Can you move your immigration case to a local field office by sending a letter to your field office location?

[Unluckiest 0]

US Citizen petition for spouse 

I have a ICE agent buddy and he was telling me about the local office and why i didn’t file there. I understand there are only certain offices and you don’t get to choose a office where you want your case to be processed nor can you transfer. Knowing he is not in immigration and more in deport side,  i did the live chat with Emma, I got a very not nice agent but he told me vaguely that i have to request my case to be transferred to them and it is at their discretion to approve or deny and they would provide further directions. The live agent provided me no instructions on how to do that such as, email, link or special number.

 

I knew the address and he told me why i'm asking if i know the address, then i told him. I don’t think anyone can just walk through the USCIS field office without an appropriate appointment and the appointments usually you get is fingerprinting and more like interview type.

Trying not to derail the conversation, i politely asked explain me how exactly should i request case transfer?

'He said write them a letter’.

 

I haven’t wrote a letter because i still don’t think it is possible knowing i never heard anyones petition being processed at a local field office. Perhaps some of the elite moderators who know can clarify and ill know if i should or should not send a request letter.

 

 

[Lil bear 4,309]

2 minutes ago, Unluckiest said:

US Citizen petition for spouse 

I have a ICE agent buddy and he was telling me about the local office and why i didn’t file there. I understand there are only certain offices and you don’t get to choose a office where you want your case to be processed nor can you transfer. Knowing he is not in immigration and more in deport side,  i did the live chat with Emma, I got a very not nice agent but he told me vaguely that i have to request my case to be transferred to them and it is at their discretion to approve or deny and they would provide further directions. The live agent provided me no instructions on how to do that such as, email, link or special number.

 

I knew the address and he told me why i'm asking if i know the address, then i told him. I don’t think anyone can just walk through the USCIS field office without an appropriate appointment and the appointments usually you get is fingerprinting and more like interview type.

Trying not to derail the conversation, i politely asked explain me how exactly should i request case transfer?

'He said write them a letter’.

 

I haven’t wrote a letter because i still don’t think it is possible knowing i never heard anyones petition being processed at a local field office. Perhaps some of the elite moderators who know can clarify and ill know if i should or should not send a request letter.

 

 

Local field offices do not handle consular processing for IR/CR spouse visas. They handle Adjustment of Status for spouses already in the US. Spousal visas are first processed (the I130) at a Service center assigned by the USCIS system. They are then sent to the National Visa Center and finally the home country US consulate.   

[appleblossom 3,032]

Please fill in your timeline so we know the type of case you’re asking about, it looks as though your spouse is outside the US and so you’re not doing AOS? So field offices aren’t relevant, yours is at a service centre - perhaps your friend was getting confused about the type of case you’ve got. 

 

USCIS sometimes transfers cases between service centres to balance their workload, but you can’t request a transfer yourself. 

[Crazy Cat 42,185]

13 minutes ago, Unluckiest said:

I haven’t wrote a letter because i still don’t think it is possible knowing i never heard anyones petition being processed at a local field office.

USCIS doesn't adjudicate or approve visas.....ever.  That is the job of the Department of State.

Edited 19 hours ago by Crazy Cat

[Unluckiest 0]

11 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

USCIS doesn't adjudicate or approve visas.....ever.  That is the job of the Department of State.

So USCIS field office’s are not part of the Department of State?

[Crazy Cat 42,185]

11 minutes ago, Unluckiest said:

So USCIS field office’s are not part of the Department of State?

No.  USCIS is part of DHS.  Visa interviews never take place inside the US.

Edited 19 hours ago by Crazy Cat

[Unluckiest 0]

7 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

No.  USCIS is part of DHS.  

What is the difference between the local field USCIS offices vs the USCIS offices that were cases get processed? 

I’m not referring to the Visa approvals i’m focusing on the step one at USCIS only then comes NVC and Consulate office of beneficiary’s country.

[SalishSea 18,118]

14 minutes ago, Unluckiest said:

So USCIS field office’s are not part of the Department of State?

Correct.  Local field offices are located in US cities and towns.

[SalishSea 18,118]

4 minutes ago, Unluckiest said:

What is the difference between the local field USCIS offices vs the USCIS offices that were cases get processed? 

I’m not referring to the Visa approvals i’m focusing on the step one at USCIS only then comes NVC and Consulate office of beneficiary’s country.

You seem confused.

 

Petitions are processed at service centers, which are located in California, Texas, Nebraska and Vermont.   Since your timeline shows you're doing a K-1, your petition (I-129F) is at the California Service Center.

 

Your local USCIS field office is not involved in that part of the process.

Edited 19 hours ago by SalishSea

[Unluckiest 0]

9 minutes ago, SalishSea said:

Correct.  Local field offices are located in US cities and towns.

My question was probably not clear but ill rephrase it, What’s the differences in authoritarian sense what is the functioning difference between in local USCIS field offices vs the USCIS servicing centers.

Their functionality has everything to do with U.S.I.C.

 

[SalishSea 18,118]

7 minutes ago, Unluckiest said:

My question was probably not clear but ill rephrase it, What’s the differences in authoritarian sense what is the functioning difference between in local USCIS field offices vs the USCIS servicing centers.

Their functionality has everything to do with U.S.I.C.

 

They adjudicate different types of applications and forms.

 

I don't know what you mean by U.S.I.C.

[appleblossom 3,032]

15 minutes ago, Unluckiest said:

My question was probably not clear but ill rephrase it, What’s the differences in authoritarian sense what is the functioning difference between in local USCIS field offices vs the USCIS servicing centers.

Their functionality has everything to do with U.S.I.C.

 

 

Here you go - https://egov.uscis.gov/office-locator/#/

 

You’re not likely to have anything to do with a Field Office until you apply for naturalization.

[Unluckiest 0]

16 minutes ago, SalishSea said:

They adjudicate different types of applications and forms.

 

I don't know what you mean by U.S.I.C.

That was a typo error, U.S.C.I.S

[Lil bear 4,309]

30 minutes ago, Unluckiest said:

My question was probably not clear but ill rephrase it, What’s the differences in authoritarian sense what is the functioning difference between in local USCIS field offices vs the USCIS servicing centers.

Their functionality has everything to do with U.S.I.C.

 

They do different parts of different  processes.  

[SalishSea 18,118]

13 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

Here you go - https://egov.uscis.gov/office-locator/#/

 

You’re not likely to have anything to do with a Field Office until you apply for naturalization.

Except that he appears to be doing a K-1, so there will be AOS and ROC interviews.