Application Type: I130, IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On June 20, 2007, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.


Question: USCIS just send me an email that my I-130 was approved, and I just got my NOA-1 for I-129, what do I need to do now, should I go for imigrant visa, or K3 will be faster?

I have no idea about the K-3.
Just wanted to say CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Zee

dgv76,

I don't know the answer to your question, but I've got a question for you - what evidence of having submitted an I-130 petition did you send with your I-129f petition?

Yodrak

Wow. Congrats!

You sent the I-130 on 5/11 and it got approved. Happy for you since some folks sent their i-130 in April and still no NOA1. Go VSC!

Yodrak,
Based on the dgv76's timeline, they used the NOA1 from I-130. It was received on 6/9, they sent I129F on 6/11. In the comments section, it even says they received NOA1 on 6/9 (so we know its not the received date stated on the NOA1, its the date they got it).

I send I-129F, fotos, copy of I-130 NOA1, G-325 and copy of marriage license, and check for $170

Well, you've got some options because you are one of the rare cases of an I-130 being approved before and separately from the I-129F. If I were in your shoes, I would pursue these NVC shortcuts for the CR1 visa process.
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;#entry885374

The K3 should come along without further input from you or your spouse until it gets to Russia.

Other than that, it's a race and you make further decisions based on how the race progresses.

How fast will it go to NVC?

dgv76 Can you update your timeline to reflect your I130 approval. Thanks, and congratulations on your approval.

Congratulations

Urge To Race,

Ouch! I misread the post. Thanks for setting me straight.

Yodrak



dgv,

Thanks. I understand now - I misread your first post.

I still can't answer your question, though - it's a matter of personal preferences and priorities.

Yodrak

Maybe two or three weeks. Time enough to get a good start preparing to use the shortcuts.

I only got an email from USCIS, no NOA2, so I don't really want to update my timelines right now.

I just looked at my NOA1 on my I-130 for my wife, and the approval was only made for my 5yr old stepchild , what do I need to do?