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    All Nebraska I-130 Filers -- Part 5

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted · Edited by SaeedA

    32 minutes ago, LilyJ said:

    Everyone who is upset about people filing the K3, don’t worry, many of our petitions are already out of the way of the line, and those who are still pending with the K3 will be out of the way soon, so at least it’s shortening the line faster than it usually would  🤪

    I don't know about that. The length of the line is not shortening. Instead, the officer tending to your line is looking at people behind you as well because they filed a K3. 100 from the line, 1 who filed a K3 per day; as opposed to 101 from the line per day (the numbers are not real - they're just there as an example).

     

    Our applications (January\February) were originally behind the 2018 applications. However, they let use a different shorter line after the K3 for whatever reason only employees at Nebraska know. They aren't legally obligated to do that. They could legally sit on your K3 until your turn comes up in the normal K3 line. But for some reason they are being humane.

     

    A significant number of K3 applications (and they still process them fast) in the system could slow things down for non K3 filers. However, from what I have seen so far not a lot of people - relative to the total number of I130 applications - are filing the K3.

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    All Nebraska I-130 Filers -- Part 5

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    2 hours ago, Lehcim said:

    Do whatever you want, but stop publicly telling yourself these things just to justify this. People who don't file for a K3 also want to be with their loved ones as soon as possible. Just because the law allows you to do something doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. Especially when you know K3's are going to be denied anyway.

     

     

    The facts are timelines are increasing. Obviously, this has multiple reasons, but it's a fact that having them process extra paperwork in the form of a K3, that everyone knows is going to be denied anyway, will definitely increase workload. It's hard to measure how much impact this is in the grand scheme of things, but telling yourself is has no impact at all is just playing dumb.

     

    Also, I find this: "Clearly you shouldn't be telling anyone not to do anything unless it's illegal. I'm pretty sure it's against the terms of service of the forum." hilarious because of the sheer hypocrisy. 🤣

     

    Again, do whatever you want because it's technically not illegal and nobody can't stop your from doing it, but stop telling people off who have a problem with it. The only one you are convincing is yourself.

     

    Here is what the USCIS acting director Cuccinelli (dated July 25, 2019) had to say about I130 (and other )delays, in response to a letter from Senators Hollen and Cardin (dated June 11, 2019).

    https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/nativedocuments/Processing_delays_-_Senator_Van_Hollen.pdf

     

    As shown in the excerpt below, USCIS's own goal for processing I130s from start to finish is 150 days (around 5 months). They meet that goal for 41% cases. That's terrible. I'd get fired or be on the path to getting fired with that kind of performance. 

     

    I filed my K3 way after the 150 day goal USCIS has set for itself.

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    I don't see filing of K3's being one of the factors in Cuccinelli's response to the senators.  

     

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    Here are the average processing times for cases filed over past couple of years.  

    https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/historic-pt

     

    As can be seen in the table below, there has been a consistent yearly increase in average processing times since 2017. 

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    Cycle time includes process time, during which a unit is acted upon to bring it closer to an output, and delay time, during which a unit of work is spent waiting to take the next action. In a nutshell, cycle time is the total elapsed time to move a unit of work from the beginning to the end of a physical process

     

    https://www.isixsigma.com/dictionary/cycle-time/

    All Nebraska I-130 Filers -- Part 5

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    12 minutes ago, Sea Leslie said:

    My I-129F was denied the same day that my I-130 was approved. I hope this helps.

     

    7 minutes ago, Sea Leslie said:

    My case was never updated on this website (https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do) either, but I got an email confirmation of my approval.

     

    Thanks for the confirmation. I got the 130 approval in 129F denial in mail. The egov website (does not always update) is probably not a good way to evaluate the K3s efficacy. 

    All Nebraska I-130 Filers -- Part 5

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted · Edited by SaeedA

    11 minutes ago, Duke & Marie said:

    I think I found the problem... it’s not 129f that’s the issue...

     

    the original post is from F2a beneficiary... who has obviously forgotten that USC IR are not affected by PD unlike F2a beneficiaries who have to wait in line for a visa to become available. The problem is the length of her line, not 129f...

