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How long does it take to get NOA1 via email/text?

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Catalina Cuqui   17

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Hi guys!

This is my first post, though have browsed the forum a lot.

We sent our petition package on Saturday August 6, and our check was cashed on Saturday 12 (completed on Monday 14). That means USCIS got our package the week of August 7-13 (we had a problem with the USPS tracking, that is still stuck on "accepted at post office", but that's another story!).

We included a G-1145 with our package, but my fiancé hasn't received any notification from USCIS yet. We know the NOA1 hard copy takes a couple of weeks, but I thought the email/text notification was just a matter of a couple of days? Well, it's been a week and no news from them yet. Is this normal or should we start to worry? How long did it take for you?

Thanks for your help!

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The text/email notifications are unreliable at best. Each case is unique and there is no one time fits all. Be patient.

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Gregory&Dyn   113

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From personal experience, any emails / SMS messages you receive are just a bonus. TOM169 is right, they are unreliable at best. Sometimes you get them. Sometimes you don't. Sometimes you get one and not the other. And worse yet, they can arrive right away, or be delayed for a week or more. Don't rely alone on just the email and SMS messages. Look for hard copies. That's your evidence of receipt.

MEETING

12 March 2012: Met Dyn at a coffee shop in Kuwait

Summer 2012: I returned home to the U.S. to prepare a way for Dyn

Fall 2014: Dyn returns home to Philippines after seven years in Kuwait

ANNULMENT

February 2014: Engaged while I visited Philippines

March 2014: Officially hired attorney and filed for Dyn's annulment in Bohol, Philippines

December 2015: Bohol District Court issues decision in our favor

December 2015: Judge sends transcript of his decision to OSG for processing

February 05 2016: OSG returned receipt and approval to district court in Bohol. CoF to be issued end of second week in February

February 09 2016: Dyn is presented with the Entry of Judgment and her Certificate of Finality via the local court.

February 15 2016: LCR issues annotated marriage certificate, and necessary documents are forwarded to the NSO / PSA visa LBC

April 19 2016: Received CENOMAR and Annotated MC from PSA via private courier. DONE! COMPLETE! FINISHED! OFFICIAL!

I-129F / K1 VISA APPLICATION PROCESS

April 04 2016: I-129F sent to Texas Lockbox via USPS Priority Mail

April 12 2016: Email from USCIS acceptance confirmation

April 17 2016: Official NOA1 hard copy received

July 12 2016: NOA2 Approval hard copy received

July 14 2016: Post Decision Activity email from USCIS

THE LONG WAIT (USCIS misplaced approved petition)

September 16 2016: NVC received approved I-129F petition and assigns case number

INTERVIEW / MEDICAL PROCESS

October 04 2016: Day 1 of medical at SLEC in Manila

October 05 2016: Psychiatric evaluation off-site due to psychological incapacity annulment (10 hour eval with 800 question profile test)

October 13 2016: CFO Seminar completed successfully and certificate awarded (CFO stamp not issued until visa is presented).

October 20 2016: Return to SLEC complete psychological evaluation with resident psychologist (less than ten minutes)

October 21 2016: Vaccination day at SLEC (medical finally complete)

October 25 2016: Visa interview at USEM in Manila (APPROVED)

HOMECOMING

November 19 2016: Dyn's arrival at POE Dulles IAD in Washington DC

December 01 2016: Married

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Catalina Cuqui   17

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Thanks guys!

It's a little stressful, because we haven't received the return receipt or delivery notification that USPS should have given us (we sent it certified), and we haven't gotten electronic NOA1 from USCIS either. So our only "proof" that our package got to its destination is the cashed check.

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Thanks guys!

It's a little stressful, because we haven't received the return receipt or delivery notification that USPS should have given us (we sent it certified), and we haven't gotten electronic NOA1 from USCIS either. So our only "proof" that our package got to its destination is the cashed check.

I would be confident it got there if the check cashed. It can take about two weeks to get the text/email. About 3 to 4 maybe for mailed one.

