Has anyone ever sent in an ADDENDUM?

[JonasMichaels 0]

Hi folks, I have been corresponding with some other VJ members, mostly Vietnam members, and wanted to ask the whole group about this. A few people have said that they have sent in "addendums" after the fact to the USCIS. They were waiting for their NOA2 (as I am now) and new information/proof happened that they felt was relevant to their case, so they sent it in after. Apparently, it was added to their file as it was returned to them at the interview. Since I am working with a hard, high fraud consulate, I wondered if it would be a good thing to send in an addendum if you had some new information that was relevant to the case.

Does anyone have any experiences with this or thoughts on it? Thanks

Jonas

[Labhrais 6]

Hi folks, I have been corresponding with some other VJ members, mostly Vietnam members, and wanted to ask the whole group about this. A few people have said that they have sent in "addendums" after the fact to the USCIS. They were waiting for their NOA2 (as I am now) and new information/proof happened that they felt was relevant to their case, so they sent it in after. Apparently, it was added to their file as it was returned to them at the interview. Since I am working with a hard, high fraud consulate, I wondered if it would be a good thing to send in an addendum if you had some new information that was relevant to the case.

Does anyone have any experiences with this or thoughts on it? Thanks

Jonas

From what I understand, there is no guarantee that any addendum will actually be matched to your case. With that said, we submitted an addendum and it was indeed matched to our petition and our case was adjudicated using the information contained in it.

Doesn't hurt to try! Good luck.

[Otto 83]

Hi folks, I have been corresponding with some other VJ members, mostly Vietnam members, and wanted to ask the whole group about this. A few people have said that they have sent in "addendums" after the fact to the USCIS. They were waiting for their NOA2 (as I am now) and new information/proof happened that they felt was relevant to their case, so they sent it in after. Apparently, it was added to their file as it was returned to them at the interview. Since I am working with a hard, high fraud consulate, I wondered if it would be a good thing to send in an addendum if you had some new information that was relevant to the case.

Does anyone have any experiences with this or thoughts on it? Thanks

Jonas

Am a big believer is keeping it simple and not sending things in unless asked for it (as in RFE). Am sure it's not impossible, and likely has been done successfully, but USCIS is a big place(s) and I'd hate to send some important piece of evidence and just hope it catches up with/links-up to my petition. Not without an RFE anyway. It is always important to prepare a petition in advance and only submit it when it is ready since I can hardly imagine some new/developing piece of evidence presenting itself between the time I sent my petition and when it gets adjudicated..

[Dakine 26]

Hi folks, I have been corresponding with some other VJ members, mostly Vietnam members, and wanted to ask the whole group about this. A few people have said that they have sent in "addendums" after the fact to the USCIS. They were waiting for their NOA2 (as I am now) and new information/proof happened that they felt was relevant to their case, so they sent it in after. Apparently, it was added to their file as it was returned to them at the interview. Since I am working with a hard, high fraud consulate, I wondered if it would be a good thing to send in an addendum if you had some new information that was relevant to the case.

Does anyone have any experiences with this or thoughts on it? Thanks

Jonas

Main problem is the addendum "marrying up" with the original petition. I guess it won't hurt to try but don't count on it. Have the same info ready for the interview.

Normally the original petition approval doesn't take much. However if you have important additional info for the embassy interview . Maybe the embassy will review the info in the petition they receive prior to the interview.

I haven't seen what the procedure [if any] embassies go thru prior to the interview. In the Philippines it doesn't look like the petitions are reviewed prior to the actual interview as the preinterviewer takes the documents they think are important for the COs and forwards them to the COs.

[JonasMichaels 0]

Hi folks, I have been corresponding with some other VJ members, mostly Vietnam members, and wanted to ask the whole group about this. A few people have said that they have sent in "addendums" after the fact to the USCIS. They were waiting for their NOA2 (as I am now) and new information/proof happened that they felt was relevant to their case, so they sent it in after. Apparently, it was added to their file as it was returned to them at the interview. Since I am working with a hard, high fraud consulate, I wondered if it would be a good thing to send in an addendum if you had some new information that was relevant to the case.

Does anyone have any experiences with this or thoughts on it? Thanks

Jonas

Main problem is the addendum "marrying up" with the original petition. I guess it won't hurt to try but don't count on it. Have the same info ready for the interview.

Normally the original petition approval doesn't take much. However if you have important additional info for the embassy interview . Maybe the embassy will review the info in the petition they receive prior to the interview.

I haven't seen what the procedure [if any] embassies go thru prior to the interview. In the Philippines it doesn't look like the petitions are reviewed prior to the actual interview as the preinterviewer takes the documents they think are important for the COs and forwards them to the COs.

I guess my question is: Can it hurt? Besides it getting lost or not used, can it hurt anything? Can they say, darn, this person has too much proof and information, or is that silly? :-P

Jonas

[CraigCam 0]

No, it can't hurt and I'll tell you why. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SEND AN IMPORTANT ORIGINAL DOCUMENT WITHOUT AN RFE! You didn't send any important original documents with your petition, so, why would you do it now? What you are going to do is send a photo copy of the original document along with a cover letter that states, "Copies of documents submitted are exact photocopies of unaltered documents and I understand that I may be required to submit original documents to an Immigration or Consular officer at a later date.", just like you did when you initially filed your petition(don't forget to include your case number, ie: WACXXXXXXXXXX).

Of course things can happen after you submit your petition that might impact your chances of success. That's life, s**t happens and no amount of preparation is ever going to change that. Is there a good chance that your addendum will make it into your file? Maybe not, but there definitely is a chance. Regardless, you will have the originals to present at the interview if necessary. So, what will you have lost besides the postage you spent sending in the addendum?

[MARM 7]

Well, I don't know the nature of the addendum that you are sending, but as far as me, yes I will be sending the USCIS an addendum...there is an error on the I-129F that I sent...the embassy location needs to be changed. Some pple suggested I call NVC and deal with it through them, but I called them and they said they just send the cases after approval to whatever embassy is entered in the computer system. they do not make any changes, even upon request...so I will be contacting the USCIS tomorrow and hopefully they will take care of it. Chances are, I will be sending an addendum or else they will not make any changes, this addendum would be absolutely necessary, not just some extra evidence, etc. So as far as my case, I know that it will hurt my case if I do NOT send in an addendum.

[JonasMichaels 0]

No, it can't hurt and I'll tell you why. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SEND AN IMPORTANT ORIGINAL DOCUMENT WITHOUT AN RFE! You didn't send any important original documents with your petition, so, why would you do it now? What you are going to do is send a photo copy of the original document along with a cover letter that states, "Copies of documents submitted are exact photocopies of unaltered documents and I understand that I may be required to submit original documents to an Immigration or Consular officer at a later date.", just like you did when you initially filed your petition(don't forget to include your case number, ie: WACXXXXXXXXXX).

Of course things can happen after you submit your petition that might impact your chances of success. That's life, s**t happens and no amount of preparation is ever going to change that. Is there a good chance that your addendum will make it into your file? Maybe not, but there definitely is a chance. Regardless, you will have the originals to present at the interview if necessary. So, what will you have lost besides the postage you spent sending in the addendum?

Thanks again... postage from VN But that's ok... thanks everyone

Jonas