January 2012 I-130 filers?

[jaycali 415]

No word from the CSC, but it appears Jan to March is the best time of the year to file!!!!! Peace, Orando

I hope so!

Check out this chart, it's a trend chart from CSC showing number of petitions received, completed and pending for every month since Dec '09. Obviously, there's only two years to compare with, but it generally seems like Jan and Feb are good months to file

I added together average wait times for every month from Dec'09 til Jul'11, and added them to the chart.

The black dots here represent how many months a person filing I-130 in that given month could expect to wait for an NOA2. The numbers on the left represent months.. ie. 20 000 = 2 months, 50 000 = 5 months etc.

Jan/Feb filers in 2010 only waited 3 - 3.5 months, and Jan/Feb filers in 2011 only waited about 3.5 - 4 months! Let's hope that holds true for 2012 also! It seems like after longer periods of 5 - 7 month waits, they get their acts together and start processing faster

Can't add anything beyond August yet since a disproportionate amount of August NOA2s are still expedites.

What up January filers! I am heading to Colombia in April to visit my wife, it is going to be great!

Have a great trip!

Edited February 20, 2012 by jhsm85

[KevLiez 1]

3.5 to 4 months would be perfect! Let's hope for the best everyone

[VaggoLena 7]

Everyone,

I was just at the uscis website looking at case updates, and entering random numbers both below my case number and above. There have been quite a few I-130s and other forms that were received on January 13 like mine that have either been approved already or in RFE stage. Not sure if the folks at Vermont picked up random files or if those happened to be expedited cases (even though approval dates varied from 2/6/2012 to 2/20/2012 to a couple from the past 2 nights). There is some action though, and still hoping for the best.

[PleaseDeleteAcct 7]

Everyone,

I was just at the uscis website looking at case updates, and entering random numbers both below my case number and above. There have been quite a few I-130s and other forms that were received on January 13 like mine that have either been approved already or in RFE stage. Not sure if the folks at Vermont picked up random files or if those happened to be expedited cases (even though approval dates varied from 2/6/2012 to 2/20/2012 to a couple from the past 2 nights). There is some action though, and still hoping for the best.

I just did the same thing, I'm seeing a TON of i130's that have been sent RFE or have already been approved, most of them are after my case but my case hasn't even been looked at yet :/

I hope they don't just pick up random cases... I know there are still people from August waiting to hear something, those should be done first (although I do so badly wish we could jump the line and get ours done first.. lol) but it's not fair to everyone who has been waiting for a while that there are people already approved after only a few weeks. I wonder why so many after ours (mine -Jan 12 and vaggolena- jan 13) that have already gotten past the initial review when ours haven't even reached that stage yet.

very strange..

i guess all we can do though is cross our fingers and hope for the best!!!

good luck again to everyone, keep us all posted

(on another note.. i just went to England to visit my hubby from feb 10-20th. from england we flew to italy for a few days for vday.... i had no problems getting into the UK either time, both times i was honest and straight forward, told them i was there to visit my husband, told them he was living there and I was living in the US and we were currently in the visa process to bring him to the US... the first time all they wanted was proof of a return ticket, the second time coming from italy to the uk they just asked a few questions and sent me on my way -luckily because i wasn't thinking about having to get back into the UK from italy and forgot all my documents, i had a work letter saying when i would be back to work, copy of the noa-1, plane ticket info.. etc for landing in the UK from the US but forgot it when coming from Italy to the UK. lucky the guy asking questions was nice and understood our situation.)

has anyone had their non-usc spouse come to the US during this process yet? was it easy enough for them to prove their intent to return home? also, has anyone traveled thru ireland and done the us customs clearance there?? how was that experience??

i ask because my husband isn't working, he went back to school and has some time off coming up soon... i work full time though, its easier for him to come visit me here in the US on a school holiday than it is for me to take off a full week or 2 of work to go visit him there. any advice?? thanks!!

[porcs 0]

hi i'm also january filer! nearing end of march hope we hear something soon! to those who received their RFE's or NOA2 please update us so we would know if service centers are moving up. thanks a lot.

[VaggoLena 7]

hi i'm also january filer! nearing end of march hope we hear something soon! to those who received their RFE's or NOA2 please update us so we would know if service centers are moving up. thanks a lot.

Hi,

I did get approved like 2 weeks ago and I am already at the NVC stage waiting for a case number. Good luck to everyone and I hope you all hear some good news soon.

[IMANCO 13]

Hi,

I did get approved like 2 weeks ago and I am already at the NVC stage waiting for a case number. Good luck to everyone and I hope you all hear some good news soon.

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Hello, I am also a January filer. Your case must be unique, because from the statistics, they are not processing January applicants yet. I wish to know if you expedited your case or do you and your spouse live Ukraine?

Thanks

[PleaseDeleteAcct 7]

Hey everyone... I dont wanna get my hopes up or anything, but our case wasnt available online before, i couldnt see anything about it. Basically said our case didnt exist and to call uscis. Ive been calling every couple weeks to check up on it. Today for no real reason i happend to check the uscis site again and try my case number... it was finally able to be seen online! Now i know that someone has finally looked at the case, so as long as no rfe then im thinking in the next week we will have a decision!

Our noa1 is jan 12 and we were sent to VSC. Anyone else in the first half of jan hear anything from VSC?

[Musashii 21]

Hi,

I did get approved like 2 weeks ago and I am already at the NVC stage waiting for a case number. Good luck to everyone and I hope you all hear some good news soon.

Living abroad with spouse and used DCF?

[tamerlane 1]

Hey guys,

I am looking at my USCIS case for my I-130, and I see an OMB Control No. with an expiry date of June 30, 2012. What does that mean?

[Ryan H 3,791]

I am looking at my USCIS case for my I-130, and I see an OMB Control No. with an expiry date of June 30, 2012. What does that mean?

It means nothing as far as your case is concerned. The expiration date is the expiration of the comment period to the Office of Management and Budget.

[tamerlane 1]

Thanks for that tidbit of information on the OMB number.

Has anyone else got an update? I know that the processing time is 5 months, but I am seeing people not too far behind me getting approvals, in addition to VaggoLena's amazing approval; so I am getting encouraged, almost to the point that I would be shocked and upset if mine took much longer

[Musashii 21]

Thanks for that tidbit of information on the OMB number.

Has anyone else got an update? I know that the processing time is 5 months, but I am seeing people not too far behind me getting approvals, in addition to VaggoLena's amazing approval; so I am getting encouraged, almost to the point that I would be shocked and upset if mine took much longer

As of April 16, 2012 CSC-USCIS is processing October 2011 petitions. There are some November and March approvals too according to Igor's list but those may have been among lucky ones who got expedite approved somehow or both petitioner and spouse living abroad.

All the best to you.

[tamerlane 1]

As of April 16, 2012 CSC-USCIS is processing October 2011 petitions. There are some November and March approvals too according to Igor's list but those may have been among lucky ones who got expedite approved somehow or both petitioner and spouse living abroad.

All the best to you.

Yeah, I am hoping that Vermont is a bit quicker than that.

[Musashii 21]

Yeah, I am hoping that Vermont is a bit quicker than that.

Vermont is indeed ahead of California in this matter and they are probably doing January. You should hear some good news soon.