I 130 online with concurrent I 1485

[earthbi 1]

I am married to a US citizen and I am considering to apply online for the I 130 and sending the I 1485 by mail. I understand that I should then attach the I-130 receipt notice to the I-1485 packet. Does anybody have experience how long it takes to get the receipt notice for the I 130 when filing online?

 

I was hoping to be able to send the I 1485 before April 1st, but must consider sending them both together by mail if the receipt notice might take many weeks and not get to me in time. Any advice much appreciated.

[Crazy Cat 41,845]

6 minutes ago, earthbi said:

Does anybody have experience how long it takes to get the receipt notice for the I 130 when filing online?

Immediately....posted to your USCIS account.  A copy of the online receipt notice can be sent with the I485 package.....or you can just mail the I-130 package, I-485 package, I-131 package, and I-765 package together.

Edited March 4 by Crazy Cat

[earthbi 1]

2 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

Immediately....posted to your USCIS account.  A copy of the online receipt notice can be sent with the I485 package. 

Gosh! Thank you! I was looking everywhere for this answer. I just saw everywhere that it takes them 2-3 weeks to give you a receipt notice, but nothing considering if it was filed online.

[Crazy Cat 41,845]

5 minutes ago, earthbi said:

Gosh! Thank you! I was looking everywhere for this answer. I just saw everywhere that it takes them 2-3 weeks to give you a receipt notice, but nothing considering if it was filed online.

See this member's comment:

@Dispie said "The I-130 Receipt Notice was available for download the same day, and they also mailed it. We attached the receipt notice to our mailed I-485. There is also a place in the form to add the receipt number. No questions so far."

 

 

Edited March 4 by Crazy Cat

[earthbi 1]

6 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

See this member's comment:

@Dispie said "The I-130 Receipt Notice was available for download the same day, and they also mailed it. We attached the receipt notice to our mailed I-485. There is also a place in the form to add the receipt number. No questions so far."

 

 

Very helpful. Thank you Crazy Cat

[OldUser 6,645]

To your question from another thread:

 

This means all case numbers will be following a sequence, e.g. (not actual case numbers, to give idea):

 

 

I-130 - XXXXXXX100

I-485 - XXXXXXX101

I-765 - XXXXXXX102

I-131 - XXXXXXX103

 

 

This would make tracking easier. Also, if you follow USCIS cases in online trackers, you'll notice USCIS sometimes approves / works actively on some blocks of cases and leaves out the other ones.

 

I'd prefer for all of them to be reviewed together VS I-130 getting approved first and then crickets or I-485 being stuck because I-130 is not looked at. USCIS used to receive everything for AOS on paper. The times are changing, but you still may get more efficient processing by bundling it together. This is only an opinion. People file both ways.

 

 

[earthbi 1]

17 hours ago, OldUser said:

To your question from another thread:

 

This means all case numbers will be following a sequence, e.g. (not actual case numbers, to give idea):

 

 

I-130 - XXXXXXX100

I-485 - XXXXXXX101

I-765 - XXXXXXX102

I-131 - XXXXXXX103

 

 

This would make tracking easier. Also, if you follow USCIS cases in online trackers, you'll notice USCIS sometimes approves / works actively on some blocks of cases and leaves out the other ones.

 

I'd prefer for all of them to be reviewed together VS I-130 getting approved first and then crickets or I-485 being stuck because I-130 is not looked at. USCIS used to receive everything for AOS on paper. The times are changing, but you still may get more efficient processing by bundling it together. This is only an opinion. People file both ways.

 

 

Thank you for your advice OldUser

[CatLady0901 0]

Hi @earthbi! We're also going through the same thing and just submitted the I-130 online. All we got after submitting was an email with the payment details and a case number.

Is this the one you attached to the I-485 that you mailed? Or is it I-797 (at least that's what I've been seeing online)?

[top_secret 2,417]

14 minutes ago, CatLady0901 said:

Hi @earthbi! We're also going through the same thing and just submitted the I-130 online. All we got after submitting was an email with the payment details and a case number.

Is this the one you attached to the I-485 that you mailed? Or is it I-797 (at least that's what I've been seeing online)?

 

 

Check under the documents tab in your online account.  There should be a pdf copy of the receipt notice there.

[CatLady0901 0]

1 minute ago, top_secret said:

 

 

Check under the documents tab in your online account.  There should be a pdf copy of the receipt notice there.

Sadly, there's nothing under USCIS Notices so far. But the status says "Case Was Received And A Receipt Notice Was Sent." I guess, we really have to wait for the notice to appear on the Documents tab. 

[top_secret 2,417]

15 minutes ago, CatLady0901 said:

Sadly, there's nothing under USCIS Notices so far. But the status says "Case Was Received And A Receipt Notice Was Sent." I guess, we really have to wait for the notice to appear on the Documents tab. 

 

It might take a day or so for them to issue the pdf receipt notice but it should be there under the documents tab very soon.

[CatLady0901 0]

2 minutes ago, top_secret said:

 

It might take a day or so for them to issue the pdf receipt notice but it should be there under the documents tab very soon.

Gotcha. Thank you!

[earthbi 1]

17 hours ago, CatLady0901 said:

Gotcha. Thank you!

Yes, I think it took a day or two to appear in the documents tab for me. 

[CatLady0901 0]

18 hours ago, top_secret said:

 

It might take a day or so for them to issue the pdf receipt notice but it should be there under the documents tab very soon.

Got it! It's about 24 hours for us now. Hope it gets released soon!