No reciept notice to physical address or email. Do I need to request another one?

[JeffinSeoul 0]

Hi, 

 

I live in Korea right now, and I filled out an I-130 for my wife. I included my sisters physical address in the USA as well as form G-1145 to get electronic notifications. I heard nothing so called the USCIS hotline. I was told that my package and been received and that they sent a receipt notice. My sister hasn't seen a letter and I can't find an email, including junk/spam folders. On the call we confirmed my physical and email address and it was correct. 

 

I was able to get my receipt number over the phone and can now see my case using the online tools. But I noticed it said this. "The notice describes how we will process your case. Please follow the instructions in the notice" 

 

I was so excited to get me receipt number I didn't think to ask them to resend the receipt notice, and they didn't offer. Does the receipt notice have important information that I can't find online or do I just need my receipt number. Do I need to call back and ask them to resend it? With the time difference it's a pain in the ###. 

 

I also read on a legal website, that it's "an official government document and must be kept in a safe place". They also said it's costly and takes a long time to replace.

 

Thanks for any help

 

 

 

[Nitas_man 3,100]

3 hours ago, JeffinSeoul said:

Hi, 

 

I live in Korea right now, and I filled out an I-130 for my wife. I included my sisters physical address in the USA as well as form G-1145 to get electronic notifications. I heard nothing so called the USCIS hotline. I was told that my package and been received and that they sent a receipt notice. My sister hasn't seen a letter and I can't find an email, including junk/spam folders. On the call we confirmed my physical and email address and it was correct. 

 

I was able to get my receipt number over the phone and can now see my case using the online tools. But I noticed it said this. "The notice describes how we will process your case. Please follow the instructions in the notice" 

 

I was so excited to get me receipt number I didn't think to ask them to resend the receipt notice, and they didn't offer. Does the receipt notice have important information that I can't find online or do I just need my receipt number. Do I need to call back and ask them to resend it? With the time difference it's a pain in the ###. 

 

I also read on a legal website, that it's "an official government document and must be kept in a safe place". They also said it's costly and takes a long time to replace.

 

Thanks for any help

 

 

 

On the petition - Your physical address is Korea, mailing address is in the US?

[JeffinSeoul 0]

I filled it out as having a mailing address different than my physical address. 
 

so physical address korea, mailing address my sisters address in the USA. 

[DanDonney 0]

Hi,

i'm in the same situation.

Filed 21 days ago, and didn't get any text, email or a notice in regular mail.

Can you please let me know what is the number you called?

Thanks and good luck

D

[JeffinSeoul 0]

1-800-375-5283

If you are overseas too, you can use skype to call 1800 numbers for free. 

 

To actually talk to a real person, the menu options are 1,1,2,2 

 

I never got either an email or physical mail. To resend the email, you have to talk to a supervisor and the only way to do that is that they have to call you back. They don't callback overseas, so not an option for me. 

 

I gave them a second email address, so that's probably a good idea. 

 

From the post office website, we can see that I got a letter about three weeks after my package was received, but it wasn't delivered. Went to the post office to ask why/where is the letter now and was told that they can literally give no information about it. Not that they don't know, but that they aren't allowed to tell us - completely useless. 

 

USCIS also told me that there are no instructions on the 130 receipt notice. You just need the receipt notice number to create an online account

[DanDonney 0]

Thanks!

I'll call them

Good luck

D