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Changed my address to my new place in Columbus today. I am going to call tomorrow and talk to an ISO to confirm the address change and insist that my file be transferred from ATL immediately. I will then ask to have my file placed at the top of the Columbus pile as I have already been waiting much longer than most all the Columbus cases have taken to process. (columbus seems to be taking about 2.5-3 months for approval). I hope I can convince the ISO to transfer my file immediately.

Is it normal policy to change the local office based on address change or are you just hoping they will do that? and is the columbus office processing faster?

Just a real quick update

I have typed out the letters I will send to both the director and the field office director. I will try and clean up the inquiry tomorrow at work see what I can do. If not I will go ahead and mail these letters to both of them.

Any update for you guys?

I will be mailing the letters tomorrow as well, although they may not carry as much weight since my case is not that old yet.

My I-130 petition has gone to atlanta, where it seems processing has not even started for August 2012 cases. My Priority date is at end of Nov..I don't know when they will process my I-130 if august has not been touched yet.

Does it make sense to file a K3 in this situation? Would the K3 also not go to atlanta or is it processed elsewhere? Is there any disadvantage to filing a K3 while my I-130 is also in the system?

I'm not interested in a K3 because I don't have money.

Sooo yeah. I'm in the anti-K3 boat with you.

And yes, that's what you have to do.

Since you're at the Atlanta office?

Probably lmao.

But it's more money because it ends up being an additional path of paperwork.

Any possible disadvantage other than the money?

So that means her I-130 finally made it to NVC before she took any action, I'm assuming.

If NOLA's local office really takes the 18months calculated, I think she'd be safe on the K3 path.

Can filing a K3 help if an I130 has been filed already? If there is any chance of it speeding things up I wouldn't mind doing it myself

So I went this morning to the infopass... and just like we thought, they have NOT BEGUN PROCESSING ANY OF THE I-130's transferred from Missouri. I filled out an inquiry application thingy and attached two pages of handwritten letter.

ALL OF US PETITIONERS need to write letters to the field office director asap. Sorry for the caps, but this is insane!

I will add more details later this evening or tomorrow, and I'll try to attach a scan of their inquiry application form so you guys can print it out and send in with your letters.

This is insane...one doesn't expect things to work this way in US. Exactly what are they waiting for to get started?

Please do provide that info, I will also send in an inquiry application.

Just found out my case was transferred to Atlanta Field office on Jan 4th (according to the ISO I spoke to). Is it true atlanta still hasn't processed I-130's for August?

Yes, that will be an eye-opening experience...Atlanta still hasn't done the I-130s from August.

Just called uscis, and asked if my case is still at NBC or local office, CSR said she does not have that info, asked for transfer and after an hour of wait the ISO told me my case was transferred to Atlanta field office on Jan 4th. Last time I called an ISO said my case would most likely not be transferred. Don't know what it all means and wife's patience is running out, I might just move to pakistan until visa comes.

edit: fixed ISO and CSR

You can:

(1) File as "Married Filing Separately" - no further evidence would be required.

(2) File as "Married Filing Jointly" and attach an application for an ITIN for your wife to the return. You will need to file by mail this first time, but would be able to do so electronically in subsequent years after the ITIN is issued.

Are you sure about option 1? I am doing "Married Filing Separately" through TurboTax and it's showing me missing spouse SS as an error.

I got married in 2012 and my wife is still abroad, so she does not have a social security number, but it seems like I need this number to file my 2012 taxes. What do I do?

go look at my thread in off topic on how people think their papers are filed.

there is no some giant stack of papers in perfect order that they pick off the top of

the files are probably spread around and some work faster than others.

tis life.

keep waiting.

an i-130 2 numbers before mine is approved. I hope this means mine is close to being approved.

Hang in there, guys. NBC is really fast. I love NBC.

Looking at Igor's list for every case that's been done, there are a ton that are still pending so I am not getting my hopes up too much. My projected Noa2 date is around Feb2 but I am guessing this is calculated by the avg time of cases at NBC which already got NOA2 and doesn't factor in the pending cases. So my own realistic estimate is more like April for NOA2, I hope I am wrong.

I can see my case status online now, it has last updated date of 12/19/2012, I am not sure if that update was putting the case status online or somebody worked on the case.

Nothing here yet...getting soooo impatient

I was hoping the timeline predicted by visa journey would be credible but you seem to have gone way above yours, and my local center is also atlanta, I think I might be waiting longer than I was expecting

Have any of you other filers received a 'touch' since the case went online? Mine got touched today.

How do you know if it was touched? and what exactly does that mean?

Just had my I-130F approved through NBC. 39 days. So excited - hope that this means other Nov filers are moving quickly through NBC as well.

Congrats! Do you know if you were transferred to a local office and if yes which one.

w00t ! I can see my casefile status online tonight, added it to my portfolio - and I've a touch from today. still at initial review. Yar!

Exactly what does a touch mean? that they worked on your case? and how do you know if it happened? through the case status page online?

For I-130s filed on or after 15th August 2012, they are all forwarded from the NBC to the local field office having jurisdiction over the petitioner's place of residence: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=c3c7ca7c5fed9310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e7801c2c9be44210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD

I called today and ISO said for cases where spouse is out of the country they keep the cases at MSC and if spouse is in US it is forwarded to local office

Another November filer approved:

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=147089

NOA1 November 1

NOA2 December 12

indeed

I called today and ISO said my case was in "initial review," and when asked if it will be sent to a local office she said most probably not since my spouse is out of the country. Does anyone know if initial review means someone is actively working on it or could it also mean it's just waiting for someone to start looking at it?

hey guys I just checked on the uscis website to check the status of my case, and ive put in my receipt number and it said •Your case can not be found at this time in My Case Status.

IS THAT BAD????

This is the case for a lot of people including me, so you are not alone. Keep checking as they do seem to update it eventually.

Just wondering if all the cases sent to NBC are sent to local offices? or only a few are sent to local offices? If not all are then is there some method by which they decide to forward it to a local office or is it random?

My priority date is 11/26 (recieved NOA1 hard copy, only update I have gotten so far). Haven't been able to see the case status online Kind of nervous about not having submitted enough evidence of bonafide marriage, however the marriage is so new we don't really have much intermingling of finances etc to show as evidence.

My case was submitted through a lawyer so I didn't even know I could add my phone/email to get updates about case that way. Is there any way I could get these added now?

Those cases filed after mid August have been transferred to the National Benefits Center. These cases are being approved very quickly. If you see people with CSC in their timelines for September it is likely that they were initially assigned to CSC and then the case was transferred to MSC (National Benefits Center).

I just receievd my NOA1 with an MSC number, does this mean I will receieve my NOA2 relatively quickly?

I filed for my wife's I-130 recently (Nov 26). I have a few questions:

1. I recieved the receipt for my petition with a receipt number starting with MSC, which when I enter at USCIS website to check my case status, I get the following message

2. I did not enter an email address on my application, how can I add an email address to my case now to receieve email alerts of any updates.

3. When my case is transfered from NBC to a local facility, will they send me a letter to inform of this?

4. I checked online and normal time to get NOA2 seems to be 5 months and I see some people who received it in lesser time as well, my lawyer told me to expect 6-8 months processing delay, what is the current avergae processing time.

thanks!