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My wife's interview was on May 21, 2013 and she was given the green slip asking for a new joint sponsor. CEAC website says administrative processing. My wife wears abbaya, could that be a reason for AP? Has anyone else in the same situation. Embassy received the new joint sponsor documents and updated case status date is june 14 but still AP. please share if you are in the similar situation.

Congrats Irena2510 !!!

Saylin you were right about cover letter as the first page of DS-230 package is not a problem. NVC accepted the DS-230 package today and case completed, exactly 2 weeks later.

DS-261 is not for pakistan, its for countries like canada and mexico that have electronic processing. If NVC has your email addresses then email it from the beneficiary's email.

I made a mistake on my DS-230 package, first page is not the bar code cover sheet. I put cover letter on the top and then the cover sheet. It arrived at NVC on march 26 but still not reviewed, could this cause a delay?

N Ahmed, congrats! I am happy for you.

Its a good sign, you will get a an approval message in a day or so. I have personally gone thru the same supervisor review message and got a message of oath next day. Dont worry.

DS-230 is a different form, its not for choice of agent. DS 3032 is choice of agent form and you can email it using a template, you can find it on this site. Choice of agent has to be selected so they can contact this person for all communication, like interview letter and other things. The template is straight forward and i emailed it like everyone else and it was accepted. DS-230 has to be signed by beneficiary on page 2 only, its 4 pages. You send ds230 with police certificate and other documents. You track your case by calling. Did you pay iv fee? Its $230 and when it shows paid online then you send ds230.

Congrats Jrh39 and Anil!!!

When it shows paid you can print the cover sheet and send your IRS transcript of 2012. You have to fill out i864 on the computer then print it and its part of AOS. If your co-sponsor lives with you then fill out i864a, otherwise i864 for you and the co-sponsor. Also trancript of co-sponsor for most recent year 2012. You attach the cover sheet on top of all the documents. You can read their instructions for AOS and get all the info. I am going thru the same process.

My case was received feb. 15 and i was told to give them one more week, so 20 business days seems to be the waiting time for most.

I was approved feb. 9 and NVC does not have a case number for me, called today feb. 28. They said check in a week. Once you get the case number its a pretty fast process after that.

Jrh39 I know how you feel, it is frustrating. The painful part is that uscis is not telling why no approvals for f2a for more than a year. If they could just put out some news on this matter, why keep everyone in dark. If the Ombudsman cant help then who can, leave it to God?

Congrats, good luck on interview.

Direct link to the ombudsman form

https://cisomb.dhs.gov/oca/form7001.aspx

Jrh39 you can go to this link and fill out the form and explain the delay of uscis.

http://www.dhs.gov/topic/cis-ombudsman

Thanks jrh39, N Ahmed. I am praying for everyone to get approved. It makes no sense why they are doing this to f2a. It is more than unfair. People who are eligible for service requests should do so. I sent them 3 service requests and a letter to ombudsman. Lets hope they start f2a right away.

I am finally approved today. I upgraded my case on nov. 6, 2012 to IR1. A combined wait of 20 months to get a decision.

Decision

On February 9, 2013, your I130, IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN was approved. You will be notified of the decision by mail. Please check our website at www.uscis.gov for further updates on your case, including when the approval notice is mailed. If you do not receive the approval notice within 30 days, please call customer service at 1-800-375-5283 for further assistance.

Some countries' applicants go thru extra security checks, my country is on this list too. You can say its like profiling but we have to pay the price for others actions.

Jrh39, you can make an e-request online. Please do a e-request today and tell us what happens. Vsc processing dates will not change next month either because those dates will be as of jan. 31 and nothing has happened to anyone's case up to jan. 31.

After jan. 23, 2011 is only one lucky approval of fjoal. These people with pd of early feb like jrh39 and others have no approval so vsc is not working on f2a category. Looks like pd will be current before approvals. Jrh39 have you made a service request?

Isn't I-797 the same as NOA2? Since its been 201 days for you I would think your NOA2 is coming and that is the reason for no service request.

Send a copy of NOA1 with your naturalization certificate's copy to CSC. The operators might say you don't need to send anything but actually you do. I am going thru the same process and after upgrading 2 months ago, now they asked me to mail in the certificate copy. It seems like all the months in F2A category were a waste of time. 17 months in f2a and now almost three months since citizen but still waiting for noa2 at vsc. Hope your case is faster.

Link to same issue but different result after one day

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/403176-change-of-address/

Someone else got the address change message and then approved next day.