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IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsI-130 MARCH 2013 FILERS!! NBC

 

 

 

Our files must be hanging out together!  Got the same notices at the same times smile.png

 

PD March 20

Well, you're from NY and I'm from NJ. Maybe we're in the same box. :P


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-11-06 11:29:00
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Got the local office email.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-11-06 09:32:00
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MY PD is March 22.... Still no change cray5ol.gif

Hang in there! My date is March 20. I saw the people from the 19th getting transferred and was hoping to see movement in the next day or two, and was checking a lot today, and getting down. I wasn't even particularly hopeful when I checked it this last time, and was very pleasantly surprised! Here's to hoping that you hear something in the next couple of days!


I hope transfers are a good thing for all of us!  (and a good thing for those who are not transferred)

 

Basically I just want approvals!!! smile.png

Yep! That's what I'm hoping! Let's see some more approvals here!


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-11-05 21:16:00
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Hell to the YEAH! Got my first transfer notice! 8:30pm tonight!


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-11-05 21:05:00
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THREE APPROVALS. 2 Feb. and 1 March filer got approved on 4-11-2013.



Congrats to all 3.!!!!!!



Awesome! Congrats!


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-11-04 20:55:00
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If you're outside of "normal processing times" you can ask them to open a service request to have your case looked at. But because they're playing silly buggers with the dates, we can't ask for service requests based on being outside of normal processing times. Looks like they did a good job getting rid of any accountability there was in the system.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-11-04 14:21:00
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i have just called customer service today and they told me that they are still on applications that were sent to them on Oct 1st, 2012 and that they havent exceeded normal processing time for my case. she said that it should take them another 6 to 7 monthes depending on how fast they are. did anyone else got the same info. i dont whether to belive it or not.

They told me the same thing and refused to submit a service request for me. They suck.


Who is else doing their happy dance that they're saving some of our files to be processed at the NBC?  Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

I was totally being sarcastic. I'm not happy dancing.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-11-04 14:07:00
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I just called USCIS only spoke with tier 1 today didn't HV time to wait for tier 2 today but she told they holding some petitions back not all are getting transfered but I am off wed and I am calling them back to talk to tier 2 rep. PD is march 21

Who is else doing their happy dance that they're saving some of our files to be processed at the NBC?  Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-11-04 10:52:00
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PD of March 20 - no transfer or NOA2 yet.  I did an address change at the beginning of the month and got notification when they updated that.  It somehow makes me slightly better that they havent lost it...?  Sad when that is the most positive thing  I can come up with regarding this whole process dry.png

 

Before this I had no personal experience with Visa/Immigration process - I had a vague understanding and felt as though there needed to be reform.  Now I KNOW there needs to be a drastic change - it is just appalling how families are kept apart! Its so unfortunate to make the process so insanely frustrating for people who want to do things the lawful way.  It gives me much more compassion or understanding to people who have resorted to other ways. Comparatively my situation is so easy in regards to what so many people are having to deal with and I am grateful for that.  But I really can't imagine the strength and patience it takes to be apart from your children, or to be apart from your spouse and not be able to visit.

 

The hardest part is just now knowing when its gonna go through and that all of our lives are on hold while we wait for USCIS to allow us to move forward. So even though getting files transferred to different offices may or may not speed this up, at least it feels like * something * is being done. Meh - something is better than nothing.

Hello Fellow March 20ther! In the same boat here. I've been contacting everyone I possibly can to let them know that this is a horrible problem, and also try and get my file looked at. Something seriously needs to be done to fix this. The USCIS should have plans in place to avoid this kind of issue.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-11-01 10:03:00
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Did you write a letter to them? How did you engage them? I've sent emails, but not heard anything back, wondering if more formal communication works better. Good to hear they got back to you, hopefully they can sort things out. 

Repeated emails to my senators and congressman got nothing done. Now I've called and faxed them, and snail mailed the information to them as well. I have no idea if it will be of any help, but it's not going to hurt my case to have my reps looking into it for me. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-31 23:33:00
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Still no word... March 26th file date. Will we be transferred??? I dunno? I know nothing still at this point!

