October 2023 I 130 Filers

[Ara Burton 34]

3 hours ago, James and Neil said:

All of these approvals has me hopeful that ours comes this week! We are an NOA1 of October 16, 2023 so we should be right there. Congrats to all of you who have been approved so far! 

Praying you get your approval in time for Valentines day

[lmkvisa 3]

On 2/10/2025 at 11:13 PM, Koops said:

This is the first time I've made a post, but I just want to let everyone reading know that my standalone spousal  i-130 was approved over the weekend.

 

I've been following this thread in the background for the last few months. This thread, along with the September and August threads helped me keep my sanity over this whole process, so I appreciate everyone who contributed and continues to contribute. Hopefully my small contribution can be a ray of hope to somebody. I expected the i-130 process to be only about 12 months, I didn't expect it to drag out to 16 months! It's been especially frustrating reading about people with AOS requests using i-130/i-485 that were submitted after my PD but still approved months ago - when I first submitted the i-130, the processing time was the same for both standalone and AOS.

 

My PD was 10/11/23, and I was approved on 2/8/25. I submitted online so I'm not sure if there was a specific service center involved. I did end up emailing my Senator 2 weeks ago, but I haven't heard back (yet?), so I'm not sure if that impacted anything. 

 

Fingers crossed that the next steps go smoothly and are quicker! Good luck to everyone!

Our I-130 spousal application was also approved last week! Our case was 'being actively reviewed' from 23 October 2023 and approval on 9 February 2025 - 475 days total. We contacted our local congressman shortly before Christmas and he said that he would contact USCIS, but it's hard to tell if it actually made a difference or whether the process just ran its course! 

 

We've already heard from NVC, so we hope that the remainder of the process is a lot quicker, but congratulations!! Hopefully soon this will all be a distant memory

[OldUser 7,856]

1 hour ago, lmkvisa said:

Our I-130 spousal application was also approved last week! Our case was 'being actively reviewed' from 23 October 2023 and approval on 9 February 2025 - 475 days total.  

15 months? This is fast. Many cases now take 16-17 months.

[Ara Burton 34]

12 hours ago, lmkvisa said:

Our I-130 spousal application was also approved last week! Our case was 'being actively reviewed' from 23 October 2023 and approval on 9 February 2025 - 475 days total. We contacted our local congressman shortly before Christmas and he said that he would contact USCIS, but it's hard to tell if it actually made a difference or whether the process just ran its course! 

 

We've already heard from NVC, so we hope that the remainder of the process is a lot quicker, but congratulations!! Hopefully soon this will all be a distant memory

Woot woot

[Ara Burton 34]

11 hours ago, OldUser said:

15 months? This is fast. Many cases now take 16-17 months.

It really varies.

 

I have seen some cases getting approved before 1 year

[OldUser 7,856]

16 minutes ago, Ara Burton said:

It really varies.

 

I have seen some cases getting approved before 1 year

There must be very few cases approved before 1 year. At least based on all stats publicly available.

[James and Neil 5]

On 2/11/2025 at 4:08 PM, James and Neil said:

All of these approvals has me hopeful that ours comes this week! We are an NOA1 of October 16, 2023 so we should be right there. Congrats to all of you who have been approved so far! 

We got approved today so 2 days short of 16 months! 

[WoodlandsFamily 27]

13 minutes ago, James and Neil said:

We got approved today so 2 days short of 16 months! 

Congratulations 🏆 I was 3 days before 16 months so there's definitely a pattern! 

[Ara Burton 34]

5 hours ago, James and Neil said:

We got approved today so 2 days short of 16 months! 

Yayyy just in time for Vday!!!!!!

[2024 I551 13]

Received NVC email today (interestingly over the weekend) after approval on Feb 11. So, NVC email is currently taking less than a week.

[Ara Burton 34]

49 minutes ago, 2024 I551 said:

Received NVC email today (interestingly over the weekend) after approval on Feb 11. So, NVC email is currently taking less than a week.

That's great to hear!!

 

What was your PD?

[2024 I551 13]

5 minutes ago, Ara Burton said:

 

 

What was your PD?

Oct 8, 2023

[WoodlandsFamily 27]

2 hours ago, 2024 I551 said:

Oct 8, 2023

They are getting quicker, I was approved 6th and heard 10th 

[ameriran 4]

Dang we got approved exactly 16 months after. Here’s to hoping the rest is much much faster. Not having much hope though reading about those fools ruining our country

[Ara Burton 34]

17 hours ago, ameriran said:

Dang we got approved exactly 16 months after. Here’s to hoping the rest is much much faster. Not having much hope though reading about those fools ruining our country

Woot woot. Focus on the positives.

 

You waited very long for this moment.

 

Bask in it.