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On 9/28/2023 at 8:50 AM, cinja144 said:

I applied August 18th for my mom and a couple days later, I applied for my dad. The initial timeline stated it would take 10 months but then my mom's case said 1 week and my dad's 3 months. Now it says my mom's case is taking longer than expected while my dad's was lowered 2 months. We shall see! Fingers crossed!  

Any updates?!

On 10/6/2023 at 11:48 PM, America1 said:

Biometrics were just completed and status changed to USCIS reviewing case. 

Good luck! Hope you hear back soon

On 9/12/2023 at 12:11 AM, America1 said:

Filed August 15, Received Biometrics appointment dated September 9, on online account. 

Any update on your case

7 hours ago, Chancy said:

 

Are you now a US citizen?  Your timeline says you became an LPR only this year upon your March 2023 US entry with IR1/CR1 visa.

 

Oh I was born here. That was my husband’s case 😅

7 hours ago, Goodnews2023 said:

I can see the status to actively reviewing but I can’t see the estimated time for specific case I-130. Where do y’all come up with specific 2month, 4months , 8months etc timelines? Share the link. A citizen for many years trying to get my daughter here. Dr. R

When you go to your account click on “Case Status” there will be a drop down menu. Click on “MyProgress” and it will tell you the estimated time to decision.

This is on the phone version of the website. You can see it on the computer version as well, just check for myProgress next to where it says Case Status.

Hope this helps

I applied for my mother August 28.

I received the NOA1 and 2 days later it said the case was being actively reviewed by USCIS.

The estimated time is 4 weeks *fingers crossed*

On 5/9/2022 at 8:40 AM, Hoba said:

Do you mind sharing what was the reason for your expedite?

I’m pregnant and my pregnancy is high risk and I have no support system here. I got documents from the clinic to support this and I had my senator’s office file the expedite for me

Thank you to all that replied ❤️

Okay so should I still get a DQ email? Or have the last papers we submitted be accepted?

Because the last papers still just say submitted and I didn’t get any sort of email of NVC

Hi

I requested an expedite for my husband and about a week ago the Embassy accepted the request…

Today I got a message saying “Case expedited to post”

Does anyone know what that means?

Does it mean that NVC forwarded the case to the Embassy? Does that mean the interview is near?

On 3/10/2022 at 2:40 AM, ws1889 said:

Original submission August 28, 2021. Received RFE on November 16, 2021 for missing 1099 form. Received latest RFE on February 20, 2022 for explanation of why I do not have a w-2. Fingers crossed for this one...

Almost same exact timeline for exact reasons 😅

Original submission August 23, 2021

1st RFE on November 17th, 2021

2nd RFE on February 24, 2022

Thank you all ❤️

Hi. This question is for a friend going through this process. 
She’s asking about these questions in the i-130 form (i don’t remember filing them out when i applied)

Does she need to fill them out? 

Hi guys…

So I got a message saying case rfe asking for more 2020 1099 for my joint sponsor but when I looked at the documents they were accepeted…

has this happened to anyone? What happened? Should I call NVC in the morning?

12 minutes ago, Greencardchicago said:

Good morning guys, its midnight here in Chicago. Just got the Approval email from NVC, so finally the saga for me is over. I wish you all the luck to all of you and I hope you get the same DQ as well! 

Congrats! When did you submit your documents?

19 minutes ago, JayAgya said:

Dq’Ed today.
1st Submission: 18 Aug 21 

NVC request add. Docs : 12 Nov 21

2nd Submission: 13 Nov 21

Glory be to God. Let’s keep on praying and have a relationship with God. You are next if you reading this. 

This is amazing news congrats!

We're almost in the same position

1st submission Aug 22nd

NVC RFE Nov 17th

2nd submission Nov 20th

I'm hoping we get some news by the end of the week *fingers crossed*

Hello

I was looking for this in the NVC forum 😅

I initially submitted in August and in November I was asked to resubmit a document

So my resubmission date is Nov 20th

Waiting to hear some good news soon

I'm in the exact same position as you

I first uploaded everything on Aug 22nd (with 2019 tax return since my joint sponsor had not filed his 2020 one yet)

They reviewed on Nov 17th and said they needed the new tax return from my joint sponsor. Uploaded it the very next day

I've been waiting for a reply ever since 😢

Everything else is accepted except this one

So it does seem like the back of the line for me at least

Okay I feel like there has been a misunderstanding

I know the entire IR1 visa process takes 1-2 years. I'm complaining about the NVC stage in the process. It used to be a couple of weeks and now it's up to 3 months for a resubmission of 1 document. I also know that to expedite you need to have legitimate reasons, which I do.

