Legal Question in Immigration Law in California

I received denial letter of I-485 and have an option to motion the case to reopen/reconsider. The amount of fee on uscis.gov website says that I need to pay $630 for the fee but on the letter it says "A motion to reopen must be filed with appropriate fee of $110.00, and may be accompanied by a brief." Which one is the correct one?

The reason my case is denied because I didn't provide the co-sponsor. The story is that my sponsor did support, we did our process together at the same time but my mom got it first. Then one year later(during that time I did biometric, blood test, medical test, etc.), I received the letter saying that my sponsor couldn't support me because of not having enough income. So they requested to provide a co-sponsor, but since he did sponsor my mom without any problem(our household size is still the same, including his income), so we still submitted him as my sponsor on I-485 form. Then one month later(which is 5 days ago), I got a denial letter and asked me to provide them I-290B in order to reopen my case with in 30 days. So, do I need attorney to do my I-290B? What if i don't get one and do by myself, will the chance of the success high enough to risk on it? And if my I-290B is failed, can I possible re-apply my process at the beginning?


Asked on 2/04/14, 2:52 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Marlene Hemmings Marlene Hemmings, Attorney at Law

I would highly recommend seeking legal representation with this one!

You should have obtained a new co-sponsor for your case in the first place, and you are going to need to find a new one now, if you plan on filing a MTR.

The MTR filing fee is currently $630 (see: www.uscis.gov & click on the "forms" link, then scroll down to "I-290B"). They must have sent you an old form, because the filing fee went up a long time ago.

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Answered on 2/04/14, 10:37 am


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