Nebraska Svc. Center Filers

[ramzis51 0]

I want to start a thread of Nebraska Service Center filers (mailed my NOA1 May 24, received May 25). I'd like to see and compare the times of touches NOA's, etc. I'm looking at my checking acct. everyday waiting to see a cashed check!

[payxibka 10,045]

Good luck since Nebraska does not process I-129F petitions for K-1.

[Michaela_Hassan 1]

Cases are still filed there and then transfered to CSC.

[payxibka 10,045]

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[Buck and Natalia 0]

I want to start a thread of Nebraska Service Center filers (mailed my NOA1 May 24, received May 25). I'd like to see and compare the times of touches NOA's, etc. I'm looking at my checking acct. everyday waiting to see a cashed check!

The Nebraska Service Center forwards all I-129F K1 petitions to the California Service Center (CSC) for processing. Our petition was submitted to Nebraska on May 2, received by Nebraska on May 5 and then forwarded to California. However, no real contact since then. Our fee check was cashed by the CSC on May 29 (27 days after the petition was originally mailed). We are still waiting to recieve the actual NOA1 from CSC. We hope to receive it in the next few days so that we can confirm our case receipt number which will enable us to track the processing of our petition with USCIS online. The endorsement section of our fee check was actually stamped with our case receipt number (a 13 character number begining with 3 letters - WAC in our case - and 10 numbers). Unfortunately, the endorsement stamp was partially illegible so we still do not know our full case receipt number..... only part of it. We wish you much better luck.

[eric_and_teresa 10]

Yes fwaguy! The NSC sends the packages to CSC, but the OP is just trying to compare his timeline to other filers of the NSC, nothing wrong about that!

ramzis55, you can also do search other couple's timelines, where it says "Immigration Timeliness", so you can see how other Nebraska filers have been doing. Click here: K-1 Visa Timelines /Nebraska Service Center Hope you find this helpful:)

I feel your frustration checking every day your bank account, and seeing that your check has not been cashed Since mid April, NOA1's for NSC filers have been taking a little longer. We waited for ours for 34 very long days!

Hang in there! Hopefully you'll get yours soon!!!

[Quinn 2]

Yes fwaguy! The NSC sends the packages to CSC, but the OP is just trying to compare his timeline to other filers of the NSC, nothing wrong about that!

ramzis55, you can also do search other couple's timelines, where it says "Immigration Timeliness", so you can see how other Nebraska filers have been doing. Click here: K-1 Visa Timelines /Nebraska Service Center Hope you find this helpful:)

I feel your frustration checking every day your bank account, and seeing that your check has not been cashed Since mid April, NOA1's for NSC filers have been taking a little longer. We waited for ours for 34 very long days!

Hang in there! Hopefully you'll get yours soon!!!

Agreed, I think maybe the OP has heard the rumor that NSC and TSC people get approved a little faster, despite the fact that their petitions are forwarded to CSC. I'm curious as to whether it's true myself.

[Buck and Natalia 0]

Yes fwaguy! The NSC sends the packages to CSC, but the OP is just trying to compare his timeline to other filers of the NSC, nothing wrong about that!

ramzis55, you can also do search other couple's timelines, where it says "Immigration Timeliness", so you can see how other Nebraska filers have been doing. Click here: K-1 Visa Timelines /Nebraska Service Center Hope you find this helpful:)

I feel your frustration checking every day your bank account, and seeing that your check has not been cashed Since mid April, NOA1's for NSC filers have been taking a little longer. We waited for ours for 34 very long days!

Hang in there! Hopefully you'll get yours soon!!!

Agreed, I think maybe the OP has heard the rumor that NSC and TSC people get approved a little faster, despite the fact that their petitions are forwarded to CSC. I'm curious as to whether it's true myself.

Not true. CSC is slow and becoming even slower as more Service Centers are forwarding their I-129F Alien Fiancee Petitions there for processing. It appears the only Service Center not currently forwarding all or part of their I-129F Petitions to CSC is the Vermont Service Center (VSC) which accounts for VSC's much faster processing times.

[JamesandMaria 0]

Hah, so it seems that a lot of us are having a bit of trouble then eh?

Good luck to everyone

and hope we all get through this quickly

[Quinn 2]

Yes fwaguy! The NSC sends the packages to CSC, but the OP is just trying to compare his timeline to other filers of the NSC, nothing wrong about that!

ramzis55, you can also do search other couple's timelines, where it says "Immigration Timeliness", so you can see how other Nebraska filers have been doing. Click here: K-1 Visa Timelines /Nebraska Service Center Hope you find this helpful:)

I feel your frustration checking every day your bank account, and seeing that your check has not been cashed Since mid April, NOA1's for NSC filers have been taking a little longer. We waited for ours for 34 very long days!

Hang in there! Hopefully you'll get yours soon!!!

Agreed, I think maybe the OP has heard the rumor that NSC and TSC people get approved a little faster, despite the fact that their petitions are forwarded to CSC. I'm curious as to whether it's true myself.

