RFIE 5 Months after PD

[Norfolk2018_AOS]

You would just submit what the RFE is requesting of you. You MAY submit piggyback evidence of bona fide marriage onto this RFE. It's been done successfully. 4EVER did that. As you know, ALL evidence of bona fide marriage is required at the time of filing, per the I-130 instructions on page 3 of 12. See screenshot below.

So if you feel like your filing could use more evidence of bona fide marriage, then submit more. If you only submitted evidence since the date of the marriage, it would be a good idea to submit evidence since the date you met or started dating. You do not want USCIS thinking that you met on Monday, got married on Tuesday and filed for AOS on Wednesday.

Many have found this thread useful in staging their evidence for their AOS package and for their interview. I am a huge fan of 4EVER's table of contents and also
Emerald 2020's.

All the best,

USCFFS

Thank you for your information. we already have submitted all the evidence while filling AOS application on august 2018. Me and my wife was dating for 1.5 year and then got married in Feb 2018. we did not know that we have to keep our conversation for evidence because it wasn't preplaned so we do have old dating pictures which we already submitted, but we dont have old conversation (text) since we both have got new phones. we do have emails regarding booking restaurant for reception with restaurant manager and expanses receipt such as Restaurant Bills, Wedding Ring Bill. Invitation cards.

[UScitizenFilingforspouse]

Thank you for your information. we already have submitted all the evidence while filling AOS application on august 2018. Me and my wife was dating for 1.5 year and then got married in Feb 2018. we did not know that we have to keep our conversation for evidence because it wasn't preplaned so we do have old dating pictures which we already submitted, but we dont have old conversation (text) since we both have got new phones. we do have emails regarding booking restaurant for reception with restaurant manager and expanses receipt such as Restaurant Bills, Wedding Ring Bill. Invitation cards.

Ok perfect! I just figured I'd let you know that was an option. It makes getting an RFE worthwhile.

[dejnadejnadejna]

Infopass in Montgomery, Alabama

I already posted this to another thread, but in case somebody is interested how Infopass appointment is in Montgomery, Alabama, here you go.

The drive was about 3 hours from Florida to Alabama. We got there with my husband way before our 9:20 appoinment. The Immigration Officer (IO) was the only one who was taking pictures and fingerprinting people who were there for interview and also the person to talk to for Infopass appointment. Other IOs were calling people into offices, probably for GC or citizenship interview, Infopass was done with the IO in the waiting area. He was really nice and helpful. He called us to his window at about 9:35 and we talked for about 15 minutes, maybe less.

He was able to find my I-485 application in the system and when I told him it has been supposedly sent on September 5th, he said, let me check what the RFIE was about and he printed it for us. He even said that we should prepare reply, include the RFIE he just gave us and mail it to the address in the RFIE. I asked him twice if we should wait for the letter from USCIS (from my still unassigned SR from Sep 25th) or just use the one he gave us and he smiled, pointed to his USCIS logo on the shirt and replied that "yes, use the letter I just gave you, I am USCIS employee, believe me"

I asked him about Montgomery office, he said that the timeline on webpages 8-15 months wait for interview for GC is not accurate, the wait is in fact actually even longer, by many months, we blanked on the real months, sounded like 13-25 months

As I suspected, RFIE was for tax documentation for 2017 - which we included in our original application in March!

I am so mad but also happy that there is actually something we can do. My husband already logged on IRS webpage, he's gonna print the tax doc for 2017 and we will sent it expressly on Tuesday after his work. So hopefully, something will move on my GC and mainly EAD application until the end of November, fingers crossed.

[UScitizenFilingforspouse]

I already posted this to another thread, but in case somebody is interested how Infopass appointment is in Montgomery, Alabama, here you go.

The drive was about 3 hours from Florida to Alabama. We got there with my husband way before our 9:20 appoinment. The Immigration Officer (IO) was the only one who was taking pictures and fingerprinting people who were there for interview and also the person to talk to for Infopass appointment. Other IOs were calling people into offices, probably for GC or citizenship interview, Infopass was done with the IO in the waiting area. He was really nice and helpful. He called us to his window at about 9:35 and we talked for about 15 minutes, maybe less.

