Upgrading status from F2A to IR1 (I-130 Approved already)

[amna-h 7]

Hey folks, hopefully someone out there with a similar experience can help me out.
My husband filed I 130 petition for me back July 2013 when he was a green card holder only. Priority date is 12/2/2013 (Currently its May 2013.) My petition got approved in February 2014 and soon after was sent to NVC and we got a NVC case number aswell. But since then there were no further updates or we were never sent the fee bill or the DS 3032 form. Were we suppose to get those documents or is it because our PD wasnt current or near to being current?
Now my husband is going through the naturalization process, and is currently inline for his interview. He plans to upgrade the status to IR1 as soon as he gets the citizen certificate. But should approach NVC right now to send us the fee bill and other docs to expedite the process??

[dwheels76 5,463]

Hey folks, hopefully someone out there with a similar experience can help me out.

My husband filed I 130 petition for me back July 2013 when he was a green card holder only. Priority date is 12/2/2013 (Currently its May 2013.) My petition got approved in February 2014 and soon after was sent to NVC and we got a NVC case number aswell. But since then there were no further updates or we were never sent the fee bill or the DS 3032 form. Were we suppose to get those documents or is it because our PD wasnt current or near to being current?

Now my husband is going through the naturalization process, and is currently inline for his interview. He plans to upgrade the status to IR1 as soon as he gets the citizen certificate. But should approach NVC right now to send us the fee bill and other docs to expedite the process??

No they won't be sending hm anything until you are current. They don't expedite the process for you. So once your husband has his naturalization papers he needs to send n ASAP and it does take some time to update. Like about 2 to 3 months.

And there is no more DS-3032 (DS-261 online took its place)..

[amna-h 7]

Thanks for your reply dwheels76. Its good that they replaced it with online form, i think it would save some time
Is there anyone who recently went through it, i would like to see their timeline to get an idea.

[dwheels76 5,463]

Thanks for your reply dwheels76. Its good that they replaced it with online form, i think it would save some time

Is there anyone who recently went through it, i would like to see their timeline to get an idea.

Here's a spreadsheet you can look people up don't know if it will really help. Not all F2A's on here naturalized. Most are so close they don't even bother to send in their papers because it is so slow.

Other wise you would have to search around on VJ. I know there are Threads for F2A that are on gong talk to them some are active in NVC some aren't.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtbvTEwLyHz1dEhlZjdKczRMRmJrSnc5MTk1SkVrYVE&usp=sharing#gid=0

[qrish n gita 1]

I was on the same issue. My case also approved in February 2014 and remain in nvc for 10 months.then I became cutizen and send them to upgrade it took me almost 66 days to upgrade to cr1. Plz once ur husband natiralized u need to scan and email his citizenship certificate .also mail them but as per my experience they will be checking ur email faster than mail.scan ur docs and email to asknvc@state.gov.it might not take long if u email them I mailed the docs so it took me that long .

[amna-h 7]

I was on the same issue. My case also approved in February 2014 and remain in nvc for 10 months.then I became cutizen and send them to upgrade it took me almost 66 days to upgrade to cr1. Plz once ur husband natiralized u need to scan and email his citizenship certificate .also mail them but as per my experience they will be checking ur email faster than mail.scan ur docs and email to asknvc@state.gov.it might not take long if u email them I mailed the docs so it took me that long .

Thanks for your reply i will take your advice, and i would email and mail both. So it 66 days to upgrade, and then the nvc processing started right.. like paying the fees and submitting documents..how long did that take?

[qrish n gita 1]

Yes for me was 66 days but it might not be that long for u if u email. Yes I'm able to pay fees and fill forms.

[African Bride 6]

take a look at my timeline below.

[African Bride 6]

for me, it took me about 2 months for NVC to upgrade my petition. I was already approved by USCIS since Dec 2013.

[Fred-FR 0]

hi amna-h our case look like same even same country i got my Citizenship on jan 15 2015 at that time my wife I-130 was not approved so i called USCIS to upgrade from F2A to IR but next day jan 16 2015 i got email that my wife I-130 got approved and its sent to NVC and on jan 29 2015 i got email from uscis that i have to send copy of certificate and approval notice to NVC which i send same day and finally yesterday i got case number from NVC but seems like its still on F2A category and i asked them so they said usually it takes 60 days to upgrade

[SiVin 8]

My husband got naturalized on the same date NVC got our case.. First email and mail we sent with USCIS receipt number, and again once we got the NVC case number we sent it again. From Feb 5th I am waiting for this upgrade. But each time I call the only response from the NVC is wait for 60 days and we didnt receive any mail from you. Again this also a difficult phase to cross

[ndprulx 5]

how were you notified of upgrade? do they send you an email saying case upgraded or they will just proceed with the case and that you'll have to assume it was upgraded?