Approved in ONE MONTH!!! Anyone else?

[Xyrstine 225]

I'm seeing more of these quick approvals even on an FB group. Congrats to those who have benefitted.

 

However, I can't help but feel sad for those that have been waiting many months, even over a year for their approvals. I don't like the flawed system and wish it was more fair and consistent. I'm already feeling frustrated and I only applied 3 months ago! 

 

At least more people are getting closer to being reunited with their loved ones ultimately. 

[Ncornejo7 236]

6 minutes ago, Xyrstine said:

I'm seeing more of these quick approvals even on an FB group. Congrats to those who have benefitted.

 

However, I can't help but feel sad for those that have been waiting many months, even over a year for their approvals. I don't like the flawed system and wish it was more fair and consistent. I'm already feeling frustrated and I only applied 3 months ago! 

 

At least more people are getting closer to being reunited with their loved ones ultimately. 

Mine took over 400 days.

[Xyrstine 225]

5 minutes ago, Ncornejo7 said:

Mine took over 400 days.

I don't know how you did it. Wow. That sounds excruciating. Hoping you will be with your loved one soon! 🤞 (If you aren't already)

Edited April 24, 2020 by Xyrstine

[Ncornejo7 236]

4 minutes ago, Xyrstine said:

I don't know how you did it. Wow. That sounds excruciating. Hoping you will be with your loved one soon! 🤞 (If you aren't already)

It was , I would travel back and forth every 6 months so that helped. This was mostly attorney's fault since they didn't send RFE until I called USCIS. By that time over a year had passed. Hope yours gets approved soon too! Just make sure to stay on top of your case. Best wishes.

Edited April 24, 2020 by Ncornejo7

[Ontarkie 14,942]

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[onek 306]

On 4/23/2020 at 8:06 PM, Ncornejo7 said:

Mine took over 400 days.

Why did it take you so long?

[onek 306]

On 4/17/2020 at 9:42 PM, vincentamosa said:

I sent my I130 application to phoenix lockbox on March 9, 2020 (recieved NOA1 soon after, sent to Potomac center) and today I recieved an email from NVC and checked the status, it says approved as of April 16, 2020. Has anyone else had such a quick approval? I was expecting 7-12 months. Is this virus related...

Lucky you 🥇

[Ncornejo7 236]

35 minutes ago, onek said:

Why did it take you so long?

This had to do with negligence on behalf our attorney and their team. When I got the RFE for a bonafide marriage the paralegals at the office never sent in the proof. If I would had never called uscis I would had never found out the attorney or paralegals never sent in the RFE. This was over the 3 months uscis gives you to submit evidence when I called. When I called uscis they told me they never received anything. To not make it long I was able to send it in and finally got approve a few days later. I was just glad they approved it. After all, it had been over 90 days since they requested the RFE. 

My advice is to stay on top you your case, even if you have an attorney. No one cares more about this than you and benificiary (speaking from a petitioner POV). Even if it means calling uscis after you havent heard from them after the 90 days they say. Just stay on top of your case. I really hope no one has to endure the anguish and separation from their family like I  have been going through. All this happened for trusting the attorney I had. Initially the Visa Class was a CR1 but now she qualifies for an IR1, just looking at the positive now. I'm just waiting now for NVC to accept my documents now and schedule my wife interview.

[onek 306]

13 minutes ago, Ncornejo7 said:

This had to do with negligence on behalf our attorney and their team. When I got the RFE for a bonafide marriage the paralegals at the office never sent in the proof. If I would had never called uscis I would had never found out the attorney or paralegals never sent in the RFE. This was over the 3 months uscis gives you to submit evidence when I called. When I called uscis they told me they never received anything. To not make it long I was able to send it in and finally got approve a few days later. I was just glad they approved it. After all, it had been over 90 days since they requested the RFE. 

My advice is to stay on top you your case, even if you have an attorney. No one cares more about this than you and benificiary (speaking from a petitioner POV). Even if it means calling uscis after you havent heard from them after the 90 days they say. Just stay on top of your case. I really hope no one has to endure the anguish and separation from their family like I  have been going through. All this happened for trusting the attorney I had. Initially the Visa Class was a CR1 but now she qualifies for an IR1, just looking at the positive now. I'm just waiting now for NVC to accept my documents now and schedule my wife interview.

Thank you. Glad you made it successfully and now starts the NVC journey. 
good luck 🍀 

[Ncornejo7 236]

Just now, onek said:

Thank you. Glad you made it successfully and now starts the NVC journey. 
good luck 🍀 

Thank you, blessings!

