I-751 August 2018 Filers

[123Alexch 16]

4 hours ago, Kirstyandliam said:

Minnesota😫 she sucked last time too ugh haha but they did a good job with my work authorization. 

i hope you will hear something soon. otherwise just file for a missing notice online.

[DrRob 9]

I just called the hotline again, and got some more information. Agent confirms that the process changed since they were "losing a lot of the fees (?)" at the service centers, so applications that were sent to service centers recently (i.e. before Sept 10th when they changed the system) would have then been relocated to lockboxes in Phoenix, Dallas, Chicago and Washington. Then the fee would be processed (check cashed) and then sent out again to the relevant service center to be dealt with. In my case I mailed it to the California service center on August 17th, it was in the system September 24th, it was then sent to the Phoenix lockbox where it was cashed on October 2nd, then it was sent back to California again so I have a WAC receipt number. So efficient.

 

The agent told me NOA's were approved when the check was cashed, but at that point there was confusion over whether they were then sent out since they had to be sent back to service centers - the assumption was that being approved means automatically notices were sent out, but for August filers this has not been the case. Interestingly he was actually able to look up the receipt number I was given and confirm it was an active case on the service center system, which they weren't able to do before on the hotline. And so for me they created a non-delivery of receipt case, gave me a referral ID and said wait another 30 days and call back if the notice still hasn't arrived. This is actually the 2nd time I've requested this, I already had a non-delivery of receipt case created on September 24th, and clearly that didn't make anything happen. I even had an infopass appointment on October 9th at which the officer assured me the notice had been created on October 8th and mailed out, although now we know that even if it was created, it was not mailed out. 

 

So, what I'm trying to say is that even if they're telling everyone that all backlogged cases have been entered and NOA's sent out, it might be that the data was entered but NOA's have NOT been sent out, the system just reports that they have. Therefore, if you're still waiting it might be wise to ask for a non-delivery of receipt case (again). My green card expires next week, the agent suggested I go for another infopass appointment and request a 2 month stamp. For this they "hold onto your green card" but don't destroy it. Then you can go get it back again when the NOA arrives. If you want a one year stamp, they destroy the card. I don't know how accurate any of that info is, since there doesn't seem to be consistent policy surrounding this situation and he didn't seem sure, so I'm going to just hope my NOA arrives in the next 30 days, and I won't have to cancel the Xmas trip to see family.

[worm 3]

6 minutes ago, DrRob said:

I just called the hotline again, and got some more information. Agent confirms that the process changed since they were "losing a lot of the fees (?)" at the service centers, so applications that were sent to service centers recently (i.e. before Sept 10th when they changed the system) would have then been relocated to lockboxes in Phoenix, Dallas, Chicago and Washington. Then the fee would be processed (check cashed) and then sent out again to the relevant service center to be dealt with. In my case I mailed it to the California service center on August 17th, it was in the system September 24th, it was then sent to the Phoenix lockbox where it was cashed on October 2nd, then it was sent back to California again so I have a WAC receipt number. So efficient.

 

The agent told me NOA's were approved when the check was cashed, but at that point there was confusion over whether they were then sent out since they had to be sent back to service centers - the assumption was that being approved means automatically notices were sent out, but for August filers this has not been the case. Interestingly he was actually able to look up the receipt number I was given and confirm it was an active case on the service center system, which they weren't able to do before on the hotline. And so for me they created a non-delivery of receipt case, gave me a referral ID and said wait another 30 days and call back if the notice still hasn't arrived. This is actually the 2nd time I've requested this, I already had a non-delivery of receipt case created on September 24th, and clearly that didn't make anything happen. I even had an infopass appointment on October 9th at which the officer assured me the notice had been created on October 8th and mailed out, although now we know that even if it was created, it was not mailed out. 

 

So, what I'm trying to say is that even if they're telling everyone that all backlogged cases have been entered and NOA's sent out, it might be that the data was entered but NOA's have NOT been sent out, the system just reports that they have. Therefore, if you're still waiting it might be wise to ask for a non-delivery of receipt case (again). My green card expires next week, the agent suggested I go for another infopass appointment and request a 2 month stamp. For this they "hold onto your green card" but don't destroy it. Then you can go get it back again when the NOA arrives. If you want a one year stamp, they destroy the card. I don't know how accurate any of that info is, since there doesn't seem to be consistent policy surrounding this situation and he didn't seem sure, so I'm going to just hope my NOA arrives in the next 30 days, and I won't have to cancel the Xmas trip to see family.

7

Wow. That is exasperating. My 30 day period since 'the NOA was mailed' ends tomorrow. Shall I call today or wait until tomorrow to ask for  non-delivery of receipt? My GC has expired and I don't have a drivers licence now. I a,m not travelling internationally for atleast 2 years, but will have to use my passport as my ID for Thanksgiving and Christmas travels.

