Understanding processing times, NBC or field office?

[yogurtyoga 4]

All the adjustment of status applications are first sent to the USCIS in Missouri to be reviewed. This office determines if the case will be waived for an interview. Often, to help process the cases faster, they send cases to other USCIS offices to help review the case. And it's not always an applicant's field (local) USCIS office. If it happened to your case, it can be difficult to figure out the location of the case.

AOS can take from few months up to year and even longer. There have been a lot of people here, on VJ, waiting for their AOS about 15-16 months.

Thank you Ksenia_O, wish you at this point already have your green card in hand.

I had my biometrics taken on 19 April, but since then, no update at all.

I called the USCIS 800 line today and she asked me do I know which local office is dealing with my case. I just don't know. And she said my case was transfered to local office in May.

Do you think the background check happened before Missouri transfer case to local office or background check happen after case was transfered to local field office?

[Hypnos 6,578]

The NBC usually handle background checks, at least initially.