Roger

I sent my N400 application 4 days earlier to Nebraska Service Center
than the 4 year and 9 month continuous residense eligibility date. A
few days later my application was returned to me. However, the check
was not returned to me and INS already cashed my check for application
fee.

Does anybody know if it is possible (and how) to ask INS to refund
that application fee back to me? Or if I resend the application,
should I enclose a new check for application fee (thus paying my
application fee twice)?

Thanks a lot in advance.

Roger

Ingo Pakleppa

You can't get a refund. Applications that are denied cost the same fee as
applications that are approved. Yours was just denied very quickly (and
you are lucky they caught it! In most cases, your application would have
wound its way through the system and be denied at the interview years
later!)

On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:36:38 +0000, Roger wrote:

    > I sent my N400 application 4 days earlier to Nebraska Service Center
    > than the 4 year and 9 month continuous residense eligibility date. A
    > few days later my application was returned to me. However, the check
    > was not returned to me and INS already cashed my check for application
    > fee.
    >
    > Does anybody know if it is possible (and how) to ask INS to refund
    > that application fee back to me? Or if I resend the application,
    > should I enclose a new check for application fee (thus paying my
    > application fee twice)?
    >
    > Thanks a lot in advance.
    >
    > Roger

Jeff

What did the letter say when they sent the application back? If it wasn't
an official denial, and was fee receipted, i.e.. you were given a NSC
number, do what the letter stated and send the application back. If the
application was returned with no letter and no money, get a copy of the
front and back of the cashed check and send it back to the Northern Service
Center with a letter explaining the situation. Make copies of everything.

"Roger" wrote in message
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    > I sent my N400 application 4 days earlier to Nebraska Service Center
    > than the 4 year and 9 month continuous residense eligibility date. A
    > few days later my application was returned to me. However, the check
    > was not returned to me and INS already cashed my check for application
    > fee.
    > Does anybody know if it is possible (and how) to ask INS to refund
    > that application fee back to me? Or if I resend the application,
    > should I enclose a new check for application fee (thus paying my
    > application fee twice)?
    > Thanks a lot in advance.
    > Roger