Wrong birthdate for Fiancees Daughter on I-129f

[Dave-n-Oksana 49]

Okay, today I was helping Oksana with filling out the DS-230 and when I was looking at the I-129f I realized I had put the wrong birth date for her daughter. I am not talking just a transposed day or year, but a number no where near her actual birthdate. I cannot even think of where this date came from.

Any way what is my options? How do I get this corrected??

Dave

[GregwedsAngel 0]

Personally I would suggest you would send the same form on which your correction had been clearly made to them. Just make sure you have a cover letter stating why you are sending this particular piece of article. Do not forget to put in your case number which I presume you already got since you received your NOA1 through post mail. Just my suggestion.

[Brad and Vika 129]

If it is in the same year, I wonder if they would catch it.

[TimandJoyce 1]

Hard to tell. I'd probably go with the suggestion of sending in the correct form, or possibly calling or emailing the center you sent it to. It could be a while to talk with someone, or get an email back. I think that sometimes, these "little" mistakes are overlooked.

Tim put on the affidavit of support that I was divorced, when in fact I'm widowed. The consular either didn't notice, or didn't care. I got the visa.

Now..here's hoping AOS doesn't wonder about it....

[Brad and Vika 129]

Hard to tell. I'd probably go with the suggestion of sending in the correct form, or possibly calling or emailing the center you sent it to. It could be a while to talk with someone, or get an email back. I think that sometimes, these "little" mistakes are overlooked.

Tim put on the affidavit of support that I was divorced, when in fact I'm widowed. The consular either didn't notice, or didn't care. I got the visa.

Now..here's hoping AOS doesn't wonder about it....

Right. I was thinking that the daughter could be on anothers passport, so the birth certificate would be the only clue perhaps. We left a line blank on Vika's bio form and we haven't been called on it.....yet

[Dave-n-Oksana 49]

If it is in the same year, I wonder if they would catch it.

I wish it was like this, but we are talking a difference of years of about 18. I am going to try and contact the CSC tomorrow and find out what I need to do just to play it safe.

I guess I should look at the bright side...I did make her younger than older than she actually is

Thanks all for the advice

Dave

Edited July 24, 2009 by Dave-n-Oksana

[bobb 0]

Personally I would suggest you would send the same form on which your correction had been clearly made to them. Just make sure you have a cover letter stating why you are sending this particular piece of article. Do not forget to put in your case number which I presume you already got since you received your NOA1 through post mail. Just my suggestion.

Anything you send in will be returned without them even looking at it. I know, I did this with a previous I-129F years ago and that was my experience. At this point I think an option to consider is to wait until you have received the NOA2. The wrong date will really have no effect on the approval of your NOA1 or NOA2.

After NOA2 send an email to the USEM explaining what has happened and ask them what to do. In my case, this year, I had entered the wrong marriage date for my fiancee on her G-325a. I had actually entered my previous marriage date, which was many, many years after her correct divorce date. They never even asked me about the obvious wrong information. I informed them of the correct date. Heck, they would see the correct day when they review the documents at her interview. I contacted the USEM by email. They replied they had not received the the paperwork from the U.S. yet but they would convey the information to the person who would be handling her case. It was never a problem.

Will her daughter be over or under 21 at the time she would come to the U.S.? If over it will have no bearing at this point, or on future processing. If under it can easily be corrected down the road. The USEM understands people make small mistakes. Trying to make a correction with USCIS will be a waste of time. Again...only from my experience. I don't think you should waste your time stressing about something that is not stress worthy.

I would recommend you listen to others who speak from experience and not speculation.

[Dave-n-Oksana 49]

Personally I would suggest you would send the same form on which your correction had been clearly made to them. Just make sure you have a cover letter stating why you are sending this particular piece of article. Do not forget to put in your case number which I presume you already got since you received your NOA1 through post mail. Just my suggestion.

Anything you send in will be returned without them even looking at it. I know, I did this with a previous I-129F years ago and that was my experience. At this point I think an option to consider is to wait until you have received the NOA2. The wrong date will really have no effect on the approval of your NOA1 or NOA2.

After NOA2 send an email to the USEM explaining what has happened and ask them what to do. In my case, this year, I had entered the wrong marriage date for my fiancee on her G-325a. I had actually entered my previous marriage date, which was many, many years after her correct divorce date. They never even asked me about the obvious wrong information. I informed them of the correct date. Heck, they would see the correct day when they review the documents at her interview. I contacted the USEM by email. They replied they had not received the the paperwork from the U.S. yet but they would convey the information to the person who would be handling her case. It was never a problem.

Will her daughter be over or under 21 at the time she would come to the U.S.? If over it will have no bearing at this point, or on future processing. If under it can easily be corrected down the road. The USEM understands people make small mistakes. Trying to make a correction with USCIS will be a waste of time. Again...only from my experience. I don't think you should waste your time stressing about something that is not stress worthy.

I would recommend you listen to others who speak from experience and not speculation.

Thanks Bobb. If things go well, she will have just turned 20 when they interview. Which we are hoping is in early to mid-October.

