I-130 February 2019 Filers

[Kimi31 126]

Hi

we filed on 30th Jan but have a Feb First priority date so I’m joining you guys

we also got Nebraska 😔 

here’s to a long wait until NOA2

 

i am a UK citizen and my husband is the USC (obviously 👀)

we have been through this process before in 1997 and it was a lot easier and quicker!! 

 

[LilyJ 1,258]

Hello!
 I am the USC and my husband is a Danish citizen, we got married in December and he returned to Denmark mid-January. We sent in our package on February 8, delivered on February 14 (3 days later than it was supposed to, they ping-pong-balled it back and forth between two post centers in the same city! Thanks USPS...), and NOA1 through text on February 21, assigned to Nebraska. Hoping it isn't going to be as slow as I keep hearing about and as my timeline estimation shows!! But even if it does lets all hope the NVC and embassy stages are quick to make up for it!

[jtex2017 4]

Just received our NOA1 in the mail. Can someone explain to me what the priority date is all about?

[Savan 47]

6 hours ago, jtex2017 said:

Just received our NOA1 in the mail. Can someone explain to me what the priority date is all about?

It dosen't mean anything, all it means is that the date your case started to process, or thats the date they input your case in the system.

Edited February 26, 2019 by Savan

[Rosie91 93]

Hi all,

 

Me and my husband just recently send the I130(a) on February 14th, delivered on Feb 19th. No notification received so far.

We are both living in the Netherlands and working for an international company and we have the ability to transfer with the company as soon as we leave. Maybe we don't need a sponsor than after all.

Does anyone knows how that works or the possibilities?

 

[C-Sweden 11]

We got en email yesterday saying that our package was received and will be processed by Nebraska Service Center. A great 7.5-10 months of waiting starts now;) Hopefully everything runs pretty smooth! 

[jtex2017 4]

9 hours ago, Savan said:

It dosen't mean anything, all it means is that the date your case started to process, or thats the date they input your case in the system.

Thank you!

[Greekwife 58]

Dear VJ pals,

 

Our petition has been received and we waited about two weeks for NOA1.Our case has been sent to Potomac.I am from Greece and my husband is the US citizen.Hopefully, Potomac will continue working fast so that we get our NOA2 in 5-6 months.

 

Good luck to all of us and be patient🙂

[Jon_G 6]

Hi VJ,

 

Received my NOA1 after 1 week of sending the I-130 package. . Case to be processed YSC

Expected NOA2 around end of July-2019.

NOA1 wait felt long...can't imagine NOA2 wait time

[JMPM 507]

So my case got a SLUD or a Soft Lud which means Soft Last Updated. It got touched on 2/26/2019 

Anyone else get their touched? I know it doesn't mean anything but I am curious I wish they would be able to track that in the timeline in some sort of advanced detail. 

 

[Rosie91 93]

Still nothing, it was delivered on the 19th, anyone else with a long wait for the notification too?🙄

 

[JulienR 92]

On 2/26/2019 at 9:07 AM, Rosie91 said:

Hi all,

 

Me and my husband just recently send the I130(a) on February 14th, delivered on Feb 19th. No notification received so far.

We are both living in the Netherlands and working for an international company and we have the ability to transfer with the company as soon as we leave. Maybe we don't need a sponsor than after all.

Does anyone knows how that works or the possibilities?

 

Hi,

 

If your company transfers the US citizen, you can file an i-130 petition directly at the embassy/consulate in the Netherlands and it's much quicker, it's called direct consular filling. You need an official letter from your company stating the date the US citizen is to take on his position in the US. Then you can contact the embassy/consulate and request for direct consular filling. They need a few days to get approval from the local USCIS field office to process your petition but it should be no problem.

[GraceJ21 70]

18 hours ago, JMPM said:

So my case got a SLUD or a Soft Lud which means Soft Last Updated. It got touched on 2/26/2019 

Anyone else get their touched? I know it doesn't mean anything but I am curious I wish they would be able to track that in the timeline in some sort of advanced detail. 

 

How do you check for Soft LUDs? 

[LilyJ 1,258]

2 hours ago, GraceJ21 said:

How do you check for Soft LUDs? 

By checking your case on the egov account and looking where it says "last updated"; it doesn't mean anything really anyways, just that it was touched, but it's 100% no indication of any sort of actual looking at it or NOA2.

[JMPM 507]

3 hours ago, GraceJ21 said:

How do you check for Soft LUDs? 

https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/displayLogon.do  Check your case here, and you'll see when it was 'Last Updated Date'  (I think you have to create an account)