RFE pls help!

[ginomirelle 0]

hi everyone..

my fiancé filed our 129f and received noa1 last november 4, 2011. he applied to expedite the case since he is in active duty military personal.. today january 18, 2012 he received an email asking for RFE.. question, how will he send the letters is it ok to send photocopy of them or do they need the original copy can he have those original copy back? if its ok to pass photocopy do we need to photocopy the envelops as well? and do they have deadline for this? he's kinda upset now because he will be moving to washington for his work no internet and doesn't know how to provide the RFEs. please help.. tnx...

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

hi everyone..

my fiancé filed our 129f and received noa1 last november 4, 2011. he applied to expedite the case since he is in active duty military personal.. today january 18, 2012 he received an email asking for RFE.. question, how will he send the letters is it ok to send photocopy of them or do they need the original copy can he have those original copy back? if its ok to pass photocopy do we need to photocopy the envelops as well? and do they have deadline for this? he's kinda upset now because he will be moving to washington for his work no internet and doesn't know how to provide the RFEs. please help.. tnx...

Copies are fine. The RFE will come with a return envelope and return documents. Use them. He will have to be sure someone gets the ,ail for him and forwards it to him. Yes, there is a deadline to return the materials, it will be listed in the RFE

[ginomirelle 0]

Copies are fine. The RFE will come with a return envelope and return documents. Use them. He will have to be sure someone gets the ,ail for him and forwards it to him. Yes, there is a deadline to return the materials, it will be listed in the RFE

thanks so much for the reply so he has to wait for the RFE hardcopy notice sent to him? much thanks!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

thanks so much for the reply so he has to wait for the RFE hardcopy notice sent to him? much thanks!

Yes. If he moves, make sure someone else checks the mail for him, they WILL NOT forward it to him

[Impatient Cupcake 10]

Copies are fine. The RFE will come with a return envelope and return documents.

we did not use a special envelope. is that the reason for the long wait? we sent our rfe response on december 7.

[EminTX 131]

The RFE will come with a return envelope and return documents. Use them.

My RFE did NOT come in any special envelope. It was the same envelope type that my NOA1 and NOA2 were sent in.

I did read on here to write in big letters on the back of the envelope "RFE" so that it would be absolutely clear what was in there. I did that, but I don't know if that helped.

Really, the RFE should have had instructions in it. It is probably best to follow those instructions. Mine asked for 5 things--I was only able to provide 4 of those and we got the NOA2 after 39 days. Apparently the weird thing they asked for wasn't something that they actually cared about.

[Scott and Mhay 57]

it all depends on what the RFE is asking for...in most cases, yes photocopies are ok as long as you have the originals for the interview.

[Mark + Melissa 49]

we did not use a special envelope. is that the reason for the long wait? we sent our rfe response on december 7.

We didn't get a return envelope, but they have received it and are "processing" it. I doubt that not having a special envelope will make a difference.

[Hank_ 9,174]

I would tend to send it back using special delivery with tracking and receipt; Fedex, UPS. Plus clearly mark on the outside of the package its for RFE.