March 2021 i-130 filers

[Strawberrymermaid 346]

Just now, Paul and Sopheap said:

How do I check with Emma? When we tried it just went to the same online checking tool. Maybe I need the actual NOA1 receipt first? All we have now is the online IOE receipt.

I had to type "Speak with a live agent" and that put me through to someone!

[Paul and Sopheap 91]

Cool, I was able to get a live agent a couple days ago before I had received the receipt notice that way. So you mean check with an actual agent and give them the receipt #, got it. I wonder if the IOE receipt would be enough or if they need the NOA1. Thanks for the tip.

[top_secret 2,417]

I'm really convinced that this early there is no way to even get a remotely accurate answer what service center will eventually process your application.   Mine says Nebraska online.  My mailed NOA1 says Texas.  The postmark on the envelope with the Texas return address indicates it was actually mailed from Virginia.  As others here have discovered, an online agent may give you a completely different answer than anything you can see, and you could find many examples of where others have received answers from agents that turned out to not be completely accurate once they did receive their NOA2.  On top of that, the wait times of the centers themselves change very significantly.  There are people who were jumping with joy a year ago that they got assigned to what was then a super fast center, and a year later some of those same people are still waiting and are bitterly regretting the day they ever got assigned to those same centers that were super fast a year ago.

 

But playing a guessing game is an interesting diversion while we wait.  Maybe I'll try and see what an agent has to say about where my case is later.  Although I suspect a betting pool would be more accurate at predicting case approval dates 😂

[Strawberrymermaid 346]

Just now, Paul and Sopheap said:

Cool, I was able to get a live agent a couple days ago before I had received the receipt notice that way. So you mean check with an actual agent and give them the receipt #, got it. I wonder if the IOE receipt would be enough or if they need the NOA1. Thanks for the tip.

My NOA1 has my receipt number the same as the one listed on the online account (starting with IOE) so I think it's the same! 💖 I guess the only real thing different would be which service center the NOA1 was sent from. But again, mine says Nebraska on my NOA1. But the lady on chat told me its been at Potomac since the beginning. In the end it really doesn't matter but I wish they had a more updated way of allowing us to see where in the world our case is. Maybe the online system can transfer easily back and forth since its all scanned in/ done electronically and it doesn't really matter where the case is.

[Hubbster14 32]

Yeah I’m sure it can change but I checked with a different live agent like 5 times to try and make it as 100% as I possibly could lol they just said it went to Texas Service Center, as they are trying to even out the workload across the service centers. 

[Dulma 10]

Hi everyone, I mailed my petition in March of 2nd to Chicago lockbox and  got the IOE yesterday. .

Edited April 2, 2021 by Dulma

[Paul and Sopheap 91]

39 minutes ago, Hubbster14 said:

Yeah I’m sure it can change but I checked with a different live agent like 5 times to try and make it as 100% as I possibly could lol they just said it went to Texas Service Center, as they are trying to even out the workload across the service centers. 

Mine said Nebraska online, and when I chatted with the agent they said it's in California...

[top_secret 2,417]

Although I do not believe it provides really useful information,  I do enjoy overanalyzing the situation while I wait.  😂 So just for fun I did try the Ask Emma approach.  I got a really nice agent that said my petitions are indeed at the Texas Service Center which matches my mailed NOA2 and differs from my online status.  Interestingly, the agent said my IOE receipt numbers "generate an error message" so she had to look up my petitions by name, birthdate, address, phone number and such.

[pravinptl97 5]

1 hour ago, Paul and Sopheap said:

Mine said Nebraska online, and when I chatted with the agent they said it's in California...

Mine said Nebraska on NAO1 and when i chatted with a live agent today (did it twice) they both said it was at texas -.-

[Paul and Sopheap 91]

3 minutes ago, pravinptl97 said:

Mine said Nebraska on NAO1 and when i chatted with a live agent today (did it twice) they both said it was at texas -.-

Same situation with us. I chatted twice also and was told California. Lucky us. lol.

[Paul and Sopheap 91]

Our online status changed to actively reviewing just now. 

[Strawberrymermaid 346]

Just now, Paul and Sopheap said:

Our online status changed to actively reviewing just now. 

That’s great!! 

[pravinptl97 5]

1 minute ago, Paul and Sopheap said:

Our online status changed to actively reviewing just now. 

Wonderful news!

[Paul and Sopheap 91]

2 minutes ago, pravinptl97 said:

Wonderful news!

 

3 minutes ago, Strawberrymermaid said:

That’s great!! 

Yeah I was surprised. 18 hours from received to reviewing. I was hoping it would stay in Nebraska, though! lol

[Strawberrymermaid 346]

Just now, Paul and Sopheap said:

 

Yeah I was surprised. 18 hours from received to reviewing. I was hoping it would stay in Nebraska, though! lol

Are your documents you sent scanned in on your documents page?