Married sons and daughters of US Citizens (Merged)

[josie66 0]

Hi Everyone, I am  newbie I have an F3 pending for my married daughter PD since 07/31/2013. Can someone please tell me when last someone got an approval and how many years F3 took. I am so frustrated...

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[appleblossom 3,455]

4 hours ago, josie66 said:

Hi Everyone, I am  newbie I have an F3 pending for my married daughter PD since 07/31/2013. Can someone please tell me when last someone got an approval and how many years F3 took. I am so frustrated...

Depends on which country she was born in?
 

You can check it yourself on the Visa Bulletin (it’s released monthly). As you can see from that, those that applied prior to July 2010 are now becoming eligible for visas this month - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-for-march-2025.html

 

So 3 years ahead of her (this is assuming she wasn’t born in Mexico or the Philippines of course).

 

But don’t assume it will necessarily be 3 years until she’s eligible to receive a visa. It may be, but it’s not linear so could take a lot longer. For example, if you look back at past Visa Bulletins you’ll see that it doesn’t move forward at the same amount as time. Here is the VB from years ago, and the date on it for F3 is December 2007 - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2020/visa-bulletin-for-march-2020.html

 

So in 5 years it’s only moved 2.5 years. No way of know how it will move in the future, all you can do is keep an eye on it, but she’s still several years away. 
 

Good luck. 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 07:20 AM by appleblossom

[Boiler 46,417]

Has the I 130 been approved?

[mam521 2,301]

Please fill out your timeline for the case you're referencing: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=486100

 

As asked above, is the I-130 approved?  Is a visa available?  

[josie66 0]

I got some replies where my daughter lives and if her  I-130  was approved here is the details. On 31st  July, 2013. I filed an I-130  petition  F3  for my married daughter living in Trinidad, it was filed at California Service Center. On 29th April, 2024 the case was transferred to ELIS at POTOMAC Service Center. that's after 11 plus years it was transferred. Does anyone have any idea what I am looking in terms of years. Thanks  NB case still not approved.

[josie66 0]

When a case was transferred from WAC  to  IOE  what does that mean?

[OldUser 8,161]

Seems like another year or so at least.

[appleblossom 3,455]

6 hours ago, josie66 said:

I got some replies where my daughter lives and if her  I-130  was approved here is the details. On 31st  July, 2013. I filed an I-130  petition  F3  for my married daughter living in Trinidad, it was filed at California Service Center. On 29th April, 2024 the case was transferred to ELIS at POTOMAC Service Center. that's after 11 plus years it was transferred. Does anyone have any idea what I am looking in terms of years. Thanks  NB case still not approved.

It would be better to respond on that thread rather than start another one. I’ll ask a kind mod to merge. 
 

But as I said there, still several years until she’s eligible for a visa, so USCIS won’t rush to approve the I-130 petition when there’s no visa available to her anyway. But the I-130 could be approved at anytime, then you watch the Visa Bulletin. 
 

Please fill in your timeline (on your profile). 

Good luck. 

Edited 4 hours ago by appleblossom

[Crazy Cat 42,757]

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[appleblossom 3,455]

10 hours ago, josie66 said:

When a case was transferred from WAC  to  IOE  what does that mean?

It doesn’t mean anything really. All cases are gradually being transferred to the electronic system so it’s perfectly normal.