USCIS Web Page Updates

[jumperoo 0]

I got my receipt number for my 129F application for a K-1 visa, with a receipt date of May 13, 2011. I have tried several times to get into USCIS to check status - with no result. Last week, I decided to call the 1-800 number on the receipt to make sure there is no problem. I was transferred from the national call center to another office, where the representative told me that these "marriage" type of applications are not logged into the system and so my receipt number would never work on the USCIS website to check for updates. He told me that I would, however, be able to sign up for text updates. I went to the USCIS web page to sign up for text updates, but the program did not work.

It seems to me from reading this site that other K-1 applicants are checking their status on the USCIS web page. Am I wrong?

[lilly1986 5]

hi, i am checking my case updates all the time on the USCIS homepage

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

I got my receipt number for my 129F application for a K-1 visa, with a receipt date of May 13, 2011. I have tried several times to get into USCIS to check status - with no result. Last week, I decided to call the 1-800 number on the receipt to make sure there is no problem. I was transferred from the national call center to another office, where the representative told me that these "marriage" type of applications are not logged into the system and so my receipt number would never work on the USCIS website to check for updates. He told me that I would, however, be able to sign up for text updates. I went to the USCIS web page to sign up for text updates, but the program did not work.

It seems to me from reading this site that other K-1 applicants are checking their status on the USCIS web page. Am I wrong?

Whoever you talked to was an idiot (no surprise there). You can check the status on the USCIS web site. The receipt number you enter should begin with the three letter abbreviation for the service center that's handling the petition - EAC for Vermont and WAC for California.

It's not unusual for a case not to be transferred to the online ECRIS system. ECRIS is not the same computer system that USCIS uses internally. Minimal case status information is transferred from the USCIS internal system to the ECRIS online system daily by an automated program. The program will skip cases that have a variety of different types of markers. For example, if a case is being adjudicated then it might be marked "pending", and the program would not attempt to update it's status on ECRIS. Workers at USCIS frequently forget to clear these markers, and the case status doesn't get updated on ECRIS. It's nothing to worry about. It doesn't mean your file is lost or that nobody will ever work on it. It just means that ECRIS is not particularly reliable for monitoring your case status.

[jumperoo 0]

UPDATE: I just called the customer service number again. Again, the automated system does not recognize my receipt number. Today, the officer I spoke with said that they have to upload the data into the system which I, as a customer, have access to - and currently the upload function is not working. She said they know of this problem and are working to fix it and until they do, I will not be able to check case status updates for me receipt number - nor sign up to receive text message updates regarding my receipt number.

I hope this helps anyone else out there who has been struggling to figure out why, after two months have passed, their receipt number is still not logged into the USCIS automated system.