What's going on? No NOA1

[AdnanS 82]

I mailed out my package on 12/11 and it arrived 12/12 USPS shows Mr. Arthur signed it off and I got a text saying my file is going to Nebraska Service Center and I should receive a hard-copy soon. And its Jan 3rd and no hard-copy has arrived yet. There many people who got it within few days and filed few days before/after me, I'm getting nervous and upset over this, I can't sleep or eat properly not knowing what's going on.

Oh yeah, I'm filing I-130 for my wife, back home in Pakistan.

Edited January 4, 2014 by AdnanS

[Hypnos 6,576]

The holidays are what's going on.

It can take up to thirty days to receive the paper receipts from USCIS.

[AdnanS 82]

/me faints

[Teripid 5]

You can still call USCIS and ask for your case # I believe if they have it entered. From there you can track status on their website. They'll give you some updates early and changes/touches or tell you they can't find it in the system yet.

Doesn't really matter because it'll sit there for months until NOA2 but still feels nice to know.

[carton025 38]

it was a month after mailing in my I-129f package that I got the NOA1. Patience...

[merkin&regine 18]

It could have been lost in the mail. I remembered my NOA2 took forever to arrive at my address, so I called USCIS and requested a duplicate copy. If i remember it right, you can only request duplicate copy if after 30 days and you still didn't receive the hard copy yet.

Call USCIS and see if you can get a duplicate copy rather than waiting for something that might not come ever.

Good luck!

[SennaBrigante 92]

We received our NOA1 by email on 12/19 and we still haven't received the hard copy. We're not really stressing though because all the information we need was on that email. We also got sent to Nebraska.

[MsZeen 3]

Try calling USCIS, otherwise what happened with me is that they had sent back my package because I had the wrong date on the check. Otherwise, call USCIS and tell them you want to talk to a Tier 2, and tell them your story. It might just be pending due to holiday season.

[AdnanS 82]

Ok. I'll wait another 2 weeks or so, and pray hard for that cool green paper. I just want my wife that's all,

[AdnanS 82]

Oh right I have another question since I'm all new to this whole immigration process for bring a spouse over. I've noticed on this website some people are being transferred after already being at a service center. Since mines was sent to Nebraska and I filed Dec 12, 2013, will I later on also be transferred or has USCIS straightened some issues out and I'll be processed at Nebraska before I hit NVC?

Thanks for helping guys!

[SennaBrigante 92]

More recent applications are going directly to service centers so you don't have to worry about getting transferred.

[Kaylara 814]

Oh right I have another question since I'm all new to this whole immigration process for bring a spouse over. I've noticed on this website some people are being transferred after already being at a service center. Since mines was sent to Nebraska and I filed Dec 12, 2013, will I later on also be transferred or has USCIS straightened some issues out and I'll be processed at Nebraska before I hit NVC?

Thanks for helping guys!

Here's the basic gist of things... Service Centers got backlogged, so they started sending the I130's out to the local offices in late 2012. They kept that up until the very beginning of 2013 when they started transferring all of the cases to the National Benefits Center (people at the National Benefits center had a case number that started with MSC) Now, the NBC is in Lee's Summit, Missouri. But there's supposed to be a unit dedicated to adjudicating I130's at Overland Park, Kansas. (Division 8? I forget.) Anyways, as far as I've been able to tell, they were calling both places the National Benefits Center. So, they send the cases there and... Nothing. The Overland Park office does not start processing cases like it was supposed to, and Lee's Summit wasn't doing anything either. So most of the cases from January-August (is that about right?) sit there and collect dust, except for expedites. They start transferring cases to other service centers at some point, but it doesn't appear to be a lot of them. Mass transfers start to happen at the end of Oct. beginning of Nov. They're currently up to the beginning of July, and I believe we've had some people actually get approvals from Overland Park as well. If I'm not mistaken, end of Nov. filers and December filers were sent directly to the Service Centers, and are not getting MSC case numbers anymore. Chances are, if you've been sent directly to a service center, that they're not going to transfer you again, unless that service center gets hideously backlogged and then they might move your case again.

Did I get that right? Feel free to correct me if I got something wrong.

Anyways, that's what it looks like has happened and is currently happening.

[Laspoxaroumeni 68]

Oh well at least u know something! We sent our package on december 23 and we havent get any text or email yet... Grrrrrr thats soooooooo annoyyyyyy!!!!!! and not fair at all...

[Ketsuban 1,034]

So, they send the cases there and... Nothing. The Overland Park office does not start processing cases like it was supposed to, and Lee's Summit wasn't doing anything either. So most of the cases from January-August (is that about right?) sit there and collect dust, except for expedites.

And given that they receive maybe a thousand I-130s per day, maybe more (I was checking my case # and decided seeing how far back my filing date went in terms of case #s), that is a ****-load of cases that they decided to just not adjudicate. And to top it off, the former head of USCIS got promoted for his stellar performance.

[Ketsuban 1,034]

Try calling USCIS, otherwise what happened with me is that they had sent back my package because I had the wrong date on the check. Otherwise, call USCIS and tell them you want to talk to a Tier 2, and tell them your story. It might just be pending due to holiday season.

They really sent it all back? my husband's bank cancelled his cheque for no apparent reason and USCIS just wrote to us asking to send another or pay by phone within 2 weeks.