Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	Look what I just got.           Feels kind of surreal...     Post Decision Activity On April 16, 2014, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283.	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-04-17 16:51:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	I think its ridiculous that they are even glimpsing at November files before they even touch  past Oct. 22nd apps.    There seems to be a lone ranger at NSC that approves a few files within the 5 month period to make the processing time numbers "look real".	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-04-16 13:23:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	I think its ridiculous that they are even glimpsing at November files before they even touch  past Oct. 22nd apps.	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-04-16 12:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	I just got the approval email (NOA2) from NSC after waiting for 6 months 1 week and 3 days!       It took longer than I had expected, but it's better than never!       I hope this week is going to be a great week for us!  Come on NSC, TSC, and VSC!  Drink lots of coffee and work harder!       Congratulations!!!! We're very happy for you! Now you need some drinks to celebrate!!!	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-04-14 13:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	Ahem... hurry up USCIS.   Lets set the User-Agent to: "Hurry Up"    Hopefully someone will read the logs and get a clue!	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-04-11 14:50:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	Any guesses on the lack of approvals for the past few days.    There were approvals. We just happen to be a very small sample to see any results. Just look at some adjacent receipt numbers.	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-04-11 14:06:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	So like others here, i've taken to checking my case number on the USCIS website regularly, as well as those case numbers around me. I kind of got sick and tired of manuallly doing this, so I created a script to do it for me.   What else am I going to do with my time while waiting for USCIS to get into gear?   For those technically minded I will have the code below, so you can modify it and run it yourself.   The output of the script looks like this (by the way that is just an example case number i'm using):   root@lappy:~# ./checkI-130.sh LIN1490053940 15 [*] Receipt number:    LIN1490053940 [*] + / - Range:    15 [*] Lower bounds:    LIN1490053925 [*] Upper bounds:    LIN1490053955 [-] LIN1490053925    Initial Review            On January 24, 2014, your Alien Registration Number was changed relating to your I130 [-] LIN1490053926    Initial Review            On October 24, 2013, we received this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E) [-] LIN1490053927    Initial Review            On October 24, 2013, we received this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E) [-] LIN1490053928    Initial Review            On October 24, 2013, we received this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E) [-] LIN1490053929    Initial Review            On October 24, 2013, we received this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E) [-] LIN1490053930    Initial Review            On October 24, 2013, we received this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E) [-] LIN1490053931    Request for Evidence      On April 7, 2014, we mailed a notice requesting additional evidence or information in [-] LIN1490053932    Request for Evidence      On April 7, 2014, we mailed a notice requesting additional evidence or information in [-] LIN1490053933    Initial Review            On April 3, 2014, your Alien Registration Number was changed relating to your I130, I [-] LIN1490053934    > Not an I-130 visa <     [-] LIN1490053935    Post Decision Activity    On April 8, 2014, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PE [-] LIN1490053936    Post Decision Activity    On April 8, 2014, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PE [-] LIN1490053937    > Not an I-130 visa <     [-] LIN1490053938    Post Decision Activity    On January 24, 2014, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT [-] LIN1490053939    > Not an I-130 visa <     [X] LIN1490053940    Post Decision Activity    On January 28, 2014, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT [+] LIN1490053941    Initial Review            On October 24, 2013, we received this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E) [+] LIN1490053942    Initial Review            On October 24, 2013, we received this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E) [+] LIN1490053943    Initial Review            On October 24, 2013, we received this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E) [+] LIN1490053944    Initial Review            On October 24, 2013, we received this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E) [+] LIN1490053945    Initial Review            On April 9, 2014, your Alien Registration Number was changed relating to your I130, I [+] LIN1490053946    Initial Review            On April 9, 2014, your name was updated relating to your I130, IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR [+] LIN1490053947    Request for Evidence      On April 9, 2014, we mailed a notice requesting additional evidence or information in [+] LIN1490053948    > Not an I-130 visa <     [+] LIN1490053949    > Not an I-130 visa <     [+] LIN1490053950    > Not an I-130 visa <     [+] LIN1490053951    > Not an I-130 visa <     [+] LIN1490053952    > Not an I-130 visa <     [+] LIN1490053953    > Not an I-130 visa <     [+] LIN1490053954    > Not an I-130 visa <     [+] LIN1490053955    > Not an I-130 visa <         Usage:    ./checkI-130.sh <receipt id> <number of records +/- to get> EG:     ./checkI-130.sh LIN1490000000 20         Would get I-130 records between:             LIN1489999980 and             LIN1490000020     Code is attached.   