ALL Nebraska I-130 Filers

[Ms.F.Brown 7]

Well, not everyone =) *Eventually* we want the permanent visa, but sometimes we just want to get our family into the US (i.e. home) as quick as possible.

Lol, so true that's why I filed the I-129f as well. But they really don't grant them even more when you file the I-130 too. It's like a 1 to 1,000,000 chance that it would get approved first. But I wouldn't tell anyone to hold their breath waiting for it to get approved first. Cause it's a slim to none chance that it will.

[JFH 12,189]

I totally agree with you. There are still a lot of unapproved cases from early January and we are now seeing some February approvals. It makes me wonder if this system is really based on "first-come, first-serve" as there is no logic at all in the way they approve petition.

I think that this system is more of a ballot where people get approved by drawing lots. This is how I imagine this process now. It feels like playing tombola or bingo and hoping for your number to come out....

This is unfair as this immigration process has a serious impact on people's lives causing a lot of financial hardship and distress. This should not boil down to chance.

I find it hard to cope with the separation after years of living together and I am getting a bit fed up with having to work extra night and weekend shifts to pay for airfares and annual leave...

I'm quite baffled by the methodology employed. As the November filer kindly provided her LIN receipt number, I looked on the app at the files around that date. I found no fewer than 22 I-130 files from November 30 that have not been touched. They are still in "case was received" status. It almost makes me think they have lost a box of files.

Whilst I can accept that employee Bob is working on files from February 1 and employee Fred is working on February 7 because employee Fred is faster or happens to have easier files to process in his latest pile, I can't understand why either Bob or Fred picked up the February files off the shelf when several November files haven't been touched.

These are not orders for new living furniture sets that we are waiting on. These are the approvals we need from the government to live with our spouses. How awful it must be for November filers to see February files processed in the same building before theirs.

I am sick of the separation too. In a moment of craziness I bought a ticket to go back to see my husband on June 1.

Edited May 19, 2016 by JFH

[Bn&Dw 1]

I'm quite baffled by the methodology employed. As the November filer kindly provided her LIN receipt number, I looked on the app at the files around that date. I found no fewer than 22 I-130 files from November 30 that have not been touched. They are still in "case was received" status. It almost makes me think they have lost a box of files.

Whilst I can accept that employee Bob is working on files from February 1 and employee Fred is working on February 7 because employee Fred is faster or happens to have easier files to process in his latest pile, I can't understand why either Bob or Fred picked up the February files off the shelf when several November files haven't been touched.

These are not orders for new living furniture sets that we are waiting on. These are the approvals we need from the government to live with our spouses. How awful it must be for November filers to see February files processed in the same building before theirs.

I am sick of the separation too. In a moment of craziness I bought a ticket to go back to see my husband on June 1.

This is very good for you. It will make the time fly by. My husband is coming to visit me in June.

There is no methodology of any kind. I don't even think that the files are sorted in boxes. It sounds like files are just thrown in a large bucket like tomobola tickets and they pick files ramdomly.

Also I have 3 different dates:

01/25/16: the date our case was received according to the app

01/26/16: Notice of Action date on the i797 hard copy

02/01/16: Last time our case was touched according to the USCIS website.

What do you think about these 3 dates? Which one should be considered as our PD?

Edited May 19, 2016 by Bn&Dw

[Thesmiths2016 117]

This is very good for you. It will make the time fly by. My husband is coming to visit me in June.

There is no methodology of any kind. I don't even think that the files are sorted in boxes. It sounds like files are just thrown in a large bucket like tomobola tickets and they pick files ramdomly.

Also I have 3 different dates:

01/25/16: the date our case was received according to the app

01/26/16: Notice of Action date on the i797 hard copy

02/01/16: Last time our case was touched according to the USCIS website.

What do you think about these 3 dates? Which one should be considered as our PD?

01/26/16 ... Because the i797 is the official document. And the last date which is when it was "touched" is probably when your receipt number was added online. Bear in mind they send your i797 THEN add you to the online system.

In my case I'm 24th March noa1 but am still not online (although I have spoken to them and confirmed my case is live)

[Bn&Dw 1]

01/26/16 ... Because the i797 is the official document. And the last date which is when it was "touched" is probably when your receipt number was added online. Bear in mind they send your i797 THEN add you to the online system.

In my case I'm 24th March noa1 but am still not online (although I have spoken to them and confirmed my case is live)

Thank you. I wasn't sure.

[Avilesrx 8]

They are speeding up! We checked our case and we got approved! Best wishes to everyone, we are getting closer to be with our spouses again!

[yoel 30]

They are speeding up! We checked our case and we got approved! Best wishes to everyone, we are getting closer to be with our spouses again!

What was ur PD?

[Avilesrx 8]

What was ur PD?

Our priority date was January 22, 2016

[Bn&Dw 1]

Our priority date was January 22, 2016

Ours is January 26. Hoping for an approval soon.

[Bn&Dw 1]

I just looked on the app.

A few cases right before us got approved on Friday. And the case right after ours got an RFE on Friday.

It looks like that:

LIN....34 approved on May 20th

LIN....35 approved on May 20th

LIN....36 approved on May 20th

LIN....37 received on January 26th (our case)

LIN....38 RFE sent on May 20th

LIN....39 approved on May 20th.

I guess we got an unlucky number :-(

[Aguiirre 0]

I just looked on the app.

A few cases right before us got approved on Friday. And the case right after ours got an RFE on Friday.

It looks like that:

LIN....34 approved on May 20th

LIN....35 approved on May 20th

LIN....36 approved on May 20th

LIN....37 received on January 26th (our case)

LIN....38 RFE sent on May 20th

LIN....39 approved on May 20th.

I guess we got an unlucky number :-(

and what app u can see that ?

[kellycristiany 0]

I guess Im just unlucky... Well my husband got to speak with a tier 2 officer on thursday, and he said that our expedite request was approved, however that was on may 13th and so far we got no mail or anything else from uscis...

Let´s just keep on waiting and hoping, Mine is LIN1690225616... Not sure what LIN´s are the ones you´ve checked but if they are the ones before mine I´m still very far behind... What app do you check? Or do you just add all receipt nbrs previously and following to yours?:

[Bn&Dw 1]

I used the USCIS app on the Ipad.

I checked the numbers before and after mine.

Edited May 23, 2016 by Bn&Dw

[JFH 12,189]

I just looked on the app.

A few cases right before us got approved on Friday. And the case right after ours got an RFE on Friday.

It looks like that:

LIN....34 approved on May 20th

LIN....35 approved on May 20th

LIN....36 approved on May 20th

LIN....37 received on January 26th (our case)

LIN....38 RFE sent on May 20th

LIN....39 approved on May 20th.

I guess we got an unlucky number :-(

This is encouraging to see they have reached the end of January. January 30 and 31 were Saturday and Sunday so the month ends on January 29th for USCIS.

Looks like you got unlucky, though. Maybe today?

[Bn&Dw 1]

This is encouraging to see they have reached the end of January. January 30 and 31 were Saturday and Sunday so the month ends on January 29th for USCIS.

Looks like you got unlucky, though. Maybe today?

I don't know but after looking at the data on VJ, I realised that same-sex couple applications seem to take longer to be approved so this is probably be the reason why. The lack of luck doesn't help either though.