[emmewalle 8]

On 4/18/2020 at 5:42 AM, vincentamosa said:

I sent my I130 application to phoenix lockbox on March 9, 2020 (recieved NOA1 soon after, sent to Potomac center) and today I recieved an email from NVC and checked the status, it says approved as of April 16, 2020. Has anyone else had such a quick approval? I was expecting 7-12 months. Is this virus related...

Awesome! Do you mind sharing more details on what you did (I'm very new to this)? 

Edited April 26, 2020 by emmewalle

[Mini b 12]

Congratulations. I'm so happy for you.😊

 

My priority date is the 9th of March 2020. We got the Notice of Receipt  a few days later but they made a mistake with my husband's date of birth. They sent us a next notice saying they are waiting for the immigration officer to review the file to do the correction. 

 

I'm hoping we get a reply soon.

Edited April 26, 2020 by Nazlima

[vincentamosa 43]

11 hours ago, emmewalle said:

Awesome! Do you mind sharing more details on what you did (I'm very new to this)? 

sure. first we did a bunch of research online and decided which visa we wanted to apply for (i-130 spouse). I downloaded the i-130 and other forms from the USCIS website including the i-130 instructions. I did more research on websites like this and youtube videos. Then I spent maybe close to 60 HOURS! filling out all the forms very carefully based on the provided instructions. I printed out the forms and additional evidence/documents they ask for and sent it in! I decided to do it by paper because I had already filled out all the forms on pdfs on my computer and when I went to try and file online i realized I would have to completely start over, I also like the control of format that a paper application gives you, and my experience proves that online is not necessarily faster. my packet shipped in three days and I had a notice of action that it was received two days after that. 

 

the packet was something like this:

-cover letter

-electronic notification form

-I-130 form

-addendum 1&2 ( I have a long address and employment history that didnt fit on the i130 form so I created new pages according to the 1-130 instructions for additional information (I labeled these additional sections as addendums as I saw someone else do on a youtube video))

-i-130 A form (information about beneficiary spouse)

-addendum 3&4 ( my spouses additional employment and addresses)

- addendum 5: ( I created this section as basically a table of contents for my evidence of bonafide marriage/documents/proof of real relationship)

           - proof of us citizenship (birth cert)

           - proof of family relationship (marriage cert)

           - two passport photos of me ( didnt need photos of spouse because she is not here in US)

           -evidence of joint tenancy ( bank statement showing both of us paying rent in the same place at same time (a period of 2 months))

           -evidence of combined financial resource (we were lucky to be able to open a bank account together in Australia extremely easily, we                              attached a bank statement with some highlighted transactions and handwritten notes next to shared costs; plane tickets/fuel/groceries)

           - third party affidavit ( letter from someone telling their knowledge of our relationship, we did two, both from one of our sisters) 

          - plane boarding passes showing we traveled together

         - photographic timeline of relationship ( photos of us together in different places, tried to use some in front of landmark/unique places or with                each others families/ friends to help identify the context) ( we were lucky to have traveled a lot together in the year since we met and                            photographed a lot of our travels) we used around 20 photos printed out at walgreens and I hand wrote on the back a brief description of the              approximate date, who, and where.  

 

 

I definitely spent a LOT of time making sure the forms were all VERY thoroughly answered, neat, and well organized. Maybe this had something to do with the quick approval because I did my best to make it simple to navigate and fully complete, but who knows how it got done so fast.  

 

 

my spouse and I met a year and a half ago on working holiday visas in Australia. we were together basically from when we met until she left the US right before I filed the application. we decided to get married in USA while she was here visiting and meeting my family. The marriage in Colorado (on a road trip) took about 20 minutes and required only our passports, $30, and no witnesses. now she is back in Australia until further notice... I am now starting on the NVC process and figuring out what to do about not having filed taxes in years. Hope this info helps! Just keep researching online and follow the instructions that they provide you on the USCIS website. 

 

 

 

      

 

[Alexwatts 16]

Hello! We got a NoA on december 2nd for i-130. We made an online account and the date used to change everytime i logged in, now its february 23rd. Is it like that for everyone?

[jayman111 4]

1 hour ago, Alexwatts said:

Hello! We got a NoA on december 2nd for i-130. We made an online account and the date used to change everytime i logged in, now its february 23rd. Is it like that for everyone?

I have just noticed that my date changes every weekday that I log in to USCIS. It has not changed back to Feb 23 like you say your's did. I was thinking the frequent date changes meant someone was actively working on the case, but that seems not to be the case does it?