H-1B, L-1, O-1 and E-2 applicants face increased documentation demands

If your H-1B, L-1, O-1, or E-2 case has received an RFE in 2026, you’re not alone. Employers across the country are seeing a sharp rise in Requests for Evidence—even in cases that would have been routinely approved just a few years ago. This is what Reddy Neumann Brown PC, an Houston based Immigration Law Firm, is saying to the foreign workers.

H-1B and other applicants need to know that a Request for Evidence (RFE) is a notification requesting additional information or documents to support an application or petition and is not a denial, but is used to strengthen the case.