AbodMona

Alhamdulellah we just recieved an email from the INS that we got approved on our I-130 from the California Service Center, We are sooooooooooooo Happy and I wish for everyone to get approved on thier application. Now can someone tell me what would happen next and how much longer do we expect to wait until we are together. Please share your experience with the california service center.

Thank You!

Abodmona

It's good!

California is much, much, faster than Vermont. Your application will be processed much faster than those of us stuck in Vermont.

Good luck!

Hello,

Thank you for your response. Yes we filed both and I just spoke to an officer in USCIS about why did this happen and they told me because we had an approved case that we submitted (I-29F) back in Aug, 2005 which we found to be the wrong form since we have a merraige contract in Jordan and our case belongs to California and had to be sent back to California. I don't believe that this would be the case of all other filers simply because they concider our case special situation as we have been approved before. I did not post my timeline yet because it is such a mess and it might confuse other people. The officer him self told that California is faster in processing and in there system our case was recieved by their office on 9/29/2008. We should be approved inshallah within the 180 from this date.

I hope I was help to you.

Thank You!

I just checked on my case and there is a message from the INS on my case that as follows;

Current Status: This case has been sent to another office for processing because it has jurisdiction over the case.

On December 22, 2008, we transferred this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN to our CALIFORNIA SERVICE CENTER location for processing because they now have jurisdiction over the case. We sent you a notice of this transfer. Please follow any instructions on this notice. You will be notified by mail when a decision is made, or if the office needs something from you. If you move while this case is pending, call customer service. We process cases in the order we receive them. You can use our processing dates to estimate when this case will be done. This case has been sent to our CALIFORNIA SERVICE CENTER location. Follow the link below to check processing dates. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.

I am so confused on what this means? If anyone can help explaining what this means or if it ever happened to someone please let me know. I also want to know when something like this happens does the 180 days of processing fall from the time we recieved the reciept from the vermont center or the case goes back to day one again from the day california center gets it back. Please I really need help with this if anyone knows let me know.

Thank You!

[/color]Hello, Well i am very worried about our Sponsor ship case .Its long story i will try to make it short .I got enganed in Feb 2005 so i filed for my finace then thinking he wil get his visa , so six months passed since sumone told us within six months ur fiance case will get approved so in august 2005 me and my husband got married so i came back to usa from Islamabad to USA n waited for him kept thinking he will b here soon so he got his interview date April 2006 his interview went fine they didnt ask for any more papers told him congratulations and we will call u so he came home told me his interview went fine n now they will give him call n he should get visa we waited for there call till this day no one has ever called Nor the case has been canclelled or rejected nothing happend i Dont know y they r doing t his to us Evrything went fine and his interview evrything was clear so last yr in 2007 i went back after waiting for him 2 years thinking he will b here i couldnt wait more so i went back to Islamabad to stay with him ofcourse i miss him so much so in December he went back to american Express to ask them whats goin on y isnt anyone calling so they said have u submiited ur Passport he said no they said then submit ur Passport so now they have his passport from last december until now still hasnt received any call its been 3 yrs since interview no call n its been WHOle Year since they took his passport n still no call now they have his passport too the problem begins now i have Re filed case since i wated 3 yrs n havent heard anything from them im assuming its dead case now so sumone told me re file my husband this time i filed for husband instead of finace v have waited for such long time so now i have re filed in August havent recieved any paper work yet i mean expcetd date is around dec or jan for rest of paperowrk to b filed But what if they call him for interview while they have HIs PASSPORT what should he do since American Express in Islamabad has his passport he had asked them so many times they dont give him back saying same thing we will call u which i know they wont since we wated for 3 yrs never recived there call they r Playing sum Mean game with us , I have been in tears for past 3 years y is this hapenning to us its not Fair .We did evrything correctly n still no luck so far .Need help what should v do should he get new passport but its not that easy in Pakistan getting anything done .Plus we have been waiting since past 3 yrs .Please give us good advice or tell me any email where i can ask for Passport to b returned i already tried , "Pakin2state.gov alos the Pakivquery@state.gov no luck no reply no thing they dont even Reply back so is there any # but i tried there # too has sum timing set n me being here the time diffrence so please please Help me .

