Check issue with i 130 ooops

[wisegeek 8]

OK so i mailed the I 130 to my parents to send it to USCIS, and they sent a check on a joint account i had with my dad which closed some time back due to inactivity.my dad was totally unaware and only came to know this after 10 days of checking with the bank.he already checked with the bank if the bank account can be re-opened but it cant unfortunately.

no wonder i never got the NOA1 even though my parents address in US was listed for mailing purposes.

im in a dilemma now as i don't know what to do.we got the MSC # mar 11 and nothing in mail from uscis as of yet.

i did read somewhere they try twice then send an invoice for 30$ for bounces but this is not even an active account with less balance, big oops.

any advice, on how i can make the payment to them. would i need to resend the whole I 130 package?

appreciate your help guys!

[lisap 10]

OK so i mailed the I 130 to my parents to send it to USCIS, and they sent a check on a joint account i had with my dad which closed some time back due to inactivity.my dad was totally unaware and only came to know this after 10 days of checking with the bank.he already checked with the bank if the bank account can be re-opened but it cant unfortunately.

no wonder i never got the NOA1 even though my parents address in US was listed for mailing purposes.

im in a dilemma now as i don't know what to do.we got the MSC # mar 11 and nothing in mail from uscis as of yet.

i did read somewhere they try twice then send an invoice for 30$ for bounces but this is not even an active account with less balance, big oops.

any advice, on how i can make the payment to them. would i need to resend the whole I 130 package?

appreciate your help guys!

you should re do the app, they automatically dismiss cases with no payment, its no use calling since you dont have a receipt number.....

[wisegeek 8]

i do have a receipt # with MSC XXXX does that mean anything?

[wisegeek 8]

I have done some searching on this forum and some threads indicate USCIS returns the whole package back if the payment is not included or missing / invalid.

or should i just re-send the whole package again with the check? i do have MSC # but not sure if they did any processing if at all.

thanks,

should i just wait for the returned i 130 package?

[Roosha 51]

Have you tried calling? Call them and talk to a tier two person, not the first person who answers the phone. They should be able to tell you if the payment went through or what's going on.

[wisegeek 8]

catch 22 i tried calling uscis 1 800 # but for that they ask for case # and my case # is invalid, is there another way to talk to tier 2?

there is no way payment was made coz my dad received letter mailed from the bank stating a withdrawal was tried from that account, pity the account closed and bank policy is they cannot reinstate the account.

if it was a bounce, we could have topped up the account but its a closed bank acct,

thanks.

[NikLR 13,232]

They will probably send back the file and you will have to send a new one. I suggest a money order this time ;-)

[wisegeek 8]

just to let you guys know my dad got a letter from DHS in mail today with instructions on how to pay, either check or card i think

he paid by card and the deduction for 450$ was within few minutes.the extra 30 bucks for the bank fee since the check was not honored.

now the wait for noa1 but i am happy ...

Edited March 29, 2013 by wisegeek