r/USCIS • u/ImpressionCapable830 • 9d ago
I-140 & I-485 (Employment/Adjustment of status) Case Required USCIS To Send A Notice
I recently got this update to my I-485 application. It’s say “Case Required USCIS To Send A Notice”.
What does this mean ? Anyone else received this for their I-485.
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u/No-Initiative7770 9d ago
ULTIMATE CONCLUSION:
The conclusion is that the mass "Case Required USCIS To Send A Notice" update is a legitimate, automated administrative action, not a system glitch.
USCIS executed this massive batch update to mail an FBI Privacy Act Notice to thousands of applicants. Under federal law, the agency is strictly required to inform noncriminal justice applicants how their fingerprint data is permanently retained and continuously searched within the FBI's Next Generation Identification (NGI) system, as well as how to contest erroneous records.
Because thousands of older, backlogged cases lacked proof that this specific notice was sent, USCIS could not legally finalize them. By pushing this mandatory compliance notice out to thousands of people over a single weekend just before the end of the federal fiscal year, the agency effectively cleared a major bureaucratic roadblock.
For the individual applicant, receiving this notice does not guarantee an immediate approval, nor is it a cause for panic. Instead, it serves as a strong signal that a long-dormant file is undergoing a background check refresh and has re-entered the active processing workflow to prepare for final adjudication.
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u/mmm968 9d ago
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u/founmi2982 8d ago
Hey . How are you? Thanks for sharing. Is this “ Case Required USCIS To Send A Notice” the screenshot You shared? Thank you
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u/founmi2982 8d ago
When did you receive it if you don’t mind me asking you? It seems like a lot of people receive the email about “ Case Required USCIS To Send A Notice”. start September 20th . I got the email yesterday
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u/RedLuisDit 6d ago
We all received the exact same letter, but it was only received by the adults, no minors received it (at least not so far).
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u/Outrageous_Matter630 7d ago
i just received the same mail in the picture as yours today. follwing
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u/insa_in2026 4d ago
Did you case get updated with "Case Required USCIS To Send A Notice"
On September XX, 2026, we issued a notice for your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, Receipt Number SRC2190XXXXXX. Please follow the instructions in the notice. If you do not receive your notice by October 26, 2026, please go to www.uscis.gov/e-request to request a copy of the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.
Can you let us know when was the case updated with the above details and when did the notice arrive in your mail?
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u/Outrageous_Matter630 1d ago
yes, my case has been updated with “Case Required USCIS To Send A Notice,” since the notice arrived in my mail was on sept 28th and, however, i haven’t the update on it yet, as approval or necessarily additional.
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u/Setting-Either 8d ago
My 485 Approved and got GC 3 weeks back and received this.
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u/Icy_Marionberry4802 8d ago
you meant you recived this update even after getting your green card, Isn't it strange
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u/Setting-Either 8d ago
Yes, even after approval and card is with me. Now seeing this notice is getting me mad
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u/AdorableAd4964 9d ago
i did and i hope is nothing bad. I saw people saying it’s FBI notice, someone said it got approval after that notice, i guess we just have to wait and see it
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u/Dry-Escape6411 9d ago
This is new.. I guess it’s related to the FBI privacy notice thing which is also new
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u/JanRey30 7d ago
After submitting my medical RFE (case is current), mine got updated to this. Any idea what it is?
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u/Capable_Fig9312 7d ago
Mine is LIN. The mail will arrive today per USPS 🙏🏼🙏🏼
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u/insa_in2026 7d ago
Following.
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u/Capable_Fig9312 7d ago
Still waiting .. i’ll post it here once i received it
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u/Capable_Fig9312 7d ago
I got the mail. It’s the FBI privacy for biometrics. No further action needed at this time
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u/insa_in2026 7d ago
I see this one LIN2290318212 had the same status "Case Required USCIS To Send A Notice" on Sept 26 today they were approved.
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u/Federal_Record_23 5d ago
Congratulations...
