Time consideration to reapplication of I-130

[selawji 0]

Hello to all VJ members.I am new here and I am glad to have encountered this site.It's very informative and enlightening.Here's my story...my husband flied and mailed together the I-130 and I-129f last January.The INS gave us a receipt for the I-129f but nothing for the I-130. We were thinking it was processed until recently INS mailed a letter to my husband informing him that they cant process the I-129f since "there's no pending or approved I-130".And it's been 7 months already.He then verified the check he issued as payment for the I-130 against his bank statement and realize that it was not deducted.I know we made a mistake of not cheking it earlier but we cannot undo what is past.May I know then if any members here can help or give us pieces of advice what to do next? If we reapply, how many days or months we should wait? Your knowledge will be of great help to us.We are very sad of the development but being here at Visajourney helps a lot.God bless to all VJ members and thank you in advance.

[Epiphany 0]

Hello to all VJ members.I am new here and I am glad to have encountered this site.It's very informative and enlightening.Here's my story...my husband flied and mailed together the I-130 and I-129f last January.The INS gave us a receipt for the I-129f but nothing for the I-130. We were thinking it was processed until recently INS mailed a letter to my husband informing him that they cant process the I-129f since "there's no pending or approved I-130".And it's been 7 months already.He then verified the check he issued as payment for the I-130 against his bank statement and realize that it was not deducted.I know we made a mistake of not cheking it earlier but we cannot undo what is past.May I know then if any members here can help or give us pieces of advice what to do next? If we reapply, how many days or months we should wait? Your knowledge will be of great help to us.We are very sad of the development but being here at Visajourney helps a lot.God bless to all VJ members and thank you in advance.

He needs to do a much better job of following up. Thats not good.

[island_princess 2]

In my case, my interview is 6 months from the day my husband sent the I-130 package to CSC. Check my timeline.

But still that depend if you got lucky. There are months of the year wherein the service centers are so busy.

As for the initial phase of K-3 petition, you will not be affected by the fee increase since you will have to pay only $355.00 for I-130 (I-129F is $0.00 if it is filed in relation to a K-3 petition).Whereas, the existing fees for I-130 and I-129F are $190.00 and $170.00, respectively ($360.00 in total).

http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/Fe...ate_07Jun29.pdf

http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments...edule052907.pdf

Edited July 20, 2007 by island_princess

[selawji 0]

Thank you Epiphany and Island princess for your replies.Do we have to wait for a number of days before we can reapply again? Thank you in advance.