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Stuckintexas

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Just wondering what prompted your transfer.

Did you all live or move to a place in the local office jurisdiction?

I all along lived in Texas state for 2 years 6 months since 485 and now TSC sent my case to VSC local office. For some divine reason!!!
 
StuckinTexas,

They just wanted to prove you wrong ... its (the file) not STUCK IN TEXAS.
Just kidding. No offence meant.

On the bright side, be happy that they actually touched your case. I was in a similar situation .. for no reason, they transferred my case to the local office (30th Jan). I was called for and interviewed on 23rd Feb and approved. Unbelievable. The transfer actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

Hang in there. Just a little more patience.

Jaysee
 
Jaysee...could you provide more details as to where was your case Transferred

Jaysee...could you provide more details as to:
(1)where was your case Transferred, I mean to another service center or to a local office or to another service center and then to a local office?

(2)did your status update actually mention that you would be interviewed.

(3)how long did the entire process take from the status update regarding you case being transferred to your actual approval?

I would really appreciate if you could provide deatiled answers.
 
I was told by my lawyer that the reason that my case got transfered may due to NIW case. I was not as luck as jaysee. I have not got anything except the transfer notice.
 
Re: Jaysee...could you provide more details as to where was your case Transferred

Originally posted by 180dayzjobhop

(1)where was your case Transferred, I mean to another service center or to a local office or to another service center and then to a local office?
>> The case was directly transferred to the local office in Dallas.

(2)did your status update actually mention that you would be interviewed.

>> Yes, the transfer notice stated that an interview will be scheduled by the local office per their time frame which coud be several months.

(3)how long did the entire process take from the status update regarding you case being transferred to your actual approval?

>> It took 3 weeks. Transferred 30th Jan (wife 6th Feb). Received transfer notice 10th feb. Received interview appointment letter 12th Feb. Interview date 23rd Feb. Approval - 23rd feb. Received approval notice form local office - 25th Feb. Received "Welcome Notice from Texas Service Center" - 2 March.


I would really appreciate if you could provide deatiled answers. [/B]
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Jaysee.
 
JAYSEE...Thanks for your responses.

My apologies for bugging you again, but it would sure be nice if you can provide some information about the questions they asked during the interview.
 
Not a problem ...

1. First and foremost: Are you working for the same employer ?
2. For how long have you been working there ?
3. Do you have the latest Employment Letter ?
4. Do you know why the case was transferred ? I replied no. She then concluded that it could have been to reduce backlogs.
5. Do you have copies of 3 years' Tax Returns/W2s ?
6. Current driver's license. Birth certificates.
7. How long have you been married ? (Since my wife was with me).
8. Is she your dependent ?
9. Does she work ? Where ? Employment letter, if you have it.
10. How long have you been married ? Proof ?
11. Proof to show you two are STILL living together ?
-- I did not have anything but a couple of photos of our 4 month old son. Gave her our joint account bank statements. She then asked for health insurance cards and auto insurance cards which have our names on it.

That's it.

A couple of things in between ...
.. while going through the file, she would confirm a couple of things
.. standard questions like - arrests/criminal acts/convictions ...


Mind you, they make you take an oath before all this and the whole interview is videotaped.

I think I covered most of it but for some itsy-bitsy chit-chat.

Hope that helps.

Jaysee
 
Well, in my case it may be because the sponsoring employer was headquartered in a place under VSC jurisdiction (MD). However, the office where I worked and my residence were under TSC (NC). Also, I lived in the VSC land (VA) before that...

One of these may be a reason for the transfer, however, I don't think they should have done it.

And I don't buy the whole "be happy, at least they've touched your case" rationale that some people give here. Yes, they could have touched it 2 weeks ago as they did, looked at it, and approved it. Now, I'd be making plans to go for PP stamping instead trying to figure out where the hell my case is, how much longer will it take, and what else can go wrong!
 
anajoti,

which is better ?
'waiting endlessly without a clue in sight as to what has happened to your case , whether the file even exists?"

or

"atleast knowing that your FILE exists after all these years and 'some' action has been taken ?"
 
Jaysee,

Thanks for taking the time and giving us the details.
Can you please tell me if the intervew notices come to you or to your lawyer.

Thanks
Pip
 
Great replies!

Thanks Jaysee and others for sharing the good details.

Have I or Anajoti or other unfortunate souls here have been approved like Jaysee, we all could have well said "We all have 20/20 hindsight"

But right now we are not there yet. But hoping to be there soon.

This forum and this thread has actually relieved some of my stress for now. Like they say "Misery loves company". But don't get me wrong, we all hope nobody has to go through this misery, not even our enemies if we have any.

Good work and keep this thread active as we are in a class of our own (transfer cases).
 
Not yet!

On the lighter side, I am not yet officially changing my name to "Stuckinvsc". Never hope to do that!


I don't need light at the end of the tunnel! I just need it to end and so I can somehow crawl through some dark crevices out into day light.


Thanks Jaysee.
 
anajoti,
which is better ?
'waiting endlessly without a clue in sight as to what has happened to your case , whether the file even exists?"

or

"atleast knowing that your FILE exists after all these years and 'some' action has been taken ?"

Well, I went thru option 1 for about 32 months, along with everyone else who had the bad luck of submitting I485 at TSC between 05/01 and 09/01. Now I'm going thru option 2, with a small minority of other people, while the great majority of participants are posting "APPROVED", "FREE AT LAST", "HELLO FREEDOM" type messages celebrating their approvals. As much as I'm happy for all of them, I cannot put any positive spin on what's happening to me and my case. I feel like I've been cheated and wronged, and the only thing that will make me feel better is an approval notice.

Jaysee, you are doing a good thing posting here, trying to keep people's spirits and hopes up. Whoever manages to feel better and more positive as a result of it, well, more power to them. I gave INS/USCIS a benefit of a doubt and patiently waited my turn, and when that turn finally came, then I was basically told to join a different queue and take another number. Sorry if I have a negative attitude, but I always call things the way I see them.
 
You are right on..

Well put. I thoroughly understand what you are going through as I am in there too. And feeling negative sometimes is not bad at all. After all we are all human and we need to see things as they are sometimes without really entertaining false hopes, as we had them for a long time.

The only thing that may give some solace is that we are not alone in this and there are some others for company. And may be that is being positive and hopeful.
 
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