2013 RFE Frenzy

[Eb2_Dec07]

my PD nov 2007, my case status changed to RFE issued today.

I check on trackitt and almost everyone who have pending 485 with PD around this time is getting RFE.

Literally anywhere from several hundreds to perhaps majority of applicants with PD aournd that time got RFE.

1. It could be a system glitch, in that case it should change to someother status soon.

2. They might have just decided to update EVL's or something of that sort as its very unlikely they just must have found something wrong with almost everyone's birth certificate etc.

3. I am yet to find someone who has PD around the period of Dec 2007 and hasn't had the RFE status online just change today

Indiani, my PD is EB2-I Dec 2007 , and I have not received any new RFE or seen a status change . My first RFE that came in March 2012 had been responded to and the status is RFE response review

[ontheedge]

Exactly one year ago, the same June month, same third week, most people from TSC got their LUD updated to 6/11/2012.

Oh boy...I hope its not an annual beginning of summer carnival for TSC...where they do a mass update, and sit back and enjoy the panic on the forums

[ontheedge]

Excellent infograph Spec! Somebody with an October 08 PD just reported receiving an RFE. The June 08 and Oct 08 guys seem to be the two outliers.

[Spectator]

This is the latest distribution of EB2 PD for 2007 or later that have received RFE today from the Trackitt thread.

Attachment 442

This replaces the earlier post (which I have deleted).

[pdmay2008]

I see one from Dec 08 receiving RFE in the spread sheet. What a deep mess we are in?.. People are feeling happy about getting RFEs, and tracking dates for them to predict something out of it.

[honesdirec]

Yours is the first ever where there is no RFE for dependent ( I suspect the dependent is under TSC, correct me if I am wrong ).

Hopefully if in fact its not a glitch we will find the RFE in mail within a week.

Both primary and dependent applications are at TSC.

[KKKKKK]

My PD is Mar 2008. My wife has received RFE but not for my application

[march272010]

My PD March 2010, got RFE on May end as my old employer revoked my 140 and new employer filed AC21..asking my entire Employment history along with wages and roles & responsibilities and New employment letter proving stating perm certification still exist.

[GCKnowHow]

let me repeat the question i asked before, does anyone know anyone who didn't have RFE mailed on june 14th at TSC?

No change in my status. Still in Acceptance.

[Oranguttan]

After months of no movement, for a priority date of August 2007 with the I 485 filed on Nov 17, 2011 with TSC, both of us got RFE email alerts today morning from USCIS.

[longwait100]

we dont need to count who got RFE ( as everyone has online status changed to RFE today at TSC ), we need to look for ATLEAST ONE who did not have online case status as RFE mailed on june 14th

I was not responding to your question.....just posting my case status on the forum.

BTW could this be a finger printing/photo RFE for everybody, where USCIS wants to get the latest photos/prints before approving the currently pre-adjudicated cases..Q, Spec, or Mat, what is your take on this?

[MATT2012]

I have never seen these many RFE generated in one day, so will wait until we figure out more. Moreover some individuals mentioned, L-2 officers were not able to confirm the issuance of RFE.

[indiani]

I have never seen these many RFE generated in one day, so will wait until we figure out more. Moreover some individuals mentioned, L-2 officers were not able to confirm the issuance of RFE.

I have raised the same suspicion of possible system glitch when i saw these many RFEs.

The way i understand about RFE is , once IO is reviewing a case, if they need additional information or if something is missing, they request "additional evidence" therefore the RFE.

Its very hard to imagine that several thousands of applications somehow got looked into on friday morning and RFE's issued or somehow they just realised that they need some evidence which they already don't have from almost literally several hundreds and possibly few thousand applicants.

Moreover once RFE'e issued they are not "pre-adjudicated" until they receive response. so they cannot be reflected in DD.

Unfortunately as this is a weekend, the mystery will only solve when either the actaul "RFe" is received in mail or else an announcement that its a system glitch ( the latter is more likely )

[jackbrown_890]

I m tsc applicant and no RFE for me but my wife status s showing RFE issued on 14th.
BTW my PD s sept. 09.

No change in my status. Still in Acceptance.

