I-130 Online Filers

[CGs_Mother 114]

 

18 minutes ago, mo93 said:

Submitted i-130 Form for CR1 spouse visa on Feb 16th Online, got my NOA1 Feb 19th 2020. Lincoln NE is the service center. I know NE sucks but if i dont stay optimistic i'll be depressed the entire process 

Don't worry, we are all in it with you. Well most of us. 

[Mintosman 11]

I filed the I-130 today! Very excited. Where do I see the processing location?

 

[mo93 26]

28 minutes ago, Mintosman said:

I filed the I-130 today! Very excited. Where do I see the processing location?

 

You have to wait like i think 1-2 weeks or so, when you log in click on documents, it should be under the document section of the uscis

[Mintosman 11]

Thank you!

[T&S_MTL 113]

Did anyone upload documents after submitting the application ? I got one more document that could be added to the proofs of marriage already uploaded.

 

I'm wondering if this is ok, or if I should avoid this. We already had joint checking and savings statements for our application, I wanted to add our credit as well!

Edited February 22, 2020 by Tom & Steph

[Mintosman 11]

I have not yet but I am going to once I learn how to download Whatsapp phone call logs. What I read is that if we submit additional information, USCIS is not required to review it in making their decision. So, we can definitely add stuff but they aren't obligated to consider it in their final decision. For future filers, I would make sure I have ALL essential proof downloaded before submission. I don't think a statement or my call logs (I already submitted my international calling plan log) will make a huge difference but if for some reason we get an RFE, we can point to that information. 

[T&S_MTL 113]

4 minutes ago, Mintosman said:

I have not yet but I am going to once I learn how to download Whatsapp phone call logs. What I read is that if we submit additional information, USCIS is not required to review it in making their decision. So, we can definitely add stuff but they aren't obligated to consider it in their final decision. For future filers, I would make sure I have ALL essential proof downloaded before submission. I don't think a statement or my call logs (I already submitted my international calling plan log) will make a huge difference but if for some reason we get an RFE, we can point to that information. 

Yes this is what I had in mind too. We ll just wait for updates and give more evidence if requested.

[Mintosman 11]

On 2/20/2020 at 12:31 PM, Mintosman said:

I filed the I-130 today! Very excited. Where do I see the processing location?

 

Got my official receipt in my inbox. We were assigned the Texas Service Center. 

[Sabina Acosta 6]

I just applied for my husband's visa on friday and also got Nebraska. Is it 12-16 months just to get the NOA2? any ideas on how to speed up the process?

Edited February 25, 2020 by Sabina Acosta

[LilyJ 1,258]

3 minutes ago, Sabina Acosta said:

I just applied for my husband's visa on friday and also got Nebraska. Is it 12-16 months just to get the NOA2? any ideas on how to speed up the process?

Yes Nebraska recently has been taking around 12 months for approval, but they have been transferring many many cases from 2019 out of Nebraska to other service centers, so the time could drastically decrease in upcoming months, we will just have to see. Unfortunately there is no way to speed up the process anymore it seems, as the I129f K3 “trick” those at Nebraska were using mid last year no longer seems to work the past few months. But maybe with these transfers, Nebraska’s processing times will go down

[OhWow 83]

Just out of curiosity: anyone who filled the i-130 online also submitted the i-485 (AOS) by mail too? I got conflicting information and thought that I would need to wait for the i-130 to be approved before filling for the i-485 (which would make the whole thing to take almost 18 months!). My case is a CR-1 visa.

[LilyJ 1,258]

8 hours ago, OhWow said:

Just out of curiosity: anyone who filled the i-130 online also submitted the i-485 (AOS) by mail too? I got conflicting information and thought that I would need to wait for the i-130 to be approved before filling for the i-485 (which would make the whole thing to take almost 18 months!). My case is a CR-1 visa.

No, you don’t need to wait for the I130 to be approved. It’s actually better to send the I485 (as well as I131 and I765 for AP and EAD) ASAP with the I130, as your NOA1 for your I485 is your proof of legal status in the US until you actually get legal residency so that you do not get deported

[OhWow 83]

5 hours ago, LilyJ said:

No, you don’t need to wait for the I130 to be approved. It’s actually better to send the I485 (as well as I131 and I765 for AP and EAD) ASAP with the I130, as your NOA1 for your I485 is your proof of legal status in the US until you actually get legal residency so that you do not get deported

Thanks @LilyJ. My husband is already on a work visa so he's safe. I was just wondering if filing the i-485 would speed things up. I read people saying that they got their I-485 denied because they still had a pending I-130. That's why I'm confused...

[CGs_Mother 114]

5 hours ago, LilyJ said:

No, you don’t need to wait for the I130 to be approved. It’s actually better to send the I485 (as well as I131 and I765 for AP and EAD) ASAP with the I130, as your NOA1 for your I485 is your proof of legal status in the US until you actually get legal residency so that you do not get deported

Is that why you don't file the I-485 if you are doing consular processing then? Because it was my understanding that if you are doing consular processing, you only file the I-130 (and I-130A) and wait until you get your NOA2 before doing anything else. Or am I mixed up? (We're obviously doing consular processing.) 

[CGs_Mother 114]

On 2/21/2020 at 9:22 PM, T&S_MTL said:

Did anyone upload documents after submitting the application ? I got one more document that could be added to the proofs of marriage already uploaded.

 

I'm wondering if this is ok, or if I should avoid this. We already had joint checking and savings statements for our application, I wanted to add our credit as well!

We did - we didn't sign the I-130 because it was an electronic form, but after reading about how people received an early RFE requesting a signed form, I had my husband sign a physical copy of the one we downloaded after filing, scanned it, and uploaded that along with more photos and screenshots of social media stuff. They don't have to consider it, but if they send an RFE asking for these things, we can always indicate that we've sent them in.