Preface: I would consider our case a complicated case I guess. We were denied 10 years ago and we submitted a new I-130 through our lawyer at the Texas Service Center June 2020.
We learned that it was transferred to the Vermont Service Center this February 2021. I've heard two things about VSC
1) It has a huge backlog (3 years) according to USCIS (But according to VisaJourney they are processing receipt dates for I-130's from December 2020?)
2) Complicated cases are transferred there
My question is if the I-130 is only to verify the relationship between Beneficiary (my husband) and Petitioner (myself a USC) is Bonafide, shouldn't it be approved and not considered "complicated" leaving that side of it up to the consulate to investigate if need be? Or would VSC do some digging before hand for the Consulate?
Married for 20yrs with 2 adult children and a 1 year old. (Someone told me that the USCIS shows a 3 year backlog due to the "complicated" (not sure if that is AWA cases only or all complicated cases it has so people won't submit inquiries about them giving them 3 years to process them, the easy cases get a approved with no problem not sure if this is true) I've seen I-130's submitted through VSC after I submitted mine in TSC get approved already.
Maybe there are all kinds of variables at play, if your case is "complicated" or not, what country the beneficiary is from etc etc etc
Any insight from anyone would give me peace of mind. My case could be approved tomorrow I don't know it's all in Gods hands!