Requested i-824 for duplicate copy of approved i-797 denied

[Anshuman 0]

HI All,

 

I received an approved i-797 from USCIS for a Visa extension last year. Somehow during house move the form got lost and I applied an i-824 form to get a duplicate copy of the approval notice.

After waiting for almost 2 months, I just check on USCIS site and it says my application got Denied. The money was deducted from the account however.

 

How can that be ? If they approved i-797, how would my application to just a duplicate copy of the same paper be denied ?

What are my options now ?

[Neru 0]

Hi Anushuman,

 

when did you apply for i824? When did you get the denial?

 

I might be able to help you if I know these answers

 

thanks,

Neru

[Anshuman 0]

Hi Neru, 

I applied on 11/16/2017. 

I received my receipt notice by 11/27/2017, and got my denial notice yesterday.

Before yesterday, USCIS site would not recognize my case number to give out status. Yesterday it changed to denied.

 

Thanks

ANshuman

[Neru 0]

Hi Anushuman - 

you have two option

1) Wait for the denial letter and see why they rejected. 

2) second, you can take an infopass appointment and ask the officer whether uscis opened your immigration file after 11/16. If he/she says yes then the officer might be able to tell you the reason for denial. If it was not even opened and they rejected the application even without opening your file then there is high chances something is wrong with the i824 application form itself(which is a actually better because your attorney can make the correction and apply again). I asked the date of application because sometime they reject the application within few days, if something is wrong with the form. In your case uscis actually took moderate time, not too long to be sure they found something wrong in your immigration file nor few day to be sure that it was the i824 form error.

taking infopass appointment is also little tough. You have to keep on checking multiple time in a day because it usually shows no appointment available. And when it get available these are taken in few mins.

 

FYI: I am not an attorney. Normal guy working on h1 so don’t consider this as a professional advise. I just happened to visit at an infopass appointment for my i824.

 

 

[Anshuman 0]

Hi Neru,

 

Thats really good information. Thank you for it.

Did you get your i824 case resolved after the meeting ?

I have my DL expiring in a few days, is there any way I can get another extension ? I already took the 120 Days extension with the receipt of i797 form.

 

Thanks for all the good advise.

 

- Anshuman 

[Neru 0]

Hi Anushuman - 

Yes infopass appointment helped me. I went for infopass 3 time. First time officer told me they opened my file few days back and I should get the reponse to my i824 soon. My was applied on July 31st. I went for first infopass on Dec23th. 

Nothing happened for 2 weeks so I again went for the infopass but the officer was not very helpful this time. She simply told me the status of my application and it was a waste of time for me. She didn’t check anything on the computer for my case.

I finally went on Jan 10th (it was after I Responded on your post). Again luckily I was called by the same officer who I met the first time. She checked the status and wrote an email to the Vermont center. She also told me that she is requesting my immigration file and once she get it and if she found the copy of my original i797, she will email it to me otherwise she will email me the copy of my approved i129. My case is wasupdated on Jan 12th and status said ‘Name is updated’ for i824. Next day status of my original i129 changed to ‘Duplicate notice mailed’ from ‘Case is approved’.

My attorney received the notice yesterday.

 

letme know if u want to know anything else about my case. 

 

Neru

[shocker 0]

Hello,

 

I am also dealing with a similar issue. I list my Original approved  I-140 and filed for the duplicate copy of I using I-824. I got a letter today that my request is denied because I am the beneficiary but not the applicant/Petitioner. But my check got deducted for $465. Here the dates . What are my options? I can ask my employer to file for original based on the reason for denial  but what about the check? Will I be getting back the money?

 

Please help!

 

Applied on: 11/12/2017

 

Check deducted on 11/13/2017

 

Denied on: 01/26/2018.

[Chandu73 0]

Hi Anshuman,

My employer also applied I-824 to get a duplicate copy of approved I-797 on 11/22/2017. Till date I haven't heard any update on its status.

Could you pls let me know / share link where I can check my I-824 status.

FYI my case was filed at california service center.