Hey guys! Lets come together all May '08 filers out there! We filed our I130 last May 1...and until now we havent got our NOA1.

welcome to the world of the waiting =)
hopefully the wait won't be a long one and you'll be with your loved ones soon.
good luck!!!

LizScott,

You still havent received your NOA1 yet? i was thinking you should get yours by today...
What day did the Chicago Lockbox receive it?

Dont worry, hopefully you should get it by tomorrow.

Still nothing... My husband said be patient- easier said than done! They received our Petition on May 3.

hi everyone , we sent our I-130 package on may 12 and someone signed the delivery at noon on the 13, i know it sounds stupid but when shall we expect a NOA1? and i wonder if there is any way to know where our petition is routed now ?
thanks alot

Hi! We're on the same boat.. still waiting for our NOA1. Goodluck to us! Keep me posted.

LizScott,

Yes, patience is something we really need for this visa process! I hope you get your NOA1 today!

WHsoulmates,

Chicago Lockbox received my I-130 on May 3rd and I received my NOA1 on the 13th. So they took about 10 days. Hopefully that will be the same for you and LizScott too.

Hi MAY 08 FILERS!!
We sent our application yesterday. I'de checked the USPS website if someone received our application, but it says there Your item arrived at the CHICAGO, IL 60680 processing center at 10:52 AM on May 16, 2008 and is ready for pickup...hay hope they will got it soon!
Good luck to all of Us

Goodluck!

I filed our I-130 on May 13th. I haven't received anything yet.

I sent ours in on April 30 and just got the NOA1 for the I-129f today
.....And dated for May 12th....about a 2 week from out of hand to in-hand.
same same for the I-130.......about 2 week wait period....

Hi Birch Beer,

I see your case is also at Vermont Service Center. You are about 2 weeks ahead of me for the I-129F. Please keep us posted on your progess since we are at the same service center. I been reading so much bad stuff about VSC here that i am getting nervous. Keep in touch and good luck

We mailed our package on May 13th, someone signed for it on May 14th..

Hello May Filers,

Mailed I130 on May 9, 2008
Received at Chicago Lock Box on May 11th
NOA1 dated May 16th
Received hard copy of NOA1 in mail on May 19th

Now the long wait begins.................I wish good luck to everyone.............

hi all! quite new here.. i'm just going to add myself this list. I sent the I-130 April 30, but wasn't received till May 8 in Chicago. Since then, i have checked online to see if my check has been cashed. Sure enough, on May 15, check cashed. But i still haven't received my NOA1. So i waited and waited. Finally, May 19, i got it in the mail.. Said that the Received date was May 8, Notice date was May 13. It took 5 days to get to me? CSC is in southern california, where i'm from.. sheeesh.. I then signed up online on the USCIS website. Said there that my petition was updated May 14. That means "touched," right? i'm so clueless..

now i'm deliberating on whether to go ahead and file for a K3 or stick with this CR1.. don't understand too much of the CSC timeline and the Manila consular office.. any advise out there pls? thanks...

HI TO ALL MAY 08 FILERS!
Just want to ask how much you guys paid for I-130? coz we issued $355 but i heard latelt it went up to $377 is it true? im really worried now

Hi,

I sent my I130 on May 9, 2008 and paid the fee of $355.

Hi,

Yes the updated May 14 date means it was touched. Any time you basically have a new date on when you check your status that means it was touched.

Well you want your process done fast then i would go with k3. especially with CSC being your service center and they are pushing those out soooo fast. I would do some research on the ur countries embassy as well. I actually just generally asked the laywer a question on how fast the CR1 are being processed. she said they are going fast here in US but the embassy my case will go through which is Pakistan is really backlogged for and could take upto 10 months to get an interview. so i would definitely find out about that too. Good lukc, keep us posted on what u decide




Hi,

I also filed in May and paid the same as you of 355.00. Dont worry it should be okay.

i paid only $355..

may 14 was the only date in the system, but my notice date was may 13. so i guess that means it was touched. tnx choochoo..

i do want him here the fastest but at the same time thinking about all the hassle of adjusting his status, etc, when he gets here. i have to research trends from the manila embassy. k3 from CSC is just flying? wow.. that's good to know. but then according to their processing times in their website, k1/k3/cr1 are all the same dates.. NOV 17.

decisions.. decisions..

Our I 130 toke us only 7 days and we filed our I-129 on May 1 th I haven't received anything yet.....

Found something: MANILA EMBASSY WAITING PERIODS FOR VISA INTERVIEWS

*When the Embassy receives an approved petition from the State Department’s National Visa Center, the beneficiary has to be queued for a visa interview. The Embassy will send the beneficiary an information packet, which will include the medical and visa interview appointments.

The following are average waiting times for the various immigrant visa categories before an applicant is interviewed, once the Embassy receives the approved petition:*

Immediate relatives : 70-80 days
Conditional relatives (CR1) : 70-80 days
Fiance (K1) : 70-80 days
Spouse (K3) : 70-80 days

so it looks like they are all about within the same time frame, where interview times are concerned. from other spreadsheets, it looks like about 80-90 days between NOA1 to NOA2 with CSC CR1 cases. tough call...

yea it looks like the Manila Embassy is going pretty fast. So in your case it might be better to go with the CR1, so you dont have to go through the hassle of the AOS. Me on the other hand could not do the CR1 since Pakistan is really backlogged for CR1 interviews. But then the issue might be here since my case is at VSC and they are really really slow! The dates on the USCIS bulletin honestly dont mean a single thing. There are so many people that are getting processed sooner or later from that date. There was just one person that was approved from CSC in just 16 days!!! anyways its a tough call but you should do whatever is best for your situation! good luck!

