January 2018 I-129F Filers, Part II

[Lucy&Jason 807]

My VisaJourney friends I need your help for our response. USCIS sent back to us this form to fill out the missing question. Do we need to just tick “No” in the box? Or we need to print another I-129form(13pages) and just tick the “no” from there? Upon ticking does he need to sign on the side of the “No”? Thank you so much everyone..

[LuFlolady 881]

10 hours ago, Lucy&Jason said:

Oh not yet..😞

 

Did you get yours?

@Lucy&Jason have they said its been mailed?

 

10 hours ago, Lucy&Jason said:

Oh not yet..😞

 

Did you get yours?

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[mdma11 121]

1 minute ago, Lucy&Jason said:

My VisaJourney friends I need your help for our response. USCIS sent back to us this form to fill out the missing question. Do we need to just tick “No” in the box? Or we need to print another I-129form(13pages) and just tick the “no” from there? Upon ticking does he need to sign on the side of the “No”? Thank you so much everyone..

Not sure how to answer your question but one thing I know is that make sure to sign the RFE or where ever you are supposed to sign. I recall not too long ago someone had their petition denied after the RFE form wasnt signed.

[Lucy&Jason 807]

Just now, LuFlolady said:

@Lucy&Jason have they said its been mailed?

 

 

We just received it today. It was dated Aug. 27.

[LuFlolady 881]

42 minutes ago, Lucy&Jason said:

Update on our RFE(Read to me by my mother inlaw)

 

Jason forgot to tick “Question 37: asking if he is married or no”.

 

I am so happy it’s just only an easy one to fix. We’ll send the response tomorrow right away. 

just seeing this been trying to get all my ends tied up before I head to see my boo! lol Glad you guys finally received the hard copy

[LuFlolady 881]

7 minutes ago, Lucy&Jason said:

We just received it today. It was dated Aug. 27.

great! get it back ASAP so you can get back on the train! happy it was an easy fix for you!

[Lucy&Jason 807]

Just now, LuFlolady said:

great! get it back ASAP so you can get back on the train! happy it was an easy fix for you!

Yours is on the way. Give it another day or 2. And hoping and praying it’s just an easy one. 😊

[LuFlolady 881]

7 minutes ago, Lucy&Jason said:

Yours is on the way. Give it another day or 2. And hoping and praying it’s just an easy one. 😊

Thanks! we are almost at the end my friend! and yep I hope it is an easy fix too!

[SilverMonk 194]

16 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

 

 

It's your lucky day. Greenbaum has information that may set you free. Just leave a nickel in the cup.

 

https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/privacy/privacy_pia_uscis_ibbcs.pdf

 

As part of its benefits adjudication process and as required by law, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) conducts background checks on petitioners and applicants who seek certain immigration benefits. These background checks consist of four separate checks against systems within Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In order to facilitate the collection and transmission of information necessary to complete background check processes, USCIS maintains five information technology electronic systems: the Fingerprint Masthead Notification System (FMNS), the Customer Identity Capture System (CICS), the FD-258 Tracking System - Mainframe (FD-258 MF), the Benefits Biometrics Support System (BBSS), and the Interagency Border Inspection System (IBIS) Manifest. USCIS is conducting this privacy impact assessment (PIA) because FMNS, CICS, FD-258 MF, BBSS, and IBIS Manifest collect, use, and share personally identifiable information (PII). This PIA replaces the previously published USCIS PIA for the "Background Check Service (BCS)" which describes planned background check-related systems that were never implemented. Upon publication of this PIA, the BCS PIA will be retired.

 

And two days ago I posted an interview that was taken from an XUSICS agent who spoke about his job as adjudicator and what steps they took to come to a conclusion. Go back a few tabs and you may find the link.

Hey there Greenbaum. Yeah I had read that interview with the xuscis agent and the background check process with the different agencies. Sadly, it doesn't inform when the background checks take place (at least i was not able to find anything) within the adjudication process. Do you know if the security checks are done before an agent sits down to analyze our petitions? Or does an agent first adjudicate a petition and then sends it off for background checks?

[Ivan871 13]

Hello everybody,

finally after 2 enquiries and almost 230 days of waiting we got our APPROVAL

no RFEs

it showed only on old website and mobile application;

nothing on new website, no hard copy, no email, no text messages;

hope this is not an issue

 

 

[kmza89 57]

12 hours ago, Lucy&Jason said:

Oh not yet..😞

 

Did you get yours?

Not yet  

[BJ & Christine 1,392]

2 hours ago, Lucy&Jason said:

My VisaJourney friends I need your help for our response. USCIS sent back to us this form to fill out the missing question. Do we need to just tick “No” in the box? Or we need to print another I-129form(13pages) and just tick the “no” from there? Upon ticking does he need to sign on the side of the “No”? Thank you so much everyone..

Is there any other pages? If not then check the appropriate box and sign rfe send back

[kmza89 57]

4 hours ago, Lucy&Jason said:

Oh my Lord!! We are having the RFE letter atlast. This was mailed on the 27th of August. @BJ & Christine you are correct. Took only 3days.

OMG!!! Ours is still out there.. Where are you located? what's the rFE about?

[D&B 34]

2 hours ago, Lucy&Jason said:

My VisaJourney friends I need your help for our response. USCIS sent back to us this form to fill out the missing question. Do we need to just tick “No” in the box? Or we need to print another I-129form(13pages) and just tick the “no” from there? Upon ticking does he need to sign on the side of the “No”? Thank you so much everyone..

I wish there were some very clear instructions on what USCIS exactly requires with an RFE but here's what I would do if this were my RFE. I would definitely sign right beside where you check the answer no, and me being me, would also send it in with a cover letter indicating the missing information has been provided and detailing the missing information in the cover letter. For example, "as per your request, we have completed the missing question on page #, part #, item #, and wish to confirm that "name" has never been married." I know this may be overkill but just letting you know how I would handle this....

[midwinterrose 275]

1 hour ago, SilverMonk said:

Hey there Greenbaum. Yeah I had read that interview with the xuscis agent and the background check process with the different agencies. Sadly, it doesn't inform when the background checks take place (at least i was not able to find anything) within the adjudication process. Do you know if the security checks are done before an agent sits down to analyze our petitions? Or does an agent first adjudicate a petition and then sends it off for background checks?

Here is a quote from that interview with the ex-adjudicator:

 

After clearing an applicant through the various mandatory database searches, then you could begin to review the various information on the petition. Sometimes there would be stupid mistakes like forgetting to sign it, or using acopy when an original signature was required etc... Kind of careless mistakes or from not really understanding the instructions type of thing. Anyway, these would generate an RFE, and the file's status would be update in the computer as awaiting response to RFE or something like that, I don't recall the exact terminology.

 

Unfortunately it would seem they do the background checks first before even bothering to look at the rest of the file.  It is depressing to think that after waiting so long for background checks you could still get an RFE. It would make more sense to proceed with processing the file and send out any RFEs while they wait for background checks since like 99% of applicants pass the background checks anyway.  But when has USCIS made sense?