All Nebraska I-130 Filers -- Part 5

[Cantwaitnomore); 5]

Still waiting pd aug 24 hopefully i hear good news soon

[Mr & Mrs T 778]

1 minute ago, Cantwaitnomore); said:

Still waiting pd aug 24 hopefully i hear good news soon

I hope you will have good news pretty soon 🙏🤞🍀

[LilyJ 1,258]

3 minutes ago, Mr & Mrs T said:

They approved I-130 who were far from 300 days with the I-129F

 

9 minutes ago, Kurdish said:

I believe they don't denied every I-129 and approve I-130. These just for cases at least pass 300 days from PD I-130. if they do that mean everyone can apply I-129 even they applied for I-130 3 months ago. 

Yeah there was someone just in July who got I-130 approved after sending I-129f in June and their I-130 was sent February 2019

[Kurdish 76]

3 minutes ago, Mr & Mrs T said:

They approved I-130 who were far from 300 days with the I-129F

Really that's not fair. My PD 09 /26 /2018 I wait till end of Sept. If I don't hear from them I will apply I-129. 

[Kurdish 76]

8 minutes ago, LilyJ said:

 

Yeah there was someone just in July who got I-130 approved after sending I-129f in June and their I-130 was sent February 2019

I don't know what to say. Nobody know how they are working on cases. Thanks 

Edited August 13, 2019 by Kurdish

[Mr & Mrs T 778]

42 minutes ago, Kurdish said:

Really that's not fair. My PD 09 /26 /2018 I wait till end of Sept. If I don't hear from them I will apply I-129. 

Unfortunately  that is the story of this whole process ...

if i can and without being intrusive or anything . Feel free to not answer if you Want . 

Why waiting to the end of September to consider filing I-129F instead of trying now ? 

[Kurdish 76]

22 minutes ago, Mr & Mrs T said:

Unfortunately  that is the story of this whole process ...

if i can and without being intrusive or anything . Feel free to not answer if you Want . 

Why waiting to the end of September to consider filing I-129F instead of trying now ? 

Thanks for your opinion. You right. I will apply this week and I will travel to my country next month. 

[Mr & Mrs T 778]

5 minutes ago, Kurdish said:

Thanks for your opinion. You right. I will apply this week and I will travel to my country next month. 

You are welcome 🙏 

[HuberKimFamily 29]

12 hours ago, Shaylan21 said:

There’s no fee 

Are you sure? Online on the website it says that there is a $535 filing fee????

 

**EDIT**-Scratch that comment. I just see it now where it states that...

 

"There is no fee for Form I-129F petitions for classification of an alien as a spouse of a United States citizen"

 

Hahaha

Edited August 13, 2019 by HuberKimFamily

[Kurdish 76]

1 hour ago, HuberKimFamily said:

Are you sure? Online on the website it says that there is a $535 filing fee????

 

**EDIT**-Scratch that comment. I just see it now where it states that...

 

"There is no fee for Form I-129F petitions for classification of an alien as a spouse of a United States citizen"

 

Hahaha

Yes the fee for I-129 is $535 but if you already applied I-130 it's no fee for the spouse. In the form have option ask you for spouse or fiancé. 

[Lovenature 117]

Long time lurking, first time posting 😉 First off, congrats to everyone who is getting their approvals!  PD for me is Oct 5 2018 . It's been a lengthy, stressful, 312 day journey so far.

 

We used an attorney for the I-130 but that was because I didn't know about this site at the time. The attorney is/was a disaster. Will not do anything to help. Bad advice from the start. Multiple mistakes on our original forms that luckily I caught before they sent them in. Total waste of money. Had to research most stuff myself. Planning on doing the next stage on my own thanks to the wonderful help on here.

 

 I am seeing everyone who is successfully getting action by going I-129 route and am seriously considering this. Same issues as everyone else on here; missing my husband, not being able to plan our life, son's schooling will be messed up due to two different systems and not knowing when he will be down there, trying to maintain two households and running out of money etc. Reached out to our senator  (as lawyer refused to help) but they are getting same run around answers. "I-130 is a 13 month lead time" speech is what came back today. I was hesitating thinking it wasn't going to save time but some of the posts I have seen are approvals in 1-2 months. My biggest concern is if they actually approve the I-129 and not my I-130.

 

My questions:

• Has anyone on this forum had their I-129 approved instead of the I-130 or faced problems because they filed for the I-129?
• Has anyone on this forum filed the I-129 on their own even though they used a lawyer for I-130? Did it cause any issues?

My husband is nervous about us sending in the I-129. Being allowed to move to be with him is great but if I am not able to work and my son can't go to school as we have no authorization it will be a problem.

 

Just wondering if anyone on here experienced anything negative going this route?

[Shaylan21 114]

42 minutes ago, Lovenature said:

Long time lurking, first time posting 😉 First off, congrats to everyone who is getting their approvals!  PD for me is Oct 5 2018 . It's been a lengthy, stressful, 312 day journey so far.

