Notice by email or normal mail?

[Theonlywhale 1]

I just filed my I-130 online yesterday and my case status says the following:

 

On July 21, 2021, we received your Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, Receipt Number XXXXXXXXX, and sent you a receipt notice or acceptance notice. The notice describes how we will process your case. Please follow the instructions in the notice.

 

I received an email for my payment receipt but nothing with instructions or processing info. Will the other notice with instructions come by normal mail then? Or should I have received that already?

[HRQX 4,145]

14 minutes ago, Theonlywhale said:

Or should I have received that already?

Check the online account under "USCIS notices"

[TedsGirl 201]

15 minutes ago, Theonlywhale said:

I just filed my I-130 online yesterday and my case status says the following:

 

On July 21, 2021, we received your Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, Receipt Number XXXXXXXXX, and sent you a receipt notice or acceptance notice. The notice describes how we will process your case. Please follow the instructions in the notice.

 

I received an email for my payment receipt but nothing with instructions or processing info. Will the other notice with instructions come by normal mail then? Or should I have received that already?

You will get a NOA1 by email perhaps by tomorrow and a physical one in the mail within a week or more. My husband got his within days of filing our case online. 

 

 

[Theonlywhale 1]

8 minutes ago, TedsGirl said:

You will get a NOA1 by email perhaps by tomorrow and a physical one in the mail within a week or more. My husband got his within days of filing our case online. 

 

 

Great, thank you! I know this process will be a lot of waiting. I just wasn't sure if I should start the waiting now. 

[TedsGirl 201]

Just now, Theonlywhale said:

Great, thank you! I know this process will be a lot of waiting. I just wasn't sure if I should start the waiting now. 

You’re welcome! 
 

Yes it will be. We filed on the 6th and I am already planning my return trip to him. This wait will be the greatest test for our marriages🙏🏿 We can do it!!

[Paul and Sopheap 91]

4 hours ago, Theonlywhale said:

I just filed my I-130 online yesterday and my case status says the following:

 

On July 21, 2021, we received your Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, Receipt Number XXXXXXXXX, and sent you a receipt notice or acceptance notice. The notice describes how we will process your case. Please follow the instructions in the notice.

 

I received an email for my payment receipt but nothing with instructions or processing info. Will the other notice with instructions come by normal mail then? Or should I have received that already?

I only got the text that said the same as yours, then a month later I got the paper NOA1 in the mail. I didn't even get an email, lol. I made the USCIS account and added the IOE number, then about 3 weeks after that I got the account acceptance notice with the online account code to activate the online account. That being said, none of it provided any useful information whatsoever.

[Paul and Sopheap 91]

3 hours ago, Theonlywhale said:

Great, thank you! I know this process will be a lot of waiting. I just wasn't sure if I should start the waiting now. 

Technically the priority date will be whenever the i130 was received by them. Not necessarily the date on the IOE. For example, my IOE receipt said it was received on March 31st, but the priority date is March 5th because that's when the file actually arrived at the lockbox.