Application Status

[JoinedToAsk]

This might be a stupid question for many. How do I know whether my case will be processed at field office or service center?

Choosing I-485 on https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/home, I see a dropdown for SC and field office. What do I choose? My SC is MSC i.e. NBC.

Thanks for any help.

[finally2021]

Silent observer in this forum for several years.

Mine would be allocated to Norfolk, Virginia.

My PD is August, 2009.
EB2 I.

I couldn?t file in 2012

I filed in October 2020 and got my EAD and AP.

How do I find out if my local office is processing which year and month applications?

Also-could you tell me what is my next step? Just wait?

Thanks

[LeoAugust]

Took a leave of absence from the forum for a week. TSC is simply not approving any GCs. Bad they are not even issuing RFEs. A few people with Jul / Aug 2009 just got their RFEs. If you follow the excel tracking spreadsheets, as of today NSC had sent 82% RFEs and about 30% approval. TSC has sent about 10% RFEs with 1% approval (1 out of 104). My service request got closed without saying any timeframe or saying file is with AO. Congressman inquiry came with a reply that my PD is not current and that only May 22, 2009 is current in March 2021 bulletin. I am overwhelmed on what to do and how to react.

At this rate, I don't know how they are going to approve GCs. TSC in my opinion is taking 6 months to approve GCs after PDs become current. So anyone becoming current in April will be luckly to get GCs before the end of year. They are going to waste historic number of GCs this year. TSC is simply refusing to give any answer to anyone (you, me or congressman). If you are in NSC you will surely get a GC within a month of PD being current or after RFE. If you are TSC, forget it and work on mainitaing status by renewing H1B and EAD/APs. Thats all the input I have as of now.

So sending medical or I485J, do anything that you have to do to bring attention. I don't know if that is going to help or not. Wish there is some insider info on TSC. How can TSC be a polar opposite of NCS. Anyone know what's going on?

How will a person will come to know if his application has gone to TSC or NSC? For e.g. my application for AOS has gone to Texax(SRC). When my PD will be current in future, how will I come to know if application has gone to TSC or NSC?

[Moveon]

How will a person will come to know if his application has gone to TSC or NSC? For e.g. my application for AOS has gone to Texax(SRC). When my PD will be current in future, how will I come to know if application has gone to TSC or NSC?

Your receipt will have "LIN" if NSC - Stands for Lincoln, Nebraska .

[bones20]

Hi Guys - My AOS was filed on 10/28. Application center is NBC. I live in the Bay area. Was current for filing at that time, current now for final action in april 21 bulletin.

Many(lot) of my co-workers have already received finger print/biometrics notice. I still havent. Are there others here in the same boat? Any suggestion? Not even talking about getting the GC yet. It seems the delay there is 13-27 months. It still feels like a good bet to get GC as an illegal (even after being current) then through legitimate means. We are really being treated like shit.

thanks!

[dexter2010]

Hi Guys - My AOS was filed on 10/28. Application center is NBC. I live in the Bay area. Was current for filing at that time, current now for final action in april 21 bulletin.

Many(lot) of my co-workers have already received finger print/biometrics notice. I still havent. Are there others here in the same boat? Any suggestion? Not even talking about getting the GC yet. It seems the delay there is 13-27 months. It still feels like a good bet to get GC as an illegal (even after being current) then through legitimate means. We are really being treated like shit.

thanks!

Hang in there buddy. My RD is 10/29 with NBC (receipts start with MSC). I got my biometrics on Friday for 4/15. I?m sure yours are with USPS.

[subbuss]

Yep. My RD is 10/27, got my appt letter on Thursday (3/25) for April 13th FP appt. Yours should be on the way.

[sstest]

Hi Guys - My AOS was filed on 10/28. Application center is NBC. I live in the Bay area. Was current for filing at that time, current now for final action in april 21 bulletin.

Many(lot) of my co-workers have already received finger print/biometrics notice. I still havent. Are there others here in the same boat? Any suggestion? Not even talking about getting the GC yet. It seems the delay there is 13-27 months. It still feels like a good bet to get GC as an illegal (even after being current) then through legitimate means. We are really being treated like shit.

thanks!

RD 10/29 for me and my friend. We both haven't gotten fp, biometric notices yet. Waiting patiently.

[mohan_jgd]

Hi Guys - My AOS was filed on 10/28. Application center is NBC. I live in the Bay area. Was current for filing at that time, current now for final action in april 21 bulletin.

Many(lot) of my co-workers have already received finger print/biometrics notice. I still havent. Are there others here in the same boat? Any suggestion? Not even talking about getting the GC yet. It seems the delay there is 13-27 months. It still feels like a good bet to get GC as an illegal (even after being current) then through legitimate means. We are really being treated like shit.

thanks!

My RD is 11/02 with NBC. Yet to receive bio-metrics notices for me and my kid. However we did get my wife's bio-metric notice 2 days back for 4/12 as we filed an expedite request for her citing job loss. Hopefully i should get it in a couple of weeks.

[subbuss]

There is no update on my 485 application. I applied for EAD/AP in Jan, and biometrics appt update came with that. Funny thing is, I received 2 biometric appt (same day same time), one for my ead and one for my 485.

