All Nebraska I-130 Filers -- Part 5

[bel044 49]

How can I speak to a real person when I call Nebraska?  There is no menu option to speak to someone.  I saw advice to call and press 1 for English and then press 2 over and over again, but that didn't work for me.

[bel044 49]

21 minutes ago, bel044 said:

How can I speak to a real person when I call Nebraska?  There is no menu option to speak to someone.  I saw advice to call and press 1 for English and then press 2 over and over again, but that didn't work for me.

Figured it out.  I pressed 1 1 2 2 #.  Basically just follow all of the prompts to check your case status, but press the option that you don't have your receipt number and then they will connect you to a representative. 

The guy I talked to was nice and told me that my case was touched on Oct. 28, but couldn't tell me for what reason.  It gives me hope, but he did say that it was within normal processing times 😑 and that I should call back if I hadn't heard anything in 96 DAYS🤬.

Also Happy Halloween everyone!👻

[LilyJ 1,258]

3 hours ago, SaeedA said:

Did you get something from NVC? You signature says you're waiting for NVC received.

Haven’t gotten to update my signature yet, we got email from NVC just this morning with case number 😁

[Mr and Mrs S 207]

16 minutes ago, LilyJ said:

Haven’t gotten to update my signature yet, we got email from NVC just this morning with case number 😁

Congratulations 🎉. I missed the post where you posted the good news. Just saw it now.

 

Looking forward to updates from you. Your signature has been very helpful 😊.

Edited October 31, 2019 by SaeedA

[MrsGracie18 6]

2 hours ago, bel044 said:

How can I speak to a real person when I call Nebraska?  There is no menu option to speak to someone.  I saw advice to call and press 1 for English and then press 2 over and over again, but that didn't work for me.

call the contact center you will not be able to speak to someone directly in Nebraska push option 1 and then option 2 and then # sign just say you do not know your receipt number it and it will get to a rep 1800-375-5283

[Kurdish 76]

11 hours ago, LilyJ said:

It can take up to 3 days but you should still try to log in right away. I was able to log in immediately

Thank you! So excited! Almost there

I tried now open. Can I pay now for submit IV application & affidavit of support and financial evidence and upload them. Still my police certificate not ready can I do that later or should be all the same time? 

[DesmondF. 31]

38 minutes ago, Kurdish said:

I tried now open. Can I pay now for submit IV application & affidavit of support and financial evidence and upload them. Still my police certificate not ready can I do that later or should be all the same time? 

Order of things: Pay, Then Fill DS-260, then Submit required documents and photographs . They won’t look at your files till all documents are submitted though.  Important: The Day the Last Item is submitted into their system is the Day  “Your File is Complete.” That  is if everything you submitted are those things required. Do not put things they don’t ask for. That date will be the New date to look out for when they update on case dates they are working on each Monday 

Edited October 31, 2019 by DesmondF.

[Kurdish 76]

10 minutes ago, DesmondF. said:

Order of things: Pay, Then Fill DS-260, then Submit required documents and photographs . They won’t look at your files till all documents are submitted though.  Important: The Day the Last Item is submitted into their system is the Day  “Your File is Complete.” That  is if everything you submitted are those things required. Do not put things they don’t ask for. That date will be the New date to look out for when they update on case dates they are working on each Monday 

Thank you so much. Have one more question, do I upload as a file or each page separate? For example my tax return transcript are 7 pages. 

[DesmondF. 31]

11 minutes ago, Kurdish said:

Thank you so much. Have one more question, do I upload as a file or each page separate? For example my tax return transcript are 7 pages. 

If you can scan and covert it to PDF or JPEG as one single file is best.  each item needed as individual files : Affidavit of Support, IRS Tax transcript, Spouse Passport, Birth Certificate, Police Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Photos of you guys.  Try to combine multiple photos if you can. File limit  for each document asked is 2Mb. There is the option to upload additional  files of the same criteria  especially  if you cannot compress the file down to 2 mb or less then split it

Edited October 31, 2019 by DesmondF.

[Kurdish 76]

2 minutes ago, DesmondF. said:

If you can scan and cover it to PDF or JPEG as one single file is best.  each item needed as individual files : Affidavit of Support, Spouse Passport, Birth Certificate, Police Certificate, Marriage Certificate. Try to combine photos if you can. File limit  for each document asked is 2Mb. There are option upload additional  files of the same for example if you can compress the file down to 2 mb or less then split it

But if I put in one file will be more than 2 MB for sure. Like you said I have to compress the files down 2 mb 

[DesmondF. 31]

10 minutes ago, Kurdish said:

But if I put in one file will be more than 2 MB for sure. Like you said I have to compress the files down 2 mb 

Each “individual file” submitted must be 2Mb or less for each item needed to upload as stated above. The files you will worry more about going over 2Mb will be the pictures depending on how many you plan to submit.Thus the splitting of the files.

Edited November 1, 2019 by DesmondF.

[Mr and Mrs S 207]

19 minutes ago, DesmondF. said:

Each “individual file” submitted must be 2Mb or less for each item needed to upload as stated above. The files you will worry more about going over 2Mb will be the pictures depending on how many you plan to submit.Thus the splitting of the files.

What does original version mean for documents available online? Paperless W2s and transcripts from the IRS website being examples that come to mind.

Edited November 1, 2019 by SaeedA

[Duke & Marie 1,389]

1 minute ago, SaeedA said:

What does original version mean for documents available online? Paperless W2s and transcripts from the IRS website being examples that come to mind.

I thought this meant,  if there’s an original eg birth certificate take those, plus printer versions of online obtain documents such as paperless w2’s that were uploaded.. 

[Mr and Mrs S 207]

Just now, Duke & Marie said:

I thought this meant,  if there’s an original eg birth certificate take those, plus printer versions of online obtain documents such as paperless w2’s that were uploaded.. 

 

This brings up another interesting example. I used my passport as proof of citizenship. I'm not going to send that to Pakistan. If they need that or an original of that my birth certificate, I'll probably just have to fly out there  for here interview.

[Duke & Marie 1,389]

5 minutes ago, SaeedA said:

 

This brings up another interesting example. I used my passport as proof of citizenship. I'm not going to send that to Pakistan. If they need that or an original of that my birth certificate, I'll probably just have to fly out there  for here interview.

Yeah, I don’t recommend posting your passport 😂 i think petitioner I.d is safe, surely they check that online as part of eligibility... possibly only specific to those of us at this end... although I do have my husbands birth certificate and divorce papers here to take with me

Edited November 1, 2019 by Duke & Marie