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- We've put together a, because we've got a lot of questions
and a lot of calls about RFEs,
that's a Request for Evidence, that you might
get when you apply for your petition.
We've put together a little information about that
in a little, kind of a PSA that we want to run for you now.
It's important, please watch it.
This is coming up a lot and then we may have a few comments
again after this, so watch this real quick.
- We wanted to alert all of our customers to be prepared
to receive potential RFEs, or Requests for Evidence.
Even when everything in your petition is perfect,
we've actually had numerous reports of customers
receiving RFEs for items that were confirmed in their
petitions, but the USCIS is requesting these anyway.
Common example is W2s, so our assembly team is the most
experienced staff in the country and for years have
never had this issue and then all of a sudden, almost
every single adjustment of status, as well as other
petition types are coming back with an RFE.
We aren't sure what the top-down memos have been issued
to agents to direct them to issue these blanket RFEs.
We have a feeling it's just one way that the current folks
in charge can slow the process down and add a layer
of extreme vetting that is able to be accomplished without
legislation, but really the reasons for issuing these RFEs
is not the focus here.
We just want our customers to realize this is happening.
We are warning customers moving into 2019 to, in fact,
expect an RFE.
In fact, if you don't get an RFE, that's a bonus.
If an RFE is issued, there's no point in arguing about it
or looking for someone to blame, unless you just want
to waste your own time.
The best thing you can do is simply give them what they
ask for, as quickly as possible and just realize this
is happening to the majority of cases, even when literally
everything is in your petition correctly.
Everything they're requesting, they've already got,
they're still issuing these RFEs.
So just to summarize this PSA, expect an RFE.
And when you get one, simply respond to it as quickly
as possible and your case should move right along without
any other major issues.
Thank you.
- One application type in particular that we are seeing
quite a few RFEs, or Requests for Evidence, on is for the
adjustment of status.
And the number one RFE that we're seeing is for the
Affidavit of Support.
Almost every AOS application that we send out is receiving
an RFE requesting proof of income,
but primarily they're asking for W2s and federal tax returns
and that's even on the perfectly assembled cases
that already include the W2s
and already include the federal tax returns
and we know that these were submitted because
we wouldn't submit an Affidavit of Support without
the W2s and tax returns, but almost every single
Adjustment of Status application is receiving that RFE
and I just wanted to comment on that and especially let
our customers know that.
Don't get upset with the RFEs; everybody is getting them.
You'll just want to comply with them in the time that
you're allotted and it's nothing to get alarmed about
or frustrated about; it's just part of the process.
The US Department of State, US Department of Homeland
Security is scrutinizing petitions more so than they
have in the past and it's just something that we have
to deal with, so just stay calm and just review the letter.
If you want some assistance with it, you contact us,
we'll go over the letter and you just comply with it,
submit the requested documents and you should receive
your approval shortly after that.
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