Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	ALL Nebraska I-130 Filers	Can't remember if someone posted this here yet... But here it is again!! It couldn't hurt! Sign this petition! https://petitions.wh...JFF#thank-you=p	Bradrean	Not Telling	Australia	2014-02-26 23:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	ALL Nebraska I-130 Filers	Snowflake if I were you ID DO IT! Go for it! Screw them if they make us wait this long!!! Doing things the legal/ "right way" gets us not too far. Obviously! Let us know what happens! I'd be trying to do it too if I wasn't scared he would be rufused and sent back at POE!!	Bradrean	Not Telling	Australia	2014-02-26 19:24:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	ALL Nebraska I-130 Filers	I got approved today from Nebraska!!!!!!!! Alhamdou li Allah!!!!!!!!!!! Etrangais I'm so happy for you! Congrats!!! This is good news guys! Every approval is good news especially when the dates are moving into July/august! Yay!!!	Bradrean	Not Telling	Australia	2014-02-26 19:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	ALL Nebraska I-130 Filers	Kaelabelle I'm abroad too, we're lucky to be with hubby but I realllly want to get home. They said in a letter in October that processing dates are "supposedly" going to be back at 5 months by May. That might be good for you!! I'll try to find the link to the letter but it's on internet and on VJ. You should read it, might make you feel better. Etrangais - like I said, look on VJ at timelines for i-130 and set the filter to transfers- nebraska. They have been on a few Junes lately so I think you're due for good news soon!!! Some people said they got 3 diff transfer emails (you said 2 already right?) and then they really did get approved not too long after. I really hope you get yours soon... You're due! Other centers are halfway done with August and starting sept transfers!!!	Bradrean	Not Telling	Australia	2014-02-26 18:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	ALL Nebraska I-130 Filers	I know. I've been keeping a close eye on everything. November filers are hoping for May approvals. Hoping. Doesn't mean it will happen. I'll keep everyone updated on anything I find on this forum. If any one else gets any info feel free to share or chat! Keeping an eye on the months before you and after you help usually. But with nebraska it's hard to really predict. Just keep using VJ timelines and seeing what's new each day. That's what I'm doing. :/	Bradrean	Not Telling	Australia	2014-02-26 07:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	ALL Nebraska I-130 Filers	Alreadytaken, yeah you'd think so right?! But I think as someone else before said- they're a mess right now. If you look on VJ timelines and refine it to "transfers" and "nebraska" you can see that they're first of all RANDOM but actually doing approvals. They go from April, May, June, May, June April and so on. Lately it's been more June so I'm thinking they're headed to July now. As far as I could see though they don't have too many July, August of sept. The September thread if you look at them, most of them got transferred elsewhere. So that's good for us I suppose! They say April (as I heard from others too) to keep is quiet. It seems they're pretty much done there though. And the "April 5, 2013" update you see on the website is "AS OF December 31 2013" so those numbers are old but they won't tell us anything new either (I tried today they will not budge!). Anyway... Hopefully as soon as the transfers are out if the way were next. If you do the same BJ timeline search refined to nebraska (not transfers but just nebraska) you see they did all the expedited Philippines ones BUT also some others from even December! When I asked the tier 2 uscis person today they said "every case is different" ... Yeah whatever. They're so random! That's why I started this thread.. So we can stick together and try to find some diet of answer.	Bradrean	Not Telling	Australia	2014-02-26 06:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	ALL Nebraska I-130 Filers	Same for us but our ARN changed in December. Did you do an I-129f petition as well? I was thinking that's why ours changed in December..because our I-129f got matched up with the I-130. I haven't had a word since either. I was hoping it meant something :/	Bradrean	Not Telling	Australia	2014-02-26 05:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	ALL Nebraska I-130 Filers	Oh gosh Smoochies I'm sorry you've been waiting so long. When did you get transferred to Nebraska? You're supposed to hear a decision within 60 days of transfer!   They say April but that is from December... you should have yours by now!!    Have you ever gotten an RFE (Request Further Evidence - i think is what it means)?   I don't know how you are holding it together.	Bradrean	Not Telling	Australia	2014-02-25 20:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	ALL Nebraska I-130 Filers	Hey guys,    I just wanted to start a topic for all people stuck in Nebraska or that have been transferred here to keep up with some of the timelines and months and such since they seem to be all over the place! Hopefully by Nebraska filers joining this group we can try to find some sort of consistency from them - and so we can obsess together .   