Do we have to wait until the end of 2013? NBC is killing me!!!

[DearJohn 28]

Our NOA1 date is May 6, we're close to the 5 months wait and still nothing!. My case online hasn't changed since May 8. When we sent our package we had hope that it would be faster than this. Colombia was getting approvals from NBC in 3 months and some cases even less time than that. I don't see any approvals now from NBC after February, and now I found this:

April 8, 2013- NBC opened its new office in Overland Park, Kansas, where Adjudications

Division 7 will process Form I-90 applications. A new division, Adjudications Division 8, also

will be located at the Overland Park, Kansas facility. NBC anticipates that Division 8 will begin

to adjudicate stand-alone immediate relative Form I-130 petitions by the end of Fiscal Year 2013.

What does this mean? How much longer do we have to wait to get something from NBC? This is not fair!!! I'M SO FRUSTRATED!!!

http://www.uscis.gov/USCIS/Outreach/Notes%20from%20Previous%20Engagements/2013/May%202013/NBC-AILA-QA-2013-05-01.pdf

[stevie b 141]

Our NOA1 date is May 6, we're close to the 5 months wait and still nothing!. My case online hasn't changed since May 8. When we sent our package we had hope that it would be faster than this. Colombia was getting approvals from NBC in 3 months and some cases even less time than that. I don't see any approvals now from NBC after February, and now I found this:

the country in question has no bearing on the timeline of your petition

to understand your petition timeline you have to find out where it is. it has most likely been sent to your local office

things have not really changed since you started nor did they change for me when I started.. everyone will tell you the first approval will average 8 months, less if you are lucky.

take the time to contact a tier 2 and find the location of your file.. it will take some persuasion to have them look at a dozen screens, but it can be done .. then when you find it come back and track down others at the same facility your petition is located

[lsantiago 0]

I filed my petiton on May 3 and also iam waitng. I called uscis on wednesday and say that is till processing and check back in 30 days. hopefull these petitions will get approved quickly. I really want my husband here

[JRF 117]

Suggest you follow @Stevie b's advice and expect everything to take a while. From experience setting expectations this is easy and quick are more than not likely to lead to disappointment. The good news is cases that are sound are almost always approved. The reality is that some move fast and some move slow - often for seemingly no reason. Fortunately you have a community of knowledgeable people here who have been through everything and can help with both procedures as well as the emotions.

Best of luck!

[stevie b 141]

Suggest you follow @Stevie b's advice and expect everything to take a while. From experience setting expectations this is easy and quick are more than not likely to lead to disappointment. The good news is cases that are sound are almost always approved. The reality is that some move fast and some move slow - often for seemingly no reason. Fortunately you have a community of knowledgeable people here who have been through everything and can help with both procedures as well as the emotions.

Best of luck!

well said

I am one that has shot himself in the foot twice in this process and delayed my own petition resulting in a new set of expectations lol

[MoandIrene 1]

Your frustration is warranted, but I think one thing you do have going, is that you are working on it and it's moving. Altho it is slow, it is in the pipeline. The fiscal year is not the end of the year. Their fiscal year is at the end of September, not the end of December. It does puzzle me however as to why they would send a file to the NBC instead of the local office when supposedly they are not going to start the process till the end of the fiscal year. That makes no sense whatsoever. There are other offices that are working on these right now and processing them. Pray for patience, and know in the end it will be all worth it and you are looking forward to the happiest day in your life, as we all are.

Good luck to you

[DearJohn 28]

Thank you all for your responses. I know this is mostly about luck However, why I don't get is this: NBC anticipates that Division 8 will begin to adjudicate stand-alone immediate relative Form I-130 petitions by the end of Fiscal Year 2013.

Sounds to me that NBC is not working on any I-130 petition. I thought if my case would be already transferred to a local office it should be showed online. I guess they don't update everything they do with our cases.

Edited September 14, 2013 by jlo90

[stevie b 141]

Thank you all for your responses. I know this is mostly about luck However, why I don't get is this: NBC anticipates that Division 8 will begin to adjudicate stand-alone immediate relative Form I-130 petitions by the end of Fiscal Year 2013.

Sounds to me that NBC is not working on any I-130 petition. I thought if my case would be already transferred to a local office it should be showed online. I guess they don't update everything they do with our cases.

you are beating yourself up

yes new facility coming

yes your petition is still processing

yes nbc is still doing 130's

no your case transfer will not show online

updates are inconsistent online

what you fail to understand is the huge blockage that daca created last year

opening the new facility is one of the responses to reduce the timelines of approved petitions and address the influx of petitions

uscis processes several hundred million pages of documents every month.. so what is not to understand about it taking time?

[c12h22oh 11]

Unfortunatelly the immigration whell turn friking slow every time. It is ok that they check your petition and observe the rules, but it is not nice they delay your case and they get away with iWe can do nothing just pray but that do change the outcome .. see I filed my case since May 2013 since tem I just be transfer from Vermount to Texas and they took 98 days to do it

They killing me and I can't do mierda about it.

To mitigate this stress. I already have trip to Colommbia next month to keep worm my fiance hopes or by the time the NOA 2 is being approved will be too late...

In the future Immigration should consider granted to anyone file a k-1 visa a pillow a comfortable chair a rubber doll with few pornography videos to help in the waiting process.

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Edited September 14, 2013 by c12h22oh

[dwheels76 5,463]

Thank you all for your responses. I know this is mostly about luck However, why I don't get is this: NBC anticipates that Division 8 will begin to adjudicate stand-alone immediate relative Form I-130 petitions by the end of Fiscal Year 2013.

Sounds to me that NBC is not working on any I-130 petition. I thought if my case would be already transferred to a local office it should be showed online. I guess they don't update everything they do with our cases.

The new service center (well its not new) will be open September 28th. So hopefully we will see approvals like we did in August 2012 when the NBC started adjudicating stand alone I=130 45 days and less. All you can do is wait.

[Darnell 8,478]

Some petitions went really fast.

Why? Routing !

Studying routing, then study where yer petition is, and try to understand the queue at the location where yer petition is.

[Sukie 1,440]

The new service center (well its not new) will be open September 28th...

September 28th is a Saturday. Are they working on the weekend now? At least they are going to start processing soon. I'm a June I-130 filer, and I've felt like absolutely NOTHING has happened so far (and I'm probably right!).

Sukie

[DearJohn 28]

To mitigate this stress. I already have trip to Colommbia next month to keep worm my fiance hopes or by the time the NOA 2 is being approved will be too late...

I know! I just came back from a trip to Cancun, I met my hubby there, we were together for 8 days and it was amazing while it last. Now that we're back to the reality it's too painful and I just want to cry I hope you and your fiance have a great time together and hopefully we can be with our love ones soon and forever. Good luck to you!

[DearJohn 28]

Some petitions went really fast.

Why? Routing !

Studying routing, then study where yer petition is, and try to understand the queue at the location where yer petition is.

What I know it's that they never got transferred and they were approved very fast. Those were petitions filed before February though. The system seems dead since March filers.

[dwheels76 5,463]

September 28th is a Saturday. Are they working on the weekend now? At least they are going to start processing soon. I'm a June I-130 filer, and I've felt like absolutely NOTHING has happened so far (and I'm probably right!).

Sukie

No they don't work saturdays thats just the date they announced they will start processing. I know as USCIS says that petitions are help at NBC at least 4 to 5 months and depending on your local office then it gets transferred. So do you even know where your petition is? Is it still at NBC or at your local office thats makes a difference. and some offices are crazy backlogged.