emeditz

I had spoken to a lawyer before me and my wife ever got married, and that lawyer had warned us about the wait. My wife is from Iran, and there is no US consulate in Iran, so she gets thrown into Abu Dhabi, Ankara or Yerevan, which understandably prioritize their own citizens. Other geopolitical concerns and the possibility of "administrative processing" loom over everything for us. We were DQ'd in April 2025 and Ankara is currently scheduling interviews for those DQ'd in February 2024. Anyway, I'm numb to everything, so I'm not shocked that this is an added nightmare for couples even when spouses are from countries that neighbor the US. We have no choice but to endure and agitate for change.

@emeditz congratulations!
 

09/19/2023 initial filing
02/19/2025 active reviewing 
02/19/2025 approval 
17 months total 

Congrats!!!!

09/19/2023 initial filing
02/19/2025 active reviewing 
02/19/2025 approval 
17 months total 

Congrats! 17 months is the new average as it seems.

OmG!! Finally!!! Sooo happy for you and your wife!!! I hope the next part of this goes a lot smoother
 

09/19/2023 initial filing
02/19/2025 active reviewing 
02/19/2025 approval 
17 months total 

09/19/2023 initial filing
02/19/2025 active reviewing 
02/19/2025 approval 
17 months total 

Just got all 3 approvals. 2 RFE’s later, it took exactly 500 days from PD, for anyone lurking on here to track. 

Petition for my daughter, 20yr old from Africa. I am USC
09/14/2023 initial filing
09/21/2023 Active reviewing 
01/30/2025 approval 
16.6months total 
 
All the best for everyone. This is not easy to wait this long. I did petition for her just few months to her 21st birthday so she was grandfathered as a minor <21yr unmarried. 
 
Again, may all September 2023 filers get approved this week. May your weekend be filled with joy. All the best and thank you all for posting your stories. 

I know it doesn't do any good to put this negativity out into the universe, but USCIS clearly has broken software platforms and/or employees who don't care about their jobs, and that is entirely the way our government prefers it. It's all by design. Present the illusion of a process that only the tough and dedicated, and likely financially capable, can endure. It's inexcusable that we pay hundreds of dollars to the government and possibly thousands to lawyers to be treated this way.
 
But I would interpret a transfer to Nebraska as a positive development, if that is in fact what happened, if anyone actually knows what happened. There are so few data points from California that this website doesn't even give me an estimated approval window.

@emeditz and @Cookie88 I forgot to mention in my announcement that our case approval came from Nebraska; so, I assume I was transferred at some point in the process. 
 
I know it is very difficult to keep waiting and to feel that you don't have power to improve your situation. My thoughts are with you, and I hope you hear something any week now. 

I very much hope that as well. My case is in California as well. Fingers crossed.

Do all of you have a status somewhere that says "Case is being actively reviewed"? Or does that happen shortly before you're actually approved? Mine has never evolved beyond "Case Was Received and A Receipt Notice Was Sent."

Hello Friends. I received my approval today after 16 months of waiting. 
 
NOA1: September 22, 2023
NOA2: January 14, 2025
 
 

It showed me 2 days before approval, same thing, because previously it said,  case it took longer than normal time

Do all of you have a status somewhere that says "Case is being actively reviewed"? Or does that happen shortly before you're actually approved? Mine has never evolved beyond "Case Was Received and A Receipt Notice Was Sent."

Just wanted to say that although I did not participate much in the thread I read every post and it help me immensely not feel like I was the only one going crazy while waiting for the USCIS approval. We got our approval this morning. Wanted to also mention that my case status still says "Case is Being Actively Reviewed by USCIS" and in myProgress is still says 7 months; but when I went into documents there was an I-130 approval dated for today attached. Last thing to mention was my case was originally showing at the Texas Service Center but the approval came from the Vermont Service Center. Assuming they did an internal transfer as Texas seems so behind right now. 
 
I-130 application submitted: 09/21/2023
NOA1 - 09/29/2023
NOA2 - 01/10/2025
I did the application online. 

Feels like most of the approvals I've seen lately are cases in which the I-130 has been filed concurrently with an I-485 — not an option for me and my spouse. I really don't understand why the government I pay taxes to, and to whom I paid a fee of hundreds of dollars, cannot at least be transparent with me about what's actually happening, or, for that matter, to even look at my filing within 16 months. Why do I have to haunt messaging boards and Reddit to commiserate with other people separated from their families, thrashing about in the unknown?

Feels like most of the approvals I've seen lately are cases in which the I-130 has been filed concurrently with an I-485 — not an option for me and my spouse. I really don't understand why the government I pay taxes to, and to whom I paid a fee of hundreds of dollars, cannot at least be transparent with me about what's actually happening, or, for that matter, to even look at my filing within 16 months. Why do I have to haunt messaging boards and Reddit to commiserate with other people separated from their families, thrashing about in the unknown?

I am filing my I-130 application, September 17, 2023. NOA1: September 17, 2023. case under active review. my progress time It says estimated time 4 weeks to complete After 4 weeks time changed to case actively checking and not showing time, after 15 months and 15 days, 01/01/2025 NOA2 approved.
 
I-130 application,  summited  September 17, 2023.
NOA1: September 17, 2023
NOA2 January 01,2025
I did the application online. 
 
 

Very happy to see someone in our cohort approved, @team-joric.

Very happy to see someone in our cohort approved, @team-joric.

Pleased to say I was approved!
 
PD September 14, 2023
AR 1 November 9, 2023
AR 2 December 22, 2024
Approval in Documents tab December 22, 2024