Urgent: Might have sent a bad cheque with I-129F/K-1 Application. What can we do?

[mirrortraveler 1]

Hello all,

So there it is. We had it SO perfect.

We crossed all our i's, dotted all our t's, turned this K-1 Application into a bureaucrat's wet dream and sent it off to Texas.

Then, this morning an email from my fiance:

While doing his tax returns, he noticed that his back account number no longer matches the one on his cheques. His bank got taken over by another one, so maybe that had something to do with it. He's sorting it out on his end, but, long story short, the cheque we sent out with the application was most likely a bad one.

Now, question is: What do we do? Can we contact USCIS in some way? Do we have to wait for them to send it back to us?

The application only arrived in Texas a few days ago. Is there anything we can do so we don't have to wait forever to correct our mistake?

I'm honestly panicking.

In your guys' experience: What would be the best course of action?

Thanks a million!

[Hypnos 6,579]

If the cheque bounces (technically USCIS converts it to an electronic payment) then the application will be returned, along with a notice saying your payment couldn't be debited and that you should correct this and re-file.

Edited April 16, 2014 by Hypnos

[mirrortraveler 1]

Thanks, Hypnos. I guess there's no real way of telling how long it will take until they send it back, am I right?

[edp333 9]

Thanks, Hypnos. I guess there's no real way of telling how long it will take until they send it back, am I right?

You are correct, but looking at the Igor report the latest K1 petitions have been taking 6 to 7 days for a NOA1. An educated guess would be the package would be returned in 10 days.

My suggestion would be to contact the bank to see if they will honor the check. Ask why they did not issue new checks if the account number was changed? Then you fiance can ask what can be done to correct the situation.

[Thane 8]

This is usually all processed as part of NOA1. So it shouldn't take too long.

[Kiwinyc 62]

I wrote the wrong amount on my chq (was $5 out) and they sent back the whole application for me to resubmit in about 10 days.

[Hank_ 9,174]

Hello all,

So there it is. We had it SO perfect.

We crossed all our i's, dotted all our t's, turned this K-1 Application into a bureaucrat's wet dream and sent it off to Texas.

Then, this morning an email from my fiance:

While doing his tax returns, he noticed that his back account number no longer matches the one on his cheques. His bank got taken over by another one, so maybe that had something to do with it. He's sorting it out on his end, but, long story short, the cheque we sent out with the application was most likely a bad one.

Now, question is: What do we do? Can we contact USCIS in some way? Do we have to wait for them to send it back to us?

The application only arrived in Texas a few days ago. Is there anything we can do so we don't have to wait forever to correct our mistake?

I'm honestly panicking.

In your guys' experience: What would be the best course of action?

Thanks a million!

The checks from his old bank should be honored by the bank that took it over. I used old checks for years after my bank was taken over.