USCIS NOTIFIES PUBLIC OF NEW POLICY CONCERNING FIANCÉ(E) PETITIONS – ANNOUNCED 10,000 RFE’s (REQUESTS FOR EVIDENCE)

06/13/2006 USCIS Press Release

Washington, DC – <a href="/files/4941-4844/publicnotice061306i_129F.pdf”>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 )