Rejected

[MattW83 2]

So it says "based on the information you provided, your priority date could not be established."

 

She entered on a K-1 and we were married within the 90 days. I provided the NOA2 I-797 Approval for the K-1 as instructed in the how-to on this site. They sent it back too, so they saw it. It's asking for an original I-130 or copy of I-797 for the I-130, or "other evidence that an immigration visa petition has been filed on your behalf."

 

Any ideas? I didn't think I needed to do the I-130 if we were already doing the I-129F process. That's all the info they gave me. 

[MattW83 2]

Disregard, I'm an idiot. I checked 2a instead of 2c on the I-485. Maybe someone can learn from me.

[POA 178]

16 minutes ago, MattW83 said:

So it says "based on the information you provided, your priority date could not be established."

 

She entered on a K-1 and we were married within the 90 days. I provided the NOA2 I-797 Approval for the K-1 as instructed in the how-to on this site. They sent it back too, so they saw it. It's asking for an original I-130 or copy of I-797 for the I-130, or "other evidence that an immigration visa petition has been filed on your behalf."

 

Any ideas? I didn't think I needed to do the I-130 if we were already doing the I-129F process. That's all the info they gave me. 

Glad you found it. 

Edited April 18, 2020 by POA

[Pmta1 39]

Right. Priority dates don't apply to fiance visas. Glad you found the mistake. Are you going to re-apply or send back a new I-485 with this rejection notice as a response?

[MattW83 2]

22 hours ago, Pmta1 said:

Right. Priority dates don't apply to fiance visas. Glad you found the mistake. Are you going to re-apply or send back a new I-485 with this rejection notice as a response?

Probably just send it back with a new I-485 after re-checking everything much more slowly this time. I have the 2 copies of everything as recommended though, so either way is pretty simple. They didn't take my payment yet, and so they said nothing has been "filed" at all yet, so it probably doesn't make much difference. Pretty dumb mistake on my part. I can't believe I did that.

[Pmta1 39]

Well, for one thing, it's good they catch these kinds of things early on at the Lockbox level. Imagine if you had waited until the service center finally got to your petition months from now and then found the mistake.

[b911 16]

Interesting that they would reject for such a small reason. On coy of passport visa and many other documents, they can see K1.

[Just Paul 4,595]

4 minutes ago, b911 said:

Interesting that they would reject for such a small reason. On coy of passport visa and many other documents, they can see K1.

Someone, probably a low bid contractor firm, now gets to type the form into a computer and since there isn't a match to an I-130 it gets kicked out.

 

Garbage in = Garbage out. 

[Ayrton 965]

2 hours ago, b911 said:

Interesting that they would reject for such a small reason. On coy of passport visa and many other documents, they can see K1.

At the first stage, they look at forms filled out, payment, signatures. They don't look at evidence. So if the AOS form says there should be an I-130 petition, and there's nothing about that in the package/system, then the package is rejected. If there wasn't this first step, the money would be cashed, and the petition would be denied later on by an officer, which is worse.