It is a bit strange that your mother's I-130 petition has not been approved yet. You should call the National Service Center at the number that should have been provided in the e-mail that you received. Prepare to wait quite a while until you get to talk to a service representative. Have your filing receipt number ready. And tell the representative that your case is "outside the normal processing time" (right now, USCIS processes the I-130 petitions that were filed at the end of September 2011, so yours should have been decided about 4 months ago). You need not worry about aging out of the priority category: there is a federal law, Child Status Protection Act, that "froze" your age on the date your mother filed the I-130 petition; until a decision on her petition is made, USCIS treats you as if you do not get a day older. So, let's say, USCIS approves your mother's petition exactly 2 years and 1 month after the petition was filed; and the visa becomes available to you when you are 21 years and 7 months old - under Child Status Protection Act, you age will be counted as 19 years and 6 months, and you will remain in the F2a category.
Answered on May 22nd, 2013 at 1:00 AM