Surprise approval this morning

[FamiliaM 0]

Congratulations, what was the visa journey    estimated approval date for you? 

[FamiliaM 0]

Congratulations, what was the visa journey    estimated approval date for you? 

[Vermyndax 33]

1 hour ago, FamiliaM said:

Congratulations, what was the visa journey    estimated approval date for you? 

Our VJ estimated approval date was July 21, 2020.

[PK_ 43]

13 hours ago, Vermyndax said:

OK, I got the approval notifications in the mail.

 

The approval notices came from Texas Service Center. This proves to me that cases with IOE* are not tied to a particular center's timeline. When we received our first NOA-1 last year, it was sent from Nebraska. The approvals appear to have come from Texas. I did not receive any transfer notices of any kind.

The IOE cases are still assigned to a service center; however, they no longer send notices for transfers. You are getting the approval from Texas Service Center because there was a workload transfer of cases away from Nebraska at the beginning of this year. (https://www.uscis.gov/workload-transfers)

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We transferred some of the following cases from the Nebraska Service Center to the Potomac Service Center, the Texas Service Center, the California Service Center and the Vermont Service Center:

• Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, IMMEDIATE RELATIVE PETITIONS

I suspect that the December date update on your case was actually due to the transfer. I have a similar update on my case on Feb 23 which was actually a transfer from California to Nebraska as well.

[Vermyndax 33]

Wow, the surprises keep coming.

I just got NVC case creation notices in the mail - they created the cases the day after the I-130 petition approvals!

[Ma Daniel 15]

9 minutes ago, Vermyndax said:

Wow, the surprises keep coming.

I just got NVC case creation notices in the mail - they created the cases the day after the I-130 petition approvals!

congrats!

[hoppus 4]

34 minutes ago, Vermyndax said:

Wow, the surprises keep coming.

I just got NVC case creation notices in the mail - they created the cases the day after the I-130 petition approvals!

This is great! Let's hope this becomes the new standard 

[Daxnet 40]

It's like those of us that got a date change 23 or 24th February got a case transfer.

 

Will call USCIS to inquire if truly mine was transferred from California. 

 

Have seen others with similar date change that got transferred from California to other service centers.

[Daxnet 40]

On 3/2/2020 at 6:30 AM, PK_ said:

The IOE cases are still assigned to a service center; however, they no longer send notices for transfers. You are getting the approval from Texas Service Center because there was a workload transfer of cases away from Nebraska at the beginning of this year. (https://www.uscis.gov/workload-transfers)

I suspect that the December date update on your case was actually due to the transfer. I have a similar update on my case on Feb 23 which was actually a transfer from California to Nebraska as well.

How did get to know about the transfer ?

 

You called USCIS ?

[PK_ 43]

23 minutes ago, Daxnet said:

How did get to know about the transfer ?

 

You called USCIS ?

Yes, I asked them. I was already on a call with them to upgrade my I-130 from F2A to CR1, so I asked which service center was processing my petition. 

[Daxnet 40]

9 hours ago, PK_ said:

Yes, I asked them. I was already on a call with them to upgrade my I-130 from F2A to CR1, so I asked which service center was processing my petition. 

Thanks

 

I wrote them yesterday via my USCIS account and was told mine was transferred.

[cbro 58]

10 hours ago, Daxnet said:

It's like those of us that got a date change 23 or 24th February got a case transfer.

I thought that date change just coincided with the wording of the "notice" where they removed something about it being process at the "e-filing location".  It earlier referenced the "integrated operating environment".  Maybe that Feb23/24 date change meant a transfer, I am not sure.  I am Sept 24 PD at NSC.

Edited March 4, 2020 by cbro

[Daxnet 40]

38 minutes ago, cbro said:

I thought that date change just coincided with the wording of the "notice" where they removed something about it being process at the "e-filing location".  It earlier referenced the "integrated operating environment".  Maybe that Feb23/24 date change meant a transfer, I am not sure.  I am Sept 24 PD at NSC.

Did ur date change ?

[cbro 58]

1 minute ago, Daxnet said:

Did ur date change ?

Yup