I-130 Processing Question

[twln 1]

Hi,

 

I see that there are numerous I-130's that have been approved in the past week or so that have only taken approx. 3 months from the noa1 date. However, there are also applications that have taken around a year.

 

These are applications from the same service centre and beneficiary's country of origin (Nebraska and the UK, respectively).

 

I'm just curious as to why there seems to be such a large time discrepancy between some of the applications?

 

Thanks in advance!

[onek 306]

3 hours ago, twln said:

Hi,

 

I see that there are numerous I-130's that have been approved in the past week or so that have only taken approx. 3 months from the noa1 date. However, there are also applications that have taken around a year.

 

These are applications from the same service centre and beneficiary's country of origin (Nebraska and the UK, respectively).

 

I'm just curious as to why there seems to be such a large time discrepancy between some of the applications?

 

Thanks in advance!

Every application is different, different background, different supporting documents, etc.   Recently cases have started getting approved soon. Hope your get approved soon also. 

[twln 1]

Thank you. So does that mean that applications that don't incur RFE's will be approved significantly faster than 12 months? 

[DTX75089 11]

1 hour ago, twln said:

Thank you. So does that mean that applications that don't incur RFE's will be approved significantly faster than 12 months? 

Maybe but not necessarily, most people with paper submission cases are still waiting for more than a year without and RFE or movement to see on the case. Mine is April 11, 2019 and still say case received with no status change at all. 

Edited May 4, 2020 by DTX75089

[hscoots 43]

1 hour ago, twln said:

Thank you. So does that mean that applications that don't incur RFE's will be approved significantly faster than 12 months? 

No, but since your PD is jan of this year, I would expect approval much sooner than a year. 

[familybasedvisa12 23]

7 hours ago, twln said:

Hi,

 

I see that there are numerous I-130's that have been approved in the past week or so that have only taken approx. 3 months from the noa1 date. However, there are also applications that have taken around a year.

 

These are applications from the same service centre and beneficiary's country of origin (Nebraska and the UK, respectively).

 

I'm just curious as to why there seems to be such a large time discrepancy between some of the applications?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

It also seems related to the new online filing process, but that's just speculation on my end. 

[twln 1]

So do you think online submissions are being processed faster? I suppose that would make some sense (however doesn't seem like it would be fair!)

 

I'm just not entirely sure how there can be such a large difference in approval times where beneficiary's country, service centre, no RFE etc are all the same - what other variables are there?

[Ellxtdan 95]

2 hours ago, twln said:

So do you think online submissions are being processed faster? I suppose that would make some sense (however doesn't seem like it would be fair!)

 

I'm just not entirely sure how there can be such a large difference in approval times where beneficiary's country, service centre, no RFE etc are all the same - what other variables are there?

The officer I spoke to said what takes the longest is verifying things. For example, I think my case might be taking longer because I got married abroad (verifying a Swedish marriage certificate probably takes longer than a domestic one) and my husband got a new passport a month before we applied (they’d need to check his old passport number if they want to see how many times he’s entered the US).

 

Others also think if USCIS is unable to receive an answer from the country they’re verifying with, they’ll leave your case and work on others before coming back eventually. So if you’re lucky, the organization they’re contacting will respond quickly and the case is approved. If not, they play phone tag and approval takes longer.