Hello my fellow transplants,

I'm new to this forum so forgive me if I am not following protocol. There are so many incredible tips on this website to sort through, wow.

I live in North Carolina with my husband on a CR1 visa (conditional permanent resident). Next month is the soonest we can submit our petition to remove the conditions of my residency. I saw the recent notice of the transfer of cases from the Texas office to Vermont. I just checked on the uscis.gov website and they have not changed any mailing instructions. Assuming they do not change the instructions, would it be advisable to send my application to Texas and have them forward it to the appropriate office? It just seems like the long way around the barn if you know what I mean!

Secondly, we have loads of legal and financial paperwork to support our petition. Do you think it makes sense to also send photos (they are NOT date stamped).

Thanks y'all ('m a Southerner now),

Jo-Anne

If true, they probably won't change the mailing address (at least not initially). If you submit to TSC and they will facilitate the transfer until such time they make the permanent change on the forms.

They haven't changed the instructions on the form yet, but the new procedure is effective now. You should sent it to Vermont directly instead of Texas.


Here's the link to the notice. And this is what they said regarding submissions

However, there could be a slight delay in the adjudication of the petition as a result of the transfer; so, petitioners are encouraged to file directly with the appropriate service center as outlined above.

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

Hi,

Yes, we live in Texas and I will send our petition tomorrow, and it kinda sucks to have to send the petition to Vermont (more expensive because I feel compelled to overnight it for no particular rational reason), and the mail from Vermont will take longer to reach back to us for biometrics etc. But otherwise TSC will forward it to VSC, but I'd rather not take the risk of the file being lost in transit... plus they said to send it to VSC.

Thanks so so much. You've been a great help!

Jo-Anne

To answer the second part of your question, there is no need to send photographs, especially if you feel you have sufficient legal and financial documentation. Good luck.