Recent transfered from TSC to CSC??????

[khaleesi_719 1]

Has anyone been transfered lately from TSC to CSC???? My case has been there for 4 months now and still no response or any other indication they are working on it. I'm a little bit desperate here

[wbeem 567]

The last batch of transfers was in early August last year, when a portion of April and May petitions were transferred to CSC.

I don't know what to tell you, other than that we filed on August 4th and are now at 7.5 months and don't have our NOA2 yet.

[ascertainLovE 165]

Has anyone been transfered lately from TSC to CSC???? My case has been there for 4 months now and still no response or any other indication they are working on it. I'm a little bit desperate here

you need to relax. Just a few weeks ago TSC started processing August filers. You have approximately a 2-3 month wait. Don't even begin to stress out until the end of April.

[wbeem 567]

Just a few weeks ago TSC started processing August filers. You have approximately a 2-3 month wait. Don't even begin to stress out until the end of April.

Truth.

Khaleesie, we can offer some empathy. At four months that desperate feeling had already started to emerge in waves for many of us. There is nothing easy about this process (unless you are at CSC). The only advice I can offer is just be there for each other. Contrary to popular belief, my view is that this distance and waiting won't make you stronger, neither will it break you. It just exhausts you. You and your fiance(e) can focus on holding each other up as you get through it. I wish you all the best.

Lee

[khaleesi_719 1]

Thanks ascertainLovE

We're holding up pretty well but I just want my life back to normal... now I life planning my next trip to be with him, I'm afraid I'm gonna lose my job because I used all my vacation days and sick days already.... but I guess there's nothing we can do but wait.

TSC needs to hire more people to speed up a little.... Is not fair to us, we paid the same money as the people being processed at CSC.. and we need our approvals in time.

I'm frustrated

[TBoneTX 43,045]

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[JayMain626 21]

Our petition was received at TSC on OCT 7th and we just received our NOA2 date March 10th. It seems TSC are the slowest ever but they will get to you. I think there average is 5 months so don't panic till past then. Try not to think about it too much and just hope that this month is the month.

[khaleesi_719 1]

Thanks JayMain626 and Congrats on your approval.

[yuna628 9,528]

Our petition was received at TSC on OCT 7th and we just received our NOA2 date March 10th. It seems TSC are the slowest ever but they will get to you. I think there average is 5 months so don't panic till past then. Try not to think about it too much and just hope that this month is the month.

Your petition was not sent to Texas Service Center, because they do not process petitions there from Michigan. Your case should have, and would have gone to California Service Center. It's unusual that your case took so long to be approved in California, however congrats on your approval.

[lorella 65]

Our petition was received at TSC on OCT 7th and we just received our NOA2 date March 10th. It seems TSC are the slowest ever but they will get to you. I think there average is 5 months so don't panic till past then. Try not to think about it too much and just hope that this month is the month.

You filed a 1-130....which is not the same petition as the OP. So your timelines won't be comparable.

[Megan & Luke 93]

Has anyone been transfered lately from TSC to CSC???? My case has been there for 4 months now and still no response or any other indication they are working on it. I'm a little bit desperate here

Believe me, you are not alone in your frustrations over TSC. My fiance and I filed back on July 2, 2014. A month later we were elated to see that a lot of the March and April filers had been transferred in August to CSC. We wrongfully assumed that it would speed things along because TSC was already into processing February by then. We thought heck, how can it take them ages to finish one or two months of petitions? Well, almost 8 months later we received our NOA2 - On January 23. This was after numerous phone calls to USCIS, complaints via the Director's frequent conference calls, letters to my Senators and an official Omsbudsman complaint.

Since you're only a few months in, and with no sign at the minute of transfers coming for anyone at TSC, let me give you some advice that helped us. Don't get me wrong - the months between NOA1 and NOA2 will test your patience and make you extremely angry.

1. Acknowledge that you may have another 3-4 months wait ahead of you. Don't get excited when you see a random late filer be approved. These are most likely expedites or incorrectly listed service center in their timeline. Prepare for a 7-8 month wait for NOA2.

2. Start preparing. Read up on the next steps in the process. After your NOA2 things move VERY fast. Within a month our case had left NVC, arrived at NVC, shipped off to the consulate, my fiance had his medical and filed all of his forms. We now just await an interview date. Start gathering the documents you will need. Read up on the embassy website where your fiance will have the interview and see what the specific steps are for that consulate. Some embassies allow you to schedule the medical ahead of time, others allow police certificates to be good for up to a year. You can start gathering everything possible early on while you wait for TSC.

3. Do not read threads about CSC vs. TSC. It always ends badly, especially with the HUGE discrepancy in processing times right now.You may end up doing what we did and avoid any CSC talk at all - including approval/congratulations posts. Harsh I know.. but it really wears you down eventually and there is nothing you can do about it.

4. Start preparing letters to your Senator so you can ship them off at your 5 months. Get involved (if you want to) in speaking out about the discrepancy. It hardly ever goes anywhere, but who knows.

5. Plan your future. If you two will be moving into a brand new place, plan it out and look at finances. Save money and start thinking about the wedding day and what you will do the first day you and your fiance are together here. Shop online for things you two will want to buy.

6. If you receive an RFE (request for evidence) respond to it as soon as possible with what's been asked of you. Usually receiving an RFE signals that an officer has touched your case and once they receive an acceptable response they seem to adjudicate within 30-60 days (even slow TSC).

These next months will go by very slowly but at some point you will also say to yourself "Wow has it been x months already?". It's a very frustrating position to be in and this process is ANYTHING but romantic. We make the best of it that we can.

So sorry this post went longer than I wanted. Just know you have a lot of company at TSC - both current, former and future filers. Hopefully someone who can balance out these workloads stands up and says something that levels out the playing field. In the meantime you will gain a whole new perspective on patience You're about halfway with the current trend at TSC!

Good luck!

Edited March 12, 2015 by Megan & Luke

[JayMain626 21]

Your petition was not sent to Texas Service Center, because they do not process petitions there from Michigan. Your case should have, and would have gone to California Service Center. It's unusual that your case took so long to be approved in California, however congrats on your approval.

I promise you it was sent to TSC. But thank you

[Wooderz 314]

I promise you it was sent to TSC. But thank you

Yes, but as someone already pointed out, you filed for a CR/IR visa not a K-1. Your timeline is probably not going to be the same as a K1.

Edited March 12, 2015 by April+Daniel

[JayMain626 21]

Yes, but as someone already pointed out, you filed for a CR/IR visa not a K-1. Your timeline is probably not going to be the same as a K1.

Yeah that is true.

[ZA_35 48]

I promise you it was sent to TSC. But thank you

I believe you