A Receipt Notice, Form I-797C, Notice of Action, is an official legal document from USCIS to prove that they have received your immigration petition. The date on the receipt notice is very important because if you are running out of time on some initial approvals such as H-1B or I-751, it is evidence that you filed for an extension before it expired and may help you extend your status.
Typically, applicants receive their receipt notice within 1-3 weeks after the USCIS receives the petition; however, USCIS is currently experiencing a backlog and extended wait times.
The receipt notice will say either your petition is rejected or that USCIS has accepted your petition and how they will process it. During your case USCIS may also send a Request for Evidence that requests additional items. A receipt notice will contain:
USCIS will send a receipt notice to the applicant and their legal representative for immigrant and non-immigrant applications including:
If you did not receive a receipt notice, your immigration attorney can help you contact your local USCIS office to determine if it was lost, if your address is not deliverable and if the notice was returned.
U.S. immigration law can be confusing. If you would like to discuss your situation with an experienced immigration attorney, please contact our office. We can schedule an attorney consultation to help you. Please call us today at 630-912-0322 or use the contact form to email us.
Immigration Attorney Mario Godoy has years of experience guiding clients with immigration issues through the immigration process along with guiding clients through the criminal case. Godoy focuses on family-based immigration law, business immigration law, removal defense, and criminal defense representation of immigrants. A criminal charge or conviction can be devastating to your immigration case. With over a decade of immigration law experience and memories of family members who were deported due to bad legal advice, Godoy is committed to helping other immigrant families receive the legal justice they deserve. As a legal entrepreneur who practices immigration law, criminal law, estate and probate law, and running two successful law firms, Mario Godoy understands the importance of keeping families together and making a home and future in America.