If your petition is currently at Nebraska please join us and tell us your story or any other information you have.   Lets hope they hurry up, or at least start showing some consistency.    As for me, my NOA 1 is NOV 15 2013 and it was sent from Nebraska (no transfer).   Today I called a tier two and I KNOW this is NOT right but she (rudely) said that she talked directly to Nebraska and that they claim to be on April 5 2013 right now. (These are the numbers from the site that are AS OF December 31.) She also said that petitions are taking 9 months right now. (%&^#*%#$!!)   She had no answer other than "every case is different' when I mentioned that I know of people from July, even NOV without expedite who have gotten approvals from there (and not just people from Philippines). They don't seem to be going in any kind of order.   I know at USCIS they say all this stuff and probably none of is it actually true, or they find loop holes.    Anyone else have any Nebraska Info?   Good luck to all of us	Bradrean	Not Telling	Australia	2014-02-25 19:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I-130 MARCH 2013 FILERS!! NBC	Both of my applications  are shipped to Department of state for visa processing. That "reopened" message was indeed an error then. Happy hump day to all. Here is my information to add to the tracking sheet. I have one spouse and one childeren i130 both have same PD and transfer dates. PD 03/19/2013 Transferred to NSC on 11/6/2013 Approved 01/07/2014   Congratulations!! Please do fill in your timeline here: http://www.visajourn...e.php?id=172633. This helps to keep records on visajourney up to date. Hope al works out well from here on.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2014-01-08 17:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I-130 MARCH 2013 FILERS!! NBC	Sorry didn't see this post   PD 03/21/2013 Transferred to NSC on 11/7/2013 Approved 01/07/2014   Congratulations Chapiz.. Please do fill in this time line also http://www.visajourn...e.php?id=176092. This timeline is filled in by yourself.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2014-01-08 17:29:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I-130 MARCH 2013 FILERS!! NBC	For the life of me, I cannot imagine why the New York Times decides to praise Alejandro Mayorkas. They have no clue how incompetent this man is. http://www.nytimes.c...hp&rref=opinion	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-12-26 00:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I-130 MARCH 2013 FILERS!! NBC	Thank God finally we got approved.    Post Decision Activity On December 20, 2013, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN.          To every March filers still waiting for approval.. Don't lose hope.. I Pray for those people who still waiting for the Approval.   Congratulations!!! Please do update your timeline. Good luck as you move forward.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-12-20 16:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I-130 MARCH 2013 FILERS!! NBC	Finally!  Got  NOA2 today!!  Last week was full of tears of frustration - today is of happiness and relief!  I know it is still a long process from here...but I am unbelievably relieved to go to the next step.   PD 3/20/13 at MSC Trans 11/5/13 NSC NOA2 12/16/13   For everyones sake I hope that this means NSC is picking back up on actually getting out some approvals!!!  [/quot Congrats!! And good luck Congratulations!! Please do fill in your timeline. And this spreadesheet also: https://docs.google....rive_web#gid=19.   Hope all else goes will from here on out!! You are welcome, but the real 'Thanks' go to the ppl who posted all te info for us to view. GOOD LUCK with the rest of your journey!! e next step.   PD 3/20/13 at MSC Trans 11/5/13 NSC NOA2 12/16/13   For everyones sake I hope that this means NSC is picking back up on actually getting out some approvals!!!  [/quot Congrats!! And good luck What wonderful news!!! MANY CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-12-16 13:30:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I-130 MARCH 2013 FILERS!! NBC	Just got text & email  we have been APPROVED....       After the long wait, it's finally here......................  Approval From CSC   Acceptance           Initial Review         Decision       Post Decision Activity       Post Decision Activity On November 22, 2013, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283. For approved applications/petitions, post-decision activity may include USCIS sending notification of the approved application/petition to the National Visa Center or the Department of State. For denied applications/petitions, post-decision activity may include the processing of an appeal and/or motions to reopen or reconsider and revocations.       Congratulations!! Please do update your timeline if you have not done so as yet.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-11-22 23:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I-130 MARCH 2013 FILERS!! NBC	My link has one April approval in the middle. Ok. Maybe the timeline I linked to takes a little longer to update. Thanks.