Anyone filed I-130 ???

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Bouki

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Hello folks,

I recently applied for my wife by using I-130 so that she can join me in the U.S
The petition was approved and sent to the National Visa Center where it is stuck since then. Is there anyone out there who is going through the same process?
When I dialed the NVC phone number, it looks like they're still processing application received in July 2008.
By the way I applied as a permanent resident not as a U.S citizen, and I heard the process is a little bit slower for permanent resident compared to US citizen.
 
Hi Bouki,
Yes comparatively its slower for green card holder relatives, but according to order of preferences yours could work out faster.Good luck!
 
Visa processing usually takes time as there are many applicants in queue. The visa number should become current and the priority dates should become active. Only then the visa will be processed on to the next step. When did you file in I-130? Are you still a PR or have you applied for US citizenship?
 
How did you get your PR, it was trough an employer?
for How long have you been a LPR?
as a Green Card holder your supposed enters on :
Second Preference (2A): Spouses of green card holders, unmarried children (under 21) of permanent residents
In other words, your wife needs to wait in line until a visa number comes available, then you can apply for an Immigrant visa, I know that it will take her a few years before a visa number comes available.
Now if you applied as a LPR but now you are a US Citizen, you can update your petition and your wife will not longer have to wait for a visa number available for her because she will be on FIRST PREFERENCE.
another thing is if you gain your Residence through an Employer (I-140) then your wife can do a Folow-to-join and come to the US with an Immigrant visa (this is a fast process) but only if you gain your PR with through employer
 
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