My husband and I attempted to file 130/485 et al. in late June after our wedding. Due to being somewhat frazzled in between finishing our honeymoon, filling out the forms and leaving to visit his family in India I accidently sent the packet to the California Service center rather than the San Jose District Office. So when we returned we had a nice big packet from the INS with the originals of most of our forms and a photocopy of the 130. They also returned all the checks except the 130 check. Although we have never recieved the receipt for the 130, they cashed that check. We took the packet to the San Jose office and managed to get a number to talk to an officer there. He told us that they had accepted the petition, and that was why the check was cashed, and that we ought to submit the petition with the image of the cashed check and a letter of explanation. They would then contact the CSC to make sure the petition being processed, and then go ahead with the 485. We went to the office on 7/21 and sent in the forms to San Jose on the next day. They haven't cashed the checks, and they haven't returned the packet to us as incorrect. They are now processing EADs with a reciept of 7/19 , so we are wondering what they could be up to. Apparently there is also a new memo out from Yates saying that when a district office recieves a 485 that has a 130 being processed in the Service Center they must request the 130 from the Service Center, and it must be sent within 15 days by Fedex to the district office to join the other petitions. I suppose that this is what is happening, is it plausible? I called the USCIS and asked them why I have not received a receipt and was told that they will send something in 30 days.