Why does it take so long to cash a check?

[jlvr 1]

If it was a bill or something, it would have cleared my bank already.

[raymaga 25]

There is definitely no rhyme nor reason to how and when they cash checks, that's for sure!!!!

[Lindsey + Michal 0]

Im in the same situation...TSC received my K-1 package last Tuesday 2/13/07 and I still havent heard anything. I would feel so much better if they would at least cash my check! I dont know if Monday was a holiday for them (Presidents Day).....

[sereia 0]

i'm in the same boat...waiting and wondering. continuously checking my bank account and email. ughhhhhhhhhhhhh

[~Chad~ 0]

The one time you can't wait for one of your checks to be cashed is the time you have to wait the longest

[berichka79 0]

Im in the same situation...TSC received my K-1 package last Tuesday 2/13/07 and I still havent heard anything. I would feel so much better if they would at least cash my check! I dont know if Monday was a holiday for them (Presidents Day).....

DA!!! i sent mine on the 7th to tsc, signed for by "m.salcedo" on the 9th.....check still not processed?!?!?!? do you get NOA1 first??? how do you know if you get a NOA??? do they e-mail me to my personal address??? what in world is "snail mail"???

my k1 visa petition was perfect!!! please, give us something!!!

[safitu 0]

If it was a bill or something, it would have cleared my bank already.

I know...its very irritating. I sent my app on the 8th to vermont, USPS delivered on the 10th and they didnt cash my check until yesterday, the 20th!!! others are cashed right away 2-3 days...who knows!

at any rate, yours should be cashed any day now.

[mybackpages 0]

If it was a bill or something, it would have cleared my bank already.

don't worry. The date the check is cashed does not impact the NOA1 date. I received the NOA1 by smail mail a week before the check cleared the bank.

[Matt and Sarah 0]

I sent mine to TSC as well back around 11/20, forwarded from Texas to California and they received it on 12/4 in CSC, notice date 12/12. So it took a while. And with Thanksgiving thrown into the mix, that didn't help. So it took me about 3 weeks to even get my NOA1.

[kitkat1 5]

It takes more than a few days for the thousands of packages received every single day to be opened and processed and then more than a few days more for all of the checks to be deposited. It's not just your petition and check that was received that day - it was one of thousands.

This is a long process and requires a lot of patience. Sit back and relax. The check will be cashed, the NOA1 will come and you can track your case online with the receipt number on the back of the check.

[jlvr 1]

It takes more than a few days for the thousands of packages received every single day to be opened and processed and then more than a few days more for all of the checks to be deposited. It's not just your petition and check that was received that day - it was one of thousands.

This is a long process and requires a lot of patience. Sit back and relax. The check will be cashed, the NOA1 will come and you can track your case online with the receipt number on the back of the check.

I know, I know. I just wanted it to be deposited already so that I could get the number.

I checked this morning, it's there!

I viewed the image of it, I could hardly get the number, I had to guess at a couple of the numbers. But I got it and I was able to register.

The website said the receipt # could be wac, eac, lin or src. Does anyone know what the difference is for these?

I can track now!!! :dancing:

[payxibka 10,047]

It takes more than a few days for the thousands of packages received every single day to be opened and processed and then more than a few days more for all of the checks to be deposited. It's not just your petition and check that was received that day - it was one of thousands.

This is a long process and requires a lot of patience. Sit back and relax. The check will be cashed, the NOA1 will come and you can track your case online with the receipt number on the back of the check.

I know, I know. I just wanted it to be deposited already so that I could get the number.

I checked this morning, it's there!

I viewed the image of it, I could hardly get the number, I had to guess at a couple of the numbers. But I got it and I was able to register.

The website said the receipt # could be wac, eac, lin or src. Does anyone know what the difference is for these?

I can track now!!! :dancing:

WAC = California SC

EAC = Vermont SC

LIN = Nebraska SC

SRC = Texas SC

[jlvr 1]

Thanks, fwaguy! You are just a wonderful font of information.

[AngelD 0]

If it was a bill or something, it would have cleared my bank already.

If you haven't come across this thread yet--check it out--he used to work for NVC a few years ago and has some great insight--this is what he wrote about checks--this should help alot.

for more the thread is

1st post former NSC adjudicator now petitioner

it's awesome

Husk wrote:

A bit of background info regarding the money/check cashing issue.

All petitions come into a centralized mail room at the NSC. Any monies attached to the petitions is immediately separated and locked away into the vault or repository where they keep the funds until a Brinks truck arrives at some point during the day. The mail room is a “secure” area and not accessible unless you work there (badge in and out etc..).

So, in case you are wondering, the adjudicator (or other staff) never handles any money. Once the application arrives in the mail room and the funds are removed, it goes to a central receiving/processing area where it is keyed/entered into the CIS system by contractor staff, placed into an A-File, assigned an A-number and corresponding bar code and placed on the shelf in the centralized storage area to await further processing. That’s why similar dates stay together because they are in-processed at the same time. Boxes of applications are withdrawn from storage on a first in first out basis, always working from oldest to newest.

The reason why it seems the checks are cashed before the petition is touched is because CIS deposits the checks and monies before a application is ever ready to be worked.

I hope that help to explain that.