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Any March 2014 I130 filers? It has been 18 days since I filed on March 6.

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Im not sure if I am posting in the right place. I am a United States citizen living in Uruguay with my husband. On March 6, I filed the petition with a lawyer in Boston, but still haven't received my NOA1. (We will move back to Boston permanently after the final interview.)

Anyone else still waiting for their NOA1? It's been eighteen days, Comparably it seems like a long time for the first notice. Of course Im nervous. The lawyer didn't sign up for an email notification regarding the receipt.

Lauren

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Im not sure if I am posting in the right place. I am a United States citizen living in Uruguay with my husband. On March 6, I filed the petition with a lawyer in Boston, but still haven't received my NOA1. (We will move back to Boston permanently after the final interview.)

Anyone else still waiting for their NOA1? It's been eighteen days, Comparably it seems like a long time for the first notice. Of course Im nervous. The lawyer didn't sign up for an email notification regarding the receipt.

Lauren

You should receive in mail (well lawyer I guess within 30 days).

Be sure once you receive the receipt # you go to USCIS.gov and register for account so you can get text and email messages while you wait.

In the meantime why not read up on what will happen next stay on top of lawyer assume nothing they don't know everything. ;)

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Thank you so much for responding. The support helps. I just sent the paralegals an email and will keep after them. Ill now look at the NVC process Wiki. Thanks!

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Im not sure if I am posting in the right place. I am a United States citizen living in Uruguay with my husband. On March 6, I filed the petition with a lawyer in Boston, but still haven't received my NOA1. (We will move back to Boston permanently after the final interview.)

Anyone else still waiting for their NOA1? It's been eighteen days, Comparably it seems like a long time for the first notice. Of course Im nervous. The lawyer didn't sign up for an email notification regarding the receipt.

Lauren

My husband filed March 10, 2014 and he received a text and an email stating that they received the application with a receipt number. After couple of days my husband received the NOA1. Also, they will tell you on email and NOA1 where service center they routed the application. I heard from some members on here that the process is long.

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Island girl....

Could you give me an exact date of when you received the actual receipt in the mail? (Not the email and text.)

Yeah the total process is long but I think most people get the acknowledgment of receipt rather quick.

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Island girl....

Could you give me an exact date of when you received the actual receipt in the mail? (Not the email and text.)

Yeah the total process is long but I think most people get the acknowledgment of receipt rather quick.

My husband received it on March 20, 2014.

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Moved from Process & Procedures to Progress Reports.

Our journey:

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September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
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September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
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November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
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September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

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I just received my NOA1 in the mail 18 days past the day I sent my I130. The good news is, according to the notice, it actually entered the system only 4 days after they received my I130. I guess the hardcopy can take longer to get to you.

FYI, yesterday when I had contacted my lawyer about not receiving a notice, the paralegal assured me that the receipts were typically taking up to three weeks at their office.

Lauren

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On my receipt it has the Nebraska service center address in the lower left hand corner. It doesn't explicitly say that this is where they sent my I130.

Can I assume this is the service center my petition was sent to?

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Hi laurenmy!

I'm pretty sure you can take that as evidence of your dossier being processed through the NSC...which VERY recently updated its processing times to 5 months from your priority date. Whether that turns out to be true or not is a subject of great debate, but I choose to be optimistic.:)

Us March I-130 filers have been settling in for the long wait in this thread:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/486596-march-2014-i-130-filers/

I noticed that this thread got moved to the same sub forum, so I guess we can have two.:)

I-130 mailed: 03/10/14 (from France to Chicago Lockbox)

I-130 received: 03/12/14 (this is also our priority date)

NOA1 email: 03/16/14 (email sent at 11:40 pm on Sunday!?!)

NOA1 letter: 03/30/14

I-797C: 03/21/14

NOA2 email: 08/09/14 (email sent at 5:45 am on Saturday!?!)

