Team Hayward

our approval arrived in the mail today also... It has been a long 269 days but couldn't be happier that things are at last moving forward!

our approval arrived in the mail today also... It has been a long 269 days but couldn't be happier that things are at last moving forward!

Thank you God....Received my NOA2 today in the mail!!
NOA 1 - February 9th
NOA 2 - November 3rd
Nebraska Service Center
Roughly 267 long days of waiting..Now on to the next step, hopefully soon!
Hold tight our Fellow February Filers who has not receive their NOA2, your day is coming real soon!!

Nebraska .Noa 1- Feb 10... noa 2 -nov 16.... received today in the mail. not updated on website.... nor email/text

Congrats! You must be so thrilled! It took 287 days for us but so glad we can finally complete the process.

our approval arrived in the mail today also... It has been a long 269 days but couldn't be happier that things are at last moving forward!

They're into January at last...!

You are very lucky....I wish my husband can come visited me while our petition was in process, but as we know it would very difficult to obtain a visitor visa being that he is from Nigeria...Oh well, hopefully soon he will be here with me...Have loads of fun in my city despite all the mess hurricane Harvey has caused. 

Every time I check the estimation to when my i130 gets approved it gets pushed back a week. First it was Sept, then it got pushed to Oct and now it's starting to look like Nov. I've been fortunate I have been able to visit my spouse twice in the past few months. But it's frustrating to see all other service centers get Feb approvals. Even the people I spoke to at the border were shaking their heads on how it could take this long to validate a birth certificate. Seriously 9 months if I'm lucky??? I said I still have the NVC process and Consulate process to go through. I've been married nearly 10 years and have a 4 year old son so there isn't much to verify with my relationship.
 
The thing I'm most worried about is if Nebraska starts doing mass transfers. From what I've read it can mean an additional 60 days if a case gets transferred from one service center to another. If that happens it would be closer to an entire year for my i130 to get approved. I keep shaking my head over how any of this is possible.

I'm a Feb filer and my frustration is increasing by the day.
 
I feel like everyone else who got different service centers won the i130 sweepstakes.
 
If this were a competition this is how it plays out:
#1 - Vermont - March 14, 2017 - how is it that they can be 3 months ahead of Nebraska and not have any of our files transferred?
 
#2 - Potomac - Not sure of accurate time as Visa Journey has it listed as Oct 24, 2016 but the USCIS page has them processing at Jan 1, 2017 as of May 31. They are likely into March - again why isn't Potomac getting transfers if they are ahead by 3 months?
 
#3 - Texas - Feb 11, 2017 - Nearly 2 months ahead of Nebraska - again why isn't Texas getting transfers?
 
#4 - California - Jan 27, 2017 - What the heck happened to all their i130's??? If you take a look at the USCIS processing times page they no longer list i130!! Does this mean USCIS (aka useless) decided to cut out 1 service center out of i130 processing? Do they plan on replacing this service center with another or hiring more people for the backlog?
 
#5 - Nebraska - Dec 13, 2016 - There are still Nov filers getting processed and every month we are lucky if 15 days of files are going through. USCIS claims i130 petitions are supposed to be processed within 9 months max. At this rate we are all going to be lucky if we get our applications processed by the end of 2017.
 
If the USCIS processing times page is correct they processed Nov 26, 2017 i130's as of June 30. Visa Journey says today they are processing i130s from Dec 13, 2017. That suggests that in 30 working days (not total days) they have only processed 17 days worth of applications. They are clearly not keeping up with their workload.
 
There is an obvious solution to the problem but yet nobody in USCIS (useless) wants to deal with it.

176 days and counting since NOA1, yawn. VJ expected date is Mid to late October.
Anybody else at Nebraska SC?
 
Hard to stay focused in current job, just want to jump on the plane and start the next adventure.
 
Hopefully immigration rules don't change before my GC is approved.

Original predicted processing date = 4-8 September

Current predicted processing date = between October 24, 2017 and November 24, 2017

Ladies and gentlemen.

Nebraska

It seems that us Nebraska February filers are stuck waiting 3-4 more months. Up to 8-9 months just for NOA2. 
*Opens the bottle of Whisky* 
 
cheers! to government ineptitude, my fellow Nebraska victims!
 

I must confess I creeped this page out many times and admire all of your posts and courage. I wish I was as optimistic and positive as you! My personality can come across as quite strong and when I get worked up it shows. You are spot on when it comes to everything you said. This entire process has opened up my world and eyes to immigrants. I'm used to having white privilege and being a part of the dominant culture. It's not to say I feel discriminated against for wanting to immigrate. I've met Americans who believe I should be expedited based on the fact I'm Canadian and white. I honestly do not expect to be ahead of anybody else and have no problems waiting my turn. However, as you mention how is it fair that others get approved who applied a couple of months ago? 
 
