The FY2014 RFE Thread

[qesehmk]

Sorry my mistake in typing. The expiration does say August 2024. I have received the welcome notice earlier too which has all the information correct. Does anyone has experience in how long I-90 form processing is taking these days?

I want to send documents to my parents for their visa stamping. Is it okay to send a copy of this Green Card or should I wait for the GC replacement to arrive? I have my H1B papers but was hoping to send GC copy in the hope that it will assist in the approval of their visitor visa.

Yes. I think it is still a good idea to request correction.

On Parent Visa - I think it wouldn't hurt for them to have a copy but I don't really think it's necessary.

[hulimari]

Hi All,
Just received an email saying my case has been transferred to local office for further processing for both me and my wife. Mine is 2009 feb TSC case. I am trying to find the earlier posts on this topic but can't find it. Can someone please point me to it? Below if the text of the email

"On September 12, 2014, we transferred this case to your USCIS local field office for additional processing. You will be notified by mail when a decision is made, or if the office needs something from you. If you move while this case is pending, please use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address or call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.


During this step, USCIS initiates the background checks of the applicant/petitioner and identifies issues that may need to be addressed either during an interview or by asking the applicant/petitioner to submit additional information or documentation. USCIS reviews the applicant's/petitioner's criminal history, determines if there are national security concerns that need to be addressed, and reviews the application/petition for fraud indicators."

[srisaikrupa]

for all the guru's out here, i have a question, i have recently got my green card.
On my card as well as my spouse's card the category is printed as E27.
How ever when i researched i was told that it should be actually E26 for me & E27 for my spouse.
The paralegal in my attorney's office said that should be ok, which i am not ready to believe & take a chance.

so my question to you guys is, is it really ok?
Did any of you guys come across this kind of issue?
what should i do next?

Please provide some insights into this situation.

[dorais]

When I talked with L2 yesterday, I also found that my case is being transferred to local office on 09/04. I have not received any status update emails/text. I am not sure if the address change triggered this interview/case transfer.

1. Would the case be again transferred to TSC from the local office after interview for visa allocation/adjudication?
2. Does anyone have any inputs on what would be asked during interview? I work on E-V-C model and not sure if there would be any additional questions. I have this in my job description "Travel to various unanticipated locations for different short and long-term assignments."

I have taken an infopass with the local office next week to follow up.

PD 04/14/2009
RD 02/02/2012
RFER 07/14/14
Address change : 07/25/14
Moved from east coast to Chicago

Hi All,
Just received an email saying my case has been transferred to local office for further processing for both me and my wife. Mine is 2009 feb TSC case. I am trying to find the earlier posts on this topic but can't find it. Can someone please point me to it? Below if the text of the email

"On September 12, 2014, we transferred this case to your USCIS local field office for additional processing. You will be notified by mail when a decision is made, or if the office needs something from you. If you move while this case is pending, please use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address or call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.


During this step, USCIS initiates the background checks of the applicant/petitioner and identifies issues that may need to be addressed either during an interview or by asking the applicant/petitioner to submit additional information or documentation. USCIS reviews the applicant's/petitioner's criminal history, determines if there are national security concerns that need to be addressed, and reviews the application/petition for fraud indicators."

[vizcard]

for all the guru's out here, i have a question, i have recently got my green card.
On my card as well as my spouse's card the category is printed as E27.
How ever when i researched i was told that it should be actually E26 for me & E27 for my spouse.
The paralegal in my attorney's office said that should be ok, which i am not ready to believe & take a chance.

so my question to you guys is, is it really ok?
Did any of you guys come across this kind of issue?
what should i do next?

Please provide some insights into this situation.

I would get it changed. Who knows what issues it will cause during naturalization. Call the 800 number and ask them.

[hulimari]

Dorais,
Our cases see similar - I had an address change too In July this year. My employer had such a case earlier and looks like they just want to make sure you're still employed with the same company and will verify pay stubs and such. Good luck to you! Please update after your info pass. I have an appt next week too and will follow up .

