TiffAndMike

How long did it take Potomac to transfer it to Texas?

I'm a December 2023 filer and I'm still waiting on my approval as well. Last time I checked, it's taking 15.5 months to process I-130s. My husband is a German citizen, so we will going through Frankfurt as well. As far as cases filed after ours getting approved first, I think that it really depends on which service center ended up with your I-130 and if they have enough sense to transfer it to a more efficient service center when they get so backed up. Potomac has mine and they are beyond slow. Hopefully they end up transferring it. And hopefully as soon as the election is over, they speed up the processing times for I-130s.

And THIS is exactly why I will never vote Democrat. I'm a swing voter who was actually going to vote for Kennedy before he suspended his campaign and took his name off the ballot in Texas. After the utter misery of the LEGAL immigration experience, Trump is getting my vote now, despite the fact that it was Harris' office that forwarded my email complaint to USCIS about the never ending processing times for I-130's.

Good news for all of you May 2023 filers who have your petitions at Potomac Service Center. They are currently processing May 14,2023 and earlier I-130's. After emailing President Biden, VP Harris and the CIS Ombudsman, I got an email back from Kimberley Coleman-Bearden, Chief USCIS Contact Center stating this.

N-400 is for becoming an American Citizen. The reason why those are being approved at rapid pace is because the Biden/Harris administration has been trying to crank out as many new voters for the Democratic party as possible before the November election. And yes, I am pretty sure all USCIS made all of it's employees focus on that and all the other abuse of power executive actions that Biden/Harris put into place when it pertains to anything related to immigration. This is why all of our petitions keep taking longer and longer to process.

The USCIS just needs to be sued. Everyone needs to just ban together and sue them in a class action lawsuit. They are getting beyond ridiculous with their processing times and putting all other petitions first. 16 Republican lead states just filed a law suit on the Biden administration and the head of homeland security over their latest "parole in place" program for illegal spouses of citizens scheme. I actually just got off the phone with my states attorney general's office, talking to them about how every time a new "parole in place" scheme comes into play, our processing times go up even further. The funny and sad thing about this is I wasn't the first person to call them today saying the exact same thing. I asked to see if my state can sue USCIS on behalf of us because of the way they keep doing us, cause at this point, it's gonna take 5 years to get any of our petitions approved. They aren't allowed to disclose what lawsuits they intend to file, so they couldn't tell me a yes or a no on this. If you live in one of those 16 states that likes to sue the federal government, contact your attorney generals office and be very vocal about this.

Pretty sad it's costing you 6k to get USCIS to do a job you paid them to do.

Yes I know green card holders can not vote. I am referring to the N-400 petition that turns LPR's into Citizenship. Those are being cranked out at rapid pace. And by my comment about rewarding people who broke the law, I am talking about illegals who are married to Americans, so-called "refugees and asylum seekers". USCIS is putting their manpower towards getting them work permits at rapid speed. The more employees that are processing all that, the less that are processing ours, even though we are law abiding citizens.

I absolutely love you and your partners story. I'm a December 2023 filer myself. I kinda like to snoop through posts in different months to give myself an idea of how much longer I actually have to wait during the never ending time frames USCIS keeps giving us. I have been and will continue to advocate for all of us about the ridiculous way USCIS is handling our cases. If you want a partner in crime to help you bring about change, pm me. I can tell you what I've done, show you emails I have sent and recieved, etc. to fight this nightmare of an immigration system.

They don't care about us who actually obeyed the law. They are putting all their manpower into those that broke the law and to crank out new voters at rapid pace. Hopefully after the election infection is over with, they will pick up the pace

I'm not an extremist in any way. I'm actually a swing voter. The executive orders that biden keeps putting in place are making each and every one of our petitions take longer and longer. Every time he adds another "parole in place" program, he is rewarding illegal aliens who broke the law while punishing those of us who are obeying the laws wait longer and longer to be reunited with our loved ones. Idk who it offends at this point, I am sick of being separated from my husband and the never ending wait times created by Biden and his administration. So I'm gonna say "Let's Go Brandon" as much as I want.

