u/Smart-Mycologist-151

Hello,

I upgraded to PP over a month ago. Only email from premium processing unit sent. No physical receipt sent in mail nor PP upgrade showing in case tracker. Is this normal?

I’m looking for feedback from anyone who has worked with Robert (Bob) Webber on an EB-2 NIW case, especially if you received an RFE.

Since RFEs seem to be much more common these days, I’m particularly interested in hearing about your experience with how the firm handled the RFE.

• How thorough and strategic was their RFE response?
• How was the communication throughout the process?
• Did they ask you to gather additional evidence, or did they largely prepare everything themselves?
• If you don’t mind sharing, what was the outcome after the RFE (approved or denied), and how long did it take?

I’m trying to understand how they perform when a case becomes more challenging, not just during the initial filing. I’d really appreciate hearing about your personal experience—both positive and negative.

The government submitted their report on the next steps. Here is the summary. This explains the outage tomorrow on USCIS’s website.

link: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.rid.61671/gov.uscourts.rid.61671.41.1.pdf

Key points from the declaration of USCIS Deputy Director Angelica Alfonso-Royals:  

• The declarant is the current USCIS Deputy Director, serving since May 31, 2026, and previously served as Principal Deputy Director and in other senior USCIS leadership roles.  
• She confirms that on June 5, 2026, the Rhode Island court ruled that the following policies are unlawful, vacated, and set aside:
  • Global Asylum Hold Policy
  • Benefits Hold Policy
  • Comprehensive Re-Review Policy
  • Country-Specific Factors Policy

   

• On June 11, 2026, the court ordered USCIS to file a status report explaining the steps it has taken to comply with the ruling.  
• USCIS states that on June 12, 2026, it published a public web alert announcing that it is complying with the court’s vacatur order.  
• USCIS has internally distributed instructions to employees directing them to:
  • Treat the vacated policies as if they are no longer in effect.

   

• USCIS’s Office of Information Technology is working to ensure agency systems no longer apply restrictions or requirements based on the vacated policies.  
• USCIS adjudications offices are preparing updated guidance for officers on complying with the court’s order.  
• USCIS customer service teams are updating public resources and assistants to provide accurate information about the ruling, including that:
  • Holds previously imposed under the vacated policies have been removed.

We’re almost one month past the PI being granted. Has any plaintiff had their case adjudicated yet? Anything at all?

An alleged USCIS officer posted about what the new internal instructions regarding the new memo here: https://www.reddit.com/r/USCIS/comments/1tl2pov/fod_sup_here_little_update_regarding_the_aos/

In one of the officer‘s comments they said the following is applied internally:

”Moving forward and regardless of case type, if ISO wants to approve any case, they must go thru supervisory review.

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If true, this has an important psychological implication.

When approvals require extra scrutiny, supervisory sign-off, and discretionary analysis, while denials may remain procedurally simpler, the institutional incentive naturally shifts toward caution.

In practice, this can subtly push officers toward more RFEs, delays, or denials — not necessarily because of an explicit denial policy, but because approvals now carry additional internal review and accountability burdens.

Some important notes I wanted to point out to:

1. USCIS attorney hinted to USCIS’s plan if the current hold policies got vacated. He mentioned that the government will keep the applications pending indefinitely since nothing forces USCIS to adjudicate within a certain timeframe. So the vacation may be as good as nothing unless the judge enforces normal processing.
2. I am afraid this litigation will probably have a negative impact on people already involved in lawsuits and seeking PI. All their filings are pointed towards these hold policy memos. If these memos get vacated = nothing to sue for = according to 1, your case will not move.

Just my thoughts which might be wrong but wanted to have a discussion on them.

Would really appreciate it if anyone from the first round of RE lawsuits could keep us posted on their case—especially if you’ve gotten a decision.