That's true. I know how it is to be stuck at TSC! I just love to call USCIS and they are always reading me the same thing I can read by myself online in their page. And then, when you ask for a Tier2 they either play you saying that there is no such thing as a tier2 or they say that they can not transfer at this moment blah blah blah... I was so happy when they send me that emial/text that they had approved my petition, but then I never got the letter in the mail, and then almost 3 weeks later they sent it over to NVC but took one more week to get there... and I saw people that got there the same day sent out to the embassy and mine a week later still says at NVC and when I call they tell me is in administrative processing and there is no time- frame of when this could be done... what if it is 2 months... I can't do anything for that and that is exactly what frustrates me more. I feel like I can't do anything! Helpless and hopeless
Wow... i like your game, but to me is very frustrating... I have been playing with it too seeing people from the same day and even one single digit away shipped away to the embassy, and mine stays the same, and whenever I call all they can say is "your file ma'am is in administrative processing and we do not have a time-frame for when it can or could be sent to the embassy". That has been the story all week long, no matter if I e-mail them or call them... I guess I need to be patient and wait until they come back to it from their vacation.
Excuse me for complaining so much, I am just tired of playing the waiting game. It really does not go with me.
Our K1 was originally sent to the Vermont Service Center and received on March 22, 2013. We got notice of it being moved on July 10, 2013. Any clue on how long it will be until we hear something further? I've read elsewhere that December and January filers are already getting approvals after having to wait so long. I hate it for those people that they had to wait so long, but I'm hoping for good news soon!
HIIII fellow K1's!!!! I just received the NOA2 in the mail a couple days ago saying we were approved!!!!!!! what is the next step???? wait for something else to come in or is there anything else I have to be sending in??? so stoked to be getting closer and closer!!
I called USCIS today to check the status and spoke with a tier 2 representative who advised me that--although my online case status has not updated she says that I was approved 7-6-2013!!! She told me congrats and everything!!!!
WHOO-HOO Time to do the happy dance!!!!
Hopefully I will get that hard caopy soon--yay!!!!!!
K-1 Journey: 06/24/2012: Met my soulmate while on vacation 09/14/2012: My Fiance proposed and I accepted 01/28/2013: I-129F packet mailed 01/29/13: Packet received at local field office 01/31/2013: NOA1 Date 02/04/13: NOA1 (E-mail) 02/06/13: Alien Number Changed 6/21/13: Case transferred to TSC 7/6/13: NOA2 (per immigration officer)
Many posts are being made about transfers, and what these emails/notifications mean.
(I dropped a post in the K1 Forum but it has to do with Service Centers, so I'll post one here too)
If you filed a K-1 petition received a notice that looked like one of the following, your case has been transferred to another Service Center.... NOT your local office. Local offices do not process I-129F petitions. The method of transfers applies to all case types, however whether it was transferred to your local office depends on your case type. You should receive an Notice Of Action Transfer (NoA-T) in the mail telling you where your file was transferred within two weeks of the electronic notification or case update on the USCIS website.
This transfer is usually a good thing. A transfer will occur when a Service Center is backlogged and cannot keep up with the influx of petitions, so they transfer the backlogged cases to another service center so those people can be processed in a timely manner. If you were told you have to wait another 180 days -- this is incorrect. Many Tier 1 Immigration Officers (the first people you talk to when you call the customer service number) are given a script to read from, which more often than not contains misinformation. They do not have access to any information that you, yourself cannot find online by either checking your case status or what is available on the USCIS website. Your case will be processed by receipt date, at the speed of the adjudicator processing it, and influenced by the complexity of the case.
In many cases there will be three notifications when a case is transferred.
The first notification will contain something like this:
This means that USCIS has sent your electronic file to the other office. Every time your file is handled by someone they have to scan it (to track where it is and who last handled it so they know who is responsible if anything come back with an issue), when they scan it if there are updates regarding your case (transfer, RFE, typographical error, inquiry, etc) there will be an accompanying message.
The second notification will typically be a few hours after and will contain something like this:
This means that USCIS has mailed your physical file to the Service Center that will be processing your case moving forward.
The third notification will be about a week later and will contain something like this:
This means the Service Center that is processing your file has received the physical file and will begin processing once the adjudicator picks up the batch (based on received date).
Within a week you should receive an NoA-T in the mail, which will look like this (private information has been supplemented by sample info):
What does this mean for me? This means that for most straight forward cases you may see your NoA2 or an RFE within a month or two. If your case is not straight forward or your case got flagged, it may take longer. Keep in mind every case is different. If you are outside the standard processing times you should contact the USCIS Customer Service line and ask to speak to a Tier 2 Immigration Officer. You should make sure your case wasn't lost in the shuffle, and that it is being worked on. Find out if you missed any notifications or if there is something that you can do to help move it along. Some immigration officers can be quite rude, so always remember to be as polite as possible. These people are overloaded with work and they're just people too. Be clear, concise, and to the point. They are busy people and their time is valuable.
So I can expect to get approved in a month or two? This is the United States Government. Nothing is a guarantee. You might hear back in a month or two... You might not. It might be an approval, it might be an RFE, it might even be a denial. A lot of cases which were transferred in the past from the VSC to the TSC were adjudicated within 4-6 weeks. Follow the forum posts stay alert, and watch the progress of people within your Service Center to get an idea of what is going on. The speed of who is getting their cases adjudicated has to do with the complexity of the case, whether you're beneficiary is in a high fraud risk country, and the speed in which the adjudicator themselves work.
I am a <Month> filer from that Service Center and I didn't get transferred, should I be worried? No. The Service centers tend to transfer people in batches. Your case may have already been assigned to someone, or they transferred files between X date and X date, and your file was not within that range. Many times when the files are transferred approvals from both service centers are soon to follow. Don't worry until you're outside of the standard processing time. You can see when your case was last touched, and if it was touched prior to the transfers, chances are you were already assigned.
How do I check to see if my case was "touched"? If you haven't created an account on the USCIS website you can do so here. If you have you can log into your profile from here (make sure you choose "Customer" for the user type). Once you're logged in you'll see a page that resembles the image below. The "last updated" date shown below is the last time your file has been "touched".
How do you know what the messages mean regarding the electronic and physical files? Nothing in the messages indicates this. I called a Tier 2 Officer and asked him to explain the transfer process. He explained that for transfers the first email you get is the electronic notification, the second was the actual mailing of the physical files and the third was when the Service Center your files are being transferred to has received the physical files.
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