How to check the status of your immigration petition in the USA

If you have applied for or a petition for immigration privileges in the United States, then you will have to face a specific waiting period until your application is reviewed by an immigration officer. You have the opportunity to check the status of your immigration case on the official website of the United States Immigration and Citizenship Service (USCIS) or subscribe to a regular distribution of updates on the status of your petition.

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Use of the USCIS Immigration Website

Check out broker US Immigration Service (you will need at least an English-Russian dictionary to understand the information presented on the site).

Find link on case status or case status. You will see a white search line in which you need to enter the number of your case to check your current status.

Enter the number of your case, the so-called receipt numberin the search box. After you submit your documents for review, you will receive an I-797C form by mail (notice of action), which notifies you that your case was received by an immigration officer, and that a number was assigned to your case (the number will start with three capital letters, such as SRC, WAC, EAC, and so on, depending on the host immigration office). Use the number of your business to get acquainted with your immigration status.

Learn these nuances:

• Your case number must be on absolutely all notifications received from USCIS.
• Your case number contains 13 characters and begins with 3 capital letters.
• Avoid hyphens when writing your number in the search box.

Read about the status of your business. As soon as you enter the correct number, the website will immediately highlight information about your case. You will be able to see which steps of the case have already been completed, and which are still left to be overcome before making the final decision.

Subscribe to the newsletter updates from USCIS

Visit the USCIS website and click on "Subscribe to the newsletter updates" (Sign Up for Case Updates).

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Choose how you want to register. You can register as a petitioner (applicant) or an official representative of the applicant (representative).

Agree to the terms and conditions for creating your account. Read the page containing all the terms and conditions, and then just click the accept button (accept).

Fill out the information form. You will need to provide your name, place of residence, email address, and create a username and password.

Decide how you want to receive updates. You can subscribe to updates by email or via SMS to your mobile phone.

Get your updates. The USCIS Immigration Service will send you updates whenever the status of your petition changes.

Check the time of the immigration case

Know the name of the form you submitted to the US Immigration Service. This will help you estimate the estimated time required to consider a particular form. Most likely, you have filled out one of the following forms:

• Statement of citizenship and naturalization.
• Employer Permit Form (Immigration Sponsorship Through Employer).
• Political asylum form (if you need to stay in the US as a refugee).
• Family petition based form (immigration sponsorship provided by a family member).
• The form of the status adjustment (if you need a document confirming the status change).
• Immigration statement through adoption.
• Form to replace the document (in case of loss of any immigration documents).

Get an approximate time limit for petitions like yours. You can do this as follows. Go to the USCIS website. Get "Review Time" (Processing times).

Examine carefully the timing table at the bottom of the page to get an approximate time frame for processing similar immigration cases. You will need to specify the name of the local office or service center, and then click on the "Review Dates" button (Processing dates). You will see a diagram containing the approximate time of consideration of the number and name of the form you have completed.

Useful Tips

• The USCIS website is US public property. The administrators of this site are officially allowed to collect any personal and immigration information. Be extremely careful about using other, informal websites that perform a similar function.
• You must provide a phone number registered to one of the US mobile service providers in order to receive SMS status updates.
• Contact USCIS if you think your petition is being processed with an inexplicable delay. Immigration representatives can tell you what's wrong and maybe even tell you what to do to speed up the process.
• If you think that your case is complex or special, then do not be afraid to seek the services of a qualified immigration lawyer, because if the case involves certain features, then you need to pay more attention to this.

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