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kmg617   26

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Hi all! Found out today by calling USCIS that my case was transferred to the Washington D.C. field office on March 13. Anyone else out there have a stand-alone I-130 case there?

12/30/2012 Got married!

02/01/2013 Sent I-130 via Priority Mail USPS

02/05/2013 NOA1 Priority Date

04/09/2013 Called USCIS-informed by Tier 2 officer that my case was transferred to Washington D.C. on March 13

09/05/2013 NOA2

09/27/2013 NVC received case

Submitted DS-261

Paid AOS bill

10/16/2013 Paid IV bill

10/19/2013 Submitted DS-260
10/21/2013 Mailed AOS and IV packages overnight

11/15/2013 IV package accepted/Checklist for AOS

11/26/2013 New AOS documents received at NVC

12/19/2013 Case Complete

12/27/2013-Received Interview letter

01/26/2014-Husband's Medical Exam

02/13/2014-Interview- Approved, but the consular officer did not see I-864 joint sponsor documents, and sent my husband home with the packet of all the original documents, and told him to mail it in when he gets it. My husband realized that the "missing" documents had been there all along. Husband immediately mailed it back.

02/26/2014-Consular office received "missing" documents and gave it to CO for review

03/17/2014-Visa Issued!

03/20/2014- Received Visa

03/21/2014- POE!

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stevie b   141

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most stand alone 130's have been transferred to a local office..

we have the same dates so i guess it's a race to the finish :)

pd feb 5

transferred to local office march 13

difference is that i found out a few weeks ago and have an infopass this friday, not expecting to hear much but will at least confirm my case has been recieved

good luck!


8/16/2012 I-129F NOA1
11/8/2012 Married
1/3/2013 I-129F cancelled
1/29/2013 withdrawal notice received
2/5/2013 I-130 NOA1 with error on wife's name
Case status not available
2/5/2013 Unable to generate service request

3/13/2013 transferred to local office
3/26/2013 Service request generated
4/12/2013 Infopass, file in workflow March 28
4/19/2013 Case status available - APPROVED!

Detour to the NVC via NRC

For information on my detour and the steps I took to free my petition, check
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6/7/2013 NVC logs file as received

6/11/2013 Case number and IIN assigned

6/12/2013 DS-3032 emailed

6/13/21013 AOS paid

6/14/2013 DS-3032 emailed attention superuser (stupid me)

6/23/2013 DS-3032 emailed attention supervisor

6/24/2013 DS-3032 accepted

6/25/2013 IV bill generated and paid

07/06/2013 IV & AOS sent; 07/11/2013 NVC logs received

07/30/2013 IV Accepted; AOS Checklist

08/01/2013 AOS Checklist received

08/02/2013 AOS resent; 08/07/2013 NVC logs received

08/28/2013 Case Complete

09/10/2013 Interview date assigned

Embassy

08/14/2013 Medical; 08/19/2013 Medical Ready

08/07/2013 Police cert ordered (Fiji delivers straight to the embassy)

10/02/2013 Interview

xx/xx/2013 Visa in Hand

xx/xx/2013 POE Los Angeles International Airport

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kmg617   26

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Wow funny...exact same dates! Let me know how the Infopass goes. Good luck!

12/30/2012 Got married!

02/01/2013 Sent I-130 via Priority Mail USPS

02/05/2013 NOA1 Priority Date

04/09/2013 Called USCIS-informed by Tier 2 officer that my case was transferred to Washington D.C. on March 13

09/05/2013 NOA2

09/27/2013 NVC received case

Submitted DS-261

Paid AOS bill

10/16/2013 Paid IV bill

10/19/2013 Submitted DS-260
10/21/2013 Mailed AOS and IV packages overnight

11/15/2013 IV package accepted/Checklist for AOS

11/26/2013 New AOS documents received at NVC

12/19/2013 Case Complete

12/27/2013-Received Interview letter

01/26/2014-Husband's Medical Exam

02/13/2014-Interview- Approved, but the consular officer did not see I-864 joint sponsor documents, and sent my husband home with the packet of all the original documents, and told him to mail it in when he gets it. My husband realized that the "missing" documents had been there all along. Husband immediately mailed it back.

02/26/2014-Consular office received "missing" documents and gave it to CO for review

03/17/2014-Visa Issued!

03/20/2014- Received Visa

03/21/2014- POE!

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Jan 30 PD here. Not confirmed if case at the Fairfax office but thats where it would be if it were transferred.

Our office is a little packed compared to the other field offices so I expect things would take a while http://dashboard.uscis.gov/index.cfm?formtype=4&office=26&charttype=1

If they're approving on an average of 650 applications per month, and their workload is 6000 applications at that time, then it would take a whopping 10.5 months to complete :( I really hope thats not the case and that my interpretation is wrong!