Your situation is different than many of us in this thread. The IR1/CR1 threads are mainly for I-130's where our spouses are in their home countries while we wait to go through the immigration process. Our spouses will be doing their immigration interviews in other countries. You are doing an Adjustment of Status (AOS) because your spouse is currently in the USA. Your wife's immigration interview will be done here in the states. The only thing that your situation has in common with ours is that you have to fill some of the same forms as we do, like the I-130. You will find more answers to your questions in the AOS forums here on Visa Journey. We can speak on the vaccines though as our spouses are required to take the same vaccines that your wife is being subjected to. If it has been a year or longer since she last took the covid vaccine, she will be required to have a another covid vaccine. As far as the kids, I'm not sure on that one as I am not petitioning for any children and haven't looked into their vaccine requirements. There is a set of requirements of vaccines that they are required to have though. And I do know that certain vaccines are required for children to attend and enroll in school.

Personally I am not anti-vax but I am anti-covid vax due to the fact I feel that the vaccine was too rushed and there are no long term studies on any long term side effects it may cause. I am a US Citizen and it is not required of me to have it, so I refuse to take. Your wife however is from a different country and is trying to become a legal resident in the USA, so she does not have the same luxury to pick and choose what vaccines she and her children are willing to take. If she wants to stay here and live here with you, she has to take the vaccines that our government says she has to take. My husband wasn't all too happy about having to get all the vaccines that was required of him, nor did I personally think that he should have to take ones that are not required of me or that I refuse to take, but that is just the way it is. He wants to be here with me, so he compiled and took the vaccines. A waiver not to take it on based on religious grounds will be denied. You have to be against ALL vaccines due to religion. You can not cherry pick which ones your religion allows you to take. And the fact that the government has documentation of her having all the previous vaccines makes makes the religion claim null and void. Unless you have medical documentation that states that she almost died or had a severe allergic reaction from taking the previous covid vaccine, you will probably be denied for an exemption . She took the previous covid vaccine in a different country and would not receive the same one as she did over in Europe so maybe she might be able to tolerate the version she receives in the USA.

Do they want the marriage certificates from you the petitioner or just your wife?

Don't know about the1099/schedule but I can offer a little help with the joint sponsors 2023 w2. I would advise that the joint sponsor request a copy of their tax transcript from the IRS. Did you submit the 2024 tax documents as well?

Forgive me if there was already a thread for December 2023 filers but I have not seen one. December 7th PD date here.

Well you are now in the 13th month. Unless they keep upping the processing time, I'd say sometime in October. It sucks, I know. I'm a December 2023 filer myself.

Well the man she married only married her to get his greencard. As soon as he got to this country, he up and bailed on her. That is marriage fraud on his behalf. And the cousin seemed to of arranged EVERYTHING when it came to the immigration paperwork so she/he was probably in on the fraud as well. And who knows how many of his/her family members he/she helped commit immigration fraud.

I'd have to probably take a lyft. Most of my friends live about an hour away from me or don't have cars. I do appreciate the kind words. I'm scared because what if it is cancer? I'd have to start treatment asap and he'd still be in Germany while I went through it alone.

They don't want proof of the knot, they only want proof if it is in fact cancer. I even offered to go to their office to let them feel it for themselves.

I am so sorry for him betraying you the way he did. But I have to ask, why did his "cousin" handle all the immigration paperwork? That alone would scream "red flag" to me. There is so much of your personal information in the paperwork that you gave the cousin access to. They have your social security number. If I was in your situation, the first thing I'd do is contact the credit reporting agencies to put a freeze on new accounts being opened under your social security number. The next thing I'd do is file for divorce and then turn him and the "cousin" into ICE. Turning them into ICE is not vengeful. It gets you off the hook of having to financially support him for 10 years if they arrest and deport him. Also, if him and his family are planning on scamming some one else to get a green card for another one of their family members, you are potentially saving that person from going through the same heartbreak and legal troubles that you are currently facing.

Thank you for the encouragement. Hopefully we can save for a few months so he can fly over here to go with me for the mammogram.

I don't have the vacation time saved up to take off work. Plus neither him nor I have the money for a plane ticket for me to go there.

If you call them, say "expidite request " . You will get a live person

They are so picky about expidited request. I have a hard lump in one of my breast. They denied me for an expidited request. I was told that I would qualify for one if I get a mammogram and it proves cancerous. The problem is, I have no family left (they are all diseased) other than my husband and I am too petrified to go for a mammogram due the possibility of it being cancer. There is a history of breast cancer in my family. I need my husband here with me for emotional support in the event that I find out it is cancer. I have no other support other than him.