Help - Filled both Questions 61 and 62 on I-130 form.

[Dayber 0]

Hi.

My Uncle is a naturalized US Citizen, he filed the 1-130 for his spouse who resides the Dominican Republic. 

Yesterday he asked me to please see if there was an update. His status is "Case Is Actively Being Reviewed." 

 

I wandered around a bit and saw the copy of hi i-130 form, and i noticed that he filled out both question 61 and 62. Both with the location where he lives in the United States.

His wife does not nor has ever lived in the US, i figured he should have only filled the Question 62 do she can work with the Embassy in the DR. 

 

I called the USCIS center, a lady told me to write a letter and sent it to the office working on his case, in Potomac. Im currently working on that.

 

My question is, is this the correct course of action, is there hope for this mistake to be fixed in time so i can avoid having to file a different form and add a lot more time. 

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Thanks. 

[powerpuff 6,697]

That’s all you can do but the chances of success are low. This is a very common mistake we see here. It is very likely your uncle will have to file I-824 and pay the fee after the I-130 approval which will likely add another year to the process. 

[pushbrk 12,883]

7 hours ago, powerpuff said:

That’s all you can do but the chances of success are low. This is a very common mistake we see here. It is very likely your uncle will have to file I-824 and pay the fee after the I-130 approval which will likely add another year to the process. 

Unfortunately true.  This is why it's so important to study instructions,, then read questions carefully, interpret literally, and answer accurately.  That action would have prevented this problem.  With USCIS, prevention is infinitely more important than correction.