If you have applied for your ead and received a receipt notice, sign up for uscis online case tracker. Online case status (for ead/AP) updated a week earlier than the physical receipt notice. Still no change to my aos online status.

[KB8765]

Hang in there buddy. My RD is 10/29 with NBC (receipts start with MSC). I got my biometrics on Friday for 4/15. I?m sure yours are with USPS.

I am also from Dallas location and RD 10/29 with NBC. I have not received biometric notice yet. I heard it depends ASC availability but not sure how long its going to take for BM notice.

[shaisri]

Hello

our EB2 priority date mentioned in I485 and I140 is Jan 8th 2010. After our date became current last month, we contacted USCIS for next steps as we did not hear back from them. They got back to us from the Texas service center that our priority data is confirmed as July 30 2010 and not Jan 2010. On looking through our records, it seems like they are considering the Received date on our I-140 (which is 30th june 2010) and the not the priority data field in either the I-140 or the I485.

Can the experts help me in determining what should be the priority date - the date in the priority date column of I-140 and I485 OR the date in the received date column of I-140? Our immigration counsel is refusing our calls so far other than an email that says that the USCIS needs to update their records. However USCIS said there is nothing that can be done other than the immigration counsel calling in to sort it out

thanks
Shai

[Wizoz2]

Hello

our EB2 priority date mentioned in I485 and I140 is Jan 8th 2010. After our date became current last month, we contacted USCIS for next steps as we did not hear back from them. They got back to us from the Texas service center that our priority data is confirmed as July 30 2010 and not Jan 2010. On looking through our records, it seems like they are considering the Received date on our I-140 (which is 30th june 2010) and the not the priority data field in either the I-140 or the I485.

Can the experts help me in determining what should be the priority date - the date in the priority date column of I-140 and I485 OR the date in the received date column of I-140? Our immigration counsel is refusing our calls so far other than an email that says that the USCIS needs to update their records. However USCIS said there is nothing that can be done other than the immigration counsel calling in to sort it out

thanks
Shai

Sorry to hear about your situation. There is a column on your I485 receipt notice that clearly says priority date and there is a date below that. This seems to be a genuine situation for your immigration counsel to help sort out, especially after they are being paid for their services. They are clearly not working in your best interests. Might be good idea to change counsel to Murthy or another reputed attorney to sort this out. If its company appointed counsel, then I understand its probably not feasible to change attorneys, since your employer may decline to support you. Wishing you good luck and prayers.

[srisri]

Hi I got the below response to my SR, don’t know how to respond to it

The status of this service request is:

We have received your service request. Our systems indicate that you are not the applicant, petitioner, or attorney of record for the receipt number provided. Therefore, we cannot release any information to you regarding this case.

The Privacy Act, 5 USC Sec. 552a, prohibits release of information to someone other than the affected party. The affected party is typically the petitioner, applicant or attorney of record. Disclosures of processing times and general procedures relating to certain form types do not fall under the Privacy Act. However, information given to someone other than the affected party, such as the beneficiary, which relates to the specific processing or adjudication of a particular petition or application is prohibited by the Privacy Act and Service policy.

In addition, only the petitioner or applicant may request a change of address or other changes be made to the record. We cannot process changes requested by the beneficiary or a third party.

We hope this information is helpful to you.

XM1676

[phkb2020]

Hello

our EB2 priority date mentioned in I485 and I140 is Jan 8th 2010. After our date became current last month, we contacted USCIS for next steps as we did not hear back from them. They got back to us from the Texas service center that our priority data is confirmed as July 30 2010 and not Jan 2010. On looking through our records, it seems like they are considering the Received date on our I-140 (which is 30th june 2010) and the not the priority data field in either the I-140 or the I485.

Can the experts help me in determining what should be the priority date - the date in the priority date column of I-140 and I485 OR the date in the received date column of I-140? Our immigration counsel is refusing our calls so far other than an email that says that the USCIS needs to update their records. However USCIS said there is nothing that can be done other than the immigration counsel calling in to sort it out

thanks
Shai

I think @Idliman also got a similar response. Maybe a glitch in the software or the person responding to SR didn't know where to look? Can you resubmit the SR?Or do you need to wait for sometime before reapplying? Assuming you applied in 2012, you probably have a EADs approved by now, so the overall system should be okay?

[ak7419]

Hi I got the below response to my SR, don’t know how to respond to it

The status of this service request is:

We have received your service request. Our systems indicate that you are not the applicant, petitioner, or attorney of record for the receipt number provided. Therefore, we cannot release any information to you regarding this case.

The Privacy Act, 5 USC Sec. 552a, prohibits release of information to someone other than the affected party. The affected party is typically the petitioner, applicant or attorney of record. Disclosures of processing times and general procedures relating to certain form types do not fall under the Privacy Act. However, information given to someone other than the affected party, such as the beneficiary, which relates to the specific processing or adjudication of a particular petition or application is prohibited by the Privacy Act and Service policy.

