I-130 filed

[Haider cheema 0]

Hi guy’s, 

just need some help regarding some concerns I’ve had. I filed my I-130 i march 2023 and still waiting for any response. What is an appropriate timeline for this process. And also when I filed the only information I gave for the bona fida marriage documents was about 15 pictures of the event and different events i was together with my wife. I also showed a company document with her listed as my emergency contact. Is that enough information? 

[Boiler 45,462]

A K1? For a wife?

[Haider cheema 0]

An I-130 for an alien relative. She lives abroad. Hope that helps

[Boiler 45,462]

You are a USC?

[Haider cheema 0]

Yeah

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[milimelo 4,476]

5 hours ago, Haider cheema said:

Hi guy’s, 

just need some help regarding some concerns I’ve had. I filed my I-130 i march 2023 and still waiting for any response. What is an appropriate timeline for this process. And also when I filed the only information I gave for the bona fida marriage documents was about 15 pictures of the event and different events i was together with my wife. I also showed a company document with her listed as my emergency contact. Is that enough information? 

There's a whole list of documents needed for I-130. Did you download the instructions for I-130 form off of uscis.gov? Hopefully you included your marriage certificate as part of filing.

[appleblossom 2,466]

For timeline for the I-130 - https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

 

Then add on time for the NVC/consulate side of the process. That could be as little as 3 months or as much as 2 years +, depending on the consulate and their interview wait time. 
 

HTH. 

 

 

Edited September 15, 2023 by appleblossom

[Haider cheema 0]

@milimelo 

Yeah, I added our marriage certificate and all the necessary documents. I just feel like I could have added more evidence for our marriage section. Should that be a big concern? 

[Ketsuban 1,034]

4 hours ago, Haider cheema said:

@milimelo 

Yeah, I added our marriage certificate and all the necessary documents. I just feel like I could have added more evidence for our marriage section. Should that be a big concern? 

If when they get to your Petition they want more from you, they would hopefully send you an RFE (request for evidence) and you'll have a reasonable deadline to get that info back to them. 

[carmel34 3,621]

4 hours ago, Haider cheema said:

I added our marriage certificate and all the necessary documents. I just feel like I could have added more evidence for our marriage section. Should that be a big concern?

You can send more evidence if you get an RFE when the petition is adjudicated.  After the I-130 petition is approved, you can upload additional documents at the NVC stage of the process (side-loading).  Your wife can take more, recent evidence of your bona fide marriage to the visa interview, but often the officer will not look at it.  Hopefully you will be able to spend more time together in person throughout the process, and submit evidence of those visits at the RFE or NVC stage.  Good luck!

[Haider cheema 0]

Thankyou so much for the detailed response. I was really worried that I didn’t do enough. It’s been 6 months since I applied now. So we are hoping the whole process doesn’t take more than 2 years. But thankyou!