Updating I129F after NOA1 but before RFE

[iLoveAPolishGirl 0]

Ok,

I sent in my I129F and have an NOA1 dated 2/25, but I made a few mistakes. I'd like to send in a package amending my submission prior to getting any RFE... is this possible?? Would it help or hinder? Does anyone have any relevant experience to report??

Specifically, I made the following errors in my my submission:

1) Forgot to write names on backs of passport photos (!)

2) Did not see Form# which was on the back of my birth certificate, so I wrote "none" in the space, so that entry is incorrect.

Also, not *required* but suggested by this site (which I only found a couple days ago!!):

3) Cover letter with contents described / enumerated

4) Descriptions on back of photos showing us together during two previous trips

(however, the photos are date-stamped on the front and I did included boarding passes, travel iteneraries and described the visits in the space provided on the I129F form)

So, question is.... should I pre-emptively send a package to USCIS (Vermont Service Center) to correct these mistakes ... or .... should I wait for an RFE? I'm quite sure that forgetting to write the names on the backs of the passport photos will automatically generate an RFE, as it is clearly stated in the instructions to do this... and I would *REALLY* like to avoid any delays... so.... ????

Many thanks in advance for your opinions!!!

dvc

Edited March 9, 2009 by iLoveAPolishGirl

[AG83 0]

i dont believe you can send anything in before the actual RFE

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Ok,

I sent in my I129F and have an NOA1 dated 2/25, but I made a few mistakes. I'd like to send in a package amending my submission prior to getting any RFE... is this possible?? Would it help or hinder? Does anyone have any relevant experience to report??

Specifically, I made the following errors in my my submission:

1) Forgot to write names on backs of passport photos (!)

2) Did not see Form# which was on the back of my birth certificate, so I wrote "none" in the space, so that entry is incorrect.

Also, not *required* but suggested by this site (which I only found a couple days ago!!):

3) Cover letter with contents described / enumerated

4) Descriptions on back of photos showing us together during two previous trips

(however, the photos are date-stamped on the front and I did included boarding passes, travel iteneraries and described the visits in the space provided on the I129F form)

So, question is.... should I pre-emptively send a package to USCIS (Vermont Service Center) to correct these mistakes ... or .... should I wait for an RFE? I'm quite sure that forgetting to write the names on the backs of the passport photos will automatically generate an RFE, as it is clearly stated in the instructions to do this... and I would *REALLY* like to avoid any delays... so.... ????

Many thanks in advance for your opinions!!!

dvc

You can send anything you want, whenever you want. If you do it before you receive an RFE it will be sucked into the USCIS black hole and never come out. Wait for RFEs.

1. Probably not a problem.

2. Probably not a problem

3. Definitely not a problem

4. Defintely not a problem, I never wrote them on the ONE photo I sent of us together with the 2 sentence description. No need for explanation of which photo is which when there is only one.

As for #1 and #2, you are asking if we think an adjudicator will need an RFE for these and I give you my best guess from what I have read on this site. Hey, if the guy is in a grouchy mood when he gets to your file, you could get an RFE. If he is new and eager...get what I mean? Small mistakes like this will not get you rejected or denied but they leave the door open for RFEs, and delays. You will have many more forms to fill out and evidence to present. Be careful, be diligent, take an extra day or two to make it right. Saying "DOH! I left that on the kitchen table!", when the kitchen table is 8000 miles away, it really sucks.

[iLoveAPolishGirl 0]

Thanks for the answers! I particularly appreciate your experiences Gary and Alla!

However, I should note that I private PM'd someone who, as it turns out, actually did successfully submit an addendum to their I129F application prior to any RFE in the recent past. They were using a lawyer, I am not, so that might be a difference, but I doubt it.

Anyway, thanks again

dvc