Over 3 months and not even an NOA1 - has that ever happened before?!?!

[happylee 0]

I am at a total loss. It has been over 3 months since my fiance filed the petition in California and we have not received an NOA1. He finally called them last week and the lady said they're backed up and he mentioned something about them not processing petitions that are not standard size? What is that??? I'm sorry to be sounding like I'm ranting here, but let me just say it, I am VERY frustrated!!! We know they haven't received it at all because they didn't charge the check he sent in. Why is this happening? Have any of you ever heard of something like this? I'm ready to wait a long time for NOA1 to NOA2 but to wait this long for Filing to NOA1, it's absurd and so disheartening. :-(

[Impatient Cupcake 10]

how did you know your papers were sent to csc if you never got the noa1?

[happylee 0]

That is my very predicament, although I am going by what my fiance told me - that he went to the post office and sent in the petition. But right now, we're practically in limbo, right?

[happylee 0]

I think this is not normal at all. From reading a lot of posts on this site (thanks so much by the way for this site), I don't think I've ever encountered anyone having had to wait this long for an NOA1. Tell me what you guys really think. Should I give up on that petition? Am I deluding myself that it could still be received?

[jkminney 30]

That is my very predicament, although I am going by what my fiance told me - that he went to the post office and sent in the petition. But right now, we're practically in limbo, right?

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Per the instructions the forms should be sent to TX. Your check would have been cashed before they sent it TO california. I would be resending that paperwork and sending another check. There's no reason that they wouldnt cash your check right away.

[Basalt 25]

If I were your Fiance, I wouldn't have waited a whole 3 months before taking action. Did he get a tracking number from the post office?

3 Months is way too much wait for NOA 1. Something is not right...

I wish you best of luck.

[Inky 1,110]

Time to cancel the check and make up a whole new packet with new check and send it to the correct address in Dallas Texas.

[Impatient Cupcake 10]

your noa1 should indicate where your petition was sent, either vsc or csc. did your fiance send it to texas?

[happylee 0]

Thanks for that information. I suppose refiling is the only option we're left with. He said that if he doesn't hear from them in the next 30 days, he will call in to cancel the check and file a new one, with additional documentation as he has been here to visit me a second time already since he filed it.

In a way, I am thankful that it hasn't gone through yet because I will flying in to visit him at the end of this month. (I have a tourist visa which I was issued before we even met each other.) And that is actually another concern of mine, that if our petition was received, would it show in their records as I go through Immigration at LAX? If so, should I say upfront tot he officer that I am visiting my fiance? I am dreading the possibility that they deny me entry then, although I fully intend to return home to my job after a month.

But considering they haven't received it yet, should I just say I'm visiting friends and relatives? (which I will be doing as well) Just so I can avoid the "interrogation".

Advice, anyone? :-)

[Barbara J 115]

Thanks for that information. I suppose refiling is the only option we're left with. He said that if he doesn't hear from them in the next 30 days, he will call in to cancel the check and file a new one, with additional documentation as he has been here to visit me a second time already since he filed it.

In a way, I am thankful that it hasn't gone through yet because I will flying in to visit him at the end of this month. (I have a tourist visa which I was issued before we even met each other.) And that is actually another concern of mine, that if our petition was received, would it show in their records as I go through Immigration at LAX? If so, should I say upfront tot he officer that I am visiting my fiance? I am dreading the possibility that they deny me entry then, although I fully intend to return home to my job after a month.

But considering they haven't received it yet, should I just say I'm visiting friends and relatives? (which I will be doing as well) Just so I can avoid the "interrogation".

Advice, anyone? :-)

If you have a 129f petition pending the CO at LAX do not know about your immigration petition ut as asked before did he send it to TEXAS?

[happylee 0]

I do not know if he sent the petition to Texas. I will ask him later. I do not even know if he's doing everything correctly. He does not want to seek help from a lawyer as it will cost a lot, when he says he can perfectly follow instructions. I honestly don't know if I should even hope for this. But thanks so much for your replies. I suppose I will find out in a month what's going to happen with this whole thing - if he does refile or what.

[Inky 1,110]

I do not know if he sent the petition to Texas. I will ask him later. I do not even know if he's doing everything correctly. He does not want to seek help from a lawyer as it will cost a lot, when he says he can perfectly follow instructions. I honestly don't know if I should even hope for this. But thanks so much for your replies. I suppose I will find out in a month what's going to happen with this whole thing - if he does refile or what.

There is a step by step guide on this website that tells you everything. You don't need a lawyer.

[Ready to do it 101]

why wait another 30 days? If he sent it to Texas, his check would be cashed within a week and then the NOA1 sent. The check being cashed and the NOA1 have nothing to do with it making it to CSC or not. You said he called them to inquire. Who did he call? You need to find out if he sent it to Texas or not. All petitions are to be sent to Texas. If he did, then it got lost and he should just cancel the check and resend it, this time by CMRRR so he can get a signature showing it was signed for. If he sent it to California then he did it wrong and needs to cancel the check and do it correct... send it to Texas. Do you understand what I am saying? He either never really sent it and is pulling the wool over your eyes, it got lost, or he sent it to the wrong place. All 3 scenarios scream for sending it again. What is 30 days going to accomplish?

[Rufus2012 175]

Cashing the check is the one thing they do quickly, as annoying as that is in principle, it does confirm that they received the application (as does the NOA1).

It doesn't seem like he got a tracking number - which the post office always suggests when you mail something at the counter itself - it's an extra dollar or two, why wouldn't he get one for something so important?

The cynic in me asks, did he really file it? I hate to say this, but it's an easy way out if you're having doubts.

If it were me and nothing was received in a matter of days, I'd be cancelling the check, sending in another application and making a pest of myself with USCIS until I was sure the application was in their system. I think anybody here would be pretty much the same. Who is willing to wait another month to follow up?

[GringoD 33]

ONe thing I notice about people on this site is... they always blaming the USCIS.

(myself included: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/333712-wow-dont-i-feel-special/)

I'm a little new to this site, in regards to being a regular user.

My best suspicion (couldn't there be a million scenarios here?) is that

1) someone did a very inept job

2) someone is mis-reporting

3) someone is presenting a hoax

Well, I mean, the poster herself, said: "This has NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE" probably.

Now, I understand,... nothing surprises me, and there's always a first time for everything.

Sometimes, we just simply fail to follow even the most simple and mundane rules, for our own neglect and other-life-distractions.

Edited October 13, 2011 by GringoD