Nebraska Service Center Timeline?

[luv2be2gether 0]

Just curious any experiences w/ the Nebraska Service Center. Are they running slow, extremely slow, average....? We are August filers and have a biometrics appt. coming up October 5th. Just curious what kind of time-line we're looking at. I realize from reading here that it can vary greatly, but thought I'd ask for Nebraska experiences.

Also: We're new to this and I don't understand all the terminology. In looking over everyone's time-lines, I noticed many times you put 'Touched' on a certain date. Can anyone explain what that means?

Thanks so much!

[YuAndDan 153]

Nebraska does not do AOS for family based filers, you mail petition to Chicago, and it gets sent to MSC the national benifits center where they decide to either send it to your local filed office or CSC.

Touched is explained by Captain Ewok in this post.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=300

Other terms explaind here in the FAQ: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...page=definition

[luv2be2gether 0]

Nebraska does not do AOS for family based filers, you mail petition to Chicago, and it gets sent to MSC the national benifits center where they decide to either send it to your local filed office or CSC.

Touched is explained by Captain Ewok in this post.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=300

Other terms explaind here in the FAQ: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...page=definition

Thanks for the links...I finally figured out what 'touched' means!

We sent our file to Nebraska, because that's where the forms said to. It wasn't until we got on here after the fact that we learned it should have gone to Chicago. I called and was told it would either be forwarded to Chicago or sent back to us. I'm assuming it was forwarded, because our check was cashed, we received a NOA and we now have a biometrics appt.

So, does the fact that one or all of these things have happened mean that it has been sent to whatever service center is handling it?

Does "local filed office" mean the service center we are assigned to locally?

[~*Maria*~ 1]

If you live in Nebraska then your local office will be Omaha

[payxibka 10,044]

Nebraska probably sent it to Missouri.. Is you case number begin MSCxxxxxxxxxx?

[luv2be2gether 0]

Nebraska probably sent it to Missouri.. Is you case number begin MSCxxxxxxxxxx?

Yes, the case number begins with MSC. Also, we live in Missouri! So, what does this mean?

[~*Maria*~ 1]

Depending on what part of Missouri you live in, your local office will be Kansas city, MO..... or Saint Louis, MO

[payxibka 10,044]

Nebraska probably sent it to Missouri.. Is you case number begin MSCxxxxxxxxxx?

Yes, the case number begins with MSC. Also, we live in Missouri! So, what does this mean?

MSC means that your file is at the Missouri Service Center (ie... the National Benefits Center) and is not in Nebraska anymore, if it was your case number would be LINxxxxxxxxxx

[luv2be2gether 0]

Thanks everyone! How did anyone ever do this without forums like this???!