New York City (feild office) i-130 Transfers

[NYC.RSA 25]

i hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the statements are true -- the NYC office is incredibly slow. I seen some I130 Filers in March of this year in other offices, get approved WAY faster than the NY Office. Thankfully i didnt wait 7 months or so, it was only a 4 month wait. hopefully things work out for you!

the NY office is indeed very slow. we dont really have a choice but to wait....

[GaganGoel 7]

We filed our petition on 5th Dec 2012, which got transferred to NYC field office somewhere around mid feb.. And we got our noa2 in mid April. So, it was around 4 and half months for us in NYC. My husband went for info pass twice. First one didn't help much. But for the second one, we got a nice lady who helped us in giving the info. And our case was approved within 2-3 days of info pass. So, we guess info pass worked for us.

[NYC.RSA 25]

We filed our petition on 5th Dec 2012, which got transferred to NYC field office somewhere around mid feb.. And we got our noa2 in mid April. So, it was around 4 and half months for us in NYC. My husband went for info pass twice. First one didn't help much. But for the second one, we got a nice lady who helped us in giving the info. And our case was approved within 2-3 days of info pass. So, we guess info pass worked for us.

wow thats pretty quick!

mind if i ask what u asked at the infopass and what info were they able to give u?

[GaganGoel 7]

wow thats pretty quick!

mind if i ask what u asked at the infopass and what info were they able to give u?

I asked them the following questions:

1) What is my case status?

2) What date was my case transferred to the local office?

3) Is anyone working on my case yet? if not, what date are they working on currently?

Sometimes the officers are hesitant to give this information, especially (2) and (3). I had to be persistent and had to ask the questions again and again but by rephrasing them. They would finally give me all this information.

When I asked them when do they expect my case to be processed and if there is a way to expedite it -they would ask me to fill out a yellow form which asks for reasons for why I want to know this information. They told me they will get back to me in few days. Now here your luck matters. First time the officer I met was not helpful and I am sure he just kept the form on the side and did nothing about it. The second time I think I was lucky and the lady I met actually went to the relevant department and checked my case status. I gave them a medical reason for why I wanted to know more info about my case as I needed to plan a surgery.

[rickkant 21]

I asked them the following questions:

1) What is my case status?

2) What date was my case transferred to the local office?

3) Is anyone working on my case yet? if not, what date are they working on currently?

Sometimes the officers are hesitant to give this information, especially (2) and (3). I had to be persistent and had to ask the questions again and again but by rephrasing them. They would finally give me all this information.

When I asked them when do they expect my case to be processed and if there is a way to expedite it -they would ask me to fill out a yellow form which asks for reasons for why I want to know this information. They told me they will get back to me in few days. Now here your luck matters. First time the officer I met was not helpful and I am sure he just kept the form on the side and did nothing about it. The second time I think I was lucky and the lady I met actually went to the relevant department and checked my case status. I gave them a medical reason for why I wanted to know more info about my case as I needed to plan a surgery.

Which surgery did u mention. If u don't mind. ?

[GaganGoel 7]

Which surgery did u mention. If u don't mind. ?

I was recommended knee surgery. So, I mentioned that and I had a letter from the doctor as a proof.

Edited July 30, 2013 by GaganGoel

[Carol C 1]

I have waited for almost 8 months now....My husband is from NYC. On uscis.gov website, still shows "On DEC 24th, we received this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE......." It didn't say anything about transfer to NYC feild office. So we are not sure my application is still in NBC or in NY feild office. We just feel like it takes forever

[loversunited 2]

I have waited for almost 8 months now....My husband is from NYC. On uscis.gov website, still shows "On DEC 24th, we received this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE......." It didn't say anything about transfer to NYC feild office. So we are not sure my application is still in NBC or in NY feild office. We just feel like it takes forever

It really sucks that we have to wait so long. When I started my journey in January, I had hoped to get NOA2 by April 15 and be in the States in order to celebrate her birthday in August. Yesterday I wished her happy birthday on Skype. lol.

Guess you could think about it this way now. The longer you wait, the closer you are to getting approved!

Any day now. Hoping to hear good news from you.

[Carol C 1]

It really sucks that we have to wait so long. When I started my journey in January, I had hoped to get NOA2 by April 15 and be in the States in order to celebrate her birthday in August. Yesterday I wished her happy birthday on Skype. lol.

Guess you could think about it this way now. The longer you wait, the closer you are to getting approved!

Any day now. Hoping to hear good news from you.

Yes, it really sucks...Hope we all get approved very soon:)

[sirius 32]

Spoke to the Tier2 agent again today.

It's going to be 7 months for us on 29th of this month.

Put in a service request.

This time the Tier2 agent said our file was transferred to the NYC office on June 11!

Does the case start the 6-8 month timeline all over again after it is transferred? The last time we spoke to the Tier2 agent in June, she said your case transferred to NYC in March.

[annie1 9]

Questions for anyone who has gone on infopass.

anyone know if i can take the infopass to NYC field office at federal plaza, or can i also get an info pass to queens office in long island city which is also in nyc. ?

[friendlyusa 37]

this is a useful post for people stuck in NY field office.

were there any approvals from NY fields office lately.....

all I see is last approval done in April.

this is really frustrating.

[NYC.RSA 25]

Questions for anyone who has gone on infopass.

anyone know if i can take the infopass to NYC field office at federal plaza, or can i also get an info pass to queens office in long island city which is also in nyc. ?

I think the i130 cases are transferred to the field office at federal plaza..so i suggest u go there rather.

[friendlyusa 37]

hi guys.

I have seen there is a new NBC office opened in Kansas city and all i130 applications will be transfer to this new office. and not to local field offices.

from which month on wards they will start doing this???

are there any match filers here who's file got transferred to NY field office?

hi guys.

I have seen there is a new NBC office opened in Kansas city and all i130 applications will be transfer to this new office. and not to local field offices.

i want to know from which month on wards they will start doing this???

are there any march filers here who's file got transferred to NY field office?

(sorry for spelling mistake. android gesture typing to be blamed)

[The Mean Lady 604]

hi guys.

I have seen there is a new NBC office opened in Kansas city and all i130 applications will be transfer to this new office. and not to local field offices.

from which month on wards they will start doing this???

are there any match filers here who's file got transferred to NY field office?

hi guys.

I have seen there is a new NBC office opened in Kansas city and all i130 applications will be transfer to this new office. and not to local field offices.

i want to know from which month on wards they will start doing this???

are there any march filers here who's file got transferred to NY field office?

(sorry for spelling mistake. android gesture typing to be blamed)

I'm fairly certain there's some confusion here.

It's just another NBC office to filter the petitions.

It isn't taking place of local offices.

If any thing like that were to happen, it would be posted here:

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=e7801c2c9be44210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e7801c2c9be44210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD