AM I IN TOO MUCH OF A RUSH

[Sinergy 3]

NOTE: Due to an unusually large volume of receipts at the Service Centers during the first week of April, it is taking longer than expected to enter cases into the system. Depending on the type of case and service requested, it may take approximately 14 days to generate and mail receipt notices. Once the receipt notice has been generated, it may take an additional 2 to 3 days for customers to receive their receipt notices in the mail. Per existing policies and procedures, requests for Premium Processing Service will continue to be processed within 15 days. USCIS wishes to assure all customers that the original received date will be honored and recorded on the receipt notice. This date will appear in the "Received Date" box on Form I-797, Notice of Action. The received date is different from the "Notice Date", which also appears on Form I-797. The Notice Date is the date the receipt notice was actually generated. USCIS has taken appropriate measures to address this situation and expects to be current with its receipting by mid-May.

resource: http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/index.htm

For those who seem to have a longer wait lately for their NOA1

[wasabepasta 0]

Thanks for the support.

So it is normal, then, to have the check cleared first and receive a notice later. I thought it was the opposite, NOA1 first and then cleared check.

[pee gee 0]

Wasabepasta....your name makes me want to eat...great name.

Anyways...I got the NOA1 in the mail today, one day after my check cleared. See my sig below for the dates. Yours is hopefully on the way.

Can someone tell me what date I should put in my timeline for the NOA1....the received date or notice date? What does the notice date mean? Is that when it was entered into the system meaning it sat for 2 weeks before it was even opened up?

Thanks!