Not true. CSC is slow and becoming even slower as more Service Centers are forwarding their I-129F Alien Fiancee Petitions there for processing. It appears the only Service Center not currently forwarding all or part of their I-129F Petitions to CSC is the Vermont Service Center (VSC) which accounts for VSC's much faster processing times.

right, i understand that, but as i said, there's a rumor going around that DESPITE being forwarded to CSC, NSC and TSC people are approved faster than their respective CSC counterparts. Like i said, It's a rumor. Of course, faster is a relative term....certainly not as fast as VSC people. But possibly faster than people who sent their petitions to CSC in the first place.

[ramzis51 0]

I want to start a thread of Nebraska Service Center filers (mailed my NOA1 May 24, received May 25). I'd like to see and compare the times of touches NOA's, etc. I'm looking at my checking acct. everyday waiting to see a cashed check!

The Nebraska Service Center forwards all I-129F K1 petitions to the California Service Center (CSC) for processing. Our petition was submitted to Nebraska on May 2, received by Nebraska on May 5 and then forwarded to California. However, no real contact since then. Our fee check was cashed by the CSC on May 29 (27 days after the petition was originally mailed). We are still waiting to recieve the actual NOA1 from CSC. We hope to receive it in the next few days so that we can confirm our case receipt number which will enable us to track the processing of our petition with USCIS online. The endorsement section of our fee check was actually stamped with our case receipt number (a 13 character number begining with 3 letters - WAC in our case - and 10 numbers). Unfortunately, the endorsement stamp was partially illegible so we still do not know our full case receipt number..... only part of it. We wish you much better luck.

Thanks guys---you are right----I'm just trying to compare times----I know we are all anxious. My fiance was with me for 6 weeks and just returned to Russia on May 20. It has been awful. I don't think we'll be together again until he gets his k-1. But we all have certainly learned patience, haven't we.

[ramzis51 0]

Hah, so it seems that a lot of us are having a bit of trouble then eh?

Good luck to everyone

and hope we all get through this quickly

I appreciate the link to the Service Center timeline.. How is that updated? Does VJ do it or do we have to input the info.

[eric_and_teresa 10]

Buck_and_Natalia are right. If you check the timelines, the CSC and the NSC are taking an average of 30 days to issue and send NOA1 in the meantime people who filed at VSC get theirs in 10 days most of the times!

ramzis51, VJ creates those timelines with the information each one of us puts in our own timelines, that's why it's very important that we keep our timelines updated. I'm not sure if the link I sent you will update automatically, but you can try to do your own search, to get updated info.

Best of luck to all of you guys

[ramzis51 0]

Buck_and_Natalia are right. If you check the timelines, the CSC and the NSC are taking an average of 30 days to issue and send NOA1 in the meantime people who filed at VSC get theirs in 10 days most of the times!

ramzis51, VJ creates those timelines with the information each one of us puts in our own timelines, that's why it's very important that we keep our timelines updated. I'm not sure if the link I sent you will update automatically, but you can try to do your own search, to get updated info.

Best of luck to all of you guys

thanks----We are ALL used to waiting, aren't we!!. I have a silly question. How do you get your photo to show up on the left side of your message? I have a photo in my profile but I can't figure out how to have it show on every post, thanks,

[etripke 0]

Yes fwaguy! The NSC sends the packages to CSC, but the OP is just trying to compare his timeline to other filers of the NSC, nothing wrong about that!

ramzis55, you can also do search other couple's timelines, where it says "Immigration Timeliness", so you can see how other Nebraska filers have been doing. Click here: K-1 Visa Timelines /Nebraska Service Center Hope you find this helpful:)

I feel your frustration checking every day your bank account, and seeing that your check has not been cashed Since mid April, NOA1's for NSC filers have been taking a little longer. We waited for ours for 34 very long days!

Hang in there! Hopefully you'll get yours soon!!!

Agreed, I think maybe the OP has heard the rumor that NSC and TSC people get approved a little faster, despite the fact that their petitions are forwarded to CSC. I'm curious as to whether it's true myself.

Not true. CSC is slow and becoming even slower as more Service Centers are forwarding their I-129F Alien Fiancee Petitions there for processing. It appears the only Service Center not currently forwarding all or part of their I-129F Petitions to CSC is the Vermont Service Center (VSC) which accounts for VSC's much faster processing times.

You're partially correct Buck. They have been forwarded from Texas and Nebraska since spring of 2006. There was some thought that it was originally just a "temporary" fix, but who knows. I guess on one hand if it was going to be a permanent change they would have made the mailing address change on the "new" forms when they were released in February, but they didn't.

The other issue is that the VJ timelines are still being tracked by service center. There is a difference in processing times between CSC/TSC/NSC as shown when you look at them. I know that there has been some thought that perhaps the NSC/TSC petitons may (and I say may) be getting processed by specific groups at CSC. In other words the forwarded petitions are being processed seperately from the CSC petitons. This would account with the disparity in the timelines. I would encourage ANYONE who has filed at TSC/NSC to keep that service center listed as their service center rather than change it to CSC for that reason. It will provide a more accurate reflection of the processing times if that is indeed the case.

Edited June 6, 2007 by etripke