Leah’s Cafe

The US, like Australia, has a similar two-part process for its citizen to unite with immediate family. First, the US citizen needs to file a petition to access his eligibility to sponsor a family member. Then, when the petition is approved, the beneficiary of the petition has to submit an application for the immigrant visa.

The big boy filed an I-130 petition for me in March 15. The petition was forwarded to California Service Center and he received a notice that said the petition was received on March 17 with a priority date of March 24.

We didn’t hear anything after that. I went for a surgery in April and went through a cancer scare throughout April and May. After much persuasion, the big boy then filed an expedite request on June 5. The expedite request was approved on June 24 and subsequently the I-130 petition was approved on July 9.

The approved I-130 then was forwarded and received by National Visa Center (NVC) on July 15. The big boy filed an expedite request with NVC on July 16 and it’s approved on July 24. The file will be forwarded to KL and continue with the second part of the immigration process.

The second part of the process is to have the beneficiary of the petition, that’s me, to submit an application for the immigrant visa. Hopefully, the second part is going to go fast, much faster than the first part!