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In general, how do people find out their approval dates? Do they get a notice online or in the mail, or both? And if so, is it a letter in the mail or a form or.. ? Does is have a specific name? And what does the "approval" actually refer to.. approval of the I-130?

Hi, all... I have a question for a friend of mine. He is an Iranian citizen who applied for a green card here (with his parents, long story), but was denied. His parents did get their greencards, though, and are coming here. He was, however, approved as a student to study in Canada, so he's...

Re: Hi, thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, that's not the case.. this case, we THOUGHT for years that he was under 21 with the CSPA age because we received their Notice of Action (of approval) 3.5 after the actual approval date.. But, no.. It's just really unfortunate when people have to...

And also, I saw this article on a lawyer's website (David A. Zuckerman), which is EXACTLY their case, but I think is not accurate because I then read somewhere else that priority date retention only applies to category F2, not F1-4.. So I suppose the following would be inaccurate?: "Another...

Re: Ok, thank you.. Do you know that case where they WOULD be credited with the old wait time?

If a person receives a greencard and comes to the US from the Middle East, and then applies for their over 21 son, I heard it takes about 8 years or so.. Is that about right? But their lawyer said that his specific case might be shorter (because they were waiting for a time, when their son was...

I can't believe how the consulates/immigration can drag people around for so long. Our friend's case was approved SIX months after their priority date in 1998. However, they didn't receive their approval notice until 2002!!! So here they are, 13 year after they've applied, thinking that...

Re: Oh.. Well, that sucks. :( So, does that mean that the son has now aged out? I mean.. how were they supposed to know that it only took 6 months for them to be approved when they weren't notified until years later? Thank you! :)

Hi again.. We just received a reply from the consulate person that had been corresponding with us.. He sent us a copy of the I-130 that has an "approved" stamp of the March '99 date. However, if that was the case, wouldn't they IMMEDIATELY have been notified, rater than in October of 2002, the...

This is what it says online when I use their receipt date to check their status: Post Decision Activity On October 1, 2002, 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...

Oh, by the way, I have a copy of this exact type of document, the I-797: immihelp.com/greencard/familybasedimmigration/sample-i-130-approval-notice.html That's what I'm reading off of..

Re: Oh yes, you're definitely right about that.. if that approval date of 1999 is accurate, then he would have surely aged out. However, they have no documents with that date as far as they know.. I have something of theirs, a Notice of Action from the INS that states that the petition has...

I'm asking this question in regards to my mom's friend.. They are Iranians who applied for an F4 visa (my mom's friend's brother applied for her) in September '98. She's married with 2 kids. At the time, one was already over 21, but the other was a teen. Anyway, their priority date was Sept...