im confused with I-797

[sillyali 107]

Your case has been accepted and routed to the USCIS California Service Center for processing. Within 7-10 days by standard mail you will receive your official Receipt Notice (Form I-797) with your Receipt Number WAC189*******. With the official Receipt Notice (Form I-797) you may visit www.uscis.gov where you can check the status of your case using My Case Status. We suggest you wait until you have received your Form I-797 before checking My Case Status.

we just received that email the other day and to it's only a confirmation that they have received our case, am I right? but when I search about it, it says that I-797 is an approval of the case. So what is this actually? and after receiving this, what other forms or updates should we be expecting? Are we just waiting for either approval or denial?

[JFH 12,190]

This is just confirmation that your case has been received and sent to California. 

 

USCIS uses I-797 forms to send all sorts of communication to petitioners - receipt notices, approvals, denials, etc. 

[sillyali 107]

1 minute ago, JFH said:

This is just confirmation that your case has been received and sent to California. 

 

USCIS uses I-797 forms to send all sorts of communication to petitioners - receipt notices, approvals, denials, etc. 

 So what are we waiting for next? I mean, would the next email or notification would be whether we get denied or approved?

[Mr Geminian 691]

1 hour ago, sillyali said:

 So what are we waiting for next? I mean, would the next email or notification would be whether we get denied or approved?

Yes and before approval/denial notice , USCIS may require more evidence from you so they might send your petitioner a RFE (request for evidence) . You don't have to worry about RFE if you have sent alllllll the required documents with I-129F petition. Good Luck

[sillyali 107]

19 minutes ago, Aviinashh said:

Yes and before approval/denial notice , USCIS may require more evidence from you so they might send your petitioner a RFE (request for evidence) . You don't have to worry about RFE if you have sent alllllll the required documents with I-129F petition. Good Luck

Normally, when could an RFE occur? like if we filed and they received them by Oct. 10, how many weeks from that time should i be expecting an RFE assuming i forgot something. 

[Mr Geminian 691]

3 minutes ago, sillyali said:

Normally, when could an RFE occur? like if we filed and they received them by Oct. 10, how many weeks from that time should i be expecting an RFE assuming i forgot something. 

Normally it can be anytime from NOA1 to your approval notice. The normal processing time for I-129F is about 2-4 months but personal experience is we got RFE within one month of filing I-129F..in other words 2 weeks after NOA1

[sillyali 107]

1 minute ago, Aviinashh said:

Normally it can be anytime from NOA1 to your approval notice. The normal processing time for I-129F is about 2-4 months but personal experience is we got RFE within one month of filing I-129F..in other words 2 weeks after NOA1

ohh okay, thank you so much. I appreciate your help.

[Mr Geminian 691]

Just now, sillyali said:

ohh okay, thank you so much. I appreciate your help.

You are welcome