August / September I-130 2007 Filers

[twolove 0]

We sent our I-130 Petitions on July 26 and they got it on the 27th...

Still nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so frustrated!!\

It will be 90 days this wednesday..

awful!!!!

My husband called them and tried to find out whats going on. They promised to reply but didnt!! of course....

Dont know what to do now.. Call them again?

when you call on the 90th day and they ask you if you received your mail yet say yes and or they will make you wait one more date ... any late july early august filers have their cheks cashed ..?

[biazo 0]

i`ve already wrote that THEY LOST IT!!

90 days will be tomorrow for you and in my opinion you can call them now!!! (i even think you could do it before). We called several times - 1 time they told us that they cant find one paper, so we sent it to them (thought we were sure we had sent it before with all the documents). And we called again now so they told us it`s been lost. They didnt inform us by themselves!!! So probably you will not find out if anything is wrong until you call them...

Write here what is the result, hope everything will be OK.

Good luck

[sunshine18 0]

i`ve already wrote that THEY LOST IT!!

90 days will be tomorrow for you and in my opinion you can call them now!!! (i even think you could do it before). We called several times - 1 time they told us that they cant find one paper, so we sent it to them (thought we were sure we had sent it before with all the documents). And we called again now so they told us it`s been lost. They didnt inform us by themselves!!! So probably you will not find out if anything is wrong until you call them...

Write here what is the result, hope everything will be OK.

Good luck

Biazo, again, sorry for the loss of your papers By USCIS. Have you resuBmitted them? I hope USCIS will honor your original suBmission date. Otherwise, you lost 3 months for nothing!!! Good luck.

[Germanchick2502 0]

Nope, no check cashed as of today. It says on USCIS webpage where they post the receipt notices they are working on that it might now take up to 15 (!!!) weeks to receive a NOA1 for I-130 petitions. Therefore I think it will be early November before we hear anything. I am worried though that our check will expire because it is taking them so long. But it's not Friday yet therefore something might still happen.

[sunshine18 0]

Nope, no check cashed as of today. It says on USCIS webpage where they post the receipt notices they are working on that it might now take up to 15 (!!!) weeks to receive a NOA1 for I-130 petitions. Therefore I think it will be early November before we hear anything. I am worried though that our check will expire because it is taking them so long. But it's not Friday yet therefore something might still happen.

I don't Belive this, it's over 80 days since your I-130 suBmission to VSC and still nothing. God knows, how long those of us who sent papers after you have to wait!!! I hope VSC will not lose our papers!!! They lost Biazo's papers. So depressing.

[sunshine18 0]

Nope, no check cashed as of today. It says on USCIS webpage where they post the receipt notices they are working on that it might now take up to 15 (!!!) weeks to receive a NOA1 for I-130 petitions. Therefore I think it will be early November before we hear anything. I am worried though that our check will expire because it is taking them so long. But it's not Friday yet therefore something might still happen.

So shocked to find that as of October 26, Vermont Service Center has only completed initial data entry and issued receipt notices for I-130 petitions received on or before 7/24/07. VSC was stuck at 7/29/07 for I-130 NOA1 for over 6 weeks. Now the date fell further behind. Can't believe this!!!!

[Germanchick2502 0]

Nope, no check cashed as of today. It says on USCIS webpage where they post the receipt notices they are working on that it might now take up to 15 (!!!) weeks to receive a NOA1 for I-130 petitions. Therefore I think it will be early November before we hear anything. I am worried though that our check will expire because it is taking them so long. But it's not Friday yet therefore something might still happen.

So shocked to find that as of October 26, Vermont Service Center has only completed initial data entry and issued receipt notices for I-130 petitions received on or before 7/24/07. VSC was stuck at 7/29/07 for I-130 NOA1 for over 6 weeks. Now the date fell further behind. Can't believe this!!!!

Yep, they're moving backwards now.... lol.... But on a good note: the last time CSC went backwards the next time they updatet the site all of the sudden they were at the end of August. So,... maybe... this will happen to us now, too? I am sure they will be moving soon. Yes, it's frustrating but there is nothing we can do about it. So, we will just have to wait it out.

[skp 0]

How many weeks did they jump ahead once they moved backwards, do you recall? Thanks

[Germanchick2502 0]

I think a week or two. But I am not sure anymore. All I recall is that there was a sudden quick movement before CSC also came to a complete standstill. Let's not give up hope. I just pray that nothing will now be wrong with the check or with anything else. Think positive!

[HOHOHO 0]

Nope, no check cashed as of today. It says on USCIS webpage where they post the receipt notices they are working on that it might now take up to 15 (!!!) weeks to receive a NOA1 for I-130 petitions. Therefore I think it will be early November before we hear anything. I am worried though that our check will expire because it is taking them so long. But it's not Friday yet therefore something might still happen.

So shocked to find that as of October 26, Vermont Service Center has only completed initial data entry and issued receipt notices for I-130 petitions received on or before 7/24/07. VSC was stuck at 7/29/07 for I-130 NOA1 for over 6 weeks. Now the date fell further behind. Can't believe this!!!!

