Receipt Number and Case Number Decoded

[Larry and Maria 0]

For Receipt Number: http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/fieldoffices...ional/index.htm

Your Receipt:

After filing your application and paying your fees, you will receive a receipt number. These receipt numbers are very important. Please use these numbers whenever you write to us about your case, and whenever you contact us to find out about the status of your case.

The numbering system used on receipts has significance.

For most applications filed at a Service Center, your receipt may look like this: LIN 99 001 50001. In this example, the LIN represents the Nebraska Service Center, where the application was initially received into the electronic system. Cases that are filed at or received by another Service Center but processed at the NSC will generally carry the designation of the originating Service Center:

LIN = Lincoln, Nebraska or NSC

EAC = St. Albans, Vermont or VSC

SRC= Dallas, Texas or TSC

WAC= Laguna Niguel, California or CSC

In the example above:

The 99 represents the fiscal year (October 1, through September 30) in which the case was received.

The 001 represents the computer workday in the fiscal year on which the fee was taken.

The 50001 represents the particular case number.

For cases with particular case numbers starting with a 5, electronic case status information is available (see Finding the Status of Your Case, below). For cases with particular case numbers starting with a 0, you must write to request the status of your case.

For Naturalization cases (currently only N-400s), a different structure and process is used.

The application receipt number (for example: LIN*00006) is the case/receipt number. This is strictly sequential and does not change with the fiscal year. This is the number to refer to when seeking information regarding this case.

For Case Number: http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/glossary...ary_1363.html#a

Case Number: The National Visa Center (NVC) gives each immigrant petition a case number. This number has three letters followed by ten digits (numbers). The three letters are an abbreviation for the overseas embassy or consulate that will process the immigrant visa case (for example, GUZ for Guangzhou, CDJ for Ciudad Juarez).

The digits tell us exactly when NVC created the case. For example a case with the number MNL2001747003 would be a case assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Manila. 2001 is the year in which NVC received the case from the BCIS (formerly INS). The Julian date is 747 plus 500, so this case was created on September 4, 2001, the 247 th day of the year. The 003 shows that it was the third case created for Manila on that day.

This case number is not the same as the BCIS receipt number, which is written on the Notice of Action, Form I-797, from the BCIS. A consular section abroad cannot find a case if all you have is the BCIS receipt number.

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[Gikoo 0]

Appreciate the info

[motu 5]

Nice info - but how do you use it to win the POWERBALL!

[nane1104 146]

Now that is interesting...how did you find that out???

[Larry and Maria 0]

motu,

take all the letters and numbers, write them on a separate small piece of paper, put them in a hat, shake, pick, play!

let me know which one you hit!! and how much ... my fee's very a small percent

[aussiewench 9]

Now that is interesting...how did you find that out???

Its from the USCIS website. If you get a chance go have a look around. Lots of interesting/informative reading there.

[motu 5]

motu,

take all the letters and numbers, write them on a separate small piece of paper, put them in a hat, shake, pick, play!

let me know which one you hit!! and how much ... my fee's very a small percent

Damn! I missed the 234 million dollar powerball by just 6 numbers! Oh well! Another day; another two hundred million dollars not won!