I-129F is expiring?

[beck26 1]

hello peeps! Good day...me and my girlfriend (the petitioner) are planning to pass our K1 package this week (February 20-25) but we saw that the I-129F form is expiring on the 29th...but all our documents are dated February 10th (becoz we really compiled the package on February 10th when she was staying here in the Philippines).

would we get an RFE if we send our package this week and the adjudicator opens our package sometime after February? will it be ok if we just send our package before the 29th? (highly possible our package be touched at march because ive read that the package is opened after 2 weeks)

and if we can't produce a check right away...is there any way we can pay for the $340 fee of the petition? thank you very much.

[brian_n_phuong 193]

hello peeps! Good day...me and my girlfriend (the petitioner) are planning to pass our K1 package this week (February 20-25) but we saw that the I-129F form is expiring on the 29th...but all our documents are dated February 10th (becoz we really compiled the package on February 10th when she was staying here in the Philippines).

would we get an RFE if we send our package this week and the adjudicator opens our package sometime after February? will it be ok if we just send our package before the 29th? (highly possible our package be touched at march because ive read that the package is opened after 2 weeks)

and if we can't produce a check right away...is there any way we can pay for the $340 fee of the petition? thank you very much.

There is not a more current version available (I just double checked on the USCIS website), so that edition IS the most current and can continue to be used. Not a worry

[beck26 1]

There is not a more current version available (I just double checked on the USCIS website), so that edition IS the most current and can continue to be used. Not a worry

thank you! im just worried becoz its expiring on the 29th and we are passing our package close to its expiry date.

[brian_n_phuong 193]

thank you! im just worried becoz its expiring on the 29th and we are passing our package close to its expiry date.

Understood, I was equally paranoid when i sent in my 129F !

The "expiration date" was placed on this form when it was printed in 2010. Sometimes federal managers will create a policy requiring an expiration date on the form, this later 'forces' the agency to update it's forms. As you can see that policy went out the window, especially after the budget cutbacks! Sometimes forms ARE superseded, so it's always best practice to check with the original source to ensure it's current, ESPECIALLY if you downloaded the form from a third party website.

[JimVaPhuong 4,864]

thank you! im just worried becoz its expiring on the 29th and we are passing our package close to its expiry date.

The expiration date on the form is the date set by the Office of Management and Budget, or OMB. The OMB has a responsibility to help prepare the president's annual budget, and they have a responsibility to collect information from other executive branch agencies to help in this task. In order to help them in this data collection role they review and approve the forms used by executive branch agencies, issue control numbers for those forms, and set an expiration date which indicates when the form will again be subject to review. An expiration of the OMB control number does NOT automatically make the form invalid. Only the agency using the form can make that determination.

USCIS has not issued an updated version of the I-129F. It's distinctly possible that they won't, and OMB will simply reaffirm the existing form. In any case, USCIS will continue to accept the current form unless and until they issue a new form and publicly state that previous editions of the form will no longer be accepted.

In other words, if you've got the current form that's on the USCIS website, OR the website says that previous editions of the form will be accepted, then you don't have to worry about it.

By the way, get your feet off the tray tables. Didn't your parents teach you any manners?

[brian_n_phuong 193]

In other words, if you've got the current form that's on the USCIS website, OR the website says that previous editions of the form will be accepted, then you don't have to worry about it.

Ya that's what I already said, only a lot less verbose and in non-Fedbabble (not always an easy task for a federal employee)

Edited February 20, 2012 by brian_n_phuong

[beck26 1]

The expiration date on the form is the date set by the Office of Management and Budget, or OMB. The OMB has a responsibility to help prepare the president's annual budget, and they have a responsibility to collect information from other executive branch agencies to help in this task. In order to help them in this data collection role they review and approve the forms used by executive branch agencies, issue control numbers for those forms, and set an expiration date which indicates when the form will again be subject to review. An expiration of the OMB control number does NOT automatically make the form invalid. Only the agency using the form can make that determination.

USCIS has not issued an updated version of the I-129F. It's distinctly possible that they won't, and OMB will simply reaffirm the existing form. In any case, USCIS will continue to accept the current form unless and until they issue a new form and publicly state that previous editions of the form will no longer be accepted.

In other words, if you've got the current form that's on the USCIS website, OR the website says that previous editions of the form will be accepted, then you don't have to worry about it.

By the way, get your feet off the tray tables. Didn't your parents teach you any manners?

thank you very much for you reply..and yes, our parents taught us manners...we are on a plane on that picture and we are enjoying ourselves meeting after 6 years, cant we get a break? geez...

[Hank_ 9,174]

... I think someone sucked all the fresh air out of this place its hard to get a deep breath... or maybe it was just a big wind that took my breath away.

Oh ya, OP... you are good to go with those forms as THEY ARE IT!

Edited February 20, 2012 by Hank_Amy

[beck26 1]

... I think someone sucked all the fresh air out of this place its hard to get a deep breath... or maybe it was just a big wind that took my breath away.

Oh ya, OP... you are good to go with those forms as THEY ARE IT!

thank you very much! have a nice day

[JimVaPhuong 4,864]

thank you very much for you reply..and yes, our parents taught us manners...we are on a plane on that picture and we are enjoying ourselves meeting after 6 years, cant we get a break? geez...

Lighten up. I was only joking.