What RFEs actually ask.
An RFE is a request for more evidence, not a decision. The prongs it raises are distributed differently from the prongs that decide denials, so reading one as the other misreads the record.
The prongs an RFE raises are distributed differently from the prongs that decide denials. Which of them the record probes first depends on the profile. See where your profile sits — 90 seconds →
AAO appeal decisions through 21 July 2026.