notice of approval i-130

[reepagz 0]

Hi everyone, 

 

Does anyone knows how long you will receive the approval notice for the petition of spouse (I-130) after you will received the Receipt Notice?

 

Thank you

 

 

[Roel 7,193]

You can check processing time on USCIS website. I'd say 8 months- ish? Plus another few months for nvc and embassy stages. 

[JFH 12,191]

*~*~*moved from “bringing family members of USCs” to “IR-1/CR-1 spouse visa progress reports” - question about approval times for a spousal I-130*~*~*

[carmel34 3,654]

11 hours ago, reepagz said:

Hi everyone, 

 

Does anyone knows how long you will receive the approval notice for the petition of spouse (I-130) after you will received the Receipt Notice?

 

Thank you

 

 

It depends on a lot of factors specific to your petition so it's impossible to give an exact date.  A big one is which service center the petition gets routed to, and you can't choose.  Nebraska is running VERY slow right now.  Most of my fellow July 2018 I-130 filers who got Nebraska are still waiting for approval ten months later, and NSC is saying 11 months.  We got lucky at TSC with 7 months for the petition approval.  Some Potomac filers got approved in 4 or 5 months.  So the service center is a big part of predicting approval time.  Then you could get RFEs asking for more information, that slows everything down.  NVC stage takes at least 3 months with many taking longer if they don't upload documents correctly.  After NVC, waiting for an interview at the embassy abroad can take a long time for some countries that are backlogged, like Mexico.  So the whole process can be faster or slower depending on all these factors.  It's long and complicated and expensive.  Be ready for a lesson in patience.  Good luck!