I am puzzled.

[KP & SP 9]

Something new I learned during my infopass appointment but i doubt the accuracy of the information.

History: According to Tier 2, initially my application was in queue to be sent to the local office. Later, in couple weeks, it was in queue to be processed at NBC. I was confused as to why the change and made an infopass appointment on friday the 5th and the very nice IO explained to me like this.

Any applications that are delayed according i.e. more than 6 months are typically sent to the local office, exception are overseas filers. Any applications that are current i.e. within 6 months are tagged as to be processed by NBC and could be tagged to be processed by local office IF they are over 6 months time. Then I asked, why was my application initially tagged to be processed by local office then? My application has been sitting in NBC for not even for 4 months? Then he went on to say, maybe at some point NBC thought that your application is somehow delayed but I don't know...your application should not have been tagged as to be sent to local office since it has not been over 6 month.

Interesting, I thought. There are many applications being sent to local office that are within 6 month time frame so why would the IO tell me otherwise?

The more information i seek regarding the I-130 the more confusion it brings...I AM PUZZLED.

[NikLR 13,227]

Obviously he doesn't know everything.

Generally speaking, from what people have gleaned from other infopass appointments and from calling the USCIS (as well as senator and congressmen's liaisons) the NBC keeps the cases for about 2-3 months then ships them off to the local offices. If the petition is going to be adjudicated by them, it's done so generally within that time frame. After that the local offices take over. The speed at which a local office works depends entirely on how busy they are with their regular work and now the I-130s. Most have become fairly adept at the process.

[Darnell 8,478]

i think that's a BS answer from the human you spoke with.

In the meantime - where's yer casefile?

[KP & SP 9]

i think that's a BS answer from the human you spoke with.

In the meantime - where's yer casefile?

Still at NBC...and that's what puzzles me. If the file was supposed to be shipped to the local office shouldn't it have been shipped already? Or are they not telling me the truth...maybe the director changed at their office and they are following a new different procedure.

This happens at my work a lot

[stevie b 141]

darnell's next response will be call five times.. once you get the same answer twice, it is probably the correct one, or you got the same IO as the first answer

[TBoneTX 45,303]

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