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I just went to uscis.gov's website and entired the search criteria to find the estimated processing times for I-130 petition for marriage/spouse and it says estimated time is 13.9 months!!! :wow:

Then I entered search criteria for 129-F petition for fiance and it says 5mos! Why the enormous discrepancy here???? This seems to me to be grossly unfair. They receive more petitions for 129-F and yet the processing time is faster? Really?

Can someone give me some insight as to why this would be? Because that's just ridiculous in my opinion. :wow:

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Ayman___
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where exactly you seen 13.9 months.I Went to the USCIS website and the processing time for I130 marriage US spouse is 5 months still.

Kehinde
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Processing time for I-130 has never been 13.5 months. I don't know what you were looking at. but I-130 petions have the same processing time as I-129 petitions (5 months).

Inky
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The K-1 does not produce a green card nor go through a green card process like the CR-1 does before they enter the USA. The K-1 has to apply AFTER entry and marriage which adds another 4-5 month wait

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I just went to uscis.gov's website and entired the search criteria to find the estimated processing times for I-130 petition for marriage/spouse and it says estimated time is 13.9 months!!! :wow:

Then I entered search criteria for 129-F petition for fiance and it says 5mos! Why the enormous discrepancy here???? This seems to me to be grossly unfair. They receive more petitions for 129-F and yet the processing time is faster? Really?

Can someone give me some insight as to why this would be? Because that's just ridiculous in my opinion. :wow:

It might have something to do with the fact that the I-130 is an immigrant visa, and the I-129 is non-immigrant, and processing works differently between immigrant and non-immigrant visas.

09/25/2009 - Married!

CR1 Timeline
12/11/2009 - I-130 Sent

12/17/2009 - NOA1
03/01/2010 - NOA2
03/05/2010 - DS-3032 Emailed
03/08/2010 - DS-3032/I-864 Bill received/DS-3032 Email resent / AOS Paid
03/09/2010 - NVC received AOS Payment
03/10/2010 - DS-3032 accepted
03/11/2010 - IV Bill received
03/12/2010 - I-864 Bill shows as PAID
03/16/2010 - Sent I-864 Package
03/19/2010 - Pay IV Bill Online
03/22/2010 - IV Bill shows as PAID
03/23/2010 - DS-230 and Documents Sent
04/08/2010 - SIF
04/08/2010 - AVR updated to "Case Completed"
04/13/2010 - Interview Date Assigned
04/21/2010 - Case Sent to Embassy
04/25/2010 - Case Received at Embassy
04/30/2010 - Medical Exam - Passed!

05/06/2010 - Interview 9:30am in Auckland - APPROVED!
05/10/2010 - Visa Received!
05/13/2010 - POE LAX!

Removal of Conditions Timeline
04/25/2012 - I-751 Package sent (a little late)

05/01/2012 - USCIS Received Package
05/14/2012 - NOA
06/01/2012 - Biometrics (Omaha, NE)

11/20/2012 - Approved
11/29/2012 - Card Received!

Naturalization Timeline
06/06/2015 - N-400 Sent to Phoenix Lockbox
06/10/2015 - Case Received
06/15/2015 - NOA
07/07/2015 - Biometrics (Omaha, NE)

09/01/2015 - Interview - Approved!

10/09/2015 - Oath Ceremony!

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where exactly you seen 13.9 months.I Went to the USCIS website and the processing time for I130 marriage US spouse is 5 months still.

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PMartin37   161

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where exactly you seen 13.9 months.I Went to the USCIS website and the processing time for I130 marriage US spouse is 5 months still.

I went today just about 20minutes ago. I was checking Vermont SVC which happens to be the one that mine is located at right now. I should have pointed that out in my original post sorry. But processing time is over DOUBLE there for marriage visa petitions/ fiance visa petitions. And before yesterday...even for Vermont it was shown 5mos processing time for I-130's. Why the huge change is what I'm wondering. All of a sudden it changed.

