Interview Letter Sent to Wrong State

[llcoolmg 20]

I have searched similar threads and generally the advice is that even if you go to the interview (in the old state), it is pointless because the first thing the IO asks is where are you currently living, in order to establish the proper jurisdiction. However maybe my case is different?

 

Facts:

March 2016 I filed for an AOS for my wife in Houston (I am the US citizen). A couple of months later my wife receives her EAD card. In July 2016 she is offered a job in Chicago. She works as a doctor/scientist and so when the opportunity to work at Northwestern Medical School came up, we decided to accept it and move up north. We transferred everything. We did the change of address online. We confirmed over the phone, we even made a couple of info passes at the Chicago field office to confirm that new address was correct. Every time we spoke to someone they assured us that the new correct address is on file. Today we received our long awaited interview appointment letter, however it was marked with our old Texas address and it was asking us to show up in Houston for the interview!

Here is the thing, we found out a couple of weeks ago that my wife is pregnant :-) So we were actually planning on returning to Houston before the end of the year anyways to live closer to my mom so she could help with babysitting, etc. Here is my question...If we move back to Houston before the interview should we be okay, jurisdiction wise?

The alternative is to complain to USCIS and make sure they correct everything (but considering they have already messed up why should we trust them?) and wait for a new Chicago appointment letter. My worst fear is that they tell me sorry for the mixup we will correct it and get you a new interview date in Chicago shortly. Then surprise we get a letter saying your case has been abandoned because you did not show up to your Houston appointment. With a baby on the way, we just don't want any added stress of anymore USCIS mixups and possible case denial letters. Maybe packing up and moving back before the interview is the right way to go?

 

What are your thoughts?

[llcoolmg 20]

Since nobody gave me their thoughts I researched the topic some more on my own. My conclusion was that jurisdiction does not matter on AOS cases and it is up to the local officer if he or she wishes to adjudicate the case locally or send it to the new field office. There may be some confusion on this issue because nn N-400 cases, jurisdiction does matter and the officer does not have discretion on the matter.

 

Anyways, my wife and I flew down to Houston over the weekend and we had our interview on Monday. We explained that we lived in Chicago, however this seemed to be a non issue for the Houston officer and the interview proceeded as planned. Whole interview took 15 minutes and my wife's application was approved. The officer was very professional and the new USCIS location in Houston was a massive upgrade over the old facility.