Jo&Ro

Yeah I found this out later on
Its great when people get approval especially when it’s quicker
my frustration is only ever with the system never with a person on this forum or fb groups 
i feel like banging my head against the wall sometimes
if there was logic and an explanation and it was understood - I think we would all deal with it much better
 it logic applied to USCIS is like nailing jello to the wall 🙄🙄

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Lol the Rep is just reading from the website which everyone knows is not accurate. They are well into June..the website updates periodically..the Reps are clueless. 
 
https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

You’re welcome ! 
Yes especially with the cost of this whole process . 
Ask questions here , this forum is full of experiences and good advises ! And people are very nice 😊
 

We got approved May 26th. 348 days. 

Updated the timeline too, hopefully it is helpful. 

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First week..I haven't checked any further, but I am also seeing a couple of approvals too. 

well I am not sure how FOIA requests are handled, maybe they got one office, or only one office can answer my question so it might truly be first in first out based on the track. Track 1 is the fastest since it's considered a "simple" request

I mean I did request this information 2 months ago and I got a receipt number for it now. 
Track 1 Non-Alien Number requests take 138 days apparently from their page. (let's hope they are truthful unlike their i130 processing times)
 
( All these requests are not for me now, it's for my continued fight against this slow process for everyone else after me) 

Finally my case was approved yesterday! (350 days from NOA1), but they haven't updated the information on the page yet. I wish you all the best of luck.
NOA1: 06/18/2018
NOA2: 06/03/2019
 

Yeah i saw that too..and yeah it pisses me off!  Potomac is now processing some cases almost 4 times faster than Nebraska...that is "the" only reason. Has nothing to do with prayers...how neat and orderly their paperwork is..they are oblivious to what is going on with Nebraska. We are all getting totally screwed in this process. Our case just sits in a pile waiting for someone to look at

I can see they are working on July as well. RFE's being sent out etc. 

Yes.
 
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/nonresident-alien-spouse

Hi.  Sorry!  I had a really busy weekend.  Ok, so I spoke with the reporter for half an hour.  He really wanted the specifics of my case and relationship first, so we went through all of that.  He said to assume he knows nothing of the IR-1/CR-1 process, so I told him the basics and the purpose of the I-130, and really emphasized the discrepancy between Potomac and Nebraska.  He agreed that it seemed very wrong that cases were going through one office so quickly and remaining in another for a year or more.  Asked if it seemed to be based upon where the beneficiary was from, and I said that it doesn’t seem to be that way.  I told him how we all track cases through timelines here, through case numbers, etc. 
We talked about Cissna resigning and his potential replacement.  For those of us filing for spouses, it doesn’t likely mean much will change, but who knows what it could do to the process.  
We talked about the AILA study and the letters that the House and Senate had sent  to USCIS, demanding transparency.  
I said that there are a lot of us in many different situations.  In my case, we’re together, but we have economic, political and health reasons for needing to leave.  For others, you’re apart.  That either way, there’s a lot of strain on us all and it just doesn’t seem right or fair that the situation is as it is.  
 
He said that barring any other major immigration crises in the meantime, the story should be out in a few days.  I’ll let you know if I hear anything!

I have a feeling that lawfully which is not available for Android is taking note of many people's noa1, rfes and noa2   which is great they don't have to rely on people updating timelines to get an accurate account. 
 
It would be much more accurate if they supported android. 

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yaaas! finally found my people! I was on a different thread all these time and  kind of left out cuz they were mostly Texas service center and they are already talking about interview process! atleast here we are all going through the same stuff.
NOA July 2018 
Nebraska service center AKA the slowest service center 

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Yes I guess don't focus on others.  Whatever we are.. we are.

There is no rhyme or reason why there is such a vast difference.
its good that The reported has picke dup the story though
 
its a paid for service and we all pay the same fees
its unfair that some are receiving such fast processing compared to others (us)
we have to hang on and fight with what we can 

Hope the call went well  

Oh my God, John Burnett and another reporter just followed up with me and want to talk tomorrow!!!! 

I got a lot of free time when I am not working. This is what I do. I see USCIS employees commenting on photos posted by USCIS when Cissna was visiting and I call them out on it. I also encourage other users to join VisaJourney to get themselves educated on the immigration process.    

I am sure the people I replied will delete their comments after a bit. 
 
 
 

Many of us have contacted numerous members of Congress and Senate to very limited to no responces. I personally only had any intelligent responce from one out of the 20+ I contacted and it was Congressman Thomas Massey. He actually called me and was about as decent as you could get, all things considered him still being a politician...haha 

You know how we all sent emails to reporters? 

We can do an email campaign to individuals high in the chain of USCIS.

Used the spoiler tag so it won't drown out the thread.  We can start with these two guys. 

If we can show our frustration directly to their inbox, maybe they will show their frustration to the Nebraska Center in speeding things up. 

But we should reach out to everyone that is affected by the slowness of Nebraska Service Center. I know there's others not on VJ in private facebook groups. 

We should show the discontent of the speed of Nebraska showing how Texas is keeping up with petitions via their own statistics that they report, showing that Potomac processes more than they intake. As well that there's a discrepancy of the Potomac Service Center reporting time.  Explain how our voices haven't been heard or acted upon by anyone that we have complained (if you did complain) show that our efforts in reaching out to reporters, social media, etc in bringing light to this situation will be a never ending goal until the processing is fixed back to pre 2016 levels. 

You all won't get in trouble, or retaliated, they aren't going to put your files at the bottom of the pile. You don't have to identify your specific receipt number when you do protests like these. 

Anyways if you're all down we can plan something for next week. (I know it's a long shot, but let's continue on with these small efforts hopefully it snowballs into some action)


 


 

So guys. I went to that information desk setup. Pretty much one girl at a 6'x18" table with the USCIS table cloth draped over it. I approached and she wasnt busy and I opened with this is totally not what I expected. She laughed but I advised her I may have driven here for naught. We had a conversation and she was pretty candid about the service center gave me some suggestions that I already. She was shocked to see that I had all those Potomac receipts with under 90 day approvals. I gave her the list and she took my name and number. 
 
Doubt anything with happen on what I told her but she did encourage me to continue to do the online activism and get others to raise the concerns. 
 
I mentioned that most people are fearful of taking action due to retaliation and she laughed and said we would all be without jobs if that happened.