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I am a US citizen filing for my immediate relative (spouse/wife) and the process started on 2/5/2023, and as of today 7/3/2024 I still have not even received NOA2, in fact the login from the website shows still wait time about 8 more month.
Is it normally take this long before NOA2? It is not even interview or NVC yet which I saw the average time it take is around 6 to 8 month respectively. Why does government make it to wait for 5 years before can reunite with my wife?

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I am sorry it is taking this long and I totally understand your frustration! They are not anywhere near July 23 approvals yet. They’ve barely cleared end of May 23. I know for other countries like the UK it would take a spouse 6 months from start to finish to reach the country. It’s insane if you think of the process for the US respectively. Making couples live a few YEARS apart on other ends of the world before allowing them to live together is not in any way supporting your citizens.  On top of it, they charge a lot of money, keep increasing fees, and yet times are not because reduced - quite the opposite actually. 

 

Ignore the 8 month estimate though, that whole tracker on their website is a gimmick. I would think it’s not too difficult to have an accurate processing timeframe on there either. There’s other websites using data analytics to give us estimates that are pretty accurate, but with all the money in the world that they take from us, USCIS cannot manage the same efficiency. 

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5 hours ago, Anonymous35460 said:

I would think it’s not too difficult to have an accurate processing timeframe on there either. There’s other websites using data analytics to give us estimates that are pretty accurate, but with all the money in the world that they take from us, USCIS cannot manage the same efficiency. 

No tracker gives an accurate estimate. There's too much human factor in this process and each case is unique. Nobody knows what your case is like until it's open. Maybe it lacks evidence, maybe there's something in your facts that need extra background checks.

 

My I-751 was processed slower than others. Essentially, I could see in the tracker, cases filed a week earlier and week after being approved. Meanwhile, 100-200 cases filed around the same week as mine took 4-6 months longer to get processed. For no apparent reason. No tracker was able to predict it. I literally had a friend who filed 3 weeks after me and got approved 5 months sooner. Our history was pretty much the same - we were about same age, came from same country, worked in the same industry, married around same time etc etc. One would think if it was that predictable, my case would be approved few weeks before his. By the way, none of us had RFEs. While I agree, USCIS progress tracker is useless, there's no other tracker that can give you 100% info. You cannot predict officer John who got your case going on paternity leave etc etc. Too many variables.

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43 minutes ago, SalishSea said:

“The government” doesn’t make you do anything.   The wait time is what it is because of the huge volumes of people who filed and got in the queue before you did.   There is a lot of waiting involved with all aspects of US immigration.

I think it's important to remember that immigration is a privilege, not a right.  You're asking immigration to allow a person that is not a US citizen permission to enter the country and are essentially pinky promising that the person you want to bring will be a benefit to the US, not a nuisance.  

 

12 hours ago, yangshang0 said:

Why does government make it to wait for 5 years before can reunite with my wife?

You could move to your wife's country if the wait there is less.  There's nothing stopping you guys from being together.  You're just finding it inconvenient because it doesn't suit the circumstances you'd like it to.  

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14 hours ago, yangshang0 said:

I am a US citizen filing for my immediate relative (spouse/wife) and the process started on 2/5/2023, and as of today 7/3/2024 I still have not even received NOA2, in fact the login from the website shows still wait time about 8 more month.
Is it normally take this long before NOA2? It is not even interview or NVC yet which I saw the average time it take is around 6 to 8 month respectively. Why does government make it to wait for 5 years before can reunite with my wife?

Dont reley on the time lines, also no case is the same.  It takes as long as it needs to, just need to wait it out.

 

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Since I filed my I-130 petition electronically in mid-June, my "wait time" (scare quotes because who knows the ridiculous database query they're using to generate that number--or maybe it's just RNG?) has gone from 16 months to 18 months to 5 months. We're talking about a 20-day span.

 

Sorry for your frustration, OP. I decided to move to the Philippines to be with my wife to survive these insane wait times. I'm in the process of selling everything here, even my car, and taking my cash there. Sure, the quality of life isn't as good at the US, but at least we can, you know, love each other in person. Thanks, US immigration! 👍

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I don't want to comment until we know what is going on.

However, it would be very unfair to deal with the newcomers first and make those who have already been waiting for over a year wait even longer.

 

What bothers me, however, is that it is precisely those who already have their permit, some of whom received it in a much shorter time,-look at there timeline-

who are now the ones who are crying out the loudest when some people find this additional waiting time unjustified...that's just not fair...sorry

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On 7/3/2024 at 2:57 AM, yangshang0 said:

I am a US citizen filing for my immediate relative (spouse/wife) and the process started on 2/5/2023, and as of today 7/3/2024 I still have not even received NOA2, in fact the login from the website shows still wait time about 8 more month.
Is it normally take this long before NOA2? It is not even interview or NVC yet which I saw the average time it take is around 6 to 8 month respectively. Why does government make it to wait for 5 years before can reunite with my wife?

Try contacting your Senator.  I have done that and it was helpful.

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06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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