The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has tightened its adjudication policy, restoring officers' discretion to deny ‘immigration-benefit’ requests without first issuing a Request for Evidence (RFE) or a Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID) if applicants fail to establish eligibility or submit all the required initial evidence at the time of filing. In addition, the deadline to respond to a RFE, if any is issued, has also been shortened.