Form G-1145, Explained
WHEN YOU WANT AN E- NOTIFICATION FROM USCIS THAT THEY RECIEVED AND ACCEPTED YOUR APPLICATION.
What Is USCIS Form G-1145?
Form G-1145, officially known as “e-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance,” allows you to request an email and/or text message notification from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) when they receive and accept your application package for processing. This form provides a convenient way to stay informed about the status of your application right from the start.
Key Features of Form G-1145
- Purpose:
- To request electronic notifications (email or text message) upon USCIS acceptance of your application or petition.
- Form I-134:
- Used for temporary visa applicants, such as those applying for travel visas or K-1 fiancé visas.
How to Use Form G-1145
To use Form G-1145, simply download it directly from the USCIS website (PDF), complete the required fields, and attach it to the top of your application package before sending it to USCIS. The form itself doesn’t require any personal information beyond your contact details for notifications.
Commonly Asked Questions
If you are filing a USCIS application package that is sent to a USCIS lockbox—including all family and marriage green card applications—you should consider filing the G-1145. While the G-1145 is not a required form, filing it will ensure that you get notified as early as possible once USCIS has accepted your application for processing. (Otherwise you’ll have to wait an extra week or more to be notified by mail, which USCIS sends out whether or not you file the G-1145.)
The G-1145 is only meant to be filed with applications that USCIS accepts for processing at one of its lockboxes (again, this includes all marriage green card applications).
You should not file a G-1145 with an application that is being sent directly to a USCIS service center or field office. You could cause delays in application processing by including extra forms that are not appropriate for your application package.
There is no fee associated with the G-1145. It’s just an “opt-in” formality so that USCIS knows how to contact you via email and/or text message once your application package is received and accepted for processing.
The G-1145 should be filed with the rest of your green card application package, and where that goes depends on where you live. USCIS provides a chart with all the different scenarios (and Itseasydocs pre-addresses your green card application package to the right one for you).
No. Form G-1145 results in just one one update from USCIS: the initial message that your application package was accepted for processing. After that, to receive any future case updates directly from USCIS via email or text message, you’d need to sign up for a “myUSCIS” account and activate case status alerts. Even if you choose not to sign up for these additional email/text notifications, USCIS will send you the same notifications by mail—it will just take longer.