Me either! I'm March 20th. I hope that we do, though!


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-31 10:15:00
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Maybe it's a mistake. You should call them and find out what's going on.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-31 10:02:00
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I live in NJ, and they told me local office, but wasn't able to specify.  And when I looked at Newark's local office they don't do i-130s. Does anybody have an idea?

 

LOL, I'm also in Howell, NJ. (How weird is that?!?) I think that we go to the Mt. Laurel office, but I'm not entirely sure on that.  But if what I've been seeing is accurate though, you should get another email saying that it's been sent to one of the service centers.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-31 09:37:00
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Kinda hard to be positive after 7 months. I hope you don't have to see how it feels to wait that long smile.png

Yeah, seriously. I really hope that she doesn't. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-30 14:26:00
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Yep. And what's a few more weeks when you have an anticipated wait of another 8-12 months?

 

It's not like this is super important to my life or anything. I mean, he's only my husband. No big deal, right? (Not directed at you, btw, entirely directed at the USCIS.)

 

I spent the first 6 1/2 months of this being very Zen. Not being able to get real concrete answers, nor a real timeline has entirely killed my ability to be Zen here. I want my husband back, damnit.  


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-30 14:07:00
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Perhaps they are updating all parts of their information technology... lets try and find some positive folks... afterall they did add all the service centers for the I130 and are now actually communicating (albeit not effectively) transfers of petitions!

But have we seen those transfers moving quickly into approvals? We still don't know if they're going to sit at the service center for another 8 months or not.  

I'm not trying to be pessimistic here, just realistic. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-30 13:58:00
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I did tweet that to them. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-30 13:47:00
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The side-by-side comparison is pretty powerful. I think most people would agree, especially if it were relabeled as "spousal visa" vs. "fiancee visa". Anyone here want to put together a nice looking, powerful infographic? Surely we have a graphic artist in our community who would lend a hand...

 

The infographic could compare the wait times for I-130 vs. I-129F, and also throw in the useless K-3 for good measure. If we cannot get a real graphic artist on it, I'll do it.

Are the stats for the K-3 included in the I-129F? I made this for you in the meantime...

Attached Files


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-29 13:38:00
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Oh, I am, and trying to make sure I'm posting to FB and Twitter at least once a day and getting people fired up about this. I'm going to keep the pressure on until they fix this. Apparently I've got a long wait ahead of me. (regardless of the way we do it.) Well, that's a lot of time to spend complaining loudly in every possible social media platform. I've got a lot of incentive, too. We're not talking about some random stranger that I just met. We're talking about my husband of many years, the father of my children, one of the most important people in my life. I'll fight for him to get here to the ends of the earth if I have to.  


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-27 23:13:00
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No, this far into the process, I'm going to see it through. I think the end result of the cr1 will make things easier in the future.

We thought so to, with the IR1. But my children need their father and I need my husband. We can get through anything if we're together but this forced separation with no end in sight is torturous. Seriously, if we had an actual timeframe (other than maybe we need to wait another 8 months, #######?) that was reasonable, then we wouldn't even be considering it. We thought that the entire process might take a year. Now we're looking at the possibility of 2 years or even more if the NVC delays things as well. It's not at all how we want to go, but we're starting to think we may need to do it because our timeline, etc. right now has no end-date or one that's a ridiculously long time away.  


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-27 22:25:00
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Hello all - I am a fellow March 2013 filer and its been almost 7 months, no updates or transfers yet.

 

My question is - Are any of the March filers considering applying for a K-3 visa now? Has anyone filed and been approved? I just checked the processing times at USCIS and it states 5 months for VSC. Wondering if it even makes sense at this point to apply for a K-3........

My husband and I are considering it. It would mean a great deal of financial hardship on our part, but frankly, I miss my husband, and it's breaking my heart to have to keep telling my sobbing hysterical four year old that she can't see her father because the government people are a bunch of a-holes. (in a nicer way, of course, but that's what it boils down to.) 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-27 22:03:00
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Either or. They couldn't clarify. *headdesk*


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-22 19:56:00
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They're trying to say that until the processing date on their website is listed as something beyond March 20th, they won't open a service request and there's nothing they can do for me nor any information they can give me. Could be a year. Could be longer. 

