USCIS Code AS029: Technical System Marker (internal Administrative Database Check or File Movement)

What the internal USCIS status code AS029 means when you find it in your raw case data.

AS029 is an internal USCIS status code. If you found it in your raw case data, here is what it means.

What does “Technical System Marker (internal Administrative Database Check or File Movement)” mean?

Technical System Marker (Internal administrative database check or file movement)

This is one of hundreds of internal codes USCIS uses behind the scenes. It appears in the raw API data for your case — the public “Check Case Status” page never shows it. The official internal label for code AS029 is “Technical System Marker (internal Administrative Database Check or File Movement).”

What should you do?

If you see this code in your raw USCIS case data, it is an internal status marker. Most codes require no action on their own — what matters is where it sits in your overall timeline. A full analysis of your case reads this code in the context of every other event on your file.

What this means for your case

A single status only tells part of the story. Paste your full USCIS case data and we read “Technical System Marker (internal Administrative Database Check or File Movement)” in the context of every other event on your file — including the silent updates the public site hides — and tell you what is likely to happen next.

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