He was able to find my I-485 application in the system and when I told him it has been supposedly sent on September 5th, he said, let me check what the RFIE was about and he printed it for us. He even said that we should prepare reply, include the RFIE he just gave us and mail it to the address in the RFIE. I asked him twice if we should wait for the letter from USCIS (from my still unassigned SR from Sep 25th) or just use the one he gave us and he smiled, pointed to his USCIS logo on the shirt and replied that "yes, use the letter I just gave you, I am USCIS employee, believe me"

I asked him about Montgomery office, he said that the timeline on webpages 8-15 months wait for interview for GC is not accurate, the wait is in fact actually even longer, by many months, we blanked on the real months, sounded like 13-25 months

As I suspected, RFIE was for tax documentation for 2017 - which we included in our original application in March!

I am so mad but also happy that there is actually something we can do. My husband already logged on IRS webpage, he's gonna print the tax doc for 2017 and we will sent it expressly on Tuesday after his work. So hopefully, something will move on my GC and mainly EAD application until the end of November, fingers crossed.

Make sure to include W-2s and 1099s. The instructions are not clear. I would just go ahead and include them. Glad that worked out well for you!

[WaitedLongEnough]

Hello Friends.

Finally i have received my RFIE mail today morning after 43 days, and its about my pending I-130A that we forgot to submit.

My question is, do i have to submit any other document with Form I-130A or Just form and RFIE mail which i have received from USCIS?

To add with what USCFFS said please take this advice 4EVER privately gave me. I didn?t see it until after I actually submitting my response to RFIE and felt like beating myself up because it was so so beautifully formatted.

BEGINS HERE AND SOME OF IT MAY NOT APPLY TO YOUR SPECIFIC CASE BUT EDIT AS YOU GO!

After you've gathered all documents, prepare a cover letter. The letter may look like this:

USCIS, Attention: Adjustment of Status
850 NW Chipman Rd
Lee?s Summit, MO 64063

SUBJECT : Response to Request for Initial Evidence for I-485
Case No.: MSCxxxxxxxxx

To Whom It May Concern:

This is in response to the Request for Initial Evidence (RFIE) letter dated September XX, 2018. The RFIE requests for the petitioner/sponsor?s tax documentation submitted to the Internal Revenue Service for the most recent tax year (2017).

In compliance with the RFIE, enclosed herein are the following tax and financial documents from the petitioner/sponsor, with the copy of the RFIE letter on top:

1. Tax Transcript issued by the Internal Revenue Service for tax period, December 2017;
2. 2017 Form W-2 from current employer;
3. Recent pay stubs for the last 6 months from current employer showing proof of current income;
4. Certificate of Employment from current employer.

Copies of the documents submitted are exact photocopies of unaltered documents, and I understand that I or my husband may be required to submit original documents to an immigration officer at a later date.

If you have any questions or concerns, please call me at (xxx) xxx-xxxx. Thank you for your prompt consideration of this I-485 Application.

Sincerely,

[Name]
E-mail:
Mobile No.:


Good luck and all the best! Hope you get your interview notice next after the RFIE.

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I already posted this to another thread, but in case somebody is interested how Infopass appointment is in Montgomery, Alabama, here you go.

The drive was about 3 hours from Florida to Alabama. We got there with my husband way before our 9:20 appoinment. The Immigration Officer (IO) was the only one who was taking pictures and fingerprinting people who were there for interview and also the person to talk to for Infopass appointment. Other IOs were calling people into offices, probably for GC or citizenship interview, Infopass was done with the IO in the waiting area. He was really nice and helpful. He called us to his window at about 9:35 and we talked for about 15 minutes, maybe less.

