Am I supposed to receive receipt for the I-130?

[thepettle 0]

my husband and I sent our documents and application/fee to the London Embassy for DCF on Monday, it got there on Wednesday - we then received our documents back on Friday without the fee or applications in it but rather with the supporting documents we had sent, in the prepaid envelope.

We have checked our credit card status and still nothing has been put on the card. But we still have not received receipt for the I-130.

How long should this take?

Were we accepted or denied?

We tried filing the I-130 a week prior to this and got all our supporting documents back with a note saying we need more proof I'm a resident of the UK and not the US, with a "VOID" through the credit card payment form and our application - which I sent with more supporting documents (bank statements, pay stubs, a letter from my mother in law, national insurance card copy etc.) but this time just received the supporting documents.

I don't know where to go from here, I have no reference number to check the status of it on the internet, no receipt of payment or even know if they have accepted or denied it? I have no idea how long it takes and am starting to get worried as we are on a deadline...

Can anyone help me out with this?

Thanks a lot in advance, I really appreciate it. I'm just so stressed out I don't know where to go anymore, nothing can be easy with us.

Thanks again. x

[morretti 0]

my husband and I sent our documents and application/fee to the London Embassy for DCF on Monday, it got there on Wednesday - we then received our documents back on Friday without the fee or applications in it but rather with the supporting documents we had sent, in the prepaid envelope.

We have checked our credit card status and still nothing has been put on the card. But we still have not received receipt for the I-130.

How long should this take?

Were we accepted or denied?

We tried filing the I-130 a week prior to this and got all our supporting documents back with a note saying we need more proof I'm a resident of the UK and not the US, with a "VOID" through the credit card payment form and our application - which I sent with more supporting documents (bank statements, pay stubs, a letter from my mother in law, national insurance card copy etc.) but this time just received the supporting documents.

I don't know where to go from here, I have no reference number to check the status of it on the internet, no receipt of payment or even know if they have accepted or denied it? I have no idea how long it takes and am starting to get worried as we are on a deadline...

Can anyone help me out with this?

Thanks a lot in advance, I really appreciate it. I'm just so stressed out I don't know where to go anymore, nothing can be easy with us.

Thanks again. x

Remember the Embassy wouldn't have done any work on Friday, they were closed cos of the July 4th holiday. As I said in previous posts, I never received anything for a month after I sent in the i-130. After that it's pretty much all systems go. Not sure who you can phone, really only the extortion line and I doubt they'd be able to tell you anything much. When I called them they just gave me an email code which took them over a week to respond and then that wasn't helpful anyway.

I know you have the urgency as you're pregnant but when you look at Yvie's, JerrysGirlAnne's and my time line, they're really not bad at all and you should be able to get the visa done before the baby comes. (around the 3 months stage from i-130 being sent to interview date including the RFE's JGA and I received) Plus, once things are rolling and you've sent packet 3 back, you might be able to hurry things along like JGA did for her case. Also, in packet 3 they ask for the date you hope to enter the US, from what I've seen they do try and accommodate you on this.

Take care

[thepettle 0]

do I book a flight before I send out packet 3 and say my flight is for that day or would i wait? its going to be so expensive the longer i wait... maybe it would be cheaper to book ahead of time and change it later on??? thanks again for clearing this up, its just i was reading about people getting receipts and i wasn't sure as i haven't even seen a payment on my credit card yet. thanks again x

[morretti 0]

do I book a flight before I send out packet 3 and say my flight is for that day or would i wait? its going to be so expensive the longer i wait... maybe it would be cheaper to book ahead of time and change it later on??? thanks again for clearing this up, its just i was reading about people getting receipts and i wasn't sure as i haven't even seen a payment on my credit card yet. thanks again x

I haven't booked a flight yet, not sure about others. I just wrote that my travel date was August 11th. The other thing I've noticed in my experience of looking for cheap flights, is that it appears cheaper to buy a return ticket (and just not use return part of it) than it is for one-way no idea why that is.

[morretti 0]

do I book a flight before I send out packet 3 and say my flight is for that day or would i wait? its going to be so expensive the longer i wait... maybe it would be cheaper to book ahead of time and change it later on??? thanks again for clearing this up, its just i was reading about people getting receipts and i wasn't sure as i haven't even seen a payment on my credit card yet. thanks again x

I haven't booked a flight yet, not sure about others. I just wrote that my travel date was August 11th. The other thing I've noticed in my experience of looking for cheap flights, is that it appears cheaper to buy a return ticket (and just not use return part of it) than it is for one-way no idea why that is.

Hi Pettle,

any news from the Embassy yet? or info that the money's been taken from your credit card?