Brittany & Jamie

I don’t know if you heard.. but Nebraska got severely flooded just over a week ago. 18 counties were asked to evacuate and Nebraska called to the govt for a state emergency. Nebraska got pummeled and they’re still expecting to be flooded through next week. 
 
Horrible news for everyone living in Nebraska. 
 
Selfishly, not great news for us Nebraska filers. 

They’re still in May somewhere. I am June 25th and nothin

I don't think there is any logical understanding of how this all works. I think that's why we are all having so much trouble dealing with it.  Nothing makes any sense in thos whole process...

https://www.immigrationdirect.com/uscis/uscis-service-centers.jsp
 
its this, it’s the jurisdiction each USCIS has over what state
god knows how old this info is
i cant see where it is sourched from unfortunately
 
but i knew I wasn’t making it up 
I have seen it on an “official” page too but just can’t seem to find it 

At least there's something changed in your case and means USCIS doesn't forget you😋
My case has never changed and always "On June 22, 2018, we received your Form I-130...."

I'm going to contact our congressman too! This is just ridiculous. Mind you I live in Canada so we have it relatively easy because we get to see each other every couple of months or so, but this is not even about us at that point. It's for everyone going through this. The unfairness of the process simply blows my mind. 

Someone posted an hour ago that June 15 was approved, for me at least some kind of positive date .. 🤪

I'm taking the change back to 10 months max as a good sign because I like being positive BUT I'm still contacting my congresspeople because overall USCIS has taken an average of 2 months longer to process I-130s in Fiscal Year 2018 than in Fiscal Year 2017 despite an overall drop in all cases received (not just I-130s but all forms they handle).
 
Our PD is June 6, 2018. We have been waiting 10 months as of today. Using the Case Tracker app's search tool, I can see that no other I-130 cases at Nebraska from June 5th and 6th have been approved (and there are almost 200). That means all of us have been waiting the 10 months listed as the maximum normal range already and will continue to wait at least a few more weeks. 

Thank you all so much for helping get it out there to write our senators. The idea of it scared me because.. what the hell do i write ? Who do i write it to ?  
 
You all have inspired me to follow suit. 
 
We are all in this to make a change. 🙌🏻

Thank you all so much for helping get it out there to write our senators. The idea of it scared me because.. what the hell do i write ? Who do i write it to ?  
 
You all have inspired me to follow suit. 
 
We are all in this to make a change. 🙌🏻

When you Google (I live in Lane County so I Google for my assigned senator for the county) and link to their webpage. They should have a drop down menu under "services" where you can choose "help with a government agency" and mine specifically calls out USCIS. I then fill out the online form with my concern, case history and my request for their support with correcting the case backlog and discrepancy between the Nebraska center (9-12mths) and Potomac (3-4mths). After you submit they will have an aid contact you in 24-48hrs to request that you sign a form giving them permission to contact USCIS on your behalf. They will then take a week or so to reach out and get back to you. There will be no specific action on your case but they'll start to get the point at Nebraska when the senate liaison gets a ton of complaints. The more senators that get involved for unhappy constituents the more noise it will make. If your state doesn't work like mine just submit a request online or by email and start by asking them who represents you need on your ZIP code and what is the procedure to get help with a USCIS issue. They will guide you through the process happily (because they are elected by our votes). I hope this helps!!

As promised https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/About Us/Electronic Reading Room/Policies_and_Manuals/National_Customer_Service_Center_Policies.pdf  Page 35 starts with the processing time. They do a request. It gets passed on (I am sure the policy in this manual might be outdated, but hopefully more efficient)   Only pet peeve is when the agent is instructed to withhold information like 'Don't give them how many days are left, because they will think that's when they will be processed. 

 
 


I wrote to him too  but I didn't hear back from his office, nor Rick Scott. I wrote to my congress person though. They started with just quoting what they found on the website after asking for my receipt number (Despite complaining about the service center in general) so they just fed me the information I could find out myself by just going to USCIS.gov Once I provided some receipt numbers of YSC getting approved in 3-5 months and asking why the disparities were, the lady handling my emails was going to do a congressional request on why there's a lag between the service centers and the information on the website isn't being updated. 

I encourage others to do the same I am sure more congressional attention to the Nebraska service center on their performance could improve it, and better transparency. My approach is not complaining about my individual case, but what's up with the performance of the service center. I don't mind waiting my turn, but I don't think an gov't agency should be dragging their feet they need to take a look at what they are doing and see if they can do it better without compromising security (even though I believe any perception of security is a false sense of security) 

Anyways don't be afraid to bring up issues to an elected official. Remember they want to keep their jobs and they want every vote. So if enough people make it an issue they focus on it. 

Please don't spread rumors/speculation. Yes there's flooding in Nebraska. Lincoln isn't flooded. The office is open, and people are working. 

I am thinking more along the lines of an RFE. Don't think so negative. Even an intent to deny isn't a complete denial anyway. Cheer up!
 
On the other hand cant believe this thread almost never updates with any new case updates. 

Guys, Don’t be discourage by the delays you see from Nebraska. This will constantly change from slow to fast and fast to slow. It will adjust it self. I been through it, trust me, dont focus on timeline.

I plan on calling tomorrow. I'll tell them that my case update changed from June 28 to Feb 1 but my case still shows "Case received" so I would like to knw the status or what's going on.... that's it. 

Just call and ask to speak to the tier 2 officer. They can look into the case and see where it is. Our case status until now hasn’t updated on Uscis  and we are at NVC.
I just said that I’m a member of a forum who are same date same center filers and many on same pd are getting approved and I’m wondering what the status is for our case? That’s what I said. Hope that helps!
If I wouldn’t have called it would have taken until I received the letter in the mail until I figured it out.
I’m just not that patent!

I'm not really sure. I've been reading around trying to figure it out. My thoughts are that maybe it has been assigned to an officer and in line to be adjudicated. How far in line is the question.. 

Nebraska sucks. Still have people in april that haven't been approved...my last update is 1/31 and my pd june 25th 2018. 
 
I might as as well say they will get to me 2020. Lol

I saw the same thing yesterday...my Pd is 24 April and still waiting 

I log in at https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus 
 
Where it says "Last Updated" tells you whether or not the file has been touched.

Thats the old site, it will be slowly phased out.
 
Check it on the new site: https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov
 
Note: Currently some bug makes it such that you have to sign in twice.

Maybe it means it's in line to be processed soon. Trying my best to stay positive and keep my mind occupied with other things.

On uscis website it's on April 23 so 12 more days we can submit a case inquiry.