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I filed in March and received a the NOA1 on March 26th.

Does is do any good to call the office and ask about it to try and hurry along the process? Like the squeaky wheel gets the oil type of thing?

Background: A mother filed an I130 for her daughter. The I130 was approved on May 31st and the mother received a letter from NVC stating that the daughter would be contacted within 30 days by the local embassy for interview, medical, etc. Once the daughter is contacted by the local embassy is interviewed, medical checked, and whatever else they do there how long will is be before she is issued her visa?

I ask because I am engaged to the daughter and filed a K1 after we were engaged which was obviously after the mother filed the I130. It appears the I130 is going to be processed first and was curious how long it will take her to get her visa after the embassy visit is complete.

Also, will they really stick to their time frame of contacting her back within 30 days?

If you are legally married she can not enter on a K 1 visa. You will have to start over to obatin a spousal visa such as a CR 1.

Thanks for the response. Is a CR1 something you have to apply and wait on or could we just fly back and get in? I'm guessing all visas have some sort of waiting time.

My fiance is over seas at this time and we are waiting on the K1 to be processed. If I fly to her country and we get married, would she be allowed to return or would we have to do a K3 and wait on that to be processed before returning to the US together?

Are they really as far behind on I129F petition for alien fiancee K1's as the UCIS website list?

Reference: https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processTimesDisplayInit.do

Select NSC at the bottom.

It says the last one they processed was in 2008

Wonder if anyone knew if that was true or not, please let me know if you get a chance. Thanks!

When mailing off the I129F package is there any way to choose the service center that it goes to for processing? It seems like VSC is on the ball pumping these out and would like to send it there if possible, but if not that is of course cool too. Please let me know when someone who may know gets a chance. Thanks!

PS: Good luck and speedy processing to all of you who are in the waiting process!

There is no numerical limit to K1 (fiance visas), so only the processing time applies. Usually, that is between 7 and 9 months- you might get lucky and it goes quicker, or might hit some delays and make it a year. After you get married in the USA within 90 days, you will need to file AOS (adjustment of status), which takes another few months, but she can stay during that time- though not work.

Thank you so much for all of your answers. I feel like I am coming to a good understanding of where we are now and the best scenario to move forward on which will be the K1. You have helped a ton, thanks again!

I see what you mean now. Thanks for clarifying that for me. On the other hand you say doing the fiancee visa will only take around 7 month to get her here and then we get married within those 90 days and she can stay while the other paperwork is being processed, correct?

Also, with this form: https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processingTimesDisplay.do showing processing times, how can they have processed the last I130 for this particular category on May 7th 2010, if there are none available as noted in the site you shared?

Excerpt: 'I-130 Petition for Alien Relative Permanent resident filling for an unmarried son or daughter over 21 May 7, 2010'

Thanks again for the help, I am just really confused on this entire thing and trying to get a solid understanding. I really do appreciate it.

You are looking at processing times, you are not taking into account the priority dates. Because a lot of children over the age of 21 want to immigrate, and there are only a certain number of visas available, there is a wait. Look at the link I gave above (http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5630.html), which states the priority dates currently being processed for each visa category. A over 21 unmarried daughter of a greencard holder is in F2B category, which from your country they are currently processing 8th September 2003 and earlier. Be happy she is not from Mexico, they are processing 1st December 1992 and earlier for that country!

I see what you mean now. Thanks for clarifying that for me. On the other hand you say doing the fiancee visa will only take around 7 month to get her here and then we get married within those 90 days and she can stay while the other paperwork is being processed, correct?

about 7 years for her family petition (see wait times here: http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5630.html), or 7-9 months if you petition her for a K1.

Where is it that you are getting the 7 years from? UCIS says only 17 months for the visa they applied for and it has been right at 17 months.

she cannot move over, but since she seems to have a tourist visa, she can visit.

I was thinking that was the case, but wanted to be sure. Unfortunately she can only come over at certain times for her job and then she gets a temp visa for the time frame. I wish she had a visa to come whens he liked, then she would not leave until this was processed

With those time frames, any idea on how much longer it may take for this to be processed?

Thanks for the feedback.

Also, if waiting on the I-130 would be the best option, does anyone have any idea on how much longer it will take to process? What are the steps after that? Sorry for leaving this out in the original post. Thanks once again for your time everyone.

I have a question in regards to an I-130 form that was filed in July of 2010 for an unmarried daughter of a permanent resident who is over 21 years of age. The Field office is Jacksonville, Florida and the service center is California(CSC). I've noticed that the processing time website [located here: https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processingTimesDisplay.do] notes that the last I-130 petition form for a permanent resident filling for an unmarried son or daughter over 21 was processed on May 7th 2010 which indicates that the one in question, that was filed in July 2010, is still waiting to be processed. Considering this and that the the results shown here[https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard/ProcTimes.do] for the particular case, form, and service center(CSC) show that it is an average of 17 months means that the form will be processed any day now.

My questions is, is there any possible way that we could have the individual come over to the US and stay while we are waiting on this form to be processed and completed?

There is also another factor in this that the daughter has since been engaged to a US citizen(me) while she was on one of her trips between the US and her home country for work. I have done some reading on the fiancee visa, but see where that visa takes 5 months to process where as the I-130 should be processed any day.

Considering these factors I was wondering if you knew a way that she could move over while waiting on the I-130 to be processed or have any suggestions in regards to the engagement factor. Thank you for your time and please let me know any information you may have in regards to this, or if you need any more info to answer my questions. Thanks again for taking your time to read this. I wish yo all the best of luck as I am sure all of you are desperate to get with your loved ones as I am.