Cancelling I-129F

[rakkaus 0]

Hi everyone,

Things went from bad to worse, and the engagement is permanently over.

What do I do to cancel the I-129F after it's been sent to the Helsinki consulate? The last communication I got was dated 12/31 and said it would be sent from NVC to Helsinki consulate within a week. There's no concern for visa fraud here, but at the same time, I am positive we will not be getting married after the things she has said and done, and I want finality. Do I call the consulate, or email them, or what? I assume that contacting VSC or USCIS would not help at this point since the petition was already forwarded.

Thanks everyone for helping when I was in the K-1 process. Honestly, I feel like I owe the USCIS a big hug right now, because their slowness saved me from a lifetime of misery.

[YuAndDan 153]

Call DOS Visa services.

http://travel.state.gov/about/info/info_308.html#visa

[pushbrk 12,898]

Hi everyone,

Things went from bad to worse, and the engagement is permanently over.

What do I do to cancel the I-129F after it's been sent to the Helsinki consulate? The last communication I got was dated 12/31 and said it would be sent from NVC to Helsinki consulate within a week. There's no concern for visa fraud here, but at the same time, I am positive we will not be getting married after the things she has said and done, and I want finality. Do I call the consulate, or email them, or what? I assume that contacting VSC or USCIS would not help at this point since the petition was already forwarded.

Thanks everyone for helping when I was in the K-1 process. Honestly, I feel like I owe the USCIS a big hug right now, because their slowness saved me from a lifetime of misery.

I would fax or email the Consulate telling them your intentions and asking for any specific instructions. Caution though, you wouldn't be the first or tenth here to change their mind after such definitive declaration. There's really no hurry until an interview date is assigned.

[chuck_n_rose 0]

Sorry to hear about your situation. I suppose it is better to find out now, rather than later.

[rakkaus 0]

Hi everyone,

Things went from bad to worse, and the engagement is permanently over.

What do I do to cancel the I-129F after it's been sent to the Helsinki consulate? The last communication I got was dated 12/31 and said it would be sent from NVC to Helsinki consulate within a week. There's no concern for visa fraud here, but at the same time, I am positive we will not be getting married after the things she has said and done, and I want finality. Do I call the consulate, or email them, or what? I assume that contacting VSC or USCIS would not help at this point since the petition was already forwarded.

Thanks everyone for helping when I was in the K-1 process. Honestly, I feel like I owe the USCIS a big hug right now, because their slowness saved me from a lifetime of misery.

I would fax or email the Consulate telling them your intentions and asking for any specific instructions. Caution though, you wouldn't be the first or tenth here to change their mind after such definitive declaration. There's really no hurry until an interview date is assigned.

Done. While that's good advice in the general sense, this engagement is well and truly cooked. This isn't a rash decision; we actually called off the engagement December 22nd (the NOA2 email arrived during the final argument -- cruel irony!) and gave things a few weeks to make sure it wasn't a temporary thing.

[missing.my2angels 0]

Sorry to read about your situation but like you said it is better to find out now than later.

[tomcat 0]

Hi everyone,

Things went from bad to worse, and the engagement is permanently over.

What do I do to cancel the I-129F after it's been sent to the Helsinki consulate? The last communication I got was dated 12/31 and said it would be sent from NVC to Helsinki consulate within a week. There's no concern for visa fraud here, but at the same time, I am positive we will not be getting married after the things she has said and done, and I want finality. Do I call the consulate, or email them, or what? I assume that contacting VSC or USCIS would not help at this point since the petition was already forwarded.

Thanks everyone for helping when I was in the K-1 process. Honestly, I feel like I owe the USCIS a big hug right now, because their slowness saved me from a lifetime of misery.

I have canceled my I-129F and it wasn't easy to get your paper work back

I contacted the consulate with an email they requested a certified letter stating i was canceling and proceeded to fax it to them

A week later i received a email that it was canceled and the packet was being returned to Vermont .

I waited a month to contact them when i called they had no clue were it was 2 days later i received an email it was found it will take a month to process

I called them 3 months later and they told me to send a letter to Vermont to request the paper work I sent 4 FedEx letters and 10 phone calls later never had an response.

so i still haven't received anything it so i called my Congressman in our district and they told him for me to use form G-884 for the return ...why didn't they tell me in the beginning .... and now i was informed it going to take another 6 months to process ...i was bulls@it...for what to put my packet in a envelope and send it to me ...so i contacted my congressman again ..pretty helpful i had a couple weeks later .....good luck hope you don't go what i went threw

[rakkaus 0]

Hi everyone,

Things went from bad to worse, and the engagement is permanently over.

What do I do to cancel the I-129F after it's been sent to the Helsinki consulate? The last communication I got was dated 12/31 and said it would be sent from NVC to Helsinki consulate within a week. There's no concern for visa fraud here, but at the same time, I am positive we will not be getting married after the things she has said and done, and I want finality. Do I call the consulate, or email them, or what? I assume that contacting VSC or USCIS would not help at this point since the petition was already forwarded.

Thanks everyone for helping when I was in the K-1 process. Honestly, I feel like I owe the USCIS a big hug right now, because their slowness saved me from a lifetime of misery.

I have canceled my I-129F and it wasn't easy to get your paper work back

I contacted the consulate with an email they requested a certified letter stating i was canceling and proceeded to fax it to them

A week later i received a email that it was canceled and the packet was being returned to Vermont .

I waited a month to contact them when i called they had no clue were it was 2 days later i received an email it was found it will take a month to process

I called them 3 months later and they told me to send a letter to Vermont to request the paper work I sent 4 FedEx letters and 10 phone calls later never had an response.

so i still haven't received anything it so i called my Congressman in our district and they told him for me to use form G-884 for the return ...why didn't they tell me in the beginning .... and now i was informed it going to take another 6 months to process ...i was bulls@it...for what to put my packet in a envelope and send it to me ...so i contacted my congressman again ..pretty helpful i had a couple weeks later .....good luck hope you don't go what i went threw

Very interesting. I did hear back from the Helsinki consulate this morning with the following:

Mr. xxxxxxxxxx,

Thank you for your notification - nothing else is needed. We will

return the I-129F petition back to the approving USCIS in the US.

Best regards, US consulate, Helsinki.

I assume "the approving USCIS" means VSC. In any event, I don't really care if they send it back to me. It's bad memories and I'd just destroy the papers anyway. Can I ask why you wanted yours back? -- not meaning to pry, just wondering if there's a reason that I *should* want mine back.

[rakkaus 0]

I'm responding to my own, very old, thread, because I posted the wrong answer that I was given by the Helsinki consulate. It is not enough to email the consulate, even if they tell you otherwise!

Months after the demise of the engagement, I received a letter from USCIS basically saying, "Hey, what's up? Haven't heard from you for awhile." (!) Nobody there knew what was up with my file, and it was apparently impossible to locate it, but everyone with whom I spoke agreed that I needed to send in a letter formally cancelling the application. I believe it went to VSC, but it's been a little while now -- just occurred to me that I should update VJ in case anyone else stumbles upon this thread.

This bugs me, not just because one figures that an American consulate should know about immigration to America, but also because I don't know when the USCIS two-year clock starts. Does it start from NOA1? NOA2? The time when a petition is cancelled? The time when a petition is formally ended? Eek!

[TBoneTX 45,319]

It is not enough to email the consulate, even if they tell you otherwise!

It's good and classy of you to bring this up, as a reminder to others: Notify USCIS (in writing) when you are cancelling or withdrawing a petition. It's probably a good idea to write the NVC, too. Cover all the bases.