Hi,
I am a US citizen and I filed a petition for green card for my father November 2012. During the months after the initial application, I received multiple correspondences for additional forms and fees. They were all responded to promptly. The last fee and form submitted was October 2013. I haven't heard anything since so I thought it is just a waiting period. I received an email a couple days ago stating that they are going to terminate the case because I haven't been in contact for over a year. However, I will have to repay some of the fees (almost $600) which has increased since before the case can be reinstated. I have not received anything since October so I wouldn't have known what was the next step. I feel like I shouldn't have to repay the fees since it wasn't my fault that a year has gone by and there wasn't any contact. Has this happened to anyone else? Is there a way to dispute the fees?
Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Wendy
I am a US citizen and I filed a petition for green card for my father November 2012. During the months after the initial application, I received multiple correspondences for additional forms and fees. They were all responded to promptly. The last fee and form submitted was October 2013. I haven't heard anything since so I thought it is just a waiting period. I received an email a couple days ago stating that they are going to terminate the case because I haven't been in contact for over a year. However, I will have to repay some of the fees (almost $600) which has increased since before the case can be reinstated. I have not received anything since October so I wouldn't have known what was the next step. I feel like I shouldn't have to repay the fees since it wasn't my fault that a year has gone by and there wasn't any contact. Has this happened to anyone else? Is there a way to dispute the fees?
Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Wendy