Strategies to Transfer I-129Fs from VSC to CSC

[SAVM 0]

It seems pretty clear at this point that the Vermont Service Center is really dropping the ball relative to the California Service Center. If the VisaJourney statistics can be taken as general indications of the state of things, Vermont is taking some 40 days on average longer than California to process I-129Fs. While I'm happy for the folks going through the CSC who have had theirs processed in about a month's time, it really doesn't seem fair as we're all supposed to be receiving equal treatment by the government (AND we've all paid almost 500 bucks at this point for this service!). As such, I have been been looking for ways to get one's case moved from the VSC to the CSC.

I'm going to grad school in NJ, so I (stupidly) submitted in Vermont, yet I'm a California resident. Even if I change my address in the application to my California address, at least one of my senators has told me that they can't request to have my case transferred. In conversations with them as well as USCIS, neither seem particularly concerned or aware of this inequity either. So...does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks so much for your help.

[nurse1967 287]

It seems pretty clear at this point that the Vermont Service Center is really dropping the ball relative to the California Service Center. If the VisaJourney statistics can be taken as general indications of the state of things, Vermont is taking some 40 days on average longer than California to process I-129Fs. While I'm happy for the folks going through the CSC who have had theirs processed in about a month's time, it really doesn't seem fair as we're all supposed to be receiving equal treatment by the government (AND we've all paid almost 500 bucks at this point for this service!). As such, I have been been looking for ways to get one's case moved from the VSC to the CSC.

I'm going to grad school in NJ, so I (stupidly) submitted in Vermont, yet I'm a California resident. Even if I change my address in the application to my California address, at least one of my senators has told me that they can't request to have my case transferred. In conversations with them as well as USCIS, neither seem particularly concerned or aware of this inequity either. So...does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks so much for your help.

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Once you case is filed I don't think you can "change" service centers. Your only hope is that they decide to move it to redistribute worload.

[KimandRuss 0]

I doubt they'll move your file to a difference service center because you would like faster service.

There are these fluctuations with timelines all the time.

Last year at this time VSC was taking only a matter of 2-4 weeks while CSC was taking 5 months.

[payxibka 10,045]

It seems pretty clear at this point that the Vermont Service Center is really dropping the ball relative to the California Service Center. If the VisaJourney statistics can be taken as general indications of the state of things, Vermont is taking some 40 days on average longer than California to process I-129Fs. While I'm happy for the folks going through the CSC who have had theirs processed in about a month's time, it really doesn't seem fair as we're all supposed to be receiving equal treatment by the government (AND we've all paid almost 500 bucks at this point for this service!). As such, I have been been looking for ways to get one's case moved from the VSC to the CSC.

I'm going to grad school in NJ, so I (stupidly) submitted in Vermont, yet I'm a California resident. Even if I change my address in the application to my California address, at least one of my senators has told me that they can't request to have my case transferred. In conversations with them as well as USCIS, neither seem particularly concerned or aware of this inequity either. So...does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks so much for your help.

if you discover one be sure to let everyone know

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

It seems pretty clear at this point that the Vermont Service Center is really dropping the ball relative to the California Service Center. If the VisaJourney statistics can be taken as general indications of the state of things, Vermont is taking some 40 days on average longer than California to process I-129Fs. While I'm happy for the folks going through the CSC who have had theirs processed in about a month's time, it really doesn't seem fair as we're all supposed to be receiving equal treatment by the government (AND we've all paid almost 500 bucks at this point for this service!). As such, I have been been looking for ways to get one's case moved from the VSC to the CSC.

I'm going to grad school in NJ, so I (stupidly) submitted in Vermont, yet I'm a California resident. Even if I change my address in the application to my California address, at least one of my senators has told me that they can't request to have my case transferred. In conversations with them as well as USCIS, neither seem particularly concerned or aware of this inequity either. So...does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks so much for your help.

A year ago it was exactly opposite, so even if you could get it moved, it may just backfire on you. Your NoA1 was 2-5, so you are not even into this 2 months yet and you want to move the case? 1 year ago my case was approved by Vermont in 58 days. That's fast. Also note in my timeline that we waited LONGER, nearly twice as long, to get an interview AFTER the NOA2 and Kiev is a lightning fast consulate to deal with. And we had no AP at NVC which can add 6-8 weeks more.

What I am saying is, you are only beginning the wait, there is MUCH more to come, the NOA2 is not the end, it is the beginning. Moving the case, if it can even be done, would simply move you to the back of the line at the CSC. Be patient, she loves you. She'll be there for you when it is over.

