NOA2 Hardcopy Not Received

[2_hearts_1_beat 0]

It's been a month from our NOA2 email notice, but my fiance hadn't received the hardcopy of NOA2 yet. He decided to call USCIS to inquire but the guy's answer made me confused. He said that my fiance should fill out and mail an application and pay $200 for a new NOA2 copy to be sent to us. He told them he never got one. The USCIS guy said it doesn't matter who loses it, if it's lost, then any NOA2 sent to him would be a replacement, which costs 200 dollars. So they assumed that someone lost it, it could be the postal service, or my fiance himself.

He then added that my fiance should just print out the e-mail that he got, and let me take that in as my proof of NOA2 in case I will need it in my interview. But he also said that the US Embassy in the Philippines will get a copy of the same form that was mailed to him but never arrived, so it doesn't matter if I don't have one during my interview.

But as from what I've read in this forum, that in the AOS stage, we would be needing the hardcopy of the NOA2. So im wondering if the email NOA2 that the USCIS guy suggested will suffice? Anyone here who has gone through the AOS stage, can you advise us on this?

Anyone else here who hadn't received their hardcopy of NOA2 yet who were approved first week of May? Have you called USCIS? Did they tell you the same thing that they've told my fiance?

Please help, am confused!!!

Edited June 5, 2007 by 2_hearts_1_beat

[JoanBill 0]

It's been a month from our NOA2 email notice, but my fiance hadn't received the hardcopy of NOA2 yet. He decided to call USCIS to inquire but the guy's answer made me confused. He said that my fiance should fill out and mail an application and pay $200 for a new NOA2 copy to be sent to us. He told them he never got one. The USCIS guy said it doesn't matter who loses it, if it's lost, then any NOA2 sent to him would be a replacement, which costs 200 dollars. So they assumed that someone lost it, it could be the postal service, or my fiance himself.

He then added that my fiance should just print out the e-mail that he got, and let me take that in as my proof of NOA2 in case I will need it in my interview. But he also said that the US Embassy in the Philippines will get a copy of the same form that was mailed to him but never arrived, so it doesn't matter if I don't have one during my interview.

But as from what I've read in this forum, that in the AOS stage, we would be needing the hardcopy of the NOA2. So im wondering if the email NOA2 that the USCIS guy suggested will suffice? Anyone here who has gone through the AOS stage, can you advise us on this?

Anyone else here who hadn't received their hardcopy of NOA2 yet who were approved first week of May? Have you called USCIS? Did they tell you the same thing that they've told my fiance?

Please help, am confused!!!

At least you got an email. According to the morons at USCIS, we are still pending. I called NVC and our papers are already in Manila. Call NVC and ask them about your status. Then get in touch with one of your senator's immigration lianson about the missing NOA2. I am in the process of doing that.

[Robor007 0]

I think you need a copy of the 'hard copy' of the I-197C approval notice (NOA2) for the Adjustment of Status process.

A month is a long time. Our hard copy arrived in the mail less than a week after the approval. In our case I didn't even know our I-130 was approved until I got the hard copy. I never got an Email and our status today still says it's pending.