I-130 Approved!!...what next??

[aniz 0]

I just received notice that the petition was approved and sent to NVC... what's next??

[ganesh86 0]

Now you should allow atleast 30 days from your approval date to make sure that USCIS sends petition to National Visa Center. Back in June-July there was a huge backlog and it took us almost 1 month to reach NVC. I would advise you to contact NVC within 2 weeks from your day of approval.

Here are my timelines for CR-1.

02/20/2011 - Married

03/14/2011 - I-130 sent

03/15/2011 - I-130 received

03/18/2011 - NOA1

06/16/2011 - NOA2

07/17/2011 - NVC received

08/06/2011 - Received DS-3032 and I-864 bill

08/06/2011 - Emailed DS-3032 and paid I-864 bill

08/10/2011 - I-864 sent to NVC

08/15/2011 - DS-3032 accepted and IV bill received

08/15/2011 - Paid IV bill

08/18/2011 - DS-230 sent to NVC

08/19/2011 - DS-230 received at NVC

08/24/2011 - SIF & Case Complete

08/26/2011- RFE on missing PCC and Case re-opened

08/27/2011- Wife Sent PCC from India(In fact she did get PCC on end of 27th from passport office in India and she mailed PCC following day upon getting RFE from NVC. Otherwise we thought of submitting during interview)

08/30/2011 - Case Closed(Thank God)

10/24/2011- Interview Date at Chennai @ 1PM

[LADYDARE 28]

congrats now follow the NVC steps in this link http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/EZGuideSpouse

[Markieboy 104]

I just received notice that the petition was approved and sent to NVC... what's next??

Congratulations with your approval!

Follow the link that LADYDARE has provided. IMHO, it is the definitive guide for IR-1/CR-1.

congrats now follow the NVC steps in this link http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/EZGuideSpouse

[Saylin 1,605]

I just received notice that the petition was approved and sent to NVC... what's next??

Please remember, that although the above link is valid, you're going to be doing electronic processing and online forms (as it's required for Mexico), so your process will be slightly different.