sam giang
May 21, 2024
feeling pretty down and out about this process at the moment :/
hello friends! just a bit of a venting post. it's been a pretty emotional process, and curious about how everyone else’s process is going.
i understand the expectation and statistics around I-130 cases reflect usually a year-long wait before receiving approval, and i also understand others have waited much longer than that. i definitely do not speak as to discredit others that may have been toughing it longer!
my husband (AU citizen) and i (US citizen) filed our I-130 on our own online on jan 9th 2024 and were sent to 'being actively reviewed' by jan 19th 2024. our case is at the texas service center at the moment.
we completely understand the uscis portal's progress tab is inaccurate and shouldn't be trusted, so i feel silly for holding onto the hope that it'll reflect anything accurate. since filing, we have been "lucky enough" to have received a countdown not once but twice in the portal that got to one week before jumping to "your case is taking longer than expected to process. you will be notified if you need to take any action".
it's been super disheartening to say the least. the first time our countdown reached one week, it was pretty unbelievable and felt too good to be true.. aaaand we were correct. it jumped to taking longer to process once the one week passed.
i feel pretty disappointed in myself to have believed seeing the same thing happen again in the portal a second time would've produced different outcome. my heart hurts.
thank you, if you've taken the time to read my post! we're trying to stay as optimistic as we can because we're just ready to have him come home and be with my family and i in california. i know that others are struggling with worse situations than we are, and we're grateful to have the chance to work towards him moving here. my heart and my hopes go out to all of us who are sitting in these big feelings and riding through this difficult process together.
fingers crossed for all of us. 🤞
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w s 🇨🇦🇺🇸May 21, 2024
it sucks. I am on my third countdown. for a standalone 130 you should expect to be approved in January or February next year if you’re “on time”. there’s a few lucky ones and a few unlucky ones, but that’s the standard timeline. try to level set your expectations and be pleasantly surprised if things are better!
I feel for you. time will fly and it’s going to happen
Darth ChokerMay 21, 2024
I know the feels hang in there until a miracle happens hopefully very soon because when it comes to USCIS that's how it feels like
Gbonka 🇳🇬 May 21, 2024
It has come to my attention, and I understand that this journey is not for the week. 🤦🏽♂️
Shanice Deeble May 21, 2024
the I130 can take up to 12 months or more to be approved. Hang in there!
Youssef aitMay 21, 2024
the worst part of waiting is when your case is at +12 months and up
S TMay 21, 2024
I am Aus citizen living in Canada married to us citizen. we applied in march 2023 and were approved April 2024! it’s a long process but I do hope it goes faster for you!! still waiting for interview to be scheduled :(! but the we are so close
it’s a long long process and I wish you the very very best! ❤️❤️
Jeremy BoisvertMay 21, 2024
i'm at 405 days. for your own sanity and wellbeing i recommend you find a way to take your mind off of this. (learn a new skill or language for example)
