New Locations for Certain USCIS Petitions

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USCIS has posted a notice of a series of changes for the work performed
at the agency’s four service centers in Vermont, Nebraska, Texas and
California. Certain tasks and case reviews will now be shifted from a
service center to either a Field Office or the National Benefits Center
in order to balance the overall workload with the processing capacities
at each location. The changes include the following:

I-90 Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card
Effective Date: August 15, 2012
Previous Location: Nebraska Service Center
New Location: National Benefits Center

Stand-Alone Immediate Relative I-30, Petition for Alien Relative
Effective Date: August 15, 2012
Previous Location: All USCIS Service Centers
New Location: The Field Office with jurisdiction over the petitioner’s place of residence

Interview-Waivable Family-Based I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
Effective Date: August 1, 2012
Previous Location: California Service Center
New Location: National Benefits Center

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