Expedition at USCIS and NVC for baby's I130 application after wife's i130 approval and NVC stage?

[carolkn 3]

Hi All,

A little backstory. My husband petitioned for me when he was still a LPR back in 2021 in F2A and he naturalized in July 2023. We had our son in 2022 and added him as a derivative for the F2A application. After citizenship we decided to upgrade the petition and file for a separate i130 for our son (we thought it would be faster seeing as F2A priority date regressed by 2 years now at 2018  ) Things moved pretty fast after that and now my case is a NVC awaiting documentation but my sons application hasn't moved at all we haven't received NOA1 yet. What option do we have with USCIS? How do we expedite approval and on what grounds?  I understand we can delay uploading documents at NVC as we wait but we don't know how long we will wait. Have there been any similar cases to ours and how did you go about it? This  wait is so frustrating  . I was thinking of just going ahead with my application and getting a visitor visa for him and we can travel together incase the wait ages out my visa. Then just shuffle back and forth until his interview?

Please any advise is appreciated.

[Crazy Cat 39,626]

This is pretty common.  I would delay submitting documents until both cases are at NVC.  I would immediately contact USCIS and request an expedite for the child's case based on the fact that the petitioner naturalized.  

Edited August 30, 2023 by Crazy Cat

[carolkn 3]

Thanks. Once at NVC can we ask them to put the interview dates close together? Do they consider such requests?

[mam521 1,783]

What Crazy Cat said. 

 

We did the same.  My petition was still with USCIS and the kids' petitions actually leapfrogged mine and were approved 11 days before mine!  

 

Call, ask to speak to a Tier 2 and ask they expedite baby's petition because yours is approved.  Apologies in advance because you'll probably be on hold for forever!  Good luck!

[Crazy Cat 39,626]

19 minutes ago, carolkn said:

Thanks. Once at NVC can we ask them to put the interview dates close together? Do they consider such requests?

Yes.  Once at NVC, request the interviews be done together.

[carolkn 3]

Thanks 

1 hour ago, mam521 said:

What Crazy Cat said. 

 

We did the same.  My petition was still with USCIS and the kids' petitions actually leapfrogged mine and were approved 11 days before mine!  

 

Call, ask to speak to a Tier 2 and ask they expedite baby's petition because yours is approved.  Apologies in advance because you'll probably be on hold for forever!  Good luck!

Thanks! Approximately how long did it take them to expedite your children's petition after you had called them?

[mam521 1,783]

2 hours ago, carolkn said:

Thanks 

Thanks! Approximately how long did it take them to expedite your children's petition after you had called them?

It was quick...couple of weeks maybe and we got notification that the kids I-130's were approved.  

[pushbrk 12,233]

If the two cases are at NVC together and processed together, the interviews will be "together".

[carolkn 3]

8 hours ago, pushbrk said:

If the two cases are at NVC together and processed together, the interviews will be "together".

Yeah. We think it's best to just wait to submit the documents and expedite approval for the baby. Thanks

[carolkn 3]

Update. Baby's I130  got approved today exactly a week after we expedited by calling USIS. Thanks @mam521 your advise helped us alot!! Now for the NVC welcome letter wait, which hopefully wont be long and we can proceed together.

[mam521 1,783]

4 hours ago, carolkn said:

Update. Baby's I130  got approved today exactly a week after we expedited by calling USIS. Thanks @mam521 your advise helped us alot!! Now for the NVC welcome letter wait, which hopefully wont be long and we can proceed together.

Excellent news!  Good luck on the rest of your journey!

[Sani1988 0]

Hello @carolkn  Could you provide some info about reason for expedite? I am also in same situation waiting for child approval. They usual give 5 option for request expedite.  1) severe financial 2) emergency 3) nonprofit etc i was not sure which one to select.

Thank you in advance

[carolkn 3]

On 9/20/2023 at 8:05 PM, Sani1988 said:

Hello @carolkn  Could you provide some info about reason for expedite? I am also in same situation waiting for child approval. They usual give 5 option for request expedite.  1) severe financial 2) emergency 3) nonprofit etc i was not sure which one to select.

Thank you in advance

My husband called and explained the situation and expedited based on he's the petitioner for both and since mine was approved they should approve baby too since Mother and child cannot be separated. Good luck with your case!