G-1145 e-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance
Requests a text message or email the moment USCIS accepts a paper filing at a lockbox. It carries the receipt number days before the paper receipt notice arrives. It is clipped to the front of a mailed application and has no other effect on the case.
- Fee
- $0
- Fee waiver
- Not available
- Who files
- Anyone filing a paper application at a USCIS lockbox.
- Where to file
- Attached to the front of the mailed application package.
What changed in 2025 and 2026
- Redundant for online filings, which show the receipt number in the account immediately.
Official page. https://www.uscis.gov/g-1145. Download the form there, never from a third-party site; check the edition date and fee before filing.