help please with NOA1 number

[Captain Oates 911]

Story so far > filed early January with Nebraska -usc wife's last address > they sent it to California who sent it back to us in the UK saying file in London

Filed in London - they sent it again to Nebraska 6th Feb - now sweating on NOA 1- so much can go wrong

Carolyn rang her bank and her cheque (check) cleared 23rd February

on the back are 2 numbers

the first is 9 long and starts with 0710

the second is 10 long and starts with 6118

Tried to register the case on line by trying both these numbers with either CSC (California)or LIN(Nebraska) in front of the number - as i believe the I-130's for Nebraska are sent to California ???

It wont accept either !!!!

and still no NOA1 !

2 months into this and no NOA 1 !!!!

Everyone gets NOA1 in 3 days - so this is really despairing time - I know if we ring they will do nothing without the number

any clues please as to how we can discover if we have a case number ?

thanks Alan

[Dan J 277]

Do you see anything with either EAC, WAC, LIN, or SRC one ?

[Captain Oates 911]

Do you see anything with either EAC, WAC, LIN, or SEC one ?

Carolyn rang her bank in Wisconsin and they quoted those 2 numbers but didn't mention any letters

do all the Nebraska I-130's go to CSC

bit apprehensive about trying lots of prefixes in case system locks me out

Edited March 5, 2007 by saywhat

[Dan J 277]

My fiance logged on into online banking and saw the check image with poor quality one, and there were serial numbers on it. Ours starts with WAC one. We could only read that so he made an order to his bank to send him the original check. But NoA1 hard-copy came sooner, from it finally we could find out our number. Damn annoying if for NoA1 you have to wait for 2 months. Hmm, maybe should just wait for others here to post their better opinion. Hang in there .

Edited March 5, 2007 by Dan + Gemvita

[Captain Oates 911]

My fiance got a notification in his email from the bank about his check was cashed and along with it there was an attachment of an image with poor quality one, and there were serial numbers on it. Ours starts with WAC one. We could only read that so he made an order to his bank to send him the original check. But NoA1 hard-copy came sooner, from it finally we could find out our number. Damn annoying if for NoA1 you have to wait for 2 months. Hmm, maybe should just wait for others here to post their better opinion. Hang in there .

many thanks - hoping someone will recognize the number sequence starting with either 0710 or 6118 on recent NOA1's

I remember only 2 service centers deal with I-130's now but cant remember which other apart from CSC

portfolio log in screen has gone weird now so couldnt log in if i had it !

Total faith that a vj'er will spot this and offer the solution using the number sequence.....

If it goes wrong now it could be another 2 months just to get noa1

[Dan J 277]

As far as i know, case numbers all start with 3 letters. WAC is one sequence, I dont know what determines which letters they use, maybe the case type.

But anyway its printed in the endorsement of the check, 4th line down.

[Captain Oates 911]

As far as i know, case numbers all start with 3 letters. WAC is one sequence, I dont know what determines which letters they use, maybe the case type.

But anyway its printed in the endorsement of the check, 4th line down.

I reckon the letters are the service center - eg California Service center is CSC and nebraska is LIN (LINcoln nebraska)..

I will ask Carolyn to call the bank again and search for clues....

Does anyone have a recent California NOA1 which starts 0710 or 6118 ?

[riblet 0]

It should be the 0710 I think...and the first three letter for California are WAC. I'm pretty certain the first two are for the year. My first 4 were 0616. I'm not sure about Vermont.

[Captain Oates 911]

It should be the 0710 I think...and the first three letter for California are WAC. I'm pretty certain the first two are for the year. My first 4 were 0616. I'm not sure about Vermont.

thanks for that - I reckon it will be WAC in that case- but the bank only gave us 9 numbers so we are short of one..

i have done all sorts of guesses but its not having it...I thought california was csc so thanks for that valuable info

alan

[nyseness 0]

Hi Alan,

I used to know what the receipt #'s stand for...actual I should have that somewhere at home but Riblit is correct. All I-130 filed w/NSC are being sent to CSC and the receipt # starts w/ WAC then it will have a space and 10 digits. It will be the one starting w/ 0710. The first two digits is the year and the other three is the "work day" from the beginning of their fiscal year which starts 10/1. I had to figure it out b/c on their website it said my petition was recv'd on 1/6 but the NOA1 had 12/29. When I did some research to determined what the receipt #'s stand for I realized how they came up w/the 12/29 as my receipt date. If you need add'l info on figuring out your # please PM me, I might be able to assist you a little further.

