Here's the Scoop with processing.........

[geocolorado 0]

OK. I just called USCIS and spoke to an Officer Martinez who was very helpful. She advised me that they are indeed sending all applications for K1 visas back to the Nebraska service center. This is supposed to speed things up, but we shall see.

I then asked her about my specific application and she said that it is in the process of being moved to Nebraska and might in fact already be there. Either way I should use the Nebraska date as my guideline. I know that this does not clear things up completely but I hope that it is a start.

Geocolorado

[trueimage 0]

hmmmm.....So I wonder if my petition is already there or is in the process of being transferred. I just got touched and I wonder if that means it's being transferred or actually under adjudication.

[TracyTN 237]

I'd still like to see some kind of statement from the USCIS on this. Considering the idea all along of sending I 129fs to California was that they are supposedly wanting the service centers to be more 'specialized' in what they process.

Or so I thought!

If you're in the system, I wouldn't worry about it. They'll send your file where ever it needs to be sent.

Edited June 18, 2007 by TracyTN

[payxibka 10,044]

So NSC is going to be the sole processor of I-129Fs for K-1s?

[YuAndDan 153]

OK. I just called USCIS and spoke to an Officer Martinez who was very helpful. She advised me that they are indeed sending all applications for K1 visas back to the Nebraska service center. This is supposed to speed things up, but we shall see.

I then asked her about my specific application and she said that it is in the process of being moved to Nebraska and might in fact already be there. Either way I should use the Nebraska date as my guideline. I know that this does not clear things up completely but I hope that it is a start.

Geocolorado

Yep my guess earlier, and reason why I-129F, and Spouse I-130 petitions are now listed on NSC and not the others.

SEE: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...c=73754&hl=

Hopefully that will free up some adjudicators at CSC to process our AOS paperwork.

Thanks good to know.

[qbertz7 1]

Did you happen to ask if they are moving ALL files to Nebraska, or just the ones that were originally at Nebraska, transferred to CSC, and now are being transferred back to Nebraska?

[geocolorado 0]

She said that all of them were being moved there, and Nebraska would be the only center processing K1s........... for how long I don't know.

[YuAndDan 153]

Did you happen to ask if they are moving ALL files to Nebraska, or just the ones that were originally at Nebraska, transferred to CSC, and now are being transferred back to Nebraska?

ALL, they dont list processing times on CSC, VSC, or TSC, just NSC now.

[qbertz7 1]

Right now I can only assume this will cause delays in the short term, which sucks cause I feel like my NOA2 should be right around the corner

[craze4travel 0]

Right now I can only assume this will cause delays in the short term, which sucks cause I feel like my NOA2 should be right around the corner

That sucks! I just sent off my I-129F at the end of May. So now this will probably double the waiting time.

[TracyTN 237]

Why are we jumping to the conclusion that this will 'double' processing times?

They have always transfered some I 129fs (from TSC and NSC) and it didn't seem to help/hurt processing times. The only difference now is the center that is processing them.

Edited June 18, 2007 by TracyTN

[payxibka 10,044]

Why are we jumping to the conclusion that this will 'double' processing times?

They have always transfered some I 129fs (from TSC and NSC) and it didn't seem to help/hurt processing times. The only difference now is the center that is processing them.

and that all VSC petitions would be coming over as well.... at least that first would appear to be the case

Edited June 18, 2007 by fwaguy

[LvivLovers 39]

Sweet. The only service center my application hasn't been to now is VSC. lol I sort of doubt this is really going to help efficiency...maybe for some people it will help, but for many others it's going to make the wait longer.

[TracyTN 237]

True, fwaguy, but we still don't know that this will 'double' processing times (although possibly for VSCers it might - anything longer than 3 weeks, though, would be doubling for them).

Still find it odd that they've not put anything on their site about this.

Edited June 18, 2007 by TracyTN

[freecake 0]

thanks so much for finding out.

the cranky child in me is stamping its feet at the fact i was past a month waiting with VSC and now this. of course you all will throw stones at me for bringing it up but of course it is the timing we came to expect.

i can (and must) deal with the delay if any and i'm glad to know rather than it being up in the air.