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-10-27 12:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	I-130 MARCH 2013 FILERS!! NBC	When was it transferred?    Some march filers have been approved but not very many yet. You can see the VJ stats here.   Do you know why the link you provide shows 5 March approvals on 10-22, but this link, http://www.visajourn...tion=2&sortby=2, shows 4 approvals on 10-22? Thanks.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-10-27 12:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	PD April 4th, transferred to NSC November 15th.   Approved today. I feel relieved but I do not feel overjoyed. This should have happened at least 2 months ago. I feel guilty because there are still Febs and Marchs waiting.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2014-01-14 21:40:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	PD April 4th, transferred to NSC November 15th.   I did an info pass on Tuesday, January 7th, and I was told that my file was transferred to the "examinations department" at NSC on December 31st. I hope that means that someone will now adjudicate it.   If anyone ever heard about the "examinations department" at NSC, please share with me what you know. Thanks.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2014-01-08 01:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	For the life of me, I cannot imagine why the New York Times decides to praise Alejandro Mayorkas. They have no clue how incompetent this man is.   http://www.nytimes.c...hp&rref=opinion	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-12-26 00:47:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	My 1-130 got approved! My husband received a text message but nothing from email yet. I checked the website and yet i got approved this is one of my best mornings! I was totally surprised, was just praying for it last night and i had no idea it would come today. Sooo happy! Hang in there guys. PD April 1,transferred to Nebraska Nov15! Can anyone post a link to nvc steps? Im totally clueless now... GOODLUCK TO EVERYONE!!!!   Congratulations!! You will see that others have pointed you to information about what happens from here on out.   However, please do fill in your timeline so that it will help us keep track of what is happening. Thanks!!	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-12-20 22:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	if you didn't file before Feb 12th I doubt VERY much they will let you file a service request.     Thanks for the response LoveMyTico. I did not know that, so good information.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-12-15 22:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	I am trying to file a service request online. However, when I get to this point I am not sure which to select.   Does anyone know what I should select at this point? Typographical error on a notice you received Non-Delivery of ASC Appointment Notice   I am trying to file a service request to simply get an update on my case. PD April 4th, transferred to NSC on November 15th and now sitting there!   Many thanks for any help you can provide.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-12-15 21:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	Wow! Lots of approvals today! Congrats everyone.   Well .... 6 out of 10 were for spouses from the Philippines and of those more than half (or 3/4; too frustrated to look at the numbers too closely) filed in May or afterwards. Good for those from the Philippines but no fun for me.     Well .... 6 out of 10 were for spouses from the Philippines and of those more than half (or 3/4; too frustrated to look at the numbers too closely) filed in May or afterwards. Good for those from the Philippines but no fun for me.   Take that back: 8 out of 10 were for spouses from the Philippines.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-12-12 23:46:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	There are a ton of people who got transferred in October and early November who still have not been adjudicated. I think they're just grabbing cases at random.  I agree. NSC and TSC are hardly making an effort. I won't say that they are grabbing randomly, but they are not grabbing enough cases. It seems that even National is now working faster than NSC and TSC. I was transferred to NSC and now I am beginning to fear the worst.   I am not a swearer, but I really wonder if these f##**ing people at USCIS have any idea about what it is like to be without a spouse. They seem not to realize all the financial and family implications. Why the f??K would they send our applications off to NSC and TSC for them to just sit there?	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-12-10 15:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	we are at NSC ... anybody else is there ?     I am at NSC too. PD April 4th, transferred on November 15th. Should we start a letter to send to the head persons at NSC and TSC?	