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My spouse and I submitted an I-130 application a few days ago and received a receipt notice with the California Service Center written in the bottom left corner. This was odd as our place of residence is in Texas and we assumed our case would be assigned to the Texas Service Center.

 

Then today, we called USCIS and the agent told us our case was actually assigned to the Texas Service Center. This was obviously good news, as they have the shortest processing time out of all service centers but we were a bit puzzled.

 

Is this normal? Has anyone experienced this? Does USCIS put the California Service Center on all receipt notices like this?

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Place of residence is totally irrelevant as USCIS assigns petitions to service centers based on their workload.  Regardless of which service center a petition is initially assigned to, USCIS can (and does) transfer cases to balance their work load.  Sit back, relax, and practice patience......

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August 7, 2022: Wife filed N-400 Online under 5 year rule.

November 10, 2022: Received "Interview is scheduled" letter.

December 12, 2022:  Received email from Dallas office informing me (spouse) to be there for combo interview.

December 14, 2022: Combo Interview for I-751 and N-400 Conducted.

January 26, 2023: Wife's Oath Ceremony completed at the Plano Event Center, Plano, Texas!!!😁

February 6, 2023: Wife's Passport Application submitted in Dallas, Texas.

March 21, 2023:   Wife's Passport Delivered!!!!

May 15, 2023 (about):  Naturalization Certificate returned from Passport agency!!

 

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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5 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

Place of residence is totally irrelevant as USCIS assigns petitions to service centers based on their workload.  Regardless of which service center a petition is initially assigned to, USCIS can (and does) transfer cases to balance their work load.  Sit back, relax, and practice patience......

Thanks for the note but I'm not being impatient here, just asking a question

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13 minutes ago, AYJ said:

Thanks for the note but I'm not being impatient here, just asking a question

Waiting is the hardest part of the immigration process.... for all of us.   My point was that USCIS routinely transfers cases.  This issue is pretty common.  Good luck.

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"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

______________________________________

August 7, 2022: Wife filed N-400 Online under 5 year rule.

November 10, 2022: Received "Interview is scheduled" letter.

December 12, 2022:  Received email from Dallas office informing me (spouse) to be there for combo interview.

December 14, 2022: Combo Interview for I-751 and N-400 Conducted.

January 26, 2023: Wife's Oath Ceremony completed at the Plano Event Center, Plano, Texas!!!😁

February 6, 2023: Wife's Passport Application submitted in Dallas, Texas.

March 21, 2023:   Wife's Passport Delivered!!!!

May 15, 2023 (about):  Naturalization Certificate returned from Passport agency!!

 

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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We just helped my brother in law fill out the i130 for my sister in law and completed it online. Receipt notice shows California as well which has 22.5-29 months where Texas where we reside is 1 week- 8 months for residents applying for spouse. I don't understand it but hoping ours is transfered to Texas as well. In 2015 when I did this same process for my husband he was in the US 9months after Receipt date. Hoping for thr same for my SIL

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7 minutes ago, Bochog said:

Yes. I think they initially assign it to the nearest location, however they often transfer cases depending on the load of other NVC locations.

Nearest location to what?  That wasn't my experience. 

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

______________________________________

August 7, 2022: Wife filed N-400 Online under 5 year rule.

November 10, 2022: Received "Interview is scheduled" letter.

December 12, 2022:  Received email from Dallas office informing me (spouse) to be there for combo interview.

December 14, 2022: Combo Interview for I-751 and N-400 Conducted.

January 26, 2023: Wife's Oath Ceremony completed at the Plano Event Center, Plano, Texas!!!😁

February 6, 2023: Wife's Passport Application submitted in Dallas, Texas.

March 21, 2023:   Wife's Passport Delivered!!!!

May 15, 2023 (about):  Naturalization Certificate returned from Passport agency!!

 

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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On 6/30/2021 at 3:19 PM, AYJ said:

My spouse and I submitted an I-130 application a few days ago and received a receipt notice with the California Service Center written in the bottom left corner. This was odd as our place of residence is in Texas and we assumed our case would be assigned to the Texas Service Center.

 

Then today, we called USCIS and the agent told us our case was actually assigned to the Texas Service Center. This was obviously good news, as they have the shortest processing time out of all service centers but we were a bit puzzled.

 

Is this normal? Has anyone experienced this? Does USCIS put the California Service Center on all receipt notices like this?

Nebraska is the shortest, not Texas. I know this because USCIS transferred my case without telling me from Nebraska to Texas and imagine my major disappointment. I only knew about it when I followed up and chatted with a USCIS agent.

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