diff --git a/dbs/migrate.go b/dbs/migrate.go
index d589cdef..24e4a97d 100644
--- a/dbs/migrate.go
+++ b/dbs/migrate.go
@@ -44,24 +44,28 @@ DBS Migration APIs:
 - totat reports number of migration requests
 - cleanup clean migration DB
 
-DBS migration status codes:
-        migration_status:
+DBS migration status codes (in sync with old python migration server):
         0=PENDING
         1=IN PROGRESS
         2=COMPLETED
         3=FAILED (will be retried)
 		4=EXIST_IN_DB
+		5=QUEUED
         9=Terminally FAILED
         status change:
-        0 -> 1
-        1 -> 2
-        1 -> 3
-		1 -> 4
-        1 -> 9
+		QUEUED -> PENDING (5 -> 0)
+        PENDING -> IN PROGRESS (0 -> 1)
+        IN PROGRESS -> COMPLETED (1 -> 2)
+        IN PROGRESS -> FAILED (1 -> 3)
+		IN PROGRESS -> EXIST_IN_DB (1 -> 4)
+        IN PROGRESS -> (Terminally FAILED) (1 -> 9)
         are only allowed changes for working through migration.
-        3 -> 1 is allowed for retrying and retry count +1.
+        FAILED -> IN PROGRESS (3 -> 1) is allowed for retrying and retry count +1.
 */
 
+// MigrationAsyncTimeout defines timeout of asynchrounous migration request process
+var MigrationAsyncTimeout int
+
 // MigrationCodes represents all migration codes
 const (
 	PENDING = iota
@@ -69,6 +73,7 @@ const (
 	COMPLETED
 	FAILED
 	EXIST_IN_DB
+	QUEUED
 	TERM_FAILED = 9
 )
 
@@ -536,7 +541,24 @@ func GetParentDatasetBlocks(rurl, dataset string, order int) ([]MigrationBlock,
 
 // helper function to check if migration input is already queued
 func alreadyQueued(input string) error {
-	// TODO: check if given migration input is already queued
+	stm := getSQL("check_migration_request")
+	var args []interface{}
+	args = append(args, input)
+	if utils.VERBOSE > 0 {
+		utils.PrintSQL(stm, args, "execute")
+	}
+	var mid int64
+	err := DB.QueryRow(stm, args...).Scan(&mid)
+	if err != nil {
+		if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+	if mid != 0 {
+		msg := fmt.Sprintf("migration request %s is already in queue with id=%d", input, mid)
+		return errors.New(msg)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -593,6 +615,8 @@ func statusString(status int64) string {
 		s = "TERMINATED"
 	} else if status == EXIST_IN_DB {
 		s = "EXIST_IN_DB"
+	} else if status == QUEUED {
+		s = "QUEUED"
 	}
 	return s
 }
@@ -608,7 +632,7 @@ func (a *API) SubmitMigration() error {
 	}
 	tstamp := time.Now().Unix()
 	rec := MigrationRequest{
-		MIGRATION_STATUS:       PENDING,
+		MIGRATION_STATUS:       QUEUED,
 		CREATE_BY:              a.CreateBy,
 		CREATION_DATE:          tstamp,
 		LAST_MODIFIED_BY:       a.CreateBy,
@@ -623,7 +647,7 @@ func (a *API) SubmitMigration() error {
 	// check if migration input is already queued
 	input := rec.MIGRATION_INPUT
 	mid := rec.MIGRATION_REQUEST_ID
-	mstr := fmt.Sprintf("Migration request %d", mid)
+	mstr := fmt.Sprintf("Migration request %s, id=%d", input, mid)
 	if err := alreadyQueued(input); err != nil {
 		msg := fmt.Sprintf("%s already queued error %v", mstr, err)
 		if utils.VERBOSE > 1 {
@@ -636,12 +660,34 @@ func (a *API) SubmitMigration() error {
 		return Error(err, MigrationErrorCode, "not allowed for migration", "dbs.migrate.SubmitMigration")
 	}
 
