USCIS Application and Petition Receipting Update

[Jigi 0]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) advises customers that, due to a tremendous increase in the number of applications filed, processing of fee payments and entry of cases into our tracking system is behind schedule. As a result, applicants can expect notices of receipt to be delayed. USCIS is working hard to deal with the increased volume.

Delay in fee processing and data entry will not affect an applicant’s Change of Status or Extension of Stay eligibility if all other eligibility requirements are met. USCIS continues to process Premium Processing Service requests within 15 days.

USCIS will honor the actual date that an application was received in our mailroom; this date will be indicated on the receipt (in the Received Date box) when Form I-797, Notice of Action, is mailed. Until this situation is resolved, USCIS will provide these weekly updates on progress in issuing receipt notices to our customers. We appreciate your understanding.

As of August 31, 2007, USCIS has completed data entry and issued receipt notices for applications and petitions received on or before the dates indicated:

California Service Center

Form Number: Date Received:

I-130 8/06/2007

N-400 7/24/2007

All Other 8/16/2007

Nebraska Service Center

Form Number: Date Received:

I-131 7/26/2007

I-140 7/26/2007

I-485 Employment Based 7/26/2007

I-765 7/26/2007

N-400 7/24/2007

All Other 8/05/2007

Texas Service Center

Form Number: Date Received:

I-131 6/30/2007

I-140 8/13/2007

I-485 Employment Based 6/30/2007

I-765 6/30/2007

N-400 7/15/2007

All Other 8/19/2007

Vermont Service Center

Form Number: Date Received:

I-130 7/25/2007

N-400 7/22/2007

All Other 8/20/2007

USCIS Lockbox

Form Number: Date Received:

I-485 Family Based 7/30/2007

[Jason-Sasha 1]

I suppose I-129f would fall under the category of "other". This means the wait will be quite long for those who filed after those dates, I guess. This explains why so many August filers haven't gotten their NOA1s yet.

[Caladan 19]

Updated for today: looks like we're past the bulk of it, folks..

USCIS Application and Receipting Update

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) advises customers that, due to a tremendous increase in the number of applications filed, processing of fee payments and entry of cases into our tracking system is behind schedule. As a result, applicants can expect notices of receipt to be delayed. USCIS is working hard to deal with the increased volume.

Delay in fee processing and data entry will not affect an applicant's Change of Status or Extension of Stay eligibility if all other eligibility requiements are met. USCIS continues to process Premium Processing Service requests within 15 days.

USCIS will honor the actual date that an application was received in our mailroom; this date will be indicated on the receipt (in the Received Date box) when Form I-797, Notice of Action, is mailed. Until this situation is resolved, USCIS will provide these weekly updates on progress in issuing receipt notices to our customers. We appreciate your understanding.

As of September 7, 2007, USCIS has completed data entry and issued receipt notices for applications and petitions received on or before the dates indicated:

California Service Center

Form Number Date Received

I-130 8/07/2007

N-400 7/24/2007

All Other Forms 8/28/2007

Nebraska Service Center

Form Number Date Received

I-131 7/29/2007

I-140 7/29/2007

I-485 Employment

Based 7/29/2007

I-765 7/29/2007

N-400 7/25/2007

All Other Forms 8/05/2007

Texas Service Center

Form Number Date Received

I-131 7/02/2007

I-140 7/02/2007

I-485 Employment

Based 7/02/2007

I-765 7/02/2007

N-400 7/16/2007

All Other Forms 8/19/2007

Vermont Service Center

Form Number Date Received

I-130 7/26/2007

N-400 7/22/2007

All Other Forms 8/30/2007

USCIS Lockbox

Form Number Date Received

I-485 Family Based 8/08/2007

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Maybe this means I'll get my NOA1 this week. Forty days after filing.

[Stabu 0]

Luckily. We were among those unhappy stuck because of this. We had to wait for 36 days for our IV bill for being cashed and entered into the NVC system. Normally this whole process is done in less than 10 days. As far as I know, things seem to be mostly back to normal .

[reach449 2]

Wasn't the new fees supposed to streamline the process and make processing times faster?????

[TracyTN 237]

That's the theory - but to expect to see results immediately isn't feasible.

Only time will tell if the increase in fees (thus the increase in staff and new automated systems) will bear the fruit they've promised.

[eau_xplain 2]

Looks like they've almost caught up now

USCIS Application and Receipting Update

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) advises customers that, due to a tremendous increase in the number of applications filed, processing of fee payments and entry of cases into our tracking system is behind schedule. As a result, applicants can expect notices of receipt to be delayed. USCIS is working hard to deal with the increased volume.

Delay in fee processing and data entry will not affect an applicant's Change of Status or Extension of Stay eligibility if all other eligibility requiements are met. USCIS continues to process Premium Processing Service requests within 15 days.

USCIS will honor the actual date that an application was received in our mailroom; this date will be indicated on the receipt (in the Received Date box) when Form I-797, Notice of Action, is mailed. Until this situation is resolved, USCIS will provide these weekly updates on progress in issuing receipt notices to our customers. We appreciate your understanding.

