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The USCIS received my I-130 on September 24, 2013. I'm a citizen of the US and my husband is from the UK. Neither of us were married before, and neither of us have criminal records or anything that would complicate it. I'm hoping it'll take a few more months, but people keep telling me horror stories about how it could take years for him to get a green card. 
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Sheep posted:I was in a similar situation as you; I think all told, including a dumb mistake on my part (photocopy rather than original sponsor signature on a document at the interview at the embassy), it took about eight months from start to finish. "Getting a green card" isn't an issue since spouse visas automatically confer permanent residency - the visa itself states that it acts as a temporary I-551 ("green card") with a validity of one year - ie until the real card arrives in the mail. After I sent in the I-130 I received an I-797C Notice of Action, but that's the most recent paperwork I've received from them. According to the USCIS website the case status is still in Initial Review. And everyone said that it would go fast because he's white and British. 
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Feb 2, 2014 04:37
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Ashcans posted:A couple things here. First, the USCIS case tracking thing is kind of crappy, it generally jumps straight from 'Initial Review' to 'Decision' the day your case is determined. It shows a bunch of steps that either won't apply to all cases or never actually get triggered. Don't worry about it. Second, you can check the current USCIS processing times here. I-130s are in some sort of backlog right now, it looks like they're still processing cases filed in March 2013. So no one is even looking at your stuff yet. You can keep an eye on those dates to spot when you're actually getting worked on (more or less). Thanks! I recently read this article and I was kind of bummed that they have such a backlog.
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Feb 2, 2014 06:03
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I'm very excited! Yesterday I got a notice from USCIS stating that my case had been transferred from the National Benefits Center to the Nebraska Service Center. It says that if I do not receive a decision or notice of action within 60 days I should call customer service. Does this mean that they will probably make a decision within 60 days or are they underestimating their processing times?
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Mar 12, 2014 02:43
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Glitch crashes global US passport, visa operations Will this affect the NVC as well?
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Jul 27, 2014 22:32
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My husband is going through NVC right now. God, I want to kill myself.
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Jul 31, 2014 04:04
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Thank you for your contributions to this thread, Ashcans!
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Aug 1, 2014 03:13
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So today I met an immigration lawyer, one who deals with artists and designers who want to come to America. I told him about how my husband and I are going through the system and he told me that if my husband had stayed past 90 days he could have stayed in the country and the whole thing would be settled in 4 or 5 months, had we hired a lawyer. Is that true?
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Aug 23, 2014 22:57
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Ashcans posted:I backtracked through your posts here to try and get a summary of your situation. I understand you've been doing the immigrant visa processing through the NVC/consulate, but I didn't see anything about when/if/how long your husband might have been in the US. It is possible that if he was in the US at some point there was an opportunity to have filed an Adjustment instead of consular processing the petition, but I don't know if that is true without more details. He moved here in February 2013 and we got married in late April. He left in the middle of May. We filed the I-130 after that. I had no idea adjustment of status was possible, I thought everyone who wanted to live here had to leave if their visitor visa was up after 90 days.
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