RFE

[gomu 0]

hey guys!!please share you experiences on RFE...what were the reasons you're asked...thanks!!

[road2kros 0]

hey guys!!please share you experiences on RFE...what were the reasons you're asked...thanks!!

RFE is a missing document or a proof in support of your submitted documents.

[aussiewench 9]

Reasons for an RFE can be for a number of reasons eg

* Leaving a question unanswered or by not putting 'N/A' or 'None'

* A signature missing

* A document missing

* More evidence needed of having met the 2 year requirement

* Not including a translation of a document

* Submitting the translation but forgetting to submit the original

* Not including a full divorce decree

* Leaving gaps in time frames for employment, residence

etc etc

These are some of the reasons I have read of for a RFE

Edited February 7, 2006 by aussiewench

[meddykomp 0]

We got one because we needed new copies of our marriage record. In Sweden those are recorded by the tax authority and the copies we send did not include my husbands parents names. Since this record also doubles as his birth certificate it had to include that. Also they wanted the printout in both Swedish and English.

[AFQuaid 18]

Our RFE was to provide more supporting evidence we had met within the past 2 years....

[MrMrsKnight 0]

Our RFE was to provide more supporting evidence we had met within the past 2 years....

So what did you send at first? Just curious as I'm about to send my petition to Nebraska....

[hockeygal 0]

Our RFE was to provide more supporting evidence we had met within the past 2 years....

So what did you send at first? Just curious as I'm about to send my petition to Nebraska....

Yes, I am curious too. Though we've met up on average every 5 weeks for 4 years (with a 5 month break up in there that I am going to gloss over) neither of us kept any boarding passes or tickets. We can scrounge up itineraries for the past couple of trips... hope that will be enough as far as that goes. I have lots of stamps in my passport, but no way to really prove that I was seeing HIM specifically... and photos, but again, we've been bad at taking pictures in the past 2 years. The last photo taken of us was in October 2004!!

Edited February 7, 2006 by hockeygal

[AFQuaid 18]

It was a mistake we didn't see it on the first papers that we had to send photos and things in and supporting evidence. We just did the 3/4 passport photo, bio forms, I-129F and mailed it. We answered the question on how we met but didn't realise we were to provide evidence then. We really regret it. Now they are asking for the evidence and frontal face passport photos of BOTH. So we're just delayed now...

[3AD 0]

Reasons for an RFE can be for a number of reasons eg

* Not including a full divorce decree

I followed up with a supervisor at USCIS about the divorce decree. Not sure what you mean by "full divorce decree" as a decree is usually a single page, maybe two, signed by the judge or chancellor saying this marriage is officially over. It should include signatures of both parties, and the judge, and be notarized and probably stamped as "received" by the court.

If you mean full divorce settlement (e.g. complaint, property settlement, set to order, child support documents, etc., etc.), they were adamant about not needing it -- only needing the decree (or certificate as it may be called in some counties or states).

Of course something in the review might cause them to want to investigate further, and the divorce settlement might have the information they want ... which would cause them to ask for the entire thing. But Office Blair, who I waited for an hour to speak to, acted surprised that I thought of sending the entire thing. Divorce settlements, especially if they were messy, can be hundreds of pages, mostly of arcane legal-ese.

I'm sure people have been asked, but I think it's rare. Of course, wouldn't hurt to send I guess, but I had personal information in mine I didn't want floating around in a couple of countries.

3AD

[aussiewench 9]

Reasons for an RFE can be for a number of reasons eg

* Not including a full divorce decree

I followed up with a supervisor at USCIS about the divorce decree. Not sure what you mean by "full divorce decree" as a decree is usually a single page, maybe two, signed by the judge or chancellor saying this marriage is officially over. It should include signatures of both parties, and the judge, and be notarized and probably stamped as "received" by the court.

If you mean full divorce settlement (e.g. complaint, property settlement, set to order, child support documents, etc., etc.), they were adamant about not needing it -- only needing the decree (or certificate as it may be called in some counties or states).

Of course something in the review might cause them to want to investigate further, and the divorce settlement might have the information they want ... which would cause them to ask for the entire thing. But Office Blair, who I waited for an hour to speak to, acted surprised that I thought of sending the entire thing. Divorce settlements, especially if they were messy, can be hundreds of pages, mostly of arcane legal-ese.

I'm sure people have been asked, but I think it's rare. Of course, wouldn't hurt to send I guess, but I had personal information in mine I didn't want floating around in a couple of countries.

3AD

Yeah I do imagine its rare but included it as a reason for an RFE as it has happened. They had wanted the settlement included. I just went back to the old forums to double check. I guess I was trying to make a point too that RFE's can be for any number of reasons....it all depends on the picture the adjudicator is forming in his mind. Each case is different.

[MrMrsKnight 0]

Yes, I am curious too. Though we've met up on average every 5 weeks for 4 years (with a 5 month break up in there that I am going to gloss over) neither of us kept any boarding passes or tickets. We can scrounge up itineraries for the past couple of trips... hope that will be enough as far as that goes. I have lots of stamps in my passport, but no way to really prove that I was seeing HIM specifically... and photos, but again, we've been bad at taking pictures in the past 2 years. The last photo taken of us was in October 2004!!

Send a copy of your passport stamps(don't forget to send a copy of the ID page along with it), credit card receipts, hotel receipts, pictures(october 2004 was not longer than 2 years ago.... so it's okay), itineraries... And good luck!!

It was a mistake we didn't see it on the first papers that we had to send photos and things in and supporting evidence. We just did the 3/4 passport photo, bio forms, I-129F and mailed it. We answered the question on how we met but didn't realise we were to provide evidence then. We really regret it. Now they are asking for the evidence and frontal face passport photos of BOTH. So we're just delayed now...

Oh okay.... good luck on sending it again then! Double check everything!

Edited February 8, 2006 by MrMrsKnight

[bigkahuna 0]

I received an RFE because I misspelled my fiancee's ex-husband's name on the I-129. They thought she had 2 ex's....lol

I re-did my I-129 and sent them back and they approved me

[Bosco 1]

I kept my married name after my divorce. I included my divorce decree and my birth certificate in the package. However, they sent an RFE for me to show something that proved that the person on the birth certificate and divorce decree were one and the same.

Acceptable proof was listed as a copy of my marriage license (prior to divorce) or my passport. Not quite sure how my passport proved it, but it was what they listed.

Rebecca

[Chuckles 0]

I kept my married name after my divorce. I included my divorce decree and my birth certificate in the package. However, they sent an RFE for me to show something that proved that the person on the birth certificate and divorce decree were one and the same.

Acceptable proof was listed as a copy of my marriage license (prior to divorce) or my passport. Not quite sure how my passport proved it, but it was what they listed.

Rebecca

Now this is interesting... Since my fiance had a divorce, should I send a copy of her birth certificate with the translation?