kwijibo123

My best advice is to stop looking at other timelines and assuming yours will be identical. My I-130 was approved on a Thursday (this was in 2016) and was sent to the NVC the following Monday. Other people waited 45 days for the USCIS service center to send the petition to the NVC. Look at the shortest timeline and look at the longest one and assume that yours will fall somewhere in between. 

You can look at my posts - I was in the same boat (May 2019) You preserve the queue from the original service center you filed with (confirmed when I chatted with USCIS, also by Ombudsman). So, what I would do, if I were you is submit an “out of normal processing time” (ONPT) request. Submit this via the online chat feature. They’ll send you confirmation of your query and will respond to it officially.
 
Hopefully, that‘ll resolve that. In my case, it didn’t. I escalated to Ombudsman, and then Vermont SC sent me an RFE, which I completed. I would recommend the same for you, be prepared to file an Ombudsman request. None of this costs anything, except time.

Moral of the story: Be prepared to follow through and escalate. 

President Trump’s New Year Gift: Extension of parents’ visa ban till Mar 31, 2021.
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-suspension-entry-immigrants-nonimmigrants-continue-present-risk-united-states-labor-market/

My mom’s I-130 is stuck (IR5 VISA). My PD is May 10, 2019 and was assigned Nebraska and then the application was subsequently transferred to Vermont in Feb/Mar 2020. Subsequently, the proclamation came about with the suspension of IR5 Visas through December 31, 2020. 
 
I’ve tried submitting case status update queries to USCIS, Ombudsman with no effect. I guess, there is no sense in trying, as the processing of Visa is suspended at this point. Initially I was planning to escalate via Congressman and if that didn’t work, submit a mandamus writ petition. Hope this helps people who are querying about what to do in the event of “outside of normal processing times” situation.

Still waiting on news of my May 10 2019 application. Looks like a bunch of approvals for people who filed much later! I’m happy for you, but at the same time, it’s painful not knowing the outcome of my case. Is anyone else waiting for a year or more? They transferred my case to Vermont a couple of months back and since then nothing ... I’ve tried contacting them multiple times, but they just give out the same useless information, I can see on the case status page ...

Thanks fo sharing. Super frustrated about the randomness of getting assigned to Nebraska .... But looks like I’ve lots of company on this thread .... 

Thanks fo sharing. Super frustrated about the randomness of getting assigned to Nebraska .... But looks like I’ve lots of company on this thread .... 

Thanks fo sharing. Super frustrated about the randomness of getting assigned to Nebraska .... But looks like I’ve lots of company on this thread .... 

Well, the joke’s on me. I’m in Texas and I assumed that my case would be assigned to TSC. Just saw that my case starts with LIN and that means it’s assigned to Nebraska Service Center. 
 
So, I’m joining this wonderful thread .... nothing is more taxing than the wait with no information on what’s going on.
 
My case is I130 for parent (IR5). Receipt date 10 May 2019 .... This is for my Mom and she’s old. I just want to be able to take care of her.