My check was cashed this morning but no trace of NOA1 yet.
I sent off my package on April 1(Saturday) and it arrived April 3rd(Monday).
It seems like they are finally getting to the early April filers - I'm sure you'll see your check cashed soon!
OMG!!! I am soooo exhausted. That was a lot of driving!!
Dallas Field Office Review and a little extra background on my case.
I-601 waiver approved 1/6/2015. Contacted embassy for follow up interview. Was told our I-130 was in Administrative Review with USCIS. We didn't know USCIS had our original petition.
Congressional inquiry to Embassy. Embassy says USCIS asked for the case back.
Congressional inquiry to USCIS. Colombo returned the case for revocation. Will issue a NOIR or reaffirm.
Congressional inquiry to Embassy. No we did not. USCIS asked for the case back so we returned it.
Urgh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Argh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I scheduled an info pass for today to clear up the discrepancies.
My number was called. The officer said the case was with USCIS. Of course it is. It was returned by Embassy. I said please review the embassy emails, they said they returned at USCIS's request, not at their own. She said the email to USCIS said it will be revoked or affirmed. I said please read the emails from the embassy, they said they did not revoke my petition. She read the emails, then said she would need to pull my file. She was gone liked 20 minutes, came back and said an officer was looking at it, that she found my case, and she would come back once they are finished and she wanted to make copies of the emails I presented to her.
She came back and said, you are correct, the embassy did not revoke or deny your petition. ?
I filed a writ of mandamus in July 2014 and since USICS's name was on it, they requested the original petition from the embassy to review the case to check and see if they had made mistakes on the case. Well, when it was returned to them, I guess it was stuck in a consular return stack. They never reviewed the petition. It just sat there. So the original reason for them requesting the petition was never carried out and the writ of mandamus has already been withdrawn. When the Congressional inquiry was made, the person just looked in the system, saw that USCIS had the petition and assumed it was a consular return for recommendation of revocation.
I asked, well, what is going to happen now? She said the officer will review my case to see if there is anything that needs to be addressed from the writ of mandamus, which there isn't. My writ of mandamus was because of the long AP my husband and I suffered through, I included USCIS because it was recommended to do so. The only thing about USCIS in the writ of manadmus was the NOA1, NOA2 and date when they sent my file to NVC. She said they will call me within a week if they can send the case back to the embassy. She said if they cannot and it requires further review, I will receive a notice in the mail.
Lesson I learned, 1st, the people answering the Congressional inquiries are not thorough. If they had actually looked at the file, physically, they would have seen it was not a consular return. The Immigration Officer said the embassy put a memo with my file that states USCIS requested that they return the original petition so they are returning at USCIS's request and not out of the embassy doing so. (This was very informational) Maybe there is hope.
2nd. When anything is returned from the consular, they are not even opened. They just sit until someone decides they want to look at the stack!!!! She said NO ONE had even looked at the package since it was returned to their office in 9/2014.
Even though I didn't get things solved right that second, it was worth the drive. I can breathe just a little although I am still quite impatient. I had all kinds of evidence with me. She said none of it was needed.
Whew!
Disregard the previous post, it's incorrect.
Allow at least week for the file to be sent to the NVC, then call USCIS to see if it has been sent. If they answer that it has been sent, then start calling the NVC to see if it has been received and to see if a case number has been assigned.
NVC will usually go off the address of the beneficiary that is listed on the form. While you technically answered that question incorrectly, it is a mistake that is often overlooked.
Hello, friends!
I'm very happy to report that my I-130 petition for my Australian spouse was approved today! I think I was one of the first stand-alone I-130s to file - I filed the day after DOMA was repealed - and it has taken 214 days from submission to approval, and 31 days since the petition was transferred to the Texas Service Center.
We still have 3-4 months to go - but we are so excited!
Sukie and Julie
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