Filing I-130 January, 2014

[NLZZLN 6]

I'm filing I-130 for my husband in few days. I have everything set n ready to be mailed. Anyone wanna join in to pass the time till I-130 gets approved??? I'm hoping it gets approve in 2 months or so. I'm so eager to go back home with my husband.

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

*** moving from CR-1 Process to CR-1 Progress Report, where chat about waiting etc goes ****

[Hypnos 6,576]

I'm hoping it gets approve in 2 months or so.

It will take closer to a year.

Edited January 4, 2014 by Hypnos

[NLZZLN 6]

I know the whole process will take a year or more but I want n hope that the petition gets approve soon. Did u apply as well this month??

[Hypnos 6,576]

No I meant it will take closer to a year to get the petition approved.

[imse82 45]

No I meant it will take closer to a year to get the petition approved.

It's very unpredictable process. Recently seems like new petitions are being approved in about 8 months or less. Some are even being approved in under 6 months.

[sportymom 2]

It took us almost 11 months for the entire process. From filing to getting the visa on hand. My husband filed first week of December. Our first approval came in May 30. It's a long road but it's worth the wait... You just have to read and read and read, follow instructions from NVC especially the checklist and check your documents over and over again before sending, make sure you don't miss anything. If you miss something even a single information, will cause the delay... Good luck!

[li_09 40]

I just filed this month as well. Actually I literally just sent off all our paperwork and I'm tracking it. It's yet to reach them.

I'm hoping to have mine expedited because my husband is currently deployed to a comabt zone. If it doesn't get approved I don't mind. I can wait it out since he's not in the U.S anyway.

Best of luck

[Jester79 1]

Hey guys.. ( first post .. been lurking for a while )

We are also I130 January2014 filers. Recently received our receipt notice but now I feel like the wait is truly beginning.. but I am remaining optimistic and telling myself that the wait for us to be together again this time has the sweetest ending.

[teddy k 35]

Im also getting ready to file just waiting for a few docs to get here so i can file i know it will be a long road but just keep your hopes up and try to relax cuz our government is painfully slow at doing things for us but when it comes to taking our money their super fast then to do nothing for a while it sucks waiting but everybody good luck on your journey

[Married4Life13 38]

Hey everyone ! I am sending off my packet either Saturday or Monday. I sent the G-325 to my husband to sign and I'm just waiting for it to return to me. This process is tedious! I have had to go through 1400 pages of Facebook conversation and I have it down to 150. I still want to take that down to 20 or so. I'm mostly including a few sentences per week and the comments about making future plans together. I have daily voice chat logs from about August as well. We started chatting in January but I can't get the logs from that long ago. Have you all included these in your packets as well? Any advice?

I don't want to include too much info...1400 pages of messages is a bit extreme.

Good luck to you all!

[Munafn 14]

Hello everyone. Finally sent all documents over today. So hopefully it will reach them by tomorrow or day after. Really hoping to get first NOA within the next two weeks (including priority date). I'm with all of you. Can't wait until this process gets underway. It's hard being away from my wife. I'm hoping the petition gets approved within 6 months but also more than that I'm hoping the f2A category priority date moves forward ! Good luck everyone!

[redskins47chaos 6]

Our I 130 was received on January 10 and we have a receipt number! Still waiting to receive the hard copy of the NOA 1 in the mail. So excited that the process is finally underway! Good luck to you all

[Kay4D 0]

Just sent I-130 yesterday, January 18th. I'm feeling really anxious but excited! Let the journey begin:-)

[marapot 3]

I-130 PETITIONS APPROVED IN 96 DAYS AND I-129F PETITION APPROVED IN 77 DAYS!!!

As you can see from my timeline I pasted below, my I-130 petitions were approved in 96 days and my I-129 petition was approved in 77 days. My Philippine beneficiaries are my wife and step-daughter. My Philippine beneficiaries do NOT live in the area hit by the recent super typhoon. Our case was NOT an expedited criteria. Finally, I didn't do anything special other than submit the forms and documents required by USCIS. Don't get me wrong, although I don't know how my case has progressed so quickly, I am really very happy with the progress so far.

As you can see from my timeline below, I submitted my I-130 petitions just last SEP 27, 2013 and submitted my I-129 petition last OCT 16, 2013.

CSC in Laguna Nigel, CA approved both my I-130 and I-129 petitions just this JAN 6, 2014 and forwarded them to NVC Portsmouth, NH. NVC Portsmouth received the petitions JAN 15, 2014. Yesterday (JAN 17, 2014), I received 2 e-mails from NVC Portsmouth stating they have started processing our I-130 (the e-mails requested completion of DS-261 and paying the Affidavit of Support processing fee, which we did). As mentioned in another thread, the K3 will be "cancelled" if NVC receives and processes the I-130 first. I was previously aware of same - that NVC will administratively close the I-129 if I-130 is being processed - but called NVC anyway just to confirm and yes, they confirmed that they will be administratively closing my approved I-129 petition since my approved I-130 petition is already being processed. Currently completing my Affidavit of Support (in my case, I-864EZ) and should have it submitted by next week.

So is it worth submitting a K-3? In my opinion, K-3 was and is still worth submitting. It is afterall, provided as a free option for I-130 filers. In the best case scenario like mine, my I-130s (received by NBC Kansas) and I-129 (received by NBC Missouri) somehow all managed to make their way to CSC in Laguna Nigel, California were they were all approved on the same date and forwarded to NVC. Yes, NVC decided to process my I-130 hence my I-129 will be administratively closed (probably the reason why some filers think K-3 is obsolete or not worth submitting) but considering the worst-case scenario where an I-130 application approval is delayed, then filing an I-129 is at least a fall back, albeit eventually a more expensive option (due to the Adjustment of Status fee for K3 / K4s which is around $1K per beneficiary).

Event Date Service Center : National Benefits Center Consulate : Manila, Philippines Marriage : 2013-01-18 I-130 Sent : 2013-09-27 I-130 NOA1 : 2013-10-02 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-129F Sent : 2013-10-16 I-129F NOA1 : 2013-10-21 I-129F RFE(s) : RFE Reply(s) : I-129F NOA2 : 2014-01-06 NVC Received : 2014-01-15 NVC Left : Consulate Received : Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : Interview Date : Interview Result : Second Interview
(If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : US Entry : I-130 Approval : 2014-01-06 Comments : Processing
Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 77 days from your NOA1 date.

Your I-130 was approved in 96 days from your NOA1 date.