RFE received today...Wrong Date on Certificate! Please help!

[SaltUponWounds 4]

I am in the middle of I130 process after a K1. I received an RFE today because the Date of Marriage on my Marriage Certificate was wrong!. We never noticed it and neither did the people at the court house when we submitted the Marriagel License after our wedding!

I have two questions:

1. Anybody has anything similar happened to them? Please share how to go about changing this on our marriage certificate?(Pics provided of the actual message)

2. Where do i send the RFE? Nowhere in the letter it says to send it at a particular address. We are unsure where to send it. Should be be the address that the letter came from? (Attached)

Thank you for your help!

[KayDeeCee 4,896]

You would need to check with your local court about how to amend the marriage certificate.

Why are you filing an I-130 when adjusting from a K-1?

Are you in NJ? Field office address at top says NJ.

[SaltUponWounds 4]

You would need to check with your local court about how to amend the marriage certificate.

Why are you filing an I-130 when adjusting from a K-1?

Are you in NJ? Field office address at top says NJ.

That's a darn good question, i apologize we are a bit on edge at the moment. We have NOT filed I130, only the I485, I131 (AP) and the EAD one. I am attaching another pictured of the actual portion where it says FORM I130

I am not in NJ, i am in Oklahoma City, OK. No other address is listed, nothing.

Thank you kindly for your help!

p.s. By the way, we were very happy today because our AP and EAD were approved today. Then we came home and we saw the RFE.

Edited April 16, 2016 by SaltUponWounds

[KayDeeCee 4,896]

Does it have your correct name and any case number from the forms you actually filed, or is the case number not one of yours? It seems there was a mistake made, especially since you did not file an I-130. You can call and ask for a tier 2 IO, or better yet make an infopass appointment and take all your paperwork along with the RFE and ask them why you received an RFE for a form you did not file.

Was the incorrect date on your marriage certificate outside the 90 day window you have to get married with the K-1?

[SaltUponWounds 4]

Does it have your correct name and any case number from the forms you actually filed, or is the case number not one of yours? It seems there was a mistake made, especially since you did not file an I-130. You can call and ask for a tier 2 IO, or better yet make an infopass appointment and take all your paperwork along with the RFE and ask them why you received an RFE for a form you did not file.

Was the incorrect date on your marriage certificate outside the 90 day window you have to get married with the K-1?

It has the correct alien number (A#) under File No. No receipts or case numbers were listed. The form is wrong and the last name was misspelled as well.

No, the incorrect date is only a day after the correct day and well within the 90 days allowed with K1.

I am not even sure where to send it. Nothing is given in the letter.

I am lost as to how to proceed. Is it a common practice to call the toll free number and ask to speak with tier 2 officer? What number ?

Edited April 16, 2016 by SaltUponWounds

[KayDeeCee 4,896]

There is indeed something amiss here. They have made some sort of mistake, and you need to get it cleared up.

You can call the regular USCIS customer service number listed on their site, but tell the person answering the phone that you need to have your escalated to an immigration officer that has access to your case details. Better yet, make an infopass appointment to speak to an IO in person. They may be able to clear up the mistake for you right then and there.

[SaltUponWounds 4]

There is indeed something amiss here. They have made some sort of mistake, and you need to get it cleared up.

You can call the regular USCIS customer service number listed on their site, but tell the person answering the phone that you need to have your escalated to an immigration officer that has access to your case details. Better yet, make an infopass appointment to speak to an IO in person. They may be able to clear up the mistake for you right then and there.

I will try to call and speak to an officer first thing on Monday. The only thing that bothers me is that i am running of time. I am supposed to have the response sent within 30 days, and i will have lost 10 already by Monday...

How long does it take for an Infopass? Would you say that i can schedule one within 2, 3 days or we are talking weeks here?

Thank you for your help so far!

[Pitaya 2,577]

I will try to call and speak to an officer first thing on Monday. The only thing that bothers me is that i am running of time. I am supposed to have the response sent within 30 days, and i will have lost 10 already by Monday...

How long does it take for an Infopass? Would you say that i can schedule one within 2, 3 days or we are talking weeks here?

Thank you for your help so far!

Depends on how busy the office is. One thing for sure, the longer you wait, the less likelihood of having any open InfoPass appointment slots. As you mentioned, you are running out of time. You need to call them Monday!

Post back with outcome.

[EM_Vandaveer 2,417]

If what the RFE says about your marriage certificate is true then for sure you have to get the marriage certificate fixed, so take it to the county clerk/court house & get it fixed.

By the way, are you using a lawyer? They checked the "copy sent to lawyer" checkbox...

Edited April 16, 2016 by EM_Vandaveer

[SaltUponWounds 4]

If what the RFE says about your marriage certificate is true then for sure you have to get the marriage certificate fixed, so take it to the county clerk/court house & get it fixed.

By the way, are you using a lawyer? They checked the "copy sent to lawyer" checkbox...

Yeah, RFE is correct about our marriage license (we never noticed nor did the people at the court house). We are going to try to resolve next week. The RFE does not say where to send the amended marriage license though. Does anybody have any exerience with RFE without Sent-To address. Do i send it to the same address that the RFE came from? It came from a different state that what my local office is.

I am not using a lawyer, so i am not sure why they checked that box. Maybe because i had the "In Care Of" portion of the I485 filled out.

Edited April 17, 2016 by SaltUponWounds

[SaltUponWounds 4]

Just an update on my RFE:

Tomorrow i am going to the court house to get my marriage license amended. It is free and it is done by the judge.

I also called USCIS and got to 2nd level IO and he told me to send the RFE both to the address on the RFE letter (I did not receive standard I797-RFE form but just a printout, which was strange) AND to the address that i received my NOA1. So, tomorrow i will update more once i get the license amended.

[KayDeeCee 4,896]

That sounds good, but still unclear about why they sent you an RFE for a form you did not need to, and did not file.

[SaltUponWounds 4]

That sounds good, but still unclear about why they sent you an RFE for a form you did not need to, and did not file.

Yeah, the IO told me they made a mistake on the printout. Again, the RFE i got was just a printout and not a designated RFE form - i believe I797-RFE or something.

Anyhow, i amended the date on the marriage license (30 mins and free). They gave me the amended original, along with a small attachment with the amendment request, which was also certified. Its good to order several certified copies of the license, along with the attachment to it, which i did.

I sent the RFE to both the address on the RFE printout AND the address i got my NOA1 for I485 (i was instructed by the IO officer to do so, he was unsure where the case was)

Now, the waiting game....

Anybody knows how i can check if they actually received the RFE, except the sig confirmation/tracking i sent the packages with?

Thanks for all the help!