Forgot to send Payment

[Kakoshirazi 0]

Hey guys,

I forgot to send the check with the I-130 package that I sent. What's the best procedure to follow now ?

Thanks a lot!!

[Dave and Kinnari 31]

Hey guys,

I forgot to send the check with the I-130 package that I sent. What's the best procedure to follow now ?

Thanks a lot!!

I would wait until the send the application back and start over again.

[Kakoshirazi 0]

There's no way to send it as an addendum to the original package ?

[magdasal 19]

There's no way to send it as an addendum to the original package ?

I'm pretty sure they will send it back to you. You will have only lost a couple of days anyway. Just wait until it comes back then resubmit with the check. If you send stuff to them without a documented request from them (i.e. A letter from them), things tend to go very wrong.

No big deal...just a few days.

[Kakoshirazi 0]

I'm pretty sure they will send it back to you. You will have only lost a couple of days anyway. Just wait until it comes back then resubmit with the check. If you send stuff to them without a documented request from them (i.e. A letter from them), things tend to go very wrong.

No big deal...just a few days.

So they will send it back in a few days ? :)

[Brusik 11]

So they will send it back in a few days ? :)

5-10 days from when they received they will send a document in the mail stating the reason of return........

In your case no money

Edited April 14, 2011 by darkdancer333

[magdasal 19]

So they will send it back in a few days ? :)

Well, I don't work there so I can't make any promises about the exact time frame...but it won't take too long before they realize they didn't get their money...and they do send those packages back with a letter explaining that they want the money before the will even attempt to process the package.

[Kakoshirazi 0]

Ok cool. I'm just glad that it won't be sitting there for a month or two before they send it back. Thanks!

[Done--Really 331]

I sent the wrong amount, and I had the original package back in my hands within a week

[Ryan H 3,812]

Hey guys,

I forgot to send the check with the I-130 package that I sent. What's the best procedure to follow now ?

They will send it back to you.

[Kakoshirazi 0]

So they sent the application back with a notice form that it is missing the payment. They have also placed special codes along with some hand written lines at the side of some of the pages. Now my questions is that:

- Can I just take the same exact document package, enclose the check and send it to them without making any modifications ? They have also re ordered and stapled my application different from the table of contents that I submitted to them.

Thanks!

Edited April 22, 2011 by Kakoshirazi

[Kakoshirazi 0]

They also didn't send back the biographic info form for me and my spouse. I assume I have to print those again and re-send them ?

[carolynhotstuff 252]

Yes send it back to them the same way they sent it to you. Don't make any modifications.

[carolynhotstuff 252]

Did they send you any kind of case number. I would call USCIS and find out if you need to send in new biographic forms.

[intx13 5]

This thread is four days old and I presume that the OP has things under control now, but I thought I'd add in some info as I too sent a check for the wrong amount with my first I-130 submission.

My I-130 package was returned approximately 20 days after it arrived at the lock-box because I made out the cashier's check for the wrong amount. Whoops. Everything was present in the returned copy, but the papers had all been re-arranged, re-stapled, written on, and generally mucked about with. The I-130 itself had important-looking numbers scrawled on it, hastily crossed out in red pen.

The package was accompanied with two forms. One was a white form indicating that the I-130 was rejected before it had even been really processed, but that I was invited to re-petition if I fixed the indicated problem (improper check value). The other was a green form that said it should be included as a cover sheet if/when I re-petition, to expedite processing. Presumably they take pity on those of us who can't follow basic instructions!

Since there was no case number and the I-130 had never been accepted, I was concerned that if I resubmitted the messy returned copy they would be confused at their own scribbles and disorder. I decided to submit my back-up copy. Naturally I forgot to include the green form, but I received NOA1 two days after the back-up arrived at the lock-box, so I guess they correlated it with my earlier failure and expedited it despite the green sheet.

Additionally, the instructions say that the passport photos in the I-130 package have to be taken within 30 days of the date of submission of the I-130. After a 20 day delay I was concerned that the whole thing would get sent back because the pictures were out of date! (The instructions don't require it but we wrote the date they were taken on the back of the photos.) Luckily everything went fine and I had no problems.

Well, other than admitting to my wife that after months of researching and planning I messed up step 1 of the visa process.