[iceclub 33]

22 minutes ago, DrRob said:

I just called the hotline again, and got some more information. Agent confirms that the process changed since they were "losing a lot of the fees (?)" at the service centers, so applications that were sent to service centers recently (i.e. before Sept 10th when they changed the system) would have then been relocated to lockboxes in Phoenix, Dallas, Chicago and Washington. Then the fee would be processed (check cashed) and then sent out again to the relevant service center to be dealt with. In my case I mailed it to the California service center on August 17th, it was in the system September 24th, it was then sent to the Phoenix lockbox where it was cashed on October 2nd, then it was sent back to California again so I have a WAC receipt number. So efficient.

 

The agent told me NOA's were approved when the check was cashed, but at that point there was confusion over whether they were then sent out since they had to be sent back to service centers - the assumption was that being approved means automatically notices were sent out, but for August filers this has not been the case. Interestingly he was actually able to look up the receipt number I was given and confirm it was an active case on the service center system, which they weren't able to do before on the hotline. And so for me they created a non-delivery of receipt case, gave me a referral ID and said wait another 30 days and call back if the notice still hasn't arrived. This is actually the 2nd time I've requested this, I already had a non-delivery of receipt case created on September 24th, and clearly that didn't make anything happen. I even had an infopass appointment on October 9th at which the officer assured me the notice had been created on October 8th and mailed out, although now we know that even if it was created, it was not mailed out. 

 

So, what I'm trying to say is that even if they're telling everyone that all backlogged cases have been entered and NOA's sent out, it might be that the data was entered but NOA's have NOT been sent out, the system just reports that they have. Therefore, if you're still waiting it might be wise to ask for a non-delivery of receipt case (again). My green card expires next week, the agent suggested I go for another infopass appointment and request a 2 month stamp. For this they "hold onto your green card" but don't destroy it. Then you can go get it back again when the NOA arrives. If you want a one year stamp, they destroy the card. I don't know how accurate any of that info is, since there doesn't seem to be consistent policy surrounding this situation and he didn't seem sure, so I'm going to just hope my NOA arrives in the next 30 days, and I won't have to cancel the Xmas trip to see family.

Did you talk to Tier 1 or 2? I talked to Tier 2 yesterday, they said that my NOA was mailed on October 20th, even though it shows as it was created September 21st. I am a late August filer.

[pbid 9]

59 minutes ago, DrRob said:

I just called the hotline again, and got some more information. Agent confirms that the process changed since they were "losing a lot of the fees (?)" at the service centers, so applications that were sent to service centers recently (i.e. before Sept 10th when they changed the system) would have then been relocated to lockboxes in Phoenix, Dallas, Chicago and Washington. Then the fee would be processed (check cashed) and then sent out again to the relevant service center to be dealt with. In my case I mailed it to the California service center on August 17th, it was in the system September 24th, it was then sent to the Phoenix lockbox where it was cashed on October 2nd, then it was sent back to California again so I have a WAC receipt number. So efficient.

 

The agent told me NOA's were approved when the check was cashed, but at that point there was confusion over whether they were then sent out since they had to be sent back to service centers - the assumption was that being approved means automatically notices were sent out, but for August filers this has not been the case. Interestingly he was actually able to look up the receipt number I was given and confirm it was an active case on the service center system, which they weren't able to do before on the hotline. And so for me they created a non-delivery of receipt case, gave me a referral ID and said wait another 30 days and call back if the notice still hasn't arrived. This is actually the 2nd time I've requested this, I already had a non-delivery of receipt case created on September 24th, and clearly that didn't make anything happen. I even had an infopass appointment on October 9th at which the officer assured me the notice had been created on October 8th and mailed out, although now we know that even if it was created, it was not mailed out. 

 

So, what I'm trying to say is that even if they're telling everyone that all backlogged cases have been entered and NOA's sent out, it might be that the data was entered but NOA's have NOT been sent out, the system just reports that they have. Therefore, if you're still waiting it might be wise to ask for a non-delivery of receipt case (again). My green card expires next week, the agent suggested I go for another infopass appointment and request a 2 month stamp. For this they "hold onto your green card" but don't destroy it. Then you can go get it back again when the NOA arrives. If you want a one year stamp, they destroy the card. I don't know how accurate any of that info is, since there doesn't seem to be consistent policy surrounding this situation and he didn't seem sure, so I'm going to just hope my NOA arrives in the next 30 days, and I won't have to cancel the Xmas trip to see family.

They gave me a 2 month stamp on my passport and didn't take my Green Card as it is not expired yet. It will be expiring in mid of November, and i'll be outside the country when it happens.

