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10 hours ago, MB302 said:

Hello, 

 

This question might have been answered but in the previous thread but here is our timeline below: I filed separate  i-130 petition for my son and daughter 

 

Son

Date of Birth : August 16, 2000

Priority Date: September 18, 2017

Approval Date: December 23, 2019

Received Notice of Immigration Visa Case Creation from NVC:  Feb 5, 2020 

Paid AOS and DS-260 fee (Everything went smoothly with my son)

 

Daughter 

Date of Birth : Nov. 3, 1998

Priority Date: September 18, 2017

Approval Date: December 23, 2019

Received Notice of Immigration Visa Case Creation from NVC:  Feb 5, 2020 

Paid AOS fee Feb 5, 2020 

 

My question is when we received the NVC invoice number and case number for my daughter, the visa status shows F24 (F2B) and I was only able to pay the AOS Fee. When I checked under the applicant information, it is blank and my daughter's name is not showing as the principal applicant information thus not being able to pay the IV fee. After reading a whole lot of similar cases on VSJ, I believe that my daughters CSPA age will be under 21 so I decided to write an email to ASKNVC requesting for the CSPA on the 5th of February for my daughter. This morning, when I checked the ceac website just to see if there has been any update, I found out that I can no longer see both the Affidavit of support nor the applicant information. I checked my account to see if the AOS fee was reversed, it was not. 

 

Am i not able to see it because my daughter's case is under CSPA review or this is something else entirely? Is anyone else experiencing similar case? Any pointers or help will be greatly appreciated. 

 

Thanks in advance!

I had this exact issue literally 3 days ago when NVC sent us the visa creation emails. I have a sister too and we both got our emails the same day. I am covered by CSPA and she is 19 years old. We could pay for her fees but not mine. I filled the online asknvc form for CSPA review and called them along with contacting my congressman to speed up the process. They fixed it in less than 48 hours and I am now F22 and payed the fees.

Just now, stech786 said:

I also got my application for Supervisor review on Friday. lets see what they say. My visa class was wrong on CEAC website. 

 

post update here, if you hear back I will do the same

They corrected mine yesterday. I got NVC to correct their mistake in less than 48 hours. Should be a record. I think it was the e-mail that my congressman wrote to them.

2 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

They do...sometimes. They seem pretty inconsistent when it comes to CSPA. Their standard response is that it's up to the CO - technically true. I guess part of the problem also is that usually they won't know when the visa available date is when they do this (the current situation of F2A being current is unusual), so they usually can't do it definitively anyway.

I mean I already filled the asknvc form online. My congressman inquired about it too and I've sent an email to every possible NVC emails but my I-130 petition was approved 5 months ago and USCIS just decided on its own that since I have a sister whose petition was still pending, that they wouldnt send my approved case to NVC so that they could send both cases together. And now after waiting for 5 more months, I have this CSPA issue and still cannot continue the process. Next months it will be 3 years for me since we first filed the I-130. I just dont get it how they can just put me on F2B(F24) just because my actual age is over 21. The whole point of CSPA is to prevent this and they only apply it after case creation and after we request for CSPA review which delays the process again for god knows how long. Even my I-130 was approved under the F2A category and they don't look at the approval notice they get from USCIS and say "Oh his case was approved as F2A, maybe I should make attention to CSPA since he is older than 21 but approved as F2A".

16 hours ago, Joseliza said:

Hello, 

 

Try requesting the petition to get expedited. There grounds for getting it expedited. I know one is financial hardship and health issues. There’s more but forgot what it was. That’s what we did. I read that on this website too. Which is as matter of fact my mother( petitioner) was having a hard time to sleep due to anxiety. It was approved after 3 days. 1 week later we got an email for medical and interview appointment. email nvcexpedite@state.gov

Thank you so much. I sent an email to expedite too but I just don't get it how NVC doesn't make the calculations for CSPA age before creating the case.

3 hours ago, lalinda.chica said:

I will advice you to call NVC and ask for CSPA protection. Thats what I did and my sister got approved under CSPA. 

