I-130 Filers March 2019

[Gemm 6]

45 minutes ago, Tsh said:

We just called earlier today at 4pm. Gave some info then she puts my husband on hold to check our status. When she spoke again she said it was already approved! Thank God! I cried so hard to hear that news! No updates on websites. She said we should be getting the mail in a few days. 

Sent/PD: March28, 2019

NOA1: April 2, 2019

 

That’s awesome! I filed IR5 for both of my parents , PD March 25, it’s been 7 months now.. same answer still in normal processing time.. I will try to call again see if they can do something for my case.. congratulations! 

[shallot343 116]

On 11/1/2019 at 8:39 PM, Tsh said:

We just called earlier today at 4pm. Gave some info then she puts my husband on hold to check our status. When she spoke again she said it was already approved! Thank God! I cried so hard to hear that news! No updates on websites. She said we should be getting the mail in a few days. 

Sent/PD: March28, 2019

NOA1: April 2, 2019

 

 Just tried calling-- the agent I spoke to refused to look at my case specifically because we are still within "normal processing times" like I anticipated. I gave her the receipt number, she looked at our PD, and then regurgitated the processing times from the USCIS website. Said she couldn't check to see what was going on until we were at the end of the website's processing time window

 

 She also said our online status could take up to 45 days to updated after a change in case status, so short or receiving the letter in the mail there is no way of knowing what is going on. It is essentially useless

 

How did you get an agent to look into your case? According to my agent it's impossible until we are out of "normal processing times" 

[Tsh 14]

2 hours ago, shallot343 said:

 Just tried calling-- the agent I spoke to refused to look at my case specifically because we are still within "normal processing times" like I anticipated. I gave her the receipt number, she looked at our PD, and then regurgitated the processing times from the USCIS website. Said she couldn't check to see what was going on until we were at the end of the website's processing time window

 

 She also said our online status could take up to 45 days to updated after a change in case status, so short or receiving the letter in the mail there is no way of knowing what is going on. It is essentially useless

 

How did you get an agent to look into your case? According to my agent it's impossible until we are out of "normal processing times" 

We said We tried to expedite and got denied last aug19. The other website shows expedite denied but last updated was aug20 and my uscis account shows the usual that they received it and asked which website is more reliable or if somethings wrong or maybe they left our case behind since it was expedite denied. And my husband also mentioned there were filers got approved ahead of us. We prepared our questions and explained in the beginning of the call. After my husband finished talking she put him on hold to check our case. And thank God good news. I’m not sure though if the expedite that was denied somehow helped. 🙏🏼 Hope you get yours soon too. 

 We are still waiting for the mail and the website doesnt show any updates. 

[shallot343 116]

That's helpful! I am going to call again in a few weeks when we are officially in the "8 month" territory. We haven't attempted an expedite so that might be part of the issue? I explained that I knew March and April filers were already approved and wanted to check that our case was still actively being processed and that it hadn't been lost or misplaced. The woman was adamant that she simply could not check our case until we were out of normal processing. I even asked if there was a supervisor I could speak to and she said no. Unlucky I guess. I am just going to have to assume that the website is inaccurate and that our letter is in the mail, otherwise I will start to go crazy! 

 

 

[BobanaP 6]

22 hours ago, shallot343 said:

That's helpful! I am going to call again in a few weeks when we are officially in the "8 month" territory. We haven't attempted an expedite so that might be part of the issue? I explained that I knew March and April filers were already approved and wanted to check that our case was still actively being processed and that it hadn't been lost or misplaced. The woman was adamant that she simply could not check our case until we were out of normal processing. I even asked if there was a supervisor I could speak to and she said no. Unlucky I guess. I am just going to have to assume that the website is inaccurate and that our letter is in the mail, otherwise I will start to go crazy! 

 

 

Hey! Our PD is March 21 so I am planning to also call them, we are currently at 229 days without approval or RFE. 

Our online status changed to “name was updated” on May 10 and since then no status changes on the website were made. When we first filed application they rejected our G-28 (which is authorization for our lawyer that she could present us) so she sent corrected form right after we received rejection note.

I don’t know if this “name was updated” has to do anything with that, but I will try to use that to see if some officer will look into case since they say that if any status change was made in the last 60 days that means that someone is working on the case actively, but that doesn’t seem to be case with us, otherwise we would get some answer by now.

 

Can you please tell me how did you get to speak with an officer as my husband only gets automated machine when he calls USCIS?

[Tsh 14]

6 minutes ago, BobanaP said:

Hey! Our PD is March 21 so I am planning to also call them, we are currently at 229 days without approval or RFE. 

Our online status changed to “name was updated” on May 10 and since then no status changes on the website were made. When we first filed application they rejected our G-28 (which is authorization for our lawyer that she could present us) so she sent corrected form right after we received rejection note.

I don’t know if this “name was updated” has to do anything with that, but I will try to use that to see if some officer will look into case since they say that if any status change was made in the last 60 days that means that someone is working on the case actively, but that doesn’t seem to be case with us, otherwise we would get some answer by now.

 

Can you please tell me how did you get to speak with an officer as my husband only gets automated machine when he calls USCIS?

Yes you could definitely ask about that and ask why the name was updated. Just tell them all your concerns. I actually just found out about that 60day status change later on. 

