(I-130) Dec 2018 Applicants

[ljujas2019 23]

On 7/11/2019 at 2:24 PM, Ross and Dina said:

PD December 27th 

NOA 1 Jan 2nd 

 

Hoping to hear soon !

Hi Ross and Dina!

 

My wife and I understand your frustration... We have been waiting since December 18 and no response yet from TSC. Is this normal? 😞 

[ljujas2019 23]

Hi everyone!

 

Since my wife and I can't wait to move forward in this process and to reunite soon, we thought it could be a good idea to reach out to other December filers and see if there's anything we could do to prepare for the next steps to save time or help support the process, something that perhaps any of you were able to do while waiting? Any piece of advice? We filed our I-130 on December 18 last year and have not heard anything since. When checking the case status, it just says "My case was received". I am in Sweden, and my wife is in the US, so it is, as many of you know, difficult to be apart like this. Also, in Sweden, like in many other European countries, the term of notice when resigning from your job is - for the most part - 3 months, so we would have to wait another 3 months upon receving the visa. Is anyone in a similar position? Would you resign from your work position a bit earlier or not take the risk? This is getting frustrating...

 

An additional question I had in mind (bear with me haha) is the following: for those of you who recently went through the NVC process including the visa application, review of supporting and financial documents, Affidavit of Support (etc.), how long did it take you before the consulates/local US embassies received your application/information? I am trying to get an idea about the timeline between NVC processing and a potential interview at the embassy.

 

Thank you and good luck to all of you 🙂

[K-Kwette 114]

3 hours ago, ljujas2019 said:

Hi everyone!

 

Since my wife and I can't wait to move forward in this process and to reunite soon, we thought it could be a good idea to reach out to other December filers and see if there's anything we could do to prepare for the next steps to save time or help support the process, something that perhaps any of you were able to do while waiting? Any piece of advice? We filed our I-130 on December 18 last year and have not heard anything since. When checking the case status, it just says "My case was received". I am in Sweden, and my wife is in the US, so it is, as many of you know, difficult to be apart like this. Also, in Sweden, like in many other European countries, the term of notice when resigning from your job is - for the most part - 3 months, so we would have to wait another 3 months upon receving the visa. Is anyone in a similar position? Would you resign from your work position a bit earlier or not take the risk? This is getting frustrating...

 

An additional question I had in mind (bear with me haha) is the following: for those of you who recently went through the NVC process including the visa application, review of supporting and financial documents, Affidavit of Support (etc.), how long did it take you before the consulates/local US embassies received your application/information? I am trying to get an idea about the timeline between NVC processing and a potential interview at the embassy.

 

Thank you and good luck to all of you 🙂

Hello!

 

I'm also a December filer, but our file got to Potomac and got approved at the end of March. We got out case number from NVC mid June (but it's usually way shorter than that!), submitted the paperwork on June 23rd and got Documentary Qualified on July 11th.

We are now waiting for the interview at the embassy, but that wait is different according to the countries I think.

 

Maybe you can try to get more info on the Sweden embassy in this topic :

 

Edited July 16, 2019 by K-Kwette

[pinano 49]

Yay!

 

My I-130 with a  Dec 31st 2018 PD was approved yesterday, at the same time my I-129F with PD June 17 2019 was denied. 

 

I posted a more detailed description over at the Nebraska filers thread! 😄

[fqadri 8]

3 minutes ago, pinano said:

Yay!

 

My I-130 with a  Dec 31st 2018 PD was approved yesterday, at the same time my I-129F with PD June 17 2019 was denied. 

 

I posted a more detailed description over at the Nebraska filers thread! 😄

Can you please post the link to the thread here? I can’t find it. 

[pinano 49]

1 minute ago, fqadri said:

Can you please post the link to the thread here? I can’t find it. 

 

Yes, sorry about that.

 

 

[Ross and Dina 12]

On 7/16/2019 at 4:32 AM, ljujas2019 said:

Hi Ross and Dina!

 

My wife and I understand your frustration... We have been waiting since December 18 and no response yet from TSC. Is this normal? 😞 

Nothing about this process is normal. I hate every second of this process. Having no control and told to wait in the dark for ages about your husband and future is inhumane. Praying we both hear back soon!

[tomuk 25]

On 7/16/2019 at 9:52 AM, ljujas2019 said:

Hi everyone!

 

Since my wife and I can't wait to move forward in this process and to reunite soon, we thought it could be a good idea to reach out to other December filers and see if there's anything we could do to prepare for the next steps to save time or help support the process, something that perhaps any of you were able to do while waiting? Any piece of advice? We filed our I-130 on December 18 last year and have not heard anything since. When checking the case status, it just says "My case was received". I am in Sweden, and my wife is in the US, so it is, as many of you know, difficult to be apart like this. Also, in Sweden, like in many other European countries, the term of notice when resigning from your job is - for the most part - 3 months, so we would have to wait another 3 months upon receving the visa. Is anyone in a similar position? Would you resign from your work position a bit earlier or not take the risk? This is getting frustrating...

 

An additional question I had in mind (bear with me haha) is the following: for those of you who recently went through the NVC process including the visa application, review of supporting and financial documents, Affidavit of Support (etc.), how long did it take you before the consulates/local US embassies received your application/information? I am trying to get an idea about the timeline between NVC processing and a potential interview at the embassy.

 

Thank you and good luck to all of you 🙂

NVC received our case 1st July and we are still waiting for case number.

[AnaCarolina 54]

On 7/16/2019 at 3:52 AM, ljujas2019 said:

Hi everyone!

