How do you know which processing office gets your case?

[Mrs.A2010 4]

Hi to all.

Random question, really. Within the next week or so we should be getting our NOA1 from USCIS (lawyer should have filed I130 about 3 weeks ago), but I was just curious with there being so many processing centers, what factors determine which center gets your case?

If I knew this I could be looking at the processing times for the center that will be getting ours as well.

Just curious.

Thanks!

[tru_loves_journey 117]

Ifyou live in:

Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana,Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, NorthDakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, or Wyoming.

USCIS

California Service Center

P.O. Box 10130

Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-0130

If you live in:

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, NewJersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, PuertoRico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, U.S.Virgin Islands, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

USCIS

Vermont Service Center

Attn: I-129F

75 Lower Welden Street St.

Albans, VT 05479-0001

Ohhh not sure I-130 applies to these centers...Someone chime in plz...

Edited May 2, 2012 by tru_loves_journey

[Therealworld 90]

first of all unless your case is really complicated it is useless to have a lawyer unless you have money to waste. Second you get notification at least days to a week for first NOA. You sure your lawyer sent it?

[tru_loves_journey 117]

Here's the guide link http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1

[Pitaya 2,576]

Here is a list of USCIS processing centers.

[Penguin_ie 5,985]

**** Moving from DCF to CR-1 forum as OP did not file directly with the embassy ****

[Darnell 8,478]

well, you study the receipt number in the receipt notice.

if it starts with WAC, yer getting processed at CSC.

if it starts with EAC - yer getting processed at VSC.

Good Luck !

[rade2rising 205]

well, you study the receipt number in the receipt notice.

if it starts with WAC, yer getting processed at CSC.

if it starts with EAC - yer getting processed at VSC.

Good Luck !

[Ryan H 3,790]

Hi to all.

Random question, really. Within the next week or so we should be getting our NOA1 from USCIS (lawyer should have filed I130 about 3 weeks ago), but I was just curious with there being so many processing centers, what factors determine which center gets your case?

If I knew this I could be looking at the processing times for the center that will be getting ours as well.

Just curious.

Thanks!

Only the service centers in California or Vermont adjudicate I-130 petitions. You won't know which one it was sent to until it has already been sent and you are informed of which one it was sent to. Furthermore, residence in a certain state does not always determine which one it was sent to; I have seen VJ members who live in Atlantic Coast states post that their file was sent to CA.

[Mrs.A2010 4]

first of all unless your case is really complicated it is useless to have a lawyer unless you have money to waste. Second you get notification at least days to a week for first NOA. You sure your lawyer sent it?

Thanks you all! I was just curious to check processing times.

I did call this past Monday (which was 2 wks from appt when we paid, signed everything, gave them all our docs)and they told me Monday they did send it off but once the NOA1 went through we would be sent a case number. (I was trying to be patient and call at the 3 wk mark, because our other relative doing the same process with the same lawyer said they got theirs about 3 weeks after their appt), but I couldn't wait.

No, our case is extremely simple, no background issues, no re-entries, nothing like that. I believe we could have done it on our own, but he insisted that he's heard of people who "misspelled their name" or did something extremely minor that got their paperwork returned/denied and that if we used a lawyer and they messed something up, that there is some sort of protection we have to get it fixed without being refused to let us re-submit.

Now, mind you my husband tends to listen to his gossipy relatives & mere accquantances so I am not clear if that is true or not, but I figure why take a chance?

[Darnell 8,478]

that's a nice sales pitch - and it worked !

Please realize that VisaJourney.com is a DIY website, with a major emphasis on 'Y' and 'D'.

Most people come to VJ for the steps on the DIY. Many folk here (including myself) abhor using lawyers for something that requires an 11th grade (circa 1982) reading level and comprehension.

Since yer now stuck with the lawyer, you should be ringing his/her phone incessantly, asking for the receipt notice, form I-797-C.