-	// start migration request
-	reports, err := startMigrationRequest(rec)
+	// migration output
+	var reports []MigrationReport
+	msg := "Migration request is started"
+
+	// insert migration request
+	tx, err := DB.Begin()
+	defer tx.Rollback()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Println("unable to start migration request", err)
-		return Error(err, MigrationErrorCode, "", "dbs.migrate.SubmitMigration")
+		msg = fmt.Sprintf("%s, DB connection error %v", mstr, err)
+	} else {
+		err = rec.Insert(tx)
+		if err != nil {
+			msg = fmt.Sprintf("%s, insert error %v", mstr, err)
+		} else {
+			// commit transaction
+			err = tx.Commit()
+			if err != nil {
+				msg = fmt.Sprintf("%s commit transaction error %v", mstr, err)
+			}
+		}
 	}
+
+	// start migration request
+	go StartMigrationRequest(rec)
+
+	// create final report for our migration request
+	reports = append(reports, migrationReport(rec, msg, QUEUED, nil))
+
 	data, err = json.Marshal(reports)
 	if err != nil {
 		return Error(err, MarshalErrorCode, "", "dbs.migrate.SubmitMigration")
@@ -650,23 +696,53 @@ func (a *API) SubmitMigration() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// StartMigrationRequest starts asynchronously migration request process via
+// goroutine with timeout context
+// the code is based on the following example:
+// https://medium.com/geekculture/timeout-context-in-go-e88af0abd08d
+func StartMigrationRequest(rec MigrationRequest) {
+	// setup context with timeout
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(
+		context.Background(),
+		time.Duration(MigrationAsyncTimeout)*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+	ch := make(chan string, 1)
+	go func(ctx context.Context, ch chan string) {
+		reports, err := startMigrationRequest(rec)
+		if err != nil {
+			ch <- fmt.Sprintf("fail to start migration request %v, error %v", rec, err)
+		} else {
+			ch <- fmt.Sprintf("finished %v with %d migration requests", rec, len(reports))
+		}
+	}(ctx, ch)
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		msg := fmt.Sprintf("Migration request %v with context is cancelled %v", rec, ctx.Err())
+		log.Println(msg)
+	case response := <-ch:
+		log.Println(response)
+		//     case <-time.After(50 * time.Millisecond):
+		//         msg := fmt.Sprintf("Migration request %v timeout", rec)
+		//         log.Println(msg)
+	}
+}
+
 // helper function to start migration request and return list of migration ids
 //gocyclo:ignore
-func startMigrationRequest(rec MigrationRequest) ([]MigrationReport, error) {
+func startMigrationRequest(req MigrationRequest) ([]MigrationReport, error) {
 	var err error
 	status := int64(PENDING)
 	msg := "Migration request is started"
-	var req MigrationRequest
 	var reports []MigrationReport
 
-	input := rec.MIGRATION_INPUT
+	input := req.MIGRATION_INPUT
 	mstr := fmt.Sprintf("Migration request for %+v", input)
 	if utils.VERBOSE > 0 {
-		log.Printf("%s %+v", mstr, rec)
+		log.Printf("%s %+v", mstr, req)
 	}
 
 	var dstParentBlocks, srcParentBlocks []string
-	rurl := rec.MIGRATION_URL
+	rurl := req.MIGRATION_URL
 	localhost := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", utils.Localhost, utils.BASE)
 	// get parent blocks at destination DBS instance for given input
 	time0 := time.Now()
@@ -720,11 +796,11 @@ func startMigrationRequest(rec MigrationRequest) ([]MigrationReport, error) {
 