I did and I made an inquiry through my congressman too. I hope this gets resolved soon because I already waited 3 years for NVC process to start and now I cannot even pay the fees and continue.

17 minutes ago, ineedadisplayname said:

Try calling NVC at their opening time. Don't remember the exact time but sure u can find it googling it. Probably u will need to hold for a while to get an officer. Try calling from Skype, hangouts etc so u won't rack up a huge fee. Or ask your dad to call them from an US phone number.

I finally managed to call NVC. The officer said he would direct this issue to her superviser. I am %100 sure my CSPA calculations are correct. I hope NVC resolves this soon.

Just now, geowrian said:

Did you contact NVC to have them apply CSPA?

I did fill the askNVC form but they are responding to forms they received at December 10 2019 so there is a 2 month delay. I tried to call NVC too but it just says every officer is busy and hangs up.

Hello, I have a similar problem too.

Today I got the email from NVC for case creation for my case but when I log into CEAC. There is no IV application fee to pay and my visa class is F24 even though my CSPA age is under 21 years old. As you can see from the picture I attached, my petition was pending for more than 2 and half years and when I subtract that time from my actual age at that time, my CSPA age is under 21 years old. My father is an LPR by the way.

I filled the asknvc form but in the website it is said that as of February 3, they are responding to inquiries they received at December 10 so there is nearly a 2 month gap between filing and getting a response. I already waited nearly 3 years and this is really bothering.

Today I got the email from NVC for case creation for my case but when I log into CEAC. There is no IV application fee to pay and my visa class is F24 even though my CSPA age is under 21 years old. As you can see from the picture I attached, my petition was pending for more than 2 and half years and when I subtract that time from my actual age at that time, my CSPA age is under 21 years old. My father is an LPR by the way.

On 1/5/2020 at 5:48 AM, SusieQQQ said:

You should be able to apply to maintain F2 status. Have you already filled in a DS260?
 

What office is your father interviewing at? It may still take some weeks between his interview and his oath ceremony - he is not a citizen until he takes his oath.

Which F2 tho ? I am currently F2A via CSPA. My I-130 petition just got forwarded to NVC so it will take months for me to get to the US so he would be a US citizen during NVC process so automatic conversion might penalize me and change my category with longer waiting time.

Hello,My father is a LPR who applied for citizenship some time ago and USCIS sent his interview letter which is set for February 4 next month. My question is that when my father applied for I-130 for me, I was under 21 years old and now I am 23 years old but  I am covered by CSPA. My case has been approved and waiting to be sent to NVC. If my father become a citizen before my process is done in NVC, can they change my category which F2A to F1 ? or can I keep my child status or do I become an immediate relative of US Citizen? Because if my category changes, it would extend my process since F2A is current in the latest visa bulletin but other categories aren't. I am not in the US by the way, I will do consular processing.
My priority date : 03/03/2017
Approval date : 09/10/2019

My priority date is 03/03/2017 for F2A in California Service Center and according to May's visa bulletin , My PD is current but since I am abroad , I can't file for adjustment of status and I need the petition to be approved. I wonder if USCIS somehow changed my F2A category to F2B by mistake because now I am over 21 years old. (I am protected by the CSPA)

Just now, arken said:

Do you mean you are in the US? If so, you can file for AOS with a copy of the receipt notice of i130 in May. Your i130 doesn’t need to be approved to file i485 if your PD is current. Did you inquire about your case with the USCIS since you are out of normal processing times for CSC?

Sorry I meant to say "I can't file for AOS since I am abroad(not in the US). And yes, I did inquire but they replied with a standart response, "we are doing everything we can to process your case blah blah blah".

My priority date is 03/03/2017 for F2A in California Service Center and according to May's visa bulletin , My PD is current but since I am abroad , I have to file for adjustment of status and I need the petition to be approved. I wonder if USCIS somehow changed my F2A category to F2B by mistake because now I am over 21 years old. (I am protected by the CSPA)

Just now, apple21 said:

Your petition is still with USCIS? 

