charlielondon

Noorah101

Maybe another few months for the I-130 approval, after that only another few months for the rest of the process. I would estimate April 2019 for your entry to the USA.

Rene

Rete

You can visit.

charlielondon

charlielondon

civilservant

It's possible of course, no one is guaranteed entry except a USC, but if you have a pattern of visiting and leaving, and are going through the correct process to get the correct visa, you will 99% be ok. I did it several times while my CR1 was pending with no issues.

Oh and I agree that March-April is a more likely timescale for case completion, especially with Christmas in the way which usually slows things down when Officers go on vacation - also the Federal holidays of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year.

BenK91

I visited twice during the process and never had any hassle.

Tkd67

KK85

My husband and I waited 6.5 months between our NOA1 and our NOA2. I've been absent from the forum for several months so am a bit out of the loop re. current timelines, but I should imagine, hopefully, that you are almost there.

Once you've received your NOA2, you'll be sent your case number (we had to wait another 5 weeks after NOA2 for this to arrive), and following receipt of your case number you'll be sent instructions on what to do next. In a nutshell, individual circumstances depending, it will involve completion of a couple more forms, payment of AOS and IV fees (again, you might find you have to wait for these fees to become available to be paid - our option to pay the IV fee was another two weeks coming), and once all that's done, you'll be waiting for your 'case complete' notification from the NVC and to be invited to attend your interview. It is best to wait until you've received your interview date before scheduling your medical.

In total, after my husband and I had received our NOA2, it was exactly six months until I was on a plane. This was last November. Our entire journey took 13 months in total.

As an aside, I echo what everyone has said re. visitation during this process. I flew back and forth a handful of times during those 13 months, and one of those visits saw me on American soil for two entire months while waiting for our NOA2 to arrive. There was never any difficulty at POE.

The advice always was and likely always will be to remember that each case is different, and one person's timeline may vary greatly from another's. But I do know the desperate urge to receive a ball-park idea of an ETA, so here's my timeline to give you some more guess-material. If general processing times are still roughly the same as they were last year, I'd agree that March/April might be a likely move-date for you.

Good luck!

dj6372

The whole process for me took 18 months, we had a few 'glitches' due to NVC and their 'inefficiencies', but during that time I visited the USA at least twice if not 3 times, and my wife came to the UK.

charlielondon

After 241 days of waiting, yesterday we received our I-797 NOA. It looks like my application is finally going to the NVC. With this in mind, I’m hoping to be in NY by the end of February, start of March.

Noorah101

Hopefully, but keep in mind the upcoming holiday season tends to slow things down.

Congrats on the approval!

Rene