Gurus/members, do you think We have missed getting greened this year?

When I talked with L2 yesterday, I also found that my case is being transferred to local office on 09/04. I have not received any status update emails/text. I am not sure if the address change triggered this interview/case transfer.

1. Would the case be again transferred to TSC from the local office after interview for visa allocation/adjudication?
2. Does anyone have any inputs on what would be asked during interview? I work on E-V-C model and not sure if there would be any additional questions. I have this in my job description "Travel to various unanticipated locations for different short and long-term assignments."

I have taken an infopass with the local office next week to follow up.

PD 04/14/2009
RD 02/02/2012
RFER 07/14/14
Address change : 07/25/14
Moved from east coast to Chicago

[vizcard]

Dorais,
Our cases see similar - I had an address change too In July this year. My employer had such a case earlier and looks like they just want to make sure you're still employed with the same company and will verify pay stubs and such. Good luck to you! Please update after your info pass. I have an appt next week too and will follow up .

Gurus/members, do you think We have missed getting greened this year?

Not yet. Remember your dates are still current in Oct. So assuming you get your interviews done by then, I think you should be through. I don't want to raise your hopes but for all you know, they may have requested a visa for you already and its just a matter of clicking a button in the system.

[hulimari]

Thanks Vizcard

Not yet. Remember your dates are still current in Oct. So assuming you get your interviews done by then, I think you should be through. I don't want to raise your hopes but for all you know, they may have requested a visa for you already and its just a matter of clicking a button in the system.

[dorais]

Hulimari - I am not sure what happened, I got CPO email/text couple of hours ago.

I am planning on calling and checking with L2 tomorrow. Did not want to jinx anything by calling today!

Dorais,
Our cases see similar - I had an address change too In July this year. My employer had such a case earlier and looks like they just want to make sure you're still employed with the same company and will verify pay stubs and such. Good luck to you! Please update after your info pass. I have an appt next week too and will follow up .

Gurus/members, do you think We have missed getting greened this year?

[hulimari]

Congratulations, happy for you! My guess is that the local office processed and sent the files back.. i was looking around and have seen local office processing happen in 10 days.

Man, u moved from a cold to super cold place :-) we moved from CT to NC last year for the sake of better weather.

All the best for you and enjoy your greened life!

Hulimari - I am not sure what happened, I got CPO email/text couple of hours ago.

I am planning on calling and checking with L2 tomorrow. Did not want to jinx anything by calling today!

[krookbond]

Friends,
I received RFE email today. Not sure if this means a visa number was reserved for me but I don't see reason for sending RFE this late in game and ask for it next year again.

PD: 06/2008
RD: 02/2012

[krookbond]

Hi sportsfan33,

I have everything ready as I was planning to send them anyways without RFE. Luckily I got the RFE. People who already submitted RFE before Sep 10 may have visa number assigned to them. I am not sure if they had assigned me a visa number before sending RFE. Again everything is possible as you mentioned

[reachkash]

Hi,

I have received my CARD, what else we are supposed to receive from USCIS? several posts says "welcome letter", "approval notice". Should I expect I-797 approval notice?

Thanks,

[vizcard]

Hi,

I have received my CARD, what else we are supposed to receive from USCIS? several posts says "welcome letter", "approval notice". Should I expect I-797 approval notice?

Thanks,

you should get an approval notice.

[GCHopes]

Thanks "ravn from blah" for the detailed information. After about 4 attempts i ended up getting the fax lol!! i literally had to call them every single day asking for an update and they kept saying they are sending one now!! Just amazing!

And i filed for the RFE through the lawyer with your detailed list below. It was very helpful. Hope i'm not too late since they issued an immediate termination around 11th Sep. I'm seeing a few cases being greened though, so am hopeful!

I am talking to the local congressman as well, to see if they can help push it along but they said the can't do much for at least 30 days since i just filed this week and have RFE received date at USCIS for 23rd Sep.

