Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	This one could be a reality. I remember reading a thread where there was a plumbing issue at one of the service center and 100/1000 of petitions were useless. I also think we might have been caught on the flooding that was in Missouri last week. Who knows... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  I can't handle one more dumb reason for a delay	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-14 16:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	WHAT DAY IS IT????           HUMP DAY ! ! ! !            HOPING FOR APPROVALS TO START HAPPENING ! ! ! !	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-14 04:42:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	All right I essaged another VJ member which was approved on 08/09/13,feb filer. She said their petition was transferred to Philadelphia field office when they called on Aug 5th. I think in jjune-july it was transferred hmmm   so much different information...    yesterday my lawyer sent me a message sayiing that files WERE being tranferred to field offices if they needed more work.   He didn't hear anything about the extended processing times. He kind of insisted that they are on track for 6 months.....  UGHHHH	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-13 20:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	Where is everybody....????   I'm out for my nightly stroll around VJ...  anything  new today?	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-13 20:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	I think by the end of August we'll see many approvals. I feel it. I hate to be a Debbie Downer but I think its more like October for the April gang.   October would be around 6 months...  But don't get me wrong,  August would be a welcomed surprise.	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-13 04:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	http://www.visajourn...-filers/page-41     February filer thread account of approvals...  Very interesting...    Now,  if they would start on the March Filers we'd be in business	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-12 19:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	part of a message from my immigraion attorney when I asked about the extended processing times....   "IT WON'T GO EXTRA LONG; I THINK IT IS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE WELL WITHIN THE PARAMETERS; HANG IN THERE ON THE I-130, "   So .... If I didn't know about VJ, I would probably be dancing in the streets right now....	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-12 19:22:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	http://www.visajourn...72-nastyamikey/   Feb Filer...  The only Friday approval... but at least its February Edited by LoveMyTico, 12 August 2013 - 07:23 PM.	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-12 19:19:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	Some links to read.. http://www.lsjournal...pushing-it.html And http://m.bizjournals...page=all&r=full Where is the article that tells me where the heck my file is ????	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-12 17:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	What is a stand-alone?   "the stand-alone Immediate Relative Form I-130 petitions"  i dont know this term Back in the day, people used to file the K-3 along with the I-130.   If you just filed the I-30 without the K-3, you are considered " stand-alone"     Nowadays, the K-3 gets joined with the I-30, they get prcessed together and the K-3 gets killed.  So, its a bunch of paperwork for nothing. Although, with this huge delay, you'd think they would bring back the K-3 to get things moving faster.   But then again, nothing makes sense at the USCIS.	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-12 10:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	This is the email I just received....  hot off the presses ( so to speak )  not much help though...   12 months is unacceptable  but at least we know the stand alones are being shipping out.  We should be able to check the local office volumes however I don't think those figures are too accurate.             Hello Heather,   A review of our systems shows that Case MSC13909XXXXX, Form I-130 filed by Jennifer XXXXX on behalf of XXXXXXXXXXXXX was received in our office on 04/12/2013 and is currently pending. At this time, the stand-alone Immediate Relative Form I-130 petitions are being sent to the NBC for transition to the local field office of jurisdiction for adjudication.  Due to the current workload at the field offices, our current processing time for I-130 applications is approximately 12 months.   NBC will review and adjudicate I-130 Immediate Relative requests for expedite if the file is located at the NBC.  If you request to have this case expedited it needs to meet USCIS expedite criteria.  Documentation supporting the expedite request must also be submitted at the time of the request.  Information regarding the expedite criteria can be found at the link below.   http://search.uscis....pedite criteria   I hope this information is helpful.   Thank you,   Congressional Immigration Services Officer National Benefits Center, USCIS, DHS Edited by LoveMyTico, 12 August 2013 - 08:48 AM.	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-12 08:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	Totally agree...if I knew 5 months would be the end I'd be cool. I set up my timeline here and it said the estimate was Feb or March 2014...oh goodness haha.    Are most people in this thread at the NBC? I've heard they can be faster than the other service centers but I'm not buying it. When I first set up my timeline, The estimated time Was July.  Then July/Aug. Then Aug/Sept.. Now Oct/Nov.   A week or so ago it even said Nov/Dec. it has been a bit depressing watching it go up ... uP...UP UP UP UP.     NBC is  a service center.. I think you mean the field offices....   The one thiing about this forum is that there are so many things flying left and right.  