GlassRead · the mail people fear
The envelope says U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Inside: “REQUEST FOR EVIDENCE” — and a line saying the case may be “decided on the record” if you don’t answer.Most applicants read it as a rejection letter. It isn’t one — but one wrong move here actually can become one. Toggle Glass on.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ServicesPotomac Service Center
(official form shape · fictional case)
REQUEST FOR EVIDENCE
I-485, Application to Register
Permanent Residence
Receipt #: PSC·····4187
Notice date: June 8, 2026
Response due
September 5, 2026
Responses
One (1) — complete
Case status
On hold, pending
You must submit the evidence listed below
USCIS is requesting additional evidence to continue processing your Form I-485. Your case is on hold until we receive your response or the deadline passes.
Evidence requested
  • A currently valid Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination, completed and sealed by a designated civil surgeon.
  • Evidence that your sponsor’s income meets 125% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines, or a joint sponsor’s Form I-864 with supporting tax documents.
  • Copies of every page of your current passport, including the biographic page and all stamps.
How to respond

Submit ALL of the requested evidence in one package, with this letter on top, to the address on page 2, so that it is received by September 5, 2026.

If you do not respond

If you do not respond by the deadline, your application may be decided based on the record, which may result in denial. A partial response may be treated as a request for a decision on the record.

RFE · I-485 · one response permittedPage 1 of 2

What the legal clinic sees

Aggregated comprehension analytics · I-485 RFEs · 9,400 cases assisted (sample figures)
Applicants who tapped “decided based on the record”74%
Complete first-response rate — with Glass checklist83%
— clinic baseline before57%
Missed-deadline rate among Glass readers−44%
⌁ GLASSWRITE SUGGESTION — THE FLYWHEEL

“Decided based on the record” reads as a verdict and drives 74% of term-taps. Suggested rewrite for the clinic’s cover sheet: lead with “one package, received by the date, this letter on top” — the three behaviors that prevent nearly every avoidable denial.

Privacy line (binding): everything on this screen is aggregated and anonymized — which clause, never which reader. Per-reader session data (the personal debrief) lives on the reader's device and is never shown to anyone but them. A feature that can't sit honestly on one side of this line gets cut.
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