January 2025 I-130 Filers

[S2N 7]

Starting the thread for those of us starting the New Year by filing an I-130.

 

Looking forward to hopefully seeing a lot of updates in 2026 or earlier

[Sarah_k92 113]

I just filed I-130 for my Mum today! 
 

Good luck to all ✨

[S2N 7]

1 hour ago, Sarah_k92 said:

I just filed I-130 for my Mum today! 
 

Good luck to all ✨

We had everything ready to go and were just waiting on CBP to process the departure record for my husband to file (married in the U.S. over the December holidays.)

 

New Years Day filer here. Can happily say it was one of the first things I did this year.

[Sarah_k92 113]

On 1/5/2025 at 8:19 PM, S2N said:

We had everything ready to go and were just waiting on CBP to process the departure record for my husband to file (married in the U.S. over the December holidays.)

 

New Years Day filer here. Can happily say it was one of the first things I did this year.

Congrats! Just received our receipt notice. The case is processing. Did you file online? 

[S2N 7]

7 minutes ago, Sarah_k92 said:

Congrats! Just received our receipt notice. The case is processing. Did you file online? 

Yep, online filing. Received NOA1 on 1/1/25

[DylanXavier 0]

Bookmarking this, filed form I-130 for my wife and our kid, and got the receipt notice today, January 20. They are currently in our home country. Crossing my fingers that wait wont have to be that long.

 

Goodluck to everyone on the same path!

[gcnpl 1]

My wife is an USC, and her parents applied for B1/B2 couple times but it was rejected with a reason that they don't have strong ties to return back. They don't want to immigrate to US and their plan was just to visit us once in few years for few months. Shouldn't this be obvious for Visa Officer, if they're eligible for Green Card but still applying B1/B2 means they will return back after a visit? 

 

Well we are done wasting money on B1/B2 now and finally applied their I130 since we don't have any other options even they are unhappy that they have to stay in US for more than six months each year. Got a receipt notice for January 23rd. Progress bar showing 23 Months ETA for case approval. Good luck everyone!

[OldUser 7,477]

17 hours ago, gcnpl said:

My wife is an USC, and her parents applied for B1/B2 couple times but it was rejected with a reason that they don't have strong ties to return back. They don't want to immigrate to US and their plan was just to visit us once in few years for few months. Shouldn't this be obvious for Visa Officer, if they're eligible for Green Card but still applying B1/B2 means they will return back after a visit? 

B1 / B2 is cheaper and faster to get compared to GC. You won't believe how many people get B1 / B2 to violate immigration laws and overstay. 

 

If officer is not convinced in non-immigrant intent, then the only way is GC.

Edited Sunday at 04:44 PM by OldUser

[OldUser 7,477]

17 hours ago, gcnpl said:

Progress bar showing 23 Months ETA for case approval. 

This estimate can be safely ignored. It provides wrong information all the time.