Between "Case Was Received" and a decision, most applicants refresh the status page daily for months. A monitor does the refreshing and only speaks when the status actually changes.
Start with the right page
Look up your receipt number on Case Status Online, then use the URL of the page that shows your status. Confirm the URL opens straight to your status in a private browser window—if it asks for the receipt number again, the URL cannot be monitored.
Select the signal, not the noise
Select the status heading and the description paragraph below it. Exclude site-wide alert banners, processing-time promos, and navigation.
In the page-area picker, keep the smallest section that still contains enough context to understand the alert.
Tune the alert
USCIS generally posts updates on business days, so daily checks are enough for most cases. Increase frequency when a decision or biometrics notice is expected.
Leave this blank to receive any change within your selected area.
Preview, save, and refine
Check that Preview contains the information you expect, then save the monitor. If the first alerts include unrelated content, edit the monitor and make the selected area smaller.
The status page is informational: official notices still arrive by mail and in your USCIS online account. Pages behind a myUSCIS login cannot be monitored.
Ready to hand off the refreshing?
Create the monitor, confirm the preview, and let Urlooker check the page on your schedule.
Create this monitor