US citizen filed I-130 for wife in India April 2010

rama when did you file the i 130 and has it been approved. if you dont mind me asking you how many months it took
 
rama2010 said:
@Bigbull99
Check your inbox :)
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Thank You,
I think even for spouse they should get medical done.The process for parents and spouse is almost the same as far as i heard, But again , i am not sure. So You mean to say i will get a e mail from NVC Asking me to choose an agent?How will i know the NVC number and Invoice Identification Number? Will they send me a letter? Or should i call them?
 
@mesam
receipt date: 6//14/2010
approval notice of my I 130: 11/01/2010 approximately 137 days!
 
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@bigbull99
No, i'm sorry you cant just do medical because you feel like it! you have to wait until the interview date gets issued and they will send you a list of doctors that will be acceptable by the issuing embassy, so that your beneficiary could go few days before the interview day.
They will email you the NVC Case number and Id number. basically all you need to do is to register yourself as the agent and sending an email to them with your info your beneficiary info and email addresses! you may also call nvc to get the case number and ID as some people in this forum have done, but I prefered to wait until I received an email.
 
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thank you rama2010, as you said, i will wait for them to send me an email. my I130 got approved on feb 2, do you know how long will they take to send an email?
 
@pandapitta the form I-485 that you are talking about is for adjustment of status and register permanent residence and no I just filed for I-130.
 
mesam said:
thats nice

good luck noori let us know how it goes

and good luck syed as well
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how long it took you guys from submission to get it approved
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Hey mesam,
It took my case to get approved from USCIS 5 months and 27 days and it took 3 months for NVC to complete my husband's case.
 
While your I-130 is being file, is there anyways that your spouse from another country come to the US and wait for it to be approved??
 
@pandapitta

you can apply for k/3 visa but that also takes a long time. my wife put both I 130 and with the receipt number put to I 129 F for free. but it hasn't approved. i spoke to my lawyer he says I130 will finish faster but you can try. there is no harm. although if you have your k/3 approved and sententiously the I130 gets approved your k3 will be cancelled and I 130 will take in effect. it all depends when your case gets approved.

I am also waiting ill keep you all updated.

@ noori

thanks for the info it put some faith in me.
 
Hi

rama2010 said:
@bigbull99
not long, It took only 15 days for me!
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Hi rama2010,
I NVC numer was wrong. My dad lives in Andhrapradesh, They gave me mumbai counsilate. The NVC number is BMB9999999999, I told the lady at NVC that it should be MDR99999999999, Which is chennai. She told me that she is going to put a service request and told me to check back in 15 days,
mean while my dad in india sent his passport for police clearence certificates, he had to send his passport to Hyd passport office. I dont know how long it will take? do you have any idea about how long it will take? It is 1 mts now hw sent it. I am worried how long it is going to take?
 
@pandapitta, no they can't wait inside the United States until they get their I130 approved, the only ways I can think of would be being on other types of visa such as J visa which is only for doctors who are going to be doing research and my husband was trying to get J1 since he is a medical doctor. and H1 which is a little hard to get, because it's through an employer. However, those only work if they already have J visa or H1 and they want to get married to a US Citizen. Then, you would be able to switch over to permanent residency status with paper work and evidence such as marriage license pictures of the wedding occuring and letter from the pastor that marries you in the states and those types of things they even need evidence letters from your photographer and videographer who participated in your ceremoney. In case of visitor's visa, embassies tend to deny any type of visa while your status is pending for any other Immigration matter such as I-130.

Hope this helps,
 
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I think Pandapitta concern was about having your spouse physically in the States, while their application was being reviewed mesam, but I do agree that you can apply for K3. However, as mesam said I130 gets approved faster and once your application gets approved for I-130, your application for K3 will be canceled. In that case, why would you want to pay an extra application fee and also risk putting your partner for approval of I-130. mesam you can't apply for I-130 and I-129f at the same time because one is for married couple and I-129f is for engaged couple who are going to get married after entering United States. I am sorry but whoever told you to do that really did not know what they were talking about. if a consulate realizes that you are married and framing them to get fiance visa, they will deny you for any type of immigration visa. I filed for my husband for fiance visa before we got married, so I know how it works! Personally, I would not suggest applying for multiple Immigration visas to anyone, while you are trying to bring your spouse to the states to live with you!
 
Ok bigbull99, I have no idea about the police certificate and how long he will have to wait since Iranian applicants do need to get police certificate. Don't worry, everything will work out! Just pray and when it came to filing and sending your paper work make sure you have every single document that they need, before you send it to NVC and I will help you in anyway I can :)
 
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rama2010 said:
I think Pandapitta concern was about having your spouse physically in the States, while their application was being reviewed mesam, but I do agree that you can apply for K3. However, as mesam said I130 gets approved faster and once your application gets approved for I-130, your application for K3 will be canceled. In that case, why would you want to pay an extra application fee and also risk putting your partner for approval of I-130. mesam you can't apply for I-130 and I-129f at the same time because one is for married couple and I-129f is for engaged couple who are going to get married after entering United States. I am sorry but whoever told you to do that really did not know what they were talking about. if a consulate realizes that you are married and framing them to get fiance visa, they will deny you for any type of immigration visa. I filed for my husband for fiance visa before we got married, so I know how it works! Personally, I would not suggest applying for multiple Immigration visas to anyone, while you are trying to bring your spouse to the states to live with you!
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WRONG!

129 F should be filed for K1 or K3 Visa. there is no fee for filing I129 F when there is an I130. you have to send in the receipt notice (NOA) of the i130 being received. K3 visa is for the spouse of USC. Allowing them to enter while immigrant visa is in process. If you aint aware dont give out advice. atleast make it sound as u've heard rather than making it sound legal!
 
rama2010 said:
@pandapitta, no they can't wait inside the United States until they get their I130 approved, the only ways I can think of would be being on other types of visa such as J visa which is only for doctors who are going to be doing research and my husband was trying to get J1 since he is a medical doctor. and H1 which is a little hard to get, because it's through an employer. However, those only work if they already have J visa or H1 and they want to get married to a US Citizen. Then, you would be able to switch over to permanent residency status with paper work and evidence such as marriage license pictures of the wedding occuring and letter from the pastor that marries you in the states and those types of things they even need evidence letters from your photographer and videographer who participated in your ceremoney. In case of visitor's visa, embassies tend to deny any type of visa while your status is pending for any other Immigration matter such as I-130.

Hope this helps,
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WRONG

The spouse of USC can enter USA on a K3 while waiting for i130 to get approved and later adjust the status!
 
mesam said:
@pandapitta

you can apply for k/3 visa but that also takes a long time. my wife put both I 130 and with the receipt number put to I 129 F for free. but it hasn't approved. i spoke to my lawyer he says I130 will finish faster but you can try. there is no harm. although if you have your k/3 approved and sententiously the I130 gets approved your k3 will be cancelled and I 130 will take in effect. it all depends when your case gets approved.

I am also waiting ill keep you all updated.

@ noori

thanks for the info it put some faith in me.
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Exactly!
these days both i130 and i129f takes abt 5 months to get approved. so if they arrive at nvc around the same time, the i129 gets killed. where as in certain cases, the i130 takes time to get approved where as the i129f is fast(case to case may vary) so if the spouse chooses to, they can arrive on k3 and later adjust the status
 
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