Clarify use of I-824

[waitingforher 0]

I wanted to say, this is an awesome website, I wish I had found it before starting my journey, but never the less, it helps me trudge through the uncertainty of "am I doing this right?"

I actually wanted some clarification of this I-824 form I have seen a few people post about but have not found an answer anywhere on this site. What is it for? Who needs to file it? The USCIS website say's it is used for duplicating an approval notice to be sent to a US consulate. Why would this need to be done when there is an original already in place?

Thanks in advance.

[YuAndDan 153]

The I-824 is used to replace a lost Second Notice of action. To adjust status, and lift conditions a copy of the NOA2 is needed. If a person looses this document then they need to order a replacement one. FEE $200, so guard the NOA2 carefully.

This form will be used to request a duplicate approval notice, to request approval notice to another U.S. Consulate; and to request notice to a U.S. Consulate for derivative visas to family members.

I-824

Gets a replacement to this form:

Edited December 11, 2006 by YuAndDan

[riblet 0]

USCIS has implemented a new policy in which they presume that people who have filed both I129F for K3 and I130 for IR/CR1 are actually going to Adjust Status in the U.S. So they don't forward the approved I130 to the NVC at all. We still aren't sure if this is only if you have an approved I129F already, or if you have filed one at all. It's still very new. I started a tracking thread in the I130 forum to try to find out if we can see a pattern.

Basically, if you actually do want to pursue the IR/CR1 visa rather than adjust status, and they are holding your approved I130 petition, you file the I824 to ask them to forward it to the NVC to continue processing. (and pay an extra $200!)

Hope this helps.

[MissStacey 1]

We filed one. We had filed our 1-130 in the US, and it was approved. I am now in Canada, I came to visit when I shouldn't have left the US. I was denied re-entry to the US. We filed the I 824 so that my case will be forwarded to a US Consulate in Canada. I am still learning about it too, I just know why we used it in our case.

Edited December 11, 2006 by Stacey33

[waitingforher 0]

Thank you both