 

You should choose—-OTHERS—NOT to check the status of your case—because this only will give you automated one from the website

Then,

Services and Information of US Citizen(not sure if i remember it right) Press 5

For Spouse-Press 3

Customer Service Rep -Press 6

 

just give this a try. 

 

 

Hoping you will hear your good news soon. 🙏🏼

 

[Juliet57 304]

On 11/1/2019 at 6:39 PM, Tsh said:

We just called earlier today at 4pm. Gave some info then she puts my husband on hold to check our status. When she spoke again she said it was already approved! Thank God! I cried so hard to hear that news! No updates on websites. She said we should be getting the mail in a few days. 

Sent/PD: March28, 2019

NOA1: April 2, 2019

 

Awesome!!! Congrats 😁😁😁 we got a letter in the mail and the mysuscis website was updated.

 

On 11/4/2019 at 10:51 AM, shallot343 said:

That's helpful! I am going to call again in a few weeks when we are officially in the "8 month" territory. We haven't attempted an expedite so that might be part of the issue? I explained that I knew March and April filers were already approved and wanted to check that our case was still actively being processed and that it hadn't been lost or misplaced. The woman was adamant that she simply could not check our case until we were out of normal processing. I even asked if there was a supervisor I could speak to and she said no. Unlucky I guess. I am just going to have to assume that the website is inaccurate and that our letter is in the mail, otherwise I will start to go crazy! 

 

 

Call again you might get a new agent on the phone?

[sflm 3]

We just got our approval letter, Alhamdulillah.

Does anyone know how long it takes for the NVC to get back to you? Is it usually under 30 days?

 

Good luck to the rest, hope you all get yours within the next few days!

[Kg84 2]

On 3/8/2019 at 3:50 AM, Vvee said:

Hey guys! 😊

I tried to look for a topic for March 2019 filers but could not find one, so I thought might as well start! I am the beneficiary, and our petition was sent 3/5 and delivered 3/7. I would love to hear from other March filers ☺️

Send my i139 on the 03/01/2019 got email on the 4th saying recieved next day got my receipt case send to Texas , on the 4th of October i130 was approve and the 16th of October another update saying they send my case to NVC .... call NVC last night NVC state that they receive on the 24th of October it hasn’t assigned to a case number yet

Just now, Kg84 said:

Send my i139 on the 03/01/2019 got email on the 4th saying recieved next day got my receipt case send to Texas , on the 4th of October i130 was approve and the 16th of October another update saying they send my case to NVC .... call NVC last night NVC state that they receive on the 24th of October it hasn’t assigned to a case number yet

I130 should say 

[Tsh 14]

1 hour ago, Juliet57 said:

Awesome!!! Congrats 😁😁😁 we got a letter in the mail and the mysuscis website was updated.

 

Call again you might get a new agent on the phone?

Thank you 🙏🏼 😍 how many days after approval did you receive the mail? 

[Juliet57 304]

1 hour ago, sflm said:

We just got our approval letter, Alhamdulillah.

Does anyone know how long it takes for the NVC to get back to you? Is it usually under 30 days?

 

Good luck to the rest, hope you all get yours within the next few days!

after i130 approval, around a month a half to get case number

 

44 minutes ago, Tsh said:

Thank you 🙏🏼 😍 how many days after approval did you receive the mail? 

Around 6 days.

Our approval was 09/17 and letter arrived 09/23. 

Case sent to dept of state 09/30

Case received by NVC: 10/07

Case created at NVC: 11/01 

 

Hope this helps

[Saloum 3]

1 hour ago, Juliet57 said:

after i130 approval, around a month a half to get case number

 

Around 6 days.

Our approval was 09/17 and letter arrived 09/23. 

Case sent to dept of state 09/30

Case received by NVC: 10/07

Case created at NVC: 11/01 

 

Hope this helps

Great!!!congratulation

but things be so slow in NVC...I have been waiting for interviews for 45 days and still notjing

[Tsh 14]

1 hour ago, Juliet57 said:

after i130 approval, around a month a half to get case number

 

Around 6 days.

Our approval was 09/17 and letter arrived 09/23. 

Case sent to dept of state 09/30

Case received by NVC: 10/07

Case created at NVC: 11/01 

 

Hope this helps

Oh thank you 😊 appreciate it. Thats what we can only do for now, get our estimated date and be anxious and excited at the same time lol

[JudithnFranki19 5]

4 hours ago, Juliet57 said:

after i130 approval, around a month a half to get case number

 

Around 6 days.

Our approval was 09/17 and letter arrived 09/23. 

Case sent to dept of state 09/30

Case received by NVC: 10/07

Case created at NVC: 11/01 

 

Hope this helps

@Juliet57 does your receipt number happen to start with an IOE?

Edited November 6, 2019 by JudithnFranki19

[Tsp11022019 5]

On 11/2/2019 at 6:09 AM, Tsh said:

We just called earlier today at 4pm. Gave some info then she puts my husband on hold to check our status. When she spoke again she said it was already approved! Thank God! I cried so hard to hear that news! No updates on websites. She said we should be getting the mail in a few days. 

Sent/PD: March28, 2019

NOA1: April 2, 2019

 

That’s amazing! Heartiest congratulations! It’s so good to see you guys getting approved. Finally gives us a little bit of hope. I pray that all of us stuck in March get approved soon now! 
Do keep us updated with your progress!