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Why are my applications at NSC??

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nicoleelaine Apprentice

nicoleelaine   10

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Hi,

I'm a little frustrated here. I live in Austin and sent my applications into the Texas Service Center which is located only a few hours away. I filed for both I-130 and I-129F in case one is faster than the other. Anyway, when I got both of my NOA1's, they were addressed from the Nebraska Service Center, and my receipt number also indicates my applications are at NSC. I read that USCIS sends off these applications to different service centers to balance workload, but it looks like NSC is really backed up, and TSC is pretty up to date. Why would they do this?? We're having to wait for months now, when it should only be 10 more days or so if it was filed in Texas.

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Ketsuban Experienced

Ketsuban   1,033

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You sent them directly to the TX Service Center? Not the Dallas Lockbox?

ROC from CR-1 visa (Green Card expiration date was Nov 24th 2016)

 

Link to the evidence I submitted. Be sure to send evidence spanning your entire marriage (especially for K-1) or as far back as you can. Just one or two bank statements will not cut it. I primarily focused on the two years of living here since I came in on a CR-1. If you don't have the fundamentals (i.e. joint accounts/policies), you can explain why in the covering letter. E.g. "While we do not have joint utilities, we both contribute to them from our joint bank account".

 

September 26th 2016: I-751 package sent to CSC

September 28th 2016: Package delivered
September 30th 2016: Check cashed
October 3rd 2016: NOA1 received with receipt date of 09/28/16
November 3rd 2016: Biometrics received with appointment date of 11/14/16.
November 14th 2016: Attended biometrics appointment
October 30th 2017: Infopass appointment to get I-551 stamp
February 26th 2018: I-751 case number (aka the NOA1 receipt number) becomes trackable
March 14th 2018: Submitted service request due to being outside of processing time.

March 15th 2018: ROC approved. 535 days (1 year, 5 months and 17 days)

March 29th 2018: Card being produced

April 4th 2018: Card mailed out

April 6th 2018: Card in hand. Has incorrect "resident since" date. Submitted service request on I-751 case (typographical error on permanent resident card) and an I-90 online.

April 2018 - August 7th 2018: Tons of service requests, emails and now senator involvement to get my corrected green card back because what the heck, USCIS. Also some time in May I sent a letter to Potomac telling them I want to withdraw my I-90 since CSC were handling it.

August 8th 2018: Card in production thanks to the direct involvement of Senator Sherrod Brown's team

August 13th 2018: Card mailed

August 15th 2018: Card in hand with correct date. :joy:

October 31st 2018: Potomac sends out a notice stating they have closed out my I-90 per my request. Yay for no duplicate card drama.

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JFH Grand Master

JFH   12,189

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You cannot choose where to send them. You send them to the address on the form for your state and USCIS will decide which service centre they are sent to.

I think you are confused. Why did you send an I-130 and an I-129F? Are you married or not? If you are sending the I-129F in the hope of getting a K-3 you will find that there is almost no chance of getting a K-3 now.

With regard to the Texas service centre appearing to be faster, please note that DCF cases on this website fall under the Texas service centre. Hence the Texas service centre statistics are somewhat skewed. You cannot compare your timeline to a DCF case as it is a completely different process.

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Timeline in brief:

Married: September 27, 2014

I-130 filed: February 5, 2016

NOA1: February 8, 2016 Nebraska

NOA2: July 21, 2016

Interview: December 6, 2016 London

POE: December 19, 2016 Las Vegas

N-400 filed: September 30, 2019

Interview: March 22, 2021 Seattle

Oath: March 22, 2021 COVID-style same-day oath

 

Now a US citizen!

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nicoleelaine Apprentice

nicoleelaine   10

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Yes I sent them to Dallas. That's what I meant. And yes, we are married. Our immigration lawyer advised us to submit both the I-130 and the I129F. If the I-130 gets approved first, they will just drop the 129F, and vice versa. He said that right now the I-129F seems to be being approved faster than the I-130 since they are backlogged, so there may be a chance that the 129F would be approved first. It doesn't hurt anything to file both and see which one gets approved.

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