On average, Helgeson’s firm files 50 to 75 visa petitions per month. But since Donald Trump took office and began cracking down on immigration, Helgeson says, there has been “an absolute increase in the number and rate of RFE’s” on the visa petitions he has filed. These requests from USCIS can double the amount of time it takes for a visa to be processed, he adds. It’s also expensive to resubmit visa petitions. Matt Doyle, a British-born tech entrepreneur living in Austin, Texas, and one of McEntee Law Group’s clients, recently had his EB-1 visa application denied.