USCIS Transfers Cases among Service Centers
Posted Oct 06, 2006
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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) indicated on September 29, 2006, that certain cases are being shifted between the service centers in order to balance workloads. The USCIS will issue transfer notices to those whose cases are affected.
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H-1s Shifted from Vermont
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The Vermont Service Center (VSC) has transferred approximately 20,000 cap-subject H1B petitions to the Texas Service Center (TSC) and 6,000 to the Nebraska Service Center (NSC). This is separate from any cases transferred to the California Service Center (CSC), under the bi-specialization program in which the VSC and the CSC are paired for the adjudication of certain cases, including H-1s.
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I-360s and Some I-130s Moving to California
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The service centers have moved their I-360 petitions for Amerasians, widow/ers, special immigrants and special immigrant religious workers to the CSC. All new I-360 filings for religious workers will be transferred to the CSC. The VSC has also transferred approximately 20,000 I-130 relative petitions to the CSC. There was no mention as to which I-130s are involved or if the shift only affects a particular type of I-130.
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No Need to Worry
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The USCIS periodically shifts work in striving to meet the six-months-or-less processing time for cases. If a case has not yet received a receipt notice and is transferred, it usually will simply receive a receipt notice from the service center that will be completing the processing. If a case already has a receipt notice, a transfer notice generally is issued on the case when it is moved. Internal transfers such as these do not affect where petitioners and applicants should file their cases.