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Processing time for I-130 has never been 13.5 months. I don't know what you were looking at. but I-130 petions have the same processing time as I-129 petitions (5 months).

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where exactly you seen 13.9 months.I Went to the USCIS website and the processing time for I130 marriage US spouse is 5 months still.

Yeah, I-130 for Permanent resident filling for a spouse or child under 21 is around 14 months, but anything else is 5 months.

09/25/2009 - Married!

CR1 Timeline
12/11/2009 - I-130 Sent

12/17/2009 - NOA1
03/01/2010 - NOA2
03/05/2010 - DS-3032 Emailed
03/08/2010 - DS-3032/I-864 Bill received/DS-3032 Email resent / AOS Paid
03/09/2010 - NVC received AOS Payment
03/10/2010 - DS-3032 accepted
03/11/2010 - IV Bill received
03/12/2010 - I-864 Bill shows as PAID
03/16/2010 - Sent I-864 Package
03/19/2010 - Pay IV Bill Online
03/22/2010 - IV Bill shows as PAID
03/23/2010 - DS-230 and Documents Sent
04/08/2010 - SIF
04/08/2010 - AVR updated to "Case Completed"
04/13/2010 - Interview Date Assigned
04/21/2010 - Case Sent to Embassy
04/25/2010 - Case Received at Embassy
04/30/2010 - Medical Exam - Passed!

05/06/2010 - Interview 9:30am in Auckland - APPROVED!
05/10/2010 - Visa Received!
05/13/2010 - POE LAX!

Removal of Conditions Timeline
04/25/2012 - I-751 Package sent (a little late)

05/01/2012 - USCIS Received Package
05/14/2012 - NOA
06/01/2012 - Biometrics (Omaha, NE)

11/20/2012 - Approved
11/29/2012 - Card Received!

Naturalization Timeline
06/06/2015 - N-400 Sent to Phoenix Lockbox
06/10/2015 - Case Received
06/15/2015 - NOA
07/07/2015 - Biometrics (Omaha, NE)

09/01/2015 - Interview - Approved!

10/09/2015 - Oath Ceremony!

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The K-1 does not produce a green card nor go through a green card process like the CR-1 does before they enter the USA. The K-1 has to apply AFTER entry and marriage which adds another 4-5 month wait for LPR status.

CR-1 does the process at the NVC which takes longer causing their longer processing/process and CR-1 entrants get a green card on entry to the USA auto LPR status.

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Your I-129f was approved in 5 days from your NOA1 date.

Your interview took 67 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

AOS was approved in 2 months and 8 days without interview.

ROC was approved in 3 months and 2 days without interview.

I am a Citizen of the United States of America. 04/16/13

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I went today just about 20minutes ago. I was checking Vermont SVC which happens to be the one that mine is located at right now. I should have pointed that out in my original post sorry. But processing time is over DOUBLE there for marriage visa petitions/ fiance visa petitions. And before yesterday...even for Vermont it was shown 5mos processing time for I-130's. Why the huge change is what I'm wondering. All of a sudden it changed.

Don't Flip Okay it's some mess up only.I'm in the CSC.

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Yeah, I-130 for Permanent resident filling for a spouse or child under 21 is around 14 months, but anything else is 5 months.

When I was checking before (maybe a week ago) the estimated processing time for Vermont SVC I-130 petitions was 5mos. I'm wondering why the big change all of a sudden?

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I just looked at it and it says 5 months (for CSC)

I-130 Petition for Alien Relative- U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21- 5 Months

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I'm sure it's a mistake. Calm down!

HUSBAND'S CASE

9/17/2011 - sent I-13

09/19/2011 - noa1 received

3/16/2012 - case sent to my local USCIS office for additional processing

4/21/2012 - AP. If we haven't heard from them in SIX MONTHS (omg) we can feel free to call them!!! Thanks!

9/20/2012 - Interview scheduled - October 3!!!!

