I-751 May 2017 Filers

[Kitti 65]

3 hours ago, MovinOn said:

Check cashed today 5/11/17, now to wait for NOA1 in the mail.

Great news, I am 4 business days behind you. Thanks for the update.

[Jilliane 7]

1 minute ago, frontgear said:

1. I used USPS Priority Mail with Signature Confirmation. It cost an extra $2.45 for signature option, so why not?

 

2. I wrote a personal check and made it payable to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (not USDHS, not DHS, etc.) Spell it out like they instructed us in the instructions sheet

 

3. Not sure if you meant to say an USPS Online Account or USCIS Online Account, but I assume you meant the USCIS one. I did create an USCIS account so hopefully once I get the NOA, I can start tracking my petition.

1. Will someone from a P.O. Box address sign it? I'm wondering.

 

2. Thanks, using money order is fine too, right?

 

3. Yeah I'm referring to USCIS account online(sorry for the confusion) Did you sign up for the myUSCIS account? Should I need to create one before sending my application or it doesn't matter even if I create myUSCIS account after sending my I-751?

 

4. I have another question. Did you use acco fastener when you send your documents to USCIS? (Which includes your evidences and the I-751 form)

[frontgear 194]

7 minutes ago, Jilliane said:

1. Will someone from a P.O. Box address sign it? I'm wondering.

 

2. Thanks, using money order is fine too, right?

 

3. Yeah I'm referring to USCIS account online(sorry for the confusion) Did you sign up for the myUSCIS account? Should I need to create one before sending my application or it doesn't matter even if I create myUSCIS account after sending my I-751?

 

4. I have another question. Did you use acco fastener when you send your documents to USCIS? (Which includes your evidences and the I-751 form)

 

1. Good question. I am now wondering if I had spent the extra $$$ for nothing. lol

2. Money order is fine as long as you make it payable to .....

3. It doesn't matter if you create one now or later. You can't track its progress until you have the case # anyway.

4. I used the 2-inch ACCO fasteners (responded to your earlier post with links) but did not attach the I-751 form to the stack.

[Jilliane 7]

11 minutes ago, mlh said:

It doesn't really matter.  You can't do anything with the account until you have the NOA1 back with the receipt number.  Don't delay sending the packet just to create the account.

Great! Thanks for your answer been wondering about this since I don't have myUSCIS account and don't know how it works. 

 

I just also would like to ask you if you use acco fastener when you send your application. You see I just called USCIS and the lady who I spoke with said not to use fasteners on punch a hole on top of the documents since it may not read the documents when the USCIS officer run it through a machine?? And the officer might return the application. So this worries me since I have also read in the instructions in the uscis.gov website that they advise to use acco fastener and punch two holes on top of the material for thick or bulky applications. That's where it really confuses me. That's two completely opposite statements.

[Jilliane 7]

3 minutes ago, frontgear said:

 

1. Good question. I am now wondering if I had spent the extra $$$ for nothing. lol

2. Money order is fine as long as you make it payable to .....

3. It doesn't matter if you create one now or later. You can't track its progress until you have the case # anyway.

4. I used the 2-inch ACCO fasteners (responded to your earlier post with links) but did not attach the I-751 form to the stack.

Lol! Good thing you're done with it!

 

So you punch two holes on top of all your douments(evidences, etc) aside from the I-751 (and of course the check/money order too)?

 

Did you include a cover letter? 

[frontgear 194]

3 minutes ago, Jilliane said:

Lol! Good thing you're done with it!

 

So you punch two holes on top of all your douments(evidences, etc) aside from the I-751 (and of course the check/money order too)?

 

Did you include a cover letter? 

Yes, 2 holes on top of all, except the I-751 and check/mo. I also included a cover letter and a table of contents listing what type of evidence is included in each tab divider.

