prior i130 I-130 online question about prior petitions exact dates

[Adil_Nola 2]

So they're asking about the exact date MM/DD/YYYY a prior petition was filed. I filed one back in 2005, no clue what month or day.. I also filed 2 for my parents back in 2013, same story. Father passed. 

Will this hurt my application? Especially when they throw this statement towards the end of the application:

"We encourage you to provide as many responses as you can throughout the application, to the best of your knowledge. Missing information can slow down the review process after you submit your application."

 

Last thing i want is a RFE for an exact date.. Please advise. TIA.

 

 

[Crazy Cat 41,898]

If the exact date is unknown, an estimate is acceptable.  

[etrangais 947]

Agree with "Crazy Cat"

I  didn't have the exact date, and our petition was approved with no issues

[JeanneAdil 6,514]

you should be able to remember year and month

 

and when u file this one,  keep copies of all (petition and documents)  u send to USCIS ,  the no guessing when u get to the next step

Edited February 3, 2022 by JeanneAdil

[powerpuff 6,712]

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[pushbrk 12,898]

7 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

you should be able to remember year and month

 

and when u file this one,  keep copies of all (petition and documents)  u send to USCIS ,  the no guessing when u get to the next step

Yes, my advice in such situations is to start by remembering the season.  If that doesn't tell you the month, then pick the 1st day of the middle month of the correct season.  Did you not keep copies of receipt notices for these petition?  If you did, the dates are on those notices.

[Adil_Nola 2]

@pushbrk well noted, and lesson learned. Unfortunately I didn't keep paper trail, it's been so long, and having had that mindset of this is the last time I'd go through the immigration roller coaster. Wrong!  

[Adil_Nola 2]

@pushbrk @JeanneAdil UPDATE! 

I was able to locate I-797 for my parents petition. So for the question  "when was the petition filed", do I put the Priority Date or the Receipt Date? 

TIA

[pushbrk 12,898]

2 minutes ago, Adil_Nola said:

@pushbrk @JeanneAdil UPDATE! 

I was able to locate I-797 for my parents petition. So for the question  "when was the petition filed", do I put the Priority Date or the Receipt Date? 

TIA

Aren't those dates the same?  If not, choose the receipt date.

 

[JeanneAdil 6,514]

16 hours ago, pushbrk said:

Aren't those dates the same?  If not, choose the receipt date.

 

He knows