As of September 14, 2007, USCIS has completed data entry and issued receipt notices for applications and petitions received on or before the dates indicated:

California Service Center

Form Number Date Received

I-130 8/08/2007

N-400 7/26/2007

All Other Forms 9/06/2007

Nebraska Service Center

Form Number Date Received

I-131 7/29/2007

I-140 7/29/2007

I-485 Employment

Based 7/29/2007

I-765 7/29/2007

N-400 7/26/2007

All Other Forms 8/05/2007

Texas Service Center

Form Number Date Received

I-131 7/19/2007

I-140 8/13/2007

I-140 concurrently filed

with I-485 7/19/2007

I-485 Employment

Based 7/19/2007

I-765 7/19/2007

N-400 7/16/2007

All Other Forms 9/11/2007

Vermont Service Center

Form Number Date Received

I-130 7/29/2007

N-400 7/25/2007

All Other Forms 9/4/2007

USCIS Lockbox

Form Number Date Received

I-485 Family Based 8/30/2007

TPS 8/26/2007

Edited September 17, 2007 by eau_xplain

[july052007 0]

im a bit confused... who issues the NOAI for the 130?? is it the service center who first received the packet? or the service center where the packet was forwarded to? coz i dont know which dates are we going to follow based on their prest release...

we sent the I130 to TSC... i believe this is then forwarded to CSC...

anyone? thanks...

[Jigi 0]

PLease post the latest updates from USICS if any .. and if any ones got it for others to see

[KeoKeo 0]

October update:

USCIS Application and Receipting Update

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) advises customers that processing of fee payments and entry of cases into our tracking system remains behind schedule due to the tremendous increase in the number of applications filed. As a result, applicants are experiencing delays in receiving notices of receipt. USCIS is working hard to deal with the increased volume.

USCIS will honor the actual date that an application was received in our mailroom; this date will be indicated on the receipt (in the Received Date box) when Form I-797, Notice of Action, is mailed. If your case is affected by the receipt delay, arrival of your receipt may take up to 12 weeks for adjustment-of-status applications and 15 weeks for naturalization and other applications.

Until this situation is resolved, USCIS will provide the following weekly updates on progress in issuing receipt notices to our customers. Additional information is available in Frequently Asked Questions, located under “Related Links†on this page. We appreciate your understanding.

IMPORTANT: If you have submitted your application and are changing your address, you need to update your address with USCIS. If you have paid by:

Check: You can report your address change from our website, using USCIS’ Change of Address Online. This requires a receipt number. Look at the back of the cancelled check that was returned to you through your bank. On the back should be the 13-digit USCIS receipt number which looks like this (but will have different letters and numbers) ABC 01 23456789 Use your 13-digit number when you are asked to input your receipt number in your change of address.

Money order: You can report your change of address by calling USCIS Customer Service toll-free at 1-800-375-5283, and a USCIS Customer Service agent will enter your new address for you.

As of October 5, 2007, USCIS has completed initial data entry and issued receipt notices for applications and petitions received on or before the dates indicated:

California Service Center

Form Number Date Received

I-130 8/30/2007

N-400 7/31/2007

All Other Forms 7/30/2007

Nebraska Service Center

Form Number Date Received

I-131 8/14/2007

I-140 8/14/2007

I-485 Employment

Based 8/14/2007

I-485 Asylee 7/29/2007

I-485 Refugee 7/03/2007

I-765 8/14/2007

N-400 7/29/2007

All Other Forms 8/05/2007

Texas Service Center

Form Number Date Received

I-131 8/09/2007

I-140 concurrently filed

with I-485 8/09/2007

I-485 Employment

Based * 8/09/2007

I-765 8/09/2007

N-400 7/18/2007

All Other Forms 8/1/2007

*California Service Center and Vermont Service Center are currently assisting in data entry of employment-based I-485 and related forms (I-140, I-765, and I-131) received at Texas Service Center between the dates of 7/28 and 8/8. As a result, some applicants may receive receipt notices from a service center different than the one they originally applied to.

Vermont Service Center

Form Number Date Received

I-130 7/29/2007

N-400 7/25/2007

All Other Forms 7/30/2007

USCIS Lockbox

Form Number Date Received

TPS 9/09/2007

Edited October 11, 2007 by KeoKeo

[Jigi 0]

hi

THanks KEoKeo ... for updating this... i was really caught up with work so didnt update it. Thanks for updating...

Jigi

[VetsWife328 7]

As of October 12, 2007, USCIS has completed initial data entry and issued receipt notices for applications and petitions received on or before the dates indicated:

California Service Center

Form Number Date Received

I-130 8/30/2007

N-400 8/01/2007

All Other Forms 7/30/2007

[KeoKeo 0]

You're welcome Jigi. I'm more than willing to share the info with everyone. Thanks for creating this thread, it's very helpful.

hi

THanks KEoKeo ... for updating this... i was really caught up with work so didnt update it. Thanks for updating...

Jigi

[Meridien 0]

Hello, I'm brand new to Visa Journey! We sent off our K1 application to California on October 5th, and received a very speedy NOA1 dated October 11th. I guess this bodes well that they are all caught up on their receipting.

I hope everyone who is still waiting gets theirs soon!