How long does it take for RFE approval

USA H1B Visa
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Hi ,

I have a couple of questions and your responses will be very helpfull.

  1. I have filed my H1B through a consultant and recieved an RFE on Aug 2013 for which the attorney had sent a response on Sep 2013 and the status changed to RFE review response on Sep 19. Its been 2 weeks and no response yet. Generally how long does it take for RFE response to get back. I have seen lot of ppl getting their responses within 2 weeks and this keeps me worried.

  2. Does all RFE’s get approved eventually or is there a chance for denial too?

  3. I have been on my L1 before applying for H1B and was staying on my I94 extention for almost 8 mnths after my L1B expired. So will this affect my current H1B approval when i go for an interview as i have stayed on I94 extension.I didnt apply for I94 extension specifically but the officer at the port of entry had itself given me an I94 date for 2 years as he saw that my visa was about to expire in 5 mnths.

Kindly clarify on these please.

Thanks

Omsai

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  1. Need to wait as US is shutdown

  2. It depends on RFE, whether they require general documents, educational docuements, client letter etc

  3. No problem

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US shutdown is not effecting USCIS

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I got my RFE in the month of May nad responded back on Aug 4, 2013. Status changed to RFE Response review on Aug 13th and i received approval mail on Oct 4th 2013.

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Very worried as the US shutdown is in place now. But as per Beedam, i assume USCIS is still on and functionally fully which gives me a little sigh of relief. Hoping that i get my approval by Oct 19.

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Thanks Beedam.

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But Beedam, i read somewhere that the US shutdown does not impact USCIS processing much . Just the LCA’s have major impact. Any thought on this.