longest wait for NOA1

[mikeleighb 0]

Hi. I was just wondering how long it has been taking for people to receive their first notice of action. today is day # 70 since my application was received, and i have heard nothing. my check has still not cleared at this time. each time i call, the operator tells me to wait a little longer. if it passes 90 days they will do a diligent search for it.

I should have mentioned, i filed form i-130 for my foreign wife.

Has anyone else had this problem? and how long did you have to wait?

[MAO36 30]

Hi. I was just wondering how long it has been taking for people to receive their first notice of action. today is day # 70 since my application was received, and i have heard nothing. my check has still not cleared at this time. each time i call, the operator tells me to wait a little longer. if it passes 90 days they will do a diligent search for it.

I should have mentioned, i filed form i-130 for my foreign wife.

Has anyone else had this problem? and how long did you have to wait?

Prepare yourself for a loooon journey. There are still Petitioners from the end of August still waiting for their I130 receipts. As for myself, I mailed petition 9/5/07, received and stamped in the mailroom 9/6/07 and Guess what? Still no receipt or check cashed.

[SusieK 3]

Hi. I was just wondering how long it has been taking for people to receive their first notice of action. today is day # 70 since my application was received, and i have heard nothing. my check has still not cleared at this time. each time i call, the operator tells me to wait a little longer. if it passes 90 days they will do a diligent search for it.

I should have mentioned, i filed form i-130 for my foreign wife.

Has anyone else had this problem? and how long did you have to wait?

Prepare yourself for a loooon journey. There are still Petitioners from the end of August still waiting for their I130 receipts. As for myself, I mailed petition 9/5/07, received and stamped in the mailroom 9/6/07 and Guess what? Still no receipt or check cashed.

Please read the threads......you can start with August and that should really prepare you for the situation - if not try September....and so forth... There are a few people from July actually that have not received, many from August (and I mean early August) and September just started getting theirs.

Good Luck to you and journey - ours was 115 days I believe but after 90 gave up counting....

[memyselfandi 0]

Hi. I was just wondering how long it has been taking for people to receive their first notice of action. today is day # 70 since my application was received, and i have heard nothing. my check has still not cleared at this time. each time i call, the operator tells me to wait a little longer. if it passes 90 days they will do a diligent search for it.

I should have mentioned, i filed form i-130 for my foreign wife.

Has anyone else had this problem? and how long did you have to wait?

Prepare yourself for a loooon journey. There are still Petitioners from the end of August still waiting for their I130 receipts. As for myself, I mailed petition 9/5/07, received and stamped in the mailroom 9/6/07 and Guess what? Still no receipt or check cashed.

Please read the threads......you can start with August and that should really prepare you for the situation - if not try September....and so forth... There are a few people from July actually that have not received, many from August (and I mean early August) and September just started getting theirs.

Good Luck to you and journey - ours was 115 days I believe but after 90 gave up counting....

Filed mine in August, still no reciept, no check cleared, no NOA1 no nada. I dont even know which service center it is in now but it all started in Texas. It's sad but its a very long process, it even makes me feel sick to my stomacn even thinking about it. Good luck though and try to be patient.

[myhusbandswife 0]

Wow, I mailed my I-130 in June of 2007 and received my Receipt 2 weeks later. I then mailed my I-129F and received that receipt about 2 weeks later as well. My I-130 was just approved..now it's on to the waiting for the interview in CJ...

[heyjimi 0]

Hi. I was just wondering how long it has been taking for people to receive their first notice of action. today is day # 70 since my application was received, and i have heard nothing. my check has still not cleared at this time. each time i call, the operator tells me to wait a little longer. if it passes 90 days they will do a diligent search for it.

I should have mentioned, i filed form i-130 for my foreign wife.

Has anyone else had this problem? and how long did you have to wait?

i am on my 99th day waiting,I even have my congressman helping me find out what is going on.He can not believe what we are all going thru.i sent mine in sept 27th,their website says they are on october 12th....so who knows,what is really going on,because if they were on october 12th,why is there people from september and even august who have yet to recieve NOA1.?

[Elbereth 0]

just a little over 50 days

[C and J 1]

My wait time doesn't really count because it was back in April when CSC had printing problems (has nothing to do with the receipting delays that are going on now) but it took 4 months for me to receive our one for the I130 (see signature).

[carvesk8 0]

We just got our I-130 NOA-1 after 3 1/2 months . Check out my timeline to see the details of this painfully slow process. Hopefully in 2008 things will get back up to speed.

[mikeleighb 0]

i should have asked this too. what center did you apply to. mine was at nebraska. this is day 71 now.

[little white guy 0]

i should have asked this too. what center did you apply to. mine was at nebraska. this is day 71 now.

Tx ours mailed to seems goes to Ca from there, who knows..Sent I130 Oct 2, 07 still no check cashed..They don't even know if it got there I guess we have to suffer even more because of that..Its a real shame they had no idea many more people would file before the rate increase, if thats really what the problem is..Lots of common sense .gov has..

[edp333 9]

Tx ours mailed to seems goes to Ca from there, who knows..Sent I130 Oct 2, 07 still no check cashed..They don't even know if it got there I guess we have to suffer even more because of that..Its a real shame they had no idea many more people would file before the rate increase, if thats really what the problem is..Lots of common sense .gov has..

Bingo!! Gonzalez, "Increasing fees will allow us to Reduce processing times for all immigration applications by an average of 20 percent by the end of FY 2009. Doh, we did not expect such an increase in petitioners with an average increase for application and petition fees of approximately 86 percent."

[ding 1]

It will be 90 days for me in 3 days for the I-129F on my K3. Should I call after that?

Oct. 10, 2007 USPS delivered it.

I will probably go with the I-130 because it had the NOA1 on Sept. 10, 2007. They seem to be 19 days longer than the I-129 at CSC.

Edited January 11, 2008 by ding