April 2010 K-1 CSC

[pookie123 1]

I still hope something will happen this week..

[Popcorn3210 0]

I just saw this news on the USCIS website "USCIS Transitions the Intake Function from the Service Centers to its Lockbox Network for Several Benefit Requests"

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=097fb85dc4bc8210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

It includes I-129f. Although it is sad to think about, maybe USCIS sent our applications to one of these lockboxes....ugh! Maybe that is also why they extended the K1 processing time from 5 to 6 months. OUCH!

Even in light of this news, maybe April will see some action this week...I hope.

Here is the article pasted below:

WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced that it will be transitioning the intake function of several more forms from the Service Centers to its Lockbox network. By centralizing form and fee intake to a Lockbox environment, USCIS will improve consistency and integrity in the intake process.

The forms scheduled for the transition:

* I-817, Application for Family Unity Benefits (If filing under section 301 of the Immigration Act of 1990);

* I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur ;

* I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status (Only those filed separately from the I-129);

* I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiance ;

* I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker.

The transition will start mid-May with the Service Centers forwarding applications to the USCIS Dallas and Phoenix Lockbox facilities for processing. In June, USCIS will post the revised filing instructions, update the web page for each form, and announce the address change with a USCIS Update.

Throughout the transition period and up to the point where USCIS formally announces the new filing addresses, customers with concerns should contact the National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.

Edited May 25, 2010 by Popcorn3210

[Popcorn3210 0]

NOA2 Scoreboard (Last 100 VJ entries, 5/14 to 5/25)

# of NOA2 Received

CSC 25

VSC 75

Note: A very few are K3 but 90 something percent are K1's.

[Aga & Chris 0]

I hate changes ((( but still keeping fingers crossed for all of us!!!

[patient2010 93]

I just saw this news on the USCIS website "USCIS Transitions the Intake Function from the Service Centers to its Lockbox Network for Several Benefit Requests"

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=097fb85dc4bc8210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

It includes I-129f. Although it is sad to think about, maybe USCIS sent our applications to one of these lockboxes....ugh! Maybe that is also why they extended the K1 processing time from 5 to 6 months. OUCH!

Even in light of this news, maybe April will see some action this week...I hope.

Here is the article pasted below:

WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced that it will be transitioning the intake function of several more forms from the Service Centers to its Lockbox network. By centralizing form and fee intake to a Lockbox environment, USCIS will improve consistency and integrity in the intake process.

The forms scheduled for the transition:

* I-817, Application for Family Unity Benefits (If filing under section 301 of the Immigration Act of 1990);

* I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur ;

* I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status (Only those filed separately from the I-129);

* I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiance ;

* I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker.

The transition will start mid-May with the Service Centers forwarding applications to the USCIS Dallas and Phoenix Lockbox facilities for processing. In June, USCIS will post the revised filing instructions, update the web page for each form, and announce the address change with a USCIS Update.

Throughout the transition period and up to the point where USCIS formally announces the new filing addresses, customers with concerns should contact the National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.

So what does all this mean!!!!!

[mike1o1 0]

So what does all this mean!!!!!

Sounds to me like this only impacts the processing of the check, so this should only be for new applications? Could explain why there haven't been any activity from the CSC the last week and a half, though.

Late March filer here, wishing I had submitted my paperwork a week or two ahead of time! Very frustrating...

[Popcorn3210 0]

Sounds to me like this only impacts the processing of the check, so this should only be for new applications? Could explain why there haven't been any activity from the CSC the last week and a half, though.

Late March filer here, wishing I had submitted my paperwork a week or two ahead of time! Very frustrating...

Yep, hard to know exactly what it means... hate to say it but I envisioned CSC sending our apps to Dallas or Phoenix before CSC can do anything else with them. Don't ask me why I thought that. However, it does say "forwarding in mid May" so maybe it means all apps that come there way are forwarded to Dallas and Phoenix from mid May onwards.

Anyway, according to VJ stats, CSC was consistently giving NOA2's each week to about 15 to 20 apps until last week when they gave an NOA2 only to only one app on VJ. Something seems to have happened last week to halt the process. We will probably never know for sure what the problem was.

Edited May 25, 2010 by Popcorn3210

[Larysa 0]

So I just called to check what this new change means. It means that only future applications will be sent to the lock boxes and then will be further sent to the appropriate services centers. She didn't say why they were doing this but that if your application has already been at the California Center and started being processed there, it will continue to be processed there ( not at any other lock boxes of sorts). Now hopefully California is speedy and gets some NOA2's out! Good Luck all

[Popcorn3210 0]

So I just called to check what this new change means. It means that only future applications will be sent to the lock boxes and then will be further sent to the appropriate services centers. She didn't say why they were doing this but that if your application has already been at the California Center and started being processed there, it will continue to be processed there ( not at any other lock boxes of sorts). Now hopefully California is speedy and gets some NOA2's out! Good Luck all

thanks Larysa for clarifying that

[patient2010 93]

So I just called to check what this new change means. It means that only future applications will be sent to the lock boxes and then will be further sent to the appropriate services centers. She didn't say why they were doing this but that if your application has already been at the California Center and started being processed there, it will continue to be processed there ( not at any other lock boxes of sorts). Now hopefully California is speedy and gets some NOA2's out! Good Luck all

Yeah thanks Larysa for the clarification because my pressure went up like a million degrees after i read that!!! So hopefully they just took that week off to sort things out and are back on track this week I see one person with NOA2 dated May 25th come on CSC

Edited May 26, 2010 by patient2010

[Melinda&Necmi 0]

I hope this means they will push to get the rest of the 129s out of the way.

I see Ankara is scheduling interviews for 10/27:( So even after this long wait, I have another one ahead of me:( I wanted him here by 10/27, it is the start of "Birthday Season" in our home with 4 birthdays in 6 weeks..then Christmas. And we are driving each other crazy with Waiting Syndrome. IMHO, this is worse than pregnancy and child birth!

[ivana81nis 0]

Thank you people for posting thing and keeping the rest of us update! I am April 7. NOA1

hope for good news from everybody soon!

[pookie123 1]

I hope to see approvals in this thread starting next week..

Edited May 27, 2010 by pookie123

[patient2010 93]

I hope to see approvals in this thread starting next week..

yes I believe we should start seeing something next week too pookie123 it is our time we have waited long enough!!!!!

[KYLEandUAN 1]

hi. anyone from this forum got their NOA2?? we are also april filer. got noa1 april 9th.