Q: Family based immigration upgrading from category F3 to F1 in California.
My mother and I are both currently living in California. My mom is a US citizen. She applied family based immigration for me in 2016. I was married by the time she submit the petition, and we received the receipt for I-130. However, I now divorced and my marital status is single. About a month ago, my mom mailed a request to USCIS California Service Center to upgrade my case from category F3 (married son or daughter of a US citizen) to F1 (Unmarried adult son or daughter of a US citizen). In the mail we included a letter from my mom stating the situation, a copy of my divorce document, and a copy of I-130 receipt. As of today, we still haven't received anything from the center. My questions now are:
1) Is USCIS California Service Center the right place to submit this request given that we both live in California? If not, where is the right place?
2) Is there any way to check whether the service center receive the mail and has it being processed?
Thank you
A: If you are planning to go abroad to apply for an immigrant visa, and the visa petition has been approved, submit your request to the National Visa Center. If you are going to adjust your status to permanent resident in the US, submit your divorce decree together with your application for adjustment of status.
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