March 2021 i-130 filers

[Ash23122 22]

1 minute ago, top_secret said:

The approval notice is far more official than any "case status".  It is the formal notification document.  Congratulations!!!!!

Yeah, that's true and Thank you! 😊

 

[B@C 76]

1 hour ago, Ash23122 said:

Our case just got approved. Woohoo!!!!!! 

 

Well, not technically approved as the case status still says "Case Is Being Actively Reviewed By USCIS" lol however, when I logged into my USCIS account this morning I saw the approval notice was attached under the "documents" section - and on the approval notice, it has got Vermont SC address stamped on it (at the bottom). 

 

Below is my timeline: - 

 

SC: Nebraska (As per Emma & USCIS agent - our case was transferred to Vermont SC) 
PD: 03/21/21
AR: 08/19/21
Changed to AR status again / Case Approved: 09/14/21 

 

Total days = 178 days (approx. 6 months)

wow！！！

give me hope!!!!

congrats!!!so happy for you !!!!!!!!!!

[Ash23122 22]

Just now, B@C said:

wow！！！

give me hope!!!!

congrats!!!so happy for you !!!!!!!!!!

Thank you!!! 😊

 

Hopefully, you'll receive the good news by end of this week or next week. Good luck!!!

[Zineb1989 16]

On 9/14/2021 at 5:50 PM, Ash23122 said:

Our case just got approved. Woohoo!!!!!! 

 

Well, not technically approved as the case status still says "Case Is Being Actively Reviewed By USCIS" lol however, when I logged into my USCIS account this morning I saw the approval notice was attached under the "documents" section - and on the approval notice, it has got Vermont SC address stamped on it (at the bottom). 

 

Below is my timeline: - 

 

SC: Nebraska (As per Emma & USCIS agent - our case was transferred to Vermont SC) 
PD: 03/21/21
AR: 08/19/21
Changed to AR status again / Case Approved: 09/14/21 

 

Total days = 178 days (approx. 6 months)

Congratulations i hope soon for as my pd 22 February 21 

Ar 21 april21

No update😞😞😞

[B@C 76]

My case has been AR for 25 days at Vermont SC

No good news this week..

keep waiting...

[Ovid3 22]

Hi everyone

 

I have been shadowing this thread for a while and posting for the first time. We submitted I-130 online on February 23. Like most people here, NOA1 was from Nebraska, but following the advice on this thread, we asked Emma and were told the case was in Texas. The status changed to actively reviewed not long after that (May 5) and stayed this way until two days ago (September 16), when it was actively reviewed again and, behold, the NOA2 was waiting for us in the "documents" section! Overall, it took just under 7 months from submission to NOA2 at the Texas service center (VJ estimate was 10 to 11 months, but the sample seems fairly limited).

 

We did try a few "tricks" in the hope of boosting our application. We submitted I-129f in early August, which was delivered on August 18, but never got any NOA about that. Then, following some comments on this thread, we updated additional documents (pictures) through the website 3 days ago and we got approved the next day! I know correlation does not imply causation and, after 4+ months of actively reviewed, an action was bound to happen at any time. Still, the coincidence is startling and, since a few others in this thread have had the same experience, I'm pretty sure uploading the pictures somehow bumped our case in their system.

 

This thread and others on VJ were immensely useful in the past 7 months and I really hope those who are still waiting will get their NOA2 soon; there is hope, even if your case is in Texas!

[Hubbster14 32]

6 minutes ago, Ovid3 said:

Hi everyone

 

I have been shadowing this thread for a while and posting for the first time. We submitted I-130 online on February 23. Like most people here, NOA1 was from Nebraska, but following the advice on this thread, we asked Emma and were told the case was in Texas. The status changed to actively reviewed not long after that (May 5) and stayed this way until two days ago (September 16), when it was actively reviewed again and, behold, the NOA2 was waiting for us in the "documents" section! Overall, it took just under 7 months from submission to NOA2 at the Texas service center (VJ estimate was 10 to 11 months, but the sample seems fairly limited).

 

We did try a few "tricks" in the hope of boosting our application. We submitted I-129f in early August, which was delivered on August 18, but never got any NOA about that. Then, following some comments on this thread, we updated additional documents (pictures) through the website 3 days ago and we got approved the next day! I know correlation does not imply causation and, after 4+ months of actively reviewed, an action was bound to happen at any time. Still, the coincidence is startling and, since a few others in this thread have had the same experience, I'm pretty sure uploading the pictures somehow bumped our case in their system.

 

This thread and others on VJ were immensely useful in the past 7 months and I really hope those who are still waiting will get their NOA2 soon; there is hope, even if your case is in Texas!

Wow. That is amazing and really motivating news to know, especially considering this approval is super urgent for our family to happen asap  

I never filed i129f and am thinking it may be too late now to do so, but I did upload some additional pics 2 weeks ago lol 

2/26 filed

5/12 actively reviewed

 

super similar timeline to yours!