    We should be the ones complaining then 🤣. IR1\CR1 visas are always available. The biggest thing slowing down our spouses from coming here are other cases in the system which will have to wait for visa availability when they get to NVC anyway.

     

    However, I think the poster is an IR5 beneficiary (sponsoring parents of US citizen). IR5 has the same visa priority has IR1\CR1, however, there is no I129F for parents.

     

    In essence, the two visa categories have the same priority but Nebraska is letting spouses get through faster if a K3 is filed. I can kind of understand his frustration. However, I still think it is misdirected.

     

     

     

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    All Nebraska I-130 Filers -- Part 5

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted · Edited by SaeedA

    2 hours ago, igrant said:

    Please don't keep submitting I129F. Ever since you guys started flooding with this loophole, NSC processing time has shifted backwards, affecting all the other folks who didn't submit I129Fs. 

     

    People started using the K-3s as a result of the long processing times at Nebraska.

     

    The delays have probably been caused by:

    1. A general increase in applications (people afraid the immigration law might become unfavorable for them in the future)
    2. Diversion of funds and personnel to the border\ICE,
    3. And\or the directives by current administration to slow down all kinds of immigration.

     

    The the number of I129Fs is not significant enough to cause any major delays. Around a thousand I129Fs have been received by Nebraska year to date. Compare that to around 8500 I130 cases received just in October 2018. 

     

    Blame Nebraska and the government, not people trying to reunite with their spouses.

    All Nebraska I-130 Filers -- Part 5

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    1 hour ago, Manny and Judy said:

    Sorry correction: my I-129f NOA1 was Sep 16 (not Sep 20) (& I just got the denial email)

     

    Our CR1 Journey So Far:
     

    USCIS Stage:

    • Feb 25 2019: Sent I-130 package
    • March 11 2019: I130 NOA1 (Nebraska Service Center)
    • Sep 10 2019: Sent I-129f
    • Sep 16 2019: I-129f NOA1
    • Oct 26 2019: I-130 NOA2 (Approved via email - 229 days from NOA1)
    • Oct 26 2019: I-129f Denial

     

     

    This message is from the future 😶

     

    You're half a day ahead of us but it's still fun to think this is from the future 🤣

    All Nebraska I-130 Filers -- Part 5

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    18 minutes ago, Rosie91 said:

    I agree! Its super helpfull!:)

     

    3 hours ago, Baseer said:

    Thanks very much. Did exactly that and got my receipt number 😊. Now I will have to just wait I guess.

     

    Humble request: Please continue scraping that page; its very helpful. Is there a central place on this forum we can maintain that sheet? Also request you to add a "pulled date" that way we can see the trend of denials. 

     

    Thanks again.

     

    Will post updates over the weekend

    All Nebraska I-130 Filers -- Part 5

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    3 hours ago, Rosie91 said:

    So we finally got our NOA1 for the i129, (october 7th) and I can see our case actually in this list!! Awesome! Can you let me know where to get this list?:)

    I generate this list using a program I wrote. I'll update it if I see any more denials. Didn't see any yesterday. 

     

    The denial updates happen a little late though (around 8 Eastern).

    All Nebraska I-130 Filers -- Part 5

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    2 hours ago, Baseer said:

    I mailed mine on Oct 1st but no response. No email, no sms, no myuscis update or mail notice.  
    Is there any recommended way of contacting them? 

     

    Thanks

     

    I contacted the USCIS number. I think it was (this might have changed)

    • Press 1 for English
    • Press 1 for Case Status
    • Press 2 if you can't find receipt number
    • Press 2 to reach a USCIS officer

    Let the tier1 Customer Service Rep know you have not received your receipt for form 129F. K3 for your spouse. 

     

    They were unable to find it at first. I asked if my i130 receipt number would help. They said yes then I provided my receipt number for I130

     

    They gave me the receipt number

    All Nebraska I-130 Filers -- Part 5

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    1 minute ago, AMS13 said:

    Do you have an internal way of handling the limit of requests you can send per day?

    IP limit was a problem a couple of months ago. It does not seem to be a problem anymore. 

     

    My script is very conservative though. I make one request at a time. It's possible they still have a limit on how many requests you can make per minute or something. The script runs forever but I don't mind that. 

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