If You Have Been Transferred...Please Post Here (K-1)

[Texasav8r 183]

One common question I see raised here is regarding the logic behind transfers and why some in the same timeframe were not transferred. Here is my thought on that topic:

I have a weekly staff meeting that involves 12 fellow engineers. We go over the status of all our projects (10 - 20 per engineer depending on scope) and determine whether there are any that may be in jeopardy of being completed and estimate the balance of workload. If one engineer is going on vacation or has too many in his queue, then the workload is redistributed. Now, with that said, here is what I think happened at TSC:

- After receiving hundreds of congressional inquiries, thousands of angry letters and thousands of phone calls, they FINALLY got off their butts and decided to do something. I am guessing they had an all hands meeting within the department responsible for adjudicating K-1 I-129f's and polled the workload. Let's say there are 100 adjudicators and each of them has a minimum of 80 petitions on their desk (Dec - Aug filers) but 30 of them had a minimum of 120 petitions for various reasons. The decision has already been made by management to transfer, to CSC, a number of petitions that would balance the workload among all the adjudicators and place them back on a level playing field. So, the department head made a decision to transfer only April and May petitons as it seemed most fair to those that made the decision. They then asked the 30 adjudicators with 120 petitions to pull all of their April and May files and send them on their merry way to CSC. Assuming all the extras were May and April, that would be 1200 petitions and would also explain why everyone was not transferred. The ones that were not, were sitting on the desks of the 70 adjudicators that had a fair load to begin with.

Those numbers are probably a bit low when you consider we make up about 5 - 10% of the total number of filers. Of course, all of the extra 40 petitons per 30 adjudicators would not all be April and May files so there is plenty of fudge room.

We can only speculate of course, but based on what I see every week in my own working life, that seems like a fairly feasable scenario. We can also second guess their logic behind what is fair or not based on what we see coming from CSC. Are all transfers going to see approvals in the next 2 weeks? No. Will many see approvals in the next 3 - 6 weeks? Pretty good chance. Is it fair to January - March filers (and left over Nov & Dec)? Again, we can debate that. Right now we are seeing many Feb and March approvals and have seen one transferred May (I think he was May) filer approved.

As each day goes by, we will have a better idea of what's going on and can make a better estimate of the time we will all (most all) be waiting.

Good luck to all and I am truly happy for all those who will see quicker approvals as a result of the transfer (those who were and weren't)

[Texasav8r 183]

A couple of requests for the fine folks that have been transferred (well maybe 3):

1. Can you all please make sure your timelines are updated with accurate data? Your timeline should reflect TSC as your Service Center and YES to transferred. See below:

Event Date

Service Center: Texas Service Center

Transferred? California Service Center on 2014-08-08 or 2014-08-11

I have seen a couple that changed their original Service center to CSC. This is not correct and will adversely affect CSC timelines and also affect ours.

2. When you get approved, please post your approval date here so we can track progress and allow everyone to see the benefits of the transfers. Of course, please post in your respective monthly thread also, I am just asking for an extra post here as well

3. Please refrain from asking post decision qurestions here. There are many threads covering those topics and I would like to see this thread continuing to focus on transfers and events surrounding them.

Thank you very much! Keep the news coming!!

[Lelyze 49]

After going through some case numbers around mine I noticed few of them (including mine) with this status:

Post Decision Activity

On August 18, 2014, the Executive Office of Immigration Review returned this case. If your case was remanded or your appeal was sustained, we will notify you of our action within 60 days of the date of the EOIR decision. 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.

I really wonder what this mean? We were transffered to CSC on August 11, and we received hardcopy stating the same. Now this? I'm really confused and worried, any idea what to do would be helpful.

[Texasav8r 183]

After going through some case numbers around mine I noticed few of them (including mine) with this status:

Post Decision Activity

On August 18, 2014, the Executive Office of Immigration Review returned this case. If your case was remanded or your appeal was sustained, we will notify you of our action within 60 days of the date of the EOIR decision. 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.

I really wonder what this mean? We were transffered to CSC on August 11, and we received hardcopy stating the same. Now this? I'm really confused and worried, any idea what to do would be helpful.

It sounds like a fancy way to say it has been returned to the proper reviewing agency for action. In other words, you petition left one reviewing body, so it became a pending "matter" until it reached it's transfer destination. Then it re-enters the system at another location (thus returning to a normal process). I think you will be fine.

[Marco&Bettina 502]

Ok, here is the latest:

Total VJ transfers from TSC - 91

Confirmed Transfers to CSC - 46

Transfer to VSC - 1

April Transfers - 46

May Transfers - 45

- The only two dates I have seen regarding transfer notices (initial) are 8/8/2014 and 8/11/2014

- The confirmation hard copies indicating transfer to CSC were received between 8/13 and 8/19

- There has already been one approval after transfer and that came 4 days after confirmation notice.

Again, sorry for the delay. This represents data as of 23.30 on 8/20 and only what was posted in this thread and a couple that I spotted in other threads.

Thanks for this. Let me see what I can work up with this today.

[Oanh-keith 0]

It was the same to us. Today my finance has got an email as like your content. But we dont know where was it transferred?

Cry cry. My NOA1 is Apr/21.

[Xkaret510 4]

Thanks for this. Let me see what I can work up with this today.

THANKS FOR THE UPDATE, IT GIVES US HOPE

[Marco&Bettina 502]

texasav8r, is the date range of transfer really just 8-8 - 8-11?

PS: How do you tag someone?

Edited August 21, 2014 by Marco&Bettina

[MoxxyLie 0]

We received our hard copy confirming our Transfer from TSC to CSC on 08 - 19 - 2014!

Our NOA1 was on 04 - 15 - 2014.

[Texasav8r 183]

texasav8r, is the date range of transfer really just 8-8 - 8-11?

PS: How do you tag someone?

Yes. Those were the only two dates reported in the first notice. I was going by what people reported (e.g. - I received an email today (8/8) that my petition was being transferred to another center.......)

8/11 seems to be the most common.

I "tagged" by actually hand writing a list of everyone that posted....and added columns for notice dates and where they went....now another for approval dates

Edited August 21, 2014 by Texasav8r

[secila 2]

We received our hard copy confirming our Transfer from TSC to CSC on 08 - 19 - 2014!

Our NOA1 was on 04 - 15 - 2014.

I'm so jealous! We still haven't received a hard copy yet.

[Meghan&Andrey 51]

I'm so jealous! We still haven't received a hard copy yet.

We haven't either. And if it isn't in the mail tomorrow, I will no longer expect it to come at all. That's two weeks. It doesn't take two weeks. I will raise he!! if I get an electronic NOA2 and not my hard copy. But the transfer notice we can do without.

[ssgao 0]

I have a Chinese friend whose K1 application got transferred from TSC to CSC on 8/11 got approved NOA2 today (8/20). She received her NOA1 on 3/13. She doesn't come to VJ but I thought that I should share it with everyone who's waiting.

Edited August 22, 2014 by ssgao

[HHelen 0]

We received our hard copy confirming our Transfer from TSC to CSC on 08 - 19 - 2014!

Our NOA1 was on 04 - 15 - 2014.

We were at Texas too but they transferred our case last August, 8th. Hard copy about transferred got on August 14th.

I-129 sent on May 9th. Hard copy NOA1 was on May 23th.

Best wishes for all of us!!!

[ssgao 0]

prove here lol