[B@C 76]

1 hour ago, Ovid3 said:

Hi everyone

 

I have been shadowing this thread for a while and posting for the first time. We submitted I-130 online on February 23. Like most people here, NOA1 was from Nebraska, but following the advice on this thread, we asked Emma and were told the case was in Texas. The status changed to actively reviewed not long after that (May 5) and stayed this way until two days ago (September 16), when it was actively reviewed again and, behold, the NOA2 was waiting for us in the "documents" section! Overall, it took just under 7 months from submission to NOA2 at the Texas service center (VJ estimate was 10 to 11 months, but the sample seems fairly limited).

 

We did try a few "tricks" in the hope of boosting our application. We submitted I-129f in early August, which was delivered on August 18, but never got any NOA about that. Then, following some comments on this thread, we updated additional documents (pictures) through the website 3 days ago and we got approved the next day! I know correlation does not imply causation and, after 4+ months of actively reviewed, an action was bound to happen at any time. Still, the coincidence is startling and, since a few others in this thread have had the same experience, I'm pretty sure uploading the pictures somehow bumped our case in their system.

 

This thread and others on VJ were immensely useful in the past 7 months and I really hope those who are still waiting will get their NOA2 soon; there is hope, even if your case is in Texas!

Congrats ~

i also did a few tricks like updated additional documents...but still AR no NOA2 yet .

 

[Hubbster14 32]

6 hours ago, Ovid3 said:

Hi everyone

 

I have been shadowing this thread for a while and posting for the first time. We submitted I-130 online on February 23. Like most people here, NOA1 was from Nebraska, but following the advice on this thread, we asked Emma and were told the case was in Texas. The status changed to actively reviewed not long after that (May 5) and stayed this way until two days ago (September 16), when it was actively reviewed again and, behold, the NOA2 was waiting for us in the "documents" section! Overall, it took just under 7 months from submission to NOA2 at the Texas service center (VJ estimate was 10 to 11 months, but the sample seems fairly limited).

 

We did try a few "tricks" in the hope of boosting our application. We submitted I-129f in early August, which was delivered on August 18, but never got any NOA about that. Then, following some comments on this thread, we updated additional documents (pictures) through the website 3 days ago and we got approved the next day! I know correlation does not imply causation and, after 4+ months of actively reviewed, an action was bound to happen at any time. Still, the coincidence is startling and, since a few others in this thread have had the same experience, I'm pretty sure uploading the pictures somehow bumped our case in their system.

 

This thread and others on VJ were immensely useful in the past 7 months and I really hope those who are still waiting will get their NOA2 soon; there is hope, even if your case is in Texas!

Btw is i129F free if you’re a US citizen filing it for your spouse? I know certain versions of that petition are $535. 

[Ovid3 22]

14 minutes ago, Hubbster14 said:

Btw is i129F free if you’re a US citizen filing it for your spouse? I know certain versions of that petition are $535. 

It is free when your are applying for spouse of USC to get a K3. The same form is used for K1 applications, which come with the 535 dollars fee. Filling it is pretty straightforward: it is essentially a simpler version of I-130 and we didn't overthink it since the point was not to get a K3, which is a dead-end anyway, but simply to boost the main application. Again, the evidence that it does anything to help is anecdotal at best, but considering that all it took us was 2 hours on a Sunday and the price of a stamp, it was worth a shot!

[nikmak 1]

Hi everybody! I have been trying to upload additional documents online under unsolicited evidence option. That hasn’t been working for past two days. It just says unable to upload try again in few minutes. Does anybody know any work around this issue? Did anybody else run into this issue? Thank you for your tips in advance:) 

[Hubbster14 32]

On 9/18/2021 at 6:27 PM, Ovid3 said:

It is free when your are applying for spouse of USC to get a K3. The same form is used for K1 applications, which come with the 535 dollars fee. Filling it is pretty straightforward: it is essentially a simpler version of I-130 and we didn't overthink it since the point was not to get a K3, which is a dead-end anyway, but simply to boost the main application. Again, the evidence that it does anything to help is anecdotal at best, but considering that all it took us was 2 hours on a Sunday and the price of a stamp, it was worth a shot!

Decided to follow your example and file I-129F today. Can't hurt us, so why not go for that too  even if it somehow sheds the time by a few weeks only, it will still be worth it. 

[Hubbster14 32]

14 hours ago, nikmak said:

Hi everybody! I have been trying to upload additional documents online under unsolicited evidence option. That hasn’t been working for past two days. It just says unable to upload try again in few minutes. Does anybody know any work around this issue? Did anybody else run into this issue? Thank you for your tips in advance:) 

Yep, I tried doing the same and can confirm it doesn't work currently. 

[B@C 76]

feel so sad .

my case has been AR for 29 days at Vermont SC :((

 

[Rusal 8]

Just randomly checked my case status, and looks like they are actively reviewing our case as of Sept. 8th. 

PD - 03/30/21

SC: Texas