WOW!!!

[Dweezy 3]

Unbelievable, wifey received her CR1 on Feb 2nd 2011, but my stepdaughters I-130 was still pending, in fact they sent me an RFE back in November saying her birth certificate was issued 5 years after her birth. Wifey and I were sweating the load because we want them to travel to the U.S. Together. Anyway to make a long story short, I sent her immunization records with a translation, and pictures with her and my wife together to further prove her birth and realtionship to my wife. After they received the evidence I called two days later requesting an expedite which was today at approximately 0715, at 0915 I received an e-mail confirming the expedite, and 2:45 Hawaiian time, I received an e-mail stating that they had approved my stepdaughters I-130, dang now thats an expedite. Whats going on at USCIS did they hire some new people, also I didnt wait not one minute to get through when I called this morning. Craaazzzy. but Im thankful. GOD is good, all the time!!!!!

[Lisamarie 79]

That's wonderful!!! Many congratulations!!

[OBX 51]

Wonderful, congratulations.

[Nica_In_Love 98]

It's nice to hear good news like that! Congrats!!!

[pushbrk 12,106]

Unbelievable, wifey received her CR1 on Feb 2nd 2011, but my stepdaughters I-130 was still pending, in fact they sent me an RFE back in November saying her birth certificate was issued 5 years after her birth. Wifey and I were sweating the load because we want them to travel to the U.S. Together. Anyway to make a long story short, I sent her immunization records with a translation, and pictures with her and my wife together to further prove her birth and realtionship to my wife. After they received the evidence I called two days later requesting an expedite which was today at approximately 0715, at 0915 I received an e-mail confirming the expedite, and 2:45 Hawaiian time, I received an e-mail stating that they had approved my stepdaughters I-130, dang now thats an expedite. Whats going on at USCIS did they hire some new people, also I didnt wait not one minute to get through when I called this morning. Craaazzzy. but Im thankful. GOD is good, all the time!!!!!

Once a petition is to the point of an RFE, it is also ready to be approved shortly after an appropriate response to the RFE is received. Approval notices within days of RFE receipt by USCIS are quite common. In fact, they are expected.

For the most part, the idea that USCIS is "slow" or the process is "slow" is simply not true. "Slow" is a measure of speed of movement, not simply the passing of time during which there IS no movement. USCIS is not slow. It is backlogged. Once they actually look at your case, they get it on to approval or additional review as fast as they can. When the case takes a long time, it's not because something is happening slowly. It's because nothing is happening at all.

Edited February 16, 2011 by pushbrk