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

[Crazy Cat 42,328]

35 minutes ago, Unluckiest said:

What’s the differences in authoritarian sense what is the functioning difference between in local USCIS field offices vs the USCIS servicing centers.

Local field offices would be more involved in I-751s, I-485s, and N-400s. They would not be involved with I-130s or I-129fs.  

3 minutes ago, SalishSea said:

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

I think he filed an I-130, and an I-129f(K3). I could be mistaken.

Edited January 21 by Crazy Cat

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18 minutes ago, SalishSea said:

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

Not sure where you saw K1?   Timeline now shows   I130 submitted and Potomac as the service center 

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30 minutes ago, SalishSea said:

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

Hold your horses, he's already confused "as it is", don't bring those acronyms yet😜

[Demise 1,338]

17 hours 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.

 

 

 

I suspect that he heard about Direct Consular Filing and twisted what that is. Like if you live abroad with your spouse under certain circumstances you can bypass USCIS and file I-130 directly with the local consulate.

 

Other than that, USCIS does what USCIS does. Standalone I-130s generally get reviewed by a service center, and USCIS might interview on standalone I-130s if the beneficiary was in removal proceedings. I-130/I-485 will generally go to a service center or NBC, who'll do a first review and then send it to a field office which will generally interview you.

 

There are some rare cases where you can file directly, in person, with the local field office but those are generally things like emergency advance parole. They won't let you sneak an I-130 in.

Edited January 22 by Demise

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I suppose a good way to look at it is the petitioner sends a request to USCIS to ask if they may be allowed to bring a person to the US.  USCIS is kinda like the first level of screening for HR when you recommend someone for a position - they decide that the beneficiary's resume (I-130) meets the basic requirements to be sent to the next step (I-130 approval).  The Department of State are the hiring HR and the hiring manager - they decide if the beneficiary really is who they say they are, that their qualifications are legitimate (review the DS-260 and the I-864 and verify documentation) and give them the start date (issue the visa).  They tell the beneficiary where to go through security for day one (CBP when the beneficiary enters the US) and what fees need to be paid to be issued their security badge (greencard fee for card issuance).  

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This may be a case where a Lawyervwould help, DIY is not for everyone.

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23 hours 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.

Best way I can put it is just because you speak to Bob in shipping at the corporate office doesn't mean that Bob can cut you a payroll check because Bob is not trained to cut payroll checks nor does he have the access to do it. Same with USCIS, people are specialized and only have access to the information for the petitions they process.