why takes longer for a citizen

[Analia 0]

Why is the processing time between a permanent resident and a citizen different? According to the official site, the time for a citizen is longer, it is not logical.

 

1. 7.5 Months to 9.5 Months
   Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 21
   August 24, 2018
2. 10 Months to 13 Months
   U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21
   May 12, 2018

[saladboye 166]

This is just the I-130 Petition handled by USCIS.

 

The next stage is at NVC where visa numbers kick in.

 

Spouse and kid petition for LPR whether getting approved in 1 day or 1 year doesn't matter as they will have to wait till a visa number is available to them. Once it reaches NVC, it will sit there till its your turn to get visa number.

 

SPouse and kids of a USC do not have to wait for availability of visa number and have one available as soon as the case reaches NVC.

[Roel 7,191]

14 minutes ago, Analia said:

Why is the processing time between a permanent resident and a citizen different? According to the official site, the time for a citizen is longer, it is not logical.

 

1. 7.5 Months to 9.5 Months
   Permanent resident filing for a spouse or child under 21
   August 24, 2018
2. 10 Months to 13 Months
   U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21
   May 12, 2018

Lpr spouses wait 2 years for Visa. 

USC spouses wait a year or less. 

 

Gotta research the whole process. 

[arken 4,197]

It’s also the service center specific, may be that center got lots of USC petitions compared to LPR’s lately.

 

for TSC it’s 8-10 months for USCs vc 13-16 for LPRs for that category.

[Ryan H 3,790]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Progress Reports to USCIS Service Centers forum.

[RCable 75]

On 6/4/2019 at 9:50 AM, saladboye said:

This is just the I-130 Petition handled by USCIS.

 

The next stage is at NVC where visa numbers kick in.

 

Spouse and kid petition for LPR whether getting approved in 1 day or 1 year doesn't matter as they will have to wait till a visa number is available to them. Once it reaches NVC, it will sit there till its your turn to get visa number.

 

SPouse and kids of a USC do not have to wait for availability of visa number and have one available as soon as the case reaches NVC.

I haven’t heard about this visa number before. Can you explain this a bit more or point me in the right direction? I’m a USC. 

 

Thanks!

[saladboye 166]

19 hours ago, RCable said:

I haven’t heard about this visa number before. Can you explain this a bit more or point me in the right direction? I’m a USC. 

 

Thanks!

The US government places limits on legal immigration to maintain the economy or whatever.

 

To maintain a balance, a given year, only 100,000 (random number) spousal visa's are available, these visa have visa numbers associated to it when given out. There are limits based on country too.

 

Once a the number of visa for a given year is reached, you have to wait till next year. Since there are likely more than 100,000 applicants in family preference category the wait gets to be more

 

 

EG:

If you are an LPR sponsoring your spouse, lets say miraculously your petition gets approved in 1 day. Fine you are now in line to get a visa number, since you are applicant number 145,043. You have to wait likely 2 years so that its your turn to get a visa.

 

Spouse of Citizen dont have that visa number, one is available immidiately after I-130 is approved.

 

Look at June Visa buletin: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2019/visa-bulletin-for-june-2019.html

 

If your PD is for spouse of LPR is on or before 15JUL17 there is a visa number available. 

 

 

 

[RCable 75]

1 hour ago, saladboye said:

The US government places limits on legal immigration to maintain the economy or whatever.

 

To maintain a balance, a given year, only 100,000 (random number) spousal visa's are available, these visa have visa numbers associated to it when given out. There are limits based on country too.

 

Once a the number of visa for a given year is reached, you have to wait till next year. Since there are likely more than 100,000 applicants in family preference category the wait gets to be more

 

 

EG:

If you are an LPR sponsoring your spouse, lets say miraculously your petition gets approved in 1 day. Fine you are now in line to get a visa number, since you are applicant number 145,043. You have to wait likely 2 years so that its your turn to get a visa.

 

Spouse of Citizen dont have that visa number, one is available immidiately after I-130 is approved.

 

Look at June Visa buletin: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2019/visa-bulletin-for-june-2019.html

 

If your PD is for spouse of LPR is on or before 15JUL17 there is a visa number available. 

 

 

 

Thank you so much for taking the time to explain that, it was very informative. I didn't realize it works that way, but it makes perfect sense! 

[TE and AE 39]

On 6/16/2019 at 9:55 PM, saladboye said:

The US government places limits on legal immigration to maintain the economy or whatever.

 

To maintain a balance, a given year, only 100,000 (random number) spousal visa's are available, these visa have visa numbers associated to it when given out. There are limits based on country too.

 

Once a the number of visa for a given year is reached, you have to wait till next year. Since there are likely more than 100,000 applicants in family preference category the wait gets to be more

I don’t think this is correct.  There are limits for sponsoring family members but not spouses.  The bulletin you are referring to has to do with family sponsored I-130 not spouse.  

On 6/16/2019 at 9:55 PM, saladboye said:

 

EG:

If you are an LPR sponsoring your spouse, lets say miraculously your petition gets approved in 1 day. Fine you are now in line to get a visa number, since you are applicant number 145,043. You have to wait likely 2 years so that its your turn to get a visa.

 

Spouse of Citizen dont have that visa number, one is available immidiately after I-130 is approved.

 

Look at June Visa buletin: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2019/visa-bulletin-for-june-2019.html

 

If your PD is for spouse of LPR is on or before 15JUL17 there is a visa number available. 

 

 

 

For an I-130 Marriage Visa also called a spousal visa, the timeline looks like this:

 

Based on your service center—

I’m out the Nebraska service center so this is what mine looks like.

1.  USCIS 10-13 months (according to USCIS)

1.a Mailing time 2-3 weeks (Highly variable)

2.  NVC 3-4 weeks (based on their website date)

3.  Consulate appointment 1 month (Again it depends how busy the Embassy/Consulate is)

4.  Receive passport back with visa 2-3 weeks.  (This is if there are now additional problems.)

[saladboye 166]

16 hours ago, CSTSLP said:

I don’t think this is correct.  There are limits for sponsoring family members but not spouses.  The bulletin you are referring to has to do with family sponsored I-130 not spouse.

For US Citizens Spouses, there aren't any limits (IR-1 / CR-1), as I mentioned

For spouses of Green card holders or Legal permanent, there are limits (F2A category). Again as I mentioned.

 

PS: I just read my reply, out of context it does seem Im bundling LPR and USC together for the first half of my reply, but in the context of the conversation, it should be inherently understood and OP understood, so no biggie.

 

The bulletin is also provides instructions for spouses and kids of green card holders.

 

> (F2A) Spouses and Children of Permanent Residents:  77% of the overall second preference limitation, of which 75% are exempt from the per-country limit;

 

 

Edited June 24, 2019 by saladboye

[Ms.F.Brown1 19]

On 6/4/2019 at 12:02 PM, arken said:

It’s also the service center specific, may be that center got lots of USC petitions compared to LPR’s lately.

 

for TSC it’s 8-10 months for USCs vc 13-16 for LPRs for that category.

Where dod you get that info from. I just petitioned for my stepson back in March of this year. We are at the Nebraska Service Center.

[HKS 169]

If LPRs have to wait longer once approved, why do they process them faster than USC? 

It would make more sense to do the reverse. 

[Just Paul 4,591]

1 hour ago, HKS said:

If LPRs have to wait longer once approved, why do they process them faster than USC? 

It would make more sense to do the reverse. 

Logical processing and government processing are not comparable streams of thought.

 

[HKS 169]

3 minutes ago, Paul & Mary said:

Logical processing and government processing are not comparable streams of thought.

 

True. Very true