do u know what your NOA1 # means?

[B'sA 0]

[payxibka 10,047]

Yes, that is a known fact... maybe a little known fact, but known.....

[B'sA 0]

Yes, that is a known fact... maybe a little known fact, but known.....

doing what i can to get distracted

[CBR 0]

I actually didn't know that. Interesting.

[B'sA 0]

I actually didn't know that. Interesting.

eventhough it don't change anything, but i thought people might like to know that

[sara..... 371]

lol after all this time i had no clue what it meant .......at least i have learned something new

[Nosotros 0]

What about the NVC number, e.g: LMA2008xxxxxx

Obviously the first 3 characters are the consulate abbreviation (usually abbr. of city, not country; LMA for Lima) How or what does the rest of it break down into?

[KimandRuss 0]

USCIS numbers

* aaa: The service center that received your case. For example:

SRC - Texas Service Center (formerly Southern Regional Center),

LIN - Nebraska Service Center (named after Lincoln, NE),

WAC - California Service Center (formerly Western Adjudication Center) and

EAC - Vermont Service Center (formerly Eastern Adjudication Center).

* xx: The fiscal year of USCIS, from October 1 to September 30. Cases filed from 10/01/2006 to 09/30/2007 will have xx = 07

* yyy: The working day of the fiscal year when your case is received. 10/01 = 001

* z: Either 5 (in database) or 0 (paper files)

* mmmm: A serial number assigned to your case based on the number of cases received, starting from 0001

NVC numbers...

First Three Characters (position 1 to 3) :

They represent the three character code for the overseas consulate where immigrant visa will be granted or will be forwarded after NVC completes the process.

Next Four digits (position 4 to 7) :

They represent the year which the case was created at NVC.

Next three Digits (i.e. position 8 to 10):

The "Julian" day of the year on which the case was created at NVC.

Next three Digits (i.e. position 11 to 13):

The total case numbers assigned to the overseas consulate / embassy on that partcular day with this being the latest one.

sample NVC Case Number (MNL2007547002):-

MNL :- US Embassey/Consulate in Manila.

2007 :- Year when NVC created the case

547 :- 47 th day of Year 2007. This day NVC created the case.

002 :- The second case assigned to Consulate in Manila, on 47 the day of Year 2007.

Edited May 8, 2008 by KimandRuss

[Mr. Klocek 0]

I actually didn't know that. Interesting.

eventhough it don't change anything, but i thought people might like to know that

Those five didgets at the end:

Do they represent the actual number of I-129Fs received that day and your place in the line?

Do they represent the actual number of all scraps of paper received that day and your place in that line?

Or is the number just randomly generated?

... I am just looking for reasons to have hope that my I-129F will get approved in less than 100 days.

[B'sA 0]

I actually didn't know that. Interesting.

eventhough it don't change anything, but i thought people might like to know that

Those five didgets at the end:

Do they represent the actual number of I-129Fs received that day and your place in the line?

Do they represent the actual number of all scraps of paper received that day and your place in that line?

Or is the number just randomly generated?

... I am just looking for reasons to have hope that my I-129F will get approved in less than 100 days.

ummm, look, you are going to be approved in less than 100 days. My guts are saying that.

Since i didn't know what to answer i thought it would be nice to be nice

good luck

[KitEEgirl 0]

Wow.. I didn't know this.. You do learn something new everyday

USCIS numbers

* aaa: The service center that received your case. For example:

SRC - Texas Service Center (formerly Southern Regional Center),

LIN - Nebraska Service Center (named after Lincoln, NE),

WAC - California Service Center (formerly Western Adjudication Center) and

EAC - Vermont Service Center (formerly Eastern Adjudication Center).

* xx: The fiscal year of USCIS, from October 1 to September 30. Cases filed from 10/01/2006 to 09/30/2007 will have xx = 07

* yyy: The working day of the fiscal year when your case is received. 10/01 = 001

* z: Either 5 (in database) or 0 (paper files)

* mmmm: A serial number assigned to your case based on the number of cases received, starting from 0001

NVC numbers...

First Three Characters (position 1 to 3) :

They represent the three character code for the overseas consulate where immigrant visa will be granted or will be forwarded after NVC completes the process.

Next Four digits (position 4 to 7) :

They represent the year which the case was created at NVC.

Next three Digits (i.e. position 8 to 10):

The "Julian" day of the year on which the case was created at NVC.

Next three Digits (i.e. position 11 to 13):

The total case numbers assigned to the overseas consulate / embassy on that partcular day with this being the latest one.

sample NVC Case Number (MNL2007547002):-

MNL :- US Embassey/Consulate in Manila.

2007 :- Year when NVC created the case

547 :- 47 th day of Year 2007. This day NVC created the case.

002 :- The second case assigned to Consulate in Manila, on 47 the day of Year 2007.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Wow, that is awesome! I never knew that. Thank you for sharing, BryantAliona.

[B'sA 0]

Wow, that is awesome! I never knew that. Thank you for sharing, BryantAliona.

very welcome

[enchantedtikiman 0]

thanks for this info