i-130 case moved from Nebraska to Vermont

[Kader96 12]

Hi everyone

I am a Turkish citizen my husband is an American citizen. We just checked our case status (it has been 6 months 21 days.) The case should of been done according to proccessing time. My case status says My case at Nebraska however when we asked live chat request from uscis website they said it is moved to Vermont Service Center and told us 26 to 38 months to have an answer from that service center.(they never updated or send an email about it btw) I was shocked all this time waiting for any second to hear something from them and now they say almost 3 years . I dont know what is the deal. Is there anyone had this issue or an answer to that?

Thank you 

[Nitas_man 3,100]

It may be possible you misunderstood this answer.  
In the not so distant past such a timeline would trigger an I129F/K3 application followed by adjustment of status from the comforts of an intact home.

Suggest your husband join up, as handling the petition is really his burden and not yours. Would it be possible to get his perspective?

[Kader96 12]

6 minutes ago, Nitas_man said:

It may be possible you misunderstood this answer.  
In the not so distant past such a timeline would trigger an I129F/K3 application followed by adjustment of status from the comforts of an intact home.

Suggest your husband join up, as handling the petition is really his burden and not yours. Would it be possible to get his perspective?

sorry i didnt get what you meant

[Nitas_man 3,100]

34 minutes ago, Kader96 said:

sorry i didnt get what you meant

If I were told it would take 36 months to process my petition I would prepare a second I129F petition, file it, and request a K3 visa. 
There is (no) charge to do so, it requires the receipt notice from the first petition.

Edited April 7, 2021 by Nitas_man

[Kader96 12]

34 minutes ago, Nitas_man said:

If I were told it would take 36 months to process my petition I would prepare a second I129F petition, file it, and request a K3 visa. 
There is (no) charge to do so, it requires the receipt notice from the first petition.

Why didnt i know that before omg 

is it free and takes you to your husband ? omg if it is, you might be sent from heaven 

Thank you soooo much 

[JKLSemicolon 327]

5 hours ago, Kader96 said:

Why didnt i know that before omg 

is it free and takes you to your husband ? omg if it is, you might be sent from heaven 

Thank you soooo much 

It is free to file the I-129F petition for the K-3 visa, however these types of visas are extremely rare (only 3 of them were issued in the entire world last year).

 

If you look at the current data from VJ members, you can see that the processing time at Vermont has not been as long as the USCIS estimates. However, every case is different:

 

 

Edited April 7, 2021 by JKLSemicolon

[Nitas_man 3,100]

2 hours ago, JKLSemicolon said:

It is free to file the I-129F petition for the K-3 visa, however these types of visas are extremely rare (only 3 of them were issued in the entire world last year).

 

If you look at the current data from VJ members, you can see that the processing time at Vermont has not been as long as the USCIS estimates. However, every case is different:

 

 

They are rare because the processing times have been the same since 2008 or 2009

The reason congress passed family unity was so USC immediate family could skip the line.  If OP is correct and the backlog is that bad I would apply for it.

 

When we went through, K3 was quicker than IR/CR1.  We didnt care about the extra status adjustment step.

 

If they were smart and kept a copy of the I130 package it’s almost identical.  Just a different petition form.  

Edited April 7, 2021 by Nitas_man

[Ryan H 3,791]

4 hours ago, Nitas_man said:

They are rare because the processing times have been the same since 2008 or 2009

The reason congress passed family unity was so USC immediate family could skip the line.  If OP is correct and the backlog is that bad I would apply for it.

 

When we went through, K3 was quicker than IR/CR1.  We didnt care about the extra status adjustment step.

 

If they were smart and kept a copy of the I130 package it’s almost identical.  Just a different petition form.  

 

These days, USCIS is joining the two petitions together upon receipt and then killing the I-129F.

[Nitas_man 3,100]

52 minutes ago, Ryan H said:

 

These days, USCIS is joining the two petitions together upon receipt and then killing the I-129F.

I know what they’re doing

 

OP said years.  
 

My advice? File one and raise hob about family unity.  As least they’ll dust off the other one. 

[Kader96 12]

8 hours ago, Nitas_man said:

I know what they’re doing

 

OP said years.  
 

My advice? File one and raise hob about family unity.  As least they’ll dust off the other one. 

Also you applied for K3 ? I know it is all different case by case but how long your K3 visa took ?

[Nitas_man 3,100]

On 4/8/2021 at 3:56 AM, Kader96 said:

Also you applied for K3 ? I know it is all different case by case but how long your K3 visa took ?

About 7 months but Not applicable.  Filed July, entered US in January.

 

We were some of the last to actually get one.  Our I130/I129F was approved same day, we ended up with the K3.  Never happen now, not on a normal case.  They’ll cancel the K3 and move the CR1/IR1 along.

 

IF:  I were told an I130 would take “years” as you were told, I would immediately file one (I129F) and raise hob until it got approved.  If anything, they have to move your case to combine the two.  Thats why I wanted to talk to the USC because unfortunately for the immigrant the petition process is on us.  

[Sabi76 6]

I need to find this posting I had read that it was discussed on the forums that it was reported by Visajourney members that after filing the i-130 and then the i-129f that although the i-129f was denied it caused the i-130 to process faster.  If anyone can link it here that would be great otherwise I will try to locate it with the next few days and update it here.

[SalishSea 16,817]

8 hours ago, Sabi76 said:

I need to find this posting I had read that it was discussed on the forums that it was reported by Visajourney members that after filing the i-130 and then the i-129f that although the i-129f was denied it caused the i-130 to process faster.  If anyone can link it here that would be great otherwise I will try to locate it with the next few days and update it here.

There was a period of time, prior to COVID, where VJ members reported that this was working.  I have not seen any cases here where it worked to hasten the approval time since late 2019.   @Sea Leslie was one who did it - maybe she's still around on VJ and will see this.

Edited April 11, 2021 by Jorgedig

[Sea Leslie 428]

On 4/11/2021 at 1:14 PM, Jorgedig said:

There was a period of time, prior to COVID, where VJ members reported that this was working.  I have not seen any cases here where it worked to hasten the approval time since late 2019.   @Sea Leslie was one who did it - maybe she's still around on VJ and will see this.

Yes, I feel that it worked for me because I was approved for the I-130 shortly after I applied for the K3 but I don't have proof. However, my documentation was perfect and nothing was sent back. Documentation is key for a fast approval as well.

[Ryan H 3,791]

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