 	// if no migration blocks found to process return immediately
 	if len(migBlocks) == 0 {
-		rec.MIGRATION_STATUS = EXIST_IN_DB
-		updateMigrationStatus(rec, EXIST_IN_DB)
+		req.MIGRATION_STATUS = EXIST_IN_DB
+		updateMigrationStatus(req, EXIST_IN_DB)
 		msg = fmt.Sprintf("%s is already fulfilled, no blocks found for migration", mstr)
 		log.Println(msg)
-		return []MigrationReport{migrationReport(rec, msg, status, err)}, nil
+		return []MigrationReport{migrationReport(req, msg, status, err)}, nil
 	}
 	if utils.VERBOSE > 0 {
 		log.Printf("%s will migrate %d blocks", mstr, len(migBlocks))
@@ -757,22 +833,27 @@ func startMigrationRequest(rec MigrationRequest) ([]MigrationReport, error) {
 	var ids []int64
 	for idx, blk := range migBlocks {
 
-		// insert MigrationRequest object
+		// create and insert MigrationRequest object with migration blocks
+		rec := req.Copy()
 		rec.MIGRATION_REQUEST_ID = 0
 		rec.MIGRATION_INPUT = blk
+		rec.MIGRATION_STATUS = int64(PENDING)
 		if utils.VERBOSE > 0 {
 			log.Printf("%s insert MigrationRequest record %+v", mstr, rec)
 		}
-		err = rec.Insert(tx)
-		if err != nil {
-			msg = fmt.Sprintf("unable to insert MigrationRequest record %+v, error %v", rec, err)
-			log.Println(msg)
-			if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "unique") {
-				// we inserted the same block
-				continue
+		// we skip insert for migration request input since it is inserted upstream
+		if blk != input {
+			err = rec.Insert(tx)
+			if err != nil {
+				msg = fmt.Sprintf("unable to insert MigrationRequest record %+v, error %v", rec, err)
+				log.Println(msg)
+				if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "unique") {
+					// we inserted the same block
+					continue
+				}
+				return []MigrationReport{migrationReport(req, msg, status, err)},
+					Error(err, InsertErrorCode, "", "dbs.migrate.SubmitMigration")
 			}
-			return []MigrationReport{migrationReport(req, msg, status, err)},
-				Error(err, InsertErrorCode, "", "dbs.migrate.SubmitMigration")
 		}
 
 		// get inserted migration ID
@@ -825,6 +906,11 @@ func startMigrationRequest(rec MigrationRequest) ([]MigrationReport, error) {
 	if utils.VERBOSE > 0 {
 		log.Printf("%s finished, migration ids %v", mstr, ids)
 	}
+
+	// after we done with insertion of migration blocks
+	// we update original migration request status and set it to PENDING
+	updateMigrationStatus(req, PENDING)
+
 	return reports, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/dbs/migration_requests.go b/dbs/migration_requests.go
index b81049ab..f983e86d 100644
--- a/dbs/migration_requests.go
+++ b/dbs/migration_requests.go
@@ -26,6 +26,23 @@ type MigrationRequest struct {
 	RETRY_COUNT            int64  `json:"retry_count"`
 }
 
