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USCIS Plan for I-140 Processing Delays and Backlog Reduction

As the readers know, the I-140 processing is currently heavily delayed in all the Service Centers. According to the USCIS sources, USCIS plans to move the resouces within the Service Centers that are tied up with the H-1B cap cases to the I-140 production unit as soon as the H-1B cap reaches. There is no information available about exactly when the cap is expected to reach, but it is everyone's guess at this time that it may not be too long away. Please stay tuned.
 
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H- & I-140 dependency followup

FY 2004 H-1B Annual Cap of 65,000 To Reach Very Soon

As we reported yesterday, USCIS received 43,500 or more of H-1B cap cases during the three (3) months period of time from October 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003, indicating that the U.S. employers used very heavily during the period, close to 15,000 a month. Should this trend continue, probably the reach of the FY 2004 H-1B cap (65,000) may be imminent. Accordingly, we retract yesterday's prediction and urge the employers and the professionals to file H-1B cap cases as quickly as possible within the next 10 days or so.
 
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Hope this is good news to I-140 filers (unless USCIS comes up with another imaginative excuse). I am sorry for all the new H-1 applicants though.
 
Masti ..
You are forgettign about the new 'labour force' which the current Govt wants to get into U.S. They will all be coming on work visas ..our wait is endlesss!!!
We need Welsey Clark man! and that guy is no where on the scene now, looks like it is going to be Kerry. And Bush will take it again.
And we thought indians were the dumbest, in electing their leaders!
 
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Masti ..
You are forgettign about the new 'labour force' which the current Govt wants to get into U.S. They will all be coming on work visas ..our wait is endlesss!!!
We need Welsey Clark man! and that guy is no where on the scene now, looks like it is going to be Kerry. And Bush will take it again.
And we thought indians were the dumbest, in electing their leaders!
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True about the new Labor Force but its President Purposal and it has to be approved by the House and what i heard in the news that Congress will go over it sometime in August. H1b cap should reach sometime end of March (sorry for new H1b guyz) . Its not likely that President's new purposal will get approve by the end of the year as its an election year and everybody is working towards it. So i think if not till the end of the year, we will get atleast few months for I-140 backlog reduction if the BCIS go by the word. New Labor Certs are not coming with fast pace so i am being optomistic that the 140 backlog will be reduced before the end of the year.

Lets just hope for the better:)
 
H1 Extension...how soon should one apply??

If one is approaching his 6 year H1B limit and has a I-140/I-485 pending with BCIS, how soon can he apply for his 7th year extension.

The H1B will be expiring on Sept 1, 2004

Appreciate any replies.

Thanks
 
Re: H1 Extension...how soon should one apply??

Originally posted by an_anonymous
If one is approaching his 6 year H1B limit and has a I-140/I-485 pending with BCIS, how soon can he apply for his 7th year extension.

The H1B will be expiring on Sept 1, 2004

Appreciate any replies.

Thanks
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I think you can apply 6 months before it expires, just like the extension you did after reaching the 3rd year. The H-1b extension processing is very slow so apply sooner if you are going to file as Regular processing. Also these extensions doesn't go under cap, so you will be fine.
 
Thaw in I-140 Backlog on the Horizon

The I-140 processing has been experiencing a terrible delay for several months. There is a good news, though. Very soon, the H-1B annual cap is expected to reach and the USCIS is scheduled to move the adjudicating forces from the H-1B production line to the I-140 production line. Accordingly, people will see letters coming from the Service Centers in the mail, no matter whether it is RFE or outright approval or denial. Three groups of people have suffered most from the I-140 backlog. The first group is those who did not file concurrent I-140/I-485 to go for the consular processing rather than the time-consuming I-485 proceeding. This group includes Canadians, Europeans, certain Asians, and certain Mexicans/South Americans. The second group is those who had to change employment after 180 days of filing of I-485. Since the current USCIS interpretation of the AC 21 change of employer requires approval of I-140 petition, a number of I-485 filers in this group have lived in fear in the event that they lost employment or they face such crisis. The third group is those who are forced to process the immigrant visa outside of the U.S. upon approval of their I-140 petitions. Most typically, allied health care workers including nurses and those who live outside of the U.S. Please stay tuned!
 
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