Nebraska K3 filers with IOE case number (for I-130)

[Eugenia2017 28]

2 hours ago, MGBe said:

Also Nebraska (LIN).

If I see it's Uscis policy to assign the same service center as the i130. I still can't find any experience that shows that it’s working to send the i129F. Good luck. My I130 is also in Nebraska.

[B&C2017 123]

27 minutes ago, Eugenia2017 said:

If I see it's Uscis policy to assign the same service center as the i130. I still can't find any experience that shows that it’s working to send the i129F. Good luck. My I130 is also in Nebraska.

Exactly. They always send it to where the I-130 is.

It did work for some, but as of right now (since July and people with IOE case number) nobody had any success with it. 
Still the processing times for the I-129F are 7.5 - 9.5 months. So somebody eventually starts looking at our case after 7.5 instead of 12.5 months. If the denial of the I-129F will bring an immediate approval of the I-130 isn’t sure. If it does, I’d be very happy about it and if not, at least we tried.

Edited January 9, 2020 by B&C2017

[tmac99 31]

4 hours ago, B&C2017 said:

Exactly. They always send it to where the I-130 is.

It did work for some, but as of right now (since July and people with IOE case number) nobody had any success with it. 
Still the processing times for the I-129F are 7.5 - 9.5 months. So somebody eventually starts looking at our case after 7.5 instead of 12.5 months. If the denial of the I-129F will bring an immediate approval of the I-130 isn’t sure. If it does, I’d be very happy about it and if not, at least we tried.

B&C, we have very similar timelines. I am hoping the exact same thing as well.  Fingers crossed, and good luck.

[Eugenia2017 28]

7 hours ago, B&C2017 said:

Exactly. They always send it to where the I-130 is.

It did work for some, but as of right now (since July and people with IOE case number) nobody had any success with it. 
Still the processing times for the I-129F are 7.5 - 9.5 months. So somebody eventually starts looking at our case after 7.5 instead of 12.5 months. If the denial of the I-129F will bring an immediate approval of the I-130 isn’t sure. If it does, I’d be very happy about it and if not, at least we tried.

Good luck! My NOA1 on Nov 25/19  in Nebraska and I will be sending the i129f soon hopefully it will serve what we expect!!

[B&C2017 123]

16 hours ago, tmac99 said:

B&C, we have very similar timelines. I am hoping the exact same thing as well.  Fingers crossed, and good luck.

Thank you so much, tmac99. Good luck to you as well!

[S&J2013 117]

It’s still showing 7.5 - 9.5 months processing time, but the enquiry date has barely changed but is now early April, I was hoping that we would hear something in our August filed case this side of Easter (as that would be around 8 months) 

 

Still no updates on either of our petitions though, lots from the same date as us in July have been getting their approvals from Texas. It really does suck getting Nebraska 😞

[nidaaali 0]

So i havent submitted 129f is that okay? 
 

i submited 130 on 9-1-19, pd : 9/3/19

 

live in Tx and went to nebraska

[Just Paul 4,595]

48 minutes ago, nidaaali said:

So i havent submitted 129f is that okay? 
 

i submited 130 on 9-1-19, pd : 9/3/19

 

live in Tx and went to nebraska

Only submit the I-129F if you want to play the K3 game.

[nidaaali 0]

1 hour ago, Paul & Mary said:

Only submit the I-129F if you want to play the K3 game.

 What do u mean by k3 game? What game is it lol that i am unaware of?

[Just Paul 4,595]

2 minutes ago, nidaaali said:

 What do u mean by k3 game? What game is it lol that i am unaware of?

Where you file a I-129F to try to get USCIS to act on your I-130.   I haven't heard much success with that lately.

[Wcalmt1 34]

On 1/12/2020 at 5:36 PM, Paul & Mary said:

Where you file a I-129F to try to get USCIS to act on your I-130.   I haven't heard much success with that lately.

I haven't see or heard any success Either.  I am wondering, will we see some K-3's actually getting approved in a month or so? Nebraska is showing a processing time of 7.5 to 9.5 months on the I-129F (K3) with some people getting close to that time. or will it finally start to help the I-130's?

[Just Paul 4,595]

5 minutes ago, Wcalmt1 said:

I haven't see or heard any success Either.  I am wondering, will we see some K-3's actually getting approved in a month or so? Nebraska is showing a processing time of 7.5 to 9.5 months on the I-129F (K3) with some people getting close to that time. or will it finally start to help the I-130's?

Less than 6 K3 got approved last year and all were Latin America.  And for a K3 to be approved the underlying I-130 has to be approved.

 

The thing was that some people were filing I-129Fs and getting the I-130 approved faster.   That really should never have happened - but it did.  It appears that issue was fixed as no one has reported otherwise in a few months.

[Patricia Owuh 175]

1 hour ago, Paul & Mary said:

Less than 6 K3 got approved last year and all were Latin America.  And for a K3 to be approved the underlying I-130 has to be approved.

 

The thing was that some people were filing I-129Fs and getting the I-130 approved faster.   That really should never have happened - but it did.  It appears that issue was fixed as no one has reported otherwise in a few months.

The whole I-129f filing to help the 130 get approved faster is not working any more it seems which is kind of unfair to the rest of us in this waiting game at Nebraska. I am happy for those that got approved faster, but at the same time it's  upsetting.  They were saying oh, file the I-129f it will help.  It has not and they've had our 130 since May. I need my husband here. I need knee surgery, and am not able to go there at this time. I know everyone is struggling with how slow Nebraska SC is. I pray something happens soon that helps them to get busy on these petitions. There is no reason for them to be so slow when the other service centers are moving much faster. Just venting. Sorry!

Edited January 15, 2020 by Patricia Owuh

[Patricia Owuh 175]

1 hour ago, Paul & Mary said:

Less than 6 K3 got approved last year and all were Latin America.  And for a K3 to be approved the underlying I-130 has to be approved.

 

The thing was that some people were filing I-129Fs and getting the I-130 approved faster.   That really should never have happened - but it did.  It appears that issue was fixed as no one has reported otherwise in a few months.

Am I seeing your approval date correct? Your petition was approved 3 days after your NOA1?  That's incredible, but you were not at Nebraska service center. Texas is faster , but your timeline was incredibly fast. Congrats!

[Just Paul 4,595]

8 minutes ago, Patricia Owuh said:

Am I seeing your approval date correct? Your petition was approved 3 days after your NOA1? 

We also have Mexican residency.   Being married and living in Mexico meant we would apply at the local (800km away) USCIS field office and skip stateside processing.  There are still 11 offices where you can do this.  Most are closing this year.  https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/find-uscis-office/international-immigration-offices

 

We filed on a Friday and was approved Monday.

Edited January 15, 2020 by Paul & Mary