Source: The Oh Law Firm 
The record will reflect that the Minneapolis-St. Paul district office was selected as the first district office in the nation that required indirect filing of all the family-based I-130/I-485 one-step applications. It was probably in August 2003. The applicants were required to file at the local district office in Minneapolis-St. Paul but the district office immediately packed the filing and forwarded it to the newly opened National Benefits Center in Missouri through the lock box in Chicago. This indirect filing expanded to other districts and areas step by step and people in majority of jurisdictions by now go through this process, excluding the Pilot program cases in Dallas District office jurisdiction. The experience of these cases in the Minneapolis-St. Paul jurisdiction may throw some light on the trend of scheduling of interviews at the local district office. Our record reflects that the cases which we filed under the indirect filing from August through Sectember 2003 started receiving interview schedules dated in September 2004. Accordingly, the whole family-based green card application process for an individual case is expected to be completed in approximately 12 months. Not bad at all under the given circumstances, we must admit!

The record will reflect that the Minneapolis-St. Paul district office was selected as the first district office in the nation that required indirect filing of all the family-based I-130/I-485 one-step applications. It was probably in August 2003. The applicants were required to file at the local district office in Minneapolis-St. Paul but the district office immediately packed the filing and forwarded it to the newly opened National Benefits Center in Missouri through the lock box in Chicago. This indirect filing expanded to other districts and areas step by step and people in majority of jurisdictions by now go through this process, excluding the Pilot program cases in Dallas District office jurisdiction. The experience of these cases in the Minneapolis-St. Paul jurisdiction may throw some light on the trend of scheduling of interviews at the local district office. Our record reflects that the cases which we filed under the indirect filing from August through Sectember 2003 started receiving interview schedules dated in September 2004. Accordingly, the whole family-based green card application process for an individual case is expected to be completed in approximately 12 months. Not bad at all under the given circumstances, we must admit!
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