You are right in saying people don't care about immigrants and it's forced me to take a look at my own views having lived in Canada all my life. Honestly if paying a retired federal immigration judge $500/hr can't expedite the process than I firmly believe nothing will. The Nebraska office honestly fears nobody and because they are Government employees they can say or do whatever they want. The level of dysfunction in the Nebraska office is upsetting. I am tempted to file a complaint against that entire office to the Ombudsman for not only what my own lawyer went through but what they have done to others. To make a person wait an extra 60 days for filing a complaint against them is vindictive but I'm sure that's why they do it. Perhaps I will consider sending a complaint to someone in higher authority. It's honestly not just my situation that irritates me but yours and others too. My spouse was shocked when I told him what the i130 even is. All they do is look at the birth certificate (or passport) and the form to verify he can sponsor me. My son is a given because he's his biological child. I've been approved before so for the process to take 8 months is ridiculous.
 
Funny you should mention immigration being a privilege and not a right. I was told this when I was denied at the border. However, whenever I start going off how all of my financial information has to be disclosed to the IRS because I'm married to an American spouse people shut up pretty quickly. So I have no rights to disclose my personal information but to enter the US I have less rights than my spouse's half brother who recently went to Vegas to get drunk? My son apparently has a claim to citizenship but the fact I gave birth to him means nothing. If it's any consolation to you or others there is not one person I've met (Trump voters included) that thinks this process is right. I'm a very blunt person and I've told Trump supporters flat out if they want to tackle illegal immigration I'd suggest cleaning up their immigration system. I understand more why people make certain decisions including living in the country illegally. Obviously I'm doing everything legally but this process tests everything about you.
 
I was fortunate to be able to visit my spouse recently so I'm a lot more fortune than many others. I was hoping I'd be living in the same city we got married in for our 10 year wedding anniversary next Feb but I'm starting to wonder about that. I'm so sorry you have to start out a relationship like this. The whole point to the exercise is ridiculous. The immigration process does everything to break a marriage apart only at the very end to say "okay you can come live here now - forever". As many Americans have told me they really should have a system where you can get a temporary Visa while this is all going on and report to someone every so often. Thank you for allowing me to vent. It helps to know I am not alone. It's so difficult to even attempt to explain to my friends and family what is going on. I barely understand the rules myself.

Nebraska, Nebraska, Nebraska. I'm looking at Visa Journey Timeline's and it's saying they are processing applications from Nov 27. What is going on? I really think it's unfair to those who have been assigned to NSC to have to wait upwards of three months longer than other service centers.
 
Our lawyer called up Nebraska to see why they do not expedite applications that are filed abroad. Other service centers do! They HUNG UP on him! The stories coming out of Nebraska are quite frankly shocking. I cannot believe they are allowed to be so rude when our application fees are paying their salary! Does it really make sense to process an application for a person inside the US before families who are suffering tremendous financial hardship?
 
According to the latest timeline this means to process a i130 in Nebraska is taking EIGHT MONTHS. How is this reasonable? When I shared this information with Americans while visiting my spouse they said that was ridiculous. It's costing our family upwards of $3,000 in living expenses every single month this goes on for. An extra 3 months we are talking over $10,000 it will cost us compared to those who are in other service centers. How is that fair? It's even more ridiculous a person cannot wait out the process inside the US with their spouse. Especially if they are from a low fraud country! Nobody understands the logic behind all of this. My spouse's next door neighbor however met a girl from Australia and she got to stay inside the country not having to file abroad. How is that fair? I've been married to my spouse for almost 10 years and the whole process is going to have cost somewhere over $50,000!!
 
If our application was at another service center our application would be approved or be about to. I honestly think the Consulates abroad should be expediting appointments in accordance to how long a person is waiting for their i130. Like if you are stuck in Nebraska you should get your Visa appointment first. I guess all we can hope is for a transfer or for that center to get their act together! Very frustrating!

I follow around 500 cases for February/March in Nebraska on an app 
And  none but ONE case has been accepted. They're still stuck on November for the rest of us. 
Case 568 * You lucky son of a gun.
 
*yeah that was the 568th case to arrive on the 8th, alone. 
 
This whole process is crazy. 
 
 
 

Meanwhile in Nebraska...
 
my estimated time for approval is September, and that is simply not okay. 
It's completely unfair that we pay the same fee, deliver the same paperwork and still have to wait considerably longer than other service centers. 

Same here. I dated my wife for years prior to getting married. Often (usually) spending months apart. But this limbo state is maddenning in a way that is far worse than anything previous!

Hey there! dont get disappointed as time line is different from case to case!!
I read threads of filers in 2016 to keep an idea in mind what status it is for others in my centre.
And we will all do this together!
Cheers!

Application was delivered to Phoenix Lockbox this past Tuesday and we received the text notification on Friday.
Unfortunately our petition is headed to Nebraska, which currently shows abysmal processing times. Hoping for the best, but was definitely disappointed to see where it ended up.

Good luck to everyone!!