Petition "I-130. Permanent Residents should not have a priority over US citizens"

[akaits]

Permanent Residents should not have a priority over US citizens.
I am a US citizen. I have filed a Petition for Alien Relative (I-130) for an unmarried daughter over the age of 21 in November 2010. It will take 37.9 months for California Service Center to process this Petition. However, it takes only 29.3 months for processing the same petition filed by a Permanent Resident.
USCIS Processing Time Information for California Service Center:
https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processingTimesDisplay.do
Shorten processing time for U.S. citizens, who filed a Petition for Alien Relative (I-130) for an unmarried son or daughter over 21

Please support and share my petition if it makes sense to you:
https://www.change.org/petitions/u-...s-should-not-have-a-priority-over-us-citizens

 

[newacct]

However, unmarried son or daughter over 21 for permanent resident is F2b category, while unmarried son or daughter over 21 for U.S. citizen is F1 category. The wait for priority dates to be current is shorter for F1 than for F2b (except Philippines), although they are not off by that much. http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5927.html

 

[Jackolantern]

However, it takes only 29.3 months for processing the same petition filed by a Permanent Resident.

No it doesn't. The 29.3 month wait time is for under-21 children of permanent residents. You're filing for an over-21 daughter.

 

[newacct]

No it doesn't. The 29.3 month wait time is for under-21 children of permanent residents. You're filing for an over-21 daughter.

I think he is referring to the Processing Times page which says this:
I-130 Petition for Alien Relative U.S. citizen filing for an unmarried son or daughter over 21 January 19, 2010
I-130 Petition for Alien Relative Permanent resident filling for an unmarried son or daughter over 21 October 4, 2010

 

[akaits]

I think he is referring to the Processing Times page which says this:
I-130 Petition for Alien Relative U.S. citizen filing for an unmarried son or daughter over 21 January 19, 2010
I-130 Petition for Alien Relative Permanent resident filling for an unmarried son or daughter over 21 October 4, 2010

I spoke with USCIS. They confirmed that permanent residents have a separate queue. I guess, while I was waiting to become a citizen and apply for my family members, the law had been changed.

 

[TheRealCanadian]

They confirmed that permanent residents have a separate queue. I guess, while I was waiting to become a citizen and apply for my family members, the law had been changed.

No change in the law. Always been separate categories, and the service centers are free to process them differently as well.