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  1. 1. What's the best way to send off the I-129F Packet?

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I didn't realize that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service only accepts cases at post office boxes.

And you still don't. Nobody suggested anything of the kind.

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There's 2 types of addresses, covered in each set of instructions, for each petition type, each form type.

A PO Box address , and then a courier address.

Let me know if you get stumped, or can't find the instructions with the addresses?

Thanks there, mate. I'm aware of the different addresses.

No that is incorrect. They provide a PO Box address if you are going to send it by USPS (US Postal Service). They provide an actual street address for delivery by a non-USPS service such as Fed-Ex. Look at the addresses available in the instructions sheets.

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And you still don't. Nobody suggested anything of the kind.

Ah, that's right. You didn't mention anything at all about post office boxes, did you?

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Ah, that's right. You didn't mention anything at all about post office boxes, did you?

I mentioned something about post office boxes but neither I or anybody else suggested USCIS only receives mail at post office boxes. That's nothing but a misinterpretation by you. Let me spell it out for you. I'm telling the reader that only USPS delivers to PO boxes. I thought they would be smart enough to figure out that if they use another service, they'll need an address other than a PO box. I hoped this would prompt them to carefully read instructions before they drop off a FedEx package addressed to a PO box.

I recommend USPS priority mail for the reasons I gave, not because many (Vermont is a key exception.) of the primary USCIS addresses a PO boxes.

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USPS, Priority mail with delivery confirmation, about five bucks. You can pay four or five times as much and maybe save a day in a months long process. Remember, only USPS delivers to PO. Boxes.

Right now I would gladly have paid any amount if I had just shipped it Fed-Ex overnight as many others have done.

I sent it Feb 1, 2010 400 miles to the south using USPS Certified with return receipt. The tracking does not really do anything with the USPS. It has said the same thing since I left the envelope at the Post Office on Feb 1. It just says acceptated at the Post Office I sent from.

There has been no email from CSC.

No return receipt from the USPS.

No update or tracking from the USPS.

And my check has definitely not been cashed.

Right now I would have gladly paid $100 to ship it Fed Ex overnight!

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Right now I would gladly have paid any amount if I had just shipped it Fed-Ex overnight as many others have done.

I sent it Feb 1, 2010 400 miles to the south using USPS Certified with return receipt. The tracking does not really do anything with the USPS. It has said the same thing since I left the envelope at the Post Office on Feb 1. It just says acceptated at the Post Office I sent from.

There has been no email from CSC.

No return receipt from the USPS.

No update or tracking from the USPS.

And my check has definitely not been cashed.

Right now I would have gladly paid $100 to ship it Fed Ex overnight!

If you had mailed it USPS Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation instead of certified, you would have delivery confirmation. Sending Certified is an excellent way to cause a delay. Requiring a signature is just creating an extra quite unnecessary step in the process.

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: China
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Right now I would gladly have paid any amount if I had just shipped it Fed-Ex overnight as many others have done.

I sent it Feb 1, 2010 400 miles to the south using USPS Certified with return receipt. The tracking does not really do anything with the USPS. It has said the same thing since I left the envelope at the Post Office on Feb 1. It just says acceptated at the Post Office I sent from.

There has been no email from CSC.

No return receipt from the USPS.

No update or tracking from the USPS.

And my check has definitely not been cashed.

Right now I would have gladly paid $100 to ship it Fed Ex overnight!

Right now it's already to late to regret, wait for it, it could be the service center is backed up and not processed your package yet.

If you had mailed it USPS Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation instead of certified, you would have delivery confirmation. Sending Certified is an excellent way to cause a delay. Requiring a signature is just creating an extra quite unnecessary step in the process.

agreed, simple mail without any extra service added is good.

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agreed, simple mail without any extra service added is good.

Finally, for the first time in seven days they actually updated the Tracking Status. Do you believe they attempted delivery to CSC on a Sunday Afternoon.

Label/Receipt Number: 7009 xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx

Class: First-Class Mail®

Service(s): Certified Mail™

Return Receipt

Status: Notice Left

We attempted to deliver your item at 3:22 PM on February 7, 2010 in LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA 92607 and a notice was left. You may pick up the item at the Post Office indicated on the notice, go to www.usps.com/redelivery, or call 800-ASK-USPS to arrange for redelivery. If this item is unclaimed after 15 days then it will be returned to the sender. Information, if available, is updated periodically throughout the day. Please check again later.

Detailed Results:

Notice Left, February 07, 2010, 3:22 pm, LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA 92607

Arrival at Unit, February 07, 2010, 12:53 pm, LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA 92607

Acceptance, February 01, 2010, 9:46 am, xxxxx, CA xxxxx

I still think Fed Ex overnight. They actually allow you to track it in real time.

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We used Fedex a couple of times as well... until today I'd say...

picture is just one of the things in the package... I am so frustrated... today is certainly not my day

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I mentioned something about post office boxes but neither I or anybody else suggested USCIS only receives mail at post office boxes. That's nothing but a misinterpretation by you. Let me spell it out for you. I'm telling the reader that only USPS delivers to PO boxes. I thought they would be smart enough to figure out that if they use another service, they'll need an address other than a PO box. I hoped this would prompt them to carefully read instructions before they drop off a FedEx package addressed to a PO box.

