Chicago lockbox or VSC?

[sunny1 0]

If married to a USC in boston( MA state), where does the I-130/I-485 spouse petition go?

To chicago lockbox or Vermont service center?

[athena_ny 1]

If married to a USC in boston( MA state), where does the I-130/I-485 spouse petition go?

To chicago lockbox or Vermont service center?

Chicago.

[Mags 112]

Chicago lockbox.

[YuAndDan 153]

Chicago.

Where to File Everything:

Applicants are required to mail applications to a national mailbox (Chicago) as stated on the form (not your local USCIS office). The only case in which you may file at a local office is for the following locations: Dallas District Office, El Paso District Office, and the Oklahoma City Sub Office. Please read this notice if your local USCIS office is any of these locations.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...page=i130guide2

[sunny1 0]

Thanks everyone.

*Roughly how much time would it take from sending I-130/I-485 to chicago and receiving GC in boston?

*Is there anyplace one can find chicago lockbox processing times?

Chicago.

Where to File Everything:

Applicants are required to mail applications to a national mailbox (Chicago) as stated on the form (not your local USCIS office). The only case in which you may file at a local office is for the following locations: Dallas District Office, El Paso District Office, and the Oklahoma City Sub Office. Please read this notice if your local USCIS office is any of these locations.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...page=i130guide2

[athena_ny 1]

Thanks everyone.

*Roughly how much time would it take from sending I-130/I-485 to chicago and receiving GC in boston?

*Is there anyplace one can find chicago lockbox processing times?

Chicago.

Where to File Everything:

Applicants are required to mail applications to a national mailbox (Chicago) as stated on the form (not your local USCIS office). The only case in which you may file at a local office is for the following locations: Dallas District Office, El Paso District Office, and the Oklahoma City Sub Office. Please read this notice if your local USCIS office is any of these locations.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...page=i130guide2

It could take anywhere from a few months to a few years. Look at timelines of those from Boston to get a better idea.

Chicago is nothing more than a bank, it processes the payment and sends it on to MSC.

Edited April 27, 2007 by meow mix

[no name 1]

Check the timelines.

[Yodrak 7]

meow mix,

The Chicago lockbox is not a bank, it's the NBC's submissions receiving station. In addition to depositing the fee payments the lockbox staff also checks the submission for completeness, issues the Receipt Notice, assembles the file, and then sends the case file to the NBC main building in Missouri (you got that part right).

Yodrak

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Chicago is nothing more than a bank, it processes the payment and sends it on to MSC.

Edited April 27, 2007 by Yodrak

[Mags 112]

Thanks everyone.

*Roughly how much time would it take from sending I-130/I-485 to chicago and receiving GC in boston?

*Is there anyplace one can find chicago lockbox processing times?

Chicago.

Where to File Everything:

Applicants are required to mail applications to a national mailbox (Chicago) as stated on the form (not your local USCIS office). The only case in which you may file at a local office is for the following locations: Dallas District Office, El Paso District Office, and the Oklahoma City Sub Office. Please read this notice if your local USCIS office is any of these locations.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...page=i130guide2

It could take anywhere from a few months to a few years. Look at timelines of those from Boston to get a better idea.

Chicago is nothing more than a bank, it processes the payment and sends it on to MSC.

In fact, a better description would be that the Chicago Lockbox is a "mailroom" for the National Benefits Centre (MSC).

Edited April 27, 2007 by mags

[athena_ny 1]

meow mix,

The Chicago lockbox is not a bank, it's the NBC's submissions receiving station. In addition to depositing the fee payments the lockbox staff also checks the submission for completeness, issues the Receipt Notice, assembles the file, and then sends the case file to the NBC main building in Missouri (you got that part right).

Yodrak

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Chicago is nothing more than a bank, it processes the payment and sends it on to MSC.

One of Dr LHA's replies to a post about a week ago said it was a bank and he had a back up source - can't find it now...run by Bank One.

Hmm.

Now I'm confused.

[Yodrak 7]

meow mix,

Since no adjudication activities go on at the lockbox I would not be surprised if it's staffed almost entirely by non-USCIS contract personnel, perhaps a bank has been contracted to handle the money part of the operations and maybe even more. Banks are good at pushing paper. But I can't imagine the facility not having a few USCIS management personnel to oversee the operation, and having some or all of the clerical work contracted out to a banking company does not make the facility a bank.

