USCIS Shortens RFE Response Windows Starting August 2026 If you or a family member has a case pending with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a notice you receive in the coming months may come with far less time to respond than in the past. Following guidance USCIS issued on August 5, 2026, immigration attorneys nationwide are seeing Requests for Evidence (RFEs) go out with response deadlines as short as 30 days — a sharp change from the 84-day (12-week) window that h
