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RFE ASSIST
by PetitionDirect
AI-assisted RFE response for immigration law firms

Turn an RFE into a structured response workspace.

RFE Assist analyzes requests, identifies issues and evidence needs, and builds a response framework—so your team spends less time preparing and more time practicing law.

Built for Immigration Law
Attorney Review Always
Secure & Confidential
How RFE Assist works
1
Upload RFE
Upload the RFE notice or PDF.
2
AI Analysis
We extract issues, citations, and requirements.
3
Evidence Plan
Get a tailored evidence checklist for your client.
4
Response Framework
We generate a structured response outline and guidance.
5
Attorney Review
You review, edit, and finalize the response.
Nothing files without you
Every draft, citation, and recommendation remains under attorney review. RFE Assist does not autonomously file or send legal work.
See RFE Assist in action

Explore a real RFE analysis

This is an interactive demo using a sample RFE. Click through the steps to see how RFE Assist builds a response workspace.

Sample Petition Type

1. Issues Identified

AI Confidence: High ●

RFE Assist has analyzed the notice and identified the key issues.

4
Issues Identified
2 High Priority
9
Evidence Requests
From Client
4
Evidence Requests
From Attorney
7.8 /10
Complexity Score
Moderate-High
Top Issues Identified
High
Specialty Occupation — Evidence Insufficient
8 CFR § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A)
High
Employer-Employee Relationship — Clarification Needed
8 CFR § 214.2(h)(4)(ii)
Medium
Job Duties — Need Greater Detail
8 CFR § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A)
Medium
Wage Level — Evidence Required
8 CFR § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(E)

You've tried answering RFEs with generic tools. This is the difference.

Word, email, and a spreadsheet
The notice read line by line, issues copied into a checklist by hand.
A general-purpose AI that has never seen a USCIS notice or your firm's templates.
Evidence requests tracked in email threads between attorney, paralegal, and client.
Responses drafted from the last similar case someone remembers.
Deadline lives in a spreadsheet and a calendar reminder.
RFE Assist
Every issue, citation, and evidence request extracted the moment the RFE is uploaded.
Built only for RFE response, citing 8 CFR and the controlling standard for each issue.
One checklist that says who owes what, and what is still outstanding today.
A structured outline mapped to the issues actually raised, with exhibits cross-referenced.
Deadline, stage, and attorney review queue tracked on one docket.
Why immigration firms choose RFE Assist
Save Significant Time
Reduce hours spent extracting information, organizing evidence, and drafting boilerplate responses.
Improve Accuracy
AI-powered analysis helps ensure you don't miss issues, citations, or evidence requirements.
Scale Your Practice
Handle more matters without adding headcount. Focus your team on high-value work.
Secure & Confidential
Your data is protected with enterprise-grade security and strict confidentiality controls.

Use RFE Assist Out of the Box

Everything you need to streamline RFE preparation.

✓Standard RFE analysis and response workspace
✓Templates and best-practice guidance
✓Secure cloud platform with attorney review

Build It Around Your Firm

We implement RFE Assist around your workflow.

✓Workflow mapping and process automation
✓Integrations with your existing systems
✓Custom templates, reports, and training
Value, in hours

What does RFE drafting cost your attorneys today?

12
9
Attorney hours back, per month
65
≈ 8 full attorney-days each month, at a 60% reduction in drafting time
An estimate, not a measured average: analysis, issue-spotting, and first-draft assembly compress, while attorney review time stays. Adjust the sliders to your own numbers.

The hours are just the start.

RFE drafting time is the easiest number to measure. The rest of what the platform returns to a firm is harder to put on a slider — and worth more.

Risk
Fewer missed requirements
The issue nobody spotted on the first read is the one that turns an RFE into a denial. Extraction is systematic, not from memory.
Staff time
Evidence chasing stops
One checklist replaces the email thread, returning hours a week to the paralegals who currently reconcile it.
Consistency
Your best process, every matter
The workflow your strongest attorney runs becomes the workflow the software runs — new hires respond like veterans from week one.
Leverage
Grow caseload, not headcount
Analysis and first-draft assembly scale with volume, so the firm takes on more matters without a hiring decision per surge.
Where your client data lives

Confidentiality is the first requirement, not a feature.

Immigration files carry some of the most sensitive material a firm handles. The architecture reflects that before it does anything else — and we sign your confidentiality and data-processing terms as part of every engagement.

Isolated per firm
Your matters live in your own environment — never pooled with another firm's data.
Never used to train models
Client files are processed to do your work and nothing else. No training, no retention beyond your terms.
Encrypted and access-logged
Encrypted in transit and at rest, with per-user access logs your firm can audit.
Attorney sign-off on every output
Nothing is filed, sent, or shared with a client without a human approving it first.

Questions firms actually ask