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Pattal

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My mom and my brother filed petition I-130 for me with the filling fee of money order in amount of $190.00 each in a two separate envelop to California Service Center with registered mail. I got confirmation from the post office that they had been received by USCIS.

I did receive a receipt number case I-797C, notice of action through my brother petition.
But I did not receive a receipt number through my mom petition.

I got a copy of both money order from the currency exchange were I purchased them. Both of the money orders had been cashed by the Department of Homeland Security.

I look at the both copy of the money order and I found the receipt number on the back of my brother money order, the same number of that receipts number on I-797C that we received.
BUT I did not see any receipt number on the cashed money order of my mother petition even through it had been cashed by USCIS. And as I did mention above I did not receive receipt number or I-797 notice of action through my mother petition.

What do you think the problem is? I did not receive a receipt number through my mother petition and no case receipt number on the cashed money order.
Did you hear something like that from other people?
If I don’t have a receipt number through my mother petition that means I don’t have a case or petition through her.
What I should do.
 
I don't understand why you applied through both of them. Maybe that is the problem... I don't think you can have two applications filed for you by two different people.. but I am not a lawyer and I may be wrong...
 
Magda, if you are not sure, don't confuse people. She can have any number of applications filed for her, if she wishes.

Pattal, call I-1800 number, if it's been more than 5-6 weeks since you filed, and see if they can pull anything up with your name. You can also make an infopass appt.
 
I would be very interested in your source of information where it says that you can have multiple Form 1-130's filed for the same beneficiary by different sponsors pending at the same time.

Please let us have some more information on that, LucyMO, if you will.
 
it would be best if you could actually find information which says it's prohibited to have more than one application filed for you.
 
I think a better approach is to examine what happens after a Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative is received and subsequently approved.

Now let's assume that it is possible to have multiple petitions, of the same type, for the same beneficiary and that more than one of those petitions has the merits of being approved. Then we can safely say that the beneficiary will be issued an Alien number.

Now if the USCIS accepts multiple Petitions and approves them all, subject to verification, the beneficiary can only have one Alien number and the USCIS may send you approval letters all with the same Alien number.

I doubt that they will return any of the fees for those petitions that were approved after the initial one. So why submit multiple petitions.

A better approach will be to submit a Petition from the relative who gives your the greatest chance of approval and consequently makes a visa number available to you faster.

Here's what I do know, you may have a Form I-130 and a Form I-140 filed on your behalf at the same time. When you do apply for adjustment of status, you may choose which approved petition you are filing under.

Your A number will remain the same in either case.
 
Now let's assume that it is possible to have multiple petitions, of the same type, for the same beneficiary and that more than one of those petitions has the merits of being approved. Then we can safely say that the beneficiary will be issued an Alien number.
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as far as I remember, a filed and approved I-130 didn't get me an alien number. Now, when I filed I-485 - I got A#.

So why submit multiple petitions.
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well, let's see. A man would file for his sibling, and the sibling's parents would file for him as well, since it's faster. Now, if a sibling gets married before the parents become citizens, the parent's application will become null. His brother's application, however, will be live and kicking.

My husband applied for me, and I still played the DV lottery. Had I won, I would have proceeded with both, and go with whichever got processed first.

Or, somebody is married to a USC and has a USC parent. If the USC applies for your immigration but dies before you get your GC and before your marriage turns 2 years old, you still have your parent's I-130. Or your sibling's.

So, lots of reasons, none of the prohibitions. Many people, who have the opportunity to have multiple petitions filed for them, do it - because you never know how your life is going to turn out, and how the immigration laws will change in the future.
 
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