All Nebraska I-130 Filers -- Part 5

[ohcoffeeeyes 120]

1 minute ago, David & Olga said:

The processing centers get judged by performance on how quick, and how many cases they approve per quarter. By filing a I-129F jointly with a I-130, they have an opportunity to swiftly approve two applications/petitions when they're grouping the files together. So, instead of grouping them, discarding them for later, and then reviewing them, i think someone made the administrative decision to review them at the instance when they're grouped to be more efficient. So, the reason why they havent caught on is because it is actually benefiting them, and not doing them any harm whatsoever. Seems like they're saving themselves from having to do double-work - which is a win-win for everyone involved, especially the beneficiaries. 

This is just my theory - there's no factual reference to this, just thinking logically here. 

Wow. That actually makes complete sense.

 

I wonder if its the same at other service centres + people who just filed and were assigned to Nebraska doing the same thing would get a quicker processing time too?

[JulienR 92]

2 hours ago, canadavisa22 said:

If we want to minimize even more the minuscule chance of getting the K-3, would it make sense to have some things wrong/missing in the I-129F to ensure denial? I'm just thinking there's not point in trying to fill it all in perfectly to avoid an RFE when we want it denied anyways.

 

For all we know they don't even read through it. They just cross-check it to see if I-130 has also been submitted then deny right away.  

I remember someone wrote that if the I-129F is approved, you don't actually have to apply for the K3, you can pass and wait for the I-130 to be approved and apply for the IR1/CR1 then. I have not verified this information though.

[JulienR 92]

13 minutes ago, ohcoffeeeyes said:

Wow. That actually makes complete sense.

 

I wonder if its the same at other service centres + people who just filed and were assigned to Nebraska doing the same thing would get a quicker processing time too?

I saw someone did it at Texas SC and it seems to have worked too but it's harder to say because it cut off only a month of the regular processing time.

[David & Olga 124]

15 minutes ago, ohcoffeeeyes said:

Wow. That actually makes complete sense.

 

I wonder if its the same at other service centres + people who just filed and were assigned to Nebraska doing the same thing would get a quicker processing time too?

That is a really good question...I have not lurked in the other threads about people attempting to do this - but i have heard through the grapevine that only Nebraska is doing this. Everything balances out though - because you are considered lucky if you don't get Nebraska (since they're snail-pace), and you do because of their processing behavior. You get Potomac and you don't even need to worry about filing for the I-129F. So there's a balance to all this chaos, believe it or not. 

[elena333 20]

10 hours ago, lngtimecoming said:

We got our approval today!! I am here in the states visiting my husband as our 1st wedding anniversary was on Saturday. We were really hoping it would come while I was here...so excited after such a looong wait! 

 

PD 08/24/18

APPROVED 08/22/19

Yay, congratulations, NOA 2 buddy! Smooth sailing to you with the rest of the process!!!

[CaroY 85]

Nebraska has been busy lately!  We’ve been approved!!!!  I just got off the phone with the woman at the service number who was VERY sweet and helpful.  No notice has arrived yet, but we’re in Turkey, so...

 

I-130 PD - 2/13/2019

I-129F PD - 7/29/2019

I-129F Denial - 8/22/2019

I-130 Approval - 8/22/2019

 

Add it to the I-129f Success pile!! 

[ghostfoxgoddess 160]

On 8/22/2019 at 1:21 AM, jademcculloch said:

have you seen many approvals this week? I've been quite busy, but on my spare time I try to look and I haven't seen much

 

Case Tracker‘s (mostly) working for me again, so I just checked some numbers — the higher ones didn’t show any movement, but the -609000 +500 search showed some movement from the 21st and 22nd — 7 approvals on the 22nd, 5 on the 21st, and 2 RFEs on the 22nd. (In theory, those should all be Aug 31st and up cases, but they haven’t always been in order and case tracker doesn’t show me the case history anymore, only latest actions...)

[booga-boo 53]

Processing times jumped backwards to May 23, 2018, basically saying it takes 12-15.5 months to process applications.

[LilyJ 1,258]

42 minutes ago, CaroY said:

Nebraska has been busy lately!  We’ve been approved!!!!  I just got off the phone with the woman at the service number who was VERY sweet and helpful.  No notice has arrived yet, but we’re in Turkey, so...

 

I-130 PD - 2/13/2019

I-129F PD - 7/29/2019

I-129F Denial - 8/22/2019

I-130 Approval - 8/22/2019

 

Add it to the I-129f Success pile!! 

Wow.. your I129f pd is only 2 days before mine and your I130 is 1 day before mine.. hope I hear soon too then🤞🏻

[Jo&Ro 106]

5 hours ago, Saci Singh said:

Did you have to call them and ask if they received it...

 

Now ya got to wait for the ds260. More waiting.. man. Yeah ridiculous

Yes, multiple times. Always just wait longer for the answer.

Hopefully the DS-260 is fast or the congressman helps. Fortunately she is in Singapore and that embassy seems to be SUPER fast. 

[Jo&Ro 106]

5 hours ago, Love To Teach said:

Our senator's office called Nebraska yesterday. They said our paperwork has now been assigned. Our date was August 7, 2018. Anybody have any idea how long it takes from Nebraska to finished at NVC?

We are at 2 months today and not finished...

[Kurdish 76]

46 minutes ago, Jo&Ro said:

We are at 2 months today and not finished...

How to contact senator of State I live. I found his Email can I send Email to him? 

Edited August 23, 2019 by Kurdish

[CaroY 85]

59 minutes ago, LilyJ said:

Wow.. your I129f pd is only 2 days before mine and your I130 is 1 day before mine.. hope I hear soon too then🤞🏻

Give them a call!  It was only a 15 minute wait when I called earlier and she was remarkably pleasant  Fingers crossed for you!! 

[LOUHAMILTON 75]

Hello guys, I'm feeling really uninformed because it was only yesterday that I heard this information thanks to a colleague from VJ. Since yesterday, I've prepared the form and the docs to send but I'm not sure which address to send to. Sorry for the really silly question, but I wouldn't want to do anything wrong at this point. Could someone please let me know? 

[canadavisa22 202]

49 minutes ago, LOUHAMILTON said:

Hello guys, I'm feeling really uninformed because it was only yesterday that I heard this information thanks to a colleague from VJ. Since yesterday, I've prepared the form and the docs to send but I'm not sure which address to send to. Sorry for the really silly question, but I wouldn't want to do anything wrong at this point. Could someone please let me know? 

https://www.uscis.gov/i-129f

 

Hit "where to file" and the addresses come up.