civilservant

It took a long time, since June 18th last year, but finally....

Our I-130 was approved this morning!

*Does dance*

I know we're only half way there, but thats 50% further than we were yesterday!

Noorah101

Congratulations!

Rene

lrdiscovery

Hi all,

Our I-130 was accepted/approved on 15 Jan 13 and has been showing as under review on USCIS My Case Status web page. Is this a normal time frame or should something have happened by now. we have not heard anything since our I-797 notice and our MSCxxxxxxxxxxxxx

All info appreciated

civilservant

Since I-130 approval will take a minimum of 3-5 months its perfectly normal. You will be contacted upon approval or if they need something from you.

Noorah101

Which one was it? Was it accepted (received) by USCIS, or was it approved?

I-797 only means Notice of Action. Notice of Action can be several different things, including Notice of Receipt and Notice of Approval. Since you only mention one I-797, I assume it's just the Notice of Receipt (which means your I-130 is not yet approved, as you mention above).

The I-130 can take up to 5 months or so to get approved, so you might not hear anything else from USCIS until June 2013. When the I-130 gets approved, you will receive another I-797, this time it will be the Notice of Approval.

Rene

lrdiscovery

Thanks for the replies - It was the Official Receipt Notice (Form I-797) and said quote "Your case has been accepted and routed to the USCIS National Benefits Center for processing" Unquote

civilservant

This is whats called the NOA1. Its the Receipt of your petition, its not an approval. When you petition is approved you will recieve s NOA2.

lrdiscovery

Thanks for the extremely swift reply

Noorah101

Ah. In this case, "accepted" means "received", not "approved".

Rene

jeffreyhy

To be more precise, it means 'received and not sent back for being obviously incomplete'.

Regards, JEff

ian-mstm

It usually takes about 5 months for the I-130 to process... so don't expect to hear anything else until early June.

Ian

lrdiscovery

Hi all,

Thanks again it is reassuring to know the score

Regards

RICH

wuthering

I'm now wondering if I'm missing something. My I-130 petition for my husband only took 3 weeks. And then we got the notice that the IVB at the Embassy received the approved petition only 4 weeks later. Am I missing a step?

civilservant

Since you are doing DCF we are doing COMPLETELY different processes.