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-12-08 16:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	Omg, now it is 2am. I have just received text msg from USCIS. I check it. My I130 is approved. My app was transferred couple days ago to CSC ( California Service Center ). My PD is April 15. Wish best to all of you. On December 7, 2013, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283. For approved applications/petitions, post-decision activity may include USCIS sending notification of the approved application/petition to the National Visa Center or the Department of State. For denied applications/petitions, post-decision activity may include the processing of an appeal and/or motions to reopen or reconsider and revocations.   Congratulations!!! Please do fill in your timeline!! Good luck at NVC	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-12-08 03:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	Last week we had 41 approvals. Quite an improvement. (But that does not mean I am happy; USCIS should not have put us in this position in the first place).   Anyway, if they contine at this rate they should finish all the February and March filers in at most 4 weeks (assuming that we are a representative sample and all that). With the holidays, I will say that they will finish Feb and March files by the end of December. Looks like us April filers can begin expecting approvals in early January and those of us that were transferred to California may even see approvals in late December. The problem is ---and there always seems to be one with USCIS -- that Nebraska is firing only intermittantly and Texas seems to be totally asleep. For those of us that these service centers, we may well have to wait until the middle to late January. That includes me -- I was transferred to Nebraska.   On another note, a big thanks to all those who pushed this issue over and over again, with your letters, etc. I think you made an enormous difference. Please do not slow down now -- keep the pressure up, including on NVC.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-11-24 23:04:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	So what are the chances that anyone will be working next week at the USCIS???   Vacations are all over the place at my job.  One girl is off all next week, I'm off the week after, and others are off all over December.  We all know how those government jobs are.   More vacation than time working, right???     I am disappointed that May and June are getting transferred and there are still April files  sitting at the NBC.    5 more days and I'm out for 11 days...     There is no doubt that USCIS messed up here and someone needs to be fired over that person's incompetence. However, I do not agree with the generalizations about government jobs. The vast majority of government workers work hard and serve the public. Private companies make mistakes all the time. Yes, I know the response is that we find a diffrent company. But these solutions are not transferrable to government. Want to find a different country?   Don't get me wrong--I hate the USCIS for what they are doing to me and my wife. But I draw the line about making generalizations about all government workers or all of government.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-11-22 21:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	You're mistaken. Plenty of March filers in the NSC. Only a handful of approvals so far.  It looks like the CSC is moving much faster than the NSC atm.   Ah well, then I give up!! I wish the USCIS has the guts to fire someone over this mess.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-11-20 00:03:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	Am I mistaken, or does it look like NSC is processing February filers while CSC is processing March filers? This may not be a bad thing for April filers because there are less February filers outstanding. If what I am seeing is correct, I am hoping that NSC can finish up the February filers and go to April filers soon.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-11-19 23:47:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	During the week. November 12th to 15th (the week had 4 working days), there were 16 approvals of which 2 seemed to be expedites. During the previous week (a full 5 days), they did 15, also with some expedites. They have definetly speeded up and I think we can expect at least 15 approvals a week from now. But with the backlog and the holidays it will still be a long wait for us April filers. I sill think we are looking at February before April filers start hearing consistently from USCIS.   Someone still needs to be held responsible for this mess.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-11-16 21:20:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	PD April 4th. Transferred today. I am somewhat relieved to be transferred and I realize that they have picked up the pace of approvals. However, given the rate at which they are approving Fed and March, I do not see how they will get to my application before the end of the year. Meanwhile, K-1s continue to get approved really fast. Still stinks and I still maintain that whoever planned this workflow is a heartless ####### who should be fired. I bet that they are going to be with their families over the holidays, while I have to spend thousands of dollars just to see my wife for a 2 weeks.