NOA1 Times for Chicago

[zach21uk 3]

Hey All,

Just a quick one - we mailed our I-130 and supporting documentation to the Chicago Dropbox via DHL on April 25th. It was received and signed for at around 8am on April 28th. We included the relevant form to be notified by email or SMS, however we have not received NOA1 yet.

I notice here http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/594506-noa1-not-received/ that this individual received email confirmation after 3-4 days.

Should we be worried / concerned at not having received an email yet?

Thanks

Zach

[Hccaldwe 12]

No. Some people took a month but the important thing isn't the time to get the NOA1 but the recieved date on the NOA1.

[zach21uk 3]

OK - its just a bit disconcerting when we see other people got a text/email really quickly. I see you got your text/email five days after delivery and I see a lot of folks get it in around the same amount of time.

[JFH 12,189]

has your check been cashed?

[zach21uk 3]

Its hard to say - we got a check in US dollars from Bank of Cyprus who issued via their partner bank in the US, which is Citibank. The funds to cover the check were therefore immediately taken from our account as soon as we were issued the check. We will try to check with our bank on Monday to see if they can track whether its been paid out.

Edited May 7, 2016 by zach21uk

[LinJoe 117]

Hey All,

Just a quick one - we mailed our I-130 and supporting documentation to the Chicago Dropbox via DHL on April 25th. It was received and signed for at around 8am on April 28th. We included the relevant form to be notified by email or SMS, however we have not received NOA1 yet.

I notice here http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/594506-noa1-not-received/ that this individual received email confirmation after 3-4 days.

Should we be worried / concerned at not having received an email yet?

Thanks

Zach

Keep in mind that the Chicago Lockbox is just the very first step. They don't actually process it. The Lockbox location will forward it to the actual processing/service Center. Once your petition has actually reached the processing/service center: California, Nebraska, Texas or Vermont, then you'll get the email/text followed with the NOA1 in the mail.

Edited May 8, 2016 by LinJoe

[Thesmiths2016 117]

Hey All,

Just a quick one - we mailed our I-130 and supporting documentation to the Chicago Dropbox via DHL on April 25th. It was received and signed for at around 8am on April 28th. We included the relevant form to be notified by email or SMS, however we have not received NOA1 yet.

I notice here http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/594506-noa1-not-received/ that this individual received email confirmation after 3-4 days.

Should we be worried / concerned at not having received an email yet?

Thanks

Zach

Some people never get an email notification despite submitting the form to do so. Hang in there.

I myself did receive an email on 30th March, but my notice was dated 24th March (so it took them a week to email after the routing), and I received the hardcopy 11th April. So sometimes the centre may have your application well before they actually tell you. I wouldn't be worried enough to ask them about it for probably another week to be honest.

And as someone else said, Chicago lockbox is just a routing point. I saw that when I got sent to Nebraska there are literally hundreds of applications for various visas with the same NOA1 date as me, so it's entirely possible they do them in batches.

[zach21uk 3]

Thanks for the replies all. We didn't realize that Chicago forwards the packet to another office. That could explain the delay. We will wait another 4-5 working days before worrying!

[TBoneTX 43,433]

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[zach21uk 3]

So we still haven't heard anything and I was just wondering.

If they had some problem with our check, what exactly would happen?

Would they mail the entire pack back to us and make us resubmit it? Or would they assign a case number and then send a notification that we need to send another check?

[zach21uk 3]

Just bumping this again as its May 19th here and we still have not heard anything. We're a bit confused at this point as we KNOW that our package was received and signed for at the drop box :/