July/August I-130 DCF filers come here!
Aug 6th 2010, 11:34 am
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Re: July/August I-130 DCF filers come here!
Hi all,
Has anyone else of the recent filers received any kind of response?
As I said, we mailed our package on Monday this week and we got the delivery confirmation on Tuesday. So still too early for us, but I was wondering about current timelines.
I'm hoping to hear sometime next week (hopefully with a NOA1, and not a return
) but the week after may be more realistic.
Sounds like it takes NOA1s between 10 days and 2 weeks to be sent for most cases, so hopefully not too long now.
I'm also checking our bank account twice a day to track the payment, but of course nothing so far...
Has anyone else of the recent filers received any kind of response?
As I said, we mailed our package on Monday this week and we got the delivery confirmation on Tuesday. So still too early for us, but I was wondering about current timelines.
I'm hoping to hear sometime next week (hopefully with a NOA1, and not a return
) but the week after may be more realistic.Sounds like it takes NOA1s between 10 days and 2 weeks to be sent for most cases, so hopefully not too long now.
I'm also checking our bank account twice a day to track the payment, but of course nothing so far...
Aug 6th 2010, 12:45 pm
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Re: July/August I-130 DCF filers come here!
AFIK there is not NOA1 or NOA2 in london.
You get a postcard/email letting you know they have received the application.
It took us about 1½ weeks to get an email letting us know it was in the system, if you sent yours off on Monday I would expect to see something around the middle of next week.
Aug 6th 2010, 12:50 pm
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I'm telling myself it's going to be the week after so as not be disappointed
As for a NOA2 (or RFE if any), yeah, I'm not expecting to hear anything before late September and possibly later.
Aug 6th 2010, 1:00 pm
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Aug 6th 2010, 3:52 pm
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This does answer the question that was asked - why didn't you post this information the first time?
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Aug 6th 2010, 6:56 pm
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Re: July/August I-130 DCF filers come here!
We posted our I-130 on 26th of July, they signed for it on the 27th, and we just received the notice of receipt of petition today. So not too bad! I was expecting to wait up to 3 weeks before they let us know they received it, so ahead of schedule here!
Aug 10th 2010, 3:19 pm
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Wow, I can't believe I just received the email confirmation of receipt and filing! Just a week from receipt of the I-130! 
They gave us yesterday's date as our filing date, but no file number as other people have reported
Anyway, super quick, I wasn't expecting it, especially at August time!
Now I'll have to check if they took out the payment too (they must have)!!
And I'll eagerly await NOA2, probably in September/October.
They gave us yesterday's date as our filing date, but no file number as other people have reported
Anyway, super quick, I wasn't expecting it, especially at August time!
Now I'll have to check if they took out the payment too (they must have)!!
And I'll eagerly await NOA2, probably in September/October.
Aug 10th 2010, 3:26 pm
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Wow, I can't believe I just received the email confirmation of receipt and filing! Just a week from receipt of the I-130!
They gave us yesterday's date as our filing date, but no file number as other people have reported
Anyway, super quick, I wasn't expecting it, especially at August time!
Now I'll have to check if they took out the payment too (they must have)!!
And I'll eagerly await NOA2, probably in September/October.
They gave us yesterday's date as our filing date, but no file number as other people have reported
Anyway, super quick, I wasn't expecting it, especially at August time!
Now I'll have to check if they took out the payment too (they must have)!!
And I'll eagerly await NOA2, probably in September/October.
Also it took another week before the payment came out of my account.
Good news though, lets hope the rest of the process goes just as smoothly
Aug 10th 2010, 3:29 pm
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Re: July/August I-130 DCF filers come here!
Wow, I can't believe I just received the email confirmation of receipt and filing! Just a week from receipt of the I-130!
They gave us yesterday's date as our filing date, but no file number as other people have reported
Anyway, super quick, I wasn't expecting it, especially at August time!
Now I'll have to check if they took out the payment too (they must have)!!
And I'll eagerly await NOA2, probably in September/October.
They gave us yesterday's date as our filing date, but no file number as other people have reported
Anyway, super quick, I wasn't expecting it, especially at August time!
Now I'll have to check if they took out the payment too (they must have)!!
And I'll eagerly await NOA2, probably in September/October.
Rene
Aug 17th 2010, 9:31 am
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Re: July/August I-130 DCF filers come here!
I was just looking at the US Embassy in London website and they're still processing petitions filed on June 7th. The previous date (to which they were stuck for almost 3 weeks) was June 4th 
, so sounds like almost no progress at all in a month!!
Just an observation! I know it gets slower in July/August with people going away on leave etc. but if their processing dates are accurate, then they'll be dealing with a serious backlog very soon, if not already
Hope it picks up again after August...
, so sounds like almost no progress at all in a month!! Just an observation! I know it gets slower in July/August with people going away on leave etc. but if their processing dates are accurate, then they'll be dealing with a serious backlog very soon, if not already
Hope it picks up again after August...
Aug 17th 2010, 4:09 pm
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C_C, it always does.
Aug 17th 2010, 11:54 pm
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am i correct in saying once they take the fee and say that the i-130 has been filed (not processed and approved) that it has been accepted for DCF?
Aug 18th 2010, 12:08 am
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yay?
Generally if local USCIS is refusing to take the case, they don't take the fee.
How long was your US citizen resident in the UK? Is there some reason you doubted it would be accepted?