Filing after the deadline

[Mark2 0]

Hello!

My wife filed the Form I-751 to renew her green card that she got in 2015 after we got married (I have American citizenship). She filed before the deadline but the application got rejected because they could not read the amount written on the check for the fees. She received that notice after the deadline and resubmitted the application with a new check. It got accepted but we recently received the letter attached. It says that we filed the petition 14 days after the deadline and they need an explanation for that.  What exactly should we explain? And how should I present the letter?

[Going through 5,671]

Do you still have the rejection notice from when you sent the first application?  I would include a copy of that with a brief written explanation that it was returned due to the illegible check, showing the original date of submission being before the deadline, and mention the date you received the 2nd notice ....and a copy of the new receipt notice to compare with the date you received this letter.

Edited January 17, 2019 by Going through

[Brian&Larissa 73]

Be honest...explain to them what you wrote here.  If, by some miracle, you have the original check, original correspondence, make copies and include this with your explanation.  You have a legitimate answer to their inquiry.

[mindthegap 2,590]

Did you forget to include the original rejection notice?

 

If so, it was treated as a late joint filing, for which a valid reason must be given - and approved a s valid reason - in order for it to be accepted for filing. At this point it has NOT been accepted and is limbo, pending a 'good cause' for late filing.

 

Write a letter outlining it - clearly and simply - with dates, and any correspondence you have. Should be fine.

 

 

Edited January 17, 2019 by mindthegap

[Mark2 0]

2 hours ago, Going through said:

Do you still have the rejection notice from when you sent the first application?  I would include a copy of that with a brief written explanation that it was returned due to the illegible check, showing the original date of submission being before the deadline, and mention the date you received the 2nd notice ....and a copy of the new receipt notice to compare with the date you received this letter.

Thank you. Just to make sure: her green card was expiring on 11/13/2017. That means that the deadline was 11/13/17, correct? 

2 hours ago, Brian&Larissa said:

Be honest...explain to them what you wrote here.  If, by some miracle, you have the original check, original correspondence, make copies and include this with your explanation.  You have a legitimate answer to their inquiry.

Thank you. Just to make sure: her green card was expiring on 11/13/2017. That means that the deadline was 11/13/17, correct? 

[Mark2 0]

1 hour ago, mindthegap said:

Did you forget to include the original rejection notice?

 

If so, it was treated as a late joint filing, for which a valid reason must be given - and approved a s valid reason - in order for it to be accepted for filing. At this point it has NOT been accepted and is limbo, pending a 'good cause' for late filing.

 

Write a letter outlining it - clearly and simply - with dates, and any correspondence you have. Should be fine.

 

 

Thank you. Maybe I did forget, I don't remember... Just to make sure: her green card was expiring on 11/13/2017. That means that the deadline was 11/13/17, correct? 

[mindthegap 2,590]

Yep

[manny9666 3]

@Mark 

Were you able to provide the excuse letter?  I am having a similar problem with my wife's application (filing late).   did USCIS accept the excuse letter?