6 Months and Counting...

[bobby299 1]

So it's been 6 months and 8 days since my case was received by USCIS. It was noted on the I-797C that my case was sent to the Overland Park, KS location. According to the person I spoke with, my case is actually being processed in the Lees Summit location. Every time I speak with them (once every week or two) I get a different location. They are currently processing cases submitted on February 13, 2013. Has anyone who submitted their case after that date heard anything yet or are we all just essentially in line to be allowed to be with our family?

[NikLR 13,220]

You'll have to wait. They will not submit a service request until your processing date has passed unfortunately.

[Ryan H 3,796]

Moved from Process & Procedures to Progress Reports.

[aditya3245 113]

So it's been 6 months and 8 days since my case was received by USCIS. It was noted on the I-797C that my case was sent to the Overland Park, KS location. According to the person I spoke with, my case is actually being processed in the Lees Summit location. Every time I speak with them (once every week or two) I get a different location. They are currently processing cases submitted on February 13, 2013. Has anyone who submitted their case after that date heard anything yet or are we all just essentially in line to be allowed to be with our family?

What does the date on your NOA1 read ?

July 29th ?

Not the date you received it but the date on the NOA1

If so, your petition will be transferred sometime in the next two weeks to a service center.

It looks like all filers upto July 15th have been transferred.

Takes 2 months at the service center.

[lucybelle 453]

Nine months and waiting...

Hope you don't have to wait as long as I have.

[bobby299 1]

What does the date on your NOA1 read ?

July 29th ?

Not the date you received it but the date on the NOA1

If so, your petition will be transferred sometime in the next two weeks to a service center.

It looks like all filers upto July 15th have been transferred.

Takes 2 months at the service center.

aditya,

The Priority date is July 29, 2013 and the Notice date is July 31, 2013. Are you certain that it will only be 10 weeks from now?

[Tasha and Oshane 0]

We have been waiting for 7 months and still nothing but it was transferred to another service center . We file June 7,2013. Not real sure as to what's going on. My husband said that he was told that its was 13months from the service center. Just praying and waiting !

[aditya3245 113]

aditya,

The Priority date is July 29, 2013 and the Notice date is July 31, 2013. Are you certain that it will only be 10 weeks from now?

The last VJ filer from July that was approved to my knowledge had a PD of 07/24/2013.

They were transferred in 7 months exactly.

Since then, there are no VJ approvals ( this forum is a small subset - less than 1% of the total number of i-130 filers for spouses ).

Bearing in mind this statistic, I honestly don't know where they are.

Your PD is close to 07/24 - so, like i said, maybe 2 weeks (or less) to get transferred to a service centre.

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Service centers are not definitive in terms of when they will churn out an approval.

As you know, service center processing is the last step in i-130 approval

Once you transfer, CA takes, in my observation between 25-40 days.

TX and NE vary - sometimes they are super quick, sometimes they churn out ridiculous RFEs (that CIS uses to buy time) and sometimes they just max out the 60 day window they allocated for this - and push the total processing time to 10 months.

So, yea.. long wait buddy... loooong wintery wait..

Edited January 7, 2014 by aditya3245

[bobby299 1]

The last VJ filer from July that was approved to my knowledge had a PD of 07/24/2013.

They were transferred in 7 months exactly.

Since then, there are no VJ approvals ( this forum is a small subset - less than 1% of the total number of i-130 filers for spouses ).

Bearing in mind this statistic, I honestly don't know where they are.

Your PD is close to 07/24 - so, like i said, maybe 2 weeks (or less) to get transferred to a service centre.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Service centers are not definitive in terms of when they will churn out an approval.

As you know, service center processing is the last step in i-130 approval

Once you transfer, CA takes, in my observation between 25-40 days.

TX and NE vary - sometimes they are super quick, sometimes they churn out ridiculous RFEs (that CIS uses to buy time) and sometimes they just max out the 60 day window they allocated for this - and push the total processing time to 10 months.

So, yea.. long wait buddy... loooong wintery wait..

I'm sorry, but I'm not really sure what "CA" means. Does that stand for Case Approval?

[aditya3245 113]

I'm sorry, but I'm not really sure what "CA" means. Does that stand for Case Approval?

CA = california.. as in california service center

TX = texas service center

NE = nebraska service center

[bobby299 1]

CA = california.. as in california service center

TX = texas service center

NE = nebraska service center

Thanks for the info...just out of curiosity, why couldn't anyone tell me this at USCIS? Why do they seem clueless every time I speak to them?

Assuming this information is accurate, it looks like I need to pray for the CA service center or I will be stuck waiting an additional 20-35 days.

[TAandNA 13]

June is not yet started !

[aditya3245 113]

Thanks for the info...just out of curiosity, why couldn't anyone tell me this at USCIS? Why do they seem clueless every time I speak to them?

Assuming this information is accurate, it looks like I need to pray for the CA service center or I will be stuck waiting an additional 20-35 days.

They don't know.

Supposedly they are just customer service representatives who don't know jack.

They read from a computer script.

Ergo, forums like Visa Journey.

Its compiles empirical evidence that clearly maps application trends and CIS processing paths.

Whats hilarious is that its really a visa roulette in terms of which service center you get assigned to.

There is no reason why you would or wouldnt be assigned to CSC.

I myself dread Nebraska.

A senior poster on this site who has lived in the Netherlands reported a wait of over 9 months (bordering on 10) despite being married for 7+ years and having two kids - just to get i-130 approval. I can't imagine spending that much time, energy and money and being asked to wait that long just so she can "qualify" her relationship. Makes me think that my wait aint so bad after all.

Gotta love Nebraska

Edited January 7, 2014 by aditya3245

[bobby299 1]

June is not yet started !

Are you sure that June hasn't started yet?

They don't know.

Supposedly they are just customer service representatives who don't know jack.

They read from a computer script.

Ergo, forums like Visa Journey.

Its compiles empirical evidence that clearly maps application trends and CIS processing paths.

Whats hilarious is that its really a visa roulette in terms of which service center you get assigned to.

There is no reason why you would or wouldnt be assigned to CSC.

I myself dread Nebraska.

A senior poster on this site who has lived in the Netherlands reported a wait of over 9 months (bordering on 10) despite being married for 7+ years and having two kids - just to get i-130 approval. I can't imagine spending that much time, energy and money and being asked to wait that long just so she can "qualify" her relationship. Makes me think that my wait aint so bad after all.

Gotta love Nebraska

But the longest wait would be 60 days once it is at one of the service centers, right?

[aditya3245 113]

"But the longest wait would be 60 days once it is at one of the service centers, right?"

Yes.

As I explained to you before, the 60 days does not begin until you are actually transferred.

So, in the case of the individual that I spoke of earlier, she got her NOA1 on 2013-03-20.

She was transferred to nebraska at APPROX ABOUT 60 days before of 2014-01-03.

She was approved on 2014-01-03.

If you count the number of days between 2013-03-20 and 2014-01-03, that's approx 9+ months yea ?

Ya dig hombre ?

Edited January 7, 2014 by aditya3245