August 2020 - AOS Filers

[Tigerlily87 40]

Just now, Geekosnap said:

That could be. Usually it's recommended not to combine fees since sometimes they have to separate out forms for some reason and in that case they can't reuse the one money order. 

 

Yeah the place wouldn’t let me do that unfortunately.  I had to send 4 separate ones

[theflyhigh 63]

Just now, Tigerlily87 said:

Not sure what the postmark date was it was received September 3, received by UPS and it was the proper edition 

If USPS, postmark date is when USPS accepted your package. USCIS is making mistakes of rejecting applications recently even when filed with correct edition date. 

[Tigerlily87 40]

Just now, Carolina G said:

So did you receive your i765 rejection in the mail I just find it odd that they rejected it because it’s outdated seems like a big error . Does the notice say rejection due to outdated form 

Yes that’s how I found out, I’ll try and resize a photo of the letter.  I have not received any other  notices yet

[theflyhigh 63]

1 minute ago, Tigerlily87 said:

Yeah the place wouldn’t let me do that unfortunately.  I had to send 4 separate ones

Remember to attach copy of your I-485 receipt when you send I-765 again. 

[Tigerlily87 40]

Just now, Geekosnap said:

Remember to attach copy of your I-485 receipt when you send I-765 again. 

I don’t have one yet

[theflyhigh 63]

Just now, Tigerlily87 said:

I don’t have one yet

Wait. So they rejected I-765 and you haven't received your NOA's yet for 485/130/131?

[Tigerlily87 40]

Just now, Geekosnap said:

Wait. So they rejected I-765 and you haven't received your NOA's yet for 485/130/131?

Correct 

[theflyhigh 63]

Just now, Tigerlily87 said:

Correct 

That's weird. I would recommend calling USCIS and get your receipt numbers. Ask them if you need to wait before you send I-765 again. Otherwise you have to pay 765 fees starting Oct 2nd.

 

Read: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-765instr-feerule.pdf; Page 28

 

[Tigerlily87 40]

3 minutes ago, Geekosnap said:

That's weird. I would recommend calling USCIS and get your receipt numbers. Ask them if you need to wait before you send I-765 again. Otherwise you have to pay 765 fees starting Oct 2nd.

 

Read: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-765instr-feerule.pdf; Page 28

 

I’ve been trying to talk to Emma and to get them and nothing. I’m going to try calling Monday because they’re closed until then

[theflyhigh 63]

9 minutes ago, Carolina G said:

No fee for him regardless when you send it. As long as your i485 was accepted before oct 2nd the i765 will be under the fee rule. You can see the details of the new rule 

True. But instruction says: "You must submit a copy of your Form I-797C Notice for Form I-485 as evidence you filed Form I-485 during that time period and paid the appropriate fee."

 

Read: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-765instr-feerule.pdf; Page 28

[Tigerlily87 40]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/d3p6fsvqqgm1pbj/Photo Sep 26%2C 4 19 11 PM.jpg?dl=0

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lv5wn9ddofuuchg/Photo Sep 26%2C 4 19 14 PM.jpg?dl=0

 

hopefully this Works, this is what I received

[Tigerlily87 40]

2 minutes ago, Carolina G said:

Yea def an error. That sucks just resubmit with i485 when you get. And reconfirm with uscis on rejection, you put category c9 right?

Yes I am pretty sure that I did I will have to check the form again. I will give them a call on Monday I’m just hoping that I don’t get everything back

[partyintheUSA 86]

1 minute ago, Tigerlily87 said:

Yes I am pretty sure that I did I will have to check the form again. I will give them a call on Monday I’m just hoping that I don’t get everything back

Oh no! Your timeline did look like there was an issue with the 765 which is why I asked the other day, but I thought it was form, not payment.

 

To be clear, you filed:

 

I-130, I-131, I-485, I-765, correct? And you said you had 4 cashiers checks? What were the amounts on each one? 

[Tigerlily87 40]

Just now, partyintheUSA said:

Oh no! Your timeline did look like there was an issue with the 765 which is why I asked the other day, but I thought it was form, not payment.

 

To be clear, you filed:

 

I-130, I-131, I-485, I-765, correct? And you said you had 4 cashiers checks? What were the amounts on each one? 

That’s right, and they were for $1000, $140, $85, $535.  I had initially had all of the fees written out on the paper that I gave to the cashier and she got confused and said she couldn’t take them back without a fee

[partyintheUSA 86]

3 minutes ago, Tigerlily87 said:

That’s right, and they were for $1000, $140, $85, $535.  I had initially had all of the fees written out on the paper that I gave to the cashier and she got confused and said she couldn’t take them back without a fee

Ok, I think that was the issue -- USCIS basically freaks out when the fees don't come in exactly as they're expecting (which would have been two total payments of $1225 for the 485 and $535 for the I-130). Even though it all adds up to the same thing, something about the way they process means if you have a fee they're not expecting in the packet, forms get rejected.

 

I searched and saw the same thing happened to people in the past -- someone included an unnecessary, additional $85 biometric fee and the form got rejected. Maybe someone saw the $85, assumed you filed something incomplete, and rejected. Or the 485 took longer to process because the payment was strange and wasn't in the system by the time they got to the 765 so they figured you didn't submit the fee.

 

The good news is the 765s that got rejected were mailed with 485s that were still accepted, so hopefully yours was too.