He was able to find my I-485 application in the system and when I told him it has been supposedly sent on September 5th, he said, let me check what the RFIE was about and he printed it for us. He even said that we should prepare reply, include the RFIE he just gave us and mail it to the address in the RFIE. I asked him twice if we should wait for the letter from USCIS (from my still unassigned SR from Sep 25th) or just use the one he gave us and he smiled, pointed to his USCIS logo on the shirt and replied that "yes, use the letter I just gave you, I am USCIS employee, believe me"

I asked him about Montgomery office, he said that the timeline on webpages 8-15 months wait for interview for GC is not accurate, the wait is in fact actually even longer, by many months, we blanked on the real months, sounded like 13-25 months

As I suspected, RFIE was for tax documentation for 2017 - which we included in our original application in March!

I am so mad but also happy that there is actually something we can do. My husband already logged on IRS webpage, he's gonna print the tax doc for 2017 and we will sent it expressly on Tuesday after his work. So hopefully, something will move on my GC and mainly EAD application until the end of November, fingers crossed.

all the best and see below for my previous comment!

[WaitedLongEnough]

Case update

I got an update today that my case is ready to be scheduled for an interview.
Just sharing my experience with everyone. I got 5 updates within 5 minutes stating the same thing.

While this can stay in the same status update for 1 day , 1 week , 1 month and 6 months. I am still hopeful and really happy that things are moving along.

[dejnadejnadejna]

I got an update today that my case is ready to be scheduled for an interview.
Just sharing my experience with everyone. I got 5 updates within 5 minutes stating the same thing.

While this can stay in the same status update for 1 day , 1 week , 1 month and 6 months. I am still hopeful and really happy that things are moving along.

Fingers crossed for the shortest wait time for interview date!

[WaitedLongEnough]

Fingers crossed for the shortest wait time for interview date!

Thanks for the positive vibe. Sending lot of love your way tooooo !!

[UScitizenFilingforspouse]

I got an update today that my case is ready to be scheduled for an interview.
Just sharing my experience with everyone. I got 5 updates within 5 minutes stating the same thing.

While this can stay in the same status update for 1 day , 1 week , 1 month and 6 months. I am still hopeful and really happy that things are moving along.

LOL, or 2 days, 2 weeks, 2 months, 12 months or 24 months.

[WaitedLongEnough]

LOL, or 2 days, 2 weeks, 2 months, 12 months or 24 months.

I am not saying I am laughing or anything but I just bust out laughing like how ligit your comment is !hahahha

[WaitedLongEnough]

What should I do if I don?t get a response by Nov 5

Hey , hey...

My SR request notice says I should expect a response by November 3. Today is November 1 and still nothing yet. If I don?t get anything in 2 days then what next ? I need my EAD before th years ends sheeeeeesssssh I am 202 days waiting (almost 7 whole months)

[dejnadejnadejna]

I got an update today that my case is ready to be scheduled for an interview.
Just sharing my experience with everyone. I got 5 updates within 5 minutes stating the same thing.

While this can stay in the same status update for 1 day , 1 week , 1 month and 6 months. I am still hopeful and really happy that things are moving along.

Aahaha, this is so truth I told my husband when finally after 7 months our case got updated on Nov 1st to that status, now only one year of wait But I am seriously happy, that at least i485 is completed...

Hey , hey...

My SR request notice says I should expect a response by November 3. Today is November 1 and still nothing yet. If I don?t get anything in 2 days then what next ? I need my EAD before th years ends sheeeeeesssssh I am 202 days waiting (almost 7 whole months)

This is the SR you submitted, or the second one submitted by service representative?
I did the second SR through service representative through phone - please see below - and she said the reply should be received in 15 days (Nov 14th) so if they don't process it by then, I don't know what I will do...

As I posted elsewhere:
So our Infopass at Montgomery on Oct 15th was successful, we got RFIE for tax for 2017, we sent reply in couple of days and USCIS acknowledged it on Oct 23rd. On the same day also passed a month on my SR for EAD outside of normal processing time which still wasn't assigned for processing. I waited a week to be sure that they received my RFIE for 485 and on Oct 30th I called them to inquire about EAD. Nice lady filed a second service request for EAD and told me that I should receive reply in 15 days.