I think you are just confused, here is what happened, you sent your!-30 petition to USCIS lockbox.

USCIS processed your application (Your check and application signature) at the lockbox and sent your case to the service center that covers your state in this case it’s Vermont Service Center.

Your case never been to California Service center, this is going to be long journey man so you many need to concentrate to avoid delay in the near future.

Thank You for the info but I am not confused about the case being in california first because everything I got before claims that, but now the case went to VCS as I was informed recently.

Thank you and good luck to all of us..

Hello everyone,

I just received the NOA from the INS office that they have received my paperwork back and my case was sent to the Vermont Center, before my case was at the California center but now it changed to the Vermont Service Center and this is a copy of the information on the USCIS web sight.

Application Type: I130, IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN

Current Status: Case received and pending.

On October 2, 2008, we received this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN, and mailed you a notice describing how we will process your case. Please follow any instructions on this notice. We will notify you by mail when we make a decision or if we need something from you. If you move while this case is pending, call customer service. We process cases in the order we receive them. You can use our processing dates to estimate when yours will be done. This case is at our VERMONT SERVICE CENTER location. Follow the link below to check processing dates. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.

My question is, is this good news that the application is Vermont Service Center and how do you think this would take? This is the link to all my story for FYI.http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=153980

Hello everyone,

I had a quick question regarding the I-864. I will be having my sister and her husband as a sponsor since I didnt make enough last year. They don't live with me so they will be filling out form I-864 and I-864A (I know I need a I-864 for myself as well). Neither of them has their W-2's but I do have their tax transcripts for the past 3 years. For question 24 and 25 do I need to put their individual income? If so, does that mean I will need to wait until they get copies of their W-2's?

Thanks for the help!

It took one year and we did not hear anything so I decided to consult a lawyer about whats is going on with our case. I was informed that there is no way for the Ins to accept the K1 visa since the marriage is considered valid so we submitted new K3 visa through a lawyer so everything can be right and he can be with me as soon as possible. I did all the I-130 form in April, 2007 and got the first Noa after 40 days and did not hear anything from them until in January, 2008 they requested a copy of my finance's Birth Certificate and I gave it to the lawyer to send back to the INS. Again I did not hear anything from them so I called the INS about a month ago and they said that they sent the G-325 back for me to correct them and send it back to them and they also asked for copies of the marriage certificate in Arabic and the translation and new pictures for me which I know for sure everything was sent with the paperwork that the lawyer sent to them. So I decided to do everything my self because no lawyer knows what he does. I sent the paperwork in Sept 15th, 2008 and got it back because in one of the blank areas I wrote none instead of N/A. I just mailed everything back to them on 27th of Sept, 2008 and hoping they will have no more surprises for us. If you can advise please do so..Thank You!

Hi everyone,

This is how our story starts...I would like to warn you that this might never happened to anyone before.

I went to Jordan in February of 2005, and it was not easy to get engaged to the love of my life Aboodti, finally after 11 days we got engaged in Jordan and we were the happiest love birds alife.. after we got engaged basically the middle eastern way. I came back and left my love behind to start the immigration paper work from Texas. I submitted the paper work as soon as I got back from Jordan. I sent the paperwork in April of 2005, got the Noa1 after 30 days and it took until Aug to get the approval and paperwork back in Oct, 2005 and an interview was set for May 29th, 2006. At the interview he was informed that the K1 visa cannot be approved because we have a formal paper from court that they accept as we are married since the relationship between USA and Jordan is good and "Kateb Ktab" is marriage. I contacted the American embassy in Jordan by email to find out what did really happen and they told me that the K1 for is wrong and I have to submit the K3 visa since we are considered married. I was told that I had to wait for the paperwork to get to USA so I can send the K3 visa. I submitted the K3 paperwork and I was informed by the INS that they might consider the K1 visa we sent first and everything was put on hold until I hear from the INS in USA.