VJ's timeline processing estimates question

[Frankjavir 83]

I am a newbie here, just about 2 days old and I want to thank the moderators and users for this great and free website.

I am very excited, my G-1145 worked just fine, today I received my NOA 1 via text message and email, 3 days after I express mailed my I-130 file to Chicago and best of all, it was assigned to California, (faster processing), I am in Atlanta , under Texas Service Center coverage.

I am confused about my timeline processing estimate, it says: Based on timeline data, your I130 may be adjudicated between October 30, 2015 and November 8, 2015. That is between 49 and 59 days after NOA1.

I performed a customized timeline search for IR-1/CR-1 Filtering:Colombia, California Service Center and Bogota US Embassy.

It shows the average time between I-130 NOA-1 and NOA-2 = 126 days.

The average time between I-130 NOA-2 and Interview = 149 days.

That is total of 275 days between NOA-1 and Interview. (Great news, compared with the other service centers)

What does ADJUDICATED mean? Does it mean the aproximate time for I-130 NOA2? If the answer is yes, then why the difference between my timeline estimate (49 to 59 days) and the customized timeline search (126 days)?

[Karmalious 50]

I am a newbie here, just about 2 days old and I want to thank the moderators and users for this great and free website.

I am very excited, my G-1145 worked just fine, today I received my NOA 1 via text message and email, 3 days after I express mailed my I-130 file to Chicago and best of all, it was assigned to California, (faster processing), I am in Atlanta , under Texas Service Center coverage.

I am confused about my timeline processing estimate, it says: Based on timeline data, your I130 may be adjudicated between October 30, 2015 and November 8, 2015. That is between 49 and 59 days after NOA1.

I performed a customized timeline search for IR-1/CR-1 Filtering:Colombia, California Service Center and Bogota US Embassy.

It shows the average time between I-130 NOA-1 and NOA-2 = 126 days.

The average time between I-130 NOA-2 and Interview = 149 days.

That is total of 275 days between NOA-1 and Interview. (Great news, compared with the other service centers)

What does ADJUDICATED mean? Does it mean the aproximate time for I-130 NOA2? If the answer is yes, then why the difference between my timeline estimate (49 to 59 days) and the customized timeline search (126 days)?

#1 - For CR1, the average processing time is about 6months looking at user reports. Mine was 6 months on the dot! The website USCIS website suggests it will be 5 months. When you actually call USCIS they will probably tell you 7 months and please call back later............. I took a look at your timeline and I agree, it is pretty odd that they esitmate you will be adjucated so soon. VisaJourney estimates are just that, estimates based off of past reports from other users.

#2 TimeLine searches - When doing a timeline search at the USCIS stage...... Do not use Colombia in the search parameters. Only search CR1 + California service center.

I say this because A) There are several service centers and each of them are on their own progress. Nebraska being backlogged for example will not affect California. B) The country of immigrant does not matter at this point. Colombia,Iraq,Mexico,Africa; they are all on equal footing at this point in the process. Simply to verify that a legitimate marriage took place and the sponsor is in fact able to sponsor someone.

#2a - NVC - When you do finally get to the NVC stage, then you only search with filters: CR1, and Country of immigrant. Do not use USCIS filters..... .....

I say this because A) Uscis service centers are out of the picture at this point and do not matter B) Once NVC completes the case they will wait for the US Embassy to tell them they have an appointment available and only THEN; they will send the package to the US embassy. ( So in this case, embassy scheduling times are different for each embassy )

#3 Adjucation means : "To make a decision"............... To say this differently: "My I-130 petition was adjucated on 7/1/2015 , exactly 6 months after my submission"

#4 Prediction time estimates - Again, I think Visajourney is giving you a bad estimate. Remember that visajourney estimates are Nothing official............... And the estimates they give are based on past-data that is submitted by users filling in their timelines..... I think its also important to note that the USCIS centers process upward of 1/4million application per year ( 250,000 + ) and here on the VisaJourney website you will see only a fraction of those people.... And only a fraction of that already small number fills in their timeline correctly. Which means that "VisaJourney numbers are a very very small sample size of the entire USCIS population", thus the estimates may not be as accurate as we would wish them to be.

Welcome to the forums

Viva Colombia

Edited September 12, 2015 by Karmalious

[TBoneTX 47,475]

Welcome to the forum.

A duplicate of your opening post has been removed from an existing thread in the Site Discussion forum -- we strongly advocate posting just once on a single topic. This helps to keep answers in one place and enable cohesive discussion.

Glad to hear that your G-1145 is working. Good luck in your immigration journey.

Edited to add: Weekend traffic on this site is typically far slower than during the week, which might explain your second posting of your query. We simply have to be more patient on the weekends...

Edited September 12, 2015 by TBoneTX

[Frankjavir 83]

Thanks Karmalious for your detailed and extensive reply.

Thanks TBoneTX for welcoming me. I promise I will not double post in the future. I did it because I found a more suited thread.

[Frankjavir 83]

Hi Karmalious,

This website is amazingly accurate. I had my doubts on VJ's projections and VJ was right on the money, I received my NOA2 yesterday as they predicted it, within 56 days.

Thanks again for your reply last September 11th.

#1 - For CR1, the average processing time is about 6months looking at user reports. Mine was 6 months on the dot! The website USCIS website suggests it will be 5 months. When you actually call USCIS they will probably tell you 7 months and please call back later............. I took a look at your timeline and I agree, it is pretty odd that they esitmate you will be adjucated so soon. VisaJourney estimates are just that, estimates based off of past reports from other users.

#2 TimeLine searches - When doing a timeline search at the USCIS stage...... Do not use Colombia in the search parameters. Only search CR1 + California service center.

I say this because A) There are several service centers and each of them are on their own progress. Nebraska being backlogged for example will not affect California. B) The country of immigrant does not matter at this point. Colombia,Iraq,Mexico,Africa; they are all on equal footing at this point in the process. Simply to verify that a legitimate marriage took place and the sponsor is in fact able to sponsor someone.

#2a - NVC - When you do finally get to the NVC stage, then you only search with filters: CR1, and Country of immigrant. Do not use USCIS filters..... .....

I say this because A) Uscis service centers are out of the picture at this point and do not matter B) Once NVC completes the case they will wait for the US Embassy to tell them they have an appointment available and only THEN; they will send the package to the US embassy. ( So in this case, embassy scheduling times are different for each embassy )

#3 Adjucation means : "To make a decision"............... To say this differently: "My I-130 petition was adjucated on 7/1/2015 , exactly 6 months after my submission"

#4 Prediction time estimates - Again, I think Visajourney is giving you a bad estimate. Remember that visajourney estimates are Nothing official............... And the estimates they give are based on past-data that is submitted by users filling in their timelines..... I think its also important to note that the USCIS centers process upward of 1/4million application per year ( 250,000 + ) and here on the VisaJourney website you will see only a fraction of those people.... And only a fraction of that already small number fills in their timeline correctly. Which means that "VisaJourney numbers are a very very small sample size of the entire USCIS population", thus the estimates may not be as accurate as we would wish them to be.

Welcome to the forums

Viva Colombia