Request for Evidence (RFE)

[seattlerain 1]

I just received request for evidence regarding the meeting in the last two years. It has been 6 months! (K-1) In the original application, I already submitted what is currently asking me to provide in the RFE. Does anyone experience this? I wonder if USCIS actually look closely to all the paper people send in.

[Inky 1,110]

well its 1 of two things then.

1. they lost your stuff you sent the first time. ( happens A LOT )

2. you didn't send enough proof for them or they don't believe that what you sent is enough.

So send more or send it again.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

What evidence did you send?

[Aztec&Taino 144]

I just received request for evidence regarding the meeting in the last two years. It has been 6 months! (K-1) In the original application, I already submitted what is currently asking me to provide in the RFE. Does anyone experience this? I wonder if USCIS actually look closely to all the paper people send in.

Hello and welcome to VJ!

So that we can help you (and you can help others, too) please make sure to fill in your timeline and be specific as to what the RFE says and what you sent. Otherwise, we really do not have enough information to go on to give you good advice.

[REINITA♥REY 8]

Wow, sorry to hear about your RFE. Please tell us exactly what evidence you sent and if the RFE asking for something specific. Welcome to VJ

[seattlerain 1]

Originally,

I sent the package with a cover letter similar to the one suggested in this forum. In that letter, I outlined what included in the package. One of them is "Proof of having met in person in the past two years". I included pictures taken on each visits (photos had date stamped). Copy of airline boarding passes & itineraries (dated on boarding passes). I visited 3 times (June 2009, December 2010, June 2010), and I still kept all the original itineraries &boarding passes. My last trip was June, 2010.

The RFE asked me to provide itineraries, suggested photos with dated, and custom stamped on my passport. I would think the dated photos and the itineraries and boarding passes I sent will be enough. The custom in Vietnam only stamped my declaration form and took the VISA, there was no stamp in my passport. Luckily I still kept the declaration form with the stamped date for arrival and departure. Hopefully, they accepted the stamped declaration form because that is all I have unless they want tons of pictures.

Thanks

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Originally,

I sent the package with a cover letter similar to the one suggested in this forum. In that letter, I outlined what included in the package. One of them is "Proof of having met in person in the past two years". I included pictures taken on each visits (photos had date stamped). Copy of airline boarding passes & itineraries (dated on boarding passes). I visited 3 times (June 2009, December 2010, June 2010), and I still kept all the original itineraries &boarding passes. My last trip was June, 2010.

The RFE asked me to provide itineraries, suggested photos with dated, and custom stamped on my passport. I would think the dated photos and the itineraries and boarding passes I sent will be enough. The custom in Vietnam only stamped my declaration form and took the VISA, there was no stamp in my passport. Luckily I still kept the declaration form with the stamped date for arrival and departure. Hopefully, they accepted the stamped declaration form because that is all I have unless they want tons of pictures.

Thanks

Itineraries are absolutely worthless. They're not even useful for secondary evidence. You can go to any online travel website, make tentative reservations for a round trip ticket, and print out an absolutely authentic itinerary, without actually paying for the tickets or making the trip.

Boarding passes are good primary evidence. I'm curious why they didn't accept those in your case. Was your name also printed on the boarding passes?

It probably would have been better if you had not gotten the loose visa. I realize it's more convenient not having to send your passport to the Vietnam embassy or consulate in the US, but having an actual visa stamp in your passport means you'd also have entry/exit stamps in your passport. From what you've said about the RFE, it sounds like they want to see those stamped visas in your passport. In your response you should include a letter explaining why you don't have visas or entry/exit stamps in your passport.

Do you have any receipts from Vietnam for hotels, ATM's, or anything else you purchased?

[seattlerain 1]

Itineraries are absolutely worthless. They're not even useful for secondary evidence. You can go to any online travel website, make tentative reservations for a round trip ticket, and print out an absolutely authentic itinerary, without actually paying for the tickets or making the trip.

Boarding passes are good primary evidence. I'm curious why they didn't accept those in your case. Was your name also printed on the boarding passes?

It probably would have been better if you had not gotten the loose visa. I realize it's more convenient not having to send your passport to the Vietnam embassy or consulate in the US, but having an actual visa stamp in your passport means you'd also have entry/exit stamps in your passport. From what you've said about the RFE, it sounds like they want to see those stamped visas in your passport. In your response you should include a letter explaining why you don't have visas or entry/exit stamps in your passport.

Do you have any receipts from Vietnam for hotels, ATM's, or anything else you purchased?

I have one stamped passport that has VISA attached to my passport which was in June 2009. I guess that is only less than two years ago, I provided a copy of that. Less than 2 years is good news. The rest of the stamps are on my declaration forms. My boarding passes have my exact name on them for the last three trips.

Do you think USCIS is trying to buy time since my case is beyond the 5 months processing time listed in USCIS website?

[baron555 934]

Do you think USCIS is trying to buy time since my case is beyond the 5 months processing time listed in USCIS website?

No

They just need more evidence than what you sent. The VJ Guides tell you what to send and you need to send more.....and of the right type.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

I have one stamped passport that has VISA attached to my passport which was in June 2009. I guess that is only less than two years ago, I provided a copy of that. Less than 2 years is good news. The rest of the stamps are on my declaration forms. My boarding passes have my exact name on them for the last three trips.

Do you think USCIS is trying to buy time since my case is beyond the 5 months processing time listed in USCIS website?

That one visa should have been enough. The entry/exit stamps are usually on the opposite page from the visa stamp.

Recompile your package of evidence. Include the boarding passes, customs declaration cards, copies of the visa and entry/exit stamps from your passport, copy of the bio page from your passport, photos, whatever other evidence you sent before or still have. Include a cover letter explaining that you had loose visas for your other trips and so did not receive any stamps in your passport. That one trip with the visa stamp in your passport is enough to prove you've met the requirement.

USCIS doesn't have to "buy time". There is no statutory requirement that they have to finish processing your case within the time frame cited on their website. Those are just average times, and they wouldn't likely lift a finger to help you find out what's delaying your case until you've exceeded that time. They can take as long as they need.