California Service Centre

[PeaceandBlessings 7]

On 4/26/2020 at 8:56 AM, LondonerCat said:

Hi all,

 

I wanted to start a topic about those of us who have been transferred to the California service centre. 
 

I was originally assigned to Texas, with my husband filing on November 27th 2019. Case was transferred to California on Feb 23rd 2020 (I think quite a few were?) One more update on March 31st and nothing since. 
 

Hopefully we can all share our cases to get a better idea of timelines! 

Hi,

Our case was also transferred to California Service Center on  Feb 23rd 2020 from Texas Service Center. My PD date is 2/04/2020 still waiting hopefully we will all get our approvals this month. 

[Vikki001 0]

On 4/26/2020 at 3:56 PM, LondonerCat said:

Hi all,

 

I wanted to start a topic about those of us who have been transferred to the California service centre. 
 

I was originally assigned to Texas, with my husband filing on November 27th 2019. Case was transferred to California on Feb 23rd 2020 (I think quite a few were?) One more update on March 31st and nothing since. 
 

Hopefully we can all share our cases to get a better idea of timelines! 

Hi there.

Our application was also forwarded from Texas to California. We received our NOA1 on Feb. 7th. We haven't heard anything since then, but yesterday we called and spoke with an agent and discovered that they transferred our case to California for some reason. The agent did not know why. She escalated our call to a next tier agent who will hopefully call us in the next few days. This was rather disturbing to hear and I am wondering if anyone might have a similar experience and might know the reasons for why our case was transferred?

 

As I understand, California does not handle I-130s for spouses of U.S. citizens, which is what our case is. Any help / info on this is greatly appreciated.

[Elllena 116]

On 5/29/2020 at 11:42 PM, Vikki001 said:

Hi there.

Our application was also forwarded from Texas to California. We received our NOA1 on Feb. 7th. We haven't heard anything since then, but yesterday we called and spoke with an agent and discovered that they transferred our case to California for some reason. The agent did not know why. She escalated our call to a next tier agent who will hopefully call us in the next few days. This was rather disturbing to hear and I am wondering if anyone might have a similar experience and might know the reasons for why our case was transferred?

 

As I understand, California does not handle I-130s for spouses of U.S. citizens, which is what our case is. Any help / info on this is greatly appreciated.

They are now processing i-130s for us citizens in california, a lot of us were transfered there. You should't worry about it. They are approving january-february 2020 petitions, so be patient, you will be approved soon as well. 

[Just Paul 4,595]

On 5/29/2020 at 1:42 PM, Vikki001 said:

As I understand, California does not handle I-130s for spouses of U.S. citizens, which is what our case is.

Workloads get shifted to where there is capacity. CSC already does I130/I130a processing for LPRs.  There are a ton of people at Nebraska that have waited longer.

[Elllena 116]

Just recived our approval on 17 june 2020, so excited  Our PD is 9 march 2020, Nebraska tranferred to California. We also got the NVC welcome letter and paid the fees at the same time. 

[onek 306]

11 hours ago, ElenaAnthony said:

Just recived our approval on 17 june 2020, so excited  Our PD is 9 march 2020, Nebraska tranferred to California. We also got the NVC welcome letter and paid the fees at the same time. 

Great, congratulations 

[Ikhan 49]

On 5/29/2020 at 1:42 PM, Vikki001 said:

Hi there.

Our application was also forwarded from Texas to California. We received our NOA1 on Feb. 7th. We haven't heard anything since then, but yesterday we called and spoke with an agent and discovered that they transferred our case to California for some reason. The agent did not know why. She escalated our call to a next tier agent who will hopefully call us in the next few days. This was rather disturbing to hear and I am wondering if anyone might have a similar experience and might know the reasons for why our case was transferred?

 

As I understand, California does not handle I-130s for spouses of U.S. citizens, which is what our case is. Any help / info on this is greatly appreciated.

Did you end up getting a call from the agent? I am in the same boat but i have not spoken to a tier 2. I would love to know what happened

[Ikhan 49]

I love how most people with i130's in CSC have had their cases adjudicated except people from the usual suspect countries. And would you look at that, the processing time for CSC for CR1/IR1 went from ~6 months  to 12-16 months on their official site and increasing.   fun times

[Edtab 33]

Hello everyone!

 

I'm also an I 130 filler (September 30) PD Oct 04/21.

Also assigned to California SC, 91 days since the last update(Actively reviewing).

Waiting and waiting!!!!

[Troy B 224]

Hey,  I just finished talking with a Live Chat via Emma (where i discovered Firefox does not show Ask Emma, but Safari does).

Just found out my 8/30/2021 online i-130 filer, which was in Texas per NOA1,  is actually now in California 😡  

Unclear were it was when it changed to Actively reviewing on 9/24/21.

[Ctavarez90 244]

Any updates on anyone who has their case at the California service center? I’ve been waiting 250 days since NOA1 for approval

[Educ8r 39]

20 hours ago, Ctavarez90 said:

Any updates on anyone who has their case at the California service center? I’ve been waiting 250 days since NOA1 for approval

I hit exactly 9 months from filing today...nothing...nada...I'm so frustrated...

Edited May 10, 2022 by Educ8r

[Liveloveasap 14]

20 hours ago, Ctavarez90 said:

Any updates on anyone who has their case at the California service center? I’ve been waiting 250 days since NOA1 for approval

08/24/21 California waiting

[Ctavarez90 244]

1 hour ago, Liveloveasap said:

08/24/21 California waiting

I’m 08/31/21 California waiting as well. Hopefully some action soon