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PD - Jan 31st 2013

Local Field Office - Washington DC (Fairfax)

NOA2 - August 23 2013

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NVC Received - 11th September

NVC Assigned - 17th September

DS261 Filled - 20th September

AOS generated - 20th September

AOS paid - 21st September

DS261 Rec'd - 23rd September

AOS Package Rec'd - 30th September

IV Generated - 7th October

IV Paid - 7th October

IV Package Rec'd - 18th October

Checklist For AOS - 29th October

Checklist Responded - 29th October

New AOS Package Rec'd - 30th October

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AOS Accepted -

CASE COMPLETE -

Interview -

POE -

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kmg617   26

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Ugh...

Well I checked the processing times for the DC office and even though the I-130 is not listed in the table this is what I've determined: it was last updated at the end of February and at that time 2 out of the 3 forms they process were from August and September. So that is 5-6 months before February. If things haven't gotten drastically worse in the last 2 months then I'm praying our files will get approved in July or August (5-6 months after our priority dates). That's my theory. I hope it's right....fingers crossed

12/30/2012 Got married!

02/01/2013 Sent I-130 via Priority Mail USPS

02/05/2013 NOA1 Priority Date

04/09/2013 Called USCIS-informed by Tier 2 officer that my case was transferred to Washington D.C. on March 13

09/05/2013 NOA2

09/27/2013 NVC received case

Submitted DS-261

Paid AOS bill

10/16/2013 Paid IV bill

10/19/2013 Submitted DS-260
10/21/2013 Mailed AOS and IV packages overnight

11/15/2013 IV package accepted/Checklist for AOS

11/26/2013 New AOS documents received at NVC

12/19/2013 Case Complete

12/27/2013-Received Interview letter

01/26/2014-Husband's Medical Exam

02/13/2014-Interview- Approved, but the consular officer did not see I-864 joint sponsor documents, and sent my husband home with the packet of all the original documents, and told him to mail it in when he gets it. My husband realized that the "missing" documents had been there all along. Husband immediately mailed it back.

02/26/2014-Consular office received "missing" documents and gave it to CO for review

03/17/2014-Visa Issued!

03/20/2014- Received Visa

03/21/2014- POE!

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Welp! I was really hoping for a 3 month approval from NBC and another three till interview. I'm almost at my 90 day mark (70 days). Not sure how we're gonna go through another 90 days of this.

kmg617, where did you check processing times for DC office and how can you conclude that 2/3 cases processed were I130s?

PD - Jan 31st 2013

Local Field Office - Washington DC (Fairfax)

NOA2 - August 23 2013

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NVC Received - 11th September

NVC Assigned - 17th September

DS261 Filled - 20th September

AOS generated - 20th September

AOS paid - 21st September

DS261 Rec'd - 23rd September

AOS Package Rec'd - 30th September

IV Generated - 7th October

IV Paid - 7th October

IV Package Rec'd - 18th October

Checklist For AOS - 29th October

Checklist Responded - 29th October

New AOS Package Rec'd - 30th October

=======

AOS Accepted -

CASE COMPLETE -

Interview -

POE -

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Ugh...

Well I checked the processing times for the DC office and even though the I-130 is not listed in the table this is what I've determined: it was last updated at the end of February and at that time 2 out of the 3 forms they process were from August and September. So that is 5-6 months before February. If things haven't gotten drastically worse in the last 2 months then I'm praying our files will get approved in July or August (5-6 months after our priority dates). That's my theory. I hope it's right....fingers crossed

your 130 is here.. not happy news as the reciepts are outpacing approvals.. watch for this to be updated shortly :)

http://dashboard.uscis.gov/index.cfm?formtype=4&office=26&charttype=1


8/16/2012 I-129F NOA1
11/8/2012 Married
1/3/2013 I-129F cancelled
1/29/2013 withdrawal notice received
2/5/2013 I-130 NOA1 with error on wife's name
Case status not available
2/5/2013 Unable to generate service request

3/13/2013 transferred to local office
3/26/2013 Service request generated
4/12/2013 Infopass, file in workflow March 28
4/19/2013 Case status available - APPROVED!

