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[unknowKhmer 0]

Ask to speak to Tier 2 officer and then ask if your case has been transferred to the local office and when. Most MSC cases are processed at local offices. The officer should be able to find what the local office is based on your zip code, but you can also find it on USCIS we site.

USCIS has volume charts for each local office, so you can get some idea how busy they are. You usually can't call into the local office directly, but you can setup an info pass to that office and go get some answers in person.

wow, tier 2 waiting time is 72min lol.. I will edit this once i get some info.

[unknowKhmer 0]

wow, tier 2 waiting time is 72min lol.. I will edit this once i get some info.

ok Tier 2 doesn't know if the case is transferred to local office but they had put a request to my local office to see if it's their. I should get a letter from local office by or before Oct 15th. I will update once i got the news.

Question: Let say my case in local office, I-130 (parents)? Does it mean it will get approve soon?

thx

Edited September 30, 2013 by unknowKhmer

[WorldTravelers 5]

I would call and talk to another Tier 2 officer. Once you get the same response from 5 officers, then you'll know you have the correct answer. Try calling late in the evening (I think they are open until 8PM) for shorter wait times.

They CAN see if the case has been transferred to a local office. Some officers just choose not to share the information.

It may not have been transferred, in which case they should tell you they don't see that it was transferred, but not that they don't know if it was.

The service requests can take couple of months to get a response to. Not useful.

Cases are usually transferred within the first couple of months after filing. Then they sit there until that office is ready to review them. How they choose in which order to work on files is not clear. It's obviously not in the order the cases are filed.

There is really not much you can do to speed things up. If you really want to know where you case is, you could try contacting your congressional liaison (search for it here on VJ). They have contacts at local offices and can check if your file is there.

Best of luck!

[luck-e and Kookie 0]

I called USCIS and talked to a tier 2 filipina immigration officer she said my moms paper was scheduled to be sent to Honolulu local office but its still with NBC. She created a service request hopefully it will sent here soon.

[mrsartis 10]

I called USCIS and talked to a tier 2 filipina immigration officer she said my moms paper was scheduled to be sent to Honolulu local office but its still with NBC. She created a service request hopefully it will sent here soon.

Nice, they better start movin! =)

[luck-e and Kookie 0]

She said it was schedules laat sept 12 but nit sure why its still with the NBC

[mrsartis 10]

She said it was schedules laat sept 12 but nit sure why its still with the NBC

they got move like laggers that's why.. hayahay!

[bryn&ellen 13]

I called USCIS and talked to a tier 2 filipina immigration officer she said my moms paper was scheduled to be sent to Honolulu local office but its still with NBC. She created a service request hopefully it will sent here soon.

At least you got, a little update there. I called today, they told me the same thing, call again if no news, after 30 days.

Edited October 1, 2013 by bryn&ellen

[luck-e and Kookie 0]

Will the USCIS or any offices whos handling our petitions be closed and will have petitions on hold due to government shut down

[unknowKhmer 0]

I would call and talk to another Tier 2 officer. Once you get the same response from 5 officers, then you'll know you have the correct answer. Try calling late in the evening (I think they are open until 8PM) for shorter wait times.

They CAN see if the case has been transferred to a local office. Some officers just choose not to share the information.

It may not have been transferred, in which case they should tell you they don't see that it was transferred, but not that they don't know if it was.

The service requests can take couple of months to get a response to. Not useful.

Cases are usually transferred within the first couple of months after filing. Then they sit there until that office is ready to review them. How they choose in which order to work on files is not clear. It's obviously not in the order the cases are filed.

There is really not much you can do to speed things up. If you really want to know where you case is, you could try contacting your congressional liaison (search for it here on VJ). They have contacts at local offices and can check if your file is there.

Best of luck!

Ok, I called a few of Tier 2 Officer and they all said the same thing. "they don't know where my case is at beside it's still in NBC." Does this mean, my parents case is still sitting in NBC and hadn't been touch? thx

[WorldTravelers 5]

Ok, I called a few of Tier 2 Officer and they all said the same thing. "they don't know where my case is at beside it's still in NBC." Does this mean, my parents case is still sitting in NBC and hadn't been touch? thx

Ok, so they don't see that it was transferred to a local office. Then it's probably still at NBC.

I haven't really been following up on this, but it seems that there has been some change in procedures again, and that may be why the processing times are longer.

Apparently, there is a new NBC processing center in Overland Park, Kansas, and all I-130s since May have been on hold sitting at that new center that opened on Sep. 28th.

You can look up more info about it on this forum...

[unknowKhmer 0]

Ok, so they don't see that it was transferred to a local office. Then it's probably still at NBC.

I haven't really been following up on this, but it seems that there has been some change in procedures again, and that may be why the processing times are longer.

Apparently, there is a new NBC processing center in Overland Park, Kansas, and all I-130s since May have been on hold sitting at that new center that opened on Sep. 28th.

You can look up more info about it on this forum...

@ WorldTraveler: Thx for all your reply.

snap!!! thay's where my parents I-130 resigned. I check NOA1 and the address shown it's from Overland Park, KS.

Edited October 7, 2013 by unknowKhmer

[unknowKhmer 0]

Did a search in the forum and Overland Park, KS will start I-130 (divison 8) at 2013 fiscal year-end and some staffs are still in training

[luck-e and Kookie 0]

hello

wheres the forum?

[mrsartis 10]

what about the ones from Feb, March, APril?