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Current case review time: As of 14-MAR-2022, we are reviewing documents submitted to us on 12-DEC-2021.

I hope they start January soon!

Thank you both for your answers. I also asked the attorney who also said the same thing.

Current case review time:

It is the same marriage to the same person. After the marriage in the US, we also provided proof to the Turkish government, and received marriage certificate from my government as well.

Hi everyone. I am at the NVC stage and uploaded all the necessary documents. For the marriage certificate, we uploaded our American (from State of California) marriage certificate as we got married in the US a couple of years ago, and that is our original marriage certificate. I did not upload our "country-specific" marriage certificate for Turkey. We also have this document but I did not think it was necessary. Did anyone else use the same method? I got worried as I saw on NVC website that all civil documents must be issued by my country. Do I need to submit my country-specific marriage certificate in the "other" category, and would that put us back behind the line? 

1 hour ago, pravinptl97 said:

No other way than the consulate speeding their act up :(. But it is what it is and we have no control over it.

I hope the best for you and i hope waiting times get shorter at your consulate. Hopefully at least we will be done with the first step soon.

2 minutes ago, pravinptl97 said:

I know, it's getting a little frustrating at this point now. Even after approval, NVC stage is at 2 months just to DQ... And the consulate in Mumbai India, is behind almost 10 months in CR1 and IR1 category. Don't know how much patience a person can have, been separated for this long. I am hoping your consulate isn't backed like mine and is much faster. 

I am hoping by the time we are submitting documents, nvc is faster. My embassy will be ankara, turkey. It looks like they are scheduling in a couple of months right now. I hope it stays that way but you never know with immigration. It is really difficult:(. Wouldnt there be a way for you to get an interview sooner?

16 minutes ago, pravinptl97 said:

I saw Nov. 21st approved on Sep. 14th. So, around the 25th it should be at today.

Oh I see. I am really happy to see closer dates to ours but also running out of patience at this point. I hope you are hanging in there my friend! Hopefully we can move on to the next step in a couple of weeks.

Did you see a nov 25th approval? Latest i saw on visajourney is nov 19th for regular texas cases

58 minutes ago, whiterabbitt said:

Hi! Our PD 26 Oct 2020, Texas Processing Center.

Some good news! Our 'Case Received' updated to 'Case is being Actively Reviewed' yesterday. I checked the documents tab on the USCIS website and we have 2 approval pdfs for my husband and lawyer! I expect because it is the weekend it should change to 'Case Approved' in a few days.

 

(Initially thought my PD was Nov 10 2020 as we paper filed and thats when we got notice. However in the approval pdf, it says PD 26 Oct)

 

Good luck everyone! Hang in there, yours should hopefully be soon! 

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Congrats @whiterabbitt! Good luck on the next steps. My PD is December 14, also at Texas, hoping for approval in the next few months.

21 minutes ago, Cherie123 said:

Just got USCIS approved ! So happy!    It took 10 months.

Congrats! 

17 hours ago, whiterabbitt said:

My NOA1 is November 10, 2020  

 

Paper filed, Texas center in letter receipt 

Nothing for 9 months

Hopefully you hear back soon. Please update us if you hear anything since our cases are 1-2 months after yours

I totally agree. The wait is terrible. But yeah you should hopefully be approved soon!

On 7/28/2021 at 11:46 AM, pravinptl97 said:

Looks like Texas processing times went up today as well. Surprised to see it slow down. 

Unfortunately. We can keep this group updated and hope to see some late October, November approvals soon.

21 minutes ago, pravinptl97 said:

Did you get your NOA1 from Nebraska as well? They told me mine was transferred from Nebraska on Jan. 8th.

My initial online notification said Nebraska but the paper NOA1 was from Texas. When I asked recently in the system, it said Texas again. So I am assuming my case has always been at Texas and that the initial online notification was just an error.

Yes, I am hoping for a Fall approval, it seems like we have similar timelines. I am hoping that Texas Service Center doesnt slow down further

thanks. This is a good idea. It seems like they are processing October right now (based on recent updates on visajourney.com) . My NOA 1 is December 31st, 2020 and no approvals yet.

I am in a similar situation, we filed the i-130 10 months after moving back in my country. I-130 can take a couple of months or a year depending on the Service Center and the processing is not impacted by the two year residency rule. Once you get to the NVC stage, however, I believe there is a question related to the two year home residency requirement in DS260. Might not be a good idea to submit that before finishing the two years. But it will take a while to get to that point anyways. The only caviat is from my knowledge with an approved I-130, you are normally expected to apply for the immigrant visa within the next year, or would need to get in touch with NVC to explain the situation if you get your I-130 approved with more than a year left on the two year rule.