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sumit381   2

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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Greetings,

I (USC) filed for my wife's (Canadian citizen) I-130 and received my NOA1 on Nov 23, 2012. Since December, my case has been in the Initial Review step. By the way, my receipt number begins with MSC. I called USCIS today and asked about my case. The rep told me my case is at the Vermont svc center. They are currently processing June 4, 12 apps. I checked the estimated processing timeline for Vermont and it's currently showing 7 months.

My question is, what is this 7 months referring to? Is this referring to the time between NOA1 and NOA2? Or is it for the whole I-130 approval process?

Thank you and take care.

Kastrs Experienced

Kastrs   723

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Pakistan
 Timeline
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7 months is the projected time between NOA1 and NOA2

Spoiler

 

Married December 19, 2014

I-130 Petition sent January 14, 2015
NOA1 date January 20, 2015 (NSC)

NOA2 date May 28, 2015 :dance::dance::dance:

Mailed to NVC June 4, 2015

NVC Received June 10, 2015

NVC Case Number Assigned June 23, 2015

NVC AoS Invoice via Mail June 24, 2015

NVC Selected Agent Over Phone June 30, 2015 (Unable to logon to CEAC)

NVC IV Invoice via email received July 1, 2015

NVC AoS/IV Package Mailed July 2, 2015

NVC AoS & IV Fee Paid Online (CEAC is working) July 6. 2015

NVC Document Scan Date July 6, 2015

NCV AoS & IV Fee marked as paid in CEAC July, 7 2015

NVC DS 260 Completed July 8, 2015

NVC CC July 30, 2015 (24 days after scan date, about 2 months post NOA2)

Interview Scheduled on August 26, 2015

Interview P4 Email Received August 27, 2015

Medical in Islamabad September 2, 2015

Interview Date September 22, 2015 CANCELLED (Embassy is Over scheduled) :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Interview Scheduled on September 10, 2015

Interview Date October 14, 2015 APPROVED

Visa Issued October 16, 2015, 9 months start to finish

POE JFK October 26, 2015

GC in Hand Jan 8, 2016

RoC I-751 NOA1 August 31, 2017 (Vermont Service Center)

Biometrics October 2, 2017

I551 Stamp in Passport August 2, 2018

18 Month Extension Letter August 3, 2018

Applied for Naturalization N-400 Online July 30, 2018

Biometrics August 23, 2018

10 year GC is in production September 17, 2018

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
champi Proficient

champi   13

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: India
 Timeline
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Greetings,

I (USC) filed for my wife's (Canadian citizen) I-130 and received my NOA1 on Nov 23, 2012. Since December, my case has been in the Initial Review step. By the way, my receipt number begins with MSC. I called USCIS today and asked about my case. The rep told me my case is at the Vermont svc center. They are currently processing June 4, 12 apps. I checked the estimated processing timeline for Vermont and it's currently showing 7 months.

My question is, what is this 7 months referring to? Is this referring to the time between NOA1 and NOA2? Or is it for the whole I-130 approval process?

Thank you and take care.

Don't just take their words with 1 call. You may want to call 2 or 3 times to confirm that your case is indeed at VSC. I could never get them to answer where my case was being processed. So just call few more times and confirm that they all say the same thing.

IR-5 - for Mom
------------
08/27/2012 - Sent Application
08/28/2012 - NOA1 date
08/31/2012 - Received email from USCIS saying the package is accepted
09/11/2012 - Received a letter saying case transferred Lee's Summit, MO
02/15/2013 - Received an email saying case is approved
02/22/2013 - I-130 NOA2 hard copy received

NVC Journey
--------------
02/18/2013 - NVC received the case
03/11/2013 - NVC case # assigned
03/12/2013 - Petitioners' email corrected, Beneficiary's email added
03/13/2013 - DS3032 received
03/13/2013 - DS3032 email sent (was sent before the we received the DS3032)
03/13/2013 - AOS fee invoiced and Paid (shows In Progress)
03/14/2013 - AOS fee shows PAID
03/14/2013 - AOS package sent (overnight next-day delivery)
03/15/2013 - AOS package delivered to NVC on 03/15/2013 at 10:06:00
03/19/2013 - Re-sent DS-3032 email with Supervisor Review on subject
03/21/2013 - DS-3032 accepted
03/22/2013 - IV fee invoiced and paid
03/25/2013 - IV fee shows PAID
03/25/2013 - IV package sent (overnight next-day delivery)
03/26/2013 - IV package delivered to NVC on 03/26/2013 at 10:04am
03/27/2013 - AOS accepted
04/08/2013 - IV checklist found out by phone - NVC lost our marriage certificate sad.png
04/09/2013 - IV checklist email received
04/16/2013 - IV Checklist response mailed - new Marriage Certificate

04/16/2013 - Case Complete (they found our first marriage certificate during supervisor review??)
04/17/2013 - NVC received IV Checklist response
04/23/2013 - Case Complete email from NVC

05/13/2013 - Medical

06/03/2013 - Interview

Thank you God!!!!

