RFE or Denial Imminent?

[ch3john 308]

I'll make this short and sweet.

I hired someone to assemble and prepare a front loaded K1 petition. I just noticed that on question #15 "Has your fiancee been inside the US" he checked "no". She did come to the US 3 years ago for a 3 week work conference.

I can't believe I missed that before signing it and sending it off.

Has anyone had a similar situation were a question was answered incorrectly?

Sweating bullets!

[Mike-eeh and Odie 192]

We went with a visa service run by a law firm. It's absolutely imperative that one checks over the prepared work before it is sent out. Simple mistakes happen on paperwork, due to lack of memory or incorrect details like birth dates. These mistakes usually come back to haunt you in the form of an RFE to clarify your petition. In many of these situations all you really lose is time.

I read a post the other day where someone submitted their Case number and a corrected page on their application to USCIS and their application went through without a problem.

[Pennycat 880]

I'll make this short and sweet.

I hired someone to assemble and prepare a front loaded K1 petition. I just noticed that on question #15 "Has your fiancee been inside the US" he checked "no". She did come to the US 3 years ago for a 3 week work conference.

I can't believe I missed that before signing it and sending it off.

Has anyone had a similar situation were a question was answered incorrectly?

Sweating bullets!

I actually accidentally skipped that question and didn't realize until I sent it in.

They either didn't notice, or my attempts to correct it worked. I printed out that page, answered it, signed the page. Then I took my NOA1 hardcopy, photocopied it, wrote a brief letter pointing out my receipt number and the fact that NOA1 has a barcode on it, explained that I skipped the question and asked if they they please attach this piece of paper with the rest of my file. I waited until I saw other Feb filers start to get approved to send it in (directly to TSC--the address is at the bottom of NOA1)...I figured that if I send it and my file was still collecting dust in a warehouse somewhere, they'd throw it out, but maybe if my file was open or nearby.....I don't know. I literally don't know how any of this works. Just have some information from reading here and best guesses.

Either way, I think it would be more of an RFE situation than a denial. And don't worry. That question is easy to miss. I plain old didn't see it because it looks like it's in with the information about prior spouse #2 (which neither of us have) and right above the part where it says "if your fiance is currently in the US" which he was not.

[usmsbow 795]

I'll make this short and sweet.

I hired someone to assemble and prepare a front loaded K1 petition. I just noticed that on question #15 "Has your fiancee been inside the US" he checked "no". She did come to the US 3 years ago for a 3 week work conference.

I can't believe I missed that before signing it and sending it off.

Has anyone had a similar situation were a question was answered incorrectly?

Sweating bullets!

I made a mistake on the I-129f. Wasn't as significant: I put the wrong DOB for my then-fiancee. Anyway, I called up USCIS, told them I made an error, and they said to send in a letter to the lockbox stating the correction, along with a copy of the NOA1. The petition was corrected by USCIS at some point.

I would recommend writing a short letter explaining the mistake and sending in the corrected page too, like Catherine did.

I think you should be fine.

We went with a visa service run by a law firm. It's absolutely imperative that one checks over the prepared work before it is sent out. Simple mistakes happen on paperwork, due to lack of memory or incorrect details like birth dates. These mistakes usually come back to haunt you in the form of an RFE to clarify your petition. In many of these situations all you really lose is time.

What's the point in saying all this? The dude already is beating himself up for his mistake. He's fully aware of what he should have done. It is what it is at this point.

[ch3john 308]

Thanks for the replies everyone.

I talked with the guy who helped me put all this together and he said it "shouldn't" be an issue since this first stage at the USCIS is more about me, the petitioner, than her. BUT, at the next stage it will be about her and her visits here and need to make sure it's included with that paperwork.

I think I might do as you all suggested anyway and send a corrected copy along with the NOA1 letter and a explanation. Heck it might even spur them into action and get my case complete. Nah! who am I kidding.

Thanks again!