Dave

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Okay, today I was helping Oksana with filling out the DS-230 and when I was looking at the I-129f I realized I had put the wrong birth date for her daughter. I am not talking just a transposed day or year, but a number no where near her actual birthdate. I cannot even think of where this date came from.

Any way what is my options? How do I get this corrected??

Dave

Dave

Its OK.

By the way, you do not need form DS-230 for Kiev. When you get to the interview, she can ask to change the date. I did exactly the same thing for Pasha's form and Alla just changed it at the interview, drew a line through, wrote the correct date and initialed. Non-issue. Shred the DS-230.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

If it is in the same year, I wonder if they would catch it.

I wish it was like this, but we are talking a difference of years of about 18. I am going to try and contact the CSC tomorrow and find out what I need to do just to play it safe.

I guess I should look at the bright side...I did make her younger than older than she actually is

Thanks all for the advice

Dave

It would take a lot more than this for me to call the USCIS (like the life of my first born child or something). No need to call. Just change it at the interview.

[baron555 934]

If it is in the same year, I wonder if they would catch it.

I wish it was like this, but we are talking a difference of years of about 18. I am going to try and contact the CSC tomorrow and find out what I need to do just to play it safe.

I guess I should look at the bright side...I did make her younger than older than she actually is

Thanks all for the advice

Dave

Man yoiu are so screwed. Me too! Just this morning Alla told me she had looked over the sample forms that I will send for her interview and she noticed I had omitted one letter in her middle name. I told her I had just copied what I had put on the G-325A form. I will send her the four page corrected G-325A form for her to sign and give to them at the interview or as Gary & Alla did, have her just correct their copies during the interview.

I don't see it as a problem. Use the correct date moving forward.

[Dave-n-Oksana 49]

Thanks all for the replies. I am feeling much better now. I am just bit paranoid as I want everything to be perfect. Having Oksana and her daughter here is just too important to have fall apart because I was an idiot. And to have some pencil pusher, with delusions of Godhood, reject it for this mistake is terrifying.

Gary, all we will need then is the 156 and 156k?

Dave

[1HappyGuy 45]

Dave,

I agree with the others. Wait and correct it at the embassy. If you try to fix something or contact USCIS you only will make things worse. I sent a letter, years ago, asking what if anything did they need, hoping to find out why it was delayed. They ended up misplacing my file because of my letter. So, just leave it and have them fix it at the embassy. I think the interviewing officer will notice that your step daughter is 20, not 2.

A lot of people make minor mistakes, especially with spelling. Some how the embassy people manage to figure it out even if the USCIS never even noticed the mistake. Relax, I'm sure Oksana will fix it all at the embassy. You just don't want to give USCIS an excuse to delay it further.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Thanks all for the replies. I am feeling much better now. I am just bit paranoid as I want everything to be perfect. Having Oksana and her daughter here is just too important to have fall apart because I was an idiot. And to have some pencil pusher, with delusions of Godhood, reject it for this mistake is terrifying.

Gary, all we will need then is the 156 and 156k?

Dave

Yes, even if Kiev included the DS230 in packet 3 (I wouldn't know since ours never arrived) you do not need it for a K-1 visa in Kiev. DS156 (2 copies) and DS156k is all you need for Kiev (and other documents of course) Kiev does not process the K visas as "immigrant visas" because they are not immigrant visas, but some consulates treat them that way and make you submit a DS230.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

If it is in the same year, I wonder if they would catch it.

I wish it was like this, but we are talking a difference of years of about 18. I am going to try and contact the CSC tomorrow and find out what I need to do just to play it safe.

I guess I should look at the bright side...I did make her younger than older than she actually is

Thanks all for the advice

Dave

Man yoiu are so screwed. Me too! Just this morning Alla told me she had looked over the sample forms that I will send for her interview and she noticed I had omitted one letter in her middle name. I told her I had just copied what I had put on the G-325A form. I will send her the four page corrected G-325A form for her to sign and give to them at the interview or as Gary & Alla did, have her just correct their copies during the interview.

I don't see it as a problem. Use the correct date moving forward.

For general information...

Both the KIEV and MOSCOW consulates will accept ANY "reasonable" spelling of a name and issue the visa in the name exactly on the passport. Alla does translations for Russian and Ukrainian documents and there are always multiple spellings of the names, especially when transliterated from Russian/Ukrainian to English and back again...it is maddening!!!!!!!! Especially with "old" and "new" Ukrainian documents. So leaving a letter otu will not hurt anything on a document, they make no big deal about clerical erros <----- (for effect, LOL) and you should be able to correct it at the interview.

Another question we get a lot is about "old" (Soviet Union, Russian Federation) and "new" (Russian Federation and/or Ukrainian) birth certificates. The US consulates in either country will accept ANY official government birth certifcate from any of these countries. There is an effort in both countries, especially Ukraine, to get the old Soviet certificates "out of circulation" and you will find some Oblasts will require a "new" birth certificate for a new passport or even a Police certificate, but the US consulates do not require this.

And Baron...how exactly did you misspell "Alla" ?????????

Edited July 25, 2009 by Gary and Alla