Lockbox Text and Email

Dear Applicant/Petitioner:

Your USCIS application/petition has been received and routed to the National Benefit Center for processing. Within 7 - 10 days by standard mail you will receive your official Receipt Notice (Form I-797) with your Receipt Number XXXXXXXXXXXX. If you have any questions please contact the Hague Unit at (877) XXX_XXXX or NBC.XXXXX.GOV

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE

At 1:50 a.m. we got this text and email. Not a big step but good to know we made it past the lockbox. No one wants the lockbox to reject their application. At the lockbox it is checked that all papers are in order and everything that is needed is included. I think the I800 application was 10 pages long and we had a lot of supporting documents to include.

NBC(National Benefits Center) will now look over our application and approve it(positive thoughts) and forward it to the NVC(National Visa Center). Usually it takes 11-18 days for approval from receipt of our application at the lockbox. I am thinking our receipt day is February 13 but won't know for sure until we get the receipt letter in the mail.