sarah03

Hi everyone! Fellow November '18 filer here. I mailed my package 11/14, and then received my NOA1 in the mail on 12/31 after filing a service request about a week prior as I had not heard anything from USCIS. My GC expires 2/6/2019, so I'm glad I got the NOA1 in time.
 
I'm also having the issue with my receipt number turning up an error message when I go to check my case status on the USCIS website. Is the only recourse here calling USCIS and asking them to forward my concern to IT? Thanks!!

Hey everyone,
Ok, so I have a very basic question. I received NOA2 last week, so I know its way too early to start chasing up my case and calling NVC. I'm just wondering, if hypothetically I never called NVC and just let things happen without following up at each stage, who would I hear from next? NVC or my local consulate? Is the next communication in the process just receiving packet 3 from my local consulate? And lastly, if I don't call NVC to find out my case #, etc...do I find that out from the consulate or does NVC send a letter listing that info?
Just a little confused on what happens next and want to know what documents I am waiting on at this point!
Thanks!

Yeah, most of us send is ASAP.

There is no mailing them anything in terms of what's on the checklist, you get a checklist but you don't give them ANYTHING on the checklist until your interview. While it says the "rules" are to get everything first, the rule isn't enforced -at all-. My fiance is getting his police check next week, my mom's getting all her cosponsor papers together next week, and he's already had his medical. LOL



You can contact them here to find out if they have your case: http://canada.usembassy.gov/contact/public-inquiry-form.html

I personally never contacted them though, there's three ways to find out, either contact them at the above site, wait for the snail mail packet 3, or wing it. LOL


We winged it, after the case went from IN TRANSIT to READY, we waited like 5 days and went ahead and emailed packet 3. No response for a good while, and then I saw that there were other people who immediately emailed packet 3 once it was marked as ready. After seeing someone here say that they resent it after their status update date changed a week later and got a response in two hours, I checked CEAC and our status update date had changed! It was marked as READY on July 7th but then had a new update date on July 15th and 16th. I waited a bit to see if it changed again and it didn't so on July 23rd I asked my fiance to resend and we got packet 4 in 7 hours.

So once it's marked as ready, give it another week or so, it took them 9 days to log ours. So wait 10 days from when it is marked as READY in CEAC and if there's a new update date that's more recent go ahead and send packet 3, you should hear back from them anywhere between 2 hours and 2 days. If it's not logged, they'll simply ignore your email.

But again if you REALLY want to confirm, use the inquiry form! =]



To help ya on the timeline. My NOA2 was June 2nd, the NVC assigned a case number to it on June 25th (so three weeks two days from CSC to NVC) and then sent it from NVC to MTL on June 30th, MTL recieved it July 7th and then logged it July 16th. (So one week to go from NVC to MTL, and one week two days from MTL recieving to MTL logging it)
Total of 6 weeks two days from NOA2 to MTL logging it, or 44 days. =]