I'm expecting 6 to 8 months for a reciept , and likely 2 to 5 year wait afterwards.

I see no reason to think things will improve.

The nation does not want legal immigrants of any type and is stamping its food down to stop all immigration. (unless you are illegal and can work picking grapes for $2 an hour).

We are US citizens and we have no rights.

[Sky2k 0]

Has anyone received a NOA1 for the I-130 filled in August or September from the TSC?

[Germanchick2502 0]

Nope, no check cashed as of today. It says on USCIS webpage where they post the receipt notices they are working on that it might now take up to 15 (!!!) weeks to receive a NOA1 for I-130 petitions. Therefore I think it will be early November before we hear anything. I am worried though that our check will expire because it is taking them so long. But it's not Friday yet therefore something might still happen.

So shocked to find that as of October 26, Vermont Service Center has only completed initial data entry and issued receipt notices for I-130 petitions received on or before 7/24/07. VSC was stuck at 7/29/07 for I-130 NOA1 for over 6 weeks. Now the date fell further behind. Can't believe this!!!!

I'm expecting 6 to 8 months for a reciept , and likely 2 to 5 year wait afterwards.

I see no reason to think things will improve.

The nation does not want legal immigrants of any type and is stamping its food down to stop all immigration. (unless you are illegal and can work picking grapes for $2 an hour).

We are US citizens and we have no rights.

Where did you get the information about 2 to 5 years? As far as I know the process has never taken that long for most nations. A while ago it was over a year but it seemed only in rare cases did it take longer. Why do you have to scare and worry people who are already stressed out about the situation? There is no reason for that. I think we should support each other and not add even more stress to the whole thing. USCIS has already admitted it is going to take them longer. There is no reason to make up stuff about waiting times when there is no proof!

[HOHOHO 0]

Nope, no check cashed as of today. It says on USCIS webpage where they post the receipt notices they are working on that it might now take up to 15 (!!!) weeks to receive a NOA1 for I-130 petitions. Therefore I think it will be early November before we hear anything. I am worried though that our check will expire because it is taking them so long. But it's not Friday yet therefore something might still happen.

So shocked to find that as of October 26, Vermont Service Center has only completed initial data entry and issued receipt notices for I-130 petitions received on or before 7/24/07. VSC was stuck at 7/29/07 for I-130 NOA1 for over 6 weeks. Now the date fell further behind. Can't believe this!!!!

I'm expecting 6 to 8 months for a reciept , and likely 2 to 5 year wait afterwards.

I see no reason to think things will improve.

The nation does not want legal immigrants of any type and is stamping its food down to stop all immigration. (unless you are illegal and can work picking grapes for $2 an hour).

We are US citizens and we have no rights.

Where did you get the information about 2 to 5 years? As far as I know the process has never taken that long for most nations. A while ago it was over a year but it seemed only in rare cases did it take longer. Why do you have to scare and worry people who are already stressed out about the situation? There is no reason for that. I think we should support each other and not add even more stress to the whole thing. USCIS has already admitted it is going to take them longer. There is no reason to make up stuff about waiting times when there is no proof!

Just basing it on reading these tons of assessments. Timeline is clearly a minimum of 1 year after the case is begun. I still don't even have a case number. Check will have expired and once i resend it's going to be a whole new waiting processs. Since they seem to have quotas now for family visa (I think I read that somewhere) + the extreme amount of new filings, there is no reason to expect things to move as fast (slow!) in the future. It likely will be slower. So factoring in all that, and the likely possiblilty that they will deny for quota reasons (add to the fact my wife is Muslim), and re-applying all over again, perhaps once, perhaps twice... that it can take 5 years.

I've seen the timelines on loads of people here. I've never read so more horror stories.

The USCIS should just say if you married outside the usa, plan to move there, cuz we are going to F with you unmercifully and make it as difficult and expensive as we can to protect merica from your spouse. USA: closed for immigration.

[sharif 0]

Another week gone by and no changes on the I-130:((.. I called the USCIS and their answer was we are too busy and don't call unless it is already passed 90 days. I don't know what is their answer to those people who sent their paper before 90 days

[Germanchick2502 0]

So, what you're really saying is that in your case the outlook is not all too positive. I am sorry to hear that. But please, we all deal with the same slow process here but still each of us is affected differently. There are NO quotas (as far as I know) for spouses or children of US citizens. We are NOT affected by the number of available visa numbers. All we are affected by is the mistake the department of state and USCIS made by allowing thousands of non-immigrant workers to apply for their greencards earlier than usually possible. Meaning they are now prioritizing those cases which is why there is no movement on the I-130 petitions. Plus, we are affected by the larger number of petitions due to the raise of fees at the end of July.

I don't think it is time to panic yet. All the July and August filers are getting closer to the newly set 15 weeks for a NOA1 mark and as we do USCIS may either prepare themselves for a lot of complaints and congressmen getting involved or they will start moving along again. In any case. Once our cases are in the system it should not be much worse than the usual wait. At least it doesn't look that way yet. Lets not panic and keep our hopes up.