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📋 EB-3 Employment-Based RFE Received - Non-ROW Country PD Oct 2023
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📋 **Case Status: RFE Received**
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An EB-3 second preference (EB3-2) applicant from a non-ROW country with a priority date of October 2023 received an RFE from Minneapolis USCIS on May 22, 2026, approximately two months after filing I-485. The RFE appears related to Supplement J (job continuity confirmation), with biometrics and fingerprint appointments already completed.
An EB-3 employment-based (second preference) applicant filed I-485 in March 2026 with a priority date of October 27, 2023. The applicant is from a country outside the Rest of World (ROW) top 75 cut-off group. I-140 had been approved in March 2025. Biometrics were scheduled and completed in late April 2026, followed by two FTA0 fingerprint appointments and one FTA1 appointment in May 2026. An RFE was issued by the Minneapolis USCIS field office on May 22, 2026, just days after the fingerprint appointments concluded. The RFE is believed to involve Supplement J, which requires the petitioning employer to reconfirm the job offer is still valid and the position remains available.
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RFEs issued shortly after biometrics and fingerprint appointments — particularly involving Supplement J — are increasingly common in EB-3 employment-based cases. Supplement J serves as a job continuity verification, and USCIS often requests it when significant time has elapsed between I-140 approval and I-485 adjudication, or when the priority date only recently became current. Applicants in similar situations should ensure their employer is prepared to promptly complete and sign Supplement J (Form I-485J), and that the job offer details (title, duties, salary) still align with the original I-140 petition. Response time to an RFE is typically 87 days. Cases receiving Supplement J RFEs that are resolved quickly tend to proceed to approval within 2–4 months. The timeline here (RD March 2026, RFE May 2026) suggests relatively fast initial movement before the RFE pause.