FY2005 H-1B PROCESSING STATUS (As of 04/18/2005)

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FY2005 H-1B PROCESSING STATUS (As of 04/18/2005)

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According to ImmigrationWatch.com, 109723 cases have been filed for
FY2005 and 91981(83.8%) of them have been approved. Here is the
detailed case distribution among service centers and months of FY2005:


Oct,2004
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...CSC Filed--5163 Approved--4399(85.2%)
...NSC Filed--4713 Approved--4079(86.5%)
...TSC Filed--4577 Approved--4034(88.1%)
...VSC Filed--9797 Approved--8679(88.5%)
SUB_TOTAL----24250----------21191(87.3%)

Nov,2004
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...CSC Filed--4195 Approved--3594(85.6%)
...NSC Filed--4961 Approved--3879(78.1%)
...TSC Filed--5523 Approved--4697(85.0%)
...VSC Filed--8987 Approved--7794(86.7%)
SUB_TOTAL----23666----------19964(84.3%)

Dec,2004
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...CSC Filed--3813 Approved--3314(86.9%)
...NSC Filed--4476 Approved--3688(82.3%)
...TSC Filed--5220 Approved--4528(86.7%)
...VSC Filed--8223 Approved--7137(86.7%)
SUB_TOTAL----21732----------18667(85.9%)

Jan,2005
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...CSC Filed--3453 Approved--2959(85.6%)
...NSC Filed--3993 Approved--3137(78.5%)
...TSC Filed--3993 Approved--3457(86.5%)
...VSC Filed--7784 Approved--6921(88.9%)
SUB_TOTAL----19223----------16474(85.7%)

Feb,2005
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...CSC Filed--4307 Approved--3599(83.5%)
...NSC Filed--4555 Approved--2652(58.2%)
...TSC Filed--4724 Approved--3488(73.8%)
...VSC Filed--7266 Approved--5946(81.8%)
SUB_TOTAL----20852----------15685(75.2%)

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TOTAL-------109723----------91981(83.8%)


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Again, let's just pay attention to the total case filing trend:

FY2004:
-> 2003 Oct:34576
-> 2003 Nov:27874
-> 2003 Dec:31406
-> 2004 Jan:30875
-> 2004 Feb:33173
-> 2004 Mar:27174
-> 2004 Apr:32034
-> 2004 May:29349
-> 2004 Jun:36097
-> 2004 Jul:35625
-> 2004 Aug:37581
-> 2004 Sep:52580

FY2005:
-> 2004 Oct:24250
-> 2004 Nov:23666
-> 2004 Dec:21732
-> 2005 Jan:19223
-> 2005 Feb:20852


Observations:

1) As expected, the Feb's total number of filing is quite consistent
with the previous months of FY2005;

2) The significant process delay in TSC observed by our last review
has eroded off -- which indicates the TSC were working hard to catch
up with their pals in other centers. Thanks for TSC's hard work.

3) This time, however, NSC is kind of slow in terms of recent case
processing (58% compared to the average of 80%).


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