1. I (the petitioner) have a health condition that requires me to travel back to the US by the end of January at the latest (I am now with my husband abroad) and I need my husband to be able to travel with me for physical assistance throughout the trip.

2. My husband recently got laid off from his job, so we're going through a financial hardship at the moment.

3. The country we are in is not really safe at the moment with a lot of civil unrest and violence. Even the US embassy's website has a big "DO NOT TRAVEL TO" warning due to this.

All of this is documented. My main issue is my health condition otherwise I wouldn't have filed for the expedite.

A little background for our NVC stage

1st submission: Aug 22, 2021

Initial review: Nov 20, 2021

We were asked to reupload 2021 tax transcript for joint sponsor. All other docs were accepted. But I've been noticing that they're taking THREE MONTHS to review cases now and that is a long time so I contacted my senator's office and they got all the files they needed by Dec 20th, 2021.

Has anyone expedited through their senator's office recently? How long did it take to get the case reviewed/sent to the embassy/DQ'ed?

I just want to know what sort of time frame we're looking at here.

Any info will be helpful

5 hours ago, samandcarol said:

The NVC asked us to submit a second birth certificate.  We were instructed to submit both together, but the required docs had only one space for birth certificate, so we uploaded the second one in the additional docs area.  After they were submitted, I noticed that the birth certificate in the required docs section retained the original submission date, whereas the additional docs showed the date of resubmission.  That was Oct 22, but no word yet...

So replaced documents retain the original date...

Thank you so much

10 hours ago, ws1889 said:

It's no problem - I'm glad I can help! So many people have helped me in this forum, so glad to pay it forward.

 

When you log in, you'll see the box for the AOS and the Applicant Information. There's a hyperlink for status. For example, if yours says 'incomplete', then select that. Under "required docs", it'll probably request whatever you're missing. You can also click 'add an additional document' under additional documents. Also, my mistake was that I did not upload the 1099 for my joint sponsor (I only uploaded their tax return) - so basically, for all tax returns, you have to provide all W2s and 1099s.

 

Hope that helps!

Thank you soooo much

Another question: Does the date submitted stay the same as my original date? Or should it be updated to today?

8 hours ago, Saqib-s said:

Sorry to hear you're having to re-submit, as you know this happens to many people, I'm currently waiting like you are, and you end up back to the end of the queue with a new submission date. 

 

If you have valid grounds to be expedited then you can submit a expedite, using the same process as anyone expediting at the NVC stage, I won't go into this as there are many threads on here you can find that deal with this and ask your questions there.  

 

If your joint sponsor has not submitted the 2020 tax return and they've asked for the 2020 transcription or return than ensure you submit relevant documentation explaining why this is the case.  

My joint sponsor has since submitted his taxes which is good.

I'll check out the other threads about the expedite thank you.

6 hours ago, ashish tailor said:

Sorry to hear that. What was your original submission date?

August 22nd

2 minutes ago, ws1889 said:

I can't recall exactly what it said - it just says 'submitted' now.

Sorry to bother you but how do you resubmit the docs? Do you put it as an additional doc?

19 minutes ago, ws1889 said:

That's my thought exactly! In my case, it wasn't even the tax transcript, just a single 1099 form! Hoping that you also do not have a delay.

Also I have a question: Does the status box at the bottom also say "Invalid Doc" or "Incomplete"?

Because mine says Invalid and I was wondering if that will mean it will be reviewed faster??

1 minute ago, ws1889 said:

That's my thought exactly! In my case, it wasn't even the tax transcript, just a single 1099 form! Hoping that you also do not have a delay.

I'm praying for that

Also wondering if it would be better to expedite and wondering what that process is like