DCF London- NOA received but "not in the system"!
May 27th 2008, 5:20 am
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DCF London- NOA received but "not in the system"!
Might be getting a bit ahead of myself but......
I (the USC) have filed an I-130 at London for my wife (UK resident, SAfrican citizen) and received an NOA last Monday 19th May. Still haven't received the DS-230I/DS-2001 pack- paid £1.20/min for the pleasure of chatting with a nice Glaswegian called Jerry on the helpline to be told that I'm "not yet on their system".
Is this a cause for concern? I see Targaff, in his helpful post below, just sent the documents off as soon as he got the NOA- we're ready to go, but will this risk "unhitching" our application if we don't have any reference number?
Thanks in advance
I (the USC) have filed an I-130 at London for my wife (UK resident, SAfrican citizen) and received an NOA last Monday 19th May. Still haven't received the DS-230I/DS-2001 pack- paid £1.20/min for the pleasure of chatting with a nice Glaswegian called Jerry on the helpline to be told that I'm "not yet on their system".
Is this a cause for concern? I see Targaff, in his helpful post below, just sent the documents off as soon as he got the NOA- we're ready to go, but will this risk "unhitching" our application if we don't have any reference number?
Thanks in advance
May 27th 2008, 5:27 am
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Re: DCF London- NOA received but "not in the system"!
That's not how it works.
NOA1 is just a receipt to say they've received your application. It will be another two months before they process your I-130, then if that's approved you will get a letter (NOA2) saying so, then within about a week packet 3 which contains DS-230 etc.
There has been the odd report that people have submitted DS-230 before I-130 processing has completed, and got away with it, but this is not how you are supposed to do it.
NOA1 is just a receipt to say they've received your application. It will be another two months before they process your I-130, then if that's approved you will get a letter (NOA2) saying so, then within about a week packet 3 which contains DS-230 etc.
There has been the odd report that people have submitted DS-230 before I-130 processing has completed, and got away with it, but this is not how you are supposed to do it.
May 27th 2008, 5:37 am
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Re: DCF London- NOA received but "not in the system"!
Sorry, should have been clearer- it was the NOA2 we received- 2 1/2 months after acceptance of I-130 and NOA1, which I didn't think was too bad....
May 27th 2008, 5:42 am
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Re: DCF London- NOA received but "not in the system"!
Ahh ok you said your I-130 was "filed", not "approved".....
A week isn't out of the ordinary between NOA2 and packet 3 - don't forget there's been a bank holiday in there too.
I'd at least give it till the end of the week.
A week isn't out of the ordinary between NOA2 and packet 3 - don't forget there's been a bank holiday in there too.
I'd at least give it till the end of the week.
May 27th 2008, 5:45 am
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Re: DCF London- NOA received but "not in the system"!
3 months into visa process- just getting ants in my pants I suspect...
May 27th 2008, 6:06 am
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Re: DCF London- NOA received but "not in the system"!
Through a historical quirk, the US has two holidays honoring war time service. Decoration Day started after the Civil War and was on May 30th. Of course, there was later Armistice Day on November 11th. The two holidays were later renamed Memorial Day and Veterans Day. [My father still often uses the old names].
The holidays were later changed to always be on Monday to make for three-day weekends. If memory serves me correct, the only official holidays that were not so changed were Independence Day, Christmas and New Years.
