Receipt / NOA1?

[Jjames727 0]

Hey everyone, on Oct 26 I received an email that gave me a receipt number and said that form I-797 is being sent to my address and told me that my application has been sent to the California service center. Is this the NOA1 or the NOA1 isn't until someone opens up the application in California and starts working on it?

Thanks

[heo luoi 206]

NOA1 really just means...hey we got your stuff...you're in the system. So its kinda semantics at this point if you want to call it a NOA1 or not. Ultimately the NOA2 means we approved your petition which is what matters. You got a receipt number so I would consider it NOA1. We received your stuff. We touched it. Heres your receipt #. Thats NOA1 in my book.

Edited November 14, 2015 by heo luoi

[Jjames727 0]

I was asking to get a good idea of idea of the time lone and to know if I'm will waiting on NOA1 or if the next thing I'll receive from the NOA2. But from what you said at this moment I'm waiting on the NOA2.