May 2014 I-130 Filers

[thedude6752000 360]

I called USCIS yesterday just to make sure there wasn't anything missing because I didn't want to receive a letter saying there's a checklist and delay the process even more. I was told that even though my center is Vermont and they have a 5 month processing time, I should keep checking online as a lot of them are getting approved within three months time.

I was just looking at the timeline processing dates and yesterday it was saying April 12th for Vermont and now it's saying April 2nd. How is that possible for them to be going backwards? Or is it how this site is set up that whenever people update, it shows that particular date instead of the most recent date?

They are being overwhelmed by DACA petitions and renewals for illegals. It looks like these are once again taking presidence over the petitions of US citizens, in line with this administrations established policies of favoring illegal aliens over US citizens.

[shippingforecast 126]

I called USCIS yesterday just to make sure there wasn't anything missing because I didn't want to receive a letter saying there's a checklist and delay the process even more. I was told that even though my center is Vermont and they have a 5 month processing time, I should keep checking online as a lot of them are getting approved within three months time.

I was just looking at the timeline processing dates and yesterday it was saying April 12th for Vermont and now it's saying April 2nd. How is that possible for them to be going backwards? Or is it how this site is set up that whenever people update, it shows that particular date instead of the most recent date?

Kulfi, the processing times listed on this site are pulled from timeline data input by users. It gives an approximate date based on when people received from their NOA1 - it doesn't just find the most recent earliest NOA1 date and assume they're working on ones from that time period.

Consider yourself lucky to have gotten Vermont. I've sat and watched Nebraska spiral downwards from the best to the worst performing service centre. And with the DACA expansion speculation, I'm beginning to lose all of my positivity.

[Kulfi 6]

I have heard so many different stories. Some people told me Vermont was the slowest and that really didn't help trying to stay positive. It's hard to decide how to take forward life decisions since we don't actually know how long it will take for our spouses to get here. We should be the first priorities considering we work so hard and pay taxes.

[lirpa11 16]

Yay! Woke up this morning in,perth Western Australia to an email from NVC that we can pay AoS invoice!!

So excited to keep things moving. Hope it starts going fast for the rest of you!!!

[Kulfi 6]

Yay! Woke up this morning in,perth Western Australia to an email from NVC that we can pay AoS invoice!!

So excited to keep things moving. Hope it starts going fast for the rest of you!!!

Congrats! Hope it all goes smoothly for you.

[shippingforecast 126]

I have heard so many different stories. Some people told me Vermont was the slowest and that really didn't help trying to stay positive. It's hard to decide how to take forward life decisions since we don't actually know how long it will take for our spouses to get here. We should be the first priorities considering we work so hard and pay taxes.

I know exactly how you feel.

The authority I work for announced that they were going to restructure back in May, and as such, offered voluntary redundancies. I jumped at the chance to join my wife with a good payoff. We filed back in May. From the timelines given by USCIS, I calculated I'd be there by December. I accepted the redundancy which comes into effect in September.

Then I joined VisaJourney and became a little bit wiser about delays, and DACA. So essentially, I'll be out of a good job in September with no idea of when I'll be able to leave. I have to go and live with my mother in Wales and try and find some part time casual work to keep things ticking over... But I don't know whether that's possible because she lives in the middle if nowhere. The instability scares me. I call my wife every day and we talk about what kind of house we'll have together; and then immediately stop looking at listings when we realise, for the millionth time, that we might have to wait another year until we can do it. We've already waited five to be together. She's worth it; but, I'm finding it tough. I did post a lot here but I've been avoiding it recently, I just didn't want to find out about any more bad news. I logged in today as I missed talking to a few of my friends, and helping others on this thread; the first thing I saw was a post about DACA expansion. It's extremely upsetting.

[Kulfi 6]

I know exactly how you feel.

The authority I work for announced that they were going to restructure back in May, and as such, offered voluntary redundancies. I jumped at the chance to join my wife with a good payoff. We filed back in May. From the timelines given by USCIS, I calculated I'd be there by December. I accepted the redundancy which comes into effect in September.

