All Nebraska I-130 Filers -- Part 5

[LOUHAMILTON 75]

19 minutes ago, canadavisa22 said:

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

 

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

Thank you! 

[GAMAJM 320]

2 hours ago, booga-boo said:

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

Yeah 12 months is right! It seems to be getting worse..

[Kurdish 76]

14 minutes ago, GAMAJM said:

Yeah 12 months is right! It seems to be getting worse..

I think getting worse. I have to apply for I-129 maybe my case get approve. My PD 09 /26 /2018 

[Alforte05 14]

Hi all,

this morning i called uscis and waited for about 20 min to talk to someone. I was so nervous to hear about my case status being denied  which would be heartbreaking as well as same status as case received. Well to my surprise i was approved just yesterday august 22 at 1:22pm. Status online still reads "case received" but he said it would take time for it to update in the system. 

My husband and i are are so relieved and kids are so excited to be with there dad again. 

 PD august 28th 2018

husband from philippines but going to do the interview in china where he currently works. 

no i-129 filed

approved august 22, 2019

 

i will pray for everyone else approvals soon. Hold on all, i know it hard to wait, it will happen, you will get approved.

[Kurdish 76]

10 minutes ago, Alforte05 said:

Hi all,

this morning i called uscis and waited for about 20 min to talk to someone. I was so nervous to hear about my case status being denied  which would be heartbreaking as well as same status as case received. Well to my surprise i was approved just yesterday august 22 at 1:22pm. Status online still reads "case received" but he said it would take time for it to update in the system. 

My husband and i are are so relieved and kids are so excited to be with there dad again. 

 PD august 28th 2018

husband from philippines but going to do the interview in china where he currently works. 

no i-129 filed

approved august 22, 2019

 

i will pray for everyone else approvals soon. Hold on all, i know it hard to wait, it will happen, you will get approved.

Congrats 

[LilyJ 1,258]

Tried to call to see if there was any update on my I-129f or I-130 but the rep was very vague and just kept giving me processing times, so I guess that means nothing yet, trying again Monday 🤞🏻

[jademcculloch 123]

I can't believe they pushed back the processing times again! I am considering applying for the K3, I just don't wanna be one of those people who will have to wait 15.5 months for an answer, and who know when will they push back the processing time again, it could take even more than that

[Itsalllove212 65]

Hi again everyone. A few days ago, I told you all about my I-130 approval for my spouse. My mom also had a I-130 pending since 9/24/2018. I knew my husband was approved on 8/19/2019  (I-130 PD 1/28/2019, I-129F PD 7/19/2019) but I got the shock of my life when I saw that my mom was approved on the same day. I just got the approval letters in the mail today! I wasn’t expecting that (I figured the I-129F would only speed up my husband’s petition). 

 

Luckily, it seems to have forced them to process another petition I had pending!! I’m not sure if there are many in the same position as myself who had filed separate petitions for a parent and a spouse.  

 

 

[Mr. Bama 46]

Why does everyone keep getting wrapped around the USCIS processing times.? Why does everyone get upset when the the dates keep getting pushed back. Can't you see those dates and times are wrong. USCIS has been claiming for the last 4-5 months they are still working on May 2018 cases. All of that is bull #######. If you see people from diffrent facebook groups and on Visa Journey getting approved with PD of August 2018, stop waiting your time getting mad. USCIS is not on May 2018. That is real fake news.

 

My PD is January 2019. I stop getting made 4 months ago because I know all of those processing times are lies. 15 months I do not believe. I think only in the worse cases or hard cases maybe yes. From what i am seeing I think 12 months for most cases as a maximum. My advice is to don't worry about the processing times.

 

Focus more on preparing your wife or husband on the transition to the USA. Start preparing them mentally leaving their home country and family, keep them engage in their country if they need to learn English help them, research job opportunities in the USA for them,  if they are not working in their home country encourage them to learn a trade or find a job to gain experience so that when they come to the USA they can find a good or decent job. Give them much information about the city you live in and educate them on our culture, government, news stories, and all the good things about your city. Develop a plan together. The focus should be preparing our families for this new life. It is not going to be easy to bring a new person to our land and expect them to adjust quickly, that why if you are not doing it maybe you should. We are asking our wife or husband to trust us to leave all their family behind and join us so it is our job to make the transition easy for them and stop worying about other people getting approve before us or the USCIS changing times.. That is why I am doing all these thing with and for my wife and including her in every decision I make in the USA.

 

I see in many groups many new families divorced or have many problems all because they failed to prepare their foreign wife or husband for this new transition. So I say all of this to say let go and let God control USCIS and let God take the wheel in your case. If you feel like filing the I-129 do it. I did 1 week ago. So I wish everyone all the luck and God bless.

