The use of the USCIS Approval Notice has been revised. It has 4 versions as follows:
Form I-797, used usually is to consent of emigrant visa petitions and composition of position applications.
Form I-797A, with a tear-off I-94 card used when the person submitting application is inside the United States, for prolongation of stay and changes of non-immigrant status.
Form I-797B, with a tear-off consular presentation card used when the person submitting application is outward the United States or will use the consent to get hold of a non-immigrant visa.
Form I-797C, used for non-approvable activities such a filing receipts, requests for more data and denial.
The USCIS Approval Notice is a taking that USCIS has received your application and contains data about the following:
The applicant's (Petitioner) personal information.
The Beneficiary's data (if any).
Name of the petition.
Receipt Number, using this number you can examine the position of your application. Receipt Date, the date your application was received by USCIS.
Priority Date, is your place in the watchful list queue. This date depends on the welfare difficulty you advance beneath and the nation of birth. If your priority date is the stream date, it means that a visa is right away available.
Notice Date.
Type of notice, either it is USCIS Approval or receipt.
Class, what difficulty you belong.
Validity of your petition. This states how long your request is valid. The consular authorities have the right to expand your effect period.
The USCIS Approval Notice on Form I-797 has the data about how long you are available to have a authorised stay in the United States. Please note that this date always matches with the date in the I-94 card. If your application is deserted by USCIS, you will take Form I-797C, where the taking number would be blank.
When you take the USCIS Approval Notice, delicately go by the form. If you find any errors in it, you should! right a way surprise the centre from where you have received the USCIS Approval Notice. You can find the residence of the centre in Form I-797. Keep the USCIS Approval Notice safely, as you have to add it along with the ancillary documents, when you contention specific visa petitions. Moreover the USCIS Approval Notice should be taken to the embassy when called is to talk and for visa stamping process.
If the person submitting application does not take the USCIS Approval Notice on Form I-797, a reproduction copy will be released without fee. Similarly when there are errors in the USCIS Approval Notice, prepared Form I-797 will be released without fee.