Then I joined VisaJourney and became a little bit wiser about delays, and DACA. So essentially, I'll be out of a good job in September with no idea of when I'll be able to leave. I have to go and live with my mother in Wales and try and find some part time casual work to keep things ticking over... But I don't know whether that's possible because she lives in the middle if nowhere. The instability scares me. I call my wife every day and we talk about what kind of house we'll have together; and then immediately stop looking at listings when we realise, for the millionth time, that we might have to wait another year until we can do it. We've already waited five to be together. She's worth it; but, I'm finding it tough. I did post a lot here but I've been avoiding it recently, I just didn't want to find out about any more bad news. I logged in today as I missed talking to a few of my friends, and helping others on this thread; the first thing I saw was a post about DACA expansion. It's extremely upsetting.

Exactly! My husband is a doctor and he's finished his residency. Submitting his thesis in a month. He is confused if he should take up a job with a hospital right now or wait because the hospital he did his residency at is very busy and don't allow time off in between except the weekends. So if during this time, he has to go to embassy or something, it will become difficult. Plus the embassy is five hrs of drive from where he lives. So it's not that easy to take one day off and hope everything just gets done.

Just keep yourself strong. I do the same thing with my husband in regards to the house talk, etc.. One minute of excitement and then you realize there's still time to decide.

What's your priority date? Mine is may 5th.

[shippingforecast 126]

Exactly! My husband is a doctor and he's finished his residency. Submitting his thesis in a month. He is confused if he should take up a job with a hospital right now or wait because the hospital he did his residency at is very busy and don't allow time off in between except the weekends. So if during this time, he has to go to embassy or something, it will become difficult. Plus the embassy is five hrs of drive from where he lives. So it's not that easy to take one day off and hope everything just gets done.

Just keep yourself strong. I do the same thing with my husband in regards to the house talk, etc.. One minute of excitement and then you realize there's still time to decide.

What's your priority date? Mine is may 5th.

I'm just trying to ignore all the information and remind myself I'm still only three months in to the wait, there's still plenty of time for it to be done within their timescales. Mine's May 6th.

[shippingforecast 126]

Hello everyone, I hope you're all well.

In order to stop myself from venting spleen or using VJ as an opportunity to rant (rather than help others), which I seem to have been falling into the trap of recently, I've started a blog to help chronicle the journey to eventual citizenship with my own personal thoughts and feelings. It can be found here;

http://the-shipping-forecast.tumblr.com/

Happy reading!

[net2684 5]

Best way to be positive is that no news is good news! I would have to say the delays are upsetting also, but you know what? We are all human beings. I wanted my significant other here before the year was done, and now that is looking like it won't be till February with all these deals. It really sucks, but just contact a congressman from your state and have them asking why your legal petition is being delayed compared to all the illegals that have come over? Are we not just shipping them out? So how should that interfere with us? I've been contacting NVC every time and making record of who I talked to, hope that helps that your not alone!

[Smelserjl 137]

Since it's only been about 3 months, is it considered delayed? I dont know if I should contact Vermont or my congressman at this point.

[shippingforecast 126]

Since it's only been about 3 months, is it considered delayed? I dont know if I should contact Vermont or my congressman at this point.

Not at this stage. The target processing time for the I-130 is 5 months.

I've written a blog post around delays to the immigrant via processing times and dealing with them here.

http://the-shipping-forecast.tumblr.com/

Happy reading!

Edited August 8, 2014 by shippingforecast

[Kulfi 6]

Hello everyone, I hope you're all well.

In order to stop myself from venting spleen or using VJ as an opportunity to rant (rather than help others), which I seem to have been falling into the trap of recently, I've started a blog to help chronicle the journey to eventual citizenship with my own personal thoughts and feelings. It can be found here;

http://the-shipping-forecast.tumblr.com/

Happy reading!

Wonderful Idea! Thanks for that, I'll surely keep myself busy reading it. Anything to distract myself.

[ashleyveronica1 0]

Can people with a may priority date where are u at in the process?

[Ryan H 3,796]

Can people with a may priority date where are u at in the process?

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