July 2022 I-130 Filers

[ECS_2306 3]

3 hours ago, theati said:

Congratulations! 🎉 What is your service center? 

Thank you! Our case was at Potomac (transferred from Texas). 

[rubym2020 24]

Hi all!

 I haven't  posted much here but have been lurking

I think we may have just had our I130 approved on Friday 16th!! 

 

My wife checked our account on Saturday and an approval letter was in our documents! It had only just been uploaded on the Friday 16th but we haven't yet received anything else. I put this down to the long weekend for Juneteenth, but was wondering if anyone has any experience with seeing the letter in the documents before recieving anything? 

 

Thanks!!

Edited June 20, 2023 by rubym2020
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[mapi 21]

Great! Congrats! What are yours numbers? IOE907XXX?

[rubym2020 24]

36 minutes ago, mapi said:

Great! Congrats! What are yours numbers? IOE907XXX?

Ours is IOE964XXX (I'm not familiar with what that means for us).

 

For anyone else interested, our service centre was Nebraska. Their processing times recently shot up from 10.5 months to 15.5 so was starting to get worried.

[ShazShaz 34]

49 minutes ago, rubym2020 said:

I put this down to the long weekend for Juneteenth, but was wondering if anyone has any experience with seeing the letter in the documents before recieving anything? 

I didn't get any updates on NOA2. I found the approval letter under the documents section, and later got an email from NVC to start next steps. Hence likely you both will be hearing from NVC soon. Stalk your email inbox!!

 

Congrats on the approval!

[mapi 21]

5 hours ago, rubym2020 said:

Ours is IOE964XXX (I'm not familiar with what that means for us).

 

For anyone else interested, our service centre was Nebraska. Their processing times recently shot up from 10.5 months to 15.5 so was starting to get worried.

Thanks! They are called processing blocks I think. Mine is  IOE9706xxx PD July 5th 2022. So, it is my turn soon probably.

[ECS_2306 3]

15 hours ago, rubym2020 said:

Hi all!

 I haven't  posted much here but have been lurking

I think we may have just had our I130 approved on Friday 16th!! 

 

My wife checked our account on Saturday and an approval letter was in our documents! It had only just been uploaded on the Friday 16th but we haven't yet received anything else. I put this down to the long weekend for Juneteenth, but was wondering if anyone has any experience with seeing the letter in the documents before recieving anything? 

 

Thanks!!

Congrats!! The same happened for us. No notification, just showed up one day in documents. Hoping to get an email from NVC soon and get this next part rolling. 

[AK65 12]

13 hours ago, mapi said:

Thanks! They are called processing blocks I think. Mine is  IOE9706xxx PD July 5th 2022. So, it is my turn soon probably.

Whether number after IOE is only 7 digit number? Mine is 10 digit number after IOE for I-130 petition filed in Jan 2023.

[mapi 21]

@AK65 it is not. I just missed to hit the x a few more times

 

I got an RFE on the 21st of June for a translation of the marriage certificate. Dammit.

The Dutch certificate is in 12 languages, but they just did not bother to read it at all. So annoying. Translated it this morning, signed it and uploaded it.

[AK65 12]

47 minutes ago, mapi said:

@AK65 it is not. I just missed to hit the x a few more times

 

I got an RFE on the 21st of June for a translation of the marriage certificate. Dammit.

The Dutch certificate is in 12 languages, but they just did not bother to read it at all. So annoying. Translated it this morning, signed it and uploaded it.

Thanks. But now looks like these IOE numbers are not in order as per I-130 petition filed dates, as mine is IOE9460XXXXXX with I-130 NOA1 date of 17th January 2023. Can anyone explain the IOE number sequence for I-130?

[Ladystarlight 22]

On 6/20/2023 at 3:31 AM, rubym2020 said:

Hi all!

 I haven't  posted much here but have been lurking

I think we may have just had our I130 approved on Friday 16th!! 

 

My wife checked our account on Saturday and an approval letter was in our documents! It had only just been uploaded on the Friday 16th but we haven't yet received anything else. I put this down to the long weekend for Juneteenth, but was wondering if anyone has any experience with seeing the letter in the documents before recieving anything? 

 

Thanks!!

Hello! Congratulations to you! We were also approved on Friday! Nebraska then transferred to Cali. I saw our approval on Thursday under documents but it’s dated as Friday 6/16. Also received 2 emails from NVC on Monday. Things are rolling now! 

[CDFranck 10]

5 hours ago, mapi said:

@AK65 it is not. I just missed to hit the x a few more times

 

I got an RFE on the 21st of June for a translation of the marriage certificate. Dammit.

The Dutch certificate is in 12 languages, but they just did not bother to read it at all. So annoying. Translated it this morning, signed it and uploaded it.

Means someone is actively looking at your file and once they see the response, they’ll Approve! 

 

still waiting for our Approval.. 

PD July 18 2022

[mapi 21]

Just now, CDFranck said:

Means someone is actively looking at your file and once they see the response, they’ll Approve! 

 

still waiting for our Approval.. 

PD July 18 2022

Well, I'm afraid it will take another x-weeks now. Not that it really matters, but I just want to get over with it.

[ShazShaz 34]

Just now, mapi said:

Well, I'm afraid it will take another x-weeks now. Not that it really matters, but I just want to get over with it.

Hi @mapi,

 

I also got an RFE for an incomplete I-130a. I followed the instructions to fill in a new form and UPS mailed it back to USCIS. I received my approval within a week, so you just need to keep checking for updates! It is coming!

[mapi 21]

Just now, ShazShaz said:

Hi @mapi,

 

I also got an RFE for an incomplete I-130a. I followed the instructions to fill in a new form and UPS mailed it back to USCIS. I received my approval within a week, so you just need to keep checking for updates! It is coming!

That's promising! Thank you.
I uploaded it on the portal, since my case has been fully digitally so far. The letter was also not stating to either use mail or online (read online that multiple people had this issue).