thanks Marlita =) I hope you get to hear something real soon too.. did you get your I-130 NOA1 yet?? I see that some people are getting their NOA1 3 months from when they apply.. (apply September, received in December)..they say they are using Sept (the example) as the priority date.. but if you think about it, they are too busy just entering the stuff into the computer.. let alone getting the time to process our applications.. a couple of years ago, it might have taken at most a week.. (when I applied it was 1 1/2 months).. so there seems to be a bigger delay now =(

seems like they are just using this new "app" rule against me and saying I applied twice.. so there must be some confusion on their part.. I thought I had followed the filing instructions correctly (but yes, like you said, you might not need the NOA1 from the I-130).. probably a copy of the check would have been sufficient.. since they have JUST RECEIVED my app to process, seems that way.. what do you guys think? I wonder if this new rule applies to others before June 21 (the article's date) that haven't been approved yet.. maybe that's why we are having so many problems..