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theswedishyolk   7

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Hi,

 

Me and my girlfriend (us citizen) are considered getting married in my home country (Sweden, I still live there too), and then apply for the CR1-visa. However I am looking at the processing times, and they are freaking me out. They are currently up to 22 months at the California Service Center. 

 

I guess my main question is, are we more likely to get the California service center because she lives in California? Or is it completely random? Are they currently taking more cases at the other centers to relieve the California one? Or am I just gonna have to wait....

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Crazy Cat   41,904

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Congratulations on your upcoming marriage! 

1.  You will have no choice of USCIS service centers.  They are assigned strictly by USCIS policy (probably workload distribution).

2.  The average time from filing CR-1 paperwork to having the visa in hand is currently 12-14 months.

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In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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Crazy Cat   41,904

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This is an image depicting the average time from NOA1 to interview as reported by other VisaJourney members.  You can see other CR-1 reported times via the "processing Times" link here:

http://www.visajourney.com/content/ir1cr1historical

 

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"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

______________________________________

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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arellah   125

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As an example, my husband lives in California and we did not get the California service center, but as stated before you don't really know until you file. Congrats on the marriage, and good luck with everything!

Removing Conditions timeline:

  • I-90 accidentally submitted - 2020-08-14
  • I-751 submitted & received - 2021-03-26
  • Biometrics applied to case - 2021-04-21
  • Ready to schedule interview - 2021-12-22
  • Interview scheduled - 2022-01-04
  • Interview - 2022-02-01 / Postponed
  • New 10 year card being sent out!!!!
    2022-02-03 / Case Approved 2022-02-04

 

 

 

 

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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Jon & Ygritte   178

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Start preparing the petition immediately so it's ready to go as soon as you have your marriage certificate.

 

I'm from Sweden too and my husband is from Wisconsin. We got the Nebraska Service Center.

 

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truelove29   218

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I believe the California Service Center handles cases for permanent residents (not U.S. citizens) who file for spouses. Since your spouse is a U.S. Citizen, then the application will not go to California. But overall for a U.S. Citizen filing for a spouse it will be on average 11-15 months. 

4-24-17 I-130 sent to Chicago Lock Box

4-25-17 NOA 1 & sent to TSC

11-15-17 NOA 2

12-26-17 Case sent to Dept. of State

1-08-18 NVC Received case

3-12-18 Case Number Assigned / AOS & IV Fees Paid

3-14-18 DS-260 Completed

3-16-18 Uploaded Civil Documents

3-21-18 Uploaded AOS Documents 

3-26-18 Checklist to reupload docs

3-29-18 Finished uploading docs

4-4-18 Case Complete

4-13-18 Received interview email

5-18-18 Interview date 

5-24-18 Visa Issued

 

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pushbrk   12,910

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5 hours ago, truelove29 said:

I believe the California Service Center handles cases for permanent residents (not U.S. citizens) who file for spouses. Since your spouse is a U.S. Citizen, then the application will not go to California. But overall for a U.S. Citizen filing for a spouse it will be on average 11-15 months. 

Yes, but USCIS doesn't issue visas.  Average processing time for and I-130 for spouse of US Citizen is 6 to 9 months.  The rest of the time involves getting to and through the Dept. of State, not USCIS.

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