I'm sure that someone could have made a simpler bit of code using perl / python, but I stuck with bash as I was having fun. Oh and before someone asks, as I basically made this for myself, I'm not planning on doing any up keep on the code. It is provided "as-is".   checkI-130.zip   I really appreciate you writing this script. As a note, I also noticed that the receipt numbers seem to be issued in form order I130,I131. So once you hit a non I130, you can stop.	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-04-11 00:14:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	I wonder if the slowdown has to do with the H1B frenzy. The 2014 season opened on 4/1 and reached the 65K cap on 4/8.	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-04-10 11:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	My other half just spoke to the most unhelpful tier 2 and was told that it takes 12 months for i-130's, eventhough the website says 5months. According to this officer the numbers on the website means nothing as they aren't accurate and that I(we) should be prepared to wait another 7months.     This is strange. I know that attorneys use the published data to get writ's of mandamus. They show up in court with the published data and the judge forces USCIS to honor it. I'm wondering if this is a new benefit USCIS is extending to fellow attorneys so that they can make more money.    I believe they are processing things out of order to shut up half of the people. Given that it is election year if everyone is angry, it doesn't help the incumbents. However if half of the people are unhappy, things look a little better for the incumbents. By sending a few adjudicators on a blitzkrieg raises the hopes of everyone who filed in the months after.	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-04-09 13:26:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	Any NSC filler who got ARN changed and had approval? my ARN was changed march 18 and yet still no action taken.am confused. i pray we all hear something positive this week.congrat for the approvees. One october case that I know of. bomzy4ever got an ARN change and got approved some 2 or 3 weeks later.	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-04-09 01:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	Thanks everyone   Is it normal for NSC to mail notices out a day later? The case two digits ahead of mine has literally just changed to RFE status, also dated yesterday...   First of all, Congratulations!!!     Never thought about checking neighboring cases. The number prior to ours was sent to NVC yesterday (4/7).   The rest in a two digit neighborhood are still on initial review	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-04-08 13:14:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	Yeah, I agree. I work in an office now, and when we get backlogged, we grab what we can and process it but I don't process anything this important that can cause real distress if it isn't done correctly/at all. USCIS should be more careful.   Being the government, it must be something really retarded. SOmething like the guy who hands out the files to the adjudicators is on vacation so they are picking the first one they can find.   Maybe our files are buried under a 5 story stack of DACAs and they are processing them in the order they dig them out.   Or probably someone dropped all the files on the floor and now they're trying to figure out which papers belong to what file.	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-04-07 19:38:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	One more October NSC approval and we hit the 50% mark!	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-04-07 14:22:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	Nothing has happened yet today:'( hope everybody gets NOA2 this week:)   Maybe cuz it's april first. Probably they're concerned that people won't believe the approvals are real!	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-04-01 18:23:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	Recieved our approved notification this morning they are sending the letter in the mail....I am sooooo happy!!!!yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy   Congratulations!!!	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-03-31 17:42:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	Does everyone else get ARN? Im wondering why I dont have one.   The ARN is known as the A number and it's the number that will appear on the green card. I suspect that on the NOA-2  (i-797c) it would appear in the upper right hand corner below Notice Date in the USCIS Alien Number box. Can you confirm there is a number there (just don't disclose it to us)? Just because you didn't get the ARN change notification doesn't mean you don't have one.	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-03-21 15:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	What is my Alien Registration Number, and why would it be changed and it doesnt change for other people? (I know it does for some but why not everyone) Thank you     The Alien Registration Number or USCIS Alien Number is the number USCIS assigns to an immigrant. It is also known as the A number and it will appear on your Green Card once you get it. This number is the ID to be used for any business done with USCIS in the future, including applying for citizenship. The change notification means that they assigned you this number and that they are working on your case. Every service center seems to do things differently and it appears only Nebraska bothers to notify A number assignment. Generally it has been a sign of an approval or RFE coming soon.	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-03-19 21:33:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	Correction. September is in the 6 to 7 month range. And the fastest case was 9 days short of 6 months. My bad	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-03-18 18:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	Well NSC is supposedly at 5 months! Please someone else double check I am seeing it right. I can only hope the stats will translate into reality!!   