case sent to national record center

[jab1976 0]

hi guys, our I129 f case was approved on September2 2009, but until now the case has not reached the nvc, i just found out from my congressman that our approved I129f was sent to the national record center instead of the national visa center, does anyone here have any experience with this type of situation, how long will it takes before uscis will send the case to the nvc? is there anything i can do to expedite the transfer of our case to the nvc? thanks for the help

[jab1976 0]

i guess nobody had this problem happen to them.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

The National Records Center is used as a long term storage facility for inactive immigration files. This is so that the field offices don't have to store files that aren't currently active, though records can (and are) recalled from the NRC when needed.

I have no clue why the service center sent your petition to the NRC. Sounds like somebody screwed up.

[jab1976 0]

yeah i know, i will try to find out.

[tap3841 0]

My petition was approved Sep 09 as well and my packet never made it to the NVC. I called USCIS and they said my file was sent to the off site storage facility. my case is being expedited and they are trying to get it back to USCIS. Its been over a week and they still do not have my packet yet.

im just going to call everyday and bug them to figure out whats going on.

[Dennis&Dane 0]

ohhh no... my case was stuck at NVC for 41 days.... sounds like the NVC has such a backlog that they dont have room to store them all.... It maybe because the service centers have ramped up production.. my approval took about 140 days vs. the 60 days it seems to be taking now...Im sorry to hear that for you guys....

[Ansu Binu 0]

ohhh no... my case was stuck at NVC for 41 days.... sounds like the NVC has such a backlog that they dont have room to store them all.... It maybe because the service centers have ramped up production.. my approval took about 140 days vs. the 60 days it seems to be taking now...Im sorry to hear that for you guys....

Yes. This did happen to me! My case was approved on April 12th and did not reach the NVC. Finally on May 30th (after multiple enquieries at the USCIS field office) I was told that my case was at the National Records Centre. Unfortunately, what this means is that instead of sending the file to the NVC, they either misplaced the application or sent the application to the archives along with the rest of your file.

Of course, I did not know about this and kept waiting because the field office MISINFORMED me that this was normal and that my case will be forwarded SOON!!!! Finally, after another month of multiple enquieries, the USCIS field office and the congressmans office made the National Records Centre physically check my file for the application and surprise surprise, it was missing (June 30th).

So I had to submit a photocopy of my entire application package for them to reconstruct the case. My case was approved a second time on Sep 9th.

So I woukld urge you to contact your congressmans office and ask them to call the Service Centre and make them physically go through your file. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY YOU WILL FIND OUT ABOUT YOUR CASE...BELIEVE ME. Make them PHYSICALLY look in to your file.

Any time your file doesnt reach the NVC within 3-4 weeks of approval, something was messed up at the USCIS.

Good luck!

Binu