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5 hours ago, Rally said:

Pls is there any update on July my pd is July 2018 

At this point, speculation is you could get approved as early as next month. 

On 7/28/2019 at 12:49 AM, Khushi Kaur said:

Plz update here anbody January got approval I saw Facebook group to many january fillers got approval but I m waiting my case tarsnasferred csc to nabarska center

Anymore transfers in April/May ? 

On 7/22/2019 at 11:09 AM, SusieQQQ said:

Still seems to be taking close to 2 years to process though. See VJ for lots of complaints that people are still waiting for petition approval and can’t do anything about it being current. Visa bulletin said likely to revert to priority date listings in the new fiscal year.

Any idea what date it will revert back to mostly ? 

Hi everyone, 

I came across some people with PD in June/Oct 2018 getting their I-130 approved from CSC. One of the explanations given was that countries like Philippines are having a huge number of visas available compared to the number of applicants. Is this true ? Where can we find this statistics to see no of visas available/country ? 

6 hours ago, puru444 said:

First stage:

I-130 files at USCIS, for example: 100 petitions. 

 

Second stage:

Approved petitions received by NVC, let’s assume outta 100, 70 approved petitions are received by NVC and assigned case numbers to them for further process.

 

Third stage:

Consular processing completed by 40 outta 70 cases with DQ notification. 

Only DQ cases are eligible to get an interview abroad once their PD is current.

 

As per the para you refer above states that NVC has very low numbers of DQ cases as of right now, and we all know why this happened bcoz till PD Dec 16 cases were approved in just 6-7 months time after filing with USCIS sometime back in year 2017. After those bulk approvals, USCIS did not touch any case whatsoever for very very long time.

 

Then, suddenly they start approving 2017 PDs petitions early this year and the backlog was so great that now California service center has start sharing the work load with other service centers as well. And people are getting approvals on daily basis nowadays even dec 17 got approved recently. Looks like they are about complete all 2017 cases in next few months and 2018 cases will start getting approvals soon.

 

So, basically it’s a series of events (I-130 to NVC to DQ to IL) which are dependent on each other extensively. 

 

Though, there are lot of cases are waiting for IL with DQ status right now. I think but I’m not sure just trying to be optimist here, that NVC is planning to pile up all DQ cases by the end of this year i.e. Sept 2019 to plan the numbers, effectively. And the PD will be retrogressed in October VB for sure and that PD will be more correct with calculated numbers keeping true demand in consideration rather than vague numbers. 

 

Looks like they are clearing the backlog of F4 and F3 these days because these categories are getting ILs in real time, one of an F2A folk’s uncle received IL for F4 and his date is just got current in Aug bulletin (real time) not waited for 5-6 months like F2A. 

 

I hope once the dates retrogressed after calculating the DQ in hand, they might issue ILs and start clearing the backlog of F2A from October onwards. 

 

But, current situation is not clear that’s for sure, and we are truly on their mercy ... May god help us. 

This is one of the clearest explanations I have read in here. Thank you !!

Also. Question : in 2017, for a long long time USCIS did not approve any petitions ? How did that happen ? Any particular reason why this happened? Will it happen in future ?

58 minutes ago, vincentlina said:

Well, when I said "fist come; first serve", I am referring to petitions filed (or forwarded) to the California Service Center (CSC). I'm not referring to petitions filed at other service centers. I have been waiting "impatiently" for approximately 20 months now for my petition to be approved, so trust me, I know the pain of waiting like everyone else.

For whatever reasons (obviously unbeknownst to us mere mortals), USCIS (or a higher power) is forwarding or sending nearly all I-130 petitions filers who falls within the F2A category to the CSC. It's unfair no doubt, because when you check Texas and the Vermont Service Centers  the waiting times for F2A/F2B are ridiculously short compared to CSC. So without any inside knowledge how the CSC is processing cases, I simply am taking their word for, for no other reason that I do not have any way of knowing either way and I have not heard anyone here on this site (or elsewhere) who have credibly offered an alternative explanation how petitions are processed.

 

Besides, believing that the process is "first come; first serve" helps me maintain my sanity through-out the process! Don't you already have sufficient to stress about?

That is true. we have no choice but to hopr for the best and wait. 

10 hours ago, Trung297 said:

F2A Applied on July 19th, 2017. Still no luck. Good luck everyone. CSC sucks af when this center is late 1-2 years compared to others. If your case is being transferred due to workload, that is a good sign that yours will be approved soon. Everyone else suck at CSC, good luck.

Agree. I really dont understand how CSC is doing this and getting away with it for so long. 

On 7/18/2019 at 4:59 AM, vincentlina said:

I don't think this is the case for all "Caribbean" filers. As I'm a Caribbean filter, my spouse country of discharge is "Dominican Republic" and my PD is Nov 17, 2017 and received my RFE on July 15 (which was sent to me on July 8th). The reason for the RFE is simple to resolve and could have been avoided had I done a better job of doing my research. Anyways, it would have been approved, perhaps on that same day of July 8th. So again, I think this is evidence they are processing Caribbean petitions. The order, or priority in how they process Caribbean petitions is up for debate, but I take them at their word that petitions are processed in a "first come; first served" basis.