Detour to the NVC via NRC

For information on my detour and the steps I took to free my petition, check
"about me"

NVC

6/7/2013 NVC logs file as received

6/11/2013 Case number and IIN assigned

6/12/2013 DS-3032 emailed

6/13/21013 AOS paid

6/14/2013 DS-3032 emailed attention superuser (stupid me)

6/23/2013 DS-3032 emailed attention supervisor

6/24/2013 DS-3032 accepted

6/25/2013 IV bill generated and paid

07/06/2013 IV & AOS sent; 07/11/2013 NVC logs received

07/30/2013 IV Accepted; AOS Checklist

08/01/2013 AOS Checklist received

08/02/2013 AOS resent; 08/07/2013 NVC logs received

08/28/2013 Case Complete

09/10/2013 Interview date assigned

Embassy

08/14/2013 Medical; 08/19/2013 Medical Ready

08/07/2013 Police cert ordered (Fiji delivers straight to the embassy)

10/02/2013 Interview

xx/xx/2013 Visa in Hand

xx/xx/2013 POE Los Angeles International Airport

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kmg617   26

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Welp! I was really hoping for a 3 month approval from NBC and another three till interview. I'm almost at my 90 day mark (70 days). Not sure how we're gonna go through another 90 days of this.

kmg617, where did you check processing times for DC office and how can you conclude that 2/3 cases processed were I130s?

I found it here:

https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processingTimesDisplay.do

No I 130s are not on there- only other forms. I'm just making an educated guess based on those processing times. Hana. I really have no idea though. Based on the February Filers board it feels like I'm the only transfer and everyone else are getting approvals from NBC. Happy for them but sad for me...

12/30/2012 Got married!

02/01/2013 Sent I-130 via Priority Mail USPS

02/05/2013 NOA1 Priority Date

04/09/2013 Called USCIS-informed by Tier 2 officer that my case was transferred to Washington D.C. on March 13

09/05/2013 NOA2

09/27/2013 NVC received case

Submitted DS-261

Paid AOS bill

10/16/2013 Paid IV bill

10/19/2013 Submitted DS-260
10/21/2013 Mailed AOS and IV packages overnight

11/15/2013 IV package accepted/Checklist for AOS

11/26/2013 New AOS documents received at NVC

12/19/2013 Case Complete

12/27/2013-Received Interview letter

01/26/2014-Husband's Medical Exam

02/13/2014-Interview- Approved, but the consular officer did not see I-864 joint sponsor documents, and sent my husband home with the packet of all the original documents, and told him to mail it in when he gets it. My husband realized that the "missing" documents had been there all along. Husband immediately mailed it back.

02/26/2014-Consular office received "missing" documents and gave it to CO for review

03/17/2014-Visa Issued!

03/20/2014- Received Visa

03/21/2014- POE!

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Hey all, i am a november filer and found out my case was transferred december, and the 5th month mark is coming up so ill be waiting hopefully soon i will get an approval!

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Hey all, i am a november filer and found out my case was transferred december, and the 5th month mark is coming up so ill be waiting hopefully soon i will get an approval!

Keep me updated with that! You may be the only one I know of on VJ that had their I130 transferred there. Have you made an InfoPass appointment yet?

12/30/2012 Got married!

02/01/2013 Sent I-130 via Priority Mail USPS

02/05/2013 NOA1 Priority Date

04/09/2013 Called USCIS-informed by Tier 2 officer that my case was transferred to Washington D.C. on March 13

09/05/2013 NOA2

09/27/2013 NVC received case

Submitted DS-261

Paid AOS bill

10/16/2013 Paid IV bill

10/19/2013 Submitted DS-260
10/21/2013 Mailed AOS and IV packages overnight

11/15/2013 IV package accepted/Checklist for AOS

11/26/2013 New AOS documents received at NVC

12/19/2013 Case Complete

12/27/2013-Received Interview letter

01/26/2014-Husband's Medical Exam

02/13/2014-Interview- Approved, but the consular officer did not see I-864 joint sponsor documents, and sent my husband home with the packet of all the original documents, and told him to mail it in when he gets it. My husband realized that the "missing" documents had been there all along. Husband immediately mailed it back.

02/26/2014-Consular office received "missing" documents and gave it to CO for review

03/17/2014-Visa Issued!

03/20/2014- Received Visa

03/21/2014- POE!

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So on Monday, I went to my info pass appointment with USCIS, cause it's been over 5months since i heard anything about my case. Well my appointment was in DC (fairfax city), but yeah went there (got complimented on my toe) lol weird! but any who their was no wait b/c of the time i went. Well as soon as i got my ticket it was called and went to the window 8 the lady was very sincere and ask me what i was here for and i told her that i needed to know what was going with my case and she said ok she will check when it was delivered to there office and well she said that in june i should expect an interview and so the waits continue, but at least i know when i will be expecting and an interview and she also made me write down on a piece of paper to keep for their records what i came here for and so on so forth. She told me if i was to travel to make sure to get another info pass appointment to let them know. But she was nice and very understanding and i have a feeling that my interview date might be earlier...*praying that it does happen*

