RitchieLuna

1 hour ago, Babu Frik said:

Congrats, I'm going to follow you, not far behind.

From my understanding the wait for an interview was 1 year pre-covid.

 

Were you able to get a police report?

Yeah, the waits are unreal but let's see how they go. If anything as time goes on we might try for an expedite since I cross the border each day to work and that's causing a financial hardships with corona going on. 

As for the police report, yes, it was quite simple to get. 

DQ'd this morning. Now to just wait for the Ciudad Juarez embassy to open up for interviews. It's been a long journey to get to this spot so we are excited!

1 minute ago, Ophoriwaa said:

Single passport photo

Excellent! Thank you. That's what we did. 

Received our NVC case creation email as well as submitted our payments on 10/5. We finished submitting all our paperwork last night, Friday 10/9. I'll update next time we hear anything. 

Quick question for everyone else who recently submitted paperwork, under the photographs section of the civil documents, did you submit a single passport photo or two identical photos?

2 hours ago, moneeb Iqbal said:

have you submit inquiry and how ? 

what' was ur PD and service centre ? answer please 

PD: 10/7/19

Nebraska / Transferred to Vermont in February / Transferred to Texas but still process by Vermont for some reason

Requested 'Outside of Normal Processing Time' on 9/16th, received email on 9/30 saying they had high volume of petitions but we were in line for review. 

Approved: 10/2/20

Alright, update!

After receiving the generic: "we have a ton of petitions to get through and yours is in review" message, we received a date change on our My USCIS account, and now today we finally were approved! It was almost an entire year of waiting but finally, we are on to the next step. Now to just wait for our NVC correspondence. 

So another update...

After speaking to an agent and requesting an outside of normal processing request they told us to expect a reply from them on or around Oct 1st. Today we received an email. Summed up this is the important stuff:

"The status of this service request is:

Recently, you or your representative contacted USCIS concerning the status of your case.

We are experiencing a high volume of petitions. Your case is in line for review. You do not need to do anything at this time. If we need anything from you, we will mail you a request for evidence. When we make a decision on your case, we will mail a notice to you or your representative at the address you gave us."

In other words, nothing. Just keep waiting. Requesting outside of normal processing times means absolutely nothing during these times. 

Man, this is so deflating. 

21 hours ago, moneeb Iqbal said:

one more question in past Which service center will answer you whenever you call them? what was referral I'd?  whenever we call them Albany field office responded I don't know why 

I called the main USCIS number and spoke with the first person who answered after an hour wait. They gave me a referral ID with "TSC" at the end of it meaning it's at the Texas office. 

My PD was October 7th, 2019

1 hour ago, moneeb Iqbal said:

we didn't get any transfer notice but when first time we called tier 1 he says it's in Vermont but after that twice we called tier2 they said it's in taxes 

That happened exactly to us! I just called in yesterday to verify which timeline to follow and now they said we are at the Texas center and that I can apply for an Out of Normal Processing time request. 

They told us to expect a reply around Oct 1st but if not then to wait until mid Oct before contacting. So fingers crossed

16 minutes ago, moneeb Iqbal said:

we did but they said same story we will contact soon 

Did they give you a timeframe?

If they give you a timeframe and they don't contact you with new information then please call them ASAP

On 8/17/2020 at 11:01 AM, lvsweets said:

My daughter and her husband also got there case sent to NVC and today they will be paying fees and filing out forms. We pray for for approval and a fast appointment to consulate in Juarez 

 

Anyone know the time frames right now on approval of NVC to appointment in Juarez? 

My wife and I are still awaiting our approval (our PD was Oct 2nd, 2019) but didn't even know if the consulate was taking interviews at this time. We were under the impression they were still shutdown during covid?

So quick update on my Request For Outside Normal Processing Times...

We never received a transfer notice, however, it would seem that our processing center was definiately transferred to Vermont because the email we received back was from that office and they said that we were still within their processing times even though we were originally in Nebraska and never notified about the transfer. 

However, at the bottom of the email it says that it should be finished up within 60 days since it's with an agent. Not sure if this is a canned reponse or not though.

Went ahead and filed a ONPT today since Nebraska is now handling cases from mid-October. My PD was Oct 2nd, so should be eligible. We'll see what they say in the next few weeks. 

