vsc485observer
Registered Users (C)
From the recent cases, it looks like
the 485 processing at VSC is done by several groups of officers,
with one group working on EB-1, another group on EB-2, and yet another
on EB-3. The number of officers in these 3 groups is the same. This is
because each of EB-1,2,3 will take 28.6% of the visa numbers, and the
unused visa by EB-N will be used by EB-N+1. If the number of EB-1
officers is less than that of EB-2, EB-1 would be slower and may use
less visa numbers than it could use and this would violate the rule.
The same is true for EB-2 and EB-3.
Then, when an officer finishes his/her current load, the officer will
take a new block of his/her EB category applications by picking up from
the mixed 485 applications queued in the receiving order. Then FP
is issued. Then the officer will put on his/her desk those applications
which has FP cleared and whose PD are current, and start to work
on them. This is why a later received EB-X may be approved much
earlier than an EB-Y received earlier.
the 485 processing at VSC is done by several groups of officers,
with one group working on EB-1, another group on EB-2, and yet another
on EB-3. The number of officers in these 3 groups is the same. This is
because each of EB-1,2,3 will take 28.6% of the visa numbers, and the
unused visa by EB-N will be used by EB-N+1. If the number of EB-1
officers is less than that of EB-2, EB-1 would be slower and may use
less visa numbers than it could use and this would violate the rule.
The same is true for EB-2 and EB-3.
Then, when an officer finishes his/her current load, the officer will
take a new block of his/her EB category applications by picking up from
the mixed 485 applications queued in the receiving order. Then FP
is issued. Then the officer will put on his/her desk those applications
which has FP cleared and whose PD are current, and start to work
on them. This is why a later received EB-X may be approved much
earlier than an EB-Y received earlier.