Depending on who you ask and where you post it.        You gave me a mini heart attack when I read your processing estimate.	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-12 04:19:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	well let's just hope those peope start processing their little butts off. It sure would be nice to see them on schedule  ....  Tomorrow is 4 months since our NOA1.  It wouldn't be so bad if I knew that 5 months was the end.	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-11 13:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	I found this post  over in another thread....   I hope they hired a few hundred because at this point,  they are sooooo far behind schedule...and do we have to wait 6 weeks for these people to be trained?         Posted 09 August 2013 - 11:52 AM Hi guys,     Fellow May filer here. Just thought I would update you as we wrote to our congressman's immigration aide about the near-complete inaction at NBC (other than processing filers from abroad) and how unfair it was that 1-129F fiancee approvals were flying out of the other service centers in the meantime.   The aide wrote back to say they had hired new adjudicators at NBC. That was all my husband said she said. So I guess they really are just holding all of the files in an ever increasing pile while they slowly get themselves ready to actually do some work on them. Eventually.   I think a similar thing happened at CSC earlier this year with fiancee visas, and as we have seen, the files did move quickly once the adjudicators started working on them.   Fingers crossed they finish their training soon!!!	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-11 07:14:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	It's nice to see April fillers in good mood. I know it's tough for all of us but we all gotta stay strong and our time will come. We have to throw some humor into the situation....   otherwise it would be all dark and depressing around here   Since we don't actually know exactly where our files are... we can only imagine... HAHAHAHHA	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-10 21:54:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	All the files was in a moving van headed to Kansas when the truck got into a wreck and all the files was mixed up.. Now they are trying to sort them in order but will take additional time.. Approximate wait time 6-9 more months or the truck got plowed over by a passing tumbleweed... all the files blew all over the highway.. then a twister came by and sucked them all up and dropped them all off in OZ....    The munchkins were hired to sort through them....  Small fingers = longer processing time 6-9 months	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-10 19:54:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	Or maybe Sally forgot she left the coffee pot on when she was talking to Suzie.. The coffee pot caught on fire and burned half the files.. Now they are having to print them out and start from fresh? Yea, I think that is pretty much what happened.      They can't go back to work until the government provides a new coffee pot and break room	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-10 19:51:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	Why do you suppose there wasn't ONE appoval for the NBC I-130's this past week?       Nevermind that people don't come back and fill in their timelines.....       Where are the approvals??????	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-10 18:47:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	May k1 filler getting approved. This is ridiculous. We have so many feb I-130 fillers still wating for approval. And march and April fillers. I'm sick to my stomach      At this point I feel pretty comfortable saying we aren't going to get approved this month.. I haven't looked at May and June filers.. Are they even processing USC filing abroad anymore? Usually them are in like 2-3 months I have to agree.  I'm leaning towards October.	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-10 17:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	I'll redo the lyrics.. Wasting away again in immigrationville Searching for my noa2 and visa Some people say there's a woman to blame But I say It's all immigration's fault You need to post a separate thread with this !!!!   Let everyone add a line...     A great way to pass the time..     actually, I was trolling around reading other threads just now....  Looks like everyone who called in the last day or two is getting the same schpeel.. 6 more months...     (sigh)   do I keep my mouth shut and just hope for an approval  when I go see my hsuband in 2 weeks?   My lawyer is off on Friday and Saturday, so I am hoping he will answer my email about the longer processing times on Sunday morning. I'll post his reponse if and when I get it..	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-09 18:15:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	I just noticed many K1 folks waiting for AOS in the US are getting 6 month delay for interview letters.  Let's hope they are about to concentrate on our I-130's!!! Here to hoping and for many approvals in the near future!!!   I don't feel sorry for them.  They are waiting  AOS in the US.	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-09 17:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	Tier 2 told me that if you are living in the US (the petitioner) your packet will most likely be processed at your local office   Tier 2 cracks me up.    Do you think they rotate the script?  Monday and Tuesday  they tell everyone that they all get transferred.. Wednesday and Thursday they tell everyone you only get transferred if they need extra info  and Friday is a free for all...   Spin the wheel and pick your answer.        I feel like they haven't been processing ANY or VERY FEW I-130's.... K-1's flew off the shelves. Now... maybe they are at a point where they FINALLY realize they better get their butts in gear and process all the NBC files.    