I-485 rejected - have no idea why? Human error?

[fezthefez 18]

Really REALLY frustrated that we've had our I-485 sent back. Quite confused because they're asking for an I-130 or something similar it seems, but isn't this not required for a K-1 AOS? What on earth is going on here?

 

 

[Ayrton 965]

7 minutes ago, fezthefez said:

Really REALLY frustrated that we've had our I-485 sent back. Quite confused because they're asking for an I-130 or something similar it seems, but isn't this not required for a K-1 AOS? What on earth is going on here?

 

 

Letter of rejection are most of the time generic.

 

What did you answer for the AOS category? (a) or (c)?

Did you send your NOA2 from the K1 application?

What fee did you send? $1225?

Did you sign all the forms?

Edited November 5, 2020 by Ayrton

[Crazy Cat 42,032]

If you married within 90 days of arrival via a K-1, the I-130 is not required.  Please be more specific about what they are asking for.

[fezthefez 18]

8 minutes ago, Ayrton said:

Letter of rejection are most of the time generic.

 

What did you answer for the AOS category? (a) or (c)?

Did you send your NOA2 from the K1 application?

What fee did you send? $1225?

Did you sign all the forms?

Pretty sure that falls into this category as the reason for rejection was "priority date could not established."

 

1. We answered C09 for the AOS.... I think? What number is this again? Sorry just going through this paperwork again.

2. Yes that's the I-797 right? That was attached in the packet. Does this need to be directly attached to the I-485?

3. Yes sent a credit card form for $1225 which they notified was destroyed

4. Yes all forms were signed

 

And we also sent a table of contents.....

[payxibka 10,047]

3 minutes ago, fezthefez said:

Pretty sure that falls into this category as the reason for rejection was "priority date could not established."

 

1. We answered C09 for the AOS.... I think? What number is this again? Sorry just going through this paperwork again.

2. Yes that's the I-797 right? That was attached in the packet. Does this need to be directly attached to the I-485?

3. Yes sent a credit card form for $1225 which they notified was destroyed

4. Yes all forms were signed

 

And we also sent a table of contents.....

C(09) is the EAD classification,  

 

On Part 2 . Did you tick 2c. ?

[Ayrton 965]

7 minutes ago, fezthefez said:

Pretty sure that falls into this category as the reason for rejection was "priority date could not established."

 

1. We answered C09 for the AOS.... I think? What number is this again? Sorry just going through this paperwork again.

2. Yes that's the I-797 right? That was attached in the packet. Does this need to be directly attached to the I-485?

3. Yes sent a credit card form for $1225 which they notified was destroyed

4. Yes all forms were signed

 

And we also sent a table of contents.....

 

The priority date sentence is not the reason for your rejection, it's the consequence of your rejection.

 

Yes, the NOA2 is a supporting document for the 485, so it should be with it.

 

The credit card could've been the reason too. Sometimes the bank rejects because of the amount.

[Pinkrlion 2,724]

How long between getting married under K-1 and filing for AOS?

[fezthefez 18]

19 hours ago, Pinkrlion said:

How long between getting married under K-1 and filing for AOS?

About two months? Is this too long or something?

[igoyougoduke 1,674]

23 hours ago, fezthefez said:

Pretty sure that falls into this category as the reason for rejection was "priority date could not established."

 

1. We answered C09 for the AOS.... I think? What number is this again? Sorry just going through this paperwork again.

2. Yes that's the I-797 right? That was attached in the packet. Does this need to be directly attached to the I-485?

3. Yes sent a credit card form for $1225 which they notified was destroyed

4. Yes all forms were signed

 

And we also sent a table of contents.....

ok post the RFE than people might have clarity to respond. your app might have million ways or rejection and one of them could be the lockbox guy just was lazy.  Always remove any identification info from the RFE before posting here .

 

 

Edited November 6, 2020 by James120383

[Villanelle 4,122]

In this case posting the RFE would not help. RFEs are generic and the info the OP provided saying 'priority date can not be established' and asking for the 130 means something was filled out incorrectly OR the mailroom worker incorrectly rejected it. It is rare that things get rejected incorrectly because when something is rejected several people have to sign off on it confirming its to be rejected.

 

OP- please check the example forms- https://www.visajourney.com/examples/INS-Form-I-485.pdf  Most likely the error is as already posted by @payxibka page 3 (2c). 

[fezthefez 18]

Annnnnnd you guys are right, we checked the wrong box for page 3 # 2c. Man that is dumb. Thank you for your help.

 

Next question: should we replace this page with corrected info and re-submit everything as is, or totally re-do the I-485 as if we were submitting now for the first time? I would of course like to avoid the increased fee if possible.

[JonSeattle 202]

5 hours ago, fezthefez said:

I would of course like to avoid the increased fee if possible.

The increase in fee has been blocked by a recent court case. 

 

But don't wait too long because the injunction could be lifted also: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2020/09/30/judge-blocks-uscis-fee-increases-heres-why-it-happened/?sh=47a65692583a

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,096]

And some set of fee increases will likely be happening regardless of who's in charge; the new fee structure had a lot of changes that we (as mostly marriage-based applicants) didn't like, but USCIS's revenue shortfall isn't going to magically go away.