RFE - 20 days???

[Oregon Bound 30]

ui sis... bakit ganun??? itinawag nio na ba?? bakit ang tagal? parang may mali talaga eh...

Please, it is English on this forum only.

If you are still waiting for your RFE then you must call again. There is a time limit on how long you have to respond to your RFE. I am not sure the limit, think it may be 8 weeks and you could already be half way through that limit.

[Robb&Ann 101]

Please, it is English on this forum only.

If you are still waiting for your RFE then you must call again. There is a time limit on how long you have to respond to your RFE. I am not sure the limit, think it may be 8 weeks and you could already be half way through that limit.

oops! sorry! I thought i was typing in English!

What I told OP was:

"sis... why is it like that???? did u guys called already??? why is it taking too long? Seems like there is really something wrong...."

[Oregon Bound 30]

They HAVE to call and speak with a Tier 2. Like I said, there is a time limit and if you don't respond then I guess they would take that as abandoning the petition!

[Brandon and Sugar 8]

RFE 1st email notice: 2013-04-24

RFE 2nd email notice: 2013-04-29

RFE 3rd email notice: Received on May 09, 2013 saying we have an RFE on 2013-04-24 again. Message was sent through email and text.

RFE 4th email notice: 2013-05-23, (today) SIGH!!

I'm speechless..such luck!

[JD & Coconut 35]

Hello Nepali, sadly no. We're 1 month waiting tomorrow. SIGH!

Hello Brandon Sugar

Did you receive your RFE.I am also waiting for RFE on mail since 28 days and haven't received it.

If you hired a lawyer, that will delay your RFE. We made the mistake of hiring one and by my estimates, it delayed our RFE being replied to by two weeks, could have been more but I was on them every day to get our reply sent out.

I recommend that you call USCIS directly, don't go through your lawyer; you can call them directly after 15 days if you have not received a hard copy of your RFE; if it has not been 15 days since the date they currently have on the website they will not help you! Also, I called them after I found the lawyer was delaying us and had them change the address of future letters to my address, this should prevent any future delays caused by the lawyer. You will need to be very pleasant with the tier 1 person, tell them your story and exactly what you want done. I told them that our lawyer was not being responsive and delaying our RFE reply and they put me in touch with the tier 2 officer and they submitted the change. Remember it pays to be courteous on the phone as they can make your life miserable if they want to.

[Brandon and Sugar 8]

If you hired a lawyer, that will delay your RFE. We made the mistake of hiring one and by my estimates, it delayed our RFE being replied to by two weeks, could have been more but I was on them every day to get our reply sent out.

I recommend that you call USCIS directly, don't go through your lawyer; you can call them directly after 15 days if you have not received a hard copy of your RFE; if it has not been 15 days since the date they currently have on the website they will not help you! Also, I called them after I found the lawyer was delaying us and had them change the address of future letters to my address, this should prevent any future delays caused by the lawyer. You will need to be very pleasant with the tier 1 person, tell them your story and exactly what you want done. I told them that our lawyer was not being responsive and delaying our RFE reply and they put me in touch with the tier 2 officer and they submitted the change. Remember it pays to be courteous on the phone as they can make your life miserable if they want to.

We do have a lawyer, he is not delaying our RFE (maybe he does, I don't know) but all I know is that the whole USCIS system sucks. It's been a month and we still haven't gotten that hardcopy thingy. Called them several times already to resend it, but still no luck. SIGH!

[Boggy1974 124]

20 days is a bit too long. I will suggest you calling them to check if it was mailed to the right address.

[JD & Coconut 35]

We do have a lawyer, he is not delaying our RFE (maybe he does, I don't know) but all I know is that the whole USCIS system sucks. It's been a month and we still haven't gotten that hardcopy thingy. Called them several times already to resend it, but still no luck. SIGH!

It sounds like to me that your lawyer may be responding to the RFE's without telling you about it. It may be that they messed up your paperwork and they are trying to correct their mistake. You will not know because the RFE hard copy will not be mailed to you, it goes directly to the lawyer. I read some past RFE posts on these forums where people were complaining that the lawyer made a mistake and was handling all of the communication between the service center themselves and not telling the clients. Our RFE reply was delayed because it sat on the lawyers desk for over a week (nearly two) before they told us they had received it. All that time, for two weeks, my fiance and I were waiting for the letter to come to us and it never did, which caused us much stress.

I would call USCIS and get the address changed so that any future communications go directly to you and not to the lawyer. Should at least give you the peace of mind knowing exactly when you receive the letter and not having to depend on the lawyer telling you (or not telling you) that they received it.

Edited May 24, 2013 by JD & Coconut

[Brandon and Sugar 8]

It sounds like to me that your lawyer may be responding to the RFE's without telling you about it. It may be that they messed up your paperwork and they are trying to correct their mistake. You will not know because the RFE hard copy will not be mailed to you, it goes directly to the lawyer. I read some past RFE posts on these forums where people were complaining that the lawyer made a mistake and was handling all of the communication between the service center themselves and not telling the clients. Our RFE reply was delayed because it sat on the lawyers desk for over a week (nearly two) before they told us they had received it. All that time, for two weeks, my fiance and I were waiting for the letter to come to us and it never did, which caused us much stress.

I would call USCIS and get the address changed so that any future communications go directly to you and not to the lawyer. Should at least give you the peace of mind knowing exactly when you receive the letter and not having to depend on the lawyer telling you (or not telling you) that they received it.

Really?? I never knew this, I shall tell this to my fiance. Thank you JD and Coconut.

[mitra and jj 0]

would you please tell us what finally happened to your RFE hard copy??

[Bugs 455]

would you please tell us what finally happened to your RFE hard copy??

According to her timeline, their lawyer is the one that received the RFE and never told them about it.

THIS is why you don't go through a lawyer for the K-1 process.

Her timeline also says they finally received their NOA2 yesterday.

Edited June 8, 2013 by Leon & Mylen