Mistake in I-130 package

[Aschenbecher 16]

Hi, my wife filed for me (I-130) in early July 2011.

She just realized that the cover letter she included, she accidently mentioned a wrong date for our first metting. We met in Aug 2010 but she wrote it as Aug 2011. Is this gonna be a issue ? we are both worried .. please advise us what should we do ?

[tehans 52]

Call them and they can correct it, I misspelled my wife's name on I-130 and they corrected it

[Immigration race 0]

First of all....you are trying bogging our head by asking totally wrong question....there is no such question on I-130. I will urge you to stop everything what you are doing and tell us where is that question in I-130........

[Aschenbecher 16]

First of all....you are trying bogging our head by asking totally wrong question....there is no such question on I-130. I will urge you to stop everything what you are doing and tell us where is that question in I-130........

no the mistake is not on I-130 form but its on the cover letter included in the I-130 package. My wife wrote a cover letter (included with I-130 package) and she made a mistake by mentioning wrong date of our first meeting.

Do you get what i am trying to say ?

[BePatience 0]

no the mistake is not on I-130 form but its on the cover letter included in the I-130 package. My wife wrote a cover letter (included with I-130 package) and she made a mistake by mentioning wrong date of our first meeting.

Do you get what i am trying to say ?

As long as there is no mistake on official paperwork I dont think you should be worried. Cover letter is not required by USCIS, its optional thing people opt to do.

Edited July 25, 2011 by waithatter

[Penguin_ie 5,995]

As August 2011 hasn't happened yet, it is an obvious mistake, so not that big of an issue. I agree call to correct, but if they say they cannot, just correct it next time you send in papers or at the interview.

[Aschenbecher 16]

ok thats a relief thank you all. woosh !

[Navyk 78]

First of all....you are trying bogging our head by asking totally wrong question....there is no such question on I-130. I will urge you to stop everything what you are doing and tell us where is that question in I-130........

Immigration race, cover letter is a part of the I-130 and the information provided is very critical.

Aschenbecher, this is very imprtant piece of information as far as USCIS is concern but they will understand that it is typo - since this is critical information, call USCIS and get it corrected and everything should be fine.

[Dave and Kinnari 31]

Immigration race, cover letter is a part of the I-130 and the information provided is very critical.

Aschenbecher, this is very imprtant piece of information as far as USCIS is concern but they will understand that it is typo - since this is critical information, call USCIS and get it corrected and everything should be fine.

No it's not actually.

It's actually not even a requirement. It depends on the reviewing officer if he will look at it or not. They really care about the actual I-130 itself and the bonafide evidence that goes with it.

[tehans 52]

Sorry I meant G325 I think. I was just trying to tell they corrected my mistake

[Aschenbecher 16]

Immigration race, cover letter is a part of the I-130 and the information provided is very critical.

Aschenbecher, this is very imprtant piece of information as far as USCIS is concern but they will understand that it is typo - since this is critical information, call USCIS and get it corrected and everything should be fine.

now ur scarring me again. should we call em or not ?

[Navyk 78]

now ur scarring me again. should we call em or not ?

There were different views expressed by others. There is a possibility that no one may notice it too.

In 2003, we actually gave our date of birth in the parent's affidavit wrong (DD/MM/YYY was mistyped as MM/MM/YYY) but nothing happened and we got our Green cards then. Of course we did not notice the mistake during the process. Also you can always explain that it was a type, if ever this was found, and it can be explained/ prooved by the fact that it was a date in the future at the time of filing the petition. So I guess you just ignore it, as suggested by others.

[Aschenbecher 16]

There were different views expressed by others. There is a possibility that no one may notice it too.

In 2003, we actually gave our date of birth in the parent's affidavit wrong (DD/MM/YYY was mistyped as MM/MM/YYY) but nothing happened and we got our Green cards then. Of course we did not notice the mistake during the process. Also you can always explain that it was a type, if ever this was found, and it can be explained/ prooved by the fact that it was a date in the future at the time of filing the petition. So I guess you just ignore it, as suggested by others.

if we call em to get it corrected will it delay our app?

[Navyk 78]

if we call em to get it corrected will it delay our app?

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No, it will not delay.

[Aschenbecher 16]

Wife called USCIS , they said cover letter is not really that important but if they need any clarification they will get in touch with her. USCIS is scary.lol