TSC Anxiety Kicking In

[acgmph 42]

Having a reception without the actual wedding is definitely the best idea. Then you can get legally married at a court house or something and nobody has to be the wiser. If you simply must get "married" in August because of plans you've already made, then this is absolutely your best plan of action. Happy day to you!

Great. Thanks! A great day to you too!

[msbau764 245]

99.9% of west coast petitions are assigned to CSC; 99.9% of east coast petitions are assigned to TSC - there are a couple of forum topics about that

OK, thanks for your reply

that 99% seems dubious.

[Marco&Bettina 502]

The service center your application is sent to has absolutely nothing to do with where you live so changing your address would be a waste of time and could very possibly raise red flags. Once again, the best advice is to WAIT until after you have a visa in hand to plan a wedding. Otherwise you will end up having to go the CR1 route, which will put you all the way back at square one. I know how difficult this waiting is, but you really have to get the idea of an August wedding out of your mind. You say it's not possible to reschedule, but if it's impossible to have a visa by then, then the sad truth is that you must find a way to reschedule.

Not true. The petitions are routed based on state of residence of the petitioner.

[muhkoo 12]

Not true. The petitions are routed based on state of residence of the petitioner.

Anyone out there with some anecdotal evidence of a change of address triggering a transfer of service centers? I filed from my home state of Florida, but just moved to New York and requested a change of address. The COA hasn't been approved yet but apparently was "assigned" to someone to process.

Thanks

[usmsbow 796]

Wow! Thanks everyone for your answers.

As rescheduling won't be an option - for several reasons I won't enumerate here - I have some other options up my sleeve:

Option A: Cancel current submission and submit a new 129F with a California address (parents live in California and permanent address is there, PA is temporary) - then maybe routed to CSC and be done in 1 month with USCIS

Option B: Wait for TSC, if not done in time for the wedding, go with visitor visa, have the wedding reception, leave the country, wait for K1 to finalize, then fly on K1 and do a small civil "official" ceremony, then AOS and everything else

Option C: Cancel 129F, then more than 61 days before the wedding go with visitor visa, then apply for AOS from B2

Option D: Any other ideas out there?

Thanks for the help

Do B. That seems the least complicated and legal.

And assuming there are no more hiccups with my application (knock on wood), the time between our NOA1 and the visa issued will be almost exactly 11 months.

[Marco&Bettina 502]

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/498833-where-will-your-i-129f-petition-for-k-1-be-processed/#entry7045811 post shows a map of America & which states are routed to which SC, based on the state the petitioner resides in.

Edited January 28, 2015 by Marco&Bettina

[usmsbow 796]

Anyone out there with some anecdotal evidence of a change of address triggering a transfer of service centers? I filed from my home state of Florida, but just moved to New York and requested a change of address. The COA hasn't been approved yet but apparently was "assigned" to someone to process.

Thanks

Both FL and NY are in the TSC "zone" so it would not trigger a transfer for you in that case.

[acgmph 42]

that 99% seems dubious.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/509281-service-centers/?p=7176170

[acgmph 42]

Anyone out there with some anecdotal evidence of a change of address triggering a transfer of service centers? I filed from my home state of Florida, but just moved to New York and requested a change of address. The COA hasn't been approved yet but apparently was "assigned" to someone to process.

Thanks

Will leave current PA address in May 2015, so will have to do COA then anyway for the California address. If there's no NOA2 until May, will keep you posted if that would trigger a service center change too.

[Marco&Bettina 502]

Anyone out there with some anecdotal evidence of a change of address triggering a transfer of service centers? I filed from my home state of Florida, but just moved to New York and requested a change of address. The COA hasn't been approved yet but apparently was "assigned" to someone to process.

Thanks

NY is also handled by TSC.

[muhkoo 12]

Both FL and NY are in the TSC "zone" so it would not trigger a transfer for you in that case.

Good to know, thanks! I wasn't sure if it might be sent to Vermont... which leads me to another point which is that Vermont seems to be behind even Texas. It's not included in that map either. Am I missing something? I see on their processing times page that they handle the I129F.

[acgmph 42]

Do B. That seems the least complicated and legal.

And assuming there are no more hiccups with my application (knock on wood), the time between our NOA1 and the visa issued will be almost exactly 11 months.

Thanks for your feedback!

Wow, yeah, your petition got stuck a long time at the NVC. All the best to you, hopefully you'll get everything sorted eventually

[usmsbow 796]

Good to know, thanks! I wasn't sure if it might be sent to Vermont... which leads me to another point which is that Vermont seems to be behind even Texas. It's not included in that map either. Am I missing something? I see on their processing times page that they handle the I129F.

Vermont currently does not process K-1 visas. It used to, but then it switched over to TSC. I have a hunch VSC is still listed on the website because it could potentially process them again.

[Marco&Bettina 502]

Vermont currently does not process K-1 visas. It used to, but then it switched over to TSC. I have a hunch VSC is still listed on the website because it could potentially process them again.

Technically no Service Centers process K-1 Visas. Only I-129F petitions, as far as we're concerned. The actual K-1 Visa is processed at US Consulates abroad.

Edited January 28, 2015 by Marco&Bettina

[muhkoo 12]

Vermont currently does not process K-1 visas. It used to, but then it switched over to TSC. I have a hunch VSC is still listed on the website because it could potentially process them again.

Oh ok, thanks for your response. Yeah it's strange because they're currently listed as processing May 5, 2014 i129f's as of November 30, 2014.