Case transferred from Vermont to Nebraska

[waiting4approval 2]

My mom as a US citizen filed for her brother in 2008 at Vermont Service Center. We received a notification recnetly that case has been trasnferred from VSC to Nebraska Service Center, I checked the processing time and Nebraska is way behind on processing 1-130 (FROM 2004) however Vermot is processing applications from 2007.. Any idea why would they transfer the case? Does it happen on usual basis or what? Should we even contact USCIS to inquire about it?

[aaron2020 11,651]

My mom as a US citizen filed for her brother in 2008 at Vermont Service Center. We received a notification recnetly that case has been trasnferred from VSC to Nebraska Service Center, I checked the processing time and Nebraska is way behind on processing 1-130 (FROM 2004) however Vermot is processing applications from 2007.. Any idea why would they transfer the case? Does it happen on usual basis or what? Should we even contact USCIS to inquire about it?

It's a workload issue. It doesn't matter when an I-130 gets approved, everyone in the F4 category (USC petitioning for a sibling) has to wait at the NVC for the priority date to become current before visas are made available to them. The wait for your uncle will be 10+ years even if the approval comes tomorrow. The good thing about a long approval period is that if he has children that are going to turn 21 years old in the next 10 years, they may have a chance of getting visas. The time that it takes to approve the I-130 does not count against children who age out (turn 21), so a longer time to approved nets a better result.

There is no reason for you to contact USCIS.

[yonkersvan 0]

Sorry for the OT.

@aaron2020 - are you an immigration lawyer? If not, I think you should be. You seem to know the ins and outs of immigration and helped a lot of people here including me :-)

[waiting4approval 2]

oh ok, so I guess nothing to worry about... thanks a lot :-)