Conflicting info about filing center for I-129F

[BlueSapphireMind 0]

Help!

The PDF instructions for the I-129F say that I need to file with the California Service Center, but the UCSIS.GOV website says I need to file with the Nebraska Service Center.

My home state is Washington.

Any ideas?

[YuAndDan 153]

You can ignore the form directions.

Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming residents can send to California.

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware,Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York,North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, U.S. Virgin Islands, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia residents can send to Vermont.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

Where on site does it say Nebraska?

Edited November 26, 2007 by YuAndDan

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

It's California. Nebraska no longer handles I-129F filings. They only did not update the forms. Confirmation can be found on the USCIS website.

[payxibka 10,047]

It's California. Nebraska no longer handles I-129F filings. They only did not update the forms. Confirmation can be found on the USCIS website.

You sure about this? The last time I checked the forms had been updated....

[BlueSapphireMind 0]

Here, it says I should file to Nebraska:

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

You said to ignore the form directions, but the form directions say I should file to California (since my home state is Washington).

Now, I'm even more confused

You can ignore the form directions.

Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming residents can send to California.

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware,Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York,North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, U.S. Virgin Islands, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia residents can send to Vermont.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

Where on site does it say Nebraska?

[payxibka 10,047]

Send it to CSC directly!

[BlueSapphireMind 0]

But I think if you send it to the wrong filing center, they'll return your application.

Send it to CSC directly!

[YuAndDan 153]

But I think if you send it to the wrong filing center, they'll return your application.

Send it to CSC directly!

Go to I-129F page not the contact page.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

And then follow the link on the right of the page that says: "Chart: Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-129F, Effective July 30, 2007" http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

This is the new locations to send the I-129F for fiancee petitions, again the form, and page that you sited have not been updated to show new filing locations.

[payxibka 10,047]

But I think if you send it to the wrong filing center, they'll return your application.

Send it to CSC directly!

No, if you send it to the wrong service center that wrong service center will forward to the proper place.

[AnewKINDofFEELIN 0]

It would be really nice if they could correct ALL information pertaining to where to send your application. I sent mine to Texas in July, only to have it routed to Vermont...along with a full month of delay on the NOA1.

I should be one of those "any day now" people, but I'm a "hope for this year" person instead.

[rjp44 1]

But I think if you send it to the wrong filing center, they'll return your application.

Send it to CSC directly!

They seemed to have made the change in March, near the time we filed our CR-1. We mailed to Nebraska and they forwarded to California who issued our NOA 1. You can look at time lines for the various centers at www.USCIS.gov and see that Nebraska and Texas no longer process I-129 and 130 applications.

[SHELLYandFCO 0]

I know a couple Texas filers that had their packets forwarded to California Service Centers.