Packet 3 with no case number?

[DualMatty 3]

Hi all,

 

My wife and I are in DCF in Montreal where we both lived a month ago, and now where she’s still living in our apartment.

 

I did my I-130 interview in early September and we received our packet 3 in late September (yay!). The packet instructions tell us to go to the CEAC system and use a case number to fill and print a form with a bar code confirmation. We haven’t received a case number though so we couldn’t get into the system. We have a little paper slip with a « Case ID » on it from the waiting room of my interview… but that number doesn’t seem to be it.
 

I guess in a uscis filing the NVC would give us a case number as they forward us to a consulate. But we started in the consulate; so I’m not sure if a separate email will be coming from

nvc that the consulate requests from them. Or maybe it’s the monthly thing where the NVC sends things out on a monthly schedule? But my impression of that is that people are already in the CEAC or NVC system and each month visas become available to start interviewing for. We aren’t able to get into that system yet with the info we have.

I e-mailed the consulate , but I’m seeing here if anyone knows the process and if all seems ok for us to wait for that. 
 

thank you