Processing Times at Different Serv Centers

[mccorleone 12]

Hi everyone... From looking at the processing time from NOA1 to NOA2 by the different centers, seems like the California one takes only a few weeks (20-some days) while the Vermont one takes 100 days and the Texas one takes 200 days. Seems like really drastic differences at the 3 Serv Centers! Could someone please help explain, maybe based on history, amount of cases, personnel resources, etc.!

I live in Washingon (Seattle), and submitted the I-129F package to Lewisville, TX. My NOA1 letter was sent from the California Serv Ctr; does that mean that my petition has been transferred to CSV? And can I really expect to receive the NOA2 within just a few weeks?

Thanks, and I appreciate any input/comments! Regards...

[pepper44 18]

Yes you live on the west coast CSC is where you will stay. Congrats to you... while others in Texas have as you put it 200 days.

[j&ana 363]

Your petition is at the CSC, It was not transfer there after you send it to the Lockbox in Texas. It is then sent to one of two service centers Texas or California. Vermont does not process I-129f petitions. It will take longer then two weeks for your petition to be approve, but good news is at least yours was sent to the CSC, which as of right now are processing petitions faster then the TSC.

[ed-j 1]

I'm also from Seattle! And you are definitely not the first to notice the great time discrepancy. As others have said, you weren't transferred to the CA center (CSC), just assigned there based on living in WA. And yes, it does seem they are ripping thru things in a few weeks there. We mailed our application in mid-January, NOA1 on the 22nd, and then a week later realized I'd left one page in the copier (don't do that!). But still, we just got a case update that our RFE letter (asking for that forgotten page I'm guessing) is in the mail today. So...congrats on living in the better part of the country for this process, and good luck with it all!

Edited February 18, 2015 by ed-j

[Pitaya 2,577]

~Moved from K1 Process to USCIS Service Centers~

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[whitetiger 0]

Even CSC bas its own algorithm to approve cases. We have not heard anything and our case was pretty straight forward. It has been more than a month now. Peple get NOA2 in 2 weeks.

[Pennycat 880]

Even CSC bas its own algorithm to approve cases. We have not heard anything and our case was pretty straight forward. It has been more than a month now. Peple get NOA2 in 2 weeks.

The difference between 2 weeks and 4 weeks is *nothing*...for all you know, the USCIS agent you got sent to was on vacation or something, or you missed something along the way. Now, the difference between CSC's 3 week average and TSC's 28 week average is practically criminal. Count your blessings, and hope that yours is dealt with before they send a big pile of paperwork from Texas to California....that'll bring the CSC average to 3 or 4 months.

[salmuf 9]

We benefitted from this difference during my K1 process. We got our NOA2 in 13 days from NOA1.

But after I got here and we got married, we have moved to Florida. We filed for my AOS and it is being processed at NBC and it seems stuck. The processing times are apparently at 9 months here.

Wish we lived in or around Cali!