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On 3/9/2022 at 2:12 AM, Kor2USA said:

I get Nebraska and Potomac confused... 

I think one is NBC the other is NSC

 

NSC: 288

NBC: 197

 

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Service Center Total
Records 		Avg. Total
Days to Approval 		Avg. Days
to I-130 NOA1 		Avg. Days
btw NOA1
and NOA2
California Service Center 6 382 5 376
Nebraska Service Center 45 251 7 246
Potomac Service Center 29 290 4 289
Texas Service Center 40 219 3 216
Vermont Service Center 7 224 0 224

Nebraska is NSC.  NBC is National Benefits Center.

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In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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Crazy Cat
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Service Centers are not assigned based on the residence location of the petitioner.  They are assigned based on USCIS workload.  They are also transferred based on workload and internal USCIS criteria

Redro
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Lots of members out of California have reported getting NOA2 after 6 months so seems like USCIS processing times are finally reflecting that. 

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To be honest, don't even bother looking at processing times. They're bs, and are usually never accurate. My GC was supposed to take 18-24 months and I was done exactly at the 6M mark. I spent those si

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23 minutes ago, Dil & Malar said:

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Did you all see this???   It says this for I-130 in California Service Center in USCIS.GOV processing times.  BIG SURPRISE.  It used to say 30+ months

Yassss!!! Hopefully things will keep moving forward and mine will get approved soon! I’ve had my petition in since Aug 31 2021

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6 hours ago, Educ8r said:

Huge jump today in the processing time for I-130 spouse of USC.  I wonder what happened??

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Lots of members out of California have reported getting NOA2 after 6 months so seems like USCIS processing times are finally reflecting that. 

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8 minutes ago, Kor2USA said:

Lots of members out of California have reported getting NOA2 after 6 months so seems like USCIS processing times are finally reflecting that. 

My case was at 7 months on Saturday so I hope to get good news very soon.

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6 minutes ago, Educ8r said:

My case was at 7 months on Saturday so I hope to get good news very soon.

I hope you do as well. I’m right behind you at 6 months.

Crazy Cat Grand Master

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7 hours ago, Kor2USA said:

What is the code for Potomac? 

PSC

https://www.uscis.gov/archive/potomac-service-center-now-processing-certain-form-i-765-cases

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IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

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In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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How often should you inquire about if your case has been transferred to a different service center? I see on here a lot that people say that they are usually never notified if they are transferred and I am just curious on all of your thoughts

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Forgive me if this sounds rude, but why does it matter?  The cases get transferred all the time in an attempt to balance workloads or send specific processing types to the centers where that specialist work is done.  If anything, continual inquiries slow the system down because it takes someone away from case handling to running interference, handling all the inquiries.  

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1 hour ago, mam521 said:

Forgive me if this sounds rude, but why does it matter?  The cases get transferred all the time in an attempt to balance workloads or send specific processing types to the centers where that specialist work is done.  If anything, continual inquiries slow the system down because it takes someone away from case handling to running interference, handling all the inquiries.  

I ask because if a person wish to inquire about their case if it is outside of regular processing time then they would need to know which service center there case is at. If it is at one service center right now and still has not gotten approved by their priority date then they go to inquire and find out their case was transferred but were never notified then that brings up another matter. That’s the only reason why I am asking

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4 hours ago, Ctavarez90 said:

I ask because if a person wish to inquire about their case if it is outside of regular processing time then they would need to know which service center there case is at. If it is at one service center right now and still has not gotten approved by their priority date then they go to inquire and find out their case was transferred but were never notified then that brings up another matter. That’s the only reason why I am asking

Right now your case is at California. Receipt date for case inquiry: July 21, 2021. If you are not approved before your date comes up send in an inquiry. You'll then told if your case is outside of normal processing times. If that happens, I would live chat with Emma on the website and see where your service center is. 

 

7 hours ago, Ctavarez90 said:

How often should you inquire about if your case has been transferred to a different service center? I see on here a lot that people say that they are usually never notified if they are transferred and I am just curious on all of your thoughts

So, my answer to your question is: Only Inquire again after you are outside of processing times for California AND the submission form tells you you're actually not outside processing times. 

 

 

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Ctavarez90   244

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Just now, Kor2USA said:

Right now your case is at California. Receipt date for case inquiry: July 21, 2021. If you are not approved before your date comes up send in an inquiry. You'll then told if your case is outside of normal processing times. If that happens, I would live chat with Emma on the website and see where your service center is. 

 

So, my answer to your question is: Only Inquire again after you are outside of processing times for California AND the submission form tells you you're actually not outside processing times. 

 

 

Okay understood. What is the likelihood of being outside processing times? Does that happen often or no?

 
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