K-1 Application mailed, but no NOA1

[T and S 0]

We mailed our K-1 Visa Application on 8th January. We sent it registered delivery but don't have a tracking number. Our check hasn't been cashed and we haven't received a NOA1 yet. Questions - if anyone can give us peace of mind we would be grateful:

1. How long should it take for the check to be cashed?

2. When should we expect to receive the NOA1?

3. How is the NOA1 received - email/post or both?

4. If our check isn't cashed/NOA1 received within the expected time period, what's the next course of action?

We're really worried as it would appear from reading this site that we should have probably received the NOA1 by now. We have concerns about the delay having to resend will cause and that the documents may have fallen into the wrong hands - those application details are like gold dust for anyone engaged in identity theft!

Lets hope this isn't an omen of things to come or perhaps we'll get our bad luck out of the way at the beginning.

Many thanks

[midge and isi 8]

Give it a few more days before you really start to worry- I have seen some people time lines that took over 20 days to get their NOA-1/ Check Cashed. If you don't have a tracking number there is nothing to do but to wait. How did you send it? There has been two weekends and a holiday between the time you sent it and now as well.

It will come post but once you get the check cashed (hopefully you can see the case number on the back thru your bank) and then you can sign up for updates on the website.

Best of luck!

[T and S 0]

Many thanks for the reassurance. Our relative, who mailed the package for us, checked and our Application was received and signed for yesterday (phew!). No idea why it took so long to get there, but it's there and that's all that matters. As I said, lets hope everything else goes smoothly for us from here on.