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~Moved from K1 Process to K1 Progress Forum~

~Inquiry about case status~

Completed: K1/K2 (271 days) - AOS/EAD/AP (134 days) - ROC (279 days)

"Si vis amari, ama" - Seneca

 

 

 

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Catalina Cuqui   17

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My fiance just told me he got the NOA1 in the mail today! Yay!!

We didn't get any electronic notification... But we got the hard copy real fast. Our service center is California.

Now we can relax for a (little) while.

Thank you!

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Shauneg   762

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My fiance just told me he got the NOA1 in the mail today! Yay!!

We didn't get any electronic notification... But we got the hard copy real fast. Our service center is California.

Now we can relax for a (little) while.

Thank you!

You can go to the USCIS website and create a login with your case number and all that. You have an option on there to modify whether or not get electronic notifications....see what it says then fix it in case they didn't put you to receive e-notification. It sounds like they didn't.

Congrats, journey begins.

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Catalina Cuqui   17

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It wasn't. I turned it on now. Yeah that's probably why. I'm so happy the hard copy arrived so soon so that we can relax. :) xx

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Cheezees   1,514

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I got very timely notifications - like within 5 minutes of my case being updated online - but I know that is not the norm. Some people get nothing at all or just some of them or even the wrong order of notifications. It's annoyingly unpredictable and so very useless. :rolleyes:

 

 

AOS

03/24/11 - Got married in the Boogie-Down Bronx, NYC!
04/21/11 - Mailed I-130,I-765, I-485, I-864 and I-693 - Day 00

04/23/11 - Application delivered - Day 02
04/28/11 - NOA (most forms) - Day 07
05/03/11 - Checks cashed - Day 12
05/31/11 - Biometrics completed in the Bronx, NYC - Day 40
06/24/11 - Received someone else's employment authorization card!!! What the...? - Day 64
07/01/11 - Mailed the poor lady's card back after calling USCIS - Day 71
07/07/11 - Received poor lady's interview notice! What??? - Day 77
07/15/11 - Received my own EAD card - Day 85
08/12/11 - Interview. Approved on the spot! - Day 113
08/18/11 - Received card in the mail - Day 119

ROC
05/28/13 - Mailed I-751 - Day 00

05/30/13 - Application delivered - Day 02

05/31/13 - NOA I-797 - Day 03
06/04/13 - Check cashed - Day 07

06/06/13 - NOA delivered to my home/Biometrics letter generated - Day 09

06/10/13 - Received Biometrics letter in the mail - Day 13

06/27/13 - Biometrics completed in Milwaukee, WI - Day 30

09/10/13 - Application approved! - Day 105

09/14/13 - 10 year Green Card received! - Day 109

Citizenship

05/10/16 - Mailed N-400 - Day 00

05/12/16 - Application delivered - Day 02

05/13/16 - Credit card payment accepted - Day 03

05/17/16 - Received text & email update - Day 07

05/20/16 - Received 1st NOA (dated 05/13/16) & created ELIS acct - Day 10

05/21/16 - Received 2nd NOA (dated 05/16/16) confirming my DOB and address - Day 11

05/22/06 - Biometrics scheduled (online update) and appt letter was mailed on 05/20/16 - Day 12

05/24/06 - Biometrics letter became viewable online (appt scheduled for 06/07/16) - Day 14

05/27/16 - Received Biometrics letter in mail - Day 17

05/31/16 - Was denied walk-in fingerprints with just 1 person left in line. Milwaukee office, boo! - Day 21

06/07/16 - Biometrics completed in Milwaukee, WI - Day 28

12/21/16 - Passed Citizenship test/Interview was successful! - Day 197

01/26/17 - I am a US citizen!!! - Day 233

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EllenM Newbie

EllenM   0

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Just FYI, I received an email and text notification when my petition was received by USCIS (NOA 1), but not when it was approved (76 days after submission). I found out when I checked with my case number on the website and received the hardcopy in the mail approximately 4 days after it was approved.

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KandS17   6

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Hi! How will you know that your check is cashed? my fiance sent a cashier's check how can we check if it's already cashed? It's also been a week since uscis received our packet i tracked it in usps and it was already delivered. I've never been this agitated before please help...

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