Here's what I found from page 184-185 of the "I-485 Standard Operating Procedure" (someone quoted its web URL sometime back on this forum). Those who got local transfers might be able to get some information/consolation from this.
Interview Waiver Criteria
General Information
Pursuant to 8CFR 245.6 each applicant for adjustment of status shall be interviewed by an immigration officer. This interview may be waived if the Service determines that an interview is unnecessary. The interview waiver criteria are standards set at the national level.
Employment-based Criteria
The adjudicating officer must determine whether the employment-based I-485 meets waiver of interview criteria set forth below.
Employment-based:
•The principal applicant is employed by the same petitioner who submitted the approved underlying employment-based visa petition.
•The principal applicant has been interviewed in the course of an investigation or field examination, and the adjudicating examiner determines that further interview of the applicant is unnecessary.
•The principal applicant has been approved as an alien of extraordinary ability or alien of exceptional ability and is otherwise eligible for adjustment of status.
•The principal applicant has been approved as an outstanding professor or researcher, or a multinational executive/manager and has a continuing offer of employment from the same petitioner who submitted the underlying approved petition.
•Adjustment applicants who received national interest waivers based on performing primary medical care to a medically under-served area must demonstrate that they intend to continue according to the terms and conditions of the underlying petition.
Other:
•Sufficient evidence is contained in the record to support a denial of the adjustment of status application. For example, if an I-485 that should have been rejected at Visa Screening/INS Review was accepted in error, a denial would be processed by the adjudicating officer.
Deviation From Interview Waiver Criteria
The above interview waiver criteria may be modified by individual officers in response to developing local circumstances and regional concerns, which would dictate the need for further restrictions.
On a case-by-case basis, an officer may choose to relocate an I-485 for interview if he/she deems it necessary.
Applications require a relocation if the officer determines:
•a need for validation of identity
•a need for validation of legal status
•questionable admissibility and/or qualifications
•apparent fraud
•a second filing
•an applicant with fingerprint rejected twice
•an applicant with medical condition class A or B
•the A-file cannot be located at the time of adjudication.
Hope this might help to some for some retrospection and/or in understanding why the case was transferred.
Best wishes,
Jigesh
Interview Waiver Criteria
General Information
Pursuant to 8CFR 245.6 each applicant for adjustment of status shall be interviewed by an immigration officer. This interview may be waived if the Service determines that an interview is unnecessary. The interview waiver criteria are standards set at the national level.
Employment-based Criteria
The adjudicating officer must determine whether the employment-based I-485 meets waiver of interview criteria set forth below.
Employment-based:
•The principal applicant is employed by the same petitioner who submitted the approved underlying employment-based visa petition.
•The principal applicant has been interviewed in the course of an investigation or field examination, and the adjudicating examiner determines that further interview of the applicant is unnecessary.
•The principal applicant has been approved as an alien of extraordinary ability or alien of exceptional ability and is otherwise eligible for adjustment of status.
•The principal applicant has been approved as an outstanding professor or researcher, or a multinational executive/manager and has a continuing offer of employment from the same petitioner who submitted the underlying approved petition.
•Adjustment applicants who received national interest waivers based on performing primary medical care to a medically under-served area must demonstrate that they intend to continue according to the terms and conditions of the underlying petition.
Other:
•Sufficient evidence is contained in the record to support a denial of the adjustment of status application. For example, if an I-485 that should have been rejected at Visa Screening/INS Review was accepted in error, a denial would be processed by the adjudicating officer.
Deviation From Interview Waiver Criteria
The above interview waiver criteria may be modified by individual officers in response to developing local circumstances and regional concerns, which would dictate the need for further restrictions.
On a case-by-case basis, an officer may choose to relocate an I-485 for interview if he/she deems it necessary.
Applications require a relocation if the officer determines:
•a need for validation of identity
•a need for validation of legal status
•questionable admissibility and/or qualifications
•apparent fraud
•a second filing
•an applicant with fingerprint rejected twice
•an applicant with medical condition class A or B
•the A-file cannot be located at the time of adjudication.
Hope this might help to some for some retrospection and/or in understanding why the case was transferred.
Best wishes,
Jigesh
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