What to do if USCIS turned over your case to another service center

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Sometimes, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) transfers some of the business between its five service centers to speed up the processing of information and balance the workload of the centers.

According to Site departments, 1 June 2017, several cases were transferred from the Nebraska Service Center to the California Service Center, in particular, the I-129 Forms (application for a non-immigration worker) for applicants requiring an extension of their stay in the United States on an H-1B visa ; as well as the I-765 forms (application for a work permit submitted together with the I-539 form regarding the extension of the period of stay in the country on the H-1B visa).

If USCIS transferred your case from one service center to another, you will receive a notification, your case number will not change, and the transfer will not affect the time it was processed.

You should continue to fill out all the necessary forms and submit them in accordance with the requirements of the law.

If your application is eligible for premium processing, and you want to request it after your application has been submitted to another center, you need to:

• Send the I-907 form to the service center where your application is currently under consideration;
• Attach to her a copy of the I-797 form (notice of receipt) for the pending petition.

To track the status of your case, if it was transferred to another center, check the status of your case online by its number. You can also subscribe to receive automatic updates of your case status by email.

If you have not received a decision on your case within the statutory processing time, you can send a request online at the USCIS website or call the National Customer Service Center (NCSC) by phone: 800-375-5283 (TYY 800-767-1833), specifying the case number to the operator and informing him about the transfer.

If you move while your case is pending, you must inform USCIS of your address change. This can be done through the website or by calling the NCSC.

Information on the transfer of cases between centers can be found at linkYou can also subscribe to the newsletter. GovDeliveryto receive an email every time you transfer cases.

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