Hi, my mother who was a permenant resident at the time, filed a 1-130 petition for me around August of 2002. We received a receipt for the petition on September 28, 2002. Up till now, I haven't heard anything further about my case.
I've been doing research here and there on the procedure of i-130 and adjusting status but I'm still kind of confused.
What I don't understand is that on this site https://egov.immigration.gov/cris/jsps/Processtimes.jsp?SeviceCenter=Nebraska they list the dates of cases with the recepit notice dates (which I assume is the date listed on the receipt of my i-130 petition) . They are currently processing cases in the 2nd family based preference, which is what I'm in, of June 2002. Now on this site http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_2757.html , they list the priority date (which I again assume is the date they received my petition request) for which there are visa numbers available.
What I don't understand is the information given on these two sites. From information that I've gathered on other sites, they say that they cannot begin to process cases until a person has a visa number, Or that you cannot adjust status without a visa number. Yet on the first link that I posted they list dates for which they are processing cases as more current than the dates that the 2nd link I posted lists for visa availability dates.
Is the receipt notice date the same as your priority date? If this is so, does the information on the first link that I posted mean that they haven't began to process my petition or case? And do the times listed on the second link that I posted mean that that that is how long I'll have to wait till I'm able to adjust my status.
I've been doing research here and there on the procedure of i-130 and adjusting status but I'm still kind of confused.
What I don't understand is that on this site https://egov.immigration.gov/cris/jsps/Processtimes.jsp?SeviceCenter=Nebraska they list the dates of cases with the recepit notice dates (which I assume is the date listed on the receipt of my i-130 petition) . They are currently processing cases in the 2nd family based preference, which is what I'm in, of June 2002. Now on this site http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_2757.html , they list the priority date (which I again assume is the date they received my petition request) for which there are visa numbers available.
What I don't understand is the information given on these two sites. From information that I've gathered on other sites, they say that they cannot begin to process cases until a person has a visa number, Or that you cannot adjust status without a visa number. Yet on the first link that I posted they list dates for which they are processing cases as more current than the dates that the 2nd link I posted lists for visa availability dates.
Is the receipt notice date the same as your priority date? If this is so, does the information on the first link that I posted mean that they haven't began to process my petition or case? And do the times listed on the second link that I posted mean that that that is how long I'll have to wait till I'm able to adjust my status.
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