It’s common for USCIS to deny applications for green cards, marriage visas, other visas, and requests for adjustment of status. Your immigration application was rejected, and now your plans are on hold. Your next job, your marriage, or reuniting with family may depend on turning that denial into an approval. In the meantime, you’re in purgatory.
It may not yet be clear exactly why USCIS rejected your application, and the problem may be something very minor – almost trivial. But the good news is that the problem is usually fixable, and so the chances are good that you can get your application approved after all. It takes some troubleshooting by an experienced immigration attorney – one who will also take the time to get your reapplication just right.
I can help. As a bilingual (English and Spanish) immigration attorney in Boston, I help clients in many situations, with many different goals, from many different countries, obtain the immigration status they need. We can meet here in Boston or over Zoom. Contact my office today to discuss your reapplication, or read on to find out more.
Why was your application denied by USCIS?
Any immigration application can be denied, though denials of Form I-485 (for green cards) and Form I-129F (for marriage-based visas) are especially common. You may have sent in your application while already in the US, or from outside of the US, in what’s called consular processing.
The forms can be confusing. Often the problem was a fixable paperwork error, often based on your (or even your attorney’s) misunderstanding of its requirements. Other times the problem was a failure to meet a deadline or provide evidence (like of a relationship, or your income levels, or your current legal status).
Receiving a request for evidence (RFE) does NOT mean that your application has been denied. But if you received a request for evidence and did not provide exactly what the USCIS was looking for, then failure to provide the requested evidence is probably why your application was denied.
Even a notice of intent to deny (NOID) doesn’t necessarily mean your application will be rejected – yet. Receiving a NOID means your outlook isn’t good, but sometimes it’s an opportunity to provide the USCIS what it is looking for.
Whatever you do, don’t berate any immigration officials or resubmit your application without making changes. Those sorts of reactions will almost certainly cause another rejection, at your expense. Though it is possible to get an application approved even after multiple rejections, your chances of approval are significantly worse each time you reapply. You need to determine why USCIS denied your application once, so that you get a better outcome on a reapplication.
Get help from an experienced Boston immigration attorney
Have you gotten bad news on your application? That doesn’t need to be the end of your story. Contact my office today to discuss your reapplication and next steps.