I-130 January 2020 Filers

[Millikkl 15]

On 1/29/2020 at 8:20 AM, BrittIgbinovia said:

For the NOA-1 do we go off of the received date or receipt date? My received date is showing 01/24/20 and receipt date of 01/27/20 via text. When I checked in online it stated it was emailed to me. I did not get an email with any information. Nothing in the mail as of yet either.  Any thoughts?

I believe the receipt date. I too saw the notification that an "email" was sent when it wasn't. I received a letter in the mail a few days later. 

[Just Paul 4,591]

23 hours ago, JAC&MEH said:

 I know cases get transferred all the time but is there a way to request a transfer?

You can't request a transfer.

 

[Millikkl 15]

On 2/1/2020 at 8:31 PM, Xyrstine said:

If it's any consolation, even though ours is online it feels the same lol. Thank God for VJ - we can all have a rant and get through the madness together. Good luck with your submission. Will update my timeline once something happens and get an estimated timeline we can work with. 

I also received that message but did not receive an email. You will get something in the mail shortly. My lawyer said up to two weeks.

[MlgSea 26]

Today, exactly a week after our petition package was delivered, our personal check was finally cashed, and shortly after we received a text receipt with an IOE#. The text doesn’t tell us which service center it’s getting forwarded to though, will we just have to wait for the official paper notice to find that out?

[Millikkl 15]

5 minutes ago, MlgSea said:

Today, exactly a week after our petition package was delivered, our personal check was finally cashed, and shortly after we received a text receipt with an IOE#. The text doesn’t tell us which service center it’s getting forwarded to though, will we just have to wait for the official paper notice to find that out?

Correct. It will be on the paper they mail to you. I believe it is initially assigned by geographic location. It was true for mine. You can look at the link below for jurisdictions. If you're in Washington State, it looks like yours will likely go to Nebraska (me too).

 

https://www.***removed***/directory/servicecenters.html

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[MlgSea 26]

9 minutes ago, Millikkl said:

Correct. It will be on the paper they mail to you. I believe it is initially assigned by geographic location. It was true for mine. You can look at the link below for jurisdictions. If you're in Washington State, it looks like yours will likely go to Nebraska (me too).

 

https://www.***removed***/directory/servicecenters.html

That’s what I would think too but it seems like even though that’s how they used to determine service centers (by residential state), it doesn’t work that way anymore and no one has quite figured out the rules that the uscis goes by now (if there’s even any). I’ve read cases where folks living in the same state and filing at a similar time got sent to different centers.. So I guess I can only sit tight and keeping my fingers crossed!

[Siddsgal 80]

18 minutes ago, MlgSea said:

That’s what I would think too but it seems like even though that’s how they used to determine service centers (by residential state), it doesn’t work that way anymore and no one has quite figured out the rules that the uscis goes by now (if there’s even any). I’ve read cases where folks living in the same state and filing at a similar time got sent to different centers.. So I guess I can only sit tight and keeping my fingers crossed!

Do you have a myUSCIS account? They “should” post the letters that they send you on there before mailing to you as a document. 
It won’t say directly where your service center is, but in lower left corner of the page there is an address, that’s where you can tell what service center it’s at. The letter u get in the mail, which is the exact one u see online, will also be addressed from the service center you end up at. 
Hopes that helps! 

[MlgSea 26]

1 minute ago, Siddsgal said:

Do you have a myUSCIS account? They “should” post the letters that they send you on there before mailing to you as a document. 
It won’t say directly where your service center is, but in lower left corner of the page there is an address, that’s where you can tell what service center it’s at. The letter u get in the mail, which is the exact one u see online, will also be addressed from the service center you end up at. 
Hopes that helps! 

Ah thanks for the suggestion! I do not have an account yet; will I be able to create one using the receipt number that they just texted us?

[Siddsgal 80]

5 minutes ago, MlgSea said:

Ah thanks for the suggestion! I do not have an account yet; will I be able to create one using the receipt number that they just texted us?

We filed online so I can’t say with 100% accuracy but I am pretty sure you can!

[MlgSea 26]

5 minutes ago, Siddsgal said:

We filed online so I can’t say with 100% accuracy but I am pretty sure you can!

I tried it out and it worked! Thanks! (No letter posted though..)

[Siddsgal 80]

7 minutes ago, MlgSea said:

I tried it out and it worked! Thanks! (No letter posted though..)

This is where you will find it just Incase😉

[Siddsgal 80]

6 minutes ago, Siddsgal said:

This is where you will find it just Incase😉

And where you will see

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[Siddsgal 80]

See that our estimated application completed date is now December 28th, 2020 so Nebraska must be moving right along😍

[Millikkl 15]

1 hour ago, Siddsgal said:

See that our estimated application completed date is now December 28th, 2020 so Nebraska must be moving right along😍

Where did you see that info?

[Siddsgal 80]

1 minute ago, Millikkl said:

Where did you see that info?

On my timeline. Our original date was Jan, 28, 2021 so we’ve shaved a month off already!😁