USCIS NOTIFIES PUBLIC OF NEW POLICY CONCERNING FIANCÉ(E) PETITIONS
Agency to Request Additional Evidence to Comply with IMBRA

Washington, DC – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that in order to comply with provisions of the International Marriage Brokers Regulation Act of 2005 (IMBRA), it will need to issue “Requests for Evidence” for more than 10,000 Alien Fiancé(e) Petitions (Form I-129F) currently being held at USCIS Service Centers. USCIS will begin immediately to issue RFEs to affected petitioners using an RFE template that has been approved and cleared by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

All petitions filed on or after March 6 must be supplemented with additional information to satisfy the new evidentiary requirements established by IMBRA. To adjudicate the petitions that are being held as quickly and efficiently as possible, USCIS is issuing “Requests for Evidence” (RFEs) asking petitioners to provide the additional information including data pertaining to a petitioner’s criminal history (if any). Details on the waiver process for those affected by the new limitation for filings of I-129Fs are also provided in the RFE. A new Form I-129F that incorporates these changes should become available later in June. In certain circumstances, USCIS may need to issue a second RFE to some petitioners later in the process if it is determined that other required information was not provided in the initial filing.


read more:
http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/publicaffair...RA_061306PN.pdf

we have been buzzing for about a hour now captain...WOOT WOOT

thanks

Great!

thank you ewok for keeping us informed. you're the best

thanks Capt.

here's to hopeing the RFE's come fast and the Service centers spend the time they waited on these forms.

<-- Fingers, Toes and everything I can crossed.

I lurve the Breaking News flash at the top of the page Capt - very cool

Coz, G. Dubya said so!

me too, it was the first this i noticed,..................

ahahahhahha I was approve don dec 5 2005.....thank God!!!!!!

Maria

Glad we don't have to deal with that setback. What is wrong that the government can't print new forms on time?
We're still waiting for news about the lost immunizations.

moondancer

nothing can be done on time, its the government we're talking about here!!

gdubya...lol

Thanks for informing us!

But it seems to me after reading the Public Notice that we now all have to do additonal paper work because of the International Marriage Brokers Regulation Act of 2005 (IMBRA) becuae people can't meet the old fashion way, they have companies arrange their marriages!!!!! It seems to me the people who this law is protecting obviously don't know their significant other very well!!!

New IMRA Act: http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/publicaffair...RA_061306PN.pdf

Thanks for informing us!

But it seems to me after reading the Public Notice that we now all have to do additonal paper work because of the International Marriage Brokers Regulation Act of 2005 (IMBRA) becuae people can't meet the old fashion way, they have companies arrange their marriages!!!!! It seems to me the people who this law is protecting obviously don't know their significant other very well!!!

New IMRA Act: http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/publicaffair...RA_061306PN.pdf

And unfortunatly that is the case all too often. I suspect that the majority of us here at Visa Journey cares about our signifigant other more than those this law is set to protect. Honestly, this law is very much needed! But the initial execution of it was atrocious.

Goodness me. I was starting to wonder why we hadn't heard from them and why we hadn't been touched since May 1.

Starting to get frustrated here...