I'm in a weird situation!

[SamGoldman]

Hello everyone

My father is a US permanent resident since 2000 (Florida). He made an I-130 petition in my name "permanent redisdent filling for unmarried son or daughter over 21". We got the confirmation receipt with a case number dated feb 2004. That was from TEXAS service center.

A couple of days ago I noticed that I-130 have disappeared from the Texas servce center processing dates' web page. And when I enter my case number in the website to check status, it gives me a message that my petition was received "HERE" on 19th of September 2006 for processing I was shocked because my receipt date is Feb 2004

I called long distance and entered my receipt number and was told that my case was transferred to California serivce center I checked their site and found that processing dates are much better than when they were at Texas as they are now processing petetions dated Feb 2005!!

What I need to know, was my petition given the new date of September 2006 when it was transferred from texas to California Or does it keep it's original date of feb 2004 which means it is beening processed now?

Thanks

[SamGoldman]

Well, if no one knows for sure, can you even take a wild guess?

[princesskate]

I believe your priority date remains Feb 2004. Received date is different from priority date.

[SamGoldman]

Thank you very much I hope this is the case, then I'm few months from getting into the good old US of A

[Anahit]

Originally Posted by SamGoldman

Thank you very much I hope this is the case, then I'm few months from getting into the good old US of A

Your priority date will ramian the same - Jan 1004. However, you would need to wait a few years for it to become current. The current priority date for 2B category is 01JAN97. Sorry...
The current date for family 1st category - Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Citizens, is currently 01MAY00. So, if your parent becomes a citizen (let's say in a year), and updates already filed petition, that would save you about 2 years of waiting.

[SamGoldman]

The current priority date for 2B category is 01JAN97. Sorry...

I did not know that

Well, at least I had one happy day thinking it was imminent