I485 time-frame after transfer

[maoyu 0]

Hello all!

We filed for the I485 in May, took finger prints in June, and received a notice that the case had been transfered to California Service Center in July. We have been checking https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard.do weekly and it has not moved past the "Initial Review" stage. Now, I know processing time currently says four months and it is still a few weeks short of the four month mark for us, however, my wife knows 5 other K-1 folks who have applied later than us and are all past the "Initial Review" stage, one even has green card now. From her it sounds like the consensus is our process should be moving more quickly. I tried calling USCIS, but they simply read the current case status from the web site, not much help. Should we be concerned? Should we try scheduling an info pass appointment? Please let us know your experiences and suggestions.

Thanks as always for the help.

[amykathleen2005 441]

Once it gets to 4 months you can put in a service request. Also start getting in contact with your congress people to see if they can find out about the status of your case and try to push things along.

[payxibka 10,044]

not a K-1 visa process question but an AOS topic... moving thread tho the AOS forum, an entire forum dedicated to the AOS process

[herestoUS 5]

I am in the same position and have a similar timeline to yours.

My post...

Thinking about putting in a service request soon!

[MalolosToUSA 0]

We filed on May 11. Transferred to CSC on June 8. No touches since July 21. I put in a service request on Sept 20. Called last week to check on the service request and was told that the CSC received the service request on Oct 4 and has until Nov 4 to respond. I will call back on Nov 4 if I do not get an answer before then. If the answer is not to my satisfaction, I will contact my Senator. As a side note, we have not received any type of RFE.

You are not alone in your frustration. Especially when they say files are processed in the order received yet filers long after us have already been approved with Green Card in hand.

Edited November 1, 2010 by MalolosToUSA

[maoyu 0]

We filed on May 11. Transferred to CSC on June 8. No touches since July 21. I put in a service request on Sept 20. Called last week to check on the service request and was told that the CSC received the service request on Oct 4 and has until Nov 4 to respond. I will call back on Nov 4 if I do not get an answer before then. If the answer is not to my satisfaction, I will contact my Senator. As a side note, we have not received any type of RFE.

You are not alone in your frustration. Especially when they say files are processed in the order received yet filers long after us have already been approved with Green Card in hand.

Thanks everyone for their responses so far. I will probably go ahead and attempt an INFOPass and Service Request.

MalolosToUSA, when you say no touches since July 21. How do you know this? Our case was transfered to CSC in mid July, how can we know whether or not it has been "touched" since then?

[MalolosToUSA 0]

Thanks everyone for their responses so far. I will probably go ahead and attempt an INFOPass and Service Request.

MalolosToUSA, when you say no touches since July 21. How do you know this? Our case was transfered to CSC in mid July, how can we know whether or not it has been "touched" since then?

Check the status on the USCIS website. Same as before. The location of processing has no affect.

[maoyu 0]

Check the status on the USCIS website. Same as before. The location of processing has no affect.

Thanks for the quick reply.

Just curious, what is your status? "Initial Review" also? As I mentioned before, ours has been at initial review for almost four months. And as far as we've seen, there have been no touches since. Same info as four months ago. I've read some other folks on here having it in this stage for even six or more months. I'm just hoping that this is not an indicator that something is wrong...

[MalolosToUSA 0]

Thanks for the quick reply.

Just curious, what is your status? "Initial Review" also? As I mentioned before, ours has been at initial review for almost four months. And as far as we've seen, there have been no touches since. Same info as four months ago. I've read some other folks on here having it in this stage for even six or more months. I'm just hoping that this is not an indicator that something is wrong...

It is in "Initial Review". It has been there since shortly after USCIS recieving it. I cannot remember exactly when, but the description under the Blue Bubbles still says "On June 8, 2010 your case was transferred.......". No updates on the since.

So very frustrating!!

[maoyu 0]

It is in "Initial Review". It has been there since shortly after USCIS recieving it. I cannot remember exactly when, but the description under the Blue Bubbles still says "On June 8, 2010 your case was transferred.......". No updates on the since.

So very frustrating!!

I see. Wow, mine does not even have a date on when it was transfered, it just says "The I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS was transferred and is now being processed at a USCIS office." Is it possible it never even made it to California? This sucks.

[Sam and Fen 41]

Transfer to CSC usually means no Interview.

Currently it is taking about 4 months to get the approval after transfer to CSC.

Have a look at my signature.

[MalolosToUSA 0]

I see. Wow, mine does not even have a date on when it was transfered, it just says "The I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS was transferred and is now being processed at a USCIS office." Is it possible it never even made it to California? This sucks.

I want you to know there is hope........Green card approved today! I think you should submit a service request. I think this is what jump started our process after getting stuck in the black hole of the CSC. Good luck.

[maoyu 0]

I want you to know there is hope........Green card approved today! I think you should submit a service request. I think this is what jump started our process after getting stuck in the black hole of the CSC. Good luck.

Wow! Congrats! I will call and put in the service request tomorrow. If I remember correctly, my wife who is applying for the GC needs to be with me or call herself, correct?

[MalolosToUSA 0]

Wow! Congrats! I will call and put in the service request tomorrow. If I remember correctly, my wife who is applying for the GC needs to be with me or call herself, correct?

You are correct. She has to be with you because the USCIS representative will ask your wife for permission to talk with you.

Good luck.

[maoyu 0]

You are correct. She has to be with you because the USCIS representative will ask your wife for permission to talk with you.

Good luck.

Filed a Service Request. Will see what happens. It's interesting, I thought we were past processing time because the case was transfered to CSC July 2 and it's been over four months (current processing time for CSC). However, the USCIS agent seemed more concerned with when my case was first received which was May 25. So, is past processing time begin from when case was received or when transferred to service center? In other words, could I have done this earlier?