Service Centers

[jaycali 415]

Hi everyone!

My USC wife is sending out the I-130 package tomorrow to the AZ lockbox.

She lives in CA so e do expect to end up in a storage facility somewhere in southern California for months on end. I can see the current processing times at the CSC are about 112 days.

I have seen east coast filers on here though end up at CSC, while I've also seen west coast filers end up at VSC.

Is it completely random which service center we end up at? From processing timelines on here it looks like VSC is at 30 days(!?!?).

That's a 2 - 3 month difference from CSC. What are our odds of ending up in Vermont, and would it make a difference if my wife addressed VSC on the cover letter rather than the CSC?

Thanks in advance!

[payxibka 10,047]

Hi everyone!

My USC wife is sending out the I-130 package tomorrow to the AZ lockbox.

She lives in CA so e do expect to end up in a storage facility somewhere in southern California for months on end. I can see the current processing times at the CSC are about 112 days.

I have seen east coast filers on here though end up at CSC, while I've also seen west coast filers end up at VSC.

Is it completely random which service center we end up at? From processing timelines on here it looks like VSC is at 30 days(!?!?).

That's a 2 - 3 month difference from CSC. What are our odds of ending up in Vermont, and would it make a difference if my wife addressed VSC on the cover letter rather than the CSC?

Thanks in advance!

Initial assignment is not random. Files can be moved later on if the USCIS decides to case load balance, but that is it.

[jaycali 415]

So initially it will be transferred to CSC no matter what? And if there's a massive difference in case load it could be transferred to VSC from the CSC?

[Samantha78 117]

So initially it will be transferred to CSC no matter what? And if there's a massive difference in case load it could be transferred to VSC from the CSC?

Exactly. We can't choose although it would be nice if we could...but of course that would cause an overload at both instead of just one. Hopefully, CSC will be catching up soon and their wait times will decrease.

[Ryan H 3,819]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to USCIS Service Centers. Topic is about assignment of a petition to a service center from intake facility; a procedure that affects all petition types submitted to USCIS, not just spousal visa petitions.

[l.iber.tatis 7]

Initial assignment is not random. Files can be moved later on if the USCIS decides to case load balance, but that is it.

sorry, but i don´t agree with that.It is totally random! my husband lives in VA according to the USCIS hp VA petitions go to Vermont, ours was sent to California both times!!! We even called them asking about it and a Tier 2 officer finally told us that it is totally random where they send the petitions! Especially in our case you´d think they´d have sent it to Vermont considering that California is (and already was back then)seriously backlogged...

[jaycali 415]

sorry, but i don´t agree with that.It is totally random! my husband lives in VA according to the USCIS hp VA petitions go to Vermont, ours was sent to California both times!!! We even called them asking about it and a Tier 2 officer finally told us that it is totally random where they send the petitions! Especially in our case you´d think they´d have sent it to Vermont considering that California is (and already was back then)seriously backlogged...

This is exactly what I was wondering. Virginia filers getting CSC.. Sounds a bit odd..

[ullnvrkno 95]

I'm another VA filer whose i130 got sent to CSC.

[jaycali 415]

I'm another VA filer whose i130 got sent to CSC.

My wife actually lived in VA for a couple months. We we're contemplation filing while she lived there just to get the VSC. Guess that would have been a long shot..