joy geewee
Oct 28, 2022
after 2years 8months, my i-130 finally got approved
It took 2years and 8months to get this result. It was trully endless waiting. I saw the ppl whining how long they are waiting for their i-130 to get approved and they’ve only been waiting 100days☠️☠️☠️ You gotta be more patient in the jorney. But my case was really rare&unfortune one so don’t get scared. You’ll get your sooner than mine. way way sooner.
anyways
I’ve tried everything you could think with USCIS. And here’s my experience&personal opinion abt each thing.
1. uscis contact center : Useless. Everytime I call there, every representetive provide different&wrong information. So it was even more confusing. They can’t even informed me right about which service center my case located at. One day they said california, one day they said nebraska, one day hawaii☠️
2. ask for tier 2 / tier2 call back : also useless. they never called me back. They said tier 2 will call in 30business days. So i patiently waited, but they never called me, they only sent email that says there’s nothing they can update abt my case so they have no reason to call me back. 🤷🏽♀️
3. ombusman : also useless. never heard back from them.
4. case inqury : also useless. I’ve submit a lot of case iqury because my case was way way wayyyyyy out of normal processing timeline, but it always says just wait🙃
5. senator : It helped even tho it took more than a year to get reply from them. I sent case assistance request to the senator on august 2021, they replied to me in september 2022. But it definitely helped. I sent them the papers they asked me on 28th september 2022, and USCIS reviewed my case on 29th september 2022. Unfortunatley, i got rfe but as soon as i sent the papers, they approved my case in a week. So it is fair to say it was helpful.
6. Mandamus : I actully sent writ of mandamus to USCIS. I t was served on 26th september, 2022. So i’m not sure which one was more helpful madamus or the senator but i think it was the senator. Because my lawyer said USCIS replied about mandamus after they sent me rfe basically says “we’ve already sent rfe. so check the rfe notice and send them what we need, then we will review it in 30days and give you answer”
I hope this is helpful for you out there who is strugling waiting more than the usuall timeline for i-130get approved.
IR-1/CR-1
U.S. citizen filing for a spouse
Total Days: 1135 days
Case
2020-02-12
2023-03-23
I-130
991 Days
I-129F
454 Days
California Service Center: I-130, I-129F
Timeline Map
2020-02-12
I-130
Submission to USCIS
2021-12-24
I-129F
D+681
Submission to USCIS
2022-10-20
I-130
D+981
Request for Evidence(RFE) from USCIS
2022-10-30
I-130
D+991
Decision (Approval or Denial)
2023-03-23
I-129F
D+1135
Decision (Approval or Denial)
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slick 🍫Oct 28, 2022
congratulations. please is sending to one’s senator different from congressman?
Ruth BeyOct 28, 2022
congratulations @ Joy. You’ve really tried.
kim FOct 28, 2022
congratulations Joy!! you've been resilient. enjoy your win!!
Harry SinghOct 28, 2022
congrats ! what was the rfe ?
Sara ElOct 28, 2022
congratulations 🥹
did u send the rfe online or by poste please ??
Rosey BamOct 28, 2022
please which attorney did you hire for the mandamus and how much was it?
joy geeweeOct 28, 2022
@slick I think it is the same thing
@ruth bey Thank you!
@kim F Thank you💪🏼
@harry signh It was for bona fide marriage so we submit pictures, letters from friends, insurance paper etc.
@sara el I sent it by mail
@dee dorathy I do not recommend the lawyer that i hired. he mad typo on the mandamus with my name. it costed $5000
@sa Mine is ir-1 visa, it not for changing status in the USA, it’s for getting greencard process done outside of USA. no interview yet, but i will have interview at the United state embassy in my country. so i don’t have i-485. and it was in california service center.
Ya Está BuenoOct 29, 2022
wao, what a ride you had. Thanks so much for sharing your experience. I'm sorry you had to go through so much. Hope the rest of the ride is a smooth one.
varna vOct 29, 2022
hi joy, congrats on your case. I am filing mandamus too, but just to be ahead and understand. can you tell me what all steps/acknowledgement you heard once complaint was sent and summons served? not a lot of people know mandamus, and I was to be able to ask my lawyer the right thing.
My CaseOct 29, 2022
so the lawyer was useless as well 🤷🏾♀️
Congratulations 🍾
joy geeweeOct 30, 2022
@ya esta bueno It was really hard time. thank you Wish you the best luck too!
@varna v I don’t know much about mandamus, but what i know about it once the complaint&summons are served, uscis has to make a decision in 60days Usually they make a decision in 30days I heard. In my case it took about 10days to heard from that, but mine was already taken action(which was rfe) by senator’s help, so what they offered me was they would make decision in 30days once i respond to rfe.
@my case it was kinda waste of money🥹 thank you btw!
Dreamer boyDec 6, 2022
joy geewee congratulations. could you please share the information for your lawyer. I am planning to file writ of mandamus and I just want to make sure I am not hiring the same lawyer as you did since you mentioned you don’t recommend your lawyer.
P PJan 5, 2023
@joy geewee can I ask you about complaint and summons are served as you said, how we know when it is served? I did the mandamus too for my case, and today Jan 4th my lawyer gave me case number of my mandamus, so the 60 days uscis will be count from the date Jan 4th or when? I really have no idea about step by step of the mandamus process. I read on other website people told me I have to wait to get the confirm receipt number of USCIS when USCIS receive my case in around 2 weeks. I am confuse about when I can count the 60 days. I so appreciate your answer
varna vJan 5, 2023
@ p p I had also filed mandamus but honestly I got nothing from my attorney except a complaint copy. the day from which they told me that summons is served is when the 60days count started. and within 60days I got my VAWA approved too
P PJan 5, 2023
@varna v can you explain more for me about the day summon is served mean the day print on a complaint copy, right?
M .Jul 31, 2023
such a ride! glad it was over with good news 📰
