Priority Date

[SennaBrigante 92]

We got our NOA1 last Dec 19 through email but it doesn't say anything about a priority date. Where can I find ours? What is a priority date anyways?

[Saylin 1,605]

We got our NOA1 last Dec 19 through email but it doesn't say anything about a priority date. Where can I find ours? What is a priority date anyways?

A priority date for IR-1/CR-1 visa applicants isn't important. Priority dates are only important for visa categories where there's a limited number of visas given out each year. Since IR-1/CR-1 visas are unlimited, priority dates don't mean anything.

What you want to focus on is your notice date, aka NOA1 date.

[Cathi 5,771]

You dont need to worry about a priority date with a cr1 visa

[SennaBrigante 92]

Thanks!

And do I also have to worry about an alien registration number or does that not apply to me too?

[sportymom 2]

Priority date is just the date when it was filed by your petitioner. Alien Registration Number is given to you via email together with the receipt number and case number. The NVC will advise you that it is important to keep it.

[SennaBrigante 92]

Since we didn't get a case and alien number along with our receipt number then I'm guessing that they don't apply to us at this stage?

[Ketsuban 1,034]

You won't get an A# until later on. I think they assign it when or just before they approve your petition. In any case, you don't need to worry about it just yet.

[sportymom 2]

You should get that soon. In my case, I received it via email along with the information about DS-3032. My husband and I were getting all the notifications via email only. No hard copies are being sent to us via Regular Mail. They (NVC) sent us some of the forms in a PDF (to be printed out) and most of the times, we looked on the US Embassy websites.

[dwheels76 5,468]

Since we didn't get a case and alien number along with our receipt number then I'm guessing that they don't apply to us at this stage?

You are getting way ahead of your self talking case#. USCIS will assign you a receipt# will probably start with MSC. You should get your I-797 notification letter within 30 days.

That MSC# will allow you to now register your receipt # on the USCIS.gov website and you can monitor your case file.

Alien# doesn't apply now to CR1/IR1 cases.

Your case when you login will be in initial review and stay that way until 1. you get a RFE (Request for evidence) or 2. Approval. So hang on.

Since you are from the Philippines I would be calling USCIS and requesting an expedite because of the Typhoon.

[bigdog 376]

Hang in there.

[SennaBrigante 92]

I made an account for us at the USCIS website to check our case status so I guess we're good there. Just seeing other posters talk about priority dates, case numbers, other numbers make me nervous lol. I feel like we're missing something since I was the one who prepared our packet and he just checked, signed and sent them.