On 7/1/2020 at 10:02 AM, RitchieLuna said:

Received another date change on the 29th and still nothing to show for it. So far we had our case transferred in Feb, date change in March, twice again in May, and now three times in June. Our case is extremely straight forward and simple so it's just frustrating to not see anything get approved yet. 

And just got another date change as of yesterday. Each time I see it I'm afraid to scroll beyond the date and just the same "In Processing" note that's been there for nearly a year now.

Received another date change on the 29th and still nothing to show for it. So far we had our case transferred in Feb, date change in March, twice again in May, and now three times in June. Our case is extremely straight forward and simple so it's just frustrating to not see anything get approved yet. 

7 hours ago, Lena03 said:

Interesting. I've seen people getting approved right after having double date changes. I hope it means an approval coming soon!

Yeah, I've seen that too for other people so let's hope in both of our cases that approvals are sooner rather than later!

Received two new date changes both on June 16th and 17th. Still under "In Process" for status, however, my last date change was May 5th and 6th. 

Hmmm...

Mine also received new activity on both the 5th and 6th of May. Nothing today but hoping to hear something good soon!

It would appear that my wife's case also was transferred to the Vermont office. 

Our PD was 10/2/2019

And I had seen that the last activity I could see when checking the status was March 4th, but nothing mentioning a transfer. 

I asked for an agent via Emma's live chat and they told me the case was sent to Vermont on Feb. 23rd. 

Our case is pretty straight forward so let's hope that our NOA2 comes pretty soon! Good luck to everyone else 👍

Let's hope there is some more clarification later today as to what exactly is meant by suspension. If he were to automatically deny all current applicants I'm going to lose it cause so much time and money would be lost.

Quick questions:

I'm the sole income for our household. She currently resides in Mexico and is a full-time university student with no income of her own. She does not have an ITIN or SSN as we are currently in the process of waiting on our I-130 Petition. 

I've read that it's best to file as MFJ for our situation, however, she needs to get an ITIN to get things started. I've read on the IRS site that you can go through an Accepted Agent Program and they can help you both file and receive an ITIN. We have done some research and found that there is a Deloitte office in Juarez close to us but I was curious as to how they will help us? Are they basically there to just verify documents without needing to send them in through mail? I'm assuming this saves some time, because my other question is would it be the same if we just mailed our the correct certifying documents to prove her Foreign Status & Identity along with my tax return to the office specified in the instructions for the W7 application?

Thank you for all the help!

I'm getting a little ahead of myself but I wanted to just have an idea how things will turn out when the time comes...

Say my wife's I-130 petition gets approved without a hitch, we smoothly sail through the NVC process, and completely ace the interview and medical exam --- once all that's done, from what I know and have read and watched online, she will get an approval notice given to her after the interview by the officer and then be mailed out her documents, passport, and a sealed folder to give to CBP at the border when she goes to cross into the US for the first time. After she is approved we also can pay for her immigrant fee online and order her green card (apparently taking up to 6 months for it to arrive), but in the mean time once she receives her passport back in the mail she will have a stamp in it that gives her the clearance to cross into the US as a permanent resident. 

My question then is, if she and I were to cross to the US (we live in Ciudad Juarez) the second she gets her stamped passport as a day trip to research apartments and take her out the eat would she be able to go back to Mexico at the end of the day and then cross back into US again the next? I guess what I'm saying is, does that stamped passport allow her to be seen as a permanent resident to cross lawfully a number of times until she gets her official green card in the mail?

1 hour ago, bseddiqi1 said:

Hi! I am a September filer and submitted September 6th and it's been processing since September 15th. I guess I'm supposed to be waiting for NOA? What is that exactly though, does anyone know what happens after you submit the i-130 packet.

The entire process is explained here step by step:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/petition/submit-a-petition.html

12 hours ago, cbro said:

Hard to say now, the initial batch seemed to get things sped up a bit as it was in a bit of a pilot mode.  I think now everyone is getting them and i doubt it'll make anything faster (don't get your hopes up).  Processing time is really just a couple ours, most of the time here our cases are just sitting in queue waiting for "processing".

Yeah, I'm not getting my hopes up but just got a little excited since at least we're under the new filing system. Thanks for the info!

Filed on the 30th of September. Got my receipt earlier this week with an IOE receipt # which has got me and my wife for a loop. We've read that this might speed things up a bit but if it takes the usual time of a year and a half to conclude all the proceedings then we'll be fine.