TiffAndMike

Thank you!!! Yours will happen too within the next few days😁

After further digging on myuscis, I found the approval notice!!!! I am so happy to be past this stage of the process. It took 15 1/2 months. PD: DECEMBER 07, 2023 APPROVAL:MARCH 21, 2025 POTOMAC SERVICE CENTER

I literally just recieved a text message from USCIS within the past 10 minutes stating that USCIS has taken action on my case. Went into my USCIS account and it says they are actively reviewing my case and that no further information is needed at this time. It is dated for March 21, 2025. It doesn't say anything other than that. Is that my NOA2?

I hope so! Visa Journey sent me my latest approval estimate and said SEPTEMBER 22, 2025. #######?

Thank you!!! Me too!

I know that the current overall processing time is 16.5 months but each service center is not processing petitions at the same pace as others. I haven't been seeing any I-130s being approved out of Potomac while I am seeing petitions submitted the exact same date as mine or later being approved at other service centers. Potomac is part of Washington DC so it's making me wonder if Potomac is actually working on their case loads since a lot of federal employees there are throwing a fit about having to return back to the office instead of being allowed to work from home anymore. This has me concerned that my I-130 is going to be part of the 20% that isn't completed in 16.5 months. We have been on top of all immigration matters from the day we filed. All vaccines have been completed except for the seasonal flu and covid, neither of which will probably be required at the time we are DQ'd. Our attorney has both our address history's, copies if my divorce certificates, copies of his passport, etc. We will blaze through the NVC stage of it all. Lol I'm kinda OCD about stuff like that.

Potomac-the slowest service center there is. And thank you!

Hello everyone! My pending I-130 for my immigrant husband has officially hit the 15th month mark as of a couple of days ago. I have seen others with the same PD as myself get their approvals on here in the past couple of days but their cases were at different service centers. I am trying to get a better picture as to where Potomac is currently at on their I-130 processing. The last time I heard anything was back on August 28th, 2024 and they were currently processing May 14, 2023 I-130's.

Congratulations!!!! Your PD is the same as mine. What service center were you at?

Your PD date is 2 days after mine. Our time is coming soon! My husband comes is coming to visit me next week and is staying for 6 weeks. We are hoping to get his approval while he is here visiting.

We DEFINITELY deserve some questions answered. We played by the rules, paid the fees and are the ones helping pay their ridiculous salaries. There needs to be some accountability.

My Senator's office seemed to be unaware of what is going on at USCIS and how long it is taking them. They thanked me for bringing the issue to their attention. I think that everyone needs to contact their Senator about the current processing times. Things won't change til people start speaking up and bringing it to the attention of their elected officials. And I would not hold my breath with the new acting director of USCIS. She was the assistant director under the last administration and she wasn't nominated for the position. She basically got the position by default. The Judiciary House Committee ripped the former director apart back in December over her management of USCIS. That's probably why she's out.

April 7th would be exactly 16 months for me. I contacted my Senator's office last week expressing my dissatisfaction with how long USCIS currently takes so I've been wondering if maybe something came from that as my attorney's office said that tends to cause USCIS to act.

Thank you for sharing your experience. I just checked my account again and a little over 24 hours later, it is now saying "4 weeks". I'm just grasping at any little sign of hope there is at this point.

Forgive me for asking as I know how inaccurate USCIS estimates typically are, I'm just tying to be optimistic that the light at the end of the tunnel is near for my husband and I. We have been waiting close to 14 months now. Over the past couple of weeks, I have been checking USCIS to see what they are saying for how much longer we have left to wait on our case. For about 2 weeks straight, it said "2 months ". When I checked yesterday morning, it said "5 weeks" . For those of you who have had your I-130s recently approved, when the estimate drops into weeks, is it usually a good sign that your case is actually currently bring adjudicated? When the estimate went down to weeks, how long from that point did it take to recieve a decision?

Unless someone got an approved expidited request, you aren't going to see any 2024 approvals. USCIS is still working on I-130s from 2023. I believe they are currently working on October 2023 cases at the moment. My priority date is December 7, 2023 and I'm still waiting.

I am a USC who filed for my husband back in December 2023 and I'm still waiting. Unless USCIS'S priorities change in the near future, it is taking them 16 months to adjudicate I-130 petitions.

Pay no attention to the estimated time on USCIS’s web site. All it will do is flood you with waves of negative emotions. I've been waiting now for nearly 14 months, since December 2023 and I haven't seen my husband since September 2024. I miss my husband beyond what words can describe. The next time I see him will be when I fly to Germany for his interview. When I start feeling down or angry over how long it is taking, I remind myself of how long it has already taken and how close we are to reaching the 16 month point. my thoughts for you would be to plan another trip to see each other in the next couple of months as you still have a ways to go with the USCIS stage. My husband and I made it a point not to go more than 6 months without seeing each other. We would be planning a trip for about a month from now but we are getting close to our approval date.

My husband travels on a ESTA to visit me while our I-130 is pending. We just renewed his ESTA a few months ago as well. No issues. To be safe, make sure your plane ticket is round trip and bring supporting documents (lease, employer statement, ect) to prove your ongoing ties to your home country.

Congratulations!!!!! Hopefully the rest of us Dec 2023 filers will see approvals soon.

Has anyone with a November 2023 priority date been approved yet?

Mine was filed through an attorney as well but USCIS still sent me the info to create my online account. To be honest with you, the online account doesn't show you the waiting time or anything useful so you really aren't missing anything. Mine has said "We are currently reviewing your case" but it has said that since January 7th, 2024. Nothing has changed and it's been over a year now.

Yeah I got the email from VJ stating my estimated date is March 31

Since the petition specifically asks if the beneficiary is currently in the USA, I'd wait til after he returns home to file it.

I always thought that you could only sponsor someone if you were a citizen or an LPR. This administration has allowed everyone both alive and deceased become a sponsor. And after watching this and finding out more facts of the CHNV scheme, there is a huge double standard at USCIS in how they adjudicate petitions. I-130s for immediate realitives are scrutinized and looked at with a fine tooth comb while those for CHNV are just approved despite the fact the entire program having countless amounts of fraud. They have been allowing 30k individuals a MONTH to enter this country under CHNV, which most of the beneficiaries would be inadmissible otherwise. Had they of just followed the immigration laws instead of trying to create new ones that were never approved by congress, Americans and LPR's wouldn't be having to wait 16 months for them to review our cases for our spouses and children. This makes my blood boil.