 

We used an attorney for the I-130 but that was because I didn't know about this site at the time. The attorney is/was a disaster. Will not do anything to help. Bad advice from the start. Multiple mistakes on our original forms that luckily I caught before they sent them in. Total waste of money. Had to research most stuff myself. Planning on doing the next stage on my own thanks to the wonderful help on here.

 

 I am seeing everyone who is successfully getting action by going I-129 route and am seriously considering this. Same issues as everyone else on here; missing my husband, not being able to plan our life, son's schooling will be messed up due to two different systems and not knowing when he will be down there, trying to maintain two households and running out of money etc. Reached out to our senator  (as lawyer refused to help) but they are getting same run around answers. "I-130 is a 13 month lead time" speech is what came back today. I was hesitating thinking it wasn't going to save time but some of the posts I have seen are approvals in 1-2 months. My biggest concern is if they actually approve the I-129 and not my I-130.

 

My questions:

• Has anyone on this forum had their I-129 approved instead of the I-130 or faced problems because they filed for the I-129?
• Has anyone on this forum filed the I-129 on their own even though they used a lawyer for I-130? Did it cause any issues?

My husband is nervous about us sending in the I-129. Being allowed to move to be with him is great but if I am not able to work and my son can't go to school as we have no authorization it will be a problem.

 

Just wondering if anyone on here experienced anything negative going this route?

Not that I know of that someone i129 gotten approved. And I filed the i129 on my own & I used rapid visa . Now I regret using them because you can do all this on your own. But I did file the i129 alone & I think I’m going to finish the rest on my own . Hope this helps 

 

 

[Duke & Marie 1,389]

13 hours ago, Sinka13 said:

we are also thinking to apply for K3

I think we all need to be mindful that doing dual processing eg I130 and k3 is a trend that could backfire... the more people file the more administrative pressure placed on USCIS the slower all processing becomes.. just saying

[JMPM 507]

31 minutes ago, Lovenature said:

Long time lurking, first time posting 😉 First off, congrats to everyone who is getting their approvals!  PD for me is Oct 5 2018 . It's been a lengthy, stressful, 312 day journey so far.

 

We used an attorney for the I-130 but that was because I didn't know about this site at the time. The attorney is/was a disaster. Will not do anything to help. Bad advice from the start. Multiple mistakes on our original forms that luckily I caught before they sent them in. Total waste of money. Had to research most stuff myself. Planning on doing the next stage on my own thanks to the wonderful help on here.

 

 I am seeing everyone who is successfully getting action by going I-129 route and am seriously considering this. Same issues as everyone else on here; missing my husband, not being able to plan our life, son's schooling will be messed up due to two different systems and not knowing when he will be down there, trying to maintain two households and running out of money etc. Reached out to our senator  (as lawyer refused to help) but they are getting same run around answers. "I-130 is a 13 month lead time" speech is what came back today. I was hesitating thinking it wasn't going to save time but some of the posts I have seen are approvals in 1-2 months. My biggest concern is if they actually approve the I-129 and not my I-130.

 

My questions:

• Has anyone on this forum had their I-129 approved instead of the I-130 or faced problems because they filed for the I-129?
• Has anyone on this forum filed the I-129 on their own even though they used a lawyer for I-130? Did it cause any issues?

My husband is nervous about us sending in the I-129. Being allowed to move to be with him is great but if I am not able to work and my son can't go to school as we have no authorization it will be a problem.

 

Just wondering if anyone on here experienced anything negative going this route?

If you do plan on sending the i-129f you'll likely get denied as in that there won't be a k-3 visa issued. It's super rare but like the lottery. There's a chance. 

 

 

You can choose not to have the lawyer involved any further. My observation has always been that immigration lawyers that have no trial experience are rubbish. Otherwise they are form fillers. 

 

You're near the end of the journey. You can file it's free but postage But so late in the journey I wouldn't be surprised that you'll get an approval before the i129f is even looked at and either way the end result will be the same. The petition will be denied and since the i130 was approved. 

 

So you got nothing to lose for those that had success. I was skeptical and I see there's action but I didn't have to do it myself, but most people wouldn't do what I did and if my efforts had any effects then I'm not sure which one tipped me over the edge. (See my timeline for more details) 

 

I'm a proponent that has US Citizens we shouldn't have to put up with an inefficient system and protesting in any way possible (within the law) is the way for change. So I did things most would fear since they think that the govt employee might toss their petition at the bottom of the pile. 

 

Do everything you can to be with your love one. 

 

As I tell my wife. I'll make every effort to make things happen. 

 

She and her family was expecting Sprint/summer of 2020 with the delays and she can't believe it still now she understands why I didn't want her to work and to spend time with her family. Working for her would have meant leaving the province and away from her family to continue the field of work she's in. 

 

I'm still furious with the USCIS Nebraska SC. The leadership should all be terminated in my opinion there's no reason for the mismanagement. 

 

 

 

 

[Duke & Marie 1,389]

I got a question... if and when this ever gets approved, how long does it take to actually get through POE? Just wondering because I’ll need connecting flights