Originally posted by peace_of_mind
The sub heading for " Your Reciept on the web site quoted above (in this thread), says "For most application...... This implies that the reciept numbers may be different from the conventional form.
My EAD renewal had a Lin number as LIN-03-800-08xxx
Reciept date is Aug-05-2003.
What is 800? it is not a Julian day in a fisical year.
Also, 08xxx does not start with 5 but I always saw online status. (information available electronically)
Summary is: BCIS is evolving, it takes time before they have any concrete processing procedures...