Your situation is kinda similar to my husband's except that my husband is with me in Canada. We have been married for 11 years and I am the USC. He used to have greencard that he surrendered in 2011 as he was not able to meet the US residency requirement after having settled down in Canada. Now that our 2 kids are older, we are thinking about going back. I thought the I-130 should be approved in 5 months but I was wrong. It seems like my petition won't be looked at until the end of October if I am lucky. It's difficult to plan for anything such as the kids' school, housing, etc. without having an approval. It's just frustrating but at least our family is together. I hope you will see a happy ending to your long wait.
sandakan2017 got a reaction from acidrain in I-130 February 2017 filers