Um, where are they gonna mail my NOA1 & 2

[furble 3]

I know I've asked this before but it's still a mystery. Where will USCIS mail my stuff. We got approved pretty quick (in 8 days if you saw my other post) anyway, haven't recieved noa1 yet which is still reasonable really that we haven't recieved it becase the lockbox email said that would take 7-10 days which it has not yet been 10 days. Now we are also looking for noa2.

I called USCIS to ask and they said they will not send anything overseas (and we filed overseas as we live in Bali). The guy could only read me scripts but he said it would get sent to my US mailing address. Not sure what that is. There were 3 places for address on the forms.

1) where it said "what is your address" on I-130 which is where I listed where we live in Bali

2) where do you intend to live in the US on I-130, which is where I listed my parents address in Maryland

3) on G-325A the 5 year address history where I listed both my address in California And My address in Bali as my present address (on a Seperate attachment).

None of these things specifically said "what is your mailing address" or "this is where we will send you stuff" or "check this box to use this one as your mailing address". I assumed it would be the obvious one where I listed my address in the first part of I130 in Bali but apparently that is not correct. Other VJ members previously indicated before I sent it in that they thought it would be the Bali address. So anyone have any idea?

Good news is I'm guessing there is nothing I need to see on noa1 or 2 really. What is important is what Nvc will be sending and the guy did tell me that Nvc will be sending stuff overseas to my wife. He also said Nvc will be sending stuff to me in the US, wherever that will be.

[Darnell 8,478]

you not need NOA-1 and / or NOA-2 for ANYTHING for the type o VISA yer lass is seeking.

non-issue, at this point, and will remain a non-issue, about 19 years from now.

NVC doesn't send squat, btw.

You need to get proactive, and find Ling Che Shortcut in the Wiki space here on VJ. Please shift to the Wiki, nowish.

Thanks !

[furble 3]

Ok will look now

[Darnell 8,478]

Yay ! Thank You !

[furble 3]

Ok looks pretty straightforward. Already got everything together. Can I download the next forms online and pre-fill them or do I have to wait for them to be "generated".

[Darnell 8,478]

you can download all forms. You see the download links in the wiki, or no ?

[furble 3]

you can download all forms. You see the download links in the wiki, or no ?

Yea but there is this talk of the forms being "generated" making me feel like there is something special about what they will "generate" and send me.

[Darnell 8,478]

not to worry.

just download what you need.

this concept of 'generation' is silly - is some wording 'left in' when nvc was printing the forms with the barcode, sending off to the petitioner and beneficiary. that's so ages past, and most folk here at VJ want speed - use Ling Che shortcuts instead of waiting on postal stuff to arrive.

[furble 3]

Ah so generation means they affix a barcode to the form? So it won't matter if I download the forms online that they don't have the barcode affixed?

[Darnell 8,478]

exactly -

as

the barcode you need now comes as part of a COVERSHEET that you'll download,

after you've paid THE IV AND AOS FEES (there are two, so two coversheets, so two barcodes)

[pushbrk 12,883]

exactly -

as

the barcode you need now comes as part of a COVERSHEET that you'll download,

after you've paid THE IV AND AOS FEES (there are two, so two coversheets, so two barcodes)

What is "generated" are not the forms you fill out. They generate invoices, before which you cannot pay fees. Payment of fees generates cover sheets you'll need to download in order to mail the forms you filled out.

Things generated, include the following, in order.

1. Case number

2. AOS Fee Invoice

3. AOS cover sheet

4. IV Fee Invoice

5. CMR Documents Cover Sheet

They could also generated checklist cover letters, requesting documents both legitimate and false ones that cross in the mail with things they you sent but they don't know it yet.

[Darnell 8,478]

ah - thanks Push - I was having a brain fart - tis smelly, aye?

[furble 3]

Interesting update. So even though the person I spoke with at USCIS was adamant that USIC would not send anything overseas, the Indonesian Post office just delivered to me my NOA1. Postmark said it was mailed on January 10th (same day I got the lockbox email). Today is the January 26th here (25th in the US) so that was a 15 day trip. Also interesting was that it was postmarked with only .44 cents which is 1 penny less than First Class mail, and it made it all the way here. I'll go update my timeline now.

The moral of the story is that USCIS does send stuff overseas.

[Darnell 8,478]

any casefile movement into NVC?

[furble 3]

Not yet. I called the last three days. Says they haven't recieved it yet. Prolly better I wait till next week to check again. Getting to be like watching ice melt. NOA2 was sent on 18th according to email. If they sent from Cali to DC with regular mail then it should be 5 biz days for them to even get it, and then I imagine a few more biz days for them to technically "receive it".