In addition, only the petitioner or applicant may request a change of address or other changes be made to the record. We cannot process changes requested by the beneficiary or a third party.

We hope this information is helpful to you.

XM1676

It means that you provided wrong information while creating service request. Did you provide correct A# for your receipt number? I got the same reply once and I realized that instead of providing my wife's A#, I provided my A# by mistake.

[srisri]

It means that you provided wrong information while creating service request. Did you provide correct A# for your receipt number? I got the same reply once and I realized that instead of providing my wife's A#, I provided my A# by mistake.

I provided the correct information, but don’t know what is wrong and in the response it has all the information I provided and double checked it, I don’t see anything wrong. Surprisingly it brought up attorneys name and information in the response. I sent the SR response to HR to see if they can check with Attorneys and create an SR for me.

[ak7419]

I provided the correct information, but don’t know what is wrong and in the response it has all the information I provided and double checked it, I don’t see anything wrong. Surprisingly it brought up attorneys name and information in the response. I sent the SR response to HR to see if they can check with Attorneys and create an SR for me.

In that case, I suggest that you talk to Emma and ask for "Live Agent Chat". Tier 1 agent might be able to help you - tell them you are the applicant and provided correct information in the SR and request them to escalate the request.

[shaisri]

I think @Idliman also got a similar response. Maybe a glitch in the software or the person responding to SR didn't know where to look? Can you resubmit the SR?Or do you need to wait for sometime before reapplying? Assuming you applied in 2012, you probably have a EADs approved by now, so the overall system should be okay?

Weird part is we escalated to Tier 2 and they also came back with the incorrect Priority date. We will try creating another SR (through the immigration counsel if possible else directly) and see if another officer has a different opinion!

[eb3July]

I have got rfe for medicals, I submitted for 485 in October 2020

PD: July 2011
EB3 straight
Filed in TSC but receipt started with MSC
EAD received in Feb 2021.

[idliman]

Weird part is we escalated to Tier 2 and they also came back with the incorrect Priority date. We will try creating another SR (through the immigration counsel if possible else directly) and see if another officer has a different opinion!

In my case, my PD was correctly specified in the response. The just told that only May 22, 2009 is current in the March 2021 Visa bulletin. They also sent a link for the Visa Bulletin as proof. I don't understand where the magic date of May 22, 2009 comes from.

I think you should pursue this as a error / mistake from USCIS. You might get better response then. But you want to be delicate and not piss them off in process. I don't have positive results yet. So whatever I am saying is all a theory till it is proven.

Looks like we all have to cross seven seas and seven mountains like Sindbad to get a GC.

[idliman]

Hi I got the below response to my SR, don’t know how to respond to it

The status of this service request is:

We have received your service request. Our systems indicate that you are not the applicant, petitioner, or attorney of record for the receipt number provided. Therefore, we cannot release any information to you regarding this case.

The Privacy Act, 5 USC Sec. 552a, prohibits release of information to someone other than the affected party. The affected party is typically the petitioner, applicant or attorney of record. Disclosures of processing times and general procedures relating to certain form types do not fall under the Privacy Act. However, information given to someone other than the affected party, such as the beneficiary, which relates to the specific processing or adjudication of a particular petition or application is prohibited by the Privacy Act and Service policy.

In addition, only the petitioner or applicant may request a change of address or other changes be made to the record. We cannot process changes requested by the beneficiary or a third party.

We hope this information is helpful to you.

XM1676

Did you open the SR yourself via website or you had called the 800 number and an agent opened it on your behalf?

I did it via phone. They will not open a SR unless all info checks out. So my guess is you did it yourself via the web portal and something got missed up behind the scenes.

I think you should use this and demand an audience with Level 2 agent. Keep pursuing. Tell them that the system cannot accept a SR unless it verifies your identity. Blame it on some computer issue. Keep on pulling the tread. You just got a hand and it is a genuine reason to speak to a L2 agent. Honestly, I don't know what is going on with TSC.

[seepz123]

In my case, my PD was correctly specified in the response. The just told that only May 22, 2009 is current in the March 2021 Visa bulletin. They also sent a link for the Visa Bulletin as proof. I don't understand where the magic date of May 22, 2009 comes from.

The one place I see a FAD of May 22, 2009 for EB2I is March 2020 bulletin. Is it possible that TSC is still referring to a pre-pandemic bulletin?

[AceMan]

The one place I see a FAD of May 22, 2009 for EB2I is March 2020 bulletin. Is it possible that TSC is still referring to a pre-pandemic bulletin?

That is a very interesting observation. Idli, did you check the bulletin link you received?

[idliman]

The one place I see a FAD of May 22, 2009 for EB2I is March 2020 bulletin. Is it possible that TSC is still referring to a pre-pandemic bulletin?

Thank you very much. I guess that explains the date and the response from USCIS. Might be a genuine user error from the person who had sent a response. Somewhat silly considering that dealing with VB is bread and butter job for them. I had already sent a counter to them without knowing this. I will have to wait for a reply.

My intent now is to get a 45 or 60 day commitment from them first. Right now I (along with other TSC folks) have no idea as many people with earlier 2009 PDs are still waiting for some action.