Originally posted by nemessis
For people more interested in numbers, this Excel spreadsheet might help you:
For the first spreadsheet 485_02: the data is from sbctsublc weekly posting on I485 thread. Line 1 is the date of the scan, lines 2-13, every month in 2002, col B the total nr of cases, column D-M the number of touched (Approved, transf and withdr/denied). Line 16-17, are the Total and remaining cases for the whole year. For the last 3 scans because there was no update for Oct-Dec I used the same numbers. Line 19 shows the difference from the previous reading, or the pace of "touching" the cases. March 15 is higher because it has 2 weeks. As you can see the pattern is very similar despite the fact the belief that after H1 cap will be reached they will move the resourced to GC applic. Lines 21-34 have the same data but as a ratio=nr touched/total for each month/per scan. The ratio is plotted on the first chart to have the evolution of the process by month. If you want to see if there is a month where they gave priority as a nr of cases processed, look at lines 76-87, or Chart 2 - looks like Apr02 and Sept 02 has the highest nr of processed cases per week; this might be related with the fact that in this 2 months there were a higher nr of applications that in the other months. Chart 3 shows the evolution of the processed cases with different scanning (as a ratio) and Chart 4 the same thing but having the total nr of cases plotted in as the first column.
The second spreadsheet 485_03: I want to the same analysis but I don't have enough data, the guys doing the scan didn't post the data for 2003.
The third spreadsheet: EB_VSC_485: shows a chart with the evolution of the delay in time. Delay is defined by the difference between the time of the report from the USCIS Web site and the processing date from the report. Covers more than 2 years and shows how the delay increased in the last 2 years from 300 to 700 days with a small tendency to go in a plateau recently.
The forth spreadsheet: EB_VSC_140: shows the delay for 140 for different categories. I marked in red EB2 because I applied in this category. Things seem to improve for EB2,3,4 recently but still a long way to go back to normal.
The fifth spreadsheet: data from ImmigrationWatch.com, their last posting. Lines 1-20 the actual numbers, 24-42 the ratio. As you can see they are working in the area March-June 2003
The sixth spreadsheet: the same analysis for I485 from ImmigrationWatch.com in chart 1. Chart 2 has the number of I485 cases for each month, and chart 3 shows the number of completed (touched) in blue compared with total number of cases.
The seventh spreadsheet: source ImmigrationWatch.com - total nr of I140 per month - shows the evolutions of approvals per month in time (chart 1). Chart 2 is a different way to look to the same data but we can clearly see that they are working in March-June 03. Chart 3, again the same data but with the total nr of cases for comparison.
The eight spreadsheet: incomplete because of the lack of data. I will update when data will be available.
Hope that this spreadsheet helps with some numbers and to understand what the USCIS is doing. Definitively they increased their interest in 140 but no in 485 in the last month at least.
