RFE?

[Dakine 26]

The following showed up on my case status and a week later I got the appointment letter to do biometrics. Did so on November 10.

Never did get anything in regards to a RFE. Someone said the RFE update online was generated from them sending the biometric appointment letter.

Anyone had this happen?

Request for Evidence

On October 26, 2009, we mailed a notice requesting additional evidence or information in this case N400 APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION. Please follow the instructions on the notice to submit the requested information. This case will be in suspense until we receive the evidence or the opportunity to submit it expires. Once we receive the requested evidence or information and make a decision on the case, you will be notified by mail. 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.

A request for evidence is made when an application/petition is lacking required documentation/evidence (initial evidence) or the officer needs more documentation/evidence (additional evidence) to determine an applicant's eligibility for the benefit sought. We may send you a request for evidence at any stage of our review. The request will indicate what evidence or information is needed for us to fully evaluate your application or petition. The notice will explain where to send the evidence and will give the deadline for your response. Your application or petition will be held in suspense during that time. If you receive a request for evidence and have questions about what you need to submit, you may call our National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.

Edited December 5, 2009 by Dakine

[elishav 0]

Your instincts are correct. The RFE is for your biometrics!

[antda 13]

Hi Dakine,

As told in-person by an immigration officer to me (in Buffalo, NY), when I inquired about the exact same thiing:

Question: I received a Case Status Information Update/RFE, by e-mail, dated September 22, 2009, with the following message: “we mailed a notice requesting additional evidence or information…the case will be in suspense until we receive the evidence or the opportunity to submit it expires. Once we receive the requested evidence or information and make a decision on the case, you will be notified by mail.” I have not received such a notice by mail, as of today, and would like to know if and when I will receive such a notice. I also have already submitted 100+ pages of additional relevant joint evidence with my initial application, and find it quite puzzling that the USCIS would require more evidence for my case. I would also like to know what is requested of me additionally, which I will gladly provide it to you if required and I have such evidence requested, so that my case can be further processed and not delayed.

Answer: "Your RFE e-mail is your fingerprints/biometrics letter. The additional evidence we request is your fingerprints to be processed and checked out by the FBI. Did you get your fingerprints letter (I said yes, and showed her the letter)? And no, you won’t be getting any additional letters for an RFE as the date of your fingerprints/biometrics letter is the same date as your RFE e-mail (which it is, as both are receipt dated September 23)."

No need to panic, yet, just wait awhile longer, to see if you get your fingerprints/rfe letter, and see what happens next....

More likely than not, it is a biometrics letter, as this is what I got, and what other vjers have got too. However, there have been 'exceptions to the rule', which you can respond to accordingly when you get such if that is the case..

If you don't receive anything in the next couple of weeks, then you should inquire about your case further with an infopass appointment, and/or calling the mis-information/customer service phone number, to inquire further about your case..

Hope this helps. Good luck on the rest of your immigration journey too.

Ant

The following showed up on my case status and a week later I got the appointment letter to do biometrics. Did so on November 10.

Never did get anything in regards to a RFE. Someone said the RFE update online was generated from them sending the biometric appointment letter.

Anyone had this happen?

Request for Evidence

On October 26, 2009, we mailed a notice requesting additional evidence or information in this case N400 APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION. Please follow the instructions on the notice to submit the requested information. This case will be in suspense until we receive the evidence or the opportunity to submit it expires. Once we receive the requested evidence or information and make a decision on the case, you will be notified by mail. 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.

A request for evidence is made when an application/petition is lacking required documentation/evidence (initial evidence) or the officer needs more documentation/evidence (additional evidence) to determine an applicant's eligibility for the benefit sought. We may send you a request for evidence at any stage of our review. The request will indicate what evidence or information is needed for us to fully evaluate your application or petition. The notice will explain where to send the evidence and will give the deadline for your response. Your application or petition will be held in suspense during that time. If you receive a request for evidence and have questions about what you need to submit, you may call our National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.

Edited December 6, 2009 by Ant+D+A

[Dakine 26]

Thanks guys. Yeah it looks like USCIS doesn't have their act together on their new online case status. No place for biometrics letter sent in the site.

I guess they expect us to figure out the RFE posted is the biometric appointment letter.

They keep you guessing right down to the oath ceremony.

The immigration process has been the WORST and "best" thing I've ever done in my life.

The process and dealing with the government the WORST. The results the best!

As WC Fields said: Tain't no free lunch!!!!

Edited December 6, 2009 by Dakine

[elishav 0]

Thanks guys. Yeah it looks like USCIS doesn't have their act together on their new online case status. No place for biometrics letter sent in the site.

I guess they expect us to figure out the RFE posted is the biometric appointment letter.

They keep you guessing right down to the oath ceremony.

The immigration process has been the WORST and "best" thing I've ever done in my life.

The process and dealing with the government the WORST. The results the best!

As WC Fields said: Tain't no free lunch!!!!

There are lots of people that were confused by those RFE's. So glad we have sites like this where we can figure this stuff out on our own. I Have a professor that studied the INS(as it was know then) as her doctoral thesis, so I have heard lots of horror stories. You think its bad now, you should hear about the wasteland it was in the 1980's. Its where they sent aging bureacrats to die.