NBC vs Local Office

[h45549 18]

Just wondering if all the cases sent to NBC are sent to local offices? or only a few are sent to local offices? If not all are then is there some method by which they decide to forward it to a local office or is it random?

[Hypnos 6,576]

For I-130s filed on or after 15th August 2012, they are all forwarded from the NBC to the local field office having jurisdiction over the petitioner's place of residence: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=c3c7ca7c5fed9310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e7801c2c9be44210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD

[hamigirl710 112]

but there is no rhyme or reason for how they are doing it some stay at NBC some go to local offices. People who filed in August still waiting while those from October are being approved..it is a mess

[h45549 18]

For I-130s filed on or after 15th August 2012, they are all forwarded from the NBC to the local field office having jurisdiction over the petitioner's place of residence: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=c3c7ca7c5fed9310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e7801c2c9be44210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD

I called today and ISO said for cases where spouse is out of the country they keep the cases at MSC and if spouse is in US it is forwarded to local office

[hamigirl710 112]

I called today and ISO said for cases where spouse is out of the country they keep the cases at MSC and if spouse is in US it is forwarded to local office

Not true at all. I just got a request for evidence asking for my husbands birth certificate from the Dallas office and my hubby is not here stateside.

[Hypnos 6,576]

They seem to be big on birth certificates for beneficiaries recently, for some reason.

[hamigirl710 112]

They seem to be big on birth certificates for beneficiaries recently, for some reason.

Yes they are and thank God when I saw the posts about this a month ago I was proactive and had my hubby send me his and now I can send it to them tomorrow and hopefully have an approval before Christmas

[Hypnos 6,576]

Tell Dallas to hurry up with my application while you are down there.

[Roosha 51]

Not true at all. I just got a request for evidence asking for my husbands birth certificate from the Dallas office and my hubby is not here stateside.

Maybe he meant the petitioner, not beneficiary. As in, those filing from abroad stay in NBC while those who are filing from inside the states are sent to their local offices?

[Ms Hogan 295]

Ours appears to have stayed at NBC since we never received notice that it was being transferred. My husband is the petitioner and is in the U.S.

[Rimp 0]

Yes they are and thank God when I saw the posts about this a month ago I was proactive and had my hubby send me his and now I can send it to them tomorrow and hopefully have an approval before Christmas

When did u file i130? Did it transfer because it jurdiction over the case to other office? And now you got rfe?

[hamigirl710 112]

When did u file i130? Did it transfer because it jurdiction over the case to other office? And now you got rfe?

It is all on my timeline and signature line. Yes got an RFE from Dallas Texas office

[TBoneTX 45,305]

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[N-o-l-a 7,167]

I called today and ISO said for cases where spouse is out of the country they keep the cases at MSC and if spouse is in US it is forwarded to local office

I was basically told the same thing about the petitioner being abroad.

Maybe he meant the petitioner, not beneficiary. As in, those filing from abroad stay in NBC while those who are filing from inside the states are sent to their local offices?

That is how it seems to be going, but there just haven't been enough cases processed to be 100% sure. Also, I don't believe what I am told on the USCIS phone line without seeing it happen first.

Edited December 14, 2012 by Nola123

[Fahad&Navin 0]

Hey guys, so when my wife filed my petition, just to be on the safe side, she sent our wedding pictures and my birth certificate along with the docs incase of an RFE, so now our petition is at the Houston office, but the wife is here with me in Pakistan. we safe ?