N400 Rejection Notice

[goolies 10]

My N400 was sent back to me, with the attached rejection notice. The rejection notice says:

1. The payment amount is incorrect, or has not been provided.
2. You have filed your application more than 90 days before meeting the continuous residence requirement.

 

I'm confused because.

1. I submitted a G-1450 Credit Card payment form, with the correct amount ($380). I qualify for the fee reduction, and completed part 12 of the N400 in order to request it (hence why I filed be paper/mail). I attached my 2023 Tax Return as proof of income.

2. My GC 3 year anniversary is in early January, and I'm married to a USC spouse. The USCIS date checker suggests I am well within the 90 days of meeting the residency requirement.

 

Should I just draft a cover letter that makes it even clearer, and resubmit the same packet (after double checking everything of course)? This reminds me of the RFE I got for a birth certificate during i485/AOS. I had already submitted my birth certificate, and think the RFE was an administrative error. I just resubmitted the same birth document and had no other problems.

 

Edited November 13 by goolies
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[OldUser 6,624]

1) What was the filing date and when is your 3 year anniversary of bwing LPR exactly?

 

2) I highly recommend personal checks not credit cards if filing by mail. Too often credit card issuers mark transaction as fradulent when USCIS attempts to charge the card.

 

 

 

 

[NorthByNorthwest 348]

28 minutes ago, goolies said:

My N400 was sent back to me, with the attached rejection notice. The rejection notice says:

1. The payment amount is incorrect, or has not been provided.
2. You have filed your application more than 90 days before meeting the continuous residence requirement.

My GC 3 year anniversary is in early January, and I'm married to a USC spouse. The USCIS date checker suggests I am well within the 90 days of meeting the residency requirement.

 

I read it as USCIS questioning if you have lived at least 3 months in your current state which is a separate requirement from the GC anniversary - did you recently move?

[goolies 10]

Thanks both.

 

1) Filing date is 11/01/2024. My 3 year anniversary of being LPR is 01/09/2025. So the USCIS date checker says I'm safely in the 90 days (which would have started 10/13/2024.

 

2) I know there's a potential issue with credit card payments being refused. But this rejection seems unrelated.

 

I haven't moved at all since moving to the US.

[NorthByNorthwest 348]

16 minutes ago, goolies said:

Thanks both.

 

1) Filing date is 11/01/2024. My 3 year anniversary of being LPR is 01/09/2025. So the USCIS date checker says I'm safely in the 90 days (which would have started 10/13/2024.

 

2) I know there's a potential issue with credit card payments being refused. But this rejection seems unrelated.

 

I haven't moved at all since moving to the US.

 

Strange about the 90-day comment, I misread it and the comment does indeed refer to the basic continuous residence, not the 3 months in state/district so this should have been no issue unless you had long periods of travel outside the country.

 

For the fee reduction, did you include your spouse's tax return as well if you didn't file jointly?

Edited November 13 by NorthByNorthwest

[goolies 10]

We filed jointly so it was a joint tax return. And no extensive travel abroad in the past 3 years. I suspect it's not worth trying to contact uscis to ask for more information 😕 my suspicion is it's just a screw up. 

[Scandi 4,166]

It is very important to point things out like you're explaining it to a 5 year old. After getting one of my forms rejected, I used post-its on a few documents to explain things in simple, short ways to try to avoid any issues. I even printed out the document from USCIS' website that showed I was correct (highlighted the sentences that were of importance). 

[Nous Eb 125]

11 hours ago, Scandi said:

It is very important to point things out like you're explaining it to a 5 year old. After getting one of my forms rejected, I used post-its on a few documents to explain things in simple, short ways to try to avoid any issues. I even printed out the document from USCIS' website that showed I was correct (highlighted the sentences that were of importance). 

 

Haha you sound like my sister from another mister! That is exactly what I do in cases like this.

[igoyougoduke 1,656]

19 hours ago, goolies said:

My N400 was sent back to me, with the attached rejection notice. The rejection notice says:

1. The payment amount is incorrect, or has not been provided.
2. You have filed your application more than 90 days before meeting the continuous residence requirement.

 

I'm confused because.

1. I submitted a G-1450 Credit Card payment form, with the correct amount ($380). I qualify for the fee reduction, and completed part 12 of the N400 in order to request it (hence why I filed be paper/mail). I attached my 2023 Tax Return as proof of income.

2. My GC 3 year anniversary is in early January, and I'm married to a USC spouse. The USCIS date checker suggests I am well within the 90 days of meeting the residency requirement.

 

Should I just draft a cover letter that makes it even clearer, and resubmit the same packet (after double checking everything of course)? This reminds me of the RFE I got for a birth certificate during i485/AOS. I had already submitted my birth certificate, and think the RFE was an administrative error. I just resubmitted the same birth document and had no other problems.

 

i wont be surprised if the lockbox erroneously rejected for no reason. this happens more often than people think it happens 

Edited November 13 by igoyougoduke

[goolies 10]

Thanks for your replies guys. I re-submitted, and made my cover letter very clear with bolded statements explaining that I was eligible for the reduced fee, that I included my 2023 tax return as proof, details of how much the reduced fee amount is etc.

 

Hopefully it doesn't come back again!