Which service centre to send i-129f?

[raini7 29]

I am confused abt lockbox and service centre. Where do we need to send our k1 petition? And i ve read somewhere Texas service centre doesnt handle i-129f anymore. Is that true?

[Rc123rc 528]

You send it to the lockbox in Texas and then they will send it to the appropriate Service Center. Right now, California is handling all I-129F applications but do not try and send your application to California.

[IcezMan_IcezLady 582]

Can you post a link on where you read that? You can always check uscis.gov to find out where to send it to

[N and J 88]

You send it to the Texas Lockbox. I depends on if you are sending it regular mail. It would go to Dallas. If you are sending it express mail or through Fedex or some kind of courier service it would be Lewisville. I sent mine on Friday by regular mail and it got there today...Check the USCIS website. All you have to do is Google. USCIS K1 visa lockbox and it will pop up.

[raini7 29]

Thank you everyone for your quick responses. It really helped me

[LionessDeon 2,060]

http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1guide

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/direct-filing-addresses-form-i-129f-petition-alien-fiancee

Its right in the K1 guide under "Mail the I-129F Package to the USCIS".

[TBoneTX 45,289]

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[raini7 29]

http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1guide

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/direct-filing-addresses-form-i-129f-petition-alien-fiancee

Its right in the K1 guide under "Mail the I-129F Package to the USCIS".

Thank you ☺

Edited May 10, 2016 by raini7

[Hank_ 9,174]

I am confused abt lockbox and service centre. Where do we need to send our k1 petition? And i ve read somewhere Texas service centre doesnt handle i-129f anymore. Is that true?

Can you post a link on where you read that? You can always check uscis.gov to find out where to send it to

https://www.uscis.gov/i-129f (click the WHERE TO FILE tab)

[IcezMan_IcezLady 582]

https://www.uscis.gov/i-129f (click the WHERE TO FILE tab)

I know this address, I was asking where Op read that TSC was no longer handle I-129f . because the TSC never handles the petition at the beginning stages.

[Hank_ 9,174]

I know this address, I was asking where Op read that TSC was no longer handle I-129f . because the TSC never handles the petition at the beginning stages.

TSC started processing petition a year or two ago, there were quite a few comments on VJ about it.

[IcezMan_IcezLady 582]

TSC started processing petition a year or two ago, there were quite a few comments on VJ about it.

Got it...I found the link...They changed it 6yrs ago...Never knew. Thanks

https://www.uscis.gov/archive/archive-news/change-filing-location-form-i-129f-petition-alien-fiancee

[baron555 934]

Can you post a link on where you read that? You can always check uscis.gov to find out where to send it to

Read the 129f form instructions. There is only one location listed there. That is where you send your petition.

[raini7 29]

Got it...I found the link...They changed it 6yrs ago...Never knew. Thanks

https://www.uscis.gov/archive/archive-news/change-filing-location-form-i-129f-petition-alien-fiancee

Didnt know about this link. I saw in VJ some people talking abt TSC doesnt handle i-129f anymore. I got mixed up abt where to send k1 package to dallas lockbox or TSC at first. But you guys helped me a lot

Thanks

[Pennycat 880]

TSC started processing petition a year or two ago, there were quite a few comments on VJ about it.

In 2013, they transferred whatever was at VSC to TSC. Before then, I don't think TSC did I-129fs. TSC was apparently really, really, really bad at processing I-129fs, got a huge backlog and the resulting workload imbalance with CSC (average 3 weeks vs TSC's 8 months) got VJ up in arms.

A coordinated effort more than likely effected change and on March 26, 2015, they announced a workload transfer that would effect I-129fs (among others). There was a lot of hopeful speculation as to what that workload transfer would entail but long story short: they didn't actually move anyone stuck at TSC and apparently instructed the Lockbox to forward all I-129fs to CSC. I say "apparently" because they didn't announce a policy change-- it's just clear that that's what's happened. With the exception of the newbies who are confused when they fill out their timeline, no case tracked here on VJ has been routed to TSC since early April 2015. A few have been transferred from CSC to VSC but not sent to VSC directly from the Lockbox. Considering that CSC has been handling 100% of the I-129f caseload for 13 months and is still churning them out in less than half the time TSC was, I think that the arms raised here on VJ were justified. They simply did not have the resources to handle the workload.

For this OP: you send all petitions to Lockboxes. The Lockbox refers to the correct service center. It's a little weird now that only one service center takes I-129fs but that's just the process. It's probably because that's where the money is handled. So if service centers can't handle your check or money order, they're going to send it to the Lockbox anyway. Plus, who knows-- they could open up any of the service centers to I-129fs next week. The Lockbox would then route based on where the shortest line is (allegedly) or what state you live in (which is how the TSC/ CSC thing was an issue) or by flipping a coin or.... whatever.