Norwood

Just got an email saying my wife's card has been ordered (8/27) so add us to the approved list!

Yes, quit the entire process means:

1. withdraw I-864 (to protect the sponsor)

2. report fraud to USCIS (to protect the taxpayer)

I chose my words poorly above. Obviously he can't have her deported himself.

Then he needs to withdraw and quit the entire process, not just the I-864. He needs to report immigration fraud and have her deported, since, according to him, there is no abuse.

Divorce does not stop your obligations of sponsorship.

It sounds like you are unsure of whether you will be moving to the US. You should be sure before you continue the visa process with NVC. The visa once received will expire (I believe 6 months). You can travel to the US to activate the visa but by that point you should already have definite plans to reside in the US.

The NVC should hold your case for one year if you need time to determine your plans.

I would suggest the OP download and read the instructions for filling out the I-864 from the USCIS website. http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-864instr.pdf

As long as the sponsor is legally domiciled in the US his/her salary abroad may be used to sponsor a beneficiary. Their "US salary" is not zero.

Has the sponsor been filing US tax returns?

Put the current address of the sponsor. Once the move takes place, use form I-865 to notify USCIS of the new address.

Current salary is what they want. It will need to match what is shown on her recent tax returns.

I'm not sure how much better you'll be getting there before 5 AM. The line length will depend on how may appointments they have that day. It sure can't hurt getting there earlier. The guards will ask you what your visa type and appt. time are. The whole process should take around 5-6 hours on average.

I would go at 5 AM for a 7 AM appt as well. The lines can get long pretty fast. When my wife and I did ours, we had a 7AM time too. The time will go fast so it's best to be a little early than late.

I suggest getting there by 5 AM to get a good place in line.

Our biometrics date is 6/18/2013.

You can't get a fiancé visa if you're already married. Beyond that I don't know much about annulment laws in PH. Travelling around over there in PH or HK is not going to happen without having gone through the process legally.

Where is it beino sent too ... The Service center tells me my local office in Hartford my congressman says its still on route from he vsc and will be in Texas ... How can you be sure it isn't going local

I would trust info from your congressional contacts. You might ask them if they can find out how many cases have been transferred. One poster commented about 3250 were transferred but that seems low?. In our case in 2010/2011, once USCIS got to processing files, they were able to do so at the rate of about 1000 per day. Unfortunately in our case, the files at TSC sat there for 3 months before they really started working on them. Make a request through your congressional contacts that this doesn't happen to you all!!

Also we were given fast track status through the NVC once we got approved.

Below is a cut and paste message from USCIS concerning the situation we went through.

"November 2010, USCIS transferred approximately 36,000 Immediate Relative petitions from our California Service Center to our Texas Service Center. We anticipated that this redistribution of work would result in more timely adjudication of these petitions. Due to a number of unforeseen circumstances at our Texas Service Center, many of these cases have not been processed and are beyond our estimated processing times. We sincerely regret any inconvenience this may have caused you and we are making every effort to remedy this situation as soon as possible.

On Feb. 7, 2011, we implemented a rapid response plan to expedite the adjudication of these petitions. We have transferred a large number of these Immediate Relative petitions back to our California Service Center to take advantage of resources currently available to immediately process these cases. Petitioners will see an action such as an approval, denial or a Request for Evidence (RFE) on their case from our California or Texas Service Centers by the end of February. Additionally, we have briefed the Department of State’s National Visa Center about these cases.

We encourage you to monitor the progress of your case by accessing My Case Status online. If you do not see any action on your case, such as an approval, denial or an RFE, by March 1, 2011 you may contact USCIS at: I-130Inquiries.Tsc@dhs.gov

We remain committed to the prompt resolution of all pending cases and will provide updates on our progress in the coming weeks."

Can I get more info in puting Service Request? What you do to get it, how its done, what to expect etc.? I would like to put one.

I believe you can put in a service request if it's been more than 6 months since your NOA1 date. Call 800-375-5283 and get to a Tier 2 person. Tell them you are outside of normal processing times. This is what I did and my file was touched in about one week.

Wow! 30,000? That's a lot. Luckily, as of the end of March, VSC only had 14,000 pending I-129F cases. Based on VJ users, this transfer looks like it is confied to December and January filers, of which VSC has about 3250.

With only 3250 to process you should be approved soon!

This happened to a group of 30,000 filers in 2010, of which I was one. I filed an I-130 and most posters to this thread are I-129f filers, but the transfer issue is still the same. Your petitions are not being sent to various local offices around the US. Your energy will be wasted trying to contact local offices. Better yet is to put in a service request if you are eligible and keep hounding your representative/senator. Best of luck!

According to your timeline, you got an RFE 3 months after transfer and NOA2 4 months after transfer. So I am confused about your statement about it taking 5 months

Oops, yes it took 4 months and one week.

Hi Norwood,

Where did your petition go to get approved? Did it stay at TSC even though they said it went to the local office?

Also how long did it take to get the NOA2 after your transfer?

My petition got approved at the TSC. The messages about going to local offices can't be true. The logistics would not allow it. My petition was one of 30,000 sent to TSC. If these petitions had been divided up, and then transferred to different offices around the country, that would take more effort than keeping them at the original service center.

I'm sorry to say that my process basically started over when my petition was transferred, because it took 5 months for approval after transfer. I sincerely hope none of you have to wait that long. The waiting sucks, there's just no way to sugar-coat it.

This happened to our case in 2010. The message that your petition was sent to a local office is very likely not true. Local offices do not adjudicate these petitions. The transfer to TSC in 2010 was not handled well -- hope they've improved since then!

Sorry I should have clarified, we got the letter today and the receipt date shows 5/20/2013. Thanks!

we got our NOA1 5/20/13

I'm afraid there's probably no real evidence to back up your idea. There are no doubt individual cases where red flags are raised, and the process will take longer. But I'd bet that most differences in process times are not based on any reason. I watched people get approved who had filed 3-4 months after I did, which was very frustrating.

It's sad that the Soc. Sec. agent didn't even know the law. Obviously US citizenship is not required for SSN.

We sent our I-751 package today to VSC. I hope this process goes more smoothly than the CR1 did...

My wife received hers yesterday, 14 days after POE.