NOA2 letter: 08/13/14

Sent to NVC: 08/19/14 (email notification)

NVC receipt: 09/08/14 (confirmed by phone call)

NVC case #: 09/11/14 (received via email with NVC welcome letter as attachment)

DS-261 done: 09/12/14

--AOS invoice: 09/17/14 (notice via email)

--Invoice paid: 09/18/14

--accepted: 10/1/14 (notice via email)
IV invoice: 10/1/14 (same email)
IV fee paid: 10/4/14
--accepted: 10/8/14 (status changed to "paid" on NVC website)
DS-260 done: 10/9/14
AOS/IV docs
sent: 10/13/14
AOS/IV docs
signed for: 10/17/14
confirmation
email received: 10/18/14 (this email said there will be a 60 day wait before my docs are reviewed)
checklist: 12/11/14 (i864, section 5, one error: "you must enter "1" for yourself...")
New i864 mailed: 12/14/14
Received: 12/18/14 (email notification 12/22/14, with another 60-day warning)
Third N/A: 3/2/15
NVC case
complete: 3/2/15 (confirmed on call to NVC 3/4/15; email received 3/9/15)
Interview date: 4/1/15 (assigned 3/11/15)
APPROVED!!! CEAC status changed to "Issued" on 4/2/15.
Visa and POE
papers in-hand: 4/12/15
POE: 4/16/15 in Minneapolis. Kept my wife and our three-Y.O. waiting in a windowless room with no toilet access for over an hour, then let them through without asking any questions.
But whatever: it's over!!!!! 13 months and 3 days from original priority date.
Green card: Accompanying docs stamped 6/16, but the card did not arrive until 7/2 (approx. 11 weeks after POE).
Now it's really over. Thank you so much to all of you at VJ who helped us through this ordeal.
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Im not sure if I am posting in the right place. I am a United States citizen living in Uruguay with my husband. On March 6, I filed the petition with a lawyer in Boston, but still haven't received my NOA1. (We will move back to Boston permanently after the final interview.)

Anyone else still waiting for their NOA1? It's been eighteen days, Comparably it seems like a long time for the first notice. Of course Im nervous. The lawyer didn't sign up for an email notification regarding the receipt.

Lauren

Hi Lauren:

Welcome to VisaJourney. While the process is quite long (a year or so), you will find lot of friendly help here and your wait will not seem that long.

You should find and join the thread for March 2014 I-130 filer. You will find others who filed in March 2014.

IR-1/CR-1 Visa
Service Center : National Benefits Center; Consulate : Mumbai, India; Marriage (if applicable): 2013-07-05
USCIS
I-130 Sent : 2013-07-20; I-130 NOA1 : 2013-07-26; I-130 Transferred to CSC: 2014-01-13; I-130 Approved: 2014-01-22
NVC
NVC Received: 2014-02-03; AOS Bill Shows PAID: 2014-03-19
NVC Case # and IIN Assigned: 2014-03-11; AOS Package Delivered: 2014-03-21;
Submitted/Completed DS-261 online: 2014-03-12; AOS Package Touched: 2014-03-25;
Receive & Pay AOS Bill : 2014-03-13; AOS Package Approved: 2014-04-08
AOS Package Mailed (USPS Priority): 2014-03-18;
IV Bill:
Receive & Pay IV Bill: 2014-03-24; False Checklist for Civil Documents: 2014-04-07
IV Bill Shows PAID: 2014-03-26; Case Completed at NVC: 2014-04-16;
IV Package Mailed (USPS Priority): 2014-03-26; Case Complete Email Received: 2014-04-23
IV Package Received by NVC: 2014-03-31; Interview scheduled: 2014-05-01;
IV Package Touched: 2014-04-03 (still in review); IL Email Received: 2014-05-01
DS-260 Available/Completed/Submitted: 2014-03-27
Consulate: Mumbai
Fingerprinting & Photo: 2014-05-09 Medicals: 2014-05-19
Interview: 2014-06-04 Visa Approved CEAC Website Status "Issued": 2014-06-05
USCIS ELIS Fee Paid: 2014-06-08 Passport w/Visa Received: 2014-06-09
POE (LAX): 2014-07-20 SS# Received: 2014-07-28
Actual GC received 2014-08-30
CA ID Received: 2014-09-02.
First job in USA (yeeeh!!!) starting: 2014-09-22
Taking driving lessons....!!!!
ROC
Application Sent: 2016-04-26
NOA1:2016-04-28
Biometrics: 2016-06-02 (early walk-in on May 31st)

ROC Approval Email and Online Status Change - 2016-11-07
Google Doc for April 2016 filers: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12Mb-ALcbwQbYafLj4vFaEMjSGD-wfjtrycs3ul8QlUo/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=0

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