[SimonKimoak 0]

2 hours ago, DrRob said:

I just called the hotline again, and got some more information. Agent confirms that the process changed since they were "losing a lot of the fees (?)" at the service centers, so applications that were sent to service centers recently (i.e. before Sept 10th when they changed the system) would have then been relocated to lockboxes in Phoenix, Dallas, Chicago and Washington. Then the fee would be processed (check cashed) and then sent out again to the relevant service center to be dealt with. In my case I mailed it to the California service center on August 17th, it was in the system September 24th, it was then sent to the Phoenix lockbox where it was cashed on October 2nd, then it was sent back to California again so I have a WAC receipt number. So efficient.

 

The agent told me NOA's were approved when the check was cashed, but at that point there was confusion over whether they were then sent out since they had to be sent back to service centers - the assumption was that being approved means automatically notices were sent out, but for August filers this has not been the case. Interestingly he was actually able to look up the receipt number I was given and confirm it was an active case on the service center system, which they weren't able to do before on the hotline. And so for me they created a non-delivery of receipt case, gave me a referral ID and said wait another 30 days and call back if the notice still hasn't arrived. This is actually the 2nd time I've requested this, I already had a non-delivery of receipt case created on September 24th, and clearly that didn't make anything happen. I even had an infopass appointment on October 9th at which the officer assured me the notice had been created on October 8th and mailed out, although now we know that even if it was created, it was not mailed out. 

 

So, what I'm trying to say is that even if they're telling everyone that all backlogged cases have been entered and NOA's sent out, it might be that the data was entered but NOA's have NOT been sent out, the system just reports that they have. Therefore, if you're still waiting it might be wise to ask for a non-delivery of receipt case (again). My green card expires next week, the agent suggested I go for another infopass appointment and request a 2 month stamp. For this they "hold onto your green card" but don't destroy it. Then you can go get it back again when the NOA arrives. If you want a one year stamp, they destroy the card. I don't know how accurate any of that info is, since there doesn't seem to be consistent policy surrounding this situation and he didn't seem sure, so I'm going to just hope my NOA arrives in the next 30 days, and I won't have to cancel the Xmas trip to see family.

I'm the same as you with regards to the time my package reached them at Cali on August 17th, to when the check was Cashed on the 2nd October. My Green Card also expires at the end of the month.

 

With a bit of luck, I get my NOA the same day as you.  I'm holding off on calling USCIS again at the moment as the time they said I need to call them again is just after the expiration.  I'm hoping that we all start to receive our NOAs this week.

Edited October 23, 2018 by SimonKimoak

[nngrl 2]

called uscis for the 1st time today. our receipt no. starts with SRC. so we sent our packet to californina aug 15, it was received aug 17.. checked cashed in arizona oct 2 and then it was transferred to texas(?). No NOA as of yet. the lady i talked to said our noa was sent oct 2 but they sent out another NOA and biometrics appt yesterday Oct 22 so we should be expecting the notices soon. hopefully she is right. husband’s gc is expiring tomorrow but we’re not going out of the country anytime soon and he has an 8-yr drivers license so were good there. i just wish they really did send those NOAs out. oh and of course our receipt number doesnt work on the uscis case status online check. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Edited October 23, 2018 by nngrl

[123Alexch 16]

i guess us Aug filers are getting screwed quite a bit。all these agents at uscis tells each of us such inconsistent info that it is quite worrisome。they really should find some better way to handle this in the future。。。

 

with that said，anyone today got their noa？

[SA, Texas 4]

14 hours ago, 123Alexch said:

i hope you will hear something soon. otherwise just file for a missing notice online.

That what I did yesterday. every time they give different answer so, I filled out case inquiry form for missing notice and that shows expected reply Nov 13.  

[Lorie00 12]

It's sad we' ve all been constantly lied to. ☹

[GeorgeandGeorgia 14]

Today was infopass appt. The officer told me that the service center mailed out my NOA yesterday only. I thought he would not stamp my passport but he did  He took my green card & explained that since he stamped my passport, I will no longer need my gc. It’s one year valid. 

I keep checking my case status online but nothing change... 

[GeorgeandGeorgia 14]

I have a questions.. to those who got a I551 stamped on their passport, did the officer take a photo of you & finger prints? It looks like biometrics to me. 

[Awesome22 9]

18 minutes ago, GeorgeandGeorgia said:

I have a questions.. to those who got a I551 stamped on their passport, did the officer take a photo of you & finger prints? It looks like biometrics to me. 

Just a stamp but I get to keep my green card since I still have a month till it expires

[Bree m 0]

Hey everyone has some of you got biometric appointment sent ? Or any NOA info! I haven’t got any kind of notice getting kinda worry here ! Also I don’t have a passport to get it stamped would I be able to apply for one with GC already expired any info would be appreciated thank you.. 

Edited October 24, 2018 by Bree m

[123Alexch 16]

7 hours ago, Joshiandmiri said:

It's sad we' ve all been constantly lied to. ☹

yes，super not cool。and it seems that sept and Oct filers are even receiving more updates than us。。。