Bar code questions on i864

[olabode]

hi,
while printing out my form i864 in the library i discovered some BAR CODES appeared while using the libraries system and printers for corrections. I and my wife had earlier downloaded all form 485, 325a,i864,i130,i765,693 and g1143 from USCIS respectively(but no barcodes), filled and signed, ready to submit WITHOUT ANY BARCODES on any of the forms. but i discovered that on i864 the space for the barcodes are blank.

1.. Please if we submit without the bar codes visibly showing on the forms, are our forms going to be rejected?
2... Is it right to send without bar code visibly showing on the form?
3... Should i start all over again to download, fill and sign all forms again?

[rayb]

Olabode,

It hasn't been reported anywhere that I have seen that absence of the I-864 barcodes will cause a rejection of the forms. USCIS probably spent a great deal of contract money to have those barcodes programmed into the forms without taking into account the variety of fill-in methods being used: by hand, by MAC, by PC, etc. I work on a lot of the I-864 forms and find the barcodes disappearing when I make changes, so I have to save, go out, then return to the form to get the barcodes to appear again.

I doubt that your forms will be rejected without the barcodes, but I would still advise that you redo the forms to get the barcodes to appear.

--Ray B

hi,
while printing out my form i864 in the library i discovered some BAR CODES appeared while using the libraries system and printers for corrections. I and my wife had earlier downloaded all form 485, 325a,i864,i130,i765,693 and g1143 from USCIS respectively(but no barcodes), filled and signed, ready to submit WITHOUT ANY BARCODES on any of the forms. but i discovered that on i864 the space for the barcodes are blank.

1.. Please if we submit without the bar codes visibly showing on the forms, are our forms going to be rejected?
2... Is it right to send without bar code visibly showing on the form?
3... Should i start all over again to download, fill and sign all forms again?

[arepasconqueso]

Bar code bizaroo

hi,
while printing out my form i864 in the library i discovered some BAR CODES appeared while using the libraries system and printers for corrections. I and my wife had earlier downloaded all form 485, 325a,i864,i130,i765,693 and g1143 from USCIS respectively(but no barcodes), filled and signed, ready to submit WITHOUT ANY BARCODES on any of the forms. but i discovered that on i864 the space for the barcodes are blank.

1.. Please if we submit without the bar codes visibly showing on the forms, are our forms going to be rejected?
2... Is it right to send without bar code visibly showing on the form?
3... Should i start all over again to download, fill and sign all forms again?

Frustrating right!? We experienced exactly the same thing. I have read and re-read all of the USCIS instruction manuals for all of our forms and they keep mentioning the bar code that will change as you enter information. I found that the way that worked best for me was to download the documents from the USCIS website and then save them to my desktop (or any folder for that matter) and then re-open them with Adobe Acrobat. As soon as I did that I was able to access the unique and updating bar code.

Keep up the good work!

J