February 2016 I-130 filers

[B&Z 201]

My I-130 just got approved, too!!! I'm shocked! (Potomac)

PD: 2/4/2016

NOA1: 2/8/2016

NOA2: 4/19/2016

The Android app alerted me of the approval this morning, so I checked the online USCIS Case Status and confirmed it! Approved! That was super fast!

Edited April 20, 2016 by B&Z

[callan83 2]

How can you tell that the case from 12/25 was approved?

If you create a timeline for yourself and click on "Nebraska Service Centre Processing Times", the box at the top will tell you the date of the latest approved I-130s.

[callan83 2]

My I-130 just got approved, too!!! I'm shocked! (Potomac)

PD: 2/4/2016

NOA1: 2/8/2016

NOA2: 4/19/2016

The Android app alerted me of the approval this morning, so I checked the online USCIS Case Status and confirmed it! Approved! That was super fast!

Awesome - congratulations!!!

[Dji77 0]

Congrats !

I petition for my mom and I guess we got the same PD but unfortunately no approval yet;

[Mpshah 14]

Potomac Service Ctry is moving fast.. Come on Nebraska let's speed things up...

[callan83 2]

Go Cornhuskers!!!

[Mpshah 14]

I feel like a stalker I am checking USCIS everyday !!!!

[deweyjhawar 0]

Wow. I hear a lot of approvals from feb fillers..is it true that they are working on feb cases?

[Mpshah 14]

It's true however it's Potomac Service Cent.. Nebraska is still on 12/2016

[deweyjhawar 0]

So we r gonna hear the good news soon.. dint expect that potomac is working soo fast..we were expecting 6months whn we heard that our case was handed to potomac service centre.

[Dji77 0]

My PD is 02/08/16 for somehow did not get approved yet;

I hope we will all have good news very soon!

[callan83 2]

When I look at the Nebraska timeline and filter on approved I-130s, there are a few February submissions that seem to have been approved after only one month.

The majority of them seem to be from the Philippines. Do those cases tend to be prioritized or are the timelines not accurate?

Edited April 20, 2016 by callan83

[B&Z 201]

When I look at the Nebraska timeline and filter on approved I-130s, there are a few February submissions that seem to have been approved after only one month.

The majority of them seem to be from the Philippines. Do they tend to be prioritized or are the timelines not accurate?

From what I've seen discussed about that, petitions are expedited for people from the Philippines due to a typhoon there several years ago.

[JFH 12,190]

When I look at the Nebraska timeline and filter on approved I-130s, there are a few February submissions that seem to have been approved after only one month.

The majority of them seem to be from the Philippines. Do those cases tend to be prioritized or are the timelines not accurate?

It's a very sore subject with me! Due to a big typhoon there in 2013, a temporary emergency immigration policy was put in place to expedite pending cases for humanitarian reasons. That "temporary measure" is still in place some 2.5 years later. Applicants do not have to prove that they live in an area that was hit by the typhoon or that they have suffered hardship as a result - they are just automatically expedited. People with husbands/wives in war-torn Syria and other conflict areas are not able to have their cases expedited. How is that fair? Not only that, but applications for visas for parents from the Philippines are also expedited. Nebraska is giving priority for parents of Filipino-Americans over me being able to live with my husband. I don't see why grown adults need to have their parents join them quicker than I need to be with my husband.

Rant over...

[deweyjhawar 0]

Okay but i can see there are more than 3 approvals who r not from phillipines.