I130 - I am confused - Transfer Notice?

[snowjoe 0]

Hello - I received my NOA 1 at the beginning of July, 2013. I was out of the Country visiting my wife Dec. 16th. 2013 until Jan. 13, 2014. On the 27th of December I received and email from USCIS that said:

The I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN was transferred and is now being processed at a USCIS office. You will be notified by mail when a decision is made, or if the office needs something from you. If you move while this case is pending, please use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address or call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.

There was a letter waiting for me when I returned that says:

This is to advise you that in order to speed up processing we have transferred the above case to the following USCIS office for processing:

Texas Service Center, P. O. Box 851488 - Dept. A, Mesquite, TX 75185-1488

That office will notify you of the decision made on the application or petition.

My question is:

So, what does this mean? It sat in a pile for six full months and now it is sitting in another pile in Texas? When I look at the USCIS processing time information page here:

https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processingTimesDisplay.do

It is a little unclear. By the way I filed two I130's. One for my wife and one for my stepchild. I have receive no RFE's and I followed all of the Visa Journey instructions putting the petitions together. Is it really possible that I will be waiting five more months before it even goes to the NVC?

[festamati89 40]

it means your a step closer to being approved probably within sixty days

[snowjoe 0]

Wow. That means if it does take 60 days my petitions would be at the USCIS for more than eight months! Isn't that longer than normal? Or is there a normal?

[jsumner86 403]

When my wife called the USCIS customer service centre, it said allow up to 180 days. Our transfer said allow up to 60 days. We're hoping for less than that! I think they realise people have been waiting a long time now. We're hitting 8 months tomorrow. We were transferred at the end of December, and still no answer.

They transferred it due to the back log, trying to process all the cases faster now. So hopefully you will hear something soon!

Edited January 15, 2014 by jsumner86

[TBoneTX 45,324]

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[Kaylara 814]

Wow. That means if it does take 60 days my petitions would be at the USCIS for more than eight months! Isn't that longer than normal? Or is there a normal?

Nothing about their processing last year was "normal".

But yeah, I waited 9 1/2 months for my NOA2. I hope you don't have to wait that long.