lost mailing receipt for I-130

[rika60607 215]

Hi everyone,

my wonderful hubby had mailed I-130 and supposedly it was to be delivered on March, 9th to NSC. He misplaced the postal receipt, so we cannot track the package. I hoped they would cash the check and then we would know that the package was received. But it was 9 business days and check is not cashed yet.

Is there any other way to find out? How long should I wait before getting really worried and re-sending the whole package? How long did it take for your check to cash?

Also, apparently we made a mistake in our biographic forms - we both had periods of unemployment (his 3 months, mine 6 months), so we just skipped that period of time instead of writing "unemployed". Is that a big mistake that will require dealing with RFE/resubmitting the form or something else

Any advice?

Rika

[pushbrk 13,065]

Hi everyone,

my wonderful hubby had mailed I-130 and supposedly it was to be delivered on March, 9th to NSC. He misplaced the postal receipt, so we cannot track the package. I hoped they would cash the check and then we would know that the package was received. But it was 9 business days and check is not cashed yet.

Is there any other way to find out? How long should I wait before getting really worried and re-sending the whole package? How long did it take for your check to cash?

Also, apparently we made a mistake in our biographic forms - we both had periods of unemployment (his 3 months, mine 6 months), so we just skipped that period of time instead of writing "unemployed". Is that a big mistake that will require dealing with RFE/resubmitting the form or something else

Any advice?

Rika

My I-130 check was cashed on day 25 after mailing. Christmas fell in there, so I wouldn't expect yours to take that long. At this point, the cashing of the check is going to be your earliest indicator your petition was received.

I wouldn't worry about your periods of unemployment that short. If they even notice the gap in the dates, they'll interpret it as a gap in employment. It's not a job application. It's just biographical information.

[Mononoke28 135]

Give it about 30 days, if after that your check has not been cashed, then you should call customer service. They might also not send you an NOA1 in the mail so it's good to call them to get this information.

[IamAGeek 0]

Hi everyone,

my wonderful hubby had mailed I-130 and supposedly it was to be delivered on March, 9th to NSC. He misplaced the postal receipt, so we cannot track the package. I hoped they would cash the check and then we would know that the package was received. But it was 9 business days and check is not cashed yet.

Is there any other way to find out? How long should I wait before getting really worried and re-sending the whole package? How long did it take for your check to cash?

Also, apparently we made a mistake in our biographic forms - we both had periods of unemployment (his 3 months, mine 6 months), so we just skipped that period of time instead of writing "unemployed". Is that a big mistake that will require dealing with RFE/resubmitting the form or something else

Any advice?

Rika

We were in the same predicament as you have now. We sent our first I-130 package last Jan 8, 2007, but was never received by TSC. We don't have the tracking number too, so it was difficult to trace. I emailed USPS customer service but they were not able to help us since we have no tracking number on hand. We waited for about 4 weeks, but no NOA1 yet. And so on Feb 5, we sent another (2nd) I-130 package.