I-130

[Aymn 0]

Hey! 

So my mother has a green card and she did 1-130 for my brother who is in Egypt (over21). Our office is California service center. 

The problem is when I check the processing time for I-130 under California center it show that they have been working in September 2014 the whole last year and It changed but the opposite direction. So, it became july 2014 and now june 2014. So I really don’t understand anything. I know that is is the first stage of the process. 

As for the second stage (visa center availability)

they are working at the moment in January 2014. 

Our application date is 12/31/2015 

so, I will be more than pleased if anyone illustrates to me how that process go and what is the estimated time! 

Thank you!

[payxibka 10,044]

You need to be paying attention to the monthly Visa bulletin as your petition approval doesn't mean that your case is current 

[Aymn 0]

1 minute ago, payxibka said:

You need to be paying attention to the monthly Visa bulletin as your petition approval doesn't mean that your case is current 

Yes I wait for it every month now they are working in January 2014.

the problem is about the processing time of I-130 which is the first stage 

[payxibka 10,044]

1 minute ago, Aymn said:

Yes I wait for it every month now they are working in January 2014.

the problem is about the processing time of I-130 which is the first stage 

They will adjudicate your petition when your PD is nearer.  May still be a year+  before they get to it

[Aymn 0]

1 minute ago, payxibka said:

They will adjudicate your petition when your PD is nearer.  May still be a year+  before they get to it

So ur saying that a year plus is kinda an estimated time for the visa availability and when this time comes they will adjust the processing time of the first stage I-130

 

[payxibka 10,044]

19 minutes ago, Aymn said:

So ur saying that a year plus is kinda an estimated time for the visa availability and when this time comes they will adjust the processing time of the first stage I-130

 

Exactly,  your petition is not yet a priority because your priority date is not yet close enough  

[JFH 12,189]

The approval speed of the petition is irrelevant for this category. No matter how fast or slow they approve it, it won’t progress to the next stage until the priority date is current. So it makes no difference whatsoever. These petitions are lower in priority for USCIS. IR petitions are priority for obvious reasons. 

 

You have at least another 2 years to wait before the PD is current.