[CaroY 85]

11 minutes ago, Mr. Bama said:

Why does everyone keep getting wrapped around the USCIS processing times.? Why does everyone get upset when the the dates keep getting pushed back. Can't you see those dates and times are wrong. USCIS has been claiming for the last 4-5 months they are still working on May 2018 cases. All of that is bull #######. If you see people from diffrent facebook groups and on Visa Journey getting approved with PD of August 2018, stop waiting your time getting mad. USCIS is not on May 2018. That is real fake news.

 

My PD is January 2019. I stop getting made 4 months ago because I know all of those processing times are lies. 15 months I do not believe. I think only in the worse cases or hard cases maybe yes. From what i am seeing I think 12 months for most cases as a maximum. My advice is to don't worry about the processing times.

 

Focus more on preparing your wife or husband on the transition to the USA. Start preparing them mentally leaving their home country and family, keep them engage in their country if they need to learn English help them, research job opportunities in the USA for them,  if they are not working in their home country encourage them to learn a trade or find a job to gain experience so that when they come to the USA they can find a good or decent job. Give them much information about the city you live in and educate them on our culture, government, news stories, and all the good things about your city. Develop a plan together. The focus should be preparing our families for this new life. It is not going to be easy to bring a new person to our land and expect them to adjust quickly, that why if you are not doing it maybe you should. We are asking our wife or husband to trust us to leave all their family behind and join us so it is our job to make the transition easy for them and stop worying about other people getting approve before us or the USCIS changing times.. That is why I am doing all these thing with and for my wife and including her in every decision I make in the USA.

 

I see in many groups many new families divorced or have many problems all because they failed to prepare their foreign wife or husband for this new transition. So I say all of this to say let go and let God control USCIS and let God take the wheel in your case. If you feel like filing the I-129 do it. I did 1 week ago. So I wish everyone all the luck and God bless.

I agree with a lot of this. I’ve been living in my husband’s country for 8.5 years. It is not easy to live in another culture and language, and being in a mixed culture marriage takes a lot of work and understanding. When we were long distance before I moved, of course everything was more romantic and, to be honest, easier. I don’t want to make this a post about marriage, when this is a place to talk about visas, but I’ve seen many of these marriages fail spectacularly because of cultural issues.  Doing preparation work, like you suggest, is a really good idea. 

Now that the shoe will be on the other foot, in our case, that’s where I focus my time, too. Looking at job boards, social activities my husband would like, etc.  I know what it’s going to be for him to move, and I’m trying to soften it as much as I can. 

[Kurdish 76]

4 hours ago, jademcculloch said:

I can't believe they pushed back the processing times again! I am considering applying for the K3, I just don't wanna be one of those people who will have to wait 15.5 months for an answer, and who know when will they push back the processing time again, it could take even more than that

Me too I really tired of this. I just apply I-129f. 

[jademcculloch 123]

4 minutes ago, Kurdish said:

Me too I really tired of this. I just apply I-129f. 

I talked to my husband and if we don't hear anything up to the end of next week, we're applying as well

 

[Kurdish 76]

Just now, jademcculloch said:

I talked to my husband and if we don't hear anything up to the end of next week, we're applying as well

 

I really don't understand how NSC working on cases.how some people get approve just because they applied for I-129 doesn't make sense. 

[CaroY 85]

25 minutes ago, Kurdish said:

I really don't understand how NSC working on cases.how some people get approve just because they applied for I-129 doesn't make sense. 

Because the whole problem is the backlog and just getting a human to lay eyes upon your file. At this point, there are far fewer I-129f’s, so whatever process they have seems to get to those more quickly than the I-130’s. 

[Mr. Bama 46]

48 minutes ago, CaroY said:

I agree with a lot of this. I’ve been living in my husband’s country for 8.5 years. It is not easy to live in another culture and language, and being in a mixed culture marriage takes a lot of work and understanding. When we were long distance before I moved, of course everything was more romantic and, to be honest, easier. I don’t want to make this a post about marriage, when this is a place to talk about visas, but I’ve seen many of these marriages fail spectacularly because of cultural issues.  Doing preparation work, like you suggest, is a really good idea. 

Now that the shoe will be on the other foot, in our case, that’s where I focus my time, too. Looking at job boards, social activities my husband would like, etc.  I know what it’s going to be for him to move, and I’m trying to soften it as much as I can. 

That is good you are doing this. i am glad to see someone agree. I feel my job as a man is to make the transition and the first year stress free and easy on my wife. I want her to be good. Many people get on here and complain instead of taking action and letting it go. I wrote my Senator4 months ago and really did not get any results, but at least I did something. My 2nd option was to file the i-129 in which I did. All the other stuff in between I do not worry about. I live my life.