I want to know from those who had their application processed at the NBC (National Benefits Center) of how long was the time to get an approval on the K-3?

The timeline link doesn't give the scatter plot for the average time need to get the K-3 adjudicated. I am curious.

Your case will probably be at MSC only for a few days. I filed my I-130 @ VSC and the I-129F was transfered from MSC to Vermont within like 8 days. I believe all the processing will be done @ VSC

Your case is probably not being processed at NBC. Things have changed. Check your case number. If it starts with WAC, it is in California. Your I-129F is now processed at the same service center your I-130 is. For you, that's Vermont where things move pretty fast lately.

Hmm...The Receipt Number on my I-797C from the I-129F says MSC, and the I-130 says EAC.

Interesting. Well, maybe somebody can verify the case number procedure but your March 19 touch may well have been to transfer the case to Vermont.

consolemaster,

You sent your I-130 to the VSC (formerly EAC), it was received by the VSC.

You sent your I-129f to the NBC (formerly MSC), it was received by the NBC.

Now the NBC will forward your I-129f to the VSC for processing.

Yodrak

Our I-129 receipt number starts with MSC and was transfered to the CSC.

Hmm...My case have not been transferred yet.

I looked at the PROCESSING dates at the USCIS website on the VERMONT SERVICE CENTER. All it shows is the I-129F K1/K2 petitions. However, for K3/K4, only the MISSOURI SERVICE CENTER (NBC) shows that it is processing those petitions.

Mine is also the same timeline as yours and my case is also not transfered to CSC( where my I130 sits). I just got a mail from Chicago saying that your case is receied and transfered to Missouri Service Center. Havent had any touches since then.

Good to see people with same timeline as ours.

After sending the I129 to Chicago mine got transferred to MSC, stayed there for a few days and then went off to Vermont where it is now pending. It shouldn't be long until yours is transferred as well. MSC is nothing more than a PO station where the forms are sorted out and shipped off.

Is it necessary that the service center of a I-130 petition will be same as it's corresponding I-129F?

ooppss..double post!

doodlebug,

Points of clarification: Your I-129f (not I-129) did not get transferred from Chicago to MSC - the Chicago Lockbox is an intergral part of the National Benefits Center (formerly the Missouri Service Center). So the move from Chicago to Missouri was not a transfer, the case file was just sent 'down the hall' (a very long hall) from the sorting room to the processing rooms.

Yodrak

I don't know. It'd be cool to research I guess. I just know that mine was sent to vermont where my I-130 is and so were a few others.

me too. i hope, our case will be transferred to csc soon.

Just saw the status on USCIS website and my case is transfered to CSC from MSC. It took almost couple of weeks Anyways now the wait begins...

It doesnt stay at the NBC for too long ( not more than a week on a normal basis)

Thank you for the information. From previous threads, I read that once it's transferred to the normal service center, it's only a matter of a short time to get an approval. Is that true?

"short time" is relative I guess. I think VSC is averaging about 2 months or so. They're historically fast though.

Hi, consolemaster
My timeline is similar to you and I am also wondering whether my case will be transfered to CSC (my I-130 is at CSC).
As my timeline shows, it was touched on March 29 and the description of location changed from "Missouri Service Center" to "National Benefits Center."

On March 12, 2007, we received this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E), and mailed you a notice describing how we will process your case. Please follow any instructions on this notice. We will notify you by mail when we make a decision or if we need something from you. If you move while this case is pending, call customer service. We process cases in the order we receive them. You can use our processing dates to estimate when yours will be done. This case is at our NATIONAL BENEFITS CENTER location. Follow the link below to check processing dates. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.

Hey consolemaster and Taka,
Im in the same boat as you guys...im at the NBC too.I think the same day my I-129f changed from MSC to the NBC....

How do you check "Touch" on your file !!! I am in the same boat but new...

I have no idea what happened. Since the Missouri Service Center is the same as the National Benefit Center. LOL. It's very funny. I thought something special happened to my application.

Hi india
You can see your case status through USCIS's web page if you have your file number.
The file is "touched" when the date of "Last Updated" is updated, but description of current status has not changed.
In our case, the file was touched and the location was changed from "Missouri Service Center" to "National Benefits Center" but these are the different name of the same place. So we are wondering what is going on with respect to our cases. I understand from other people's timeline that our cases are likely to be transferred to either CSC or VSC (probably depending on where we live and where we filed our I-130). It's already about two weeks since I received my NOA1 and should be transferred to CSC if its on a normal procedure.

consolemaster and k-in-osaka
I will try to update my timeline, so please let me know yours.
Hopefully there may be some move early next week.

I'll keep updating it whenever USCIS updates it.

They like touching me I guess.

consolemaster,

We have the same timelines and our case update also changed from MSC to NBC today... Everyone seems to be saying its the same center, so maybe it's just two separate departments.

I'm expecting our case to go to the long line at the CSC next

Best,
/UM

Our case was transferred from MSC to NBC.
BTW, aren't they the same?

Yes, I think they are the same. That's why we are wondering what will happen next.

i vote for approval..lets skip the csc!!!

I'm hoping BIG TIME for an approval!

I think I'm at the same point except mine started off at the NBC and I'm waiting for it to go to the CSC.

It's taken me since Wednesday to realize that my message changed to:
This case is at our NATIONAL BENEFITS CENTER location ... *sigh* Been too focused on waiting for my last updated date to change!

So weird ... my I-130 has had absolutely NO touches!

For K-3, Vermont Service Center seems to average to about 40 days for an approval. I have a few more days.

You're so lucky, consolemaster! I wish so much I was going to VSC instead of CSC.

Livlover,

I'm hoping yours get approve fast as well. I wonder if you can use electric shock therapy on those USCIS official.

same here...i hope, i get approval of I-130 more or less same time as my I-129F, so I can proceed with CR-1

I'm not surprised that the I-130 have not even been touch yet. If I were you, don't worry about it too much. I'll keep everyone posted. Keeps your fingers crossed, or keeps holding onto that charm of yours.

Good morning.
My I-129F finally moved to CSC. I received the email this morning (somehow three emails stating same thing).
Well, I am now on the ordinary course, in the long line of CSC.

CONGRATULATIONS TAKA!!! I still haven't heard anything yet.

My case got transferred to Vermont today!

Anybody have any recent experiences with CSC - how long before they approve and forward the K3 petition?

Thanks!
/UM

ullamanalli,

In your case, between the first NOA and the 2nd NOA from your I-129F, it is about 98 days on average.

holy crap! twice the time as VSC eh?... well let's hope for a miracle....

Interestingly, my aunt had applied for the IR1 (I-130) for my grandparents in Sept 2006 at the CSC. While they are still showing processing dates of August 2006 at the CSC for such applications, my grandparents already received the packets to confirm and set-up their interviews in Mumbai for next month!! For an IR1!

So miracles do happen, hoping for the best!

About the processing time on the service centers I read on the forum that they show the oldest case they are working on, but obviously there is not only one person working on a case... this explains the differences. I think that the timelines on this forum should be quite accurate.

man, our case is in CSC now. i envy vermont couples!!!