I-130 Petition for Spouse Reject Notice (merged)

[Arpan 3]

Hi,

During the month of Feb 2017, I filed I-130 form for my wife, but soon I found that I have made some mistake while filing i-130 form. So after discussion with USCIS officer, I submitted an application where I mention my mistakes and along with that I attached corrected copy of my i-130 form to USCIS, Texas Service Center, P.O. Box 851488, Mesquite, TX 75185-1488 (as mention at my received NOA1 i.e. I-797 form). But I did not heard anything from Texas service center (TSC) regarding this.

So later during March USCIS office raised a Service require for correcting my application i-130 form, but for this raised request it was told to me after 15-20 days that the changes requires my signature and I need to send a hard copy in mail to TSC and I did the same again during beginning of April, but as expected I have not heard back from TSC for making those changes to my application.

So I again checked with USCIS officer for the same and told him whole case and also that I have send the mail to P.O. Box number which was mentioned at received NOA1 i.e. I-797, so this time officer has asked me to send the mail to street address of Texas Service center (4141 St. augustine Rd, Dallas Tx 75227) , but I am not sure if this will make any difference . Can you guide , on what I should do now. Thanks in advance. And now a days I am at Dallas Texas. Will it be recommended if I can directly visit the Street address office, which was told to me by USCIS officer  .

Edited May 19, 2017 by Penguin_ie

[Arpan 3]

Hi,

 

USCIS maintains an official where they have mention the processing time as mention at the bottom of the below url.

 

https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processTimesDisplayInit.do

 

As frequent visiter I always check the processing time for I-130, as I have filed i-130 from my spouce and will get processed by Texas Service Center. So during 1st week of March I found the processing date for I-130 form was mentioned as 4, September 2016. And this site is updated every 30 days , so I checked it again after a month 1st week of April , but the date was still reflecting the same 4 September 2016.  And now when I check again during 1st week of May, Now I am finding that the date has been revised 2, Sept 2016.  Is this is how things work at Texas service center. Please help its very frustrating .

[mrtravel 40]

It's not updated every 30 days.   The Sept 2 date you see is as of Feb 28.

If you look directly above the chart, you will see that it currently says "Filed Office Processing Dates for Texas Service Center as of: February 28, 2017"

[Penguin_ie 5,985]

You cannot visit USCIS's main office, no.  There are public USCIS offices of course, but they are not generally where the paperwork is processed.  

What exactly do you expect to "hear back" from?  USCIS takes 5-6 months to process the case.

[Arpan 3]

@mrtravel  It does get updated every 30 days and you can find this info at the bottom of the page, where you can find when it was last updated (like for TSC it is right now Last Updated: April 18, 2017).  I got this info from USCIS customer service officer.

 

And I am not sure what do you mean by this "the Sept 2 date you see is as of Feb 28.

If you look directly above the chart, you will see that it currently says "Filed Office Processing Dates for Texas Service Center as of: February 28, 2017" --> because that i.e. for field office processing date not "filed"  and field office processing date is something different that the below form .. field office processing dates you can find this at the bottom of the below url..

https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processTimesDisplayInit.do

 

 

[Arpan 3]

5 hours ago, Penguin_ie said:

You cannot visit USCIS's main office, no.  There are public USCIS offices of course, but they are not generally where the paperwork is processed.  

What exactly do you expect to "hear back" from?  USCIS takes 5-6 months to process the case.

@Penguin_ie I am expecting a reply from USCIS that they have received my application and they will look into this . And this was told to me by USCIS officer that TSC should reply for the same if they received this . So what do you suggest me regarding sending another application to street address, will it make confusion ? Or will not make any difference as address USCIS, Texas Service Center, P.O. Box 851488, Mesquite, TX 75185-1488   and  4141 St. augustine Rd, Dallas Tx 75227 are both same.

 

Thanks ,

Arpan

[Penguin_ie 5,985]

USCIS don't usually communicate with you unless there is something wrong.

Not sure on the sending things to two different addresses...

[Arpan 3]

14 hours ago, Arpan said:

Hi,

 

USCIS maintains an official where they have mention the processing time as mention at the bottom of the below url.

 

https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processTimesDisplayInit.do

 

As frequent visiter I always check the processing time for I-130, as I have filed i-130 from my spouce and will get processed by Texas Service Center. So during 1st week of March I found the processing date for I-130 form was mentioned as 4, September 2016. And this site is updated every 30 days , so I checked it again after a month 1st week of April , but the date was still reflecting the same 4 September 2016.  And now when I check again during 1st week of May, Now I am finding that the date has been revised 2, Sept 2016.  Is this is how things work at Texas service center. Please help its very frustrating .