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sumit381 Contributor

sumit381   2

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
 Timeline
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So I called back several times and was told that my case is at the NBC. Since NBC doesn't post I130 timelines they don't have any estimate of when my app will be processed. Any ideas on what I can do? It's coming up on 5 months and still nothing. I've seen several people on the forums here who applied beginning of 2013 and already got their NOA2. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

NikLR Grand Master

NikLR   13,227

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Canada
 Timeline
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Then I'd bet that is where your case is. Most NBC (case number starts with MSC) have gone to local offices. You can search the USCIS website to be sure of your local office (ours was Denver) and try to find people on VJ who have the same local office. You can also make an infopass appointment and talk to someone at the local office to see what the timeline might be.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.  - Dr. Seuss

 

stevie b Proficient

stevie b   141

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Fiji
 Timeline
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Hello, I am the petitioner and my local office would be Detroit since I live in Michigan.

nikir is right about the transfer, but you would find that out by talking to the IO on the phone. some cases are indeed being processed at nbc, but it is rare. infopass might be a waste of time if your file really is at nbc.. I would call again, make sure you get an officer on the phone and have them look into it for confirmation


8/16/2012 I-129F NOA1
11/8/2012 Married
1/3/2013 I-129F cancelled
1/29/2013 withdrawal notice received
2/5/2013 I-130 NOA1 with error on wife's name
Case status not available
2/5/2013 Unable to generate service request

3/13/2013 transferred to local office
3/26/2013 Service request generated
4/12/2013 Infopass, file in workflow March 28
4/19/2013 Case status available - APPROVED!

Detour to the NVC via NRC

For information on my detour and the steps I took to free my petition, check
"about me"

NVC

6/7/2013 NVC logs file as received

6/11/2013 Case number and IIN assigned

6/12/2013 DS-3032 emailed

6/13/21013 AOS paid

6/14/2013 DS-3032 emailed attention superuser (stupid me)

6/23/2013 DS-3032 emailed attention supervisor

6/24/2013 DS-3032 accepted

6/25/2013 IV bill generated and paid

07/06/2013 IV & AOS sent; 07/11/2013 NVC logs received

07/30/2013 IV Accepted; AOS Checklist

08/01/2013 AOS Checklist received

08/02/2013 AOS resent; 08/07/2013 NVC logs received

08/28/2013 Case Complete

09/10/2013 Interview date assigned

Embassy

08/14/2013 Medical; 08/19/2013 Medical Ready

08/07/2013 Police cert ordered (Fiji delivers straight to the embassy)

10/02/2013 Interview

xx/xx/2013 Visa in Hand

xx/xx/2013 POE Los Angeles International Airport

Darnell Grand Master

Darnell   8,478

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: China
 Timeline
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uhm, to learn the exact location of the casefile,

call into USCIS again, and ask for an ISO, a Tier 2 Human.

ISO - http://www.dhs.gov/files/publications/gc_1305658440339.shtm

Once you get an ISO, ask the ISO :

in this order

1. what date was the casefile transferred to the local office?

2. which local office ?

3. can tell me if the casefile is with an adjudicator or still in queue, waiting on the adjudicator ?

the order is important.

Good Luck ! and report back here when you've learned more about this local office stuff.

Go Get Em !

Sometimes my language usage seems confusing - please feel free to 'read it twice', just in case !
Ya know, you can find the answer to your question with the advanced search tool, when using a PC? Ditch the handphone, come back later on a PC, and try again.

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Congratulations on your approval ! We All Applaud your accomplishment with Most Wonderful Kissies !

 

NikLR Grand Master

NikLR   13,227

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Canada
 Timeline
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Aye, follow Darnell's advice. To talk to a tier 2, call the USCIS number and say nothing until someone starts talking to you in Spanish. Say "English please" then request from the next person transfer you to an ISO.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.  - Dr. Seuss

 

sumit381 Contributor

sumit381   2

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
 Timeline
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Thanks for advice guys. I will try to contact an ISO with the steps that Darnell mentioned and update what I find our.

In one of my previous calls to the uscis rep, I requested the rep to transfer me to a tier 2 rep but he refused to do so. So I ended eventually hanging up because he would just keep refusing to transfer me claiming that he had satisfied my reason for calling which was to find out where my case was. Anyway hopefully this time I will be more successful.

Thanks again.

sumit381 Contributor

sumit381   2

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
 Timeline
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Ok, so I was finally able to talk to an ISO today who told me that my case file was transferred from the NBC to the Detroit field office on Jan 4, 2013. She couldn't tell me if the case file was with an adjudicator or still in queue, waiting on the adjudicator. She also couldn't give me processing time line for my field office. I can't see processing times for the I130 for the Detroit field office online either.

In this case, is it worth it to schedule an Infopass appointment (in other words, would they be able to give me any useful information about my case or just let me know that they have my case and can't give any time information)? Also, any suggestions on what sort of questions should I ask at the Infopass appt so I can get meaningful answers from them?

Thanks to all for your help.

 
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