GRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!! USCIS lost my payment

[Troy W 0]

I got a I-797 today

Rejection Notice.

They said I didnt provide the correct payment.

Fortunatly it was a certified check, I will go to the bank tomorrow and get a copy of it and start the phone calls to USCIS to dispute.

Anyone else have this happen and know the best way to deal with it? It looks like they sent ma back coppies of all my original submissions of the forms and required documents, but it looks like they sent me the originals of the relationship proof, except all my photos, including the passport photos.

God they are soo messed up.

[Jasman0717 9]

Did they return the package to you?

[Troy W 0]

Did they return the package to you?

Copies but not the originals. They only sent me the original proof of relationship stuff.

[queuedup 1]

You are probably better off resubmitting the paperwork again, with a new check. Cancel the certified check and get the bank to issue another one.

[Troy W 0]

Ok ,

I spoke to a USCIS Officer today; he was very nice, pleasant and helpful. He looked up my case and said he could not tell why my case was rejected for a lost payment. He even saw the record where my check number was written on the case document. He could also see that my I130 was on hold but my I129f was proceeding, he could not explain that either. He said apparently there was a mistake in Chicago at the lock box..

He instructed me to get a copy of the check front and back from the bank and send it to them.

The good news was he told me to send it to California service center, he said that is where my petition is now. He said that because of the mistake, my petition would be handled once I sent in the copy of the check…. Hopefully that means I will be processed sooner but for some reason I doubt it… We will see.

Well any way the good news is that my case is in California and not in Vermont… Keep your fingers crossed wish me luck.