 

I am wondering why the lady at USCIS told you that their machine might not read the documents when they scan them. I have a desktop scanner at home and it scans the hole-punched paper fine (I tried it). Unless they have a picky, multi-million dollar document scanning machine that we do not know about. lol

[mlh 93]

10 minutes ago, Jilliane said:

Great! Thanks for your answer been wondering about this since I don't have myUSCIS account and don't know how it works. 

 

I just also would like to ask you if you use acco fastener when you send your application. You see I just called USCIS and the lady who I spoke with said not to use fasteners on punch a hole on top of the documents since it may not read the documents when the USCIS officer run it through a machine?? And the officer might return the application. So this worries me since I have also read in the instructions in the uscis.gov website that they advise to use acco fastener and punch two holes on top of the material for thick or bulky applications. That's where it really confuses me. That's two completely opposite statements.

Yes I used the acco fasteners and the dividers with the tabs at the bottom, like was shown in one of the posts on this thread.  I also followed the guidelines on the USCIS website below.

 

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/forms-and-fees/general-tips-assembling-applications-mailing

 

It says you can use Acco fasteners and tabs as long as they are at the bottom, not the side.

 

Based on our experiences calling the USCIS on the first round to get the green card, I wouldn't trust calling them as far as I could throw them.  They give a lot of inaccurate information (what we learned the hard way).

[Jilliane 7]

5 hours ago, mlh said:

Yes I used the acco fasteners and the dividers with the tabs at the bottom, like was shown in one of the posts on this thread.  I also followed the guidelines on the USCIS website below.

 

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/forms-and-fees/general-tips-assembling-applications-mailing

 

It says you can use Acco fasteners and tabs as long as they are at the bottom, not the side.

 

Based on our experiences calling the USCIS on the first round to get the green card, I wouldn't trust calling them as far as I could throw them.  They give a lot of inaccurate information (what we learned the hard way).

That's exactly how I understand with the instructions in uscis.gov website. You are right calling USCIS sometimes just gives you more confusions aside from getting more stress with the situation(filing this is stressful making sure everything is right, lol).

By the way did you include in the fastener your I-751 form? Or you just separate it too like the other response on this thread?

[Jilliane 7]

5 hours ago, frontgear said:

Yes, 2 holes on top of all, except the I-751 and check/mo. I also included a cover letter and a table of contents listing what type of evidence is included in each tab divider.

 

I am wondering why the lady at USCIS told you that their machine might not read the documents when they scan them. I have a desktop scanner at home and it scans the hole-punched paper fine (I tried it). Unless they have a picky, multi-million dollar document scanning machine that we do not know about. lol

Ok, thank you! How did you attach your I-751 form in your other evidences since you didn't include it in the fastener?

 

Yeah you are right, it just gives a lot of confusion since what she said is completely different from what they posted on their website. They should have updated the instructions in their website if that's the case but as I see it, that's the instructions posted. 🙄

[Lemon23 400]

Hi everyone,

Just an update, my package got delivered today May 12. Waiting for the check to cash out and NOA1 letter as well as the letter for the biometric schedule. Waiting game is now on.

 

[JeanF 32]

Package mailed out 5/11 via USPS.

It went to the PO Box but I think we selected to have it signed.. (here's hoping it won't sit in limbo).

 

[Lemon23 400]

@JeanF just track you packet using the tracking number so you'll be sure that it will be delivered.

Edited May 12, 2017 by Lemon23

[Dave1111 12]

5 hours ago, Lemon23 said:

Hi everyone,

Just an update, my package got delivered today May 12. Waiting for the check to cash out and NOA1 letter as well as the letter for the biometric schedule. Waiting game is now on.

 

Same with me ,my package got delivered today , what service center did u file to ?

[Steve&Ema 25]

Our check cleared our bank today.  Package was mailed out on 5/6.

[Tina and Johan 206]

On 5/7/2017 at 6:03 PM, JeanF said:

Hey Tina!!

Good to see you again! <3

Hi there!!!  good to see you too.