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CSC Correcting Processing Time Error on I-130 Receipt Notices
Posted
Feb 11, 2001
We at the Law Office of Sheela Murthy have received eMails and inquiries during our popular MurthyChat about the time frames for processing family-based immigrant petitions at the California Service Center
(CSC). Of particular concern are the time frames mentioned on the CSC's I-130 receipt notices. CSC has clarified the processing times as below. U.S. citizens filing I-130 Immigrant Petitions for their Immediate Relatives (legal term for parents, spouses, and minor children of U.S. citizens) through the CSC have been alarmed to see an 890-day estimated processing time on their receipt notices. CSC has indicated that this processing time frame is an error.
The correct processing time for I-130s at CSC should be as follows:
(a) for spouse cases, 4 months;
(b) for minor child petitioned by mother, 3 to 4 months and
(c) for others, which would include child petitioned by father as well as petitions filed for parents, about 7 months.
AILA member attorneys can fax inquiries to CSC, in accordance with the regular fax inquiry system procedures for CSC, if there has been no decision on cases as follows:
(i)
for type (a) in above paragraph, if case filed prior to August 2000;
(ii) for type (b) above, if case filed before mid-August of 2000 and;
(iii) for type (c) above, if filed before first week of May, 2000.
CSC has also taken steps to correct the error on the receipt notices. We are pleased to share this information since it will help you understand realistic processing time frames and also may help some of you with filing V visas under the December 21, 2000 LIFE law.
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