I received my permanent resident but I-130 is still pending

[Fernando Ramirez 0]

Folks,

I sent I-130, I-485, and I-765 package in 2005. I received approved letters for I-485 and I-765.

In 2008, I received my 10 years permanent resident but I-130 is still pending, weird, right?, I hope someone has pass through this situation to share his/her experience.

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

Current Status: Case received and pending.

On April 19, 2005, we received this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN, and mailed you a notice describing how we will process your case. Please follow any instructions on this notice. We will notify you by mail when we make a decision or if we need something from you. If you move while this case is pending, call customer service. We process cases in the order we receive them. You can use our processing dates to estimate when yours will be done. This case is at our NATIONAL BENEFITS CENTER location. Follow the link below to check processing dates. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.

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I called USCIS Customer Service, and they advised me to send a I-824 or send a letter to the National Benefits Center (NBC) to update the I-130 because it doesn't make sense that I already had my permanent resident and I-130 is still pending.

I don't think sending a I-824 would help, read this:

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1. Form I-824 is used to request further action on a previously approved petition or application. Note: I-824 is not for verifying status of a pending petition/application.

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and I am not going to pay $340 for filling that :S, it is their mistake, not mine :S.

Any thoughts?

[Reba 2]

Your I-130 cannot still be pending if you already have your 10 year green card. I'm guessing they just haven't updated your case status on the website yet.

[Urge To Race 2]

OP, online case status is not always accurate.

Your I-130 cannot still be pending if you already have your 10 year green card. I'm guessing they just haven't updated your case status on the website yet.

[Cécy 44]

Did your spouse every receive a letter saying that the I-130 was approved?

Yesterday I received a letter welcoming me to the US while my husband received on dated from the same day and saying that I-130 was approved.

[zsam 0]

wow..they must've decided your I-130 and I-485 at the same time.

[Fernando Ramirez 0]

OP, online case status is not always accurate.

Your I-130 cannot still be pending if you already have your 10 year green card. I'm guessing they just haven't updated your case status on the website yet.

I called National Customer Service Center (NCSC) (1-800-375-528), and they told me that I-130 is still pending, I don't know if the employees of NCSC see the same "online case status" we could see through https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/jsps/login.jsp.

Who could provide you the "real case status" of the application? :S, I am so confused with this.

[Fernando Ramirez 0]

wow..they must've decided your I-130 and I-485 at the same time.

I was wondering that because I filed I-765, I-485, and I-130 as a package.

This:

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I-485 , I-765, I-130*: NOA1 : 1/23/2006

* I-130 refiled by lawyer since no information is being given about I-130 from 2005!!!!

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is the same situation, I received NOA1 for I-130 but never received the approval letter, I didn't re-file I-130.

[Fernando Ramirez 0]

Your I-130 cannot still be pending if you already have your 10 year green card. I'm guessing they just haven't updated your case status on the website yet.

Yes, that's what I am thinking about it, but I am not 100 % sure, so I haven't tried Form I-824:

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1. Form I-824 is used to request further action on a previously approved petition or application. Note: I-824 is not for verifying status of a pending petition/application.

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This is really annoy, USCIS (online case status) website is not reliable, National Customer Service Center (NCSC) is also not reliable because I think they are using the same data you see on USCIS website, the last option that I have is I-824 to know really the "real case status", however, I-824 is "not for verifying status of a pending petition/application", so I don't know what to do, I just want a copy of the approved I-130 application.

[Fernando Ramirez 0]

Did your spouse every receive a letter saying that the I-130 was approved?

Yesterday I received a letter welcoming me to the US while my husband received on dated from the same day and saying that I-130 was approved.

Interesting, She doesn't remember, then, that is probably the reason I don't have the approved I-130 application on file.

Any other thoughts?

I would like to hear a real case like this from somebody else

It would be really appreciated.

[Reba 2]

If you call the 1-800 line and ask about your case status, they're only going to look at the exact same stuff that you're looking at. The folks on the phone are not trained immigration specialists, they're trained monkeys with phones and computer key boards is all.

If you're really concerned about it, make an INFOPASS appointment to ask an immigration specialist at your local office.

[zsam 0]

Your I-130 cannot still be pending if you already have your 10 year green card. I'm guessing they just haven't updated your case status on the website yet.

Yes, that's what I am thinking about it, but I am not 100 % sure, so I haven't tried Form I-824:

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1. Form I-824 is used to request further action on a previously approved petition or application. Note: I-824 is not for verifying status of a pending petition/application.

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This is really annoy, USCIS (online case status) website is not reliable, National Customer Service Center (NCSC) is also not reliable because I think they are using the same data you see on USCIS website, the last option that I have is I-824 to know really the "real case status", however, I-824 is "not for verifying status of a pending petition/application", so I don't know what to do, I just want a copy of the approved I-130 application.

most likely you're good to go...and they have no updated the case status but you have the greencard and the 10 yr one! You're lucky. We are waiting and have no approved I-130 and thus no approved I-485.

[Old Dominion 26]

Folks,

I sent I-130, I-485, and I-765 package in 2005. I received approved letters for I-485 and I-765.

In 2008, I received my 10 years permanent resident but I-130 is still pending, weird, right?, I hope someone has pass through this situation to share his/her experience.

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

Current Status: Case received and pending.

On April 19, 2005, we received this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN, and mailed you a notice describing how we will process your case. Please follow any instructions on this notice. We will notify you by mail when we make a decision or if we need something from you. If you move while this case is pending, call customer service. We process cases in the order we receive them. You can use our processing dates to estimate when yours will be done. This case is at our NATIONAL BENEFITS CENTER location. Follow the link below to check processing dates. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.

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I called USCIS Customer Service, and they advised me to send a I-824 or send a letter to the National Benefits Center (NBC) to update the I-130 because it doesn't make sense that I already had my permanent resident and I-130 is still pending.

I don't think sending a I-824 would help, read this:

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1. Form I-824 is used to request further action on a previously approved petition or application. Note: I-824 is not for verifying status of a pending petition/application.

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and I am not going to pay $340 for filling that :S, it is their mistake, not mine :S.

Any thoughts?

We were informed that the I-130 and AOS are acted upon jointly. If AOS is approved, I-130 is automatically approved without separate notification

[soulprovider915 4]

OP, online case status is not always accurate.

Your I-130 cannot still be pending if you already have your 10 year green card. I'm guessing they just haven't updated your case status on the website yet.

I called National Customer Service Center (NCSC) (1-800-375-528), and they told me that I-130 is still pending, I don't know if the employees of NCSC see the same "online case status" we could see through https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/jsps/login.jsp.

Who could provide you the "real case status" of the application? :S, I am so confused with this.

I wouldn't trust too much what they say. The customer service center has an average IQ of about 80 combined!!!

[Cécy 44]

If you call the 1-800 line and ask about your case status, they're only going to look at the exact same stuff that you're looking at. The folks on the phone are not trained immigration specialists, they're trained monkeys with phones and computer key boards is all.

If you're really concerned about it, make an INFOPASS appointment to ask an immigration specialist at your local office.

Ditto. They only look at your case number online when you call the 1800 number, so unless you ask to talk to an actual immigration agent, they won't tell you more than you already know.

When my case wasn't showing up online I always had to talk to an actual IO to get any information.

But honestly I wouldn't worry much about it. You have your green card and that proves by itself that you were approved.

[Fernando Ramirez 0]

We were informed that the I-130 and AOS are acted upon jointly. If AOS is approved, I-130 is automatically approved without separate notification

If AOS (I-485) is approved, I-130 is automatically approved without separate notification, I do have the approval notification for I-485.

Interesting, Where did you get that information?