Yes it is. Like I said "the petition is not approved".

So here is my question,

My father is a LPR and he filed the I-130 form when I was 20 years old which means I am under the F2A category but now I am 23 years old as of yesterday but my petition is not approved yet while my PD (03/03/2017) is current as of today. He's been a LPR for 5 years now and he wants to apply for naturalization. If he does , does it change my F2A category to F1 because I am not under 21 years old ? In the USCIS website there are 2 points that adress this issue :

1- Child of LPR (F2A) Becomes Child of a U.S. Citizen (Immediate Relative)
2-Unmarried Son or Daughter of LPR (F2B) Becomes Unmarried Son or Daughter of U.S. Citizen (F1)

But there is no mention of a situation where a LPR files the petition for his child who is under 21 years old when the form is filed and then that LPR wants to become a citizen while his child is now 23 years old and his petition is not approved and yet his PD is current. Can we opt out of the conversion of category like "F2B to F1 ones" do.

According to the CSPA calculator, no matter when my petition would be approved, my CSPA age will be under 21 years old because my PD is already current as of today. So logically, I should be considered either under 21 when my father becomes a citizen or my category(F2A) shouldn't change since the wait time for it is less.

My PD is 3 March 2017 and still no approval. PD will become current next month. I submitted an inquiry for outside of processing times but they answered with "we are doing everything we can to process your case blah blah". And since I am abroad , I have to wait for the approval. (California Service Center btw)

9 minutes ago, Gloriamazing said:

I think you can go ahead submitting the application for I-485 form as you became current per Table B already.

My PD is Nov 14, 2017 and I filed my application for I-485 in February 2019 and got the notification that the interview is scheduled to May 24th 2019. 

The only weird thing is that I never received the approval for I-130

I am not in USA right now. I can't file for AOS. I have to use consular processing since I am abroad.

21 hours ago, Simon Long said:

Hello all, I just received the I-130 approval notice for my wife's petition. Priority date is July 7, 2017 and the notice date is April 11, 2019, through California Service Center. It has been a long 21-month wait! Hopefully this gives some hope to people with PD in July 2017!

 

I am waiting for the NVC letter. The website says that the first step is to complete the Choice of Address and Agent (DS-261) form after receiving the NVC letter, and "Please allow up to 3 weeks for the NVC to process your DS-261 before continuing to the next step.". So up to 6 weeks for the NVC letter and up to 3 weeks before I could submit the supporting documents. Is this timeline realistic? Does anyone have a more realistic timeline for NVC processing?

 

Thank you!

How is it possible that your petititon got approved while my PD date is earlier than yours ( 3 March 2017 ). I didn't get any RFE either. F2A category and it's been nearly 27 months for me.

18 hours ago, sherydenise said:

I've seen quite a few on facebook for June in the past couple of weeks.

Mine in 3 March 2017 and still not approved. F2A btw. And my PD is current.

So my Priority Date is 3 March 2017 and I am F2A category and according to the latest visa bulletin which is May 2019, my PD will become current this May but my petition still processing and not approved yet. I was wondering if this is a common thing and if there is anything I can do. I filed an inquiry for outside normal processing time but it just says "expect an answer till 25 April".

Mine is 03/03/2017 and still not approved too.

My PD is March 3rd 2017 so it's been 2 years now and yet still not approved and according to the latest visa bulletin for April, my PD will become current this May. I can't open a case inquiry too because it says "the case is in normal processing times''. Is it normal to keep on waiting for approval when PD being current is so close to happen ?

Just now, sherydenise said:

Have you tried calling USCIS? Most March 2017 filers will have approval by now. 

No I did not because for some reason they pushed back the receipt date for a case inquiry for my category for CSS which is now February 02, 2017 and I can't make an inquiry too.

My PD is 03-03-2017 and in the latest visa bulletin for april 2019 F2A is March 1st 2017 so my PD will be current this May but my petition is not approved yet. Do they usually approve it close to the time when PD comes current or will I have to wait even after my PD is current just because USCIS didn't approve my petition yet ?