I submitted an I-130 for 2B category in 2003, it has a Receipt Notice Date of August 21, 2003. I lived in FL, so the application was sent to the Texas Service Center. Since then, I have been checking the USCIS case status site regularly. The processing date for my category has showed little or no progress at all. Last year, I decided to jot down the date and keep track of its progress. To my surprise, it's been almost a year now, and the date for the Texas center has no progress at all, while California, Vermont and Nebraska has moved on quite a lot:
Texas Service Center:
August 14, 2005 Status: Now Processing Cases with Receipt Notice Date of January 4, 1999
September 21, 2005 Status: Now Processing Cases with Receipt Notice Date of January 4, 1999
November 3, 2005 Status: Now Processing Cases with Receipt Notice Date of January 4, 1999
July 9, 2006 Status: Now Processing Cases with Receipt Notice Date of January 4, 1999
Also, today when I checked the Nebraska site, the I-130 category was missing from the progress page.
1) USCIS mentioned on its Web site that the info displayed is concurrent with their records. I really doubt so, if it really is, then why California is now at 2/7/05 and Vermont is now at 2/12/06 but Texas is only at 1/4/99 ??
2) USCIS said they process Form I-130 as the Visa Numbers become available. Does it mean diff centers get diff "quota" of Visa Numbers? If not, how could one center processes so much faster than the others?
Any idea?
BTW, their 800 number is really useless, the rep will just repeat those info u can find on their Web site, if you ask for more detail, they will "robotically" repeat the same sentence again and again, so funny I woud rather she told me frankily that she didn't know......
Texas Service Center:
August 14, 2005 Status: Now Processing Cases with Receipt Notice Date of January 4, 1999
September 21, 2005 Status: Now Processing Cases with Receipt Notice Date of January 4, 1999
November 3, 2005 Status: Now Processing Cases with Receipt Notice Date of January 4, 1999
July 9, 2006 Status: Now Processing Cases with Receipt Notice Date of January 4, 1999
Also, today when I checked the Nebraska site, the I-130 category was missing from the progress page.
1) USCIS mentioned on its Web site that the info displayed is concurrent with their records. I really doubt so, if it really is, then why California is now at 2/7/05 and Vermont is now at 2/12/06 but Texas is only at 1/4/99 ??
2) USCIS said they process Form I-130 as the Visa Numbers become available. Does it mean diff centers get diff "quota" of Visa Numbers? If not, how could one center processes so much faster than the others?
Any idea?
BTW, their 800 number is really useless, the rep will just repeat those info u can find on their Web site, if you ask for more detail, they will "robotically" repeat the same sentence again and again, so funny I woud rather she told me frankily that she didn't know......