Your I-130 APPLICATION PETITION FOR ALIEN RELATIVE remains in line for interview scheduling.

[DigitalSxKitten 1]

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

USCIS

6680 Corporate Centre Blvd.

Orlando,FL 32822

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Emailed to xxxxxxxx@yahoo.com

Dear xxxxxxxxx:

On 11/29/2012 you, or the designated representative shown below, contacted us about your case. Some of the key information given to us at that time was the following:

Caller indicated they are:

-- Applicant or Petitioner

Attorney Name:

-- Information not available

Case type:

-- I130

Filing date:

-- 09/17/2012

Receipt #:

-- WAC-xxxxxxxxxx

Referral ID:

xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Beneficiary (if you filed for someone else):

-- Information not available

Your USCIS Account Number (A-number):

-- Information not available

Type of service requested:

-- Other

The status of this service request is:

Your I-130 APPLICATION PETITION FOR ALIEN RELATIVE remains in line for interview scheduling. When scheduling is complete, you will receive a notice with a time and place for your interview. If you have not received the notice within 90 days of the date above, please call customer service at 1-800-375-5283 for further assistance. Please check our website at www.uscis.gov for further updates on your case. If you move, please use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address.

If you have any further questions, please call the National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.

Please remember: By law, every person who is not a U.S. citizen and who is over the age of 14 must submit Form AR-11 AND notify this office of their change of address, within 10 days from when they move (persons in "A" or "G" nonimmigrant status are exempt from this requirement). To notify this office of a move, visit our website at: www.uscis.gov or call the National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283. The Form AR-11 can be downloaded from our website or you can call the National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283 and we can order one for you. Instructions for filing the Form AR-11, including mailing instructions, are included on the Form.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

SO I got the above email after a call I placed and literally have NO IDEA what it means. Do the petitioners get interviewed at their local office? O.o I thought just my husband would have ot interview in Canada..Is this a bad thing? Does this mean were approved and just waiting for another step? Has anyone else seen this before? This whole thing is nerve racking everytime I call the ISOs have another curve ball to throw me...Its like i wish they could all get on the same page.

[The Mean Lady 604]

a couple ISOs have told callers they might be pegged for interviews and i think one other person got a physical letter but i've yet to see someone be given a date yet and\or actually go to one

[The Mean Lady 604]

what is your local uscis office? or what major city are you by?

since i cant link you to the uscis office locator atm

[DigitalSxKitten 1]

Orlando

[The Mean Lady 604]

whew as long as it isnt chicago.

sorry i cant be of more help

[Darnell 8,478]

sounds like yer pegged for a local interview.

Which of course, sucks.

IMO, the only way to be certain, is to get into the local office via an infopass appointment,

then, when there:

1. ask the caseworker behind the window to get you the I-130 unit supervisor and

2. you talk with the I-130 unit supervisor, ask what's going on.

Good Luck !

[DigitalSxKitten 1]

What should I bring to that appointment?

[Darnell 8,478]

Receipt Notice, and any service requests, and your ID.

[DigitalSxKitten 1]

At this time, there are no information appointments available for the office in your area. Please try back again later.

This is so frustrating

[Darnell 8,478]

you may be let in, if you can convince the security guards.

[DigitalSxKitten 1]

The ISO said Id have a hard copy by the 26th and if not to call back in but I imagine it says the same thing. Driving all that way for a maybe is daunting to think about. Im a single mom til I can get my husband here and funds arent exactly plentiful for gas. I just really dont understand all of this and Im frustrated and down and getting depressed and wondering if anything is going to go right with this. My hubby said I should call tomorrow and see if I get the same info and if I dont I should try to escalate since noone seems to know what they are doing. I guess I could write mycongressman too. I know I havent waited as long as people but it doesnt make my shorter amount of time any less frustrating when noone can give me answers at that place.

[Darnell 8,478]

hard copy of the interview letter? ok...

There were loads of data errors with this 'pegged for a local interview' thing over the last few months, casefiles with MSC receipt numbers.

I'll tell you MY specific thing..

I called weekly , getting an ISO, and for 5 weeks I was told that I was pegged for a local interview.

On the 6th week and subsequent weeks, I was NOT told about being pegged for a local interview. Yes, I did ask specifically.

In the past, if a casefile was sent to a local office, there was this 'automatic peg' for a local interview.

IMO, that's where the data error came from.

So, if the ISO clearly states that you'll receive an interview letter by the 26th, then (IMO) yer pegged for a local interview.

Maybe it really is a data error, though, so keep that in mind.

Hang in there !

[bigdog 376]

Mucho patience, needed.

[DigitalSxKitten 1]

Patience is one thing in a well informed situation but this is like sitting here without knowing a thing because noone knows. If I thought it was in capable hands I wouldnt be so ontop of it constantly.

[Darnell 8,478]

ya, sorry, bigdog isn't so much aware of the MSC debacle.

If he was, I'm sure he'd have different comments. Well, almost sure.