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So on Monday, I went to my info pass appointment with USCIS, cause it's been over 5months since i heard anything about my case. Well my appointment was in DC (fairfax city), but yeah went there (got complimented on my toe) lol weird! but any who their was no wait b/c of the time i went. Well as soon as i got my ticket it was called and went to the window 8 the lady was very sincere and ask me what i was here for and i told her that i needed to know what was going with my case and she said ok she will check when it was delivered to there office and well she said that in june i should expect an interview and so the waits continue, but at least i know when i will be expecting and an interview and she also made me write down on a piece of paper to keep for their records what i came here for and so on so forth. She told me if i was to travel to make sure to get another info pass appointment to let them know. But she was nice and very understanding and i have a feeling that my interview date might be earlier...*praying that it does happen*

I had my infpass appt 4-26-13...i've now reached 7 months and I know for sure that my case has been at the washington office for about 3 months or so. I'm glad they at least gave you a month because they didnt give me one at all nor could they give me a real reason that they needed to interview me. I have since submitted for the CIS ombudsman to look into my case and what they are doing with it. Has anyone else on here had to do a local interview ?

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I had my infpass appt 4-26-13...i've now reached 7 months and I know for sure that my case has been at the washington office for about 3 months or so. I'm glad they at least gave you a month because they didnt give me one at all nor could they give me a real reason that they needed to interview me. I have since submitted for the CIS ombudsman to look into my case and what they are doing with it. Has anyone else on here had to do a local interview ?

I am waiting for NOA2 from past 8 months & still haven't heard anything. They didn't even tell me in my infopass that they need to interview me. They just said, "we have your file but we don't know when we will look into it". Do you know if anyone has got approval from DC office since August 2012? I don't see any approvals from this office on VJ....grrrrrrr...pulling my hair out :(

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I am waiting for NOA2 from past 8 months & still haven't heard anything. They didn't even tell me in my infopass that they need to interview me. They just said, "we have your file but we don't know when we will look into it". Do you know if anyone has got approval from DC office since August 2012? I don't see any approvals from this office on VJ....grrrrrrr...pulling my hair out sad.png

I can definitely sympathize. I have reached 8 months coming on 10 months in a couple weeks. I have reached out to the CIS Ombudsman and they are reviewing my case but it doesn't look promising. It seems that the USCIS is holding on to my case, doing nothing, then will deny me. I have since enlisted the help of a lawyer to attempt to fix things so I advise you do the same if at all possible. Hard to believe that this is happening to me for no good reason known or made known to me...just celebrated my 1 year anniversary by visiting my wife's country and having to leave her yet again...very hard indeed....

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I can definitely sympathize. I have reached 8 months coming on 10 months in a couple weeks. I have reached out to the CIS Ombudsman and they are reviewing my case but it doesn't look promising. It seems that the USCIS is holding on to my case, doing nothing, then will deny me. I have since enlisted the help of a lawyer to attempt to fix things so I advise you do the same if at all possible. Hard to believe that this is happening to me for no good reason known or made known to me...just celebrated my 1 year anniversary by visiting my wife's country and having to leave her yet again...very hard indeed....

sorry you are in this situation.. not really sure why you hired a lawyer .. they can not do anything to help speed up the process. have you contacted any directors? congressman or representative? there are much better routes than throwing your money away with a lawyer... if they told you they can get your case approved faster, they lied


8/16/2012 I-129F NOA1
11/8/2012 Married
1/3/2013 I-129F cancelled
1/29/2013 withdrawal notice received
2/5/2013 I-130 NOA1 with error on wife's name
Case status not available
2/5/2013 Unable to generate service request

3/13/2013 transferred to local office
3/26/2013 Service request generated
4/12/2013 Infopass, file in workflow March 28
4/19/2013 Case status available - APPROVED!

Detour to the NVC via NRC

For information on my detour and the steps I took to free my petition, check
"about me"

NVC

6/7/2013 NVC logs file as received

6/11/2013 Case number and IIN assigned

6/12/2013 DS-3032 emailed

6/13/21013 AOS paid

6/14/2013 DS-3032 emailed attention superuser (stupid me)

6/23/2013 DS-3032 emailed attention supervisor

6/24/2013 DS-3032 accepted

6/25/2013 IV bill generated and paid

07/06/2013 IV & AOS sent; 07/11/2013 NVC logs received

07/30/2013 IV Accepted; AOS Checklist

08/01/2013 AOS Checklist received

08/02/2013 AOS resent; 08/07/2013 NVC logs received

08/28/2013 Case Complete

09/10/2013 Interview date assigned

Embassy

08/14/2013 Medical; 08/19/2013 Medical Ready

08/07/2013 Police cert ordered (Fiji delivers straight to the embassy)

10/02/2013 Interview

xx/xx/2013 Visa in Hand

xx/xx/2013 POE Los Angeles International Airport

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