 

And I wouldn't count on Ted Cruz's support, tbh.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-22 18:59:00
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I was told the same thing. They won't open a service request because my petition isn't past the processing times on the website. That processing date is October 1, 2012.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-22 17:24:00
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I hear that! I'm just hoping that this isn't going to mean that the "processing time" clock starts over again. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-21 21:52:00
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new e-request?   can you post the link? 

I don't think it applies to I130's. There is no option for an e-request based on being beyond processing times when I try to start one.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-21 19:38:00
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Or that we don't communicate with each other.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-18 11:29:00
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It's been that same date in the system (or thereabouts) since some time in April or May. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-16 14:29:00
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I've been watching for this because it usually comes out around mid-month, but they haven't posted new data yet. I was wondering where 11 months came from, too.

My understanding was that they weren't going to update that information because they don't have processing times for I130's anymore. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-16 13:09:00
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We didn't get married for my husband to be able to immigrate. We lived in his country for nearly 8 years together, 7 1/2 of those were while we were married. We have two children together and plan on trying for more. I don't understand why a fiance visa would be processed faster than a immediate relative one. It really makes no sense. The whole point of having the distinction between the IR and the CR is to lessen the amount of fraud that goes on. (At least, that's what they say.)  What I'm seeing now, is that if I hadn't married my husband, he would have been approved in under 90 days, but because we got married, we could be waiting nearly 2 years for him to finish the process and be able to come over. This is absolutely ridiculous.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-11 09:54:00
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I can't believe that they're processing the files in the order that they were received when I see that some that were filed after me have been processed already. If I hadn't married my husband 7 1/2 years ago (here in the states, even.) and had filed for a fiance' visa, he'd be here already. It's insanity. And I attribute it to them giving us no recourse and having no oversight for them, and no repercussions at all when they don't do what they're paid to do. Something has to be done to fix this situation. They're screwing with people's lives and families and it's just not right.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-07 12:22:00
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Seriously, is there any way that we can start a campaign about this in media/social media, etc? And get some attention to it? Because I don't think most people have any clue what's going on, and I think they'd be outraged. Maybe shedding some public light on this problem will actually make them do something about it.

 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-07 09:44:00
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I miss my husband so much, it is a pain in my heart. We just don't have the funds to maintain 2 households and me fly there every two months to visit...can't afford it anymore. Please please please USCIS start processing the I-130's. Please.

 

I hear that. We haven't been going back and forth from the Netherlands because it's too expensive and we can't afford it, so in the meantime, me and our two girls are here, waiting and missing their daddy. It sucks.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-10-06 16:06:00
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I'm have a March 20th date. Still waiting, no word, no possible updates, and when I called to get information on my case because there hasn't been any movement on my file since it went into initial review, I was told that the NBC was no longer providing processing times.  Ugh. This sucks. I miss my husband. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-09-30 02:05:00
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Darn. Well, you can see it on my timeline, (I think) and if not, I'll try later to get it up on here. :) https://www.facebook...eltstra.Collins


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-06-28 09:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsHe's here!

I have some video on my FB of him coming in, as promised. Please let me know if you can see it or not, because I'll change the permissions accordingly. 
https://www.facebook...727894203919536

 

<3


Edited by Kaylara, 28 June 2014 - 08:40 AM.

KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-06-28 08:40:00
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POE at Newark went well, and my husband is (finally!) here! Thank you everyone for all of your well wishes and help through out this entire process!


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-06-28 04:03:00
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Thanks everyone for the good wishes!! I wish you all the best of luck!!!! biggrin.pngbiggrin.png

Congratulations!!!!!!!


GodisMyGuideNot TellingDominican Republic2013-11-21 13:06:00
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Thanks God, just got approve today! March filers, keep rollin! So blessed!

Congratulations!!!


GodisMyGuideNot TellingDominican Republic2013-11-21 02:40:00
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I wonder if everybody is getting RFEs so it gives immigration time to catch up on their "backlog"


GodisMyGuideNot TellingDominican Republic2013-11-20 18:12:00