I observe that the street address puts it on the 3rd floor of a building. Perhaps Bank One is also in the same building?

Yodrak

One of Dr LHA's replies to a post about a week ago said it was a bank and he had a back up source - can't find it now...run by Bank One.

Hmm.

Now I'm confused.

[athena_ny 1]

meow mix,

Since no adjudication activities go on at the lockbox I would not be surprised if it's staffed almost entirely by non-USCIS contract personnel, perhaps a bank has been contracted to handle the money part of the operations and maybe even more. Banks are good at pushing paper. But I can't imagine the facility not having a few USCIS management personnel to oversee the operation, and having some or all of the clerical work contracted out to a banking company does not make the facility a bank.

I observe that the street address puts it on the 3rd floor of a building. Perhaps Bank One is also in the same building?

Yodrak

One of Dr LHA's replies to a post about a week ago said it was a bank and he had a back up source - can't find it now...run by Bank One.

Hmm.

Now I'm confused.

Ah hah! I found it (from http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/CISOmbu...ct_05-09-05.pdf ):

"Through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Department of the Treasury, USCIS has established a lock-box operation in Chicago, IL to receive petitions and applications.This lock-box operation is being performed by Bank One, Inc. which is under contract to theDepartment of the Treasury as a U.S. Government Depository. The establishment of this lock-box operation was purported to satisfy Department of the Treasury requirements that moniespresented to USCIS as fees for petitions and applications be deposited at a U.S. GovernmentDepository within one business day of presentation by petitioners and applicant."

The memo is dated May of 2005, so things could have changed but that's what Doc had said.

[Yodrak 7]

meow mix,

As I wrote, the fact that the lockbox operation has been contracted out to a bank company to run does not make the lockbox operation a bank.

The lockbox is a submissions receiving station for the NVC, performing more functions than precessing the fee payments, no matter what entity operates it.

Yodrak

meow mix,

Since no adjudication activities go on at the lockbox I would not be surprised if it's staffed almost entirely by non-USCIS contract personnel, perhaps a bank has been contracted to handle the money part of the operations and maybe even more. Banks are good at pushing paper. But I can't imagine the facility not having a few USCIS management personnel to oversee the operation, and having some or all of the clerical work contracted out to a banking company does not make the facility a bank.

.....

Yodrak

Ah hah! I found it (from http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/CISOmbu...ct_05-09-05.pdf ):

"Through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Department of the Treasury, USCIS has established a lock-box operation in Chicago, IL to receive petitions and applications.This lock-box operation is being performed by Bank One, Inc. which is under contract to theDepartment of the Treasury as a U.S. Government Depository. The establishment of this lock-box operation was purported to satisfy Department of the Treasury requirements that moniespresented to USCIS as fees for petitions and applications be deposited at a U.S. GovernmentDepository within one business day of presentation by petitioners and applicant."

The memo is dated May of 2005, so things could have changed but that's what Doc had said.

[athena_ny 1]

meow mix,

As I wrote, the fact that the lockbox operation has been contracted out to a bank company to run does not make the lockbox operation a bank.

The lockbox is a submissions receiving station for the NVC, performing more functions than precessing the fee payments, no matter what entity operates it.

Yodrak

meow mix,

Since no adjudication activities go on at the lockbox I would not be surprised if it's staffed almost entirely by non-USCIS contract personnel, perhaps a bank has been contracted to handle the money part of the operations and maybe even more. Banks are good at pushing paper. But I can't imagine the facility not having a few USCIS management personnel to oversee the operation, and having some or all of the clerical work contracted out to a banking company does not make the facility a bank.

.....

Yodrak

Ah hah! I found it (from http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/CISOmbu...ct_05-09-05.pdf ):

"Through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Department of the Treasury, USCIS has established a lock-box operation in Chicago, IL to receive petitions and applications.This lock-box operation is being performed by Bank One, Inc. which is under contract to theDepartment of the Treasury as a U.S. Government Depository. The establishment of this lock-box operation was purported to satisfy Department of the Treasury requirements that moniespresented to USCIS as fees for petitions and applications be deposited at a U.S. GovernmentDepository within one business day of presentation by petitioners and applicant."

The memo is dated May of 2005, so things could have changed but that's what Doc had said.

I understand that but I thought I was going crazy...! Had to make sure I wasn't.