I-130 Immediate Relative - F4 (Siblings) Category Status

[svm 0]

Anyone here who is waiting for next step on I-130 f4 approval? Priority date is June 2011(country India) and only thing we have heard is NOA1 - receipt back in 2011. It has been one long silence since 2011 but recently I noticed California has dropped I-130 processing time and case is eligible for a follow up. I'm wondering if any one from 2011 has heard anything back from USCIS in recent time. It appears that total processing time is close to 13-14 years so earliest I expect any movement on the case is 2024. 

 

Any thoughts, Suggestions?   

[JeanneAdil 6,587]

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2022/visa-bulletin-for-may-2022.html

 

final action dates current for India is 06   17 years

if that remains about the same ,  u would be looking at 2028

[Crazy Cat 41,985]

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@svm, What do you mean by "eligible for follow up"??   The visa bulletin controls Family Visa category visa number availability.

Edited April 29, 2023 by Crazy Cat

[Boiler 45,784]

I assume you are talking about the I 130? If so often the longer they take the better, do you have children?

[svm 0]

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

I assume you are talking about the I 130? If so often the longer they take the better, do you have children?

Yes.. kids are turning 21 soon so I expect CSPA will allow to subtract I-130 approval time from their age. Did I get that correct?

[Boiler 45,784]

Just now, svm said:

Yes.. kids are turning 21 soon so I expect CSPA will allow to subtract I-130 approval time from their age. Did I get that correct?

Yes

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2 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

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@svm, What do you mean by "eligible for follow up"??   The visa bulletin controls Family Visa category visa number availability.

sorry.. what I meant was California Service Center I130 processing time has recently dropped to 80 months, (previously if I recall it was like 120+ months) hence I can initiate the case inquiry.  

 

Case Inquiry Date = [time to complete 93% of adjudicated cases] – [today’s date – receipt date]

Edited April 29, 2023 by svm

[Boiler 45,784]

Why would you?

[Crazy Cat 41,985]

37 minutes ago, svm said:

what I meant was California Service Center I130 processing time has recently dropped to 80 months, (previously if I recall it was like 120+ months) hence I can initiate the case inquiry.  

I'm not sure how that would benefit you.  A Sibling visa takes about 15-20 years from filing date....not because of USCIS processing.  It's because it takes so long for visa number to become available.   For India cases, those which were filed in September 2005 and earlier will have visa numbers available in May. 

Edited April 29, 2023 by Crazy Cat

[SalishSea 17,987]

9 hours ago, svm said:

sorry.. what I meant was California Service Center I130 processing time has recently dropped to 80 months, (previously if I recall it was like 120+ months) hence I can initiate the case inquiry.  

 

Case Inquiry Date = [time to complete 93% of adjudicated cases] – [today’s date – receipt date]

Service center processing times are not relevant to your visa category.   All petitions in the sibling category will be approved long before there is an available visa, especially for India.

[SteveInBostonI130 3,471]

16 hours ago, svm said:

sorry.. what I meant was California Service Center I130 processing time has recently dropped to 80 months, (previously if I recall it was like 120+ months) hence I can initiate the case inquiry.  

 

Case Inquiry Date = [time to complete 93% of adjudicated cases] – [today’s date – receipt date]

 

As others have noted, why would you want to speed up the I-130 approval?

 

I assume you think the 12 years of processing so far is enough to protect your children under CSPA.  The problem is that the visa bulletin is not under linear progression - that is, the months as years do not progress with current months and years.  Right now the wait for F4 India is about 18 years.  In 5 years time, the wait can balloon to 20 years or 25 years.  Or it can stay the same or reduce.

 

The longer USCIS takes to process the I-130, up until when a visa number is available, the better.

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8 hours ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

 

As others have noted, why would you want to speed up the I-130 approval?

 

I assume you think the 12 years of processing so far is enough to protect your children under CSPA.  The problem is that the visa bulletin is not under linear progression - that is, the months as years do not progress with current months and years.  Right now the wait for F4 India is about 18 years.  In 5 years time, the wait can balloon to 20 years or 25 years.  Or it can stay the same or reduce.

 

The longer USCIS takes to process the I-130, up until when a visa number is available, the better.

Thanks for the feedback. I have no issues for waiting for I-130 approval up until the point visa number is going to be available. As all of you have pointed out it is wise thing to do! 
 

I was just curious about normal processing time 😁 

 

Once I-130 is approved, does it get transferred to Indian Consulate and they calculate the CSPA age when priority date is current?

 

if it is taking about 16-18 years, I think we might be looking at 2027-2029 way things are going right now. That means eldest kid will be about 28 year old. 

 

thanks! 
 

 

[Crazy Cat 41,985]

50 minutes ago, svm said:

Once I-130 is approved, does it get transferred to Indian Consulate and they calculate the CSPA age when priority date is current?

After approval, the I-130 will be sent to NVC.  It will sit there until a visa number is available.  The case is then sent to the consulate for the interview.  

Edited April 30, 2023 by Crazy Cat