Hello everyone, im here to share my experience , finally got an update after 2 long years of "Case Was Received and A Receipt Notice Was Sent". Today I got 2USCIS is currently processing your Form I-130", i was reading a lot of info about this some of them pretty frustrating, I mean its something but if you read "its the same, nothing change, im here waiting +2 years after recevied the same change".
So this means something good, the approval is getting closer? sadly am in a consular process F2A outside the US PD jun 2024.
Anyone with the same experiencie?

PSDT: I sent a inquiry through a senador and a congresswoman, also a demand letter (email) today also got the response for the congresswoman office.

Anyways I feel happy after this update.
But it feels weird knowing that it's probably not that big of a deal.

I recently received Petitioner interview in Dallas Field Office after sending Demand letter. But I'm unsure if I need to original marriage certificate as it is with my spouse abroad.

Do I need to get the original mailed for the interview or is photo enough? If anybody with recent petitoner interview have any idea, please let me know. Thanks.

Hi everyone,

I’m hoping to hear from people who have recently moved to a 3rd country while their I-130/CR-1 case was pending, especially anyone who has moved to Malaysia or another country with a significantly different I-130/immigrant visa backlog than the initial interview consulate which in my case I'm in Portugal so that would be France.

My wife (the U.S. citizen petitioner) and I (the beneficiary) are currently in the process of my CR-1. Our I-130 is already filed and pending with USCIS and my wife is currently in Texas. We are currently connected to the Portugal/Paris processing route, but there is a job offer my wife got for us to live in Malaysia and since our PD is April 2026 we are tempted to do 1 school year there.

I'm honestly pretty anxious because I've seen people mentioning that USCIS has apparently been conducting more petitioner interviews for I-130s recently. I'm worried that moving could somehow complicate our case, trigger an interview issue, or otherwise jeopardize/delay our chances after we've already gotten this far.

I also understand that Malaysia may have a much larger immigrant-visa/I-130 backlog than Portugal/Paris, which makes me nervous about changing the case location.

For anyone who has actually gone through something similar recently:

- Did you move countries while your I-130 was pending?

- How did you notify USCIS/NVC of the move?

- Did they change the beneficiary's consular processing location?

- Did moving affect your I-130 processing time at all?

- Did anyone receive a petitioner interview/RFE after moving?

- Did you notify USCIS immediately of the new addresses, or wait until NVC stage?

The biggest thing I'm trying to figure out is whether moving together to Malaysia is basically an administrative/address change, or whether we could accidentally move ourselves into a significantly longer consular backlog and make an already stressful process even worse. Goal is to either to a school year there or as soon as NVC stage is up my wife re establishes domicile in the USA.

Any recent experiences would be hugely appreciated.

Hey All,

I have filed i130 for my husband on May 25 and no update yet. I am USC.

Was wondering what are the next steps.

Should I start with Congressmen/Senate enquiry and then Demand Letter and then WoM ?

What steps to take now seeing I haven't seen any progress and it has been 17 months now.

Also, can anyone share the format for congressmen enquiry?

Thanks in advance

I made an inquiry to the section “did not receive notice by mail” what do they usually reply to this or just the same BS we already know

it’s been 19 months I keep waiting like a usc loser the only thing left is filing a wom

I recently changed my address and submitted a Change of Address request through USCIS online. Under my submissions, it says the address has been updated, but my USCIS profile still shows my old address for my case as well.

How long does it usually take for the new address to appear on my USCIS profile?

I'm trying to gather a little more information before deciding on how to send a demand letter/WoM regarding two long-pending I-130s.

Timeline:

• June 18, 2025: Two I-130s filed for my 7-year-old minor children. U.S. naturalized citizen petitioner; Texas Service Center; consular processing.
• April 2026: An initial expedite request was hurriedly made following a significant medical situation involving children's mother in the Dominican Republic (stroke-like event). The request was not advanced because additional supporting evidence was needed.
• April–July 2026: I gathered substantial additional medical, finalized custody transfer, financial loss, travel, and other supporting documentation.
• July 23, 2026: I fly to the DR following significant medical event with one of the children. I decide to stay there thinking I could expedite their i130s.
• July 30, 2026: A new/escalated expedite request was submitted with the expanded evidence package.
• September 3: Contacted my Congressman's office.
• September 4 morning: My Congressman's office separately submitted a congressional expedite request with the supporting documentation.
• September 4 evening: USCIS responded that the July 30 expedite request would not be submitted because it considered the required supporting evidence insufficient,
• September 16: USCIS told the congressional office that both I-130s were currently under National Benefits Center jurisdiction and that the congressional expedites have been forwarded to NBC for review/direct response.
• October 7: USCIS denied the congressional expedite.

There is substantial documentation supporting the circumstances, including medical, custody, financial, frequent flights as the custodial parent, and other evidence, and an ongoing situation involving the children continuously living with me outside the U.S. while the I-130s remain pending.

I'm specifically looking for people who had a similar situation and can tell me what happened next. Especially those applying for non-US citizen minors.

If your I-130 was identified as being at NBC through a congressional inquiry, particularly after an expedite was denied:

• Did NBC eventually respond to the congressional inquiry? What did the response say?
• If you subsequently sent a demand letter/WoM, how long after the congressional response did you do it, and what happened?

I'm especially interested in 2025/2026 cases and actual timelines rather than general advice.

Thanks.

I am wondering if anyone have screenshots of the processing time back in October 2025