+// Copy creates a new copy of migration request
+func (r *MigrationRequest) Copy() MigrationRequest {
+	req := MigrationRequest{
+		MIGRATION_REQUEST_ID:   r.MIGRATION_REQUEST_ID,
+		MIGRATION_URL:          r.MIGRATION_URL,
+		MIGRATION_INPUT:        r.MIGRATION_INPUT,
+		MIGRATION_STATUS:       r.MIGRATION_STATUS,
+		MIGRATION_SERVER:       r.MIGRATION_SERVER,
+		CREATE_BY:              r.CREATE_BY,
+		CREATION_DATE:          r.CREATION_DATE,
+		LAST_MODIFIED_BY:       r.LAST_MODIFIED_BY,
+		LAST_MODIFICATION_DATE: r.LAST_MODIFICATION_DATE,
+		RETRY_COUNT:            r.RETRY_COUNT,
+	}
+	return req
+}
+
 // Insert implementation of MigrationRequest
 func (r *MigrationRequest) Insert(tx *sql.Tx) error {
 	var tid int64
diff --git a/docs/MigrationServer.md b/docs/MigrationServer.md
index cab0e248..d10a2d7c 100644
--- a/docs/MigrationServer.md
+++ b/docs/MigrationServer.md
@@ -34,18 +34,21 @@ from underlying DB backend on periodic basis
     migration server settings (by default 3 times)
   - 4 migration request is already exist in DB, i.e. the requested block or
     dataset is already found in database
+  - 5 migration request is queued, i.e. initially submitted by a client
   - 9 migration request termindated, this can happen in two scenarios
     - migration request has been cancelled explicitly by user
     - migration request failed N times and will no longer be retried
       automatically
 The migration request goes throught the followin cycle:
+(using notations of Go-based server, see
+[DBS Migrate code](https://github.com/dmwm/dbs2go/blob/master/dbs/migrate.go)
 ```
-status change:
-0 -> 1, request in progress
-1 -> 2, request is completed successfully
-1 -> 3, and if failed 3->1
-1 -> 4, if request is alaready in DB
-1 -> 9, request is terminated
+QUEUED -> PENDING (5 -> 0), request is accepted for processing
+PENDING -> IN PROGRESS (0 -> 1), request is in progress by DBS migration server
+IN PROGRESS -> COMPLETED (1 -> 2), request is completed successfully
+IN PROGRESS -> FAILED (1 -> 3), request failed but can be retried
+IN PROGRESS -> EXIST_IN_DB (1 -> 4), request is alaready in DB
+IN PROGRESS -> (Terminally FAILED) (1 -> 9), request is terminated after all retries
 ```
 
 ### Examples
diff --git a/static/sql/check_migration_request.sql b/static/sql/check_migration_request.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6caf609d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/sql/check_migration_request.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+SELECT MR.MIGRATION_REQUEST_ID
+FROM {{.Owner}}.MIGRATION_REQUESTS MR
+JOIN {{.Owner}}.MIGRATION_BLOCKS MB ON MB.MIGRATION_REQUEST_ID=MR.MIGRATION_REQUEST_ID
+WHERE MR.MIGRATION_INPUT=:migration_input
diff --git a/web/config.go b/web/config.go
index 1aade0e6..df8f68d4 100644
--- a/web/config.go
+++ b/web/config.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ type Configuration struct {
 	MigrationCleanupInterval int    `json:"migration_cleanup_interval"` // migration cleanup interval
 	MigrationCleanupOffset   int64  `json:"migration_cleanup_offset"`   // migration cleanup offset
 	MigrationRetries         int64  `json:"migration_retries"`          // migration retries
+	MigrationAsyncTimeout    int    `json:"migration_async_timeout"`    // timeout for aysnc migration request
 
 	// db related configuration
 	DBFile               string `json:"dbfile"`                  // dbs db file with secrets
@@ -106,6 +107,9 @@ func ParseConfig(configFile string) error {
 	if Config.LimiterPeriod == "" {
 		Config.LimiterPeriod = "100-S"
 	}
+	if Config.MigrationAsyncTimeout == 0 {
+		Config.MigrationAsyncTimeout = 600 // in seconds
+	}
 	if Config.MigrationProcessTimeout == 0 {
 		Config.MigrationProcessTimeout = 300 // in seconds
 	}
diff --git a/web/server.go b/web/server.go
index 91d0a8ed..3f7f6682 100644
--- a/web/server.go
+++ b/web/server.go
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ func Server(configFile string) {
 	dbs.DBOWNER = dbowner
 
 	// migration settings
+	dbs.MigrationAsyncTimeout = Config.MigrationAsyncTimeout
 	dbs.MigrationProcessTimeout = Config.MigrationProcessTimeout
 	dbs.MigrationServerInterval = Config.MigrationServerInterval
 	dbs.MigrationCleanupInterval = Config.MigrationCleanupInterval