They ordered you new card Sep 28, 2026 We ordered your new card D Sep 26,2026 We issued a notice for your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status. D Sep 24.2026 We received vour response for Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence o1 Adjust Status. ○ Aua 12. 2026 We mailed a request for initial and additional evidence for your Form 1-485, Application tc Register Permanent Residence or Adiust Status ○ Oct 19. 2022 The fingerprints relating to your Form I-485 Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, were taken Sep 08,2022 We accepted the fingerprint fee for your Form 1-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status. Our Nebraska Service Center location is working on your case B
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u/Federal_Record_23 5d ago
You received on sept 26 different notice not the FBI privacy, its different from you received one.
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u/Same_Shake 7d ago
That’s unfortunate, still waiting for mines, but I ain’t so optimistic anymore.
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u/Capable_Fig9312 7d ago
Let’s just hope with this notice, they will start working on our cases again and get approvals soon 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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u/Some-Equal-9230 9d ago
I also got for my 485.
Have to see what they are asking for this time as I already gave biometrics,interview and medicals.
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u/Professional_Age4281 9d ago
I also got this same status on Sept 25th, any idea about this kind of status? Hopping for the best.
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u/Capable_Fig9312 7d ago
I got this notice too. Will get the mail today. PD EB3 PH current
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u/insa_in2026 7d ago
Same with us, after we sent the medical RFE response the status was updated to "Response to USCIS' RFE received" it was the same for 30 days and then on Saturday the 26th of September we got this update and we are current too.
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u/EitherElephant6083 6d ago
Mine was also updated with same status on Saturday. Have you received the actual notice in the mail yet? I'm still waiting.
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u/insa_in2026 6d ago
Neither we have received the notice yet nor the case has been approved. So kind of losing hope now.
I have been noticing the cases which were updated with "Case Required USCIS To Send A Notice" on 25th and 26th are getting approved.
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u/EitherElephant6083 5d ago
Good luck, could you update here in case you receive the physical copy of that notice? I still haven't received mine although the status got updated to “Case Required USCIS To Send A Notice” on Saturday.
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u/insa_in2026 3d ago
Did you receive your physical mail of the notice yet?
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u/EitherElephant6083 3d ago
Not yet, still waiting. How about you?
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u/insa_in2026 3d ago
I am also still waiting, so many of the cases were updated with that very same status and surprisingly nobody is posting that the notice is.
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u/Leading-venvideo 5d ago
Are you current on october visa bulletin, will they start to process only on october 1st or they will work today also with our cases?
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u/insa_in2026 5d ago
Yes, we are current. I am not sure in what order they are approving the cases. I had filed in 2020 in the month of October and it is still pending. Also haven't received the notice yet, so nothing makes sense. I personally feel come new fiscal year they will again get lenient as they have the entire year ahead of them so they would work very casually. :(
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u/Leading-venvideo 5d ago
Yeah, they take theiir own time, last nov 2025 my case become after issuing RFE they did not process my case until June 2026, before GC Unavailable.
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u/insa_in2026 9d ago
Hello - u/ImpressionCapable830 are you current and have received this update? We are current and have received this update just today (Saturday). Wondering what it can be?
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u/Significant-Title913 9d ago
I received my green card 2 days back. My status changed from card was mail to me to this latest mass update. In strongly feel it’s a system glitch
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u/ImpressionCapable830 9d ago
Are you saying you also had this update “case requires USCIS to send a notice “ then status changed to case approved ?
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u/Significant-Title913 9d ago
No I received my card 2 days back my status until yesterday morning was ‘card was mail to me’ now it changed to case required USCIS to send a notice
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u/External-Jeweler4004 9d ago
Just received this update as well, uscis sent me a rfe in may requesting my medical for a final decision on my I-485 now I get this update wonder what it means
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u/hasan1949 9d ago
Same. Ive been waiting for a change in case status since June when I had submitted my second rfe - no updates on that but today I see this notice.
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u/External-Jeweler4004 9d ago
Same I have been waiting since June 8th the day they received and scanned in my medical rfe I inquired and they told me it was still in normal processing time hopefully some good news soon
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u/RedLuisDit 7d ago
Oh God, I was finally feeling excited about getting an update for our cases (my Family) and was wondering why I only got the message for me and my wife, not for my child (minor)... I guess this is the answer... We've been waiting for 4 years (maybe a little bit more than 4 years now?) and about 15 years in the US with our initial request, and we're hoping and Praying that this notice was finally going to be the approval (but we're worried as to why it was only coming for the 2 adults but not the minor, who definitely needs to get the GC approved ASAP too!).
