with further instructions, and the Manila Case Numbers shortly after that. We use those Manila Case Numbers to access our DS-260shich we fill out Online, printing the DS-260 Completion confirmation page, and off from that we print the scheduling of our interviews. I think that is the process. We filed our Petitions February 22, 2018 in Manila DFC.

 

 

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[AlmaRosa 0]

On 2/14/2018 at 4:43 PM, TheHills said:

Congrats!

 

We just got our email too but mine is going to Nebraska 😭 

 

I better learn to be very patient for the next year-18 months

Is getting Nebraska that bad ??

[AlmaRosa 0]

I130 sent: Feb 22

Noa1: Mar 1

We got Nebraska Center 😊

[KiwiinMaine 51]

3 hours ago, AlmaRosa said:

Is getting Nebraska that bad ??

It’s one of the slowest service centres, unfortunately. It could speed up though. Theres always hope!

[Brittany95 36]

On 2/28/2018 at 1:49 PM, Brittany95 said:

I filed this month:

 

02/26/2018 Overnight mailed I-130 packet to Chicago Lockbox

02/27/2018 I-130 package delivered to Chicago Lockbox 

 

Just waiting on that NOA1!

Got our NOA1 just a few minutes ago... Texas Service Center!!!! 

[anayazhere 3]

I still haven’t received my NOA1.. cheque was cashed this Monday march 05th.. and documents were received by Chicago lockbox in feb. 25. 

 

Is it normal for NOA1 to take this long? 

[Taffi111 17]

1 minute ago, anayazhere said:

I still haven’t received my NOA1.. cheque was cashed this Monday march 05th.. and documents were received by Chicago lockbox in feb. 25. 

 

Is it normal for NOA1 to take this long? 

I thought it was 7-10 days after cheques were cashed so you can expect it by next Friday - don't worry

[anayazhere 3]

On 3/8/2018 at 12:01 PM, Taffi111 said:

I thought it was 7-10 days after cheques were cashed so you can expect it by next Friday - don't worry

Thanks 

[anayazhere 3]

On 3/8/2018 at 11:59 AM, anayazhere said:

I still haven’t received my NOA1.. cheque was cashed this Monday march 05th.. and documents were received by Chicago lockbox in feb. 25. 

 

Is it normal for NOA1 to take this long? 

Finally received my NOA1 today.. Texas Service Center it is 😄 hopefully it will go quicker...