USC petitioner living abroad

[luckyduter 1]

1. Country USC resides in: pakistan

2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No

3. When did you file the I-130: NOA1 December /1 , 2014

4. How long had you been living abroad: 2 years

5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes

6. What is the reason for your residence: work permit/student/tourist/other- , family based residence via husband

7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes

8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes

9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Yes. joint bank account. visa copies tickets copies and affidavits from friends that our marriage is valid & ongoing

10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Yes and we sent our child u.s passport copies birth abroad certificate copies

11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes, 15 days at CSC

[OLee 64]

1. Country USC resides in: Lithuania
2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No
3. When did you file the I-130: November 27, 2014
4. How long had you been living abroad: on an off for 2 years
5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes
6. What is the reason for your residence: Being with spouse.
7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes. Also listed American address as a place we intend to live after visa gets approved.
8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes
9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Not really, it was obvious from the pictures we included. We did not include the evidence of a joint bank account in a foreign country, but we included a copy of our American joint account.
10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Yes, a letter describing our situation and plans.
11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes, 11 days. Haven't received a hard copy though.

[bijou85 0]

1. Country USC resides in: Turkey
2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No
3. When did you file the I-130: February 23rd, 2015
4. How long had you been living abroad: 3 years
5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes
6. What is the reason for your residence: Being with spouse and work.
7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes.
8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes
9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Joint bank account,lease and CRBA of our son.
10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Yes, describing how and where we met.
11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes, 14 days.

[I&G 2]

1. Country USC resides in: Poland

2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No

3. When did you file the I-130: February 26, 2015

4. How long had you been living abroad: 9 years

5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes

6. What is the reason for your residence: Being with spouse and work.

7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes.

8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes

9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Joint bank account, tax return.

10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Yes, just said please note, at present I legally reside in Poland with my wife.

11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes, 27 days.

[Gitana 11]

1. Country USC resides in: Ukraine
2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No
3. When did you file the I-130: February 27 2015
4. How long had you been living abroad: Just traveling around for last 8 month
5. Do you reside in the country legally? On tourist visa
6. What is the reason for your residence: work permit/student/tourist/ N/A
7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes
8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Sent from USA, marked "Filed from abroad"
9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? No.
10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Yes
11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? I think so, 54 days.

[anamaral 4]

1. Country USC resides in: Brazil

2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No

3. When did you file the I-130: March 23, 2015

4. How long had you been living abroad: 2 years

5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes

6. What is the reason for your residence: Being with spouse and work.

7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes.

8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes

9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Yes: phone bills, letters received in my husbands (USC) name here, health insurance in Brazil, friends affidavits (they mentioned about our life in Brazil).

10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Yes.

11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes! 27 days!

[zeeeeeeek 9]

I'm new to all this i have no idea how i can get expedited processing or speed processing. Anyone who could advise me on what i could do to to get our application to be processed quicker id be over the moon.

1. Country USC resides in: Jordan
2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? Yes
3. When did you file the I-130: March 2015
4. How long had you been living abroad: 10 years
5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes
6. What is the reason for your residence: work permit/student/tourist/other - Dual citizen
7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes
8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes
9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? I don't think so, but our marriage certificate does state the county we live in.
10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? No
11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? No, 47 days and still waiting for NOA2

[Brewlin 52]

1. Country USC resides in: Sweden

2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No

3. When did you file the I-130: Nov 12, 2014

4. How long had you been living abroad: 3 years

5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes

6. What is the reason for your residence: Being with spouse and work.

7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes.

8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes

9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Yes, Skatteverket Familjebevis (Swedish national tax registry form) and residence card photocopy

10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Yes.

11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? 41 days, I would certainly say so.

[zeeeeeeek 9]

1. Country USC resides in: United Kingdom

2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? Yes

3. When did you file the I-130: May 2013

4. How long had you been living abroad: 16 months (6 months is minimum for London)

5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes

6. What is the reason for your residence: work permit/student/tourist/ Work - Tier 2 Intra-company transfer (US company employed)

7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes

8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes

9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? No. Explicitly not required by London.

10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? No. Explicitly not required for London.

11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? No. 21 days.

Hi you answered yes to question 2. Did you submit your i=130 to USCIS or DCF?

[OLee 64]

Hi you answered yes to question 2. Did you submit your i=130 to USCIS or DCF?

I think this particular case was done by DCF. The OP made a mistake and explained it somewhere further.

[zeeeeeeek 9]

I think this particular case was done by DCF. The OP made a mistake and explained it somewhere further.

I see. I'm just trying to get as much info as possible. If i could just compare other members situation with mine i may get a better picture of average processing time for my case. I try not to spend too much time worrying about it and just letting it come to us, but at the same time i don't want to miss anything so that the process doesn't drag on longer than it needs to be. I just wish USCIS took less time I hate logging on to my account and seeing no status updates for such a long period of time.

[Aleks&Hajji 1]

I hate logging on to my account and seeing no status updates for such a long period of time.

I hear you! I'm at 31 days and counting... I was hoping for something like 14 days which seems like the average reported by other members. I hate seeing no change in the case status after so many days - it makes me think something is wrong.

Although, don't lose hope yet...if you look at the most recent posts to this thread it looks as though the processing time has increased (i.e. 27, 54, 27 days...)

Good luck!

I hate logging on to my account and seeing no status updates for such a long period of time.

I hear you! I'm at 31 days and counting... I was hoping for something like 14 days which seems like the average reported by other members. I hate seeing no change in the case status after so many days - it makes me think something is wrong.

Although, don't lose hope yet...if you look at the most recent posts to this thread it looks as though the processing time has increased (i.e. 27, 54, 27 days...)

Good luck!

[susan. 11]

1. Country USC resides in: Finland

2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No

3. When did you file the I-130: Oct 14, 2014

4. How long had you been living abroad: 7+ years

5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes

6. What is the reason for your residence: Work and family

7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes

8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes

9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Yes, an account statement, daycare bill and copies of children's CRBA certificates

10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? No

11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Not quite sure how many days, since we never received the NOA2, but it took about 1,5 months.

Edited May 1, 2015 by susan.

[spectrrr 14]

Things appear to have slowed down DRASTICALLY at the california service center this year.

I've been living abroad two years, and very carefully managed the package details so everything pointed outside the country. Our case is up to 68 days and counting. I'll post back here with the full, properly formatting details when we finally get some movement.....

[zeeeeeeek 9]

Things appear to have slowed down DRASTICALLY at the california service center this year.

I've been living abroad two years, and very carefully managed the package details so everything pointed outside the country. Our case is up to 68 days and counting. I'll post back here with the full, properly formatting details when we finally get some movement.....

I checked the processing time for the California service center.. For 1-130 NOA2 processing time is 5 months.

Edited May 5, 2015 by zeeeeeeek