I have applied for CR1 Visa

[Rizwan Shoukat 4]

I have applied my spousal visa and submitted the documents in Chicago lock-box and our documents reached to USCIS office on 26th of September 2019 and got response from them after 5 days that our receipt number is this and receipt notice has been sent to my wife through mail and after making account on USCIS website we got the reply after some days that our application has been approved and now in review. So I want to know that I am currently in Pakistan and my wife is in States and she is citizen so now how long more it will take for review to be done and estimated how long it will take to get to NVC?

[designguy 1,179]

12 minutes ago, Rizwan Shoukat said:

how long more it will take for review to be done and estimated how long it will take to get to NVC

16 months ish for approval. You should prepare yourself for a longer than average AP after your interview. Based on other cases you are probably about 2 years away from getting your visa in hand

[Rizwan Shoukat 4]

44 minutes ago, designguy said:

16 months ish for approval. You should prepare yourself for a longer than average AP after your interview. Based on other cases you are probably about 2 years away from getting your visa in hand

omg this is a lot but the company rapidvisa who are helping us to process the case they told us that it will take 6 to 8 months because my wife is US born american and my case is filed as immediate relative and as per process I am getting things done very quickly because I got my case number in 4 days and my application was approved in no time and now the status says its in review  

[Unlockable 7,315]

29 minutes ago, Rizwan Shoukat said:

omg this is a lot but the company rapidvisa who are helping us to process the case they told us that it will take 6 to 8 months because my wife is US born american and my case is filed as immediate relative and as per process I am getting things done very quickly because I got my case number in 4 days and my application was approved in no time and now the status says its in review  

Rapidvisa is a joke. You wasted your money. Nobody can speed up the time in immigration. You wait in line like everyone else. Spousal visas are taking a year and a half. And you could have done the process without paying a service if you would have found VisaJourney beforehand.

 

Rapidvisa is just another privately owned company looking for people to spend money on them. You can do a research and read all the info about them.

[Nitas_man 3,100]

1 hour ago, Rizwan Shoukat said:

omg this is a lot but the company rapidvisa who are helping us to process the case they told us that it will take 6 to 8 months because my wife is US born american and my case is filed as immediate relative and as per process I am getting things done very quickly because I got my case number in 4 days and my application was approved in no time and now the status says its in review  

Everyone gets a receipt notice a few days after they file.

Your wife’s petition will be approved 6-8 months after you filed.

Then it will go to the NVC.  Processing there will take a few weeks.

Then it will go to the embassy and you can apply for a visa.  Your visa process there can take anywhere from a few weeks to 18 months.

Your visa is a minimum of a year to a year and a half away.

All rapidvisa did?  Charge your wife for simple forms she could have filled and mailed in herself.

[JFH 12,190]

Nothing has been approved yet. I suggest the two of you read about the process a lot more and understand how it works. 

 

Your petition (not your visa) has been accepted and is under review. That takes at least 6 months. Currently Nebraska is taking a year. Then the NVC stage, then the embassy stage (medical and interview). Unfortunately for you, you are in the demographic that experiences the longest AP of all - Pakistani male. I wouldn’t bet the farm on having your visa in your hands before summer 2021.

[designguy 1,179]

3 hours ago, Rizwan Shoukat said:

I have applied my spousal visa and submitted the documents in Chicago lock-box and our documents reached to USCIS office on 26th of September 2019 and got response from them after 5 days that our receipt number is this and receipt notice has been sent to my wife through mail and after making account on USCIS website we got the reply after some days that our application has been approved and now in review. So I want to know that I am currently in Pakistan and my wife is in States and she is citizen so now how long more it will take for review to be done and estimated how long it will take to get to NVC?

What service center is your petition at? Will give you a slightly better indicator of how long it will take to approve the I-130

[Crazy Cat 41,979]

For clarity, I-130s 

3 hours ago, Rizwan Shoukat said:

omg this is a lot but the company rapidvisa who are helping us to process the case they told us that it will take 6 to 8 months because my wife is US born american and my case is filed as immediate relative and as per process I am getting things done very quickly because I got my case number in 4 days and my application was approved in no time and now the status says its in review  

They lied........average time for a spousal visa, as reported by other VJ members, is 471 days from filing to interview....and it appears that times are increasing.  Pakistan is known for quite long periods of AP.

 

 

Edited October 11, 2019 by missileman

[Rizwan Shoukat 4]

32 minutes ago, designguy said:

What service center is your petition at? Will give you a slightly better indicator of how long it will take to approve the I-130

rapidvisa sent it to Chicago lockbox and it was it think then in "It is being processed at our Integrated Operating Env location" now I don't what location this is maybe this is all electronically

[S&J2013 117]

Just now, Rizwan Shoukat said:

rapidvisa sent it to Chicago lockbox and it was it think then in "It is being processed at our Integrated Operating Env location" now I don't what location this is maybe this is all electronically

On the copy of the NOA1 which your wife would have received, it will say in the bottom left hand corner which service Center is processing your case.

[Rizwan Shoukat 4]

2 minutes ago, S&J2013 said:

On the copy of the NOA1 which your wife would have received, it will say in the bottom left hand corner which service Center is processing your case.

Thank you that's really helpful I will ask her this and then will update here.

[JFH 12,190]

29 minutes ago, Rizwan Shoukat said:

Thank you that's really helpful I will ask her this and then will update here.

If you have been given a receipt number already, the first three letters are the service center. LIN is Nebraska, SRC is Texas, WAC is California and YSC is Potomac. 

[S&J2013 117]

30 minutes ago, JFH said:

If you have been given a receipt number already, the first three letters are the service center. LIN is Nebraska, SRC is Texas, WAC is California and YSC is Potomac. 

They’re all IOE now for the I-130 so can’t tell this way anymore

[Crazy Cat 41,979]

1 hour ago, Rizwan Shoukat said:

rapidvisa sent it to Chicago lockbox

That actually sent it to the wrong location......but I guess Chicago accepted it.  I would ask RapidVisa to check the I-130 instructions.

Edited October 11, 2019 by missileman

[JFH 12,190]

21 minutes ago, S&J2013 said:

They’re all IOE now for the I-130 so can’t tell this way anymore

Ah yes, of course. His wife will need to look at her receipt notice for the service center bottom left. 

Edited October 11, 2019 by JFH