kelzm

I wish there were some approvals coming through. It's very sad not to see any recently.

I'm not sure that's true. In New Zealand my child's father has no legal rights over him and I have total legal custody.

However, since his name is on the birth certificate information I've been given is that I either need a decree from the court declaring that (difficult as they say... you already have legal custody, we don't need to put through a court case for this), or a letter of permission from his father who has been absent for all 13 years of his life.

Just wanted to say thanks for this thread, again.

Mike - I hadn't considered what you'd suggested, applying now and 'managing' the process. But now that you've mentioned it, it makes SO much sense.

Thanks.

Applying with children I've found is stressful. I've done a lot of reading and feel confident in my application, I am still nervous about the decision we've made for my son (we applied for CR-1 for myself, my son we are planning to leave in NZ and apply for him in around a year). I'd have to say that I don't feel confident about the information I've read.

It's scattered between forums and often seems to not get any replies, or to receive different answers that are contradictory.

Just wanted to add I like the format you've proposed Eresh, and I also wanted to say a big thanks to you for volunteering to carry this on.

Ack... I'll get in touch with the consulate. This could indeed be a problem as the Family Court has told me that they won't give a notice of custody solely to me as legally I already have sole custody. It appears to be the only thing I can do is ask to transfer legal guardianship to my parents (his stepfather is ineligible due to not being in the country!) and then perhaps have them sign to say I have permission to take my son with me.

It would be nice to still have some kind of list for those of us at USCIS and not moved on to NVC.

Especially right now when people are tearing their hair out trying to even get an NOA1 at USCIS. It's at least encouraging to look at the list and see yes... someone did actually make it out of USCIS recently.

I'm also interested in this for the future, when I need to bring over my own son.

According to the law in my country his father has no legal rights. I do not have a custody arrangement but his father has never been involved in his life and resides in a different country. However his name is on my sons birth certificate.

Is there any way around this requirement for a letter giving permission? For one thing, I'm not sure I can even locate his father, for another he has no legal right, and no interest in our child, I doubt he'd even want to bother signing anything.

I hope you all get your notifications soon. It's awful waiting just to make sure they've recevied the actual application!

I find this whole 'frontlog' situation a bit bizarre. Surely they realised that putting up the fees was going to cause this rush of applications, why didn't they arrange their staffing so that it didn't cause this absurd mess?

Worst thing is, waiting for NOA1 is just the start of it. I'll keep my fingers crossed that checks get cashed and letters get sent asap.

Congrats!

I posted my I-130 application to CSC on August 9th, it was received on August 10th. We got our letter from CSC a few days ago on September 10th, with the check having been cashed the week before on September 5th. So don't despair, i think your NOA1 must be on its way.

Also, I believe that there is a mistake in the dates for the CSC on that pressrelease, here's why. The previous press release had the date for I-130 listed, just like this one, when I first checked it. When we got our NOA1 I returned to check those dates as according to the pressrelease we were not in range. That press release had been altered, with the I-130 date changed to say I-131, which is quite different. Meaning that the I-130 was instead falling into the category of 'all other'.

Please add me to the timeline, date of noa1 09/05/2007

thanks!

I know how furstrating this is!

We sent our I-130 by registered mail so I could tell when they received it on 10th August. Finally, today, the check was cashed, a month later.

I went to USCIS with the receipt number from the check and it says that the application was received on 5th September - so at the moment you're looking at a delay of at least a month for NOA1.

Ours was filed with the California Service Center.

check this latest update at uscis

USCIS Application and Petition Receipting Update

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) advises customers that, due to a tremendous increase in the number of applications filed, processing of fee payments and entry of cases into our tracking system is behind schedule. As a result, applicants can expect notices of receipt to be delayed. USCIS is working hard to deal with the increased volume.

Delay in fee processing and data entry will not affect an applicant’s Change of Status or Extension of Stay eligibility if all other eligibility requirements are met. USCIS continues to process Premium Processing Service requests within 15 days.

USCIS will honor the actual date that an application was received in our mailroom; this date will be indicated on the receipt (in the Received Date box) when Form I-797, Notice of Action, is mailed. Until this situation is resolved, USCIS will provide these weekly updates on progress in issuing receipt notices to our customers. We appreciate your understanding.

As of August 31, 2007, USCIS has completed data entry and issued receipt notices for applications and petitions received on or before the dates indicated:

California Service Center

Form Number: Date Received:

I-130 8/06/2007

N-400 7/24/2007

All Other 8/16/2007

Vermont Service Center

Form Number: Date Received:

I-130 7/25/2007

N-400 7/22/2007

All Other 8/20/2007

I have posted the california and vermont service center details.

You mean they've gone back in time since the pressrelease of the 24th August????? http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/Re...Times082407.pdf

We filed our I-130 at CSC, it was received there on 08-10-2007 according to the post office. We haven't yet got a notification, or the check cashed.

According to the most recent update on the 24th August they've processed up till 08-14-2007 so I'm hoping we'll get some notification soon.

Be nice just to be reassured that the process is underway!

Hello all,

My first post here, though I've been an avid reader of the boards for the last month.

I'll be marrying my USC fiance in USA in a months time, I'll then be returning home to await I-130 processing. I have a son (13 years old) who I'll be leaving in NZ. My plan is to have him finish High School here and then come to join myself and my husband in the USA. However, I'm going to play this by ear, leaving him with his grandparents for 6 months while I get a job and get settled and then revise.

If he frets too much it may be that we need to bring him over sooner than anticipated. I wanted to clarify a couple of things:

1. When the 1-130 is submitted and I fill in my biographical information I need to ensure that I list my son on the form.

2. Listing him won't cause problems as I'm not filing for him to immigrate with me.

3. Am I correct in my assumption that I should NOT file anything for him now as it will only expire in 6 months.

4. If we decide he is ready or needs to join us in the USA I need to go through the I-130 process and subsequent waiting time for him.

Many thanks for your help. I know these may seem self-explanatory but I really just want to make sure that I'm doing everything the right way.