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How long should I expect it to take to transfer an approved EB-5 I-526 from USCIS to NVC?

My EB-5 petition was approved on December 20. It has already been more then 5 months and USCIS still hasn''t transferred my case to NVC. How long does USCIS takes to transfer the case to NVC? Anything I can do to speed up the process?

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    Phuong Le

    Immigration Attorney
    Answered on

    Nowadays, due to COVID and everything grinding down to a halt, perhaps a year ...perhaps longer. Only thing that has worked is Mandamus.

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    Fredrick W Voigtmann

    Immigration Attorney
    Answered on

    Immigrant petition transfers from the USCIS are delayed, but more than five months is too long. You can email the NVC and request that they follow with USCIS on the file transfer.

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    Stephen Berman

    Immigration Attorney
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    Call and email the NVC to follow up. CIS should have transferred it long ago.

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    Matthew T Galati

    Immigration Attorney
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    I would strongly advise mandamus.

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    Bernard P Wolfsdorf

    Immigration Attorney
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    Nothing seems to be working; you can email IPO but they pretty much ignore this type of email. One could file a mandamus action but that is pretty sad; it doesn''t seem to make sense to do so but if speed is important, there may be no other option.

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    Dale Schwartz

    Immigration Attorney
    Answered on

    Ask your lawyer to ask the NVC to request it.

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    Lynne Feldman

    Immigration Attorney
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    It shouldn''t take that long to follow up.