I130 NOA1

[C and J 1]

As you can see from my signature we sent off the I130 form to the CSC back in April (just when the printing issues started to occur). Up to this date we have never received an NOA1 letter for it, although we do have the receipt number.

Each time my husband has phoned up the USCIS line to request a copy of the NOA1 to be sent to us, he is basically fobbed off with the excuse that the form is irrelevant and we don't need it (why do they send them out in the first place then?!). It is incredibly annoying for me (because I'm usually on skype listening to my hubby's side of the conversation while he talks to the USCIS representative) to hear him come away with nothing each time he puts the phone down. He is not as forceful as I am and I can't help but think that if it was me phoning them that I might be able to persuade them to send a copy (other people in the forum have sucessfully requested copies when originals have gone astray in the mail!). So far we have nothing, other than a number, to prove that we are even applying for the I130 and it's so frustrating.

To give a bit of reasoning to our receipt requirement. Not only is it obvious proof that we are applying for a visa, but I am a collector/horder and I like to keep "keepsakes" which relate to big and small things in my life, of which the final visa counts as one of the biggest (because it will finally allow me to be with my husband permanently). I would really like to have the receipt not just as proof of the process but as part of the "big picture" to look back on and see what we have gone through as a couple. I really don't think we are being unrealistic in wanting a copy of a form which should be sent anyway.

So what are we doing wrong? Why do the people on the misinformation line continually rebute our efforts to get a copy of the receipt? Is it THAT difficult to send a form that they have failed to send? Is it not, afterall, part of their process to send an initial receipt to prove they have the application?

*sigh*