How will USCIS process GCs now

[surya369]

Friends,

As all are pissed off at the new visa bulletin and are making next plans, I want to understand what will be the process that USCIS will follow in order to move the priority date from Jan'98 (EB3) to current to an acceptable past like 2003 or 04.

What I believe is there should be neglible number of applications, so the date should move if not fast but steadily. As I believe when the EB3 dates were retrogressed in Jan this year to sometime in 2002, by June 2005 when the numbers went unavailable the dates almost moved to June 2002. That means 6 months of backlog moved in 6 calendar months.

Please post if you know or assume the way USCIS will process the applications.

Also what will be the significance of the receipt date compared to Priority date when USCIS starts processing in October.

 

[nato]

With Retorgression they can't be processed on ND basis, has to be PD

Friends,

As all are pissed off at the new visa bulletin and are making next plans, I want to understand what will be the process that USCIS will follow in order to move the priority date from Jan'98 (EB3) to current to an acceptable past like 2003 or 04.

What I believe is there should be neglible number of applications, so the date should move if not fast but steadily. As I believe when the EB3 dates were retrogressed in Jan this year to sometime in 2002, by June 2005 when the numbers went unavailable the dates almost moved to June 2002. That means 6 months of backlog moved in 6 calendar months.

Please post if you know or assume the way USCIS will process the applications.

Also what will be the significance of the receipt date compared to Priority date when USCIS starts processing in October.

 

[meranumkabayega]

Suppose there are 1000 people who have PD's in late 90's and they are all stuck in name check or are delayed for long time. Will those 1000 visa numbers be blocked?

 

[nato]

it would be more sensible to flush out the people

with name check cleared.
Say PD 98 check what all approvable, approve them and then follow up on security clearence of the pending. FBI also doesnot get new load then they can focus on old cases

Suppose there are 1000 people who have PD's in late 90's and they are all stuck in name check or are delayed for long time. Will those 1000 visa numbers be blocked?

 

[pras01]

sense?

I think the new cut-off dates are designed to give USCIS to do some housecleaning. USCIS was approving recent cases in large numbers under President Bush's order of 'gc in 6 months' while neglecting the old cases. now with retrogression, USCIS and FBI have a reprieve from the deluge of new I-485 that would have been filed due to the new PERM and Pre-perm backlog reduction efforts. Retrogression prevents people from filing I-485, which reduces USCIS workload, allowing USCIS to do housecleaning. Does this reasoning make sense.