Our MSC numbers all have a code that tells them when our 5 month mark is.  I guess we have no choice but  to sit and wait... as we already have been.	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-09 17:42:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	Sally and Susie can talk after work!! It's a black hole and nobody knows what is going on.. I don't know either how to tell my wife.. Maybe I should write it on her Christmas card? HAHAHA   agreed...  and its a shame how we are talking about sending Christmas cards to our spouses.. we should all be with our spouses by Christmas... Don't ya think?     How annoying	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-09 17:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	You know days like yesterday I get upset because I see my paycheck.. 23% income tax then 8-10% sales tax.. Property tax ect and some reason can't get a I-130 under 4 months!! I just think maybe I need to go fire some politicians.. But I remember reading somewhere that immigration operates with it's own money so knowing I-130 filing fee $420 and amount of receipts received in April 58,379 = $24,519,180 in one month.. That is a lot of money for one month!! If it took 30 min average per I-130 working 8 hours per day 40 hours per week 4 weeks per month .. One employee could do 320 I-130.. It would take 183 employees.. Lets double that number for the people answer phones ect.. 366 employees!! Let's pay everyone $100,000 per year or $8,333 per month.. Employee cost is $3,050,000 $24,519,180 -$3,050,000 = $21,469,180 profit for month of April and everything done within 2 weeks.. No excuse for 4 month wait time except greed if you look at it this way Hold on, you forgot to add in the 2 mandatory 15 minute breaks per 8 hour shift and a 30 minute lunch. Right there is an hour... now add on those few extra bathroom breaks/smoke breaks and Sally stopping over at Susie's desk to chat it up about the weekend. Hmmm. add in a few unnecessary meetings.  Vacations.... You can maybe count on 3 good hours of work per day.   I hate to be so sarcastic, but i think there is some truth it all this.  and yes, we did pay a fee ( and pay tons of taxes)....  All I want is services carried out. I want what I paid for in a timely manner.    Not too much to ask.  6 weeks would be ideal, but I'd go as far as 4 months for a backed up system.   I did not count on a notice being sent saying processing times are 6 months longer.   The response to my email this morning to the advocate in Bob Casey's office was a reply with the link I already received yesterday from the USCIS.   They have nothing more than I had.  It goes to show you, Immigration does its own thing.     I am afraid to tell my husband about a possible longer  delay.  I feel horrible.	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-09 12:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	From here onwards. after reading the Feb thread I don't know what to say.  this is all getting really old.  My heart is down in my feet now ....  I sent another email to the advocate who submitted my request for information. I explained that people are getting letters for an extended 6 months processing time... I told her I want to know what is going on.      And now that I'm on a roll, I'm going to email my lawyer too.  I'll let you all know what that response is.	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-08 20:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	How many people like Obama? Republican or Democrat? I think if we start talking politics....it will get ugly.   I think we can all agree that the immigration issue needs to be addressed.  I read somewhere that there are 4.5 million petitions through the USCIS and 11.5 million illegals who could possibly get rewarded for breaking the law with amnesty.  Those people are already with their loved ones.... and they will get to stay put even though they can't get immediate residency, they are still here.. NOT SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILY...  Those of us who followed the law are the ones who suffer...  That is the bottom line. As stated earlier in this thread..... the process should only take about 6 weeks.  TOPS !   Just my opinion	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-08 18:01:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	and why are they so worried about the K-1s????	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-08 17:54:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	I received an email today   with this information...   It doesn't mention the NBC... so my initial thought was  #######?????    http://www.uscis.gov...000082ca60aRCRD	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-08 17:05:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	Two Feb filers just reported contacting USCIS and being told they need to wait another 6 months for approval. THAT IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE ! ! ! !! !	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-08 14:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	Yeah I thought it seemed odd too. I wont hold my breath for it, but I sure wont complain if it does get approved. I figured late Sept or early Oct would be reasonable time frame. A reasonable time frame would have been sometime in JULY..I think you have to expect the worst and just be happy when something good happens. And still try to stay positive during the wait....  Sounds impossible, huh?	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-08 11:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	I had a foreign address when we filed in April, an APO box. Now I have a California address. The tier 2 I spoke with told me my file would not be transferred and would be processed at NBC. She also told me I could expect it to be approved sometime around the end of August. Either way hopefully us April folks will start getting approvals and NOA 2's soon.  originally I was hoping for the end of August... I got over that... Now I'm hoping for October. I never heard of a tier 2 person giving a timeframe  so MAYBE there is something to it !   