Updated 10/17/01: NSC EB-485 Processing News
Today, NSC had a conference with immigration lawyers in Lincoln. This reporter attended the meeting. The current state of EB-485 processing is as follows:
Frontlog: Currently opens EB-485 mails which were received on 09/19/01 and data entry is performed for the cases received on 09/20/01. By December 2001, the frontlog will practically disappear and data entry will be done in 24 hours.
At the end of FY 2002, INS HQ set a goal of EB-485 processing times at 10 months and NSC is currently trying to achieve the processing times at 9 month. INS HQ also set goals to get the processing times of all 485 cases at 6 months by the end of FY 2003.
Today, NSC had a conference with immigration lawyers in Lincoln. This reporter attended the meeting. The current state of EB-485 processing is as follows:
Frontlog: Currently opens EB-485 mails which were received on 09/19/01 and data entry is performed for the cases received on 09/20/01. By December 2001, the frontlog will practically disappear and data entry will be done in 24 hours.
At the end of FY 2002, INS HQ set a goal of EB-485 processing times at 10 months and NSC is currently trying to achieve the processing times at 9 month. INS HQ also set goals to get the processing times of all 485 cases at 6 months by the end of FY 2003.