I-485 case transferred to washington Dc

[wonderfulboy]

The online case status in regards to mine and my wife's case has been just a few minutes before.

The following is the message

"On September 23, 2004, we transferred your I485 Application to Register Permanent Residence or to Adjust Status to an office in WASHINGTON, DC for processing. Our office in WASHINGTON, DC will send you a written decision as soon as processing is complete. You should receive a notice informing you that your case has been transferred to a local office. Please call the National Customer Service Center at (800) 375-5283 to receive information about local office processing times"

what are the implications around it? How much more time it might take for it? In the forum i see lot of people getting approvals straight away without the cases being transferred to local office. Why is mine transferred like that? Is that mean something fishy?

Please share the experiences. It will help me a lot.

 

[tufan]

it's strange that you just had your 2nd FP's and your case got transferred. i wouldn't worry about it too much as Washington, DC local office is quick in processing cases. they are processing cases that have RD of August 2003.
your case was filed in 2002, and that means you'll probably get an inteview in 2 months, as it takes 1 month for the file to reach the local office.

you should consider yourself lucky as you'll have more information from local office now, instead of waiting at the service center.

 

[wonderfulboy]

Hi Guys,

Can any one share their recent experiences of 485 interview process in Washington DC office? My case has been transferred to Washington DC office. I am not sure why case has been specifically moved to local office rather than approving straight away.

I never had any RFE till now after i filed my labour application in May 2001 and 485 process in December 2002.

My labour is filed from Virginia state at that time i used to work in New Jersey. After that i moved to Maryland state and then currently i am in Virginia state.

Around 2 months before i bought a house and i moved to new house in june 2004. I notified BCIS for change address (both AR-11 and called 1-800-375-5283 to reflect 485 process).

Gave 2nd Finger Prints on July 24th 2004.

2 days before from current date i.e. 21st September 2004 before my online case status changed to transfer to local office some one from BCIS called from local area i.e. 202 (washington DC area). The representative asked me if i have any outstanding issues during that call he confirmed that my 2nd FP finger print reports are received, Investigation background report has been received and when i asked him he said the process will be approved in the regular process.

On 23rd september i.e. yesterday mine and my wife's online status changed that the case is transferred to washington dc office.

I have sent an email my attorney i.e. Rajiv Khanna (owner of this website ). They said will contact soon.

I want to get an estimate how much time it will take to get the application transferred for me and my wife's cases? How soon will they issue interview notice? How stressful will the interview be? Tips for the interview? What documents need to be carried for the interview? Do i need to do my medicals or finger prints again?

Bear with me for long message. But please do share your experiences.