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LagosNIV:
There are too many holes in this story for me to answer accurately. Where was the I-130 filed? Who was it filed with? Who kept the passport?
Based on the information you've provided I don't really know what is going on.

Dear VO,

The old passport where my US tourist visa was kept by the US embassy here in Japan. Fast forward to today, I already finished my interview. They didn't give me an outright approval instead was told everything seems good and in case they need additional docs, they will let me know. True enough, they have instructed me to submit additional paperwork. I have sent all back and now as per checking the website it says Administrative Processing.

Dear VO,

My husband and I just went in for the i-130 filing yesterday. And since he is in the military, we were given a blanket exception and was approved for the application right away. My question is, I have a US tourist visa from before and it was in my old passport. They actually took my old passport and said they will hold on to it first. I am not worried about not being able to go to us soon because we are stationed here however, I heard immigrant visas take forever sometimes and what if we have to visit my husband's family sometime in the future? That means I can't go because my old passport and us visa is with them. Is this normal for them? To keep old passports with us visas?

Thanks in advance