Know what an RFE
is really asking.
Paste the letter you actually received. Merito parses exactly which criteria are being questioned, in plain English, in under a minute.
Watch a real RFE get parsed.
Every objection is tied to a specific criterion, not a vague summary — the same file this whole site draws from received exactly this letter.
Included in this result
- Objections questioned, with severity
- Document type and visa type detected
- Plain-English summary
In the Pro version
- Full paragraph-by-paragraph response skeleton mapped to your exhibits
- Officer tone analysis for every objection
- AAO precedent decisions matched to your case
An RFE's tone can feel more final than its actual ask.
The letter reads worse than what it's actually asking.
USCIS boilerplate language can make even a narrow, addressable request sound like a fundamental rejection of the whole case.
Not every objection carries the same weight.
Some requests ask for one more document; others question whether a criterion was met at all. Responding to both the same way wastes the time either needs.
It's easy to answer the wrong document type.
An RFE, a NOID, and a denial each call for a different kind of response — mixing them up wastes the narrow window you have to reply.
Why a chatbot can't decode your RFE.
An RFE raises specific, criterion-linked objections — not a tone for a chatbot to summarize.
It reads the letter's tone, not its objections.
A chatbot tends to paraphrase the whole letter into one vague summary. Merito isolates each individual objection and ties it to the specific criterion it targets.
It can't tell a narrow ask from a broad one.
Whether an objection is a narrow request or a fundamental insufficiency changes how you respond — that classification needs a structured read, not a general impression.
It doesn't know what kind of letter it's reading.
An RFE, a NOID, and a denial call for different responses. This tool detects the document type first, before parsing what it's actually asking for.
How the letter gets parsed.
Upload, paste or link your letter.
A PDF, a photo or the text. We read it in memory and never save the file.
What kind of letter it is.
RFE, NOID, denial or appeal decision, and whether it focuses on one point or the whole record.
Criterion by criterion.
Each criterion the officer asks about, with the kind of ask.
What is not questioned.
The criteria the letter does not raise, and a plain summary to share with your attorney.
Your actual letter,
not a generic summary.
The letter you paste in is parsed into the exact objections being questioned, each tied to a specific criterion and the kind of request — the same file this whole site draws from received exactly this letter.
Answer the real question, not the letter's tone.