Hi, I sent in my wife's I-130 petition about 3 weeks ago to the California center and so far, have not gotten anything back from them as a petition case number just postal receipt. Doe's anyone know about how long it should take to get the Noa1 I think it is petetion file case number receipt? So i know they are starting to process her petition? Is this called the NOA1 in the timelines thanks for any help.
David
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If it's the same as filing at the London Embassy all the NOA1 is, is acknowledge of the receipt of the I-130 and file date.
QUOTE(DavidnMay @ Aug 16 2007, 11:34 AM) 
Hi, I sent in my wife's I-130 petition about 3 weeks ago to the California center and so far, have not gotten anything back from them as a petition case number just postal receipt. Doe's anyone know about how long it should take to get the Noa1 I think it is petetion file case number receipt? So i know they are starting to process her petition? Is this called the NOA1 in the timelines thanks for any help.
David
David
Hello,
NOA1 is the receipt notice you get from the USCIS confirming that they have received your petition. The formal document number is I-797C, Notice of Action. From the timelines, it appears that NOA1s are usually issued between 1-3 weeks after your petition is received but some have experienced longer waits. Ours was issued about 2 weeks after our petition was received.
Another way of checking to see if they have received your petition is to monitor whether your check has been cashed. Your receipt number should be on the back of your check and you can use it to log on at the USCIS website to confirm that they have received your petition. You can also check your case status that way. We didn't have to rely on the number behind the check though because we got our physical NOA1 in the mail before our check was cashed.
Hope this helps. I think there are some other posts about NOA1s on this forum.
I never received my NOA1 in the mail. You can call the customer service line 30 days after the service center received your petition and let them know that you haven't received your NOA 1. This is what I ended up doing and they gave me my receipt number also so that I could check my case status online.
I had to do the same. Called them 30 days after they received it and it took them 2½ months to mail to me, 3 days before we were approved. Then it took them another 2 months to send me the paper NOA2. 
QUOTE(Mononoke28 @ Aug 16 2007, 10:11 AM)
I had to do the same. Called them 30 days after they received it and it took them 2½ months to mail to me, 3 days before we were approved. Then it took them another 2 months to send me the paper NOA2.
I'm curious to see if the NOA2 arrives in the mail. If not, at least I got the email notice.
QUOTE(Ereshkigal @ Aug 16 2007, 02:06 PM)
QUOTE(Mononoke28 @ Aug 16 2007, 10:11 AM)
I had to do the same. Called them 30 days after they received it and it took them 2½ months to mail to me, 3 days before we were approved. Then it took them another 2 months to send me the paper NOA2.
I'm curious to see if the NOA2 arrives in the mail. If not, at least I got the email notice.
yes i did the same called to get my number still havent gotten noa-1 it is 67 days now since they recieved it and sent out from what web page says but NOTHING GOOD LUCK
csc cant get there computers to run right i heard there system went down again didnt see any thing on there press room page
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