September 2020 I-130 Filers Club

[LunaSky 7]

Yeahhh.... Mine has gone to March/April as well..... 

It's hard to comprehend how the system works.... 😒

[Nikasalts 10]

On 10/19/2020 at 2:06 PM, addpeace said:

Our case was touched October 16th, hopefully that is a good sign.

 

Hi 

I'm completely new here. NOA1 sept 25 2020

How do you guys check that your case have been "touched" 

 

[navypilot29 16]

1 hour ago, Nikasalts said:

Hi 

I'm completely new here. NOA1 sept 25 2020

How do you guys check that your case have been "touched" 

 

I called and was told that the whole "touched" thing is old and not used anymore.  The USCIS seems to be incompetent at best.  There is almost zero visibility on what they are doing animist of the time you ask question the operator just reads a prewritten statement about you still being in the window and they totally blow off your questions.  Good luck.

[Alex Prijn 29]

20 hours ago, LunaSky said:

Yeahhh.... Mine has gone to March/April as well..... 

It's hard to comprehend how the system works.... 😒

 

14 hours ago, navypilot29 said:

I called and was told that the whole "touched" thing is old and not used anymore.  The USCIS seems to be incompetent at best.  There is almost zero visibility on what they are doing animist of the time you ask question the operator just reads a prewritten statement about you still being in the window and they totally blow off your questions.  Good luck.

 

This is the most frustrating part. We pay an exorbitant amounts of money, because we want to be with our loved ones. But the process takes insanely long, and there is 0 communication.

[Linos 69]

2 minutes ago, Alex Prijn said:

 

 

This is the most frustrating part. We pay an exorbitant amounts of money, because we want to be with our loved ones. But the process takes insanely long, and there is 0 communication.

Completely agree. My husband visited me over Christmas and on his flight home a couple of days ago he was chatting to two Irish students travelling over on a football scholarship... I think it’s great they can still go but It also feels incredibly unfair that spouses have to wait such lengthy periods of time apart...it just doesn’t make any sense. The fact that we can’t even be together while we wait is just insane....

[gomesren 3]

we filed the i130 on sept and my spouse became a citizen in December. Does anyone know if I need to request an update of status now or only after the case is at the NVC? Thank you 

[LunaSky 7]

No idea ..... Sorry......

Hopefully they would pick that up as soon as ur case is touched....

 

 

[navypilot29 16]

7 hours ago, gomesren said:

we filed the i130 on sept and my spouse became a citizen in December. Does anyone know if I need to request an update of status now or only after the case is at the NVC? Thank you 

I think you need to call USCIS soon.  I read in another post that you may have to start all over since your spouse is now a citizen and not a LPR.

[kittycat 28]

22 hours ago, gomesren said:

we filed the i130 on sept and my spouse became a citizen in December. Does anyone know if I need to request an update of status now or only after the case is at the NVC? Thank you 

If you had filed online, you may submit naturalization certificate online under documents. Also, send a cover letter with the status update and copy of either Naturalization cert or a US passport to appropriate lockbox, explaining the situation and crossreference with the Case number.

 

If you happen to be approved before updating with the USCIS, make sure to let the NVC know when they create a case status. So very important! You would need to call them to make sure application was upgraded. No need to file a new petition as you already have I-130 filed and that can be upgraded.

 

in our case we had a follow - to - join petition approved and sadly we could not upgrade when spouse became a citizen, so here we are again, a never-ending journey it seems

 

 

Edited January 5, 2021 by kittycat
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[Alex Prijn 29]

On 1/4/2021 at 5:44 PM, Linos said:

Completely agree. My husband visited me over Christmas and on his flight home a couple of days ago he was chatting to two Irish students travelling over on a football scholarship... I think it’s great they can still go but It also feels incredibly unfair that spouses have to wait such lengthy periods of time apart...it just doesn’t make any sense. The fact that we can’t even be together while we wait is just insane....

Now there's even a case with a NOA1 of October 20th that got NOA2 in Nebraska. It all seems so arbitrary.

[A.P 1]

Following.

 

Paper-filed on 15th September, 2020

NOA1 on 22nd October, 2020 (No paper copy received)

 

USCIS online case status checker says being processed at Nebraska Service center, but in an email from USCIS correcting a typographical error, it is headed by the Potomac centre address, so not sure which center it is actually being processed.

[Linos 69]

21 hours ago, A.P said:

Following.

 

Paper-filed on 15th September, 2020

NOA1 on 22nd October, 2020 (No paper copy received)

 

USCIS online case status checker says being processed at Nebraska Service center, but in an email from USCIS correcting a typographical error, it is headed by the Potomac centre address, so not sure which center it is actually being processed.

Welcome to the club 💕 I’ve been seeing the Nebraska online status vs the receipt saying another a lot across the threads. In my own case my online status says Nebraska whereas the paper copy says Potomac, it’s super confusing.

Edited January 10, 2021 by Linos

[Darthvador25 4]

Hi guys, 

 

just giving a datapoint here. 
 

Got my I130 approved on 12/31 with a priority date of 9/23 (99 days), case review started 12/29. 

 

sent to NVC right away and received NVC email already. 
 

To give more context I am a spouse of USC, petition filled right after marriage, she already petitioned someone years ago and age difference is >5y. 
 

No RFE and did everything myself without using an attorney. 
 

 

Edited January 11, 2021 by Darthvador25

[Alex Prijn 29]

14 minutes ago, Darthvador25 said:

Hi guys, 

 

just giving a datapoint here. 
 

Got my I130 approved on 12/31 with a priority date of 9/23 (99 days), case review started 12/29. 

 

sent to NVC right away and received NVC email already. 
 

To give more context I am a spouse of USC, petition filled right after marriage, she already petitioned someone years ago and age difference is >5y. 
 

No RFE and did everything myself without using an attorney. 
 

 

Wow, I thought the process times for Texas were higher. But that is not a bad process time. Faster than mine at Nebraska.

[Linos 69]

19 minutes ago, Darthvador25 said:

Hi guys, 

 

just giving a datapoint here. 
 

Got my I130 approved on 12/31 with a priority date of 9/23 (99 days), case review started 12/29. 

 

sent to NVC right away and received NVC email already. 
 

To give more context I am a spouse of USC, petition filled right after marriage, she already petitioned someone years ago and age difference is >5y. 
 

No RFE and did everything myself without using an attorney. 
 

 

Woohoo! Congrats on getting approved so quickly! ❤️