Travel Plans While ROC Application Is Pending

[~ameriptian~ 54]

We filed our ROC application in September 2012 and received an RFE about 2 weeks ago requesting more financial evidence. We have the response packet ready to mail off tomorrow.

My husband I have planned to travel to Egypt this June and we didn't have the slightest idea our ROC application would be delayed by an RFE. We still would like to keep our travel plans, but don't want to chance missing an interview date in case we are sent a letter for one. I called USCIS Customer Service but they were not much help. They basically asked me to have someone check the mail while I am travelling and if I need to come back from an interview, then to do so. I honestly do not want to cut my visit short. I am more than willing to attend an interview (if we are called for one), but would much rather do it before or after the travel dates we carefully chose.

Should I include the travel dates in an RFE cover letter and show my willingness to attend an interview if required? Do I need to include a timeline of our marriage or just keep it short and sweet and provide the evidence they need? Would it be a better idea to just make an info-pass appointment?

[Shelly11 14]

I do not think that including that on the cover page would help. I doubt the person processing it will do anything with that because those people are almost never willing to do anything outside their basic job description. (my opinion) Especailly when you consider they receive thousands of these a day.

As far as an info pass, I believe you need to wait at least 30 days before calling to ask the status of an item

I would check with the other Sep 2012 filers on that forum to get an idea how quickly things are being processed.

All the best