Question/Warning Regarding Changing Address With Pending I-130

[Turkey 0]

Hi All,
 

I (US citizen) submitted an I-130 petition online with my wife (Turkish citizen) as the beneficiary in December 2024. At the time of filing, we were living together in Turkey.
 

We moved to New Zealand earlier this year. A couple of days ago, I submitted a request to update my address in myUSCIS account to reflect our new address. Before this update, the myProgress tab estimated 12 months until a decision. I checked just now, and the address change has been processed, but the estimated wait time in myProgress has jumped to 23 months.
 

I am extremely upset by this, as I had no idea that simply changing my own address would send the petition to the back of the queue. 

 

That said, what's done is done, and I'd like to move things along correctly going forward. My main question is: aside from the address change in myUSCIS, are there other steps I need to take to ensure the case is properly transferred from the US Embassy in Ankara to the Consulate in Auckland? I have updated my address, but is there some procedure for updating my wife's address? We live together, but my understanding is that USCIS does not assume this.

I want to make sure the interview eventually gets scheduled in the right country. Pretty much all of the resources I found online were regarding the NVC stage, post I-130 approval. I'd like to know if there's anything we can do now, at this stage of the process, to ensure our correct address is reflected across all systems.

 

Thank you all in advance!

[OldUser 11,085]

Just now, Turkey said:

Before this update, the myProgress tab estimated 12 months until a decision. I checked just now, and the address change has been processed, but the estimated wait time in myProgress has jumped to 23 months.
 

MyProgress estimates can be safely ignored. It is never accurate. On day of my oath, MyProgress estimated 3 weeks until decision. Here is recent example of somebody reporting MyProgress being incorrect:

 

[pushbrk 14,159]

Your address change has no impact on your actual timeline.  Ignore the change in the timeline.  You will still need to deal with the change of country once the petition is approved.  NVC will assign it according to the original I-130 and it will take a few weeks for you to provide the necessary information to get it changed to NZ.  

[Turkey 0]

1 minute ago, pushbrk said:

Your address change has no impact on your actual timeline.  Ignore the change in the timeline.  You will still need to deal with the change of country once the petition is approved.  NVC will assign it according to the original I-130 and it will take a few weeks for you to provide the necessary information to get it changed to NZ.  

That's great news, thank for you for the quick reassurance. So just to double-check - I don't need to do anything about my wife's address changing until the I-130 is approved? Thank you again!

[Turkey 0]

5 minutes ago, OldUser said:

MyProgress estimates can be safely ignored. It is never accurate. On day of my oath, MyProgress estimated 3 weeks until decision. Here is recent example of somebody reporting MyProgress being incorrect:

 

Great to hear, thank you! Our case isn't super urgent at this stage, but seeing it get kicked back to 23 months was a bit painful, haha.

[OldUser 11,085]

Just now, Turkey said:

Great to hear, thank you! Our case isn't super urgent at this stage, but seeing it get kicked back to 23 months was a bit painful, haha.

I-130 takes 14-17 months on average as of today