don’t trust the app plus there might be people who apply before you that’s the reason you are pushing back …

I share the same sentiment with you about how others move much quicker than your own case. For the sake of your own mental health, do something productive and be patient. Expedite your case if urgently needed to a tier 2 officer OR reach out to your local congressman. Good luck.

@ Menuka Thank you..

@pending Trust me I try my best each and every day. I’m self employed and I’m working my ass off but any day I’m off I stress and have time to look and view others getting approvals and it gets me down, especially when they applied after me. I wish they had a consistent system of processing petitions in order received, no matter what service center they arrive or end up. It’s extremely hard to see 2022 petitions being approved. I’ve already enlisted the congressman and wrote to the senator but I don’t think any of that is helping…

@Tracey your frustration is totally valid, and I share your pain. Hard to see cases approved in 60-90 days as we wait for months and years. No way to dress it up: it is simply unfair, and unjust. Expediting is really your only control on the situation, focusing on your business, family, hobbies is the best use of time. My advice anyway, but I’m also here spending time on Lawfully lol

Did you already get your EAD or AP? You see, some cases are really meant to be fast like EB1 category. Other than that there are a lot of things to consider like background checks especially if your surname is very generic and common. I just got my EAD/AP last week after 280 days of waiting. I used to sulk on the corner before lol but with a million cases on their desk, I just pray that USCIS will process everyone’s case and soon will catch up with the crazy backlogs.

most of the cases that I seeing approve are not family base but for jobs so we the family are not here to work either smh

it’s been 10 months plus and I’m still f waiting

@H TX thank you so much for your response. I-130 standalone is my situation in CSC spouse overseas. pd June 17, 2021 and I started speaking up in March once I saw the processing dates change dramatically, going past my date! Mainly received generic automated type emails simply saying they have no timeframe on my approval knowing they are past my date for approval. They’ve recently changed how they display what the timeframes are now, just simply 9.5 months.. regardless it’s still my timeframe which is why I’m so frustrated. Transparency goes a long way and prevents so much heartache💔 This system is beyond broken and I don’t see any solutions any time soon. So us unfortunate ones just have to continue waiting patiently, pulling our hair out and pulling a few teeth until we can breathe again for the NEXT phase.. ugh

@ pending I’m I-130 standalone

@tas I only pay attention to the category I’m in which is I-130 standalone in California. I’m seeing these getting approved and they applied after me, hence my frustration

@Mortimer I totally understand. At 10 months we thought we would’ve been back together by that time so we just continued suffering thru all this time apart and it’s exactly where still are today. I’m hoping APPROVALS for all of us before we go insane

I see. In your case, it seems pretty odd. By any chance what service center or field office did your application end up to? Sometimes field offices which are pretty busy by nature, definitely makes an impact in the processing wait time. At this point, I would jump out of joy if I get an RFE for 693. If I see that sht, I am off the hook and can wait with inner peace.

@pending my service center is CA. They used to have the longest processing times for I-130 then this past March everything changed. I’m here until I get APPROVED and I’m gone .. best wishes to you for your case!

this is beyond frustration! I feel like dipping my head in sand, when uscis let me know NOT to contact them till 12/03/23. how long more do I have to wait and my pd was 10/01/20

I sent a erequest for my I-130 since is past due but this is what I get back from uscis! so tiring On 06/01/2022, you or the designated representative shown below, contacted us about your case. Some of the key information given to us at that time was the following: Caller indicated they are: -- Applicant or Petitioner Attorney Name: -- Information not available Case type: -- I130 Filing date: -- 10/01/2020 Receipt #: -- MSC-11111111111211 Referral ID: SR11111111111111 Beneficiary (if you filed for someone else): -- Information not available Your USCIS Account Number (A-number): -- Information not available Type of service requested: -- Outside Normal Processing Times The status of this service request is: On 06/01/2022 , you or your representative contacted USCIS concerning your Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, to notify us that you believe your case is outside of our normal processing time. Below is a summary of what we found and how the issue has been or may be resolved. Your Form I-130 is currently pending consideration. We regret that we are not able to give you a time frame for when we will complete the review of your petition. USCIS will notify you as soon as possible if any further information is needed from you, or when a decision has been made. What You Can Do To stay current on your case, we have tools to help you at www.uscis.gov/tools and my.uscis.gov. If you try our online tools and still need help, call the USCIS Contact Center at the number below. We hope this information is helpful. “ what this mean”

@Mortimer I’ve gotten the same responses from them for the same reason. There is no transparency within this organization and it’s difficult to get an expedite answered. It’s so ridiculous..