[indiani]

after looking at almost 95% of the people who got RFE status, it appears that they are the ones who in fact were supposed to be current in august,

so this is one of my theories:

internally they wanted to "pre-adjudicate" and remove the files from "cold storage" and keep them ready to be assigned for GC in aug ,somehow by mistake they all would have changed status to "RFE mailed"

so everyone who saw message today might never actually receive RFE and directly instead get GC in the 1st week of august.

Please note that this is one of the possibilities and I strongly advice everyone ( obviously ) to be looking for mail in their mailbox unless they are notified otherwise in email or online status changes to something else.

[qesehmk]

longwait - my take is that - it has been over 6 years for people with PD of 2007 now. So USCIS may want to make sure that applicants are in good standing from job offer stand point. They are within their right to issue RFEs. So people upto mid 2008 be prepared for RFEs.

Q, Spec, or Mat, what is your take on this?

[indiani]

Q,

if you look at the RFE's most of them are from applicants who have PD late 2007 and early 2008 and they have applied 1.5 years ago and moreover some of us (including me) have already send EVL as recent as 6 months ago.
so the EVL's aren't really several years ago and moreover many dependents also got same day

[qesehmk]

thx indiani. in that case these rfes indeed r strange. beats me.

Q,

if you look at the RFE's most of them are from applicants who have PD late 2007 and early 2008 and they have applied 1.5 years ago and moreover some of us (including me) have already send EVL as recent as 6 months ago.
so the EVL's aren't really several years ago and moreover many dependents also got same day

[longwait100]

I have never seen these many RFE generated in one day, so will wait until we figure out more. Moreover some individuals mentioned, L-2 officers were not able to confirm the issuance of RFE.

L2 not able to see the RFE in their system...hmm...sounds interesting...I guess things should become clear by Wed or so...

[indiasunil]

GOT RFE on 06/14. Waiting for mail from USCIS

(PD-Jan15th2008)

[sandyn16]

I got RFE on 14th. What I Found interesting is my case is eb3 India aug 2003

My wife has 140 approved eb2 July 2006

We are waiting for her date To be current to inter file.

Somehow I thought uscis wouldn't count this until we inter file

[indiani]

One of the possibilities for the RFE ( apart from being a technical glitch ) is FP.
There isn't any other reason which will be common across so many applicants.

on Monday I will try to talk to L2 and I hope others will try to talk to L2 too.

so far applicants who got RFE on 14th and spoke to L2 were told that there was no RFE.

Murthy has article saying feb 2013 is best case scenario again

Ohio law firm on 15th wrote an article saying august 2013 is a possibility ( they said unconfirmed reports ) - their estimate or news is much different from fragomen and murthy both of whom in fact directly communicated with CO

[longwait100]

In my opinion, hundreds or even thousands cannot get an RFE on the same day for EVL or BC or legal status or medicals.

I have narrowed it down to either a system glitch or an updated FP/photo RFE....will know for sure next week.

[indiani]

In my opinion, hundreds or even thousands cannot get an RFE on the same day for EVL or BC or legal status or medicals.

I have narrowed it down to either a system glitch or an updated FP/photo RFE....will know for sure next week.

I feel the exactly same thing and you are very articulate in expressing.

Moreover on monday lets try talking to L2 and get more clarity on this.

Even if the RFE's are in fact true and not glitch, almost certainly all of them must have similar requirements like the ones you mentioned.

[honesdirec]

I feel the exactly same thing and you are very articulate in expressing.

Moreover on monday lets try talking to L2 and get more clarity on this.

Even if the RFE's are in fact true and not glitch, almost certainly all of them must have similar requirements like the ones you mentioned.

I think RFE's are because of new FP notices. It seems it has also happened in the past. System probably generated new FP notices for everyone who is expected to be current in the next 2 bulletins and sent an RFE email out.

This link was posted in trackitt.
http://www.trackitt.com/usa-discussi...-months/page/3

In my case I got RFE only for the primary applicant. Not sure why that is the case. Do your dependents 485 receipt show the actual priority date. In my base it is showing the notice date. I had enquired about it and my attorney told me that was how it would be for the dependents. Can you please check your dependents 485 receipts and let me know if thats how its in yours all well. Thanks.