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It seems pretty clear at this point that the Vermont Service Center is really dropping the ball relative to the California Service Center. If the VisaJourney statistics can be taken as general indications of the state of things, Vermont is taking some 40 days on average longer than California to process I-129Fs. While I'm happy for the folks going through the CSC who have had theirs processed in about a month's time, it really doesn't seem fair as we're all supposed to be receiving equal treatment by the government (AND we've all paid almost 500 bucks at this point for this service!). As such, I have been been looking for ways to get one's case moved from the VSC to the CSC.

I'm going to grad school in NJ, so I (stupidly) submitted in Vermont, yet I'm a California resident. Even if I change my address in the application to my California address, at least one of my senators has told me that they can't request to have my case transferred. In conversations with them as well as USCIS, neither seem particularly concerned or aware of this inequity either. So...does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks so much for your help.

A year ago it was exactly opposite, so even if you could get it moved, it may just backfire on you. Your NoA1 was 2-5, so you are not even into this 2 months yet and you want to move the case? 1 year ago my case was approved by Vermont in 58 days. That's fast. Also note in my timeline that we waited LONGER, nearly twice as long, to get an interview AFTER the NOA2 and Kiev is a lightning fast consulate to deal with. And we had no AP at NVC which can add 6-8 weeks more.

What I am saying is, you are only beginning the wait, there is MUCH more to come, the NOA2 is not the end, it is the beginning. Moving the case, if it can even be done, would simply move you to the back of the line at the CSC. Be patient, she loves you. She'll be there for you when it is over.

Oh I agree, she'll wait - but our baby won't.

Edited March 28, 2009 by SAVM

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

It seems pretty clear at this point that the Vermont Service Center is really dropping the ball relative to the California Service Center. If the VisaJourney statistics can be taken as general indications of the state of things, Vermont is taking some 40 days on average longer than California to process I-129Fs. While I'm happy for the folks going through the CSC who have had theirs processed in about a month's time, it really doesn't seem fair as we're all supposed to be receiving equal treatment by the government (AND we've all paid almost 500 bucks at this point for this service!). As such, I have been been looking for ways to get one's case moved from the VSC to the CSC.

I'm going to grad school in NJ, so I (stupidly) submitted in Vermont, yet I'm a California resident. Even if I change my address in the application to my California address, at least one of my senators has told me that they can't request to have my case transferred. In conversations with them as well as USCIS, neither seem particularly concerned or aware of this inequity either. So...does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks so much for your help.

Lety me just give you some freindly advice, and I think that the members here that have been through this will agree...

Cool your jets. Sit back, relax. You can call the USCIS if you want to get your blood pressure up there and see how long it takes until blood shoots out of your ears, but your observation is correct. The CSC does not care what the VSC does and likewise, vice versa. You are correct. And they don't care what you think or want, true, and your congressman cannot even make an inquiry into your case until it has been 6 months. You will probably be approved by then. So settle down. You are trying to teach a pig to sing. You will get frustrated and the pig will get annoyed but it will never sing.

The BEST thing you can do, to speed your case, is get ALL the documents, translations, etc. ready for when you will be approved. In this process the ball gets batted back and forth. It is in "their court" now. With the NOA2, it will be batted back to your court. Will you be ready? Or will you THEN discover you need a document you fiancee cannot lay hands on for weeks? So prepare. You are a college student. Will you be able to provide an affadavit of support showing income? Yes? Cool. No? Better get a co-sponsor lined up and get all their documentation ready. So there is plenty for you to do in the meantime.

Hey, if you married the girl next door, she would probably want to take 1-1/2 years to plan a wedding, you'd get some effeminate wedding planner guy to deal with for the next 18 months (which could be worse than the USCIS) have to choose a wedding cake, go dress shopping with her (ARGHHHHH!!!) and worry about dumb things like wedding invitations styles and stuff, ALL while trying to study in college and THEN...you would get married and have to have sex twice a day with an AMERICAN woman!!!!!!!!!!!! YIKES.

Dude, be happy.

Good luck

[Danu 19]

It seems pretty clear at this point that the Vermont Service Center is really dropping the ball relative to the California Service Center. If the VisaJourney statistics can be taken as general indications of the state of things, Vermont is taking some 40 days on average longer than California to process I-129Fs. While I'm happy for the folks going through the CSC who have had theirs processed in about a month's time, it really doesn't seem fair as we're all supposed to be receiving equal treatment by the government (AND we've all paid almost 500 bucks at this point for this service!). As such, I have been been looking for ways to get one's case moved from the VSC to the CSC.

I'm going to grad school in NJ, so I (stupidly) submitted in Vermont, yet I'm a California resident. Even if I change my address in the application to my California address, at least one of my senators has told me that they can't request to have my case transferred. In conversations with them as well as USCIS, neither seem particularly concerned or aware of this inequity either. So...does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks so much for your help.