Are you sure about " First Come First Serve " ?? Those whose filed their I-130 in June 2019 at Texas Service center have been approved. but June 2017 in California are still waiting. How is this first come first serve or even fair ?

3 hours ago, Khushi Kaur said:

January nabarska center, February taxas center and March Potomac center

What is ur PD,?

Dec 2018

2 minutes ago, Khushi Kaur said:

My pd22 january to many january Feb March filler got  transferred notice

To which service centers ?

1 minute ago, Khushi Kaur said:

My PD january 2018 my case Transferred last week Nabarska center any one here January filler got transferred notice

Which date in Jan ?

15 hours ago, wallyp said:

Also read about delays at NVC. Will our priority date change upon approval of petition? or does it stay the same?

It stays the same. 

13 hours ago, Naveen cheriachen said:

 

I am inside US on H1B

Then you can file for adjustment of status based on the Date of Filling date in the visa bulletin 

6 hours ago, Shams Fahim said:

California 

California is currently processing somewhere between July 2017 to Jan 2018. So, you have a good 7-8 months wait in front of you considering the best case scenario. Unless by some miracle your case gets transferred to some other service center. 

4 hours ago, vincentlina said:

I don't think this is the case for all "Caribbean" filers. As I'm a Caribbean filter, my spouse country of discharge is "Dominican Republic" and my PD is Nov 17, 2017 and received my RFE on July 15 (which was sent to me on July 8th). The reason for the RFE is simple to resolve and could have been avoided had I done a better job of doing my research. Anyways, it would have been approved, perhaps on that same day of July 8th. So again, I think this is evidence they are processing Caribbean petitions. The order, or priority in how they process Caribbean petitions is up for debate, but I take them at their word that petitions are processed in a "first come; first served" basis.

Can you elaborate on the RFE ? so the rest of us can learn and be prepared 

1 hour ago, wallyp said:

Pray! After approval of petition, do you know how long it takes before you can actually have the interview? 

I think it depends, off late, I have been hearing reports of huge delays at NVC. So, I'm not sure.

Yes, California does have the longest processing time. But, good news they have transferred some case load to other service centers. So now, we all hope and pray and wait with battered breath. 

2 minutes ago, wallyp said:

Can you please give me the link where you saw that info? That California has processed up to Jan 15.

 

Is your I-130 already approved? Hoping the best for all of us here.

https://www.am22tech.com/uscis/current-i130-processing-time-green-card-for-parents/

you can find the best and worst case scenarios here. Mine is not approved yet. My Pd is later than yours. Also, is the beneficiary in your case inside the US or outside ? If you are inside the US, the visa bulletin might be relevant to you to adjust status. 

2 minutes ago, wallyp said:

Very useful sir! Mine is in California, so the processing time stated here is the processing time just for the approval of our I-130?

 

Then after that we can use the bulletin.

If it is in California, then as per your PD April 2018,  you can expect your I-130 to be approved anywhere from the next 3 months to later (  I am just making a rough calculation based on information that California has processed up to 15 Jan 2018 ) 

1 minute ago, wallyp said:

Thank you very much for this info, so the visa bulletin board won't apply yet to my case? I have to wait for the approval letter first?

Do you know how long it takes for I-130 to be approved after filing it? Just an estimate! Thanks!

Depends on your service center. Which service center are you at ? You can find the service center from your I-797C. Then use this link to find out : 

 https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ 

Yes, as of now the visa bulletin does not apply as much to us ( I am also in the same situation ) 

1 minute ago, wallyp said:

Hi HopeHopeHope,

 

I only received Form I-797C, and it states that my Petition for Alien Relative has been received by their office and is in process.

 

Should I be receiving  another letter stating it's approved, or this is it?

 

Thanks!

You have to wait for the I-130 to be approved first. The I-797C is just a receipt letting you know that your application has been received. It also lets you know which service center your application is at, depending on that, you can look at the processing times and figure out when you can expect your application approval.

Just now, wallyp said:

My petition for my wife also has a Priority date of April 2018, should we be expecting a letter containing instructions from NVC anytime soon? Anyone know how long?

Has your I-130 been approved ?

20 hours ago, Shams Fahim said:

Anyone has got an approval who’s pd is July/August/September-2018? And the petitioner is green card holder. Mine pd is September-2018 and spouse green card holder but I didnt get the approval yet. Tell me yours

Which service center ? 

11 hours ago, Naveen cheriachen said:

I have a priority date of May 2018 for F2A but have not received the Approval yet . I see that July and August VISA bulletin shows current for F2A. Does this mean I can file i 485 ?

Are you inside the US or awaiting consular processing ? 

2 minutes ago, UltimateForm said:

I wonder why POtOMAC only has US citizens processing time/estimated times on official sites and not others.

My understanding is they did not process F2A so long but now due to work load transfers some I-130's have been transferred to them. So, hopefully they will give you an estimate soon. 

3 minutes ago, vincentlina said:

I have to agree...you have approximately between June 2020 to July 2020 before they start working on your case (if they continue with the 19-24.4 months for F2A processing times).

I hope they speed up !!