Kcarz

It has been a month, as of Sept.19th, that my USC husband sent the
129f off to Chicago and the 1NOA has not arrived nor has the check for
it been cashed. Is this time line normal? I mean is it normal for the
1 NOA of the 129f K3 to take over a month...I am a Canadian and would
be going through the Vancouver Consulate. It is rather disheartening
to say the least.

lpdiver

No it is not normal. Did he send it return receipt requested?

Hayo

I am going through K1 though, and I have got NOA1 in a week. I am not sure
that there is a difference between them.
In any case, I am from Toronto and "Welcome Aboard!".

"KCarZ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > It has been a month, as of Sept.19th, that my USC husband sent the
    > 129f off to Chicago and the 1NOA has not arrived nor has the check for
    > it been cashed. Is this time line normal? I mean is it normal for the
    > 1 NOA of the 129f K3 to take over a month...I am a Canadian and would
    > be going through the Vancouver Consulate. It is rather disheartening
    > to say the least.

GOZO

I hear you girl. My husband is Canadian from Kamloops. I am waiting impatient...I got my 1st NOA in a week...you should check with the national service number...you can find this number at www.bcis.gov.

Welcome to the waiting club...and this news group. Cheer up...everything will work out well!!

Hebapotamus42

Some people never get their first NOA. But it doesn't sound normal that the check hasn't been cashed until now. Are you sure it was sent to the correct address?

lpdiver

Heba...She said the check has not been cashed...As I have said they move quickly when you send them money...

Hebapotamus42

That's why I'm wondering if they ever received it. It seems they always cash the check within the first few days. Even those people who never get NOA1 at least have proof that their checks were cashed. Apparently the first thing they do at the service centers is go for the money. If you look at Tenni's timeline, there's this one person who says his petition was returned almost immediately because he wrote the wrong date on the check.

lpdiver

And I was sweating my check also. I wrote USBCIS and this was not at the time an approved payee....but the chashed the sucker anyway!!!

My assumption would be that they never got it since the check wasn't cashed and they didn't receive any correspondence. I would resubmit with a cover letter...but that is just me.

AND a return receit requested. I got my noa five days after they received my application (one day)

superdesi

The receipt number (to check case status) is printed on the back of the cashed check.

Kcarz

lpdiver <member@british_expats.com> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
    > Originally posted by Hebapotamus42
    >
    > > That's why I'm wondering if they ever received it. It seems they
    > > always cash the check within the first few days. Even those people
    > > who never get NOA1 at least have proof that their checks were cashed.
    > > Apparently the first thing they do at the service centers is go for
    > > the money. If you look at Tenni's timeline, there's this one person
    > > who says his petition was returned almost immediately because he wrote
    > > the wrong date on the check.
    >
    >
    >
    > And I was sweating my check also. I wrote USBCIS and this was not at the
    > time an approved payee....but the chashed the sucker anyway!!!
    >
    >
    >
    > My assumption would be that they never got it since the check wasn't
    > cashed and they didn't receive any correspondence. I would resubmit with
    > a cover letter...but that is just me.
    >
    >
    >
    > AND a return receit requested. I got my noa five days after they
    > received my application (one day)
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Thanks for your input...the bizarre thing is my husband did recieve a
return receipt back from Chicago for the stuff we sent in, so somebody
must have gotten it...