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Hello fellow VJ members!

I know many had wanted to know where our I-130 was adjudicated (and approved), so I did get the official mail today. It actually never went to my local USCIS office. It was approved at the NBC (National Benefits Center). Well, there's the mystery solved. So, many of you who have been transferred to NBC, it could be a possibility that they will approve it there without ever transferring it to the local office. :)

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that's not entirely true, on the bottom of my approval notice it also had the NBC address but later I found out it was approved by our local office. I guess that's because local offices don't normally approve I-130s and therefore don't put their addresses on the bottom of the approval notices. so it may say NBC but there is a possibility that it was approved by a local office and you are not aware of it because it wouldn't say on the letter.

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that's not entirely true, on the bottom of my approval notice it also had the NBC address but later I found out it was approved by our local office. I guess that's because local offices don't normally approve I-130s and therefore don't put their addresses on the bottom of the approval notices. so it may say NBC but there is a possibility that it was approved by a local office and you are not aware of it because it wouldn't say on the letter.

Well, that could potentially be true. However, I don't have that knowledge. As far as I know, that's what it said on my official approval. But good point.

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Well, that could potentially be true. However, I don't have that knowledge. As far as I know, that's what it said on my official approval. But good point.

How about the postmark?

3/2/18  E-filed N-400 under 5 year rule

3/26/18 Biometrics

7/2019-12/2019 (Yes, 16- 21 months) Estimated time to interview MSP office.

 

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Hello fellow VJ members!

I know many had wanted to know where our I-130 was adjudicated (and approved), so I did get the official mail today. It actually never went to my local USCIS office. It was approved at the NBC (National Benefits Center). Well, there's the mystery solved. So, many of you who have been transferred to NBC, it could be a possibility that they will approve it there without ever transferring it to the local office. :)

Hi Mina! Wow, thanks for the info, but it's hard to believe my file is sitting in NBC all this time, getting passed over while later arrivals get processed. :wacko:

USCIS: 307 days from NOA1 to NOA2 (no RFE's)

15JUN2012 USC married in Côte d'Ivoire
13AUG2012 I-130 sent by FedEx to Chicago
15AUG2012 I-130 packet delivered to mailroom, per FedEx.com
18AUG2012 NOA1, rcvd SMS & email saying case is routed to Vermont Service Center, later rcvd by snail mail
21AUG2012 the date on next I-797C received only by snail mail, says petition transferred to Lee's Summit,MO
28AUG2012 "touch" (website shows case was updated)
03OCT2012 the date casefile was sent to Atlanta, per phone call with ISO
01FEB2013 infopass at Atlanta, casefile has not even been assigned to anyone yet!

21JUN2013 NOA2, email received! USCIS website is updated! No SMS was received.

Letter rcvd later by snail mail from NBC, Lee's Summit, MO; however, I know file was adjudicated in Atlanta.

NVC:

11JUL2013 the date NVC says they received our file

19JUL2013 called and got Case # and IIN #, gave email addresses

22JUL2013 received DS-3032 and AOS invoice by email, mailed DS-3032

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Hi Mina! Wow, thanks for the info, but it's hard to believe my file is sitting in NBC all this time, getting passed over while later arrivals get processed. :wacko:

I can imagine how much it hurts to see others who filed much later get approved so quickly. :( I know when I saw people who were being approved in less than 1-2 months, I felt a little broken, but I knew that I shouldn't be. Because normally the process is much longer, and due to the whole NBC transfer thing, I know some of us got lucky getting approved faster. I know I felt bad that here I was over 120 days waiting while some people were approved in only 30-60 days who got transferred to NBC. But alas, I was approved and I am very grateful that I was approved in 4 months which is still faster than normal processing time. I am wishing you the best and I hope your turn will come quickly. :yes:

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I can imagine how much it hurts to see others who filed much later get approved so quickly. :( I know when I saw people who were being approved in less than 1-2 months, I felt a little broken, but I knew that I shouldn't be. Because normally the process is much longer, and due to the whole NBC transfer thing, I know some of us got lucky getting approved faster. I know I felt bad that here I was over 120 days waiting while some people were approved in only 30-60 days who got transferred to NBC. But alas, I was approved and I am very grateful that I was approved in 4 months which is still faster than normal processing time. I am wishing you the best and I hope your turn will come quickly. :yes:

Thanks a lot for Mina your kind words. Me, too, when I filed I was expecting a five to six month wait, so I have tried not to feel let down. I'm truly happy for all the filers who lucked out with speedy approvals. It's just now, since I've passed the five month mark, I'm starting to feel the anxiety and frustration really creep up. However, I know I'm not alone, and that helps! Wishing you smooth sailing through NVC and that you see your husband soon.

USCIS: 307 days from NOA1 to NOA2 (no RFE's)

15JUN2012 USC married in Côte d'Ivoire
13AUG2012 I-130 sent by FedEx to Chicago
15AUG2012 I-130 packet delivered to mailroom, per FedEx.com
18AUG2012 NOA1, rcvd SMS & email saying case is routed to Vermont Service Center, later rcvd by snail mail
21AUG2012 the date on next I-797C received only by snail mail, says petition transferred to Lee's Summit,MO
28AUG2012 "touch" (website shows case was updated)
03OCT2012 the date casefile was sent to Atlanta, per phone call with ISO
01FEB2013 infopass at Atlanta, casefile has not even been assigned to anyone yet!

21JUN2013 NOA2, email received! USCIS website is updated! No SMS was received.

Letter rcvd later by snail mail from NBC, Lee's Summit, MO; however, I know file was adjudicated in Atlanta.

NVC:

11JUL2013 the date NVC says they received our file

19JUL2013 called and got Case # and IIN #, gave email addresses

22JUL2013 received DS-3032 and AOS invoice by email, mailed DS-3032

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Thanks Mina for the update.. As far as I know too, most approvals (NOA2) really came from NBC, as confirmed by Chris&Laura,A&T,Dhel etc.. but who knows?! :yes: Good luck on the rest of your journey.. :thumbs:

I really hope all of us still waiting will receive our NOA2 soon..

USCIS

8/10/12-Sent I-130 x2

8/17/12-NOA1

2/28/13-NOA2

NVC

5/6/13-Case# & IIN recvd

7/23/13-Case complete!

US Embassy

9/4/13-Interview- APPROVED!

9/7/13-Visas on hand

10/27/13-POE: SFO

11/5/13- SSN's received

12/2/13-GC's on hand

US Citizenship soon...

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