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Captain Ewok
Form I-129F Filing Locations
Effective July 30, 2007
If And Mail Form I-129F to
You are a U.S. citizen. You are filing a K-1 petition for your fiancé(e) and you live in:

Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
USCIS
California Service Center
P.O. Box 10130
Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-0130

For private couriers (non-USPS) deliveries:

USCIS
California Service Center
24000 Avila Road
2nd Floor, Room 2312
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
You are filing a K-1 petition for your fiancé(e)and you live in:

Alabama, Arkansas,
Connecticut, Delaware,Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York,North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, U.S. Virgin Islands, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
US Postal Service and private courier deliveries:

USCIS
Vermont Service Center
Attn: I-129F
75 Lower Welden Street
St. Albans, VT 05479-0001
You are filing a K-1 petition for your fiancé(e) and you live outside the United States. California Service Center or the Vermont Service Center, depending on your last place of residence in the U.S. (see above for filing location).
You are filing a K-3 petition for your spouse. The Service Center where the underlying I-130 petition is currently pending. Use the address listed on your most recent receipt notice or transfer notice and include a copy of that notice with your Form I-129F.

reference: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/tem...00045f3d6a1RCRD

additionally:

payxibka
This is interesting and about time... where is the source of this as I cannot confirm?
Dan&Tiffany
It is about time they split them up more equally!
Hanging in there
QUOTE(Dan&Tiffany @ Jun 30 2007, 09:24 AM) *
It is about time they split them up more equally!


yeah vermont wont be the paradise its been for all the filers. Its always been so unfair how fast their stuff gets done while the rest of us just suffer for 90 110 days and they are done in a week
AhmadGwen4evr
Okay.. plz clarify, correct or confirm.. I filed I-130 ..sent to TSC (I live in Texas)..it was transferred to CSC. I need to send out I-129F along with documents and fees (not sending I-130 NOA1 bcuz never rcvd it..only online status letter, cashed check (front/back with WAC#),USPS dlvry confirmation card). Sending it to California address. Is this correct??? Sending it Monday (possibly FedEx)
USCIS
California Service Center
P.O. Box 10130
Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-0130


For private couriers (non-USPS) deliveries:



USCIS

California Service Center
24000 Avila Road
2nd Floor, Room 2312
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Captain Ewok
Please note that the above filing locations are not effective until July 30, 2007. Until then current filing procedures are in effect.
rushel
QUOTE(Captain Ewok @ Jul 1 2007, 05:23 PM) *
Please note that the above filing locations are not effective until July 30, 2007. Until then current filing procedures are in effect.


I'm a USC currently living outside the country. My last residence was Miami, FL.

1) If they are only processing in 2 locations does this mean it'll be slower in the coming months?
2) If processing time is more important than the fee increase ($170 vs $455), does it make sense to file now in early July for in Texas and have it transferred to Vermont, or just wait until I come under Vermont on July 30th?

Ideas anyone?

Thanks
AhmadGwen4evr
QUOTE(Captain Ewok @ Jul 1 2007, 04:23 AM) *
Please note that the above filing locations are not effective until July 30, 2007. Until then current filing procedures are in effect.



I read that we could file certain forms, prior to this date "July 30,2007, to new direct filing locations..

QUOTE
USCIS will accept Forms I-129F, I-131, I-140, I-360, I-485, I-765 and I-907 filed with the new “Direct Filing” location in advance of the July 30, 2007 effective date, that are otherwise properly filed.
Please visit www.uscis.gov frequently for filing updates or call the National Customer Service Center at
800- 375-5283 for up-to-date information.
– USCIS –

http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/Up...iling062107.pdf

Captain Ewok
Yep smile.gif. The locations are not official until then but they accept them early at the new locations as well and mis-filed up to a month after (they will redirect).
The_dip_sticks
Ok im confused, about these new changes. Does that mean that my application will automatically be transfered to CSC or do I have to send a copy of the I-129 F that I summited for my husband over year ago with copy the of my receipt notice? Neither one of my applications have been ajudicated. 130 is at CSC and I129F was sent to the chicago lock box.
TracyTN
I don't see how the new rules would have any impact on pending cases (except that it MIGHT be transferred, which would require nothing further from the petitioner).
Happy Bunny
QUOTE(Captain Ewok @ Jul 1 2007, 05:33 PM) *
Yep smile.gif. The locations are not official until then but they accept them early at the new locations as well and mis-filed up to a month after (they will redirect).


