What can I do to get a NOA1? (merged topics)

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Just now, Mackenzie Owens said:

how does this make sense? no noa1 yet so i haven't even begun the noa2 processing time

Because they know the receive date of the petition and that date will shown on your NOA1, that's why.

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16 minutes ago, Mackenzie Owens said:

how does this make sense? no noa1 yet so i haven't even begun the noa2 processing time

Because the day they received it your application got at least a stamp with the receive date and your NOA1 will show that date.

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5 minutes ago, Letspaintcookies said:

Because the day they received it your application got at least a stamp with the receive date and your NOA1 will show that date.

so? noa2 doesn't begin some review process or something? it just goes to noa2 after so much time has passed?

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4 minutes ago, Mackenzie Owens said:

so? noa2 doesn't begin some review process or something? it just goes to noa2 after so much time has passed?

After the NOA1 your application goes to a pile and sit there for however long it takes till somebody grabs it to work on. The review itself is done in 15 minutes and probably a couple of days for the petitioners background check when it's an easy case. Nobody will look at it the day it is received and starts something right away.

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3 minutes ago, Letspaintcookies said:

After the NOA1 your application goes to a pile 

and since it has been months with no noa1, and my application only going to that pile after a noa1 this week for example, then that means it wasn't on that pile for the past 2 months. wouldn't that mean the application's lifespan having been extended by all that time not being on that pile having received no noa1?

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4 minutes ago, Mackenzie Owens said:

and since it has been months with no noa1, and my application only going to that pile after a noa1 this week for example, then that means it wasn't on that pile for the past 2 months. wouldn't that mean the application's lifespan having been extended by all that time not being on that pile having received no noa1?

10 weeks right? Your NOA1 will be the date they received it. If you mailed it via USPS on 12/4 your NOA1 date will probably be around 12/8 or so assuming it took a few days to get there. It's been sitting in a pile, yes, but so has everyone else's. Your timeline starts with NOA1 which is why people tried to reassure you that your timeline has started even if you don't have NOA1 yet. Like I said, they're processing early December now so I'm sure you'll have it soon. Your NOA2 will also take longer to get to than it has in the past because of Covid etc. Expect at least 7–9 months from date of NOA1 to NOA2. 

 

The first post in the December thread explains each step. 

 

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4 minutes ago, Mackenzie Owens said:

and since it has been months with no noa1, and my application only going to that pile after a noa1 this week for example, then that means it wasn't on that pile for the past 2 months. wouldn't that mean the application's lifespan having been extended by all that time not being on that pile having received no noa1?

It's not like the reviewers don't have anything else to do and are just desperately waiting for new applications to come in to finally have something to work on. There is already a huge pile and your application will get there too with all the others in the order they're received. Covid didn't stopped at the doors of USCIS. They had and still have people calling in sick too. And people going on vacation and whatnot. Processing times are just longer again these days. I waited a year now for my AOS interview while it was only a six months wait for my office back in 2019. 

It doesn't really matter when you get your NOA1. Even if you got it after a week there might still be 100000 applications in front of you. Maybe they're down to 50000 when you get your letter and the waiting time from there is not too long anymore.

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5 minutes ago, Letspaintcookies said:

It's not like the reviewers don't have anything else to do and are just desperately waiting for new applications to come in to finally have something to work on. There is already a huge pile and your application will get there too with all the others in the order they're received. Covid didn't stopped at the doors of USCIS. They had and still have people calling in sick too. And people going on vacation and whatnot. Processing times are just longer again these days. I waited a year now for my AOS interview while it was only a six months wait for my office back in 2019. 

It doesn't really matter when you get your NOA1. Even if you got it after a week there might still be 100000 applications in front of you. Maybe they're down to 50000 when you get your letter and the waiting time from there is not too long anymore.

ok thank you

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This is a very long and arduous process. We filed in 2019 and have been stuck a NVC since last July waiting for the Philippines to be back to normal processing.