@Penguin_ie can you give me some pointers here  

[Penguin_ie 5,985]

What kind of pointers are you looking for?

[Mr&Mrs G. 903]

23 hours ago, Arpan said:

@mrtravel  It does get updated every 30 days and you can find this info at the bottom of the page, where you can find when it was last updated (like for TSC it is right now Last Updated: April 18, 2017).  I got this info from USCIS customer service officer.

 

And I am not sure what do you mean by this "the Sept 2 date you see is as of Feb 28.

If you look directly above the chart, you will see that it currently says "Filed Office Processing Dates for Texas Service Center as of: February 28, 2017" --> because that i.e. for field office processing date not "filed"  and field office processing date is something different that the below form .. field office processing dates you can find this at the bottom of the below url..

https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processTimesDisplayInit.do

 

The date at the bottom is for when the whole web page was last updated NOT the processing date for applications. USCIS officers on the helpline are not always the best at giving out accurate information. They told my wife that we should fill in I-130 and then travel to USA and file for adjustment of status. A member here pointed out that this is illegal and could have got me banned from entry.

 

February 28 is what USCIS state they are processing but the VJ immigration timelines are more accurate because of members inputting their current information.

 

Edited May 13, 2017 by Mr&Mrs G.

[Arpan 3]

On 5/13/2017 at 7:58 AM, Mr&Mrs G. said:

 

The date at the bottom is for when the whole web page was last updated NOT the processing date for applications. USCIS officers on the helpline are not always the best at giving out accurate information. They told my wife that we should fill in I-130 and then travel to USA and file for adjustment of status. A member here pointed out that this is illegal and could have got me banned from entry.

 

February 28 is what USCIS state they are processing but the VJ immigration timelines are more accurate because of members inputting their current information.

 

@Mr&Mrs G. If Feb 28 is the processing time then what is Sept 2, 2016 for I-130 (U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21 ) stands for ..and as per the below timeline very less number of application are processed during Jan , Feb , Mar 2017 , and No application during April, May 2017

 

 

[Arpan 3]

On 5/13/2017 at 3:52 AM, Penguin_ie said:

What kind of pointers are you looking for?

Hi @Penguin_ie .. So as per my understanding (below screenshot)  September 2, 2016 is the time when application for i-130 form for U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21 are getting processed, but what I have observed is that this processing time is not getting updated properly ..when i observed during 4th Mar 2017 it was showing processing date for form I-130 as for 4th September 2016 and now after 2-3 months, it is showing as 2 September 2016 as processing date, is there something wrong with my understanding.

 

also as per VJ timeline very less number of applications are getting processed from Jan to May 2017 , which is little worrisome .

 

 

Edited May 16, 2017 by Arpan

[Mr&Mrs G. 903]

2 hours ago, Arpan said:

@Mr&Mrs G. If Feb 28 is the processing time then what is Sept 2, 2016 for I-130 (U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21 ) stands for ..and as per the below timeline very less number of application are processed during Jan , Feb , Mar 2017 , and No application during April, May 2017

 

 

 

As of Feb 28 they are working on applications that were received up to September 2 that's what the dates are.

 

The visajourney graphic is based on members input, but not everyone that filed a visa request will join the forum so the numbers will not be exact. Some get approved quicker because of expedites and that is why you will see cases out of order.

[Arpan 3]

Hi All,

As US Citizen I filed I-130 form for my Spouse and got the priority date as February 8 , 2017 , but later I found that I have made some mistake with my form I-130. So for that USCIS officer opened a Service request to make the changes to my filed application , but later they told me to send a mail to Texas Service Center (where my application was filled )., As making any changes to file needs my signature. So I send all the details with a i-130 form and an application letter in form where I mentioned all the details. But Today I have received a Rejection Notification from USCIS Stating that The payment amount is incorrect or has not been provided. And petition was filed with out dated form. But when i filed the form on 8 Feb I did submit correct fees of 535 Dollar , I do have a copy for it. But the next time when i sent them i-130 for correction purpose I filed it with the older form only. I am not sure what I should do now. And why they have mentioned that I have submitted incorrect fees. Please guide, I am totally devastated. Is there any way I can still fix it or I have to file a new application  . So all the 4-5 months are wasted  Please help !!!!!!!!!!

[Penguin_ie 5,985]

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