Did you contact the Ombudsman and a Congressman?
Did you discuss legal options, such as filing a suit against USCIS, with your attorney?

The RFE asks for "continuous employment authorization". You should submit copies of current EAD and all past EADs that you received.

I submitted the following documents

• Letter explaining that AC 21 can be applied in my case. The letter has the past and current descriptions. In my case the roles and responsibilities are quite different but broadly similar. Make sure that at least 1/3rd of the descriptions overlap.

• Letter from my current employer (with the details requested in the RFE letter below)

• Copies of EADs, current and all past

• Most recent I-94 from https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/request.html

• Any H-1B renewal notices - none in my case

• Sealed I-693 from a Designated Civil Surgeon

Content of the RFE letter is below
Your Employment-Based (EB) Form 1-485 adjustment application remains pending at this office.
USCIS policy requires a determination of continued eligibility on previously pre-adjudicated EB
adjustment applications. See Chapter 23.5 (f)(4) of the Adjudicator' s Field Manual (AFM).
Continued eligibility means the Principal Applicant has a valid offer of employment from the time the
priority date is established until the issuance of an immigrant visa in any EB visa category requiring a
job offer. Please submit the following to show your continued eligibility:

Submit a currently dated letter from your petitioning (Form 1-140) employer, verifying your
employment with them and whether their job offer continues to exist. The new job offer letter must
describe your current position and duties, the job title and duties of the offered position (if different
from your current one), the date you began employment and the salary or wage paid. This letter
should be on company letterhead and signed, in the original, by a person authorized to make or
confirm an offer of permanent employment.

Important: if you are no longer working for your original Form 1-140 petitioner, submit a written
explanation for the change. You may also submit evidence to show you remain eligible to adjust
through visa portability under section 2040) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). INA
2040) job portability applies if your Form 1-485 has been pending for more than 180 days AND your
new intended permanent employment is the same as, or similar to, the original Form 1-140 position.
To seek portability, you must submit a currently dated letter from your NEW employer, verifying your
employment with them and describing the offered position. As above, this letter must describe your
current job title and duties, the position offered (if different from your current one), the date you began
employment and the offered salary or wage. The letter should be on company letterhead and signed in
the original as described above.

Please submit proof of your continuous employment authorization in the U.S. from the date you filed
your Form 1-485 to the present. Such evidence may include copies of:

• Employment Authorization Documents (EADs, Forms 1-688 or 1-766) granted to you by USCIS
• Form 1-797 approval notices, showing you were granted status in an employment-authorized nonimmigrant status, or
• Copies of Form 1-94 Arrival/Departure Records showing you were admitted to the U.S. in an
employment-authorized nonimmigrant status.

Form 1-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, is normally valid for a period of
one year from the date it is signed by a designated civil surgeon. Current USCIS policy provides that,
in certain cases, a Form 1-693 that exceeds this validity period is acceptable. This policy, however,
will expire on May 31,2014. See USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 8, Part B, Chapter 4(C)(4).

The Form 1-693 that you submitted in support of your Form 1-485, Application to Register Permanent
Residence or Adjust Status, is no longer valid or is about to exceed its validity period. Please submit
a new Form 1-693 completed by a designated civil surgeon to this office together with a copy of this
notice. Including a copy of this notice with your Form 1-693 will facilitate matching the medical
report with your file. A list of designated civil surgeons can be obtained by calling the USCIS
National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283, or via the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov .

This office will not be able to take further action on your case until all required documentation has
been received, including a new medical report, and a visa number has become available to you, as
determined by the U.S. Department of State. USCIS periodically reviews pending adjustment
applications in anticipation of visa numbers becoming available and to address medicals, security
checks or other required items subject to expiration.

IMPORTANT: This request is being made to establish your continued eligibility and in anticipation
of an immigrant visa. However, a final decision may not be made until an immigrant visa becomes
available to you. The monthly Department of State Visa Bulletin is posted online at
http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulleti...etin_1360.html. In addition to the requested items, inform this
office promptly if any of the following changes apply to your case:

• You or your representative have a new mailing address
• You or any of your dependents have changed marital status since filing Form 1-485
• You or any of your dependents no longer wish to adjust status or have departed the U.S.
indefinitely.