 

Since my wife and I can't wait to move forward in this process and to reunite soon, we thought it could be a good idea to reach out to other December filers and see if there's anything we could do to prepare for the next steps to save time or help support the process, something that perhaps any of you were able to do while waiting? Any piece of advice? We filed our I-130 on December 18 last year and have not heard anything since. When checking the case status, it just says "My case was received". I am in Sweden, and my wife is in the US, so it is, as many of you know, difficult to be apart like this. Also, in Sweden, like in many other European countries, the term of notice when resigning from your job is - for the most part - 3 months, so we would have to wait another 3 months upon receving the visa. Is anyone in a similar position? Would you resign from your work position a bit earlier or not take the risk? This is getting frustrating...

 

An additional question I had in mind (bear with me haha) is the following: for those of you who recently went through the NVC process including the visa application, review of supporting and financial documents, Affidavit of Support (etc.), how long did it take you before the consulates/local US embassies received your application/information? I am trying to get an idea about the timeline between NVC processing and a potential interview at the embassy.

 

Thank you and good luck to all of you 🙂

Hey there! I really hope everyone get their approvals from USCIS soon!

 

We were lucky to be sent to Potomac so we got our approval a while ago. The timeline given by Visa Journey was accurate so before we got our approval, we started to get our documents together. For instance, I got my police certificate and we translated as well as our marriage certificate and my husband birth certificate, we collect our tax returns from the last 3 years and my husband started to fill the affidavit of support; then we scan all the previous documents plus my husband passport bio page and my 2 pics passport size in PDF formats and put simple names on them (our case number + the description of the document). I also review the form DS260 to get to know all the information that I would be asked when we fill that form on line.

 

I also recommend following the thread of the NVC process because you can learn from other’s experiences and it also gives you a good idea of the timeline and. For us, we had to wait a week from our approval until Potomac sent our application to the NVC and it took 1-2 weeks to the NVC to receive the document (we called the NVC to be sure when they got it). That date is important because it gave us an idea of the date we would get our case number and invoice to start with the process (for us it took 1 month). As soon as we got our case number and invoice we paid the fees and when they cleared we upload everything and fill the form DS 260, so that saves us a lot of time. We were approved very fast too.

 

Now we are waiting for an interview. We are at Ciudad Juarez Consulate in México which apparently is the busiest and the waiting time right now is about 10 months. I suggest that you follow your country forum to give you an idea about the waiting time for an interview, which will we shorter than us for sure 😉

[R@1 6]

On 7/11/2019 at 5:54 PM, Ross and Dina said:

 

Hello everyone..

Mailed date _ 24/12/2018

NOA1_ 27/12/2018

NOA2 _ still waiting (205 day going )

Services center_ TSC 

Country _ india

I am damm waiting for my approval..

December month is started in TSC ? 

Is any one have same timeline like me and got the approved .. please suggest what be next..

How to know when I got my approval..?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[portorusa 431]

On 7/17/2019 at 6:51 AM, AnaCarolina said:

Hey there! I really hope everyone get their approvals from USCIS soon!

 

We were lucky to be sent to Potomac so we got our approval a while ago. The timeline given by Visa Journey was accurate so before we got our approval, we started to get our documents together. For instance, I got my police certificate and we translated as well as our marriage certificate and my husband birth certificate, we collect our tax returns from the last 3 years and my husband started to fill the affidavit of support; then we scan all the previous documents plus my husband passport bio page and my 2 pics passport size in PDF formats and put simple names on them (our case number + the description of the document). I also review the form DS260 to get to know all the information that I would be asked when we fill that form on line.

 

I also recommend following the thread of the NVC process because you can learn from other’s experiences and it also gives you a good idea of the timeline and. For us, we had to wait a week from our approval until Potomac sent our application to the NVC and it took 1-2 weeks to the NVC to receive the document (we called the NVC to be sure when they got it). That date is important because it gave us an idea of the date we would get our case number and invoice to start with the process (for us it took 1 month). As soon as we got our case number and invoice we paid the fees and when they cleared we upload everything and fill the form DS 260, so that saves us a lot of time. We were approved very fast too.

 

Now we are waiting for an interview. We are at Ciudad Juarez Consulate in México which apparently is the busiest and the waiting time right now is about 10 months. I suggest that you follow your country forum to give you an idea about the waiting time for an interview, which will we shorter than us for sure 😉

Thanks for detailed instructions and the timeline! 

10 months of waiting for the interview, OMG!!😱

[portorusa 431]

2 hours ago, Ruti said:

Hello everyone..

Mailed date _ 24/12/2018

NOA1_ 27/12/2018

NOA2 _ still waiting (205 day going )

Services center_ TSC 

Country _ india

I am damm waiting for my approval..

December month is started in TSC ? 

Is any one have same timeline like me and got the approved .. please suggest what be next..

How to know when I got my approval..?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Most likely you will get a letter in the mail. 

Texas started working on December cases, so your approval is approaching.

[ljujas2019 23]

13 hours ago, portorusa said:

Most likely you will get a letter in the mail. 

Texas started working on December cases, so your approval is approaching.

Hi! 

 

Did Texas Service Center start working on December cases? How did you see that? It seems that it is stuck on mid-November still. It said November 27 yesterday and today November 16?

[portorusa 431]

Yes, it’s like a weird dance with Texas, one step forward, two backward...But I know of at least two December cases here that had been approved already, about three weeks ago.

[Juliet57 304]

22 hours ago, ljujas2019 said:

Hi! 

 

Did Texas Service Center start working on December cases? How did you see that? It seems that it is stuck on mid-November still. It said November 27 yesterday and today November 16?

Hi you can check the timeline here, I've seen several December approvals already 

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list.php?cfl=&op1=i&op2=&op3=5&op4=1&op5=5,6,8,10,11,13,14,15,16,17,18,20,21,22,25,26,27,28,108,110,111,208,210,211&op6=Texas Service Center&op66=All&op7=All&dfile=No&adv=0