Our child was denied I-485

[Nick & Lily 0]

My wife and I filed the paperwork for AOS on both of her boys at the same time. Sent in one package / two identical sets of paperwork except for personal information and payment checks/amounts. When we filed the AOS documents they were Daniil (11) and Vlad was (17). Initially we had sent the incorrent amount for Vlad and had to send another check. This put the boys "out of sync" make a very long story short. With the exact same paperwork one boy (Daniil), now has his green card (6/11). While Vlad just received his notice of denial today, (7/11). There is no appeal only the ability to file a motion using the 290B form. I am devestated as this whole process has taken what little money I had. Now it seems I need an immigration lawyer. I love my country but I would sell their souls at immigration for a shiny penny about now.

[GlobeHopperMama 95]

I'm not super familiar with I-485 denials, but does the notice offer any clues to WHY it was denied?

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[ceadsearc 516]

Why was the case denied?

[Penguin_ie 6,002]

As the others have mentioned, we need to know why the denial happened. Did Vlad turn 18 by any chance?

[Nick & Lily 0]

I was told we "abandoned" the case, which is crazy, but if there is a lesson here, do not get lax in the way you document your case we did and it is going to cost us $1070.00 we don't have. And yes Vlad turned 18 during the process.

[JimVaPhuong 4,864]

I was told we "abandoned" the case, which is crazy, but if there is a lesson here, do not get lax in the way you document your case we did and it is going to cost us $1070.00 we don't have. And yes Vlad turned 18 during the process.

Did he leave the US at any time?

Also, his AOS was based on being a derivative of your wife's petition. When you had to resend his packet you probably should have included a copy of the NOA1 for your wife's I-485 so that it would still be considered to have been concurrently filed.