Add us to the currently waiting list. Waiting on NOA-1 for the 129F. Hasn't even been a full week so not too worried.

Good luck to all!

Vermont received my I-129F on the 14th and still no NOA1 . I was hoping i would get this receipt in 10 days, as i got the NOA1 in 10 days for the I-130. i hope it comes soon. Vermont really needs to pick up the pace...

ahh, you'll get it this week. I've been watching the dates for the noa1 and its about 2 weeks to the day.
you'll get it this week, i bet.
dont forget the holiday in there....

its the noa2 thats the b*tch.....

Yea you are right i forgot about the holiday.
I just hope we all get as fast approvals as CSC!!

HI everyone Me too I have sent my I-130 May 13 2008 and someone received it on May 14 around 12:00 pm. just wanted to add my self to the list. as of now i have not received any type of receipt for my NOA1 nor have they cashed my check... Does any one know how long it takes for this thing to get approved i've heard so many stories. 6-10 month sometimes 10-15 months. I've been told i could be qualified for a DFC and hearing rumors that it can take up to 3 month for my wife to come straight over is that true? I am currently going to school in the Philippines and this is my last and final year i graduate in April so I don't know if that makes me qualified or not. i would appreciate the feedback.

Hello guys! Im sooo happy! We finally got our NOA in the mail today... it was sent to us on May 21. So for those who havent received their NOAs yet..keep praying it will come soon!

[font="Comic Sans MS"][/font][color="#9932CC"][/color][size="3"][/size] Hi Guys. My husband filed for our I-130 last May 15, 2008 and we got our NOA1 dated May 21, 2008. Got the mail last May 24, 2008.

And I hope we can share infos and updates here.

Well I was hoping to be a May filer, but waiting on marriage cert... hoping for June 9th!
Good luck everyone!! I cant wait to read the timelines.

Hi Chev&Danica,

None of us can really pinpoint when these I-130s get approved. There are so many dates that i have heard too! But the one that i have heard the most and from the lawyer too is 6-10 months. Could i ask you what a DFC is and what are the qualifications?

thanks

oh, nevermind about the DCF. I think you meant the Direct Consular Filing. I heard for my country they do not allow that anymore. Not sure about Philippines.

hi all! just wna post something i made.. hope i did it right.. please let me know if i made mistakes so that i can update it.. gotta run!

SPREADSHEET TRACKER for APRIL/MAY FILERS

Had a wild hair and checked the USCIS website just now and they actually touched our 130 today. Knew they were working flex schedules but this is getting better all the time.

awesome....



you forgot somebody.....

How can you tell which service center you got cause I sent my to chicago. and even though vermont is only a 2 hours away from me the immigration center here in Maine told me to mail it to Chicago. so I am a little confused why chicago instead of Vermont.

For some reason they want all the I-130s sent to the chicago lockbox and then they forward it to the correct service center. Most probably your service center will be Vermont but what i did was go on USCIS and then click on the instructions for the I-129F. It tells you that if you are in this particular state then send your application to this service center. Even though this form is I-129F, this is usually the service center where they forward your case.

Longbranch- how do you check on the USCIS if they got touched?

Hi,

great job on the spreadsheet! I actually sent my I-130 on April 29 but they received it on the 1st. So i dont know which date you would prefer to put on there? And then i received my NOA1 in the mail on May 10th. thanks alot!

wow.. so jealous.. somebody was working overtime!



hi Birch-Beer.. i didn't really forget ya.. i was just still working on it

Chev, what I did was I signed up online. Then as soon as you get your receipt number, put that in there. Anytime the date changes/updated, that means it was touched..

Hi thirdsjen,

The spreadsheet looks great. Thanks.

great Job.... I see you divded the 129-f's and 130's, nice.

I see youre still working on getting my 130 in there....

really though, nice job

https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/jsps/index.jsp

Should get you there. Upon receipt of your NOA-1 they will assign a case number and you will be able to setup the entire account. I did not try to establish an account prior to the NOA-1 but you may try it and see if it works. Then all you would need to do is assign your case to your account and watch it every hour like the rest of us!

Good luck

Hi to all MAY 08 filers!

Got our NOA1 today yeheeeeeeyyyy!!...we received only one page is that all? How about the trancfer notice? Coz in K3 guide Copy of transfer notice is one the requirement. where we could get that?

congrats!! what is your notice date?

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congrats!! what is your notice date? it's just 1 page because it is only your first notice. things will start moving once you get your NOA2 (the APPROVAL notice)

sorry to burst your bubble..

THANKS thirdsen!.So we only send a copy of NOA1 together the I-129f application?.coz in the guide copy of transfer notice is one of the requirements in filing I-129f

i believe so.. but don't take my word for it. let's wait on those who have filed it already and see what they say. I have never filed for K3 so can't give you any advice.. although that transfer notice is pretty much the same as the NOA1. Just as long as it states that it was routed to whatever service center you are at from the Chicago Lockbox. darn it, i don't have my NOA1 in front of me..

btw, what is the NOTICE DATE on that NOA1 of yours? so that we can update the tracker..

just a bit of encouragement for the CR1 filers out there. Take a look at these graphs compiled by visajourney as of May 2008:





data for K3 applicants:




data is based on VJ members' timeline. Not sure how accurate these are though. But it's better than nothing.. another something to look at and hope for..