Anna

[Captain Oates 911]

Hi Alan,

I used to know what the receipt #'s stand for...actual I should have that somewhere at home but Riblit is correct. All I-130 filed w/NSC are being sent to CSC and the receipt # starts w/ WAC then it will have a space and 10 digits. It will be the one starting w/ 0710. The first two digits is the year and the other three is the "work day" from the beginning of their fiscal year which starts 10/1. I had to figure it out b/c on their website it said my petition was recv'd on 1/6 but the NOA1 had 12/29. When I did some research to determined what the receipt #'s stand for I realized how they came up w/the 12/29 as my receipt date. If you need add'l info on figuring out your # please PM me, I might be able to assist you a little further.

Anna

Anna thats wonderful info !

I wanted Carolyn to call her bank for another shot at the number on the check - but she says I am "obsessing" and is ticked off with me... I probably am actually ! that info would fit because the check cleared 23rd jan so possibly the receipt date will be around the 21st feb which is say 41 days from the start of their year. So position 2 should be something like 41... I will try a few combinations like that and report back - exciting stuff this detective work

i will try 07410 instead of the 0710 that the bank reported and come back....

Edited March 5, 2007 by saywhat

[Captain Oates 911]

Hi Alan,

I used to know what the receipt #'s stand for...actual I should have that somewhere at home but Riblit is correct. All I-130 filed w/NSC are being sent to CSC and the receipt # starts w/ WAC then it will have a space and 10 digits. It will be the one starting w/ 0710. The first two digits is the year and the other three is the "work day" from the beginning of their fiscal year which starts 10/1. I had to figure it out b/c on their website it said my petition was recv'd on 1/6 but the NOA1 had 12/29. When I did some research to determined what the receipt #'s stand for I realized how they came up w/the 12/29 as my receipt date. If you need add'l info on figuring out your # please PM me, I might be able to assist you a little further.

Anna

Anna thats wonderful info !

I wanted Carolyn to call her bank for another shot at the number on the check - but she says I am "obsessing" and is ticked off with me... I probably am actually ! that info would fit because the check cleared 23rd jan so possibly the receipt date will be around the 21st feb which is say 41 days from the start of their year. So position 2 should be something like 41... I will try a few combinations like that and report back - exciting stuff this detective work

i will try 07410 instead of the 0710 that the bank reported and come back....

oops 10/1 is october right ! jeez limeys ! ok i will count back !

[Captain Oates 911]

nope october first to feb 20 is around 142 days

i tried 139 to 144 after the 07 and it still didnt work so i will have to wait for carolyn to call the bank again or wait til xmas for the noa1 that might never come...

they might send it to the old address in wisconsin even though we said in capital letters in the covering letter that the address is the UK one and the wisconsin house is sold..paranoia !

I wonder if anyone has ever tried calling them and saying they havent got the noa1 and just give them the name and address and ask em ? I suspect they would just blank us if we tried...

[nyseness 0]

Yes Alan 10/1/06 is the beginning their fiscal year so 10/2 would be day 1 and remember their "work days" are considered to be weekdays only.

ie. my receipt # is WAC 06-065-XXXXX. WAC for CSC and 065 which equals to Dec 29 (65 days from the beginning of their fiscal year) which is also my receipt date according to my NOA1. But on their website it says my case was entered into the system on 1/6/07.

I understand how you must feel. I felt anxious too when I was waiting for my NOA1 but now I'm pretty much used to the wait. Once you get your NOA1 date you will feel much better.

Yes Alan 10/1/06 is the beginning their fiscal year so 10/2 would be day 1 and remember their "work days" are considered to be weekdays only.

ie. my receipt # is WAC 06-065-XXXXX. WAC for CSC and 065 which equals to Dec 29 (65 days from the beginning of their fiscal year) which is also my receipt date according to my NOA1. But on their website it says my case was entered into the system on 1/6/07.

I understand how you must feel. I felt anxious too when I was waiting for my NOA1 but now I'm pretty much used to the wait. Once you get your NOA1 date you will feel much better.

[ken and mintra 0]

Story so far > filed early January with Nebraska -usc wife's last address > they sent it to California who sent it back to us in the UK saying file in London

Filed in London - they sent it again to Nebraska 6th Feb - now sweating on NOA 1- so much can go wrong

Carolyn rang her bank and her cheque (check) cleared 23rd February

on the back are 2 numbers

the first is 9 long and starts with 0710

the second is 10 long and starts with 6118

Tried to register the case on line by trying both these numbers with either CSC (California)or LIN(Nebraska) in front of the number - as i believe the I-130's for Nebraska are sent to California ???

It wont accept either !!!!

and still no NOA1 !

2 months into this and no NOA 1 !!!!

Everyone gets NOA1 in 3 days - so this is really despairing time - I know if we ring they will do nothing without the number

any clues please as to how we can discover if we have a case number ?

thanks Alan

My case number has 3 letter's followed by 10 numbers. It should be on the back of the check. I do believe that it does have to start with 3 letters. Try it and see. Ken