have not received form I-797 (NOA 1)

[waka 1]

Hi, I am so confused. So its been 20 business days since I have received an e-mail for my NOA1. I received an e-mail from USCIS last July 08, 2014 saying that I should receive my Notice of Action (NOA1) form I-797 thru standard mail within 7-10 days but until now still no form yet.

So I called the USCIS customer service and talk to a representative, asking about me not receiving my NOA1 thru mail and she said that it takes 30 days to process my I-130 form and to receive my form I-797, but I called back a couple of days again because I was not satisfied with the first representative, and the second representative told me that if I have not receive my form within 10 days it might have got lost in the mail and they don't send duplicate copy. Please can someone enlighten me with this situation. I will greatly appreciate it. Thank you in advance.

[k.dlg 300]

Honestly, the hardcopy NOA1 is not essential to have, but simply a nice to have. If you received the e-mail, then you know that your case was accepted and will be processed. The hardcopy NOA2 is more important, so if you don't receive that later down the line, then that's when I would contact them.

[Ryan H 3,821]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Progress Reports to USCIS Service Centers forum; topic is applicable to multiple processes.

[Ketsuban 1,034]

The only reason you would need the NOA1 that I can think of would be if your spouse somehow got to the States ahead of getting the CR-1 visa and circumstances drove you to needing to adjust status. Otherwise, I would forget about it, but make sure USCIS have your address on file correctly or your NOA2 will get lost too or worse, any RFEs.

[waka 1]

How will I know if I need RFE's too? Thanks

[sma1488 155]

How will I know if I need RFE's too? Thanks

USCIS will notify you. But they can only do that if they have your correct address on file, hence the suggestion by Ketsuban.

[JIJourney 96]

No need