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Does Approval Notice/NOA2/I-130 petition in CR1 Visa Expires?

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geowrian Grand Master

geowrian   22,337

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No. The approved I-130 remains indefinitely. If you don't do anything with it for a year, NVC may move it to the NRC, which may mean an I-824 being needed to pull it back out.

Anyway, as long as you take any action on the case, and/or remain in contact with the consulate, it should remain open.

Eventually, an I-130 can be destroyed in accordance with retention rules, but this is after sitting for an extended period of time.

Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

Spoiler

I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

Ryan H Grand Master

Ryan H   3,812

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3 hours ago, geowrian said:

No. The approved I-130 remains indefinitely. If you don't do anything with it for a year, NVC may move it to the NRC, which may mean an I-824 being needed to pull it back out.

Anyway, as long as you take any action on the case, and/or remain in contact with the consulate, it should remain open.

Eventually, an I-130 can be destroyed in accordance with retention rules, but this is after sitting for an extended period of time.

 

The post above is the correct answer; the other post used incorrect terminology (an approved I-130 will never "expire").

Edited by Ryan H

Our journey:

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September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
September 10, 2011: Emailed AOS package
September 12, 2011: IV bill invoiced
September 13, 2011: Paid IV bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 14, 2011)
September 14, 2011: Emailed IV package
October 3, 2011: Emailed checklist response (checklist generated due to typo on Form DS-230)
October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

January 28, 2014: Production of new Green Card ordered

February 3, 2014: New Green Card received; done with USCIS until fall of 2023*

December 18, 2023:  Filed I-90 to renew Green Card

December 21, 2023:  Production of new Green Card ordered - will be seeing USCIS again every 10 years for renewal

 

pushbrk Grand Master

pushbrk   12,963

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16 minutes ago, Ryan H said:

 

The post above is the correct answer; the other post used incorrect terminology (an approved I-130 will never "expire").

Absolutely correct.

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pushbrk Grand Master

pushbrk   12,963

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1 hour ago, rehan120 said:

So, Approved I-130 doesn't have an expiry Period of 4 months like K1 instead it is for indefinite period but it does expire if we dont contact NVC within 1 year after approval? Right? 

NO.  The approval never expires.  This was explained well by another poster already.  There are "consequences" of not contacting NVC for more than a year, but the consequence is not "expiration" of the petition approval.

 

Why do you ask?  What is your actual concern?

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rehan120   1

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My petition was approved on April 4th, 2018. We got Approval Letter in May 22 or something. We started uploading documents on CEAC since then. So far we have uploaded everything except for petitioner's financial documents. We are in the middle of getting it. Its been 3 months since our petition was approved. That's why was asking. I hope it's not an issue that we have taken so long to submit/upload all documents?
The only reason we are waiting this long to upload all documents is that we want to upload Joint Sponsor's details as well along with Petitioner. They havent asked us for a joint sponsor yet. Should we just upload petitioner's financial documents or should we upload Joint sponsor's details as well as we know they will ask for it later on. 
Thanks.

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pushbrk Grand Master

pushbrk   12,963

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4 hours ago, rehan120 said:

My petition was approved on April 4th, 2018. We got Approval Letter in May 22 or something. We started uploading documents on CEAC since then. So far we have uploaded everything except for petitioner's financial documents. We are in the middle of getting it. Its been 3 months since our petition was approved. That's why was asking. I hope it's not an issue that we have taken so long to submit/upload all documents?
The only reason we are waiting this long to upload all documents is that we want to upload Joint Sponsor's details as well along with Petitioner. They havent asked us for a joint sponsor yet. Should we just upload petitioner's financial documents or should we upload Joint sponsor's details as well as we know they will ask for it later on. 
Thanks.

The delay is not an issue.  If you need a joint sponsor, upload all financial documents together.

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