Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 4/12/16 with processing dates as of 2/29/16.
If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your particular case.
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 3/14/16 with processing dates as of 1/31/16.
If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your particular case.
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have invited Stakeholders, and anyone affected by the organization, to a teleconference on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 between 2:00pm to 3:30pm (EST). The content of the teleconference will be how to protect yourself and your community from immigration scams and will include a Q&A at the end of the discussion.
This is USCIS’s way of supporting National Consumer Protection Week and will include updates on their Avoid Scams Initiative.
Event Information:
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has provided FY2016 statistics (first quarter) in the form of program factsheets for each of the major immigration programs. These updated FY2016 statistics (first quarter) cover October 2015 through December 2015.
The link to each program factsheet is listed below:
• Permanent Labor Certification Program – Select Statistics, FY 2016 (first quarter)
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 2/11/16 with processing dates as of 12/31/15.
If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your particular case.
Senate:
February 2, 2016
Committee: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Title: The Failures and Future of the EB-5 Regional Center Program: Can it be Fixed?
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 1/12/16 with processing dates as of 11/30/15.
If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your particular case.
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 12/22/15 with processing dates as of 10/31/15.
If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your particular case.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a News Alert (12/29/15) stating that the statutory maximum of 10,000 U nonimmigrant petitions (U Visas) for FY2016 has been reached. This is the 7th year in a row that this maximum cap has been reached before the end of the fiscal year. USCIS will continue to accept U visa petitions! USCIS will process them in the order received at the beginning of FY2017, which starts October 1, 2016, at that point the U Visa cap of 10,000 will open again.
The U nonimmigrant status (U Visa) is set aside for victims of crimes who have suffered substantial mental or physical abuse and are willing to assist law enforcement and government officials in the investigation or prosecution of the criminal activity. Note that a U-Visa petition requires certification of assistance from law enforcement.
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Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 11/17/15 with processing dates as of 10/31/15.
If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your particular case.
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