Question about information on receipt notice (What does this mean?)

[scaredCat 0]

Hello community, I am naturalized US citizen who submitted I-130 for foreign spouse who lives outside of the US.

 

I read this on our receipt notice: "The beneficiary must wait until a visa is available before they can take next step. To best allocate resources, USCIS may wait to process I-130 forms until closer to time when a visa will become available, which may be years after the petition was filed. Nevertheless, USCIS process I-130 forms in time not to delay relatives' ability to take next step toward permanent residence once a visa number does become available. "

 

What does this mean? Is there a chance that my spouse will never immigrate until a visa is available which may take years?

I hear people say their I-130 is approved in 12-15 months but are they the ONLY ones that a visa was available? Which means, MOST people wait for "years" for I-130 to be processed?

 

If anyone can clarify, I would appreciate. 

Thanks.

[powerpuff 6,697]

Visas for  immediate relatives of US citizens are not numerically limited.

Edited September 23, 2023 by powerpuff

[Mike E 11,739]

2 hours ago, scaredCat said:

I am naturalized US citizen who submitted I-130 for foreign spouse who lives outside of the US

1. Did you indicate that you were a U.S. citizen at the time you filed I-130?

 

2. Did you indicate that the beneficiary was your spouse?

 

3. Did you file I-130A?

 

4. Did you include a cooy of your marriage certificate? 

[scaredCat 0]

3 hours ago, Mike E said:

1. Did you indicate that you were a U.S. citizen at the time you filed I-130?

 

2. Did you indicate that the beneficiary was your spouse?

 

3. Did you file I-130A?

 

4. Did you include a cooy of your marriage certificate? 

yes to all of them

[Mike E 11,739]

3 hours ago, scaredCat said:

yes to all of them

Looks like boiler plate text that does not apply to you

[pushbrk 12,882]

17 hours ago, Mike E said:

Looks like boiler plate text that does not apply to you

That's my initial impression but it is not a normal part of an immediate relative I-130 receipt notice.  At least not on the front side.  I would call USCIS and inquire.  Get any necessary corrections made.

[scaredCat 0]

1 hour ago, pushbrk said:

That's my initial impression but it is not a normal part of an immediate relative I-130 receipt notice.  At least not on the front side.  I would call USCIS and inquire.  Get any necessary corrections made.

Thank you, but do you think that text is due to my mistake (I'm US citizen, filed for spouse, attached I130A and marriage certificate - I re-checked my application and confirmed) 

 

Do other people not have this on their receipt notice? Does this 100% mean that there is a problem with my case meaning my beneficiary spouse will be treated as non-citizen spouse?

 

Here is the entire text on my notice. I'm worried now

 

 

Edited September 25, 2023 by scaredCat

[scaredCat 0]

I just saw that this post has same excat text on the notice and it looks like this user also applied for spouse

 

So maybe this text is normal?

[pushbrk 12,882]

21 minutes ago, scaredCat said:

Thank you, but do you think that text is due to my mistake (I'm US citizen, filed for spouse, attached I130A and marriage certificate - I re-checked my application and confirmed) 

 

Do other people not have this on their receipt notice? Does this 100% mean that there is a problem with my case meaning my beneficiary spouse will be treated as non-citizen spouse?

 

Here is the entire text on my notice. I'm worried now

 

 

If you filed for the spouse of a US Citizen, then the "years" part of the notice does not apply to you.  A visa is considered to be "immediately available" for a qualifying immediate relative of a US Citizen.  Spouse, step children, and parents qualify.  Just ignore it.

 

[scaredCat 0]

2 hours ago, pushbrk said:

If you filed for the spouse of a US Citizen, then the "years" part of the notice does not apply to you.  A visa is considered to be "immediately available" for a qualifying immediate relative of a US Citizen.  Spouse, step children, and parents qualify.  Just ignore it.

 

thank you, you are great help in this forum.

[Cookie88 89]

I am in the same boat as you. I am the beneficiary though of a US citizen petitioning and our I-130's (myself and the kids) all have that same text in the notice. I think it's just standard text. 

[pushbrk 12,882]

10 hours ago, Cookie88 said:

I am in the same boat as you. I am the beneficiary though of a US citizen petitioning and our I-130's (myself and the kids) all have that same text in the notice. I think it's just standard text. 

If it's standard, it's new, but still not applicable to the spouse, step child, or parent of a US  Citizen.