If you do not know all I-130's are being sent to CA now. My sentor's office let me know this last Friday when I came in for them to check my paper work. So you must send your I-130's to CA. They are changing the system. In the new system they are working out were you may soon be able to send the I-130 and I129F togther. The K3's and K-1's go to Missiouri. Right now K-3's are ahead by 2 months but there is a back up starting with K-1's and K-3's due to the Marriage Broker paper work they have 20,000 to process. The Cr-1's make go through faster. I was told to post this. I know that some may not trust their sentors office but they seemed to know what they were doing when I went. I hope this maybe helpful.

One Luv,
Jax

Reposted from reply to same in the I-130 forum.


Whilst there is restructuring going on within the system, until such time that USCIS releases said information, petitions should continue to be submitted to the service center that has jurisdiction over the petitioner's place of residence. To do otherwise at this stage may cause even further delays to ones petition. It may very well be that the new filing instructions will come into effect when the new I-130 (due soon) is released.

Thanks for the information. When I get back in late August I will send it where my sentor tells me to. Thanks for the information. If he is telling me the rules say CA then I will follow later in about a month. How come they are saying send it to CA then and are receiving the new forms? This why all the case though are going to CA. I just wanted to let people now thats why they are being sent to CA..

One Luv,
Jax

Whilst the I-130 on the USCIS site has an expiry date of 01/31/07 it still retains the information that it be submitted to the service center with jurisdiction over ones residence. I can only assume that any new instructions for filing will be within the next release of the I-130 which is listed in the Federal Register. Until then it may be risky filing outside of what the instructions currently state as it could feasibly add time if when filed with CSC they forward it to the center with jurisdiction over your place of residence and then that service center transfers it back to CSC. Think they wont do it? Think again....they very well may do just that.

Well, I know u must know a lot because of all your hearts but I trust my congressman and do what he tells me. I am a goverment worker too and so are my family members and I trust the people here to help me.

Im not saying you shouldnt but at this stage it still holds a risk for anyone filing outside their jurisdiction, that is all I am saying. BTW I trust my husband too

hey! i saw that wink.... me thinks thee menfolk are being broadsided! (not that we don't deserve it. sorry lads.)

arrr.

Yup, lots of us here had to send our I-130s to Texas even though we knew they'd be transferred to California.

LOL...if I were you I would trust what the DIRECTIONS tell you to do, until those directions are changed and in writing! If you go off on your own, based on all these people that know so much, and send it straight to Cali, feel free to post up the results and timeline! 100's + members just might be wrong!