USCIS ISSUES SERVICE CENTER AND LOCKBOX RECEIPTING UPDATE

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“USCIS Update August 24, 2007

USCIS ISSUES SERVICE CENTER AND LOCKBOX RECEIPTING UPDATE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has experienced a tremendous increase in the number of applications filed, which has resulted in a front log of cases awaiting data-entry. USCIS is making every effort to address the delay.
USCIS will prioritize data entry for specific form-types. Delay in data entry and fee receipting will not affect Change of Status or Extension of Stay eligibility, assuming all other eligibility requirements are satisfied. USCIS would also like to assure its customers that requests for Premium Processing Service will continue to be processed within 15 days, consistent with existing policies and procedures. The actual received date will be honored and recorded on the receipt notice. This date will appear in the Received Date” box on Form I-797, Notice of Action. The received date on Form I-797 is different from the “Notice Date,” which also appears on the Notice and identifies the date the receipt notice was actually generated.

USCIS will provide weekly updates to give our customers accurate information about current receipt times and service level commitments. As of the date of this notice, USCIS has completed data entry and has issued receipt notices for applications and petitions received on or before the following dates:

California Service Center
Date
Received
Form Number:
N-400 7/23/2007
All Other 8/14/2007

Nebraska Service Center
Date
Received
Form Number:
I-131 7/24/2007
I-140 7/24/2007
I-485
Employment
Based 7/24/2007
I-765 7/24/2007
N-400 7/24/2007
All Other 8/05/2007

Texas Service Center
Date
Received
Form Number:
I-131 6/30/2007
I-140 8/13/2007
I-485 Employment
Based 6/30/2007
I-765 6/30/2007
N-400 7/15/2007
All Other 8/16/2007

Vermont Service Center
Date
Received
Form Number:
I-130 7/25/2007
N-400 7/18/2007
All Other 8/15/2007

USCIS Lockbox
Date
Received
Form Number:
I-485 Family 7/29/2007
Based

USCIS would also like to remind the public to wait at least 14 days from the dates indicated above for their receipt notice to arrive in the mail before inquiring.”

Author: Bradley Maged

I'm Brad Maged, an immigration lawyer in Boston, Massachusetts. I help people who want to live and work in the United States and companies that wish to employ them. This blog provides opinion and information on developments in immigration law. Thanks for reading!

4 thoughts on “USCIS ISSUES SERVICE CENTER AND LOCKBOX RECEIPTING UPDATE”

  2. That is exactly what I believe happened with a lot of cases. Even though they could have been filed (and not too long ago HAD to be filed) in one Service Center, I think a lot of cases were probably moved to the Service Center that would be processing cases per the new Direct Filing requirement.

    In the case of those who reside in Massachusetts, that would mean that cases filed in Nebraska were probably transferred to Texas. As of the latest USCIS Update (dated August 24), the Texas Service Center was wrapping up cases that were filed in June.

  3. So if our company headquarter is in CA, and I work in the NJ office, my I-485/I-140/I-131/I-765 are all being moved from Nebraska to Texas, where it will issue receipt notice?

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