I-129F sent with standard mail, no delivery conformation now. Is this a big mistake?

[melemon 3]

Hi there again,

We sent our I-129F on 15th of March, but apparently my fiance has sent it via standard mail, no USPS and to make things even more messed up he forgot to attach the e-notification form. Now we don't have any tracking information or email/text notification option.

I am doing my best not to worry or make him feel bad, but I cant stop thinking about it.

Can someone tell me please, is this a big mistake? What is the worse thing that may happen?

Thank you so much for all the help here!

[Emily and Nathan 39]

Don't worry too much - I'm sure it will come.. I sent mine standard mail with a receipt.. and it took about a week...a week and a half for me to receive

[melemon 3]

Don't worry too much - I'm sure it will come.. I sent mine standard mail with a receipt.. and it took about a week...a week and a half for me to receive

Thank you!

Just some days are worse than others and everything seems scary or just harder than usual. But one friendly answer like this and I already feel better. It will end some day right? We won't stay in this limbo forever.

Good luck to you too!

[Zedayn 485]

Nothing wrong with sending it standard mail. You might have to wait a little longer but that's all. You will still get the hardcopy NOA1 in the mail, which will contain your receipt number you can use to track your case online.

[melemon 3]

Nothing wrong with sending it standard mail. You might have to wait a little longer but that's all. You will still get the hardcopy NOA1 in the mail, which will contain your receipt number you can use to track your case online.

Thank you!

[Pitaya 2,576]

Welcome to the forum.

The guides say it best, for good reason. The recommendations are the culmination of multitudes of successful visa journeys. Should you choose to follow a different path.... Hopefully you won't have any delivery issues.

Good luck on your visa journey.

[allende 5]

We sent it via standard mail too and it got there ok, even with the holidays (we sent it right before Christmas) Don't feel bad, we are all nervous through this process and I've felt like yelling at my fiance once or twice too... Poor guy! But you're right, what's done is done, no use getting mad at him. I'm really glad I was visiting when we send our package and I could do most of the work! Just made me feel better to review everything.

The others are right, it's not a big deal at all. He'll get the NOA1 through regular mail and with that case number you can look up the progress at the USCIS website. Also, you can subscribe to a mailing list at USCIS and get a notification when there are status changed (basically RFE or NOA2) AND once it's at NVC you can call them and give them your phones and e-mails and they'll input it in the system, so no problem!

Good luck!

[KayDeeCee 4,891]

Watch for the check to be cashed. That is a good sign it was received and the NOA1 receipt notice should be on its way not too long after that.

~ Moved from K-1 Process to K-1 Case Filing and Progress Reports - topic is filing/case status ~

[melemon 3]

Welcome to the forum.

The guides say it best, for good reason. The recommendations are the culmination of multitudes of successful visa journeys. Should you choose to follow a different path.... Hopefully you won't have any delivery issues.

Good luck on your visa journey.

You are right but I have read them a 1000 times. This is the only thing I didn't tell him specifically as I assumed it was a common sense. It took us 6 months to prepare this package. I would have sent it with a delivery conformation. Oh well..

[melemon 3]

Watch for the check to be cashed. That is a good sign it was received and the NOA1 receipt notice should be on its way not too long after that.

~ Moved from K-1 Process to K-1 Case Filing and Progress Reports - topic is filing/case status ~

We will check for that, thanks again for your help.

[melemon 3]

We sent it via standard mail too and it got there ok, even with the holidays (we sent it right before Christmas) Don't feel bad, we are all nervous through this process and I've felt like yelling at my fiance once or twice too... Poor guy! But you're right, what's done is done, no use getting mad at him. I'm really glad I was visiting when we send our package and I could do most of the work! Just made me feel better to review everything.

The others are right, it's not a big deal at all. He'll get the NOA1 through regular mail and with that case number you can look up the progress at the USCIS website. Also, you can subscribe to a mailing list at USCIS and get a notification when there are status changed (basically RFE or NOA2) AND once it's at NVC you can call them and give them your phones and e-mails and they'll input it in the system, so no problem!

Good luck!

Ugh, I am not even mad, I am puzzled how disorganized he can be!

Thanks for your support and understanding.

Good luck to you too!

[Tina and Johan 206]

My NOA1 took about 15 days from the day I mailed our petition until I got the hard copy in the mail. It'll likely be fine.

Edited March 26, 2014 by Tina and Johan

[melemon 3]

My NOA1 took about 15 days from the day I mailed our petition until I got the hard copy in the mail. It'll likely be fine.

Thank you, for that information. I will be patient and hope it will be fine.

All the best to you and good luck with the procces!

[branimira250 4]

Thank you!

Just some days are worse than others and everything seems scary or just harder than usual. But one friendly answer like this and I already feel better. It will end some day right? We won't stay in this limbo forever.

Good luck to you too!

It will end for sure some day :-) ....everything will be fine,just try to not think about it.

[melemon 3]

Noa1 hard copy received today!

Thanks to all of you who said, that it's gonna be fine.