Application Receipt Number?

[Michele and Adam 54]

I'm sorry if this has been answered a million times, I did try to search the forums but didn't see my question.

I sent my K-1 package on April 12, 2007 and still haven't received anything at all from USCIS. However, I checked my online bank today, and they cashed my check May 4, 2007!

It's my understanding the number I can use to set up my account to check my case status is on the back of the check? But nothing I am putting in the website is working.

The info on the back of the check is:

PAY TO THE ORDER OF

BANK OF AMERICA

123456789

FOR DEPOSIT ONLY

US TREASURY TGANET WEST

CITIZENSHIP & IMMIGRATION SVCS

CALIFORNIA SERVICE CENTER

ALC #12345678

1234567890 CA

Are any of these my numbers I can use to set up my account? Or is it perhaps just too early, I don't have a number yet, or it's not in their system since they just cashed the check last Friday?

It's been almost a month I've been waiting for some sort of acknowlegment, so I want to get it set up NOW! I'm sure you all know how that is. I just can't wait any more, and have this possiblity dangled in front of me but it's not working!

I followed the links on the USCIS website to get to the part to register my account, and it's asking for my application receipt number.

Any help/ideas would be appreciated.

Michele

[Yodrak 7]

Michele,

None of the numbers you show here appear to be a Receipt Number, but that may be because you may have left something out when you changed the numbers that were on the check to the 12345.... sequences that you put in your post.

Beyond that, the Receipt Number that was on the back of the check for my wife's recent submission was not the Receipt Number that was on the Receipt Notice. The number that was on the check was useless for checking status.

Yodrak

I'm sorry if this has been answered a million times, I did try to search the forums but didn't see my question.

I sent my K-1 package on April 12, 2007 and still haven't received anything at all from USCIS. However, I checked my online bank today, and they cashed my check May 4, 2007!

It's my understanding the number I can use to set up my account to check my case status is on the back of the check? But nothing I am putting in the website is working.

The info on the back of the check is:

PAY TO THE ORDER OF

BANK OF AMERICA

123456789

FOR DEPOSIT ONLY

US TREASURY TGANET WEST

CITIZENSHIP & IMMIGRATION SVCS

CALIFORNIA SERVICE CENTER

ALC #12345678

1234567890 CA

Are any of these my numbers I can use to set up my account? .....

Michele

[Minya's wife 24]

Your case number should begin w/ WAC and be followed by a series of #'s.

That said, it has been a while since you've mailed your petition, you should have heard something by now. When did they cash your check? If just recently, give it a few more days and you should receive the NOA1 in the mail. If its been a while since they've cashed your check and still not hard copy NOA1, you may want to give customer service a call.

Good luck!

-P

[Michele and Adam 54]

I see. Well, I kept the amount of numbers and spaces, etc. the same (i.e., it says ALC(space)#(eight numbers)), I only changed the actual numbers, but it appears to be moot. Hmm, wonder if that's just a rumor then, about being able to register based on the cashed check info.

Darn it! I just want something check! It's driving me nuts! I want to start incessently checking my case status online! Oh well, I assume the paperwork shouldn't be far behind then, now that the check has been cashed, although it appears from other timelines here I should have gotten it two weeks ago...

Thanks so much for the info.

Michele

[TracyTN 237]

I see. Well, I kept the amount of numbers and spaces, etc. the same (i.e., it says ALC(space)#(eight numbers)), I only changed the actual numbers, but it appears to be moot. Hmm, wonder if that's just a rumor then, about being able to register based on the cashed check info.

Michele

Its not a 'rumor'. Many of us found out our case numbers exactly that way. Perhaps they're doing them differently now (or maybe a number or two was inadvertently left off yours).

At any rate, you should have the physical NOA1 soon (there's also no 'norm' for receiving those either). There's not much to see online anyway, unfortunately.

Edited May 7, 2007 by TracyTN

[payxibka 10,045]

What you should also see is:

For Deposit to U.S. Treasury

Line 2

Line 3

Line 4 (your case number here beginning WACxxxxxxxxxx)

[Yodrak 7]

Michele,

It's not just a rumor, but it's also not 100% reliable. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

Yodrak

..... Hmm, wonder if that's just a rumor then, about being able to register based on the cashed check info.

.....

Michele

[Michele and Adam 54]

Hmm, yeah, the number under the California Service Center line does start with the letters "ALC", not WAC and then there's a space and the # sign and then 8 numbers, and then the line under that has 10 numbers, space, and "CA".

Yep, appears my number is not on there. Okay. Well, they did just cash the check this past Friday, I shall give them some more time to get the paperwork before I call to see what's up. Haha, just my luck! Let's hope this isn't a sign of the way the process is going to go for me! Watch, they erroneously have me set up as petitioning to move an African hockey team to Michigan or something...hee hee.

And yeah, I know there's hardly any info, but I'm just one of those people that feels like I'm "doing" sometime if I check every day. Silly, I know.

Thank you so much, everyone. Really.

[~Nini~ 2]

Michele,

I know my case number started with an EAC, followed by (I believe) ten digits. You can try to see if that ALC number works on the USCIS site, but that's just a thought. I'm the type that would try every single combination of numbers from the back of the check.

Hopefully you'll receive your NOA1 soon, regardless. Good luck!

[TracyTN 237]

Michele,

I know my case number started with an EAC, followed by (I believe) ten digits. You can try to see if that ALC number works on the USCIS site, but that's just a thought. I'm the type that would try every single combination of numbers from the back of the check.

Hopefully you'll receive your NOA1 soon, regardless. Good luck!

She could try it, but if it doesn't have 10 numbers, I doubt she'll get very far!

[Michele and Adam 54]

Hahaha, yeah, I'm one of those people too; trust me, I spent my entire lunch hour entering all those numbers and letters in every combination I could think of.

I'm super tempted to call USCIS and see if they can find my real number based on any of these numbers, or my name/ssn, but I'm not going to. I work for the government myself and I can definitely say most of us don't like the 'how much longer?' type calls (which I wouldn't be able to resist asking if I got through to someone who could find my case ).

All good things to those who wait, I suppose. But man, what a hard wait!

[TracyTN 237]

If this wait is hard to you, the next 3 months is going to be HELL for you.

The more patience you have, the better - trust me.

[no name 1]

If this wait is hard to you, the next 3 months is going to be HELL for you.

The more patience you have, the better - trust me.