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-11-14 21:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	Oh! You thought it was planned. In reality, our petitions stagnated for months (July, August, September) before management over at USCIS figured out what to do with the monster they had created.   Ha, you had me laughing at that. I guess no-planning is a form of planning. I guess in the next 2 weeks or so, we will see if they actually will be transferring April filers also.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-11-10 21:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	Yes, it is a good thing. But they are so many of them that April filers are still going to have to wait. Like someone said, which ever heartless ####### planned this workflow should be fired.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-11-10 21:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	I don't mean to be a downer, but I am not optimistic about a NOA 2 until Feb/March next year. Why? I know there is a lot of activity on the March thread, but by my count there were only 17 approvals last week (see this link: http://www.visajourn...l&dfile=No&adv=). Five of them appear to be expedites!   I know that this is a vast improvement from what was happening in October. But by my count, there are about 175 unapproved February and March applications (see this link: http://www.visajourn...tion=2&sortby=2). Assuming that this is a representative sample, if they approve on average 15 per week, it will take them over 11 weeks to finish Feb and March. Round it up to 3 months with the holidays. That means they will not complete Feb and March until into the middle of Feb, 2014. That would be an approximately 10 month wait.   The only way we can expect earlier approvals than Feb 2014 is if they work simultaneoulsy on our files at NBC (that is, work on April's files at NBC while the other service centers work on Feb and March).   Very sad. I wonder if the people at USCIS will be without their loved ones this holiday season. Don't these people have a heart?	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-11-10 18:16:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	At least this blog has written about the delays: http://lawandborder....rant-petitions/.   I look at this website like 30 times a day hoping that people would report approvals. I especially look after 9:00 pm, because that is when most approvals are reported. This is so sad ..... A big bureaucracy that just does not care.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-10-30 00:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	Off topic, but pertinent. I was hoping my wife will get over here by April next year, in time for filing taxes, and that she would have gotten a SSN by then. I think reaistically that is no longer going to happen. I would like to file joint taxes next year. My understanding is that I can get a tax ID number for her. Does anyone know how to do that, especally with the logistics of she being overseas and me being here? Thanks.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-10-28 00:26:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	I visited my local office with an infopass today. My priority date is April 4th.   1. The lady said that approvals were now taking 6-8 months (nothing new there).   2. She said that my I-130 application was at the NBC and that it was pre-adjudicated. She said that pre-adjudicated means that someone has looked at it and confirmed that I sent all the necessary documents. She said that she was not authorized to tell me when this pre-adjudication was done.   3. She said that it is now waiting for final adjudication from someone else. This process can take anywhere from a few days to a maximum of 2 months. (It is possible that she was saying a maximum of 2 months to be consistent with her earlier statement that approvals are taking 6-8 months overall)   My questions are:   1. Has anyone ever heard of pre-adjudication before?   2. Do you know how long it typically takes to go from pre-adjudication to final adjudication?   (Final aside. i handed her my paper work and she looked up my file based on that. Afterwards, I realized that I never confirmed with her that she was looking at the right file. (Suppose she had typed in the incorrect receipt number of some such)!! I worried about that afterwards. Lesson to all: It is always good to confirm with someone that they are looking at the right file. At least you do not sit there afterwards, like me, and wonder about it!!)	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-10-09 17:36:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	April 2013 I-130 Filers	April 4th filer. I visited my local office yesterday in Detroit. Officer said that my file never got sent to the local office in Detroit. It is still in St. Louis, Missouri. My question is: if a file has not been sent to the local office 3 months after it was filed, does that mean that they decided to process it in Missouri? Or is there still a chance that they may send it to Detroit? Thanks.	takingtoolong	Not Telling	Pakistan	2013-07-11 17:33:00