USCIS officer numbers: what each desk questions
Updated: Author: Alina Kanametova
The number in the corner of your RFE or denial is an adjudicating desk, not a name. We parsed 439 real notices and summarized which criteria each of the 86 desks questioned most. 41 desks with at least 5 cases have their own page.
Important limit: only cases that drew a request or a refusal are included. Petitions approved without questions are invisible here - so these counts do NOT say which desk is stricter.
Desks with their own page
- Officer 059225 casesMost often questions: Leading role, Awards, High remuneration
- Officer 078715 casesMost often questions: Published material about you, Original contribution, High remuneration
- Officer 085815 casesMost often questions: Membership, Original contribution, Leading role
- Officer 041313 casesMost often questions: Membership, High remuneration, Judging
- Officer 225413 casesMost often questions: Leading role, Awards, Original contribution
- Officer 043812 casesMost often questions: Leading role, Membership, Original contribution
- Officer 003411 casesMost often questions: Membership, Leading role, Original contribution
- Officer 208411 casesMost often questions: High remuneration, Original contribution, Published material about you
- Officer 015010 casesMost often questions: High remuneration, Leading role, Membership
- Officer 034210 casesMost often questions: Awards, High remuneration, Membership
- Officer 02429 casesMost often questions: High remuneration, Awards, Membership
- Officer 11369 casesMost often questions: Awards, Original contribution, Membership
- Officer 21069 casesMost often questions: Published material about you, Leading role, High remuneration
- Officer 21159 casesMost often questions: Membership, Leading role, Awards
- Officer 22729 casesMost often questions: Leading role, Scholarly authorship, Awards
- Officer 50209 casesMost often questions: Published material about you, Awards, Membership
- Officer 00028 casesMost often questions: Published material about you, High remuneration, Membership
- Officer 00708 casesMost often questions: Awards, Original contribution, Leading role
- Officer 02588 casesMost often questions: High remuneration, Leading role, Membership
- Officer 19578 casesMost often questions: Leading role, High remuneration, Original contribution
- Officer 20088 casesMost often questions: Published material about you, High remuneration, Scholarly authorship
- Officer 21218 casesMost often questions: Membership, Published material about you, Original contribution
- Officer 00247 casesMost often questions: Membership, Published material about you, Leading role
- Officer 03687 casesMost often questions: Membership, Scholarly authorship, Commercial success
- Officer 12587 casesMost often questions: Judging, Leading role, Awards
- Officer 12917 casesMost often questions: Membership, High remuneration, Awards
- Officer 18527 casesMost often questions: Published material about you, Original contribution, Scholarly authorship
- Officer 22627 casesMost often questions: Published material about you, High remuneration, Leading role
- Officer 03186 casesMost often questions: Membership, Awards, Original contribution
- Officer 03896 casesMost often questions: Awards, Membership, Original contribution
- Officer 06246 casesMost often questions: Published material about you, Leading role, High remuneration
- Officer 13206 casesMost often questions: Published material about you, Judging, Leading role
- Officer 15666 casesMost often questions: Scholarly authorship, Original contribution, Membership
- Officer 17916 casesMost often questions: Scholarly authorship, Leading role, Original contribution
- Officer 25346 casesMost often questions: Membership, Original contribution, Awards
- Officer 02055 casesMost often questions: High remuneration, Awards, Membership
- Officer 16425 casesMost often questions: Awards, Membership, Published material about you
- Officer 18455 casesMost often questions: Awards, Published material about you, Original contribution
- Officer 19605 casesMost often questions: Awards, High remuneration, Original contribution
- Officer 20315 casesMost often questions: Awards, Membership, Published material about you
- Officer 22125 casesMost often questions: Published material about you, Original contribution, Awards
Other desks in the data
We have fewer than 5 cases for these desks - too few for a page of their own, but the number and count are shown as they are.
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Common questions
What does the officer number on a notice mean?
The four-digit code on a USCIS notice identifies an adjudicating desk - a queue inside a service center - not a specific person. USCIS does not publish who staffs it, and the number cannot be resolved to a name.
Can I choose or change my officer?
No. Assignment is internal and cannot be influenced. The number is useful for a different reason: it shows which criteria that desk questions most often, and therefore what to answer in depth.
Do these numbers show how often a desk approves?
No. The sample contains only cases that already drew an RFE, NOID or denial. Petitions approved without questions are invisible here, so these counts cannot rank desks by strictness.