minadent

[minadent 1]

Hello dear members,

 

I need an explanation about that; I am a DV-lottery winner. I had my interview on 12th of March. I got my visa and I am trying to pay the immigration fee on www.uscis.gov/file-online using my visa. I followed the instructions and filled all the required fields carefully. I tried several times but, it keeps telling me that " USCIS has not received your benefit request because of a technical payment error or a cancellation during the payment process " 

There is enough money in my account to pay. I don't understand what is the problem. 

Any help is appreciated.

[Penguin_ie 5,984]

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[SusieQQQ 11,584]

(^penguin_ie, just FYI, this is the same immigrant fee payment as any other immigrant visa)

 

minadent, its been a while since I did this buy can you confirm that you followed all the instructions in this link? https://www.uscis.gov/file-online/how-pay-uscis-immigrant-fee from memory, if it's not a debit or credit card or US checking account it won't work. The other potential problem is if any data such as your A-number has been incorrectly entered.

 

Are there any restrictions in Egypt on sending foreign currency from domestic bank accounts? That might also explain it.

 

In the event that you can't figure it out, don't panic. You can pay the fee after you arrive in the US as well, you don't have to pay before you enter. Just be sure not to wait too long (more than a month) after entry so it doesn't delay your green card being sent. 

Edited March 22, 2017 by SusieQQQ

[minadent 1]

I think it is a problem with my visa as I managed to pay using another one.

thank you SusieQQQ