USCIS claims we did not marry within 90 days, but we did.

[PokuPoku 34]

I don't know what to do. We married on March 17th and had it recorded on March 18th. Here visa says its vaild until the 23rd. We just got a letter saying we did not marry within 90 days. Did we do something wrong? Did they do something wrong? I'm very worried. We submitted a copy of the married certificate with the i-485 form. Did they read the dates wrong?

 

[Edward and Jaycel 1,348]

What kind of letter was it? An RFE? A Notice of Intent to Deny?

[PokuPoku 34]

Just now, Edward and Jaycel said:

What kind of letter was it? An RFE? A Notice of Intent to Deny?

"Request for initial evidence"

We got 2 of them since we have a k2 too. The k2 letter is asking for proof of marriage within 90 days of the k1 applicant.

[PokuPoku 34]

We used her maiden name on the marriage certificate and her new last name, my last name, on the i-485 form. We included her maiden name on the form under the "other names used" section. Thats all correct right? I followed closely what people on the forums and they guides said. I can't think of anything else that is wrong. I double checked all the dates on the forms and everything. We included a certified copy of the marriage certificate. We have extra copies we can send back.

 

and if anyone asks, we waited to the last minute to get married since we waited to get her SSN first, but it never arrived, so we waited to the last minute to get married. Thought we needed to get the SSN number back first before getting married, but then I read that we didn't.

Edited Sunday at 12:43 AM by PokuPoku

[smilingstone 331]

Can you post a copy of the letter with personal info redacted? 

[Edward and Jaycel 1,348]

2 minutes ago, PokuPoku said:

We used her maiden name on the marriage certificate and her new last name, my last name, on the i-485 form. We included her maiden name on the form under the "other names used" section. Thats all correct right?

 

This is correct... this is how we did it. Did you include a copy of the K-1 Visa with the stamp and her I-94 in the application package?

[PokuPoku 34]

We got a letter yesterday giving us our date and time of our biometric appointment, which is in 2 weeks.

 

3 minutes ago, smilingstone said:

Can you post a copy of the letter with personal info redacted? 

 

Just now, Edward and Jaycel said:

Did you include a copy of the K-1 Visa with the stamp and her I-94 in the application package?

yes

 

[Edward and Jaycel 1,348]

Clearly a mistake by USCIS - Did you include your receipt number from the approved I-129F petition on the I-485 application on the "underlying petition #" part? Did you include a copy of the NOA2 and does your name match on the marriage certificate and the NOA2 from the I-129F? If yes to all of this, I would respond to this RFE stating that you indeed did marry within the 90 day deadline and again include the scan of the visa page with entry stamp, I-94, NOA2 from the I-129F and marriage certificate copy showing marriage within the required time.

[PokuPoku 34]

1 minute ago, Edward and Jaycel said:

Did you include your receipt number from the approved I-129F petition on the I-485 application on the "underlying petition #" part?

no, looks like we left that blank.

[smilingstone 331]

That is likely it. 

[TBoneTX 46,896]

Sounds like an easy enough fix, if that's it.  Follow Edward's advice above.

[PokuPoku 34]

I included a copy of the i-129 approval letter, which includes the receipt number, so they do have it. I guess either way my best option is to just submit a bunch of stuff like the receipt number, copy of certificate and stuff like that, proving the marriage and our identities.

[TBoneTX 46,896]

Just now, PokuPoku said:

I included a copy of the i-129 approval letter, which includes the receipt number, so they do have it. I guess either way my best option is to just submit a bunch of stuff like the receipt number, copy of certificate and stuff like that, proving the marriage and our identities.

That sounds good.  USCIS employees can be overly literal and send something back for one missing line-item that they could figure out themselves with a little effort, or whoever dealt with your file was really tired, or whatever.

 

The delay is irritating, but you'll overcome this.