Dept of Homeland Security not available to accept RFE response delivery

[ECWilloughbys 7]

I sent our RFE response on Tuesday, priority mail with delivery confirmation. It was due to be delivered yesterday. When I checked online yesterday, they'd "missent" it, to the wrong state. (They tried to deliver it to Atchison, KS instead of Lees Summit, MO. No idea why, it was addressed correctly and I've triple-checked the copy I kept.) So today they attempt to redeliver to the correct address, and now I get this message when I track it:

"Status: Notice Left (No Authorized Recipient Available)

We attempted to deliver your item at 9:07 am on June 17, 2011 in LEES SUMMIT, MO 64002 and a notice was left because an authorized recipient was not available. You may arrange redelivery by visiting www.usps.com/redelivery or calling 800-ASK-USPS, or may pick up the item at the Post Office indicated on the notice. If this item is unclaimed after 15 days then it will be returned to the sender. Information, if available, is updated periodically throughout the day. Please check again later."

The redelivery link is dead, and when I called the 800 number, the woman said the USPS will try to redeliver in 5 days if it hasn't been picked up, and if no one is there to accept it then, it will sit waiting to be picked up for 15 more days, and then be sent back to me.

Has anyone ever experienced this before? Is there any hope someone from Dept of Homeland Security would go and attempt to pick it up? This is tremendously frustrating.

Edited June 17, 2011 by ECWilloughbys

[Ironman140 45]

Think this is standard process. They get so many they do not sign until later. I would bet they have it, give it a few days.

No expert here so hopefully someone more experienced will chim in

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

I sent our RFE response on Tuesday, priority mail with delivery confirmation. It was due to be delivered yesterday. When I checked online yesterday, they'd "missent" it, to the wrong state. (They tried to deliver it to Atchison, KS instead of Lees Summit, MO. No idea why, it was addressed correctly and I've triple-checked the copy I kept.) So today they attempt to redeliver to the correct address, and now I get this message when I track it:

"Status: Notice Left (No Authorized Recipient Available)

We attempted to deliver your item at 9:07 am on June 17, 2011 in LEES SUMMIT, MO 64002 and a notice was left because an authorized recipient was not available. You may arrange redelivery by visiting www.usps.com/redelivery or calling 800-ASK-USPS, or may pick up the item at the Post Office indicated on the notice. If this item is unclaimed after 15 days then it will be returned to the sender. Information, if available, is updated periodically throughout the day. Please check again later."

The redelivery link is dead, and when I called the 800 number, the woman said the USPS will try to redeliver in 5 days if it hasn't been picked up, and if no one is there to accept it then, it will sit waiting to be picked up for 15 more days, and then be sent back to me.

Has anyone ever experienced this before? Is there any hope someone from Dept of Homeland Security would go and attempt to pick it up? This is tremendously frustrating.

There are no USCIS employees at the post office to sign for it. A USCIS employee will sign for it when they go to the post office to pick up their mail.

[MarcyLuis 2]

The same exact thing happened to my RFE response to Lee's Summit even though we told the USPS office we did not want a signature because it was going to a P.O Box. I did freak out at first, but later the same day it did show as delivered. Someone from USCIS must go to the post office and sign for them and pick them up. Don't worry.

[ECWilloughbys 7]

The same exact thing happened to my RFE response to Lee's Summit even though we told the USPS office we did not want a signature because it was going to a P.O Box. I did freak out at first, but later the same day it did show as delivered. Someone from USCIS must go to the post office and sign for them and pick them up. Don't worry.

Thank you, this makes me feel a lot better!

There are no USCIS employees at the post office to sign for it. A USCIS employee will sign for it when they go to the post office to pick up their mail.

Thanks Jim, this makes sense.