immigration timeline

[molet 0]

Hi. I'm just wondering how efficient the posted dates are in the immigration timeline? It seems to go back and forth sometimes. Our NOA1 for I-130 and I-129F were approved on the last week of october and first week of november respectively. I always check our case status at the USCIS website and my husband always checks his mailbox, it had not been touched nor any mails. Is there any October/November filers here? Thank you.

[MMW 2]

Welcome to VJ. The NOA-1 is not an approval, it is just the notice they send to say they have received the petitions. The I-129f is anywhere from 90 days to 6 months for approval( NOA-2) and the I-130 is about a month or 2 longer. this is not always the case, lately the I-130's have been working as fast as the 129f's. If you got the NOA-1 in oct then you are getting close to approval time frame. We never got a touch or any update on USCIS site on our 130 petition and then we got the NOA-2 after 7 months from NOA-1. The time lines change because they are based on averages. Be patient you should almost be there soon. Good luck on the rest of your journey.

[abbynorm2 0]

Hi. I'm just wondering how efficient the posted dates are in the immigration timeline? It seems to go back and forth sometimes. Our NOA1 for I-130 and I-129F were approved on the last week of october and first week of november respectively. I always check our case status at the USCIS website and my husband always checks his mailbox, it had not been touched nor any mails. Is there any October/November filers here? Thank you.

Many reasons for the timelines to go back and forth, sometimes the USCIS offices seem to be working quickly, and other times they seem to be slowing down. One of the big reasons here on VJ is that people create a profile and enter a timeline and never return to edit it or delete it if there is a breakup. Looking at Igor's list, it seems that about 12% of cases do this. Another big one is the number of people filing each month with the 2 big centers. Also looking at Igor's list will show surges from one month to the next which makes them appear to change speeds.

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/monthl...=2&sortby=2

Edited April 15, 2009 by abbynorm2

[molet 0]

thank u both. good luck.

Hi. I'm just wondering how efficient the posted dates are in the immigration timeline? It seems to go back and forth sometimes. Our NOA1 for I-130 and I-129F were approved on the last week of october and first week of november respectively. I always check our case status at the USCIS website and my husband always checks his mailbox, it had not been touched nor any mails. Is there any October/November filers here? Thank you.

Many reasons for the timelines to go back and forth, sometimes the USCIS offices seem to be working quickly, and other times they seem to be slowing down. One of the big reasons here on VJ is that people create a profile and enter a timeline and never return to edit it or delete it if there is a breakup. Looking at Igor's list, it seems that about 12% of cases do this. Another big one is the number of people filing each month with the 2 big centers. Also looking at Igor's list will show surges from one month to the next which makes them appear to change speeds.

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/monthl...=2&sortby=2

[edp333 9]

The reason the K3 takes longer is your timelime begins again when the I-129f is received. The USCIS combines the two petitions, I-130-I-129f, and processes them together. In rare cases the I-130 is approved before the I-129f.