I HOPE  I HOPE I HOPE ...       I looks like February is getting some approvals.	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-08-08 04:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	I have been seeing October 2012 for 5 months now.  So now I'm worried that everyone else is seeing somethings I'm not. no Steve, Everyone is just making their own best guess....  They post those processing times to make it easier on them. They can still say they are within the estimated processing times.  So they don't have to act on anything because it isn't past those posted times.  IMO, it can be viewed 100 different ways.  How ever you view it, the fact is, we all have to sit tight .    Nothing will change the way they processing anything. No letter, no blog, not even a phone call.  Even the expedites are taking a while.    Our lives are in their hands.. Sad Sad Sad	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-10-16 17:06:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	LoveMyTico,  As you know I'm filled for the K3 also.  So 5 more weeks and I'll be at 5 months for that.  I need to ask you where you see K-3's posted at 5 Months.  I only seee that at the CSC not NBC.  Also I have not yet found the 16.6 months for the I-130 so i dont know where others see that. Thank you  They updated the processing times today.   Check  the service centers for the K-3 processing times.  https://egov.uscis.g...TimesDisplay.do   Plus the 5 month processing time is what my lawyer stressed when he asked me to come in and sign the K-3 petition       I have yet to receive my NOA1 for my K-3.  We included the email/text cover sheet but that doesn't mean anything.  I didn't receive either one with my I-130. Edited by LoveMyTico, 16 October 2013 - 04:21 PM.	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-10-16 16:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	Did you guys see the USCIS processing timeframe is updated today!!!   what the hell is is this under NBC....   I-130        Petition for Alien Relative   U.S. citizen filing for a spouse, parent, or child under 21           October 1, 2012   exactly why my lawyer had me file the K-3.  We could be in for a long wait.  K-3's are posted at 5 months.	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-10-16 16:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	I think its rude to shun people that have moved onto the next phase.  As long as it is only one or two posts and doesn't take the entire board off topic, then what is the harm?  I have found the people on this topic much more polite and willing to answer questions...we've bonded over shared frustrations and are willing to offer guidance and support and to share information with each other.  I've tried posting questions in other topics, but I always end up coming back to this one with my tail between my legs because I either get ignored or receive terse replies.     Its not as if those people are saying "HA HA HA! I'm on the NVC STEP and you AREN'T!"....They're just asking for information...lets be happy for them, guide them as usual and continue to make them feel welcome.  Who knows, maybe later on, when we are in that step and have questions, those people ahead of us will be able to provide answers....not so much if we are rude to them now.       Feel the VisaJourney Love!  Not trying to be rude to anyone and NEVER said " stop posting here" ....  But this is a thread for people waiting for an approval.. The NVC info doesn't apply to  us.(YET)  It is very difficult to read NVC information for the rest of us who are waiting. NOBODY said they are bragging or rubbing it in. If I want to know something about NVC, I  goto the NVC or send a PM.  just sayin. no need to get defensive. Just asked for some sensitivity.   I think SHUN is a harsh word and never anyone's intention.   ALl I said was it is  insensitive.   There are threads for each step of the way...   So  "CHILL" and have a little empathy   I know all about VJ, I've been around since 2008... I am  still in contact with MANY members from years ago.  I get the "VJ LOVE"   Thanks Jmack and Deltagal for being sweethearts and understanding the post !	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-10-14 04:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	OK,  here is hoping for something good to happen this week.   We need tons of approvals this week !!!	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-10-13 21:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	You can read up on the Montreal EP process on this page - http://www.visajourn...ew_Online_Forms   It has all the steps and forms you'll need for the NVC stage. It was super helpful when we were doing ours! Isn't there an Oct NVC thread where all the NVC stuff can be posted?.   Its great that you guys got approved but It is kind of insensitive to post NVC stuff when the rest of us are still waiting for our NOA2	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-10-13 20:19:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	Govt people too lazy to walk on sat. Govt people too lazy to walk on sat. Not true, I have friends who work for the government.... I have known them to work Saturday and Sunday for OT.	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-10-13 13:04:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	Well, on a good note There were 2 April filers approved yesterday  (Saturday Oct 12) So if the timelines are correct... Maybe the USCIS is working on Saturdays to get the backlog out the door.   We can only hope	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-10-13 12:39:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	One approval to-day, 12-10-2013 from 16th. April filer.   http://www.visajourn...cfl=0&id=157044 this is wayyyyyyy goooooooood  newssssssssssssssssss.       I'm 4/12...... I hope next week they take care of that huge pile of dusty files.	LoveMyTico	Female	Costa Rica	2013-10-12 07:30:00