From what I see from the September sheet, they are in the 5 to 6 month range. One case was approved yesterday 9 days short of the 5 month target. But of course, most of those in September appear to have no activity. I sometimes wonder if they are approving easy ones as a teaser to keep us on the edge of our seats.   They seem to be very inconsistent. Some cases they go out of the way to notify the A number change/assignment, and in others they simply get approved. They seem to making more progress on the late september ones than the early ones. Go figure!   The good news is that the assigned an A number to an october filer. It will be very encouraging if we get an october filer approval within the next two weeks.	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-03-18 18:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	I GOT NOA2!!!!!! 17th March. California.   CONGRATULATIONS!!!!	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-03-18 10:07:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	Bomzy4ever, USCIS is referring to the beneficiary's ARN. I noticed you are also at NSC, so this is good news for all of us at NSC. If you read my latest post, september had an approval today which occurred 10 days after the change of ARN notice. Of course, it may also imply that you may be getting and RFE, however I think that NSC is going for the low hanging fruit.	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-03-18 00:19:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	There was another NSC september approval today  . It took ten days from the ARN change notice to approval. It this is any indicator, there should be a couple more approvals for september this week. Hopefully we will start seen October ARN change notices in two or three weeks!!!	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-03-17 19:40:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	There are only 2 approvals (out of 30) from NSC from the Sept group so far.  ARN means nothing.  It's not NOA2.  It only happens to people who got transferred to NSC.  It could be a Nebraska specific system error.  Their office seems to be messed up.     Although NSC seems to be speeding up a little bit, it's still the slowest service center since they're still processing some applications of May filers.  I really hope they get their act together sooner.   ARN's are a good thing believe it or not. It means that they assigned an A number. From what I understand, it means than the case is been adjudicated -- Someone finally is responsable to process it. It implies that you may be getting an approval or RFE soon. We should add a column to the spreadsheet with ARN dates. It would be interesting to track the time between the issuing of the ARN and approval for the Nebraska folks.	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-03-16 01:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	OK NSC.... One case approved yesterday for a 9/9/2013 PD. Several ARN's assigned for PD 9/9, 910, 9/26 and 9/27/2013.	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-03-13 15:59:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	October 2013 I-130 Filers	Can't add us to the list because its locked.   Wedding Date: 8/10/2013 NOA1: 10/21/2013 Location: NSC? (My case number starts with LIN)	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-03-05 12:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	ALL Nebraska I-130 Filers	Hello guys! Does anyone knows about the changing of alien number? What it's that about? On March 18, 2014, your Alien Registration Number was changed relating to your I130, IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN. Please check our website at www.uscis.gov for further updates on your case. Please wait until the end of normal processing time before calling customer service at 1-800-375-5283 for live assistance. Can someone help me there?   Means that they are working on your case and you may get an approval or RFE soon.	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-03-20 11:16:00
Philippines	western union questionier no more electronic trsnsfers	Wire her the money from your bank account to hers (known as SWIFT). Most banks charge a flat rate of $40 per wire. Drop by your bank and ask them how to do it. You can also set it up for recurring wires.	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-01-09 23:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Free to Remarry - Texas Divorce Definition Help?	Yes, I am aware of the possible challenge of the divorce by Ex spouse and that possibly voiding it. I stated I am PLANNING to marry because i am at this time in the planning stages. I can not GET married because my I-129F is a long way away from being approved with a visa in hand, and my fiancee in country to actually GET married.   No I am not married, but I don't see how they verbage of "planning" or "getting" married affects my dilemma.   Please Explain?   Lets suppose (as an example) you get married on day 31, it meant that most likely you planned to marry beforehand. From how I understand it, it is marrying in the 30 day period that gets you in trouble, not planning. You didn't marry yet so it really doesn't matter. You didn't do anything wrong. And in a couple of days, this is going to be a non-issue. Wouldn't lose my sleep over this.   If USCIS asks anything about this (I really doubt) you can claim that there is nothing in Texas law that impedes you from planning to marry.	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-03-04 15:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Free to Remarry - Texas Divorce Definition Help?	The 30 day waiting period in Texas is in the event one of the parties decides to re-open the case. A marriage performed in Texas within that period of time is voidable, if the any party (your ex) decides to challenge it. So it is recommended to wait it out. There is also the possibility to have the judge waive the 30 day waiting period... didn't your attorney tell you that?   You are filing a K-1, so obviously you are not married. There is a big difference between getting married and planning to marry.	fatblackcat	Male	Brazil	2014-03-04 14:46:00