On Nov 1st they must have looked at the reply to RFIE as my status was updated to "Case ready to be scheduled for interview"! So happy it finally moved that I don't even care that with the huge backlog Montgomery has according to Immigration Officer, that our interview will probably be in a year.

With this update and 2nd SR for EAD I have faith that I will finally see my EAD this year...

223 days since filing and counting.

[WaitedLongEnough]

Aahaha, this is so truth I told my husband when finally after 7 months our case got updated on Nov 1st to that status, now only one year of wait But I am seriously happy, that at least i485 is completed...



This is the SR you submitted, or the second one submitted by service representative?
I did the second SR through service representative through phone - please see below - and she said the reply should be received in 15 days (Nov 14th) so if they don't process it by then, I don't know what I will do...

As I posted elsewhere:
So our Infopass at Montgomery on Oct 15th was successful, we got RFIE for tax for 2017, we sent reply in couple of days and USCIS acknowledged it on Oct 23rd. On the same day also passed a month on my SR for EAD outside of normal processing time which still wasn't assigned for processing. I waited a week to be sure that they received my RFIE for 485 and on Oct 30th I called them to inquire about EAD. Nice lady filed a second service request for EAD and told me that I should receive reply in 15 days.

On Nov 1st they must have looked at the reply to RFIE as my status was updated to "Case ready to be scheduled for interview"! So happy it finally moved that I don't even care that with the huge backlog Montgomery has according to Immigration Officer, that our interview will probably be in a year.

With this update and 2nd SR for EAD I have faith that I will finally see my EAD this year...

223 days since filing and counting.

Wow !! Thanks for sharing your experience. The SR that I filed on October 12 was my first SR. Within 14 days seem to be the typical after you submit SR because I filed mine on October 12 and the notification I received via email says that I should expect a reply by November 4. So from October 12 - November 4 makes 22 days (15 business days). I really hope that I don?t have to submit another SR..... sheeesssssh !!! Keep the faith. I am hopeful myself

[WaitedLongEnough]

Federal Plaza in NYC

Hey guys,
Sharing some information after speaking with an Immi officer this morning at around 10 am. I waited 5-10 minutes and THE WAIT WAS SO WORTH IT!

He told me that I have about 2 weeks for my EAD and that I should call every single week until I actually get it (call as much as you have to guys). He told me that there was a backlog and that my EAD is waiting for a certain officer to process it. He said that he will send this officer a note right away (he never shared officer?s name as I asked heheheh)

I shyly asked about my I485 and he said oh no problem. He told me that my case LOOKS GOOD and that he checked Federal Plaza. He said that my wait is about 60 days for Federal Plaza (NYC) (I am not clear if he means an additional 60 days from when I got my notice or 60 days from today) I was so excited and nervous I didn?t get to ask him.

I am happy 😃

[dejnadejnadejna]

Hey guys,
Sharing some information after speaking with an Immi officer this morning at around 10 am. I waited 5-10 minutes and THE WAIT WAS SO WORTH IT!

He told me that I have about 2 weeks for my EAD and that I should call every single week until I actually get it (call as much as you have to guys). He told me that there was a backlog and that my EAD is waiting for a certain officer to process it. He said that he will send this officer a note right away (he never shared officer?s name as I asked heheheh)

I shyly asked about my I485 and he said oh no problem. He told me that my case LOOKS GOOD and that he checked Federal Plaza. He said that my wait is about 60 days for Federal Plaza (NYC) (I am not clear if he means an additional 60 days from when I got my notice or 60 days from today) I was so excited and nervous I didn?t get to ask him.

I am happy 😃

Hi WaitedLongEnough,
That is great news! Did you also asked if you will be receiving combo pack with AP?
And excellent news for the 485!!

Fingerz crossed that everything will go through in those dates, even sooner!