10/3/2012 - Interview went well but she must look at his A-file more before decision.

10/12/2012 - I-130 APPROVED! APPROVED! APPROVED!

KIDS' CASES

04/20/2012: NOA107/20/2012: instead of an approval, we got thrown into AP. sigh

11/01/2012: Boys' I-130 interview set for November 28, 2012.

11/28/2012: I-130s APPROVED! APPROVED! APPROVED!

NVC

12/14/2012: NVC Received

12/31/2012: Case number/IIN

12/31/2012: DS-3032 sent

01/08/2013: DS-3032 accepted

01/02/2013: AOS bill0

1/03/2013: AOS bill shows PAID

01/04/2013: AOS package sent

01/09/2013: IV bill

01/10/2013: IV bill shows PAID

01/11/2013: IV package sent

01/23/2013: Case complete

02/01/2013: Interview scheduled

US Embassy Lagos

02/22/2013: Embassy received

03/01/2013: Medical

03/20/2013: Interview - was told the boys would have been approved on the spot if they had pics! Errrr :-(

04/15/2013: DNA test

05/15/2013: Emailed embassy BEGGING them to let boys drop off passports for visa insertion. IT WORKED!!!

05/31/2013: Visa in hand

06/02/2013: POE JFK!!!!!!

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I just went to uscis.gov's website and entired the search criteria to find the estimated processing times for I-130 petition for marriage/spouse and it says estimated time is 13.9 months!!! :wow:

Then I entered search criteria for 129-F petition for fiance and it says 5mos! Why the enormous discrepancy here???? This seems to me to be grossly unfair. They receive more petitions for 129-F and yet the processing time is faster? Really?

Can someone give me some insight as to why this would be? Because that's just ridiculous in my opinion. :wow:

Can you provide a link to where you found this information?

According to this USCIS Processing time site the wait is 5 months for an I-130 petition for spouse or child under 21 if the petitioner is a US Citizen:

https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processTimesDisplayInit.do

Also, while there may be more I-129f visa petitions on VJ there are a lot more I-130 petitions submitted each month to USCIS.

06/10/11 - Married

USCIS: (224 days)

07/22/11 - Mailed I-130 petitions for wife and step-daughter

07/28/11 - NOA1 for both

02/21/12 - RFE for both (received hardcopy on 2/25)

02/28/12 - Responded to RFE for both(received by CSC on 2/29)

03/02/12 - NOA2 for both(received hardcopy on 3/8)

NVC: (37 days)

03/12/12 - NVC Received both

03/21/12 - NVC case number and IIN received for both & Emailed Choice of Agent for both

03/23/12 - AOS bill invoiced & paid for both

03/26/12 - AOS bill shows paid & AOS Packets mailed for both

03/27/12 - Choice of Agent accepted for wife (sent another for step-daughter via email and express mail)

03/28/12 - Choice of Agent accepted for step-daughter & IV bill invoiced & paid for wife

03/29/12 - IV bill shows paid for wife & IV bill invoiced & paid for step-daughter

03/30/12 - IV bill shows paid for step-daughter & IV Packets mailed for both

04/04/12 - IV Packets reviewed. Checklist issued for Divorce Decree for my wife. Step-daughter's was accepted and her case closed

04/10/12 - Divorce Decree accepted after supervisor review & wife's case closed

04/16/12 - Expedite requested for both cases due to NVC error

04/18/12 - Expedite request approved for both cases and sent to Santiago Embassy

Embassy: (15 days)

04/24/12 - Embassy received both cases from NVC

04/25/12 - Wife went to Embassy for document review. Interview date assigned for both cases.

04/26/12 - Medical Exam for both. Result - approved.

05/07/12 - Interview date for both. Result - approved!

05/09/12 - Received both Visas

05/16/12 - POE Atlanta

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you read the wrong line. for US citizens petitioning it is 5 months. I-130Petition for Alien RelativeU.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 215 Months


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