So had I waited a month or so longer, I could have now filed the petition at Vermont? Early of the changes?
Captain Ewok
Their official press release stated that otherwise properly filed I-129f would be accepted at the new direct filing locations in advance of 7/30/07. I plan today to follow up on this with a contact I have at the USCIS smile.gif.
Captain Ewok
Per a telephone conversation on 5:00 EST 7/2/2007:

We have confirmed with Officer Ruiz of the USCIS that you can, yes, file your I-129F's in advance of July 30th with the new direct filing location.
consolemaster
Craziness! LOL!
StillThePrettiest
just for a bit of clarification - according to the initial post, Texas residents now send to Vermont... but some people who had already filed at the Texas processing centre have had their documents sent to California... I'm assuming that this, too, was based on state of residence?

in any case, as I understand it: we're about to file this week (Petitioner lives in Texas), so can send it direct to Vermont, AND still come in under the deadline for the old fee... I think someone is smiling on us smile.gif wink.gif

(ask me about that last comment in about seven months wink.gif )
Happy Bunny
Hey folks, just a bit of information:

I had previously filed about a month before this was posted. Unfortunately, through error on my part, the package was returned to me.

So I refiled, and with this information, filed in VT as that's the new center for FL.

My pkg was mailed the 10, delivered the 12, and I just got my NOA1 from California. So apparantly, VT forwarded it onto CA.

So, I'm not sure about this early file as it didn't seem to work for me.
Captain Ewok
Yeah not sure on the internal processing but the USCIS VSC will accept them at a minimum. Hopefully they do not keep sending to CSC if that was the case for you (after the 30th). Lets hope that their transition to the new processing occurs on time.
JALOVE
QUOTE(wahrania @ Jun 30 2007, 12:49 PM) *
QUOTE(Dan&Tiffany @ Jun 30 2007, 09:24 AM) *
It is about time they split them up more equally!


yeah vermont wont be the paradise its been for all the filers. Its always been so unfair how fast their stuff gets done while the rest of us just suffer for 90 110 days and they are done in a week



well im at 90 days with no aproval and went thru vermont soooo they are not doing anything fast anymore
Samuel Beckett
QUOTE(Dan&Tiffany @ Jun 30 2007, 02:24 PM) *
It is about time they split them up more equally!

good luck with the interview in 17hrs and 45mins. Don't sweat it, just a lot of waiting really.
Sheryl&Robert
ummmmm....Is it me being blind or is Nevada missing from the lists?
alohaspirit
QUOTE(Sheryl&Robert @ Jul 30 2007, 07:04 PM) *
ummmmm....Is it me being blind or is Nevada missing from the lists?
Nevada is on the list. Look carefully. It's between Idaho and Illinois. It looks like it was not in alphabetically in order.
lincoln81
QUOTE(Captain Ewok @ Jul 2 2007, 02:08 PM) *
Per a telephone conversation on 5:00 EST 7/2/2007:

We have confirmed with Officer Ruiz of the USCIS that you can, yes, file your I-129F's in advance of July 30th with the new direct filing location.


Has anyone heard anything regarding filing right in the middle of the July 30th change? I sent my 1-130 last week to Nebraska and have read a lot of threads on here but still can't figure out if I should wait to get my NOA-1 or just send my I-29f to CSC right now. I also paid the old fee because it was postmarked before July 30 and was planning on still sending $170 with my I-29f. I wish I would have just waited until this week and sent it all together sad.gif I don't know what to do now.
Jason-Sasha
Guess I'm late....hehe wink.gif
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