congratulations. I tap into your testimony in Jesus name

i'm F1 too ! wtf my was filed September 2018 and USCIS has not looked into my case yet! how does that happen ?

@Randy where was your service center ?

@Randy Persaud i want to ask you something

ok sure. my center was California

@Randy Persaud mine too ! My category is F1 over 21 and we filed in the same year but USCIS has not approved my I-130. How did you managed to get a approval when you first filed you were F2B which is permanent resident filing for child over 21.

@Randy Persaud F1 processing time on USCIS is faster then the category F2B

after we sent my parents naturalization certificate I guess the processed it faster

our case now at NVC and send a request to get it back to F2B, and it was approved

but I am seeing now F1 priority dates Are moving rapidly

@Randy Persaud i need to be much faster than now 😭

so USCIS should be approving my case shortly, right? because I'm still stuck at the 1st step

they should have approved it by now, or are in the process.

@Randy Persaud my dad filed for me back in September 5, 2018. if you don't mind could you share me your filed date ?

it was Jan. 12, 2018

@Randy Persaud Thank you ! i might need to ask some more from now on. cause i got a dead beat dad😂

@ Tata Shavers - we have been in line since 2008, I was a derivative of my parents petition, and then I aged out. Even with CSPA calculation I was still over 21. My parents and other sibling migrated. I'm now in the line again.

@Randy Persaud oh so since the first time when you filed was in 2008 we're totally in a different category and you aged out. Have you heard of the Tier Priority on Travel State Gov ? i think your case in being a #1 prioritize

we are in the same catigory now. That previous petition has no bearing on the current on, I would think. But I did made mention of it when we filed again in 2018.

I haven't heard of the Tier Priority! What is it about?

@Randy Persaud Because of severe backlog on USCIS and NVC side the government so they broke it down to 4 tiers and the 1st one is prioritizing family-based cases child who aged out, spouses, and adoption categories

@ Raya Shavers - I just read up about it. No I wouldn't qualify under this.

@Randy Persaud really ?? how come ? am i missing something ?

those are for cases that already at the Embassy and waiting for interviews.

damn. then more waiting years for both of us ?

@Randy Persaud where are you living now ?

yeah, I'm in the Virgin Islands.

@Randy Persuad since when you start living in the US ? how did you manage to stay without officially getting a green card ?

I'm not living in the US.

@Randy Persaud i thought Virgin Islands is US territory

No. British!

@Randy Persaud so sorry 😅

Hi Randy, any news? did you pass your interview?

Alice Smith what's your story ?

I'm outside of the US. so I have to wait on my priority date. with all the back logs, visa bulletin wouldnt move for the next six months, at lease that's what I'm hearing.

ARandy Persaud yea same here😢we have years of waiting to go through😭😭😭

hi @Randy , did you any news from the visa center? did you pass your interview?

@AliceSmith my priority date has not reached as yet. The visa bulletin has not move for my category F2B for the past 7 months. and is not expected to move until June or July 2022

Thank you for answering! Please update us when you get the visa center updated. I wish the best for you! My son is exactly the same as your case, and today for the second time, his USCIS status updated to Case Is Being Actively Reviewed By USCIS! I hope it will approve soon. is it any same experience? @Randy Persaud

Randy, what is the next step after my case approve? what should I do?

@AlixeSmith After approval they will send you a notice of action and then transfer your case to the NVC.

no updates for F1 category 😭

@Taya when did you apply for your case? Which year and center?

Thanks @Randy. How long it takes to transfer to NVC?

@Alice Smith I didn't apply, my dad filed for me on September 2018 at California Service Center. I have been waiting in my country for at least 3 years now. My I-130 is still says "case is received"

@I'm sorry, I hope you get a new update soon. I heard that California center is so busy and cases take more time. However maybe it is a good idea to connect with USCIS and ask them sbout your case. By talk with Emma. Is your father resident of California? What does he do? Sorry to ask I only try to understand why your case takes longer

@Taya have you ever checked this website? USCIS timeline?