“Request for Additional Evidence Was Sent” on Your I-485: What It Means

In the I-485 stages (Evidence request): An officer may ask for more evidence. The request states the deadline to respond, and a code records when USCIS receives your response.^[3][4]

USCIS issued a Request for Evidence. It needs additional documents or information to make a decision.^[1][3]

A Request for Evidence is not a denial.^[3]

After you respond, the I-485 goes back to the officer, and the next step can be an interview, another request or a decision.^[1][5]

For how long cases usually take, see USCIS processing times. We do not state a timeline on this page.

Read the request document, not only the status line. It lists what is needed and the deadline to respond. Consider talking to an immigration attorney.^[2][3]

• IKAdditional evidence request sent

The NIEM code list words IK as “REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE SENT”, which matches this message in meaning. USCIS has not published a table that links status messages to event codes, so read the link as a reading, not a confirmed mapping.^[4][6]

This page covers the I-485. Read the general page for this message or follow the whole case on the I-485 Tracker.

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