RFE?

[JAPrincess 27]

Okay, so I mailed the I129-F yesterday. I checked and double checked and TRIPLE checked all the paperwork...

I was standing in line thinking "do I have everything" when I realized I did not include the check

So I got out of line and wrote out the check payable to "Department of Homeland Security"

When I got back to the office and looked at the instructions it says to make it out to "US Department of Homeland Security"

Do you guys think they will RFE me for not including the "US"

[imaisha 1]

eek! you'll find out soon enough when you see if the check was cashed heh

[JAPrincess 27]

eek!

that eeek! is not helping

I guess it's better than having completely forgotten the check

Lord... I hope they cash it!

[Kathryn41 3,205]

I suspect you will be fine.

[JAPrincess 27]

I suspect you will be fine.

That's the kind of thing I want to hear

[imaisha 1]

hehe sorry. it was just a little friendly eek! i think it will probably be ok too. if it's going to drive you crazy over the next few days you could try calling the misinformation line and asking them- not about your case in particular since it won't be in the computer yet, but just in general if they think it's ok.

Edited May 19, 2009 by imaisha

[Zee Bee 61]

I also forgot the "US" on my checks...they cashed it anyways

[JAPrincess 27]

hehe sorry. it was just a little friendly eek! i think it will probably be ok too. if it's going to drive you crazy over the next few days you could try calling the misinformation line and asking them- not about your case in particular since it won't be in the computer yet, but just in general if they think it's ok.

One thing I am blessed with is patience

I think calling the misinformation line would make me more crazy

Thanks for the reply

I also forgot the "US" on my checks...they cashed it anyways

[Tygrys 143]

you will be fine

[imaisha 1]

One thing I am blessed with is patience

thank goodness for that- you'll need it for this process!

wish i had some... haha

Edited May 19, 2009 by imaisha

[Bobby+Umit 161]

I think you will be find, I just read something that said they were not rejecting checks that did not have US on them starting May 19, 2009...

J/K

[JAPrincess 27]

I think you will be find, I just read something that said they were not rejecting checks that did not have US on them starting May 19, 2009...

J/K

thanks for the laugh

One thing I am blessed with is patience

thank goodness for that- you'll need it for this process!

wish i had some... haha

I taught my son to sing the "patience song" every time he gets impatient...

I can teach it to you if you like

There is something about singing when you are about to rip your hair out, that really helps....

[Mike B. 231]

There is no way that neglecting to write "US" on the check would be a problem. I'm sure that they cash checks made out to simple "DHS" all the time. I work for a company that also does buisness using initials, and I process incoming checks. We have no problem with how checks are made out. People accidently invert the initials all the time and we still deposit the checks.

Think of it this way -- in order for that to be a problem, esentially what would need to happen is the teller at some bank would have to tell the guy depositing 5,000 checks made out to the US Department of Homeland Security, "I'm sorry, but we can't cash this one check because we are unable to tell if you stole it from a different country's Department of Homeland Security."

Not gonna happen.

[Mike B. 231]

Another thing that might give you comfort - There are two divisions where I work with totally different names and account numbers that are different legal entities. We endorse checks with a stamp that says "FOR DEPOSIT ONLY [Division name, account number] I screw up and endorse the checks with the wrong stamp all the time, and then have to cross out the endorsements and endorse it with a second stamp that instructs the bank "FOR DEPOSIT ONLY" to a totally different account. No one has ever mentioned anything about it. The bank is used to people making much bigger mistakes on checks than neglecting to write "US."

[JAPrincess 27]

Another thing that might give you comfort - There are two divisions where I work with totally different names and account numbers that are different legal entities. We endorse checks with a stamp that says "FOR DEPOSIT ONLY [Division name, account number] I screw up and endorse the checks with the wrong stamp all the time, and then have to cross out the endorsements and endorse it with a second stamp that instructs the bank "FOR DEPOSIT ONLY" to a totally different account. No one has ever mentioned anything about it. The bank is used to people making much bigger mistakes on checks than neglecting to write "US."

The only thing that made me worry is because the I129-F instructions specifically state:

"NOTE: Please spell out U.S. Department of Homeland Security; do not use the initials "USDHS" or "DHS."