I 485 case transfers. What do they mean?

[Aztec&Taino 144]

Hello!

I just received an e-mail notifying me that my husband's case was transferred from the California Service Center to a local USCIS office. Does anyone know what this means? Does this necessarily mean that we will be interviewed in order to get an approval?

Thank you.

[payxibka 10,047]

Hello!

I just received an e-mail notifying me that my husband's case was transferred from the California Service Center to a local USCIS office. Does anyone know what this means? Does this necessarily mean that we will be interviewed in order to get an approval?

Thank you.

interview to be scheduled

[patient2010 93]

U probably will have to have an interview... ...good luck

[Aztec&Taino 144]

Thank you for your replies. Interview coming up is what I immediately thought, but wanted to run it by VJ. I was hoping the AOS would be approved without an interview, just because of the hassle, but I am not afraid either. Just something more to do...

Edited August 23, 2011 by Aztec&Taino

[KayDeeCee 4,894]

Thank you for your replies. Interview coming up is what I immediately thought, but wanted to run it by VJ. I was hoping the AOS would be approved without an interview, just because of the hassle, but I am not afraid either. Just something more to do...

How long ago was it transferred to the CSC? Your timeline shows a transfer on August 16th. If that is the date it was transferred to CSC, then perhaps the notice you got was the normal follow up letting you know it was received and now being processed at CSC.

See this post for example: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/311396-my-i-485-has-transferred-again/

Edited August 23, 2011 by Jay-Kay

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Hello!

I just received an e-mail notifying me that my husband's case was transferred from the California Service Center to a local USCIS office. Does anyone know what this means? Does this necessarily mean that we will be interviewed in order to get an approval?

Thank you.

Contrary to all but the PP I think this is the normal "received at CSC letter".

If it's transferred for interview the letter will actually list the office name such as "transferred to the Des Moines, Iowa office as it has jurisdiction of this case" or words to that effect. As it says "local office" I'm 99% sure this is the letter telling you it arrived safely at CSC.

[Aztec&Taino 144]

I had already received a previous e-mail and letter notification of the transfer to CSC. This e-mail was new, advising me of a transfer to a local office, which makes me think that it will be for the purpose of the interview. Otherwise, it would have stayed at CSC until the "greencard" was approved and in production.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

I had already received a previous e-mail and letter notification of the transfer to CSC. This e-mail was new, advising me of a transfer to a local office, which makes me think that it will be for the purpose of the interview. Otherwise, it would have stayed at CSC until the "greencard" was approved and in production.

No. You get one saying "file transferred to CSC" and another "file sent to local office". The first is obvious, second is less obvious and actually means it ARRIVED at CSC.

Again, unless it actually specifies an office name (such as my local office Des Moines, IA) this is NOT an interview transfer.

Seriously, use the search function and you'll find MULTIPLE questions exactly the same as this.

**Edit - This link here: http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/forum80-visa-bulletin-status-tracker-processing-times/25540-case-transfer-to-local-uscis-office.html shows you what it will look like if it's an interview transfer. Note it mentions the office name.

Edited August 23, 2011 by Vanessa&Tony

[hmz 6]

How does the case transfer process really work? Does USCIS sends the whole package via USPS from one place to another?

[KayDeeCee 4,894]

I had already received a previous e-mail and letter notification of the transfer to CSC. This e-mail was new, advising me of a transfer to a local office, which makes me think that it will be for the purpose of the interview. Otherwise, it would have stayed at CSC until the "greencard" was approved and in production.

So you had only received the one notice that it was transferred. Now, you received the notice that it was received at CSC. It is standard, and happens to everyone that gets transferred. They send a notice when CSC receives your file, which happens about a week after your transfer notice. It reads like this: "The I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS was transferred and is now being processed at a USCIS office."

Your case was not already transferred again that quickly. The first notice last week was to tell you it was being transferred, and the one you just got this week was telling you it arrived and is being processed.

As Vanessa&Tony mentioned, you can do a search here on VJ. Besides the thread I linked to earlier, there are more to be found on this same topic. This gets asked about a lot.

[Aztec&Taino 144]

Thank you for your replies!

[bt1 42]

So you had only received the one notice that it was transferred. Now, you received the notice that it was received at CSC. It is standard, and happens to everyone that gets transferred. They send a notice when CSC receives your file, which happens about a week after your transfer notice. It reads like this: "The I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS was transferred and is now being processed at a USCIS office."

Your case was not already transferred again that quickly. The first notice last week was to tell you it was being transferred, and the one you just got this week was telling you it arrived and is being processed.

As Vanessa&Tony mentioned, you can do a search here on VJ. Besides the thread I linked to earlier, there are more to be found on this same topic. This gets asked about a lot.

I also agree...this is just a standard letter stating it has arrived at CSC, not interview transefr (at least not yet and hope not at all). Good luck

[Ankache86 0]

On 24.08.2011 at 5:35 AM, Aztec&Taino said:

Thank you for your replies!

Hello hun! 

Please tell me did you have the interview ? What’s wrong with your case after ? I have the same notice and I’m worried (() thanks