MAY 2022 I-130 FILERS ❤️

[LincKay 13]

On 5/18/2022 at 5:47 PM, KN and GN said:

Yes I understand completely. But look at the positive side atleast it wasn't moved to Vermont. Positive thoughts. 

Do we know how USCIS assigns a case to which service centre? Is there a set rule? e.g. if the sponsor lives in a New England state the case will be assigned to Vermont ? 
 

Thank you. 

[Chancy 6,241]

1 hour ago, Kayesidi said:

Do we know how USCIS assigns a case to which service centre? Is there a set rule? e.g. if the sponsor lives in a New England state the case will be assigned to Vermont ? 

 

Not based on petitioner's residence.  To us who are USCIS outsiders, the petition assignment to processing centers is effectively random.  The only exception is when the petitioner has a criminal background related to certain sex crimes.  Those petitions will be assigned to Vermont.  Note that Vermont also handles I-130s from petitioners with no criminal background.

 

[LincKay 13]

Thank you Chancy 😃

[pul 0]

Any more approvals for May filers? I starting to suspect the beneficiary's country plays a huge role. Seeing a lot of folks from EU getting exceptionally faster approval here and in some FB groups.

[MRJ9987 31]

On 10/6/2022 at 5:46 PM, pul said:

Any more approvals for May filers? I starting to suspect the beneficiary's country plays a huge role. Seeing a lot of folks from EU getting exceptionally faster approval here and in some FB groups.

Ca you share any concrete examples where a person from EU have received a quick approval?  

[Simplytex 387]

Got approved last night, and I absolutely think the k3 visa filling helped get us through.

 

Vermont

I130 online PD May 28
K3 June 6
Approval Oct 11

[LincKay 13]

Does anyone suggest filing K3 with CR 1? 
 

Thank you. 

@Simplytex congratulations !!! That’s great news. 😃

[Simplytex 387]

22 minutes ago, Kayesidi said:

Does anyone suggest filing K3 with CR 1? 

I absolutely do. I have tracked about 27 Vermont Service Center cases on VJ and Facebook, based on those results I was estimating that I would have been approved sometime from Thurs last week to end of Oct, and my estimates were spot on (just 4 business days after my spreadsheet said it would be approved.)

[LincKay 13]

So 16 months processing time on USCIS for Vermont isn’t accurate huh. 

[Simplytex 387]

4 hours ago, Kayesidi said:

So 16 months processing time on USCIS for Vermont isn’t accurate huh. 

No, for a couple reasons that I previously tried to outline here (it would be nice to sticky this post so folks understand, but I dunno how to flag to mods...):

 

I would say, if you didn't file for K3, you probably have 4-6 more months left (currently Vermont is processing Oct/Nov files), if you filed for K3, then its taking ~120-140 days after K3 filing to get approved (so technically it could be worth filing K3 still.)

[A&J22 30]

7 hours ago, Simplytex said:

Got approved last night, and I absolutely think the k3 visa filling helped get us through.

 

Vermont

I130 online PD May 28
K3 June 6
Approval Oct 11

Congrats, do you think K-3 helps regardless of the service center?

[Simplytex 387]

4 minutes ago, A&J22 said:

Congrats, do you think K-3 helps regardless of the service center?

Thats a little more tricky. I wasn't looking closely at centers other than Vermont... It seems like Texas and Nebraska also maybe had some luck with K3, but Potomac and California didn't have as many reports (that I remember seeing...)

[A&J22 30]

18 minutes ago, Simplytex said:

Thats a little more tricky. I wasn't looking closely at centers other than Vermont... It seems like Texas and Nebraska also maybe had some luck with K3, but Potomac and California didn't have as many reports (that I remember seeing...)

Thanks, I already filed K-3, I'm going to stay hopeful although my case is at Potomac

[LincKay 13]

@A&J22 Our fingers are crossed for you two.

[VinCell 0]

In my FB Group(I-130 Potomac Fillers), somebody got approved.

 

PD: May 30, 2022

Approved October 26, 2022

Beneficiary: Philippines

Potomac Service Center.

 

No K3/ No Expidite

 

he/she shown her USCIS screenshot account. but the post got deleted. 

 

lucky for them my PD was May 31, 2022 xD