Bangtam

I saw a news announcement recently that to save money, USCIS is now sending NOA1s on plain white paper. Here, I found it:

A receipt that you applied for a benefit will not get you a Driver License, unfortunately.

The online system is unreliable, and your cases might not ever show up there.

Thanks Harpa Timsah. Gee, I got the real NOAs I will go back to the DMV again.

It was not clear in my previous post; I got my driver license last year but it's only valid for a year, now to extend it, I have to provide new or extended residency document. My I-485 is still pending (I know, it's over a year, I called the phone line, service request created, emailed CSC ... still waiting), so NOA of my EAD is another form of INS receipt of application for extension of legal presence of status.

Thanks again.

I submitted form I-765 (Employment Authorization) and I-131 (Application for Travel Document) in September. After 3 weeks and still not received any notification (text or email), I call the Customer Service number. The representative put in a request for me. Another week and I received 2 NOAs BUT they are in the normal white paper, not the greenish background with the watermark we usually received. They are just like a front copy of the real NOA. The DMV told me those are copies, hence not valid INS receipts to extend my driver license. I went to the USCIS website and checked the case status, and both receipt numbers are invalid. Waited for 2 weeks, checked again, still invalid.

Just want to know, has this ever happened to anyone else? I could understand if they haven't got time to enter the receipt numbers into system, but sent me a copy of the NOA? Because of Sandy the waiting time on the phone line is really long. They put me on hold for over an hour. I will call back another day.

Automated system doesnt work for K-1s. You need to speak to an operator. The letter says 1 week as that is the standard response like the "wait 60 days" when you call USCIS.

Thank you

Our NOA2 was on March 28, I received the hard copy on April 1. I then called the NVC automatic system and it kept telling me that I either entered a wrong number or they haven't received it yet. I decided to speak to an operator on April 6th, he's really nice and told me our package was forwarded to the consulate on April 4th. I was so happy I didn't ask for anything else. I now received a letter from NVC dated April 5th saying that NVC has received our petition and it will be forwarded to the consulate within a week. Huh? So ... did they forward our petition on Apr 4th (as the operator told me) or maybe they received on Apr 4th and forwarded on Apr 6th or ... it's still at NVC? I called the automatic system again with my Frankfurt case number but it still doesn't recognize it. I will call NVC on Monday to check on our case status.

How many letters are we going to receive from NVC? Am I going to receive another letter after our petition was forwarded?

I'm new and would like to join the October 2010 Filers 'waiting' group.

Received text/email on Nov 1st, still check hasn't cashed yet.