Lety me just give you some freindly advice, and I think that the members here that have been through this will agree...

Cool your jets. Sit back, relax. You can call the USCIS if you want to get your blood pressure up there and see how long it takes until blood shoots out of your ears, but your observation is correct. The CSC does not care what the VSC does and likewise, vice versa. You are correct. And they don't care what you think or want, true, and your congressman cannot even make an inquiry into your case until it has been 6 months. You will probably be approved by then. So settle down. You are trying to teach a pig to sing. You will get frustrated and the pig will get annoyed but it will never sing.

The BEST thing you can do, to speed your case, is get ALL the documents, translations, etc. ready for when you will be approved. In this process the ball gets batted back and forth. It is in "their court" now. With the NOA2, it will be batted back to your court. Will you be ready? Or will you THEN discover you need a document you fiancee cannot lay hands on for weeks? So prepare. You are a college student. Will you be able to provide an affadavit of support showing income? Yes? Cool. No? Better get a co-sponsor lined up and get all their documentation ready. So there is plenty for you to do in the meantime.

Hey, if you married the girl next door, she would probably want to take 1-1/2 years to plan a wedding, you'd get some effeminate wedding planner guy to deal with for the next 18 months (which could be worse than the USCIS) have to choose a wedding cake, go dress shopping with her (ARGHHHHH!!!) and worry about dumb things like wedding invitations styles and stuff, ALL while trying to study in college and THEN...you would get married and have to have sex twice a day with an AMERICAN woman!!!!!!!!!!!! YIKES.

Dude, be happy.

Good luck

As most have said, there is no way to get it transferred, and being pregnant isn't something they deem as important for doing expedited processing. That is usually reserved for people who are military or have a REALLY good reason to speed it up. Unfortunately many people on these boards have been in the same situation and had to have their children out of the states and then bring them in. On the plus side, Vermont may be slower but it still isnt as bad as CSC was at this time last year, so I would count your blessings and pray for a quick and speedy process the whole way through, not getting stuck in AP and the consulate doing a quick interview. Its about all you can do.

[SAVM 0]

On the plus side, Vermont may be slower but it still isnt as bad as CSC was at this time last year, so I would count your blessings and pray for a quick and speedy process the whole way through, not getting stuck in AP and the consulate doing a quick interview. Its about all you can do.

I don't know, not to split hairs here but according to VJ's time graphs of processing times VSC is right about where CSC was last year at this time. Eitherway, that's honestly not of much consolation - it's pretty unfair any way you slice it.

[Hell0W0rld 10]

good luck

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

It seems pretty clear at this point that the Vermont Service Center is really dropping the ball relative to the California Service Center. If the VisaJourney statistics can be taken as general indications of the state of things, Vermont is taking some 40 days on average longer than California to process I-129Fs. While I'm happy for the folks going through the CSC who have had theirs processed in about a month's time, it really doesn't seem fair as we're all supposed to be receiving equal treatment by the government (AND we've all paid almost 500 bucks at this point for this service!). As such, I have been been looking for ways to get one's case moved from the VSC to the CSC.

I'm going to grad school in NJ, so I (stupidly) submitted in Vermont, yet I'm a California resident. Even if I change my address in the application to my California address, at least one of my senators has told me that they can't request to have my case transferred. In conversations with them as well as USCIS, neither seem particularly concerned or aware of this inequity either. So...does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks so much for your help.

A year ago it was exactly opposite, so even if you could get it moved, it may just backfire on you. Your NoA1 was 2-5, so you are not even into this 2 months yet and you want to move the case? 1 year ago my case was approved by Vermont in 58 days. That's fast. Also note in my timeline that we waited LONGER, nearly twice as long, to get an interview AFTER the NOA2 and Kiev is a lightning fast consulate to deal with. And we had no AP at NVC which can add 6-8 weeks more.

What I am saying is, you are only beginning the wait, there is MUCH more to come, the NOA2 is not the end, it is the beginning. Moving the case, if it can even be done, would simply move you to the back of the line at the CSC. Be patient, she loves you. She'll be there for you when it is over.

Oh I agree, she'll wait - but our baby won't.

The baby may be more cooperative than the USCIS

[Danu 19]

I don't know, not to split hairs here but according to VJ's time graphs of processing times VSC is right about where CSC was last year at this time. Eitherway, that's honestly not of much consolation - it's pretty unfair any way you slice it.

Oh I know it definately sucks. Part of it, if you compair VJ #'s, is that VSC has almost double the amount of applications in the last few months as CSC, so they have twice as many petitions to go through. Hopefully they will be able to speed up a little bit or they may shift some to CSC to balance out the load like they did last year.