You must submit the requested information within eighty-four (84) days from the date of this letter (87
days if this notice was received by mail). Failure to do so may result in the denial of your application.

Please note the required deadline for providing a response to this Request for Evidence. The deadline
reflects the maximum period for responding to this RFE. However, since many immigration benefits
are time sensitive, you are encouraged to respond to this request as early as possible but no later than
the date provided on the request.

[GCHopes]

So my case updated to "RFE Response Review" yesterday, and then this morning it went back to "Initial Review"!! Not sure if it's a good thing. Will probably call into USCIS again to see if something else came up?

[GCHopes]

Thanks Sportsfan33!!!! You were absolutely right!!

Just got my notification (not even 4 mins ago lol) about "Card in Production"!!

[sp2008]

Hello All,

not sure if they continue to issue Visa's still last date.
I received bunch of emails (as well as case status updates on website) that my I485 is approved, card production stage etc on 29 th October and another one today (3 nov)
my PD is july 3 - 2008.
However there is no update on the status of my wife and daughter. I am primary applicant and they both are dependents.
their status remained same as "RFE response Review" for over two months.

since the dates are retrogressed, i was worried they will not get it this year.
is that a possibility? my understanding was that they process family together.
spoke to L2, he has no clue.


Thanks
Satya

[rosharma]

Hi,
I just checked my online status and it has the following:
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On Nov 13, 2104 we suspended processing of your I-485, application to register permanent residence or adjust status, receipt no. XXXXX because we need more information from you. Your notice explains what we need from you to resume working on your case. We will not take action on your case until we receive the evidence or the deadline to submit it expires. Please follow the instructions in the notice. if you donot receive your request for additonal evidence notice by Dec 13, 2014 please go to ..........................
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I am new filler - why am I getting RFE now - Didn’t dates retrogress already? Am I missing something here?

[qesehmk]

They continue to preprocess all apps as they can. So just go ahead and respond whenever you received the RFE.

Hi,
I just checked my online status and it has the following:
**********************
On Nov 13, 2104 we suspended processing of your I-485, application to register permanent residence or adjust status, receipt no. XXXXX because we need more information from you. Your notice explains what we need from you to resume working on your case. We will not take action on your case until we receive the evidence or the deadline to submit it expires. Please follow the instructions in the notice. if you donot receive your request for additonal evidence notice by Dec 13, 2014 please go to ..........................
***********************
I am new filler - why am I getting RFE now - Didn’t dates retrogress already? Am I missing something here?

[imdeng]

Did you not get a status update email/text? Are you enrolled to get those alerts?

This seems like the usual RFE as part of pre-processing. They do continue to work on cases to keep them in ready condition in anticipation of dates getting current by boatloads in spillover season. Just let them come and reply as necessary. If you have an attorney on file - then check with them as well as sometimes RFEs only come to the lawyers (as it happened in my case).

Hi,
I just checked my online status and it has the following:
**********************
On Nov 13, 2104 we suspended processing of your I-485, application to register permanent residence or adjust status, receipt no. XXXXX because we need more information from you. Your notice explains what we need from you to resume working on your case. We will not take action on your case until we receive the evidence or the deadline to submit it expires. Please follow the instructions in the notice. if you donot receive your request for additonal evidence notice by Dec 13, 2014 please go to ..........................
***********************
I am new filler - why am I getting RFE now - Didn’t dates retrogress already? Am I missing something here?

[rosharma]

Thanks Q & imdeng. I did get an e-mail from USCIS. I will check with my attorney too. I will keep you guys posted. Thanks

[vickywac]

Hi Zenmaster,
I have similar issue. I have similar case as yours. My employer is also not willing to include this(exact same) line in my EVL. What is your experience, in excluding this line in EVL. Please update if you see this message.