Mistake on I-310, more than just a typo

[cicgio 4]

Hi, my wife filed a fiancé visa petition for me before we got married 5 years ago but then we decided we wanted to live in Germany. We filed I-130 earlier this year, and wrote that there had been a previous fiancé visa petition and that it had been withdrawn.

Looking through emails recently we figured out by accident that she had written USCIS to withdraw the I-129f but they replied that the case was at the NVC. She then wrote the NVC that replied that it had been forwarded to the embassy. At that point we just abandoned it.

 

So the problem is we genuinely forgot that there had been this back and forth. It's a very stupid mistake, but it was all shortly before the wedding which was a busy time and it somehow didn't register in our brains. The I-129f had been approved, and not withdrawn like we thought. I'm not sure whether we should try to amend the I-130 by uploading an explanatory letter in unsolicited evidence, including the emails to USCIS and the NVC and their answer, or just wait it out and explain the situation if they ask? Has anyone made a somewhat similar mistake on I-130, that is more than just a typo?

Edited August 24, 2022 by cicgio

[arken 4,197]

I don't see an issue at all. During the DS260 process, make sure the form is filled out correctly. 

[Family 3,988]

It will have zero impact so relax. …but do slow down a bit at the next stage because if you read the Title of Your Post…hubby and you are a match made in heaven or prone to typos anyway.

[Crazy Cat 41,836]

45 minutes ago, cicgio said:

Hi, my wife filed a fiancé visa petition for me before we got married 5 years ago but then we decided we wanted to live in Germany. We filed I-130 earlier this year, and wrote that there had been a previous fiancé visa petition and that it had been withdrawn.

Looking through emails recently we figured out by accident that she had written USCIS to withdraw the I-129f but they replied that the case was at the NVC. She then wrote the NVC that replied that it had been forwarded to the embassy. At that point we just abandoned it.

 

So the problem is we genuinely forgot that there had been this back and forth. It's a very stupid mistake, but it was all shortly before the wedding which was a busy time and it somehow didn't register in our brains. The I-129f had been approved, and not withdrawn like we thought. I'm not sure whether we should try to amend the I-130 by uploading an explanatory letter in unsolicited evidence, including the emails to USCIS and the NVC and their answer, or just wait it out and explain the situation if they ask? Has anyone made a somewhat similar mistake on I-130, that is more than just a typo?

There is no I-129f.  Once you married, it was voided and/or expired.  Like @arken and @Family, I don't see any issue with the previous I-129f.  Good luck on this journey. 

Edited August 24, 2022 by Crazy Cat

[cicgio 4]

Not sure I was clear enough in the first post, there is a place on the I-130 form where they ask if there was a previous petition and what the result was (approved, denied, withdrawn). We put in withdrawn, when in fact it had been approved. But I understand from your answers that this type of detail isn't as important as I thought. Thank you!

Edited August 24, 2022 by cicgio

[Crazy Cat 41,836]

34 minutes ago, cicgio said:

Not sure I was clear enough in the first post, there is a place on the I-130 form where they ask if there was a previous petition and what the result was (approved, denied, withdrawn). We put in withdrawn, when in fact it had been approved. But I understand from your answers that this type of detail isn't as important as I thought. Thank you!

An I-129f can be withdrawn even AFTER approval.   It was also automatically voided.  Let it go.

Edited August 24, 2022 by Crazy Cat

[pushbrk 12,876]

49 minutes ago, cicgio said:

Not sure I was clear enough in the first post, there is a place on the I-130 form where they ask if there was a previous petition and what the result was (approved, denied, withdrawn). We put in withdrawn, when in fact it had been approved. But I understand from your answers that this type of detail isn't as important as I thought. Thank you!

You were clear.  Now accept this is a non-issue and fugetaboutit