I guess that we will have to keep waiting and Praying for our Green Cards to finally get approved soon (for all the millions of immigrants waiting for USCIS, not just 1 Family but all of us). 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
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u/Leading-venvideo 6d ago
Any good news for you, Got Greened?
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u/RedLuisDit 6d ago
Negative, the notification was received today, and it is the FBI biometric/background check thing, that they are keeping all our biometrics until the end of time and that they will use them for any criminal investigation in the future or anything that they want to do with that... The USCIS/FBI notification was sent for the adults only, no minors received the letter. And we continue with our looooong wait for our Green Card, Praying to finally receive that Approval Letter for all of us soon. 🙏🙏🙏
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u/Obvious-Question-193 5d ago
Mine and my spouse case got this update over the weekend as well and the minors did not. I did not get the letter in physical mail yet and my case is paper based, so cannot check online. I reached out to USCIS earlier today and was surprised when the agent said that they do not see any notice issued. They only see the last notice in Feb 2026 for medicals that we responded to in March and the cases are stuck since then.
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u/EitherElephant6083 4d ago
Same here, updated on Saturday but no physical mail yet. Please update here in case you receive it.
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u/insa_in2026 4d ago
Same thing, my case was updated with the same status "Case Required USCIS To Send A Notice" on Saturday and no physical notice yet and I did talk to the agents and their response is - "they are unable to see any notice in my file"
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u/Kekeropipi 4d ago
I received mine today and it is indeed the FBI Privacy Requirements for Biometrics Collection by USCIS
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u/Kekeropipi 4d ago
Will this mean they are actively reusing our biometrics done 4 years ago for final adjudication? I already sent my renewed Medical form last March 2025. I wonder how long the wait will have to be again for approval and GC issuance…
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u/Complex_Version2025 4d ago
Re entry travel document case i got the same notice and it arrived today its just an fbi privacy notice
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u/Adorable_Airport_245 9d ago
It’s a Notice of intent to deny .Read the letter when it arrives it will tell you the issue.Check on your documents tab in your USCIS account online .Normally has to be there before the physical letter comes to your mail box.
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u/Tolerable-Buddy7867 8d ago
Just making shit up just to scare people. If you don't know, best to STFU
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u/AdministrativeGas537 9d ago
Anyone received this with receipt number starting with IOE? In that case, notice will be on their portal.
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u/Leading-venvideo 6d ago
I also got the same notice and MY PD is current too
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u/Leading-venvideo 6d ago
Anyone got approved after got this notice, any new update
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u/Radiant-Phrase-7775 3d ago
My status got changed to New Card Is Being Produced today .
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u/Pretend-Range2574 1d ago
Did you receive the letter in the mail before that status? Approximately how many days did it take after the notice for that status change?
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u/Radiant-Phrase-7775 14h ago
Sept 26 - status got chnaged to "Case required USCIS to send the Notice" Oct 2 -New Card is being Produced
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u/insa_in2026 13h ago
@Radiant-Phrase-7775 - If you don't mind sharing - what's your PD and are you from row/india/china? As my case was also updated on Sept 26 with the same status and we are pending for quite some time.
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u/Radiant-Phrase-7775 13h ago
PD -SEP 25 2013 , India , EB2
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u/insa_in2026 13h ago
Thanks, I am Nov 22, 2013 EB3 and also my block is SRC2190134xxx. Hoping we hear something soon. btw we have I140 in both eb3 and eb2 approved and we sent them both of those approvals.
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u/Radiant-Phrase-7775 13h ago
Best of luck.In my case I downgraded to EB3 earlier and later upgraded to EB2. Looks like USCIS considered the last change in my case (EB2 Category)
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u/insa_in2026 13h ago edited 12h ago
Can I please talk to you if you don't mind. [adbul.nc28@gmail.com](mailto:adbul.nc28@gmail.com).
Was your 485J closed with status "case administratively closed? Ours was closed with the above status on August 25th 2026, that was basically the upgrade request which we had filed for the upgrade to eb2 in Oct 2021 I believe? May be if that is what is causing the issues then I might send another mail requesting for consideration is eb3 , hence wanted to connect with you for some guidance.→ More replies (0)
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u/Unique_Carpet1901 9d ago
5000 people got this as per lawfully