I recommend USPS priority mail for the reasons I gave, not because many (Vermont is a key exception.) of the primary USCIS addresses a PO boxes.

I'm trying to understand why you insist on being rude and condescending, when you could simply be helpful.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Venezuela
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So after taking a general consensus I'm thinking...

What I Should do Is:

-Mail your Form I-129F package to: USCIS Vermont Service Center Attn: I-129F 75 Lower Welden Street St. Albans, VT 05479-0001 (I live in GA)

-Use USPS Priority mail with delivery confirmation.

-Be sure to mark you action on the outside of the envelope (I-129F, I-130, etc.)..it speeds up the sorting.

-Be sure to make a duplicate copy.

What I Should Not Do Is:

Sending Certified is an excellent way to

cause a delay. Requiring a signature is just creating an extra quite

unnecessary step in the process and can cause delay.</BR style="mso-special-character: line-break">

Sound good??

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Egypt
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We mailed ours using USPS priority mail, the packet arrived to VSC very quickly and they sent had NOA1 only 3 days from the date we sent the packet.

Aya

ROC Timeline

8/1/12: ROC window opens
9/4/12: ROC packet sent
9/8/12: ROC packet delivered to VSC
9/12/12: Check cashed
9/14/12: NOA letter received (NOA dated 9/10/12)
9/20/12: Biometrics letter received (Bio appointment 10/15/12)
10/12/12: Early biometrics walk-in

4/27/13: RFE received

6/17/13: RFE response sent

7/1/13: ROC petition approved

7/5/13: GC received in the mail.

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We mailed it overnight express via USPS (which requires a signature), to the courier address, on 26/10. It was signed for on 27/10 and our NOA1 was dated the same day.

ETA: It's more expensive than FedEx's overnight (which would have been my preference, due to the realtime tracking), but I work close to USPS, and very far from a FedEx receiver. I was able to walk to USPS over my lunch hour to drop it off, so the fact I paid an extra $5 more (roughly) is kind of careface/meh/whatever.

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I-129F Petition Mailed: 26 Oct 2009 ♥ NOA1: 27 Oct 2009 ♥ NOA2: 15 Jan 2010

K-1 VisaNVC: 22-27 Jan 2010 ♥ RdJ receipt: 1 Feb 2010 ♥ Packet 3/4: 12 Feb 2010 ♥ Interview: 4 May 2010

»-(¯`·.·´¯)-> Married (17 Aug 2010) <-(¯`·.·´¯)-«

AOS (I-485)Mailed: 21 Aug 2010 ♥ NOA: 2 Sept 2010 ♥ To CSC: 20 Sept 2010 ♥ Biometrics: 5 Oct 2010 ♥ RFE: 10 -16 Nov 2010 ♥ Approved: 18 Nov 2010

AP (I-131)Mailed: 21 Aug 2010 ♥ NOA: 2 Sept 2010 ♥ Approved: 20 Oct 2010

EAD (I-765)Mailed: 21 Aug 2010 ♥ NOA: 2 Sept 2010 ♥ Biometrics: 5 Oct 2010 ♥ Approved: 20 Oct 2010

ROC (I-751)Mailed: 6 Nov 2012 ♥ NOA: 7 Nov 2012 ♥ Biometrics: 5 Dec 2012 ♥ Approved: 15 May 2013

Naturalization (N-400)Mailed: 03 August 2015 ♥ NOA: 07 August 2015 ♥ Biometrics: 3 Sept 2015 ♥ Interview: 13 Nov 2015 ♥ Oath: 8 Dec '15

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Venezuela
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3.5)...When I send the application package, should I request "return receipt"?

A..Yes. Go to the Post Office and mail it in person. You will feel better when you get the receipt in the mail a few days later, and you will know that your application has made it as far as the USCIS (INS) mailroom.

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I saw that in the FAQ.. is a "return receipt" the same as delivery confirmation?

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USPS Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation!

2005/07/10 I-129F filed for Pras

2005/11/07 I-129F approved, forwarded to NVC--to Chennai Consulate 2005/11/14

2005/12/02 Packet-3 received from Chennai

2005/12/21 Visa Interview Date

2006/04/04 Pras' entry into US at DTW

2006/04/15 Church Wedding at Novi (Detroit suburb), MI

2006/05/01 AOS Packet (I-485/I-131/I-765) filed at Chicago

2006/08/23 AP and EAD approved. Two down, 1.5 to go

2006/10/13 Pras' I-485 interview--APPROVED!

2006/10/27 Pras' conditional GC arrives -- .5 to go (2 yrs to Conditions Removal)

2008/07/21 I-751 (conditions removal) filed

2008/08/22 I-751 biometrics completed

2009/06/18 I-751 approved

2009/07/03 10-year GC received; last 0.5 done!

2009/07/23 Pras files N-400

2009/11/16 My 46TH birthday, Pras N-400 approved

2010/03/18 Pras' swear-in

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