Mailing documents to my home mailing address

[Stein 276]

I just submitted my I-130's today so I know I'm in for a long wait.  While I do still own a house in the US and use it for my mailing address I live primarily overseas with my wife.  I come back to the US to my house for two weeks every two months or so for work.  I did file a G-1145 e-notification of Application/Petition acceptance form so I will at least know when my I-130's are accepted.

 

My question is once I have that notification, receipt number and instructions on how to  get updated case information is there anything that will come only in the mail and not electronically?  The Package 3 comes to mind.  I  read here on VJ that will come to the residence address overseas.  We have never, ever received a piece of mail since we have lived at that address.  Do they use (in my case) Vietnam post to deliver it?  I'm skeptical of the reliability of Vietnamese mail.   Are there any other documents, forms, etc that will physically come to my US mailing address only and not electronically that I need to watch for?  I'm concerned about lost time in the process waiting for my return to the US for paperwork between visits just to pick up a document.

 

 

[USS_Voyager 1,972]

17 hours ago, Stein said:

The Package 3 comes to mind

There is no package 3 for an I-130 spousal visa. CR1/IR1 after the I-130 is approved will be sent to the NVC where you need to submit more documents before it goes to the Consulate. 

 

17 hours ago, Stein said:

I did file a G-1145 e-notification of Application/Petition acceptance form so I will at least know when my I-130's are accepted.

 

My question is once I have that notification, receipt number and instructions on how to  get updated case information is there anything that will come only in the mail and not electronically? 

Theoretically, you can get everything electronically. However, the electronic notification of USCIS is not reliable. Personally, I never had any problem myself. Everything I filed in my immigration history I always get proper electronic notifications. My brother in law, however, everything he filed, he almost never got the electronic notification right. Sometimes it's missing, never came, sometimes just wrong, ... There countless other people report that their electronic notification never gets update. So for example, they could have mailed you the I-130 approval notice, but you would never get the e-notification for that (text/email). So then the only notice you would have is then the NVC emails you the welcome letter. 

 

Now, at the NVC stage, NVC will email you. So that's not a big deal.

17 hours ago, Stein said:

I  read here on VJ that will come to the residence address overseas.  We have never, ever received a piece of mail since we have lived at that address.  Do they use (in my case) Vietnam post to deliver it?  I'm skeptical of the reliability of Vietnamese mail

Oh, yeah, they will. I never had any problem with the reliability of Vienamese mail either, except it is very very sloooooowwwwwww. For example, my mom received her interview notice in the mail 3 days after her actual interview. Of course the email went out right away, so not a problem. 

[Stein 276]

Perfect, thanks!