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Concurrent Filing
- Thread starter redbluff
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There's a rumor that the INS has become disillusioned as far as concurrent filing is concerned since it did not do anything to reduce backlogs, which was its primary goal. In fact it exacerbated the situation for those who filed separately. But it's just a rumor at this point.
lamonte said:There's a rumor that the INS has become disillusioned as far as concurrent filing is concerned since it did not do anything to reduce backlogs, which was its primary goal. In fact it exacerbated the situation for those who filed separately. But it's just a rumor at this point.
What I don't understand is that the actual volume of work is going to be consistent. Each foreign worker will file both I-140 and I-485. If concurrent, if the I-140 is approved, I-485 will also be adjucated, if not, it is automatically denied. If not concurrent, I-140 is approved, I-485 is filed, if not, I-485 is not filed anyway.
What USCIS really needs is a mandate on to not keep messing with the system. Each time things are changed, the wait only becomes longer.....I don's see how non-concurrent filing will expedite things in any way. It is a pity that there is no one to speak for intending immigrants like us. I doubt any lawmaker in the US government will tolerate this kind of incompetence if it affected US citizens.
tony403 said:What I don't understand is that the actual volume of work is going to be consistent.
No it's not. You should look it up. What they actually do after recieving a concurrent petition is they start to adjudicate both I-140 and I-485. That makes workload considerably larger, but also brings larger revenue.
The other thing that strated happening recently is they really adjudicate both petitions together - that is they do not approve I-140 until I-485 is ready for approval.
lamonte said:No it's not. You should look it up. What they actually do after recieving a concurrent petition is they start to adjudicate both I-140 and I-485. That makes workload considerably larger, but also brings larger revenue.
The other thing that strated happening recently is they really adjudicate both petitions together - that is they do not approve I-140 until I-485 is ready for approval.
What you say holds for the smaller service centers (TSC and NSC). For VSC and CSC, concurrent filing does not have any meaning. It may happen together, or separately.
lamonte said:Well, it's just that my I-485 is at NSC, and every concurrent application approved in 8 months does come at my expense.
Nithing personal. To quote Clinton, "I feel your pain". I am concurrent EB-1 OR at VSC. One of my biggest hopes is that my petition gets approved before I turn 70 (Right now, I am in my 30's)
Rather than just changing adjucation policy at a whim, I wish USCIS would just determine what the best course of action is, and just stick to it, modifying their approach to that course of action as necessary, rather than doing about turns so often. If filing is made non-concurrent, this will in all likelyhood just delay things again....
I agree that concurrent filing comes at the expense of people who file i-485 and i-140 separately. I wonder why USCIS does not comes up with something like premium processing for I-485 also. One thing is also not clear that why CSC I-485 dates are down to ~8 mths while others are still struggling at 2-2.5 yrs