We have been hearing (for a couple of months) that processing of religious workers is causing a slow down in I-485 processing. In fact immigration-law indicated that I-485 cases will keep crawling through the end of this month
"September is the last month of the FY 2003 and until October 1, 2003, the starting point for the FY 2004, adjudication of cases is anticipated to keep crawling except the religious worker special immigration cases. In fact, the Service Center sources predicted that the remaining cases such as I-140 and EB-485 cases might slow down substantially during September because of the priority religious worker immigration cases that face sunset of the law."
So can we expect a flood of approvals starting first week of October. I am not too sure. Religious workers only have a quota of 5,000 per annum...that is less than the volume of 485s cases at one service center. The service centers have in the past processed these many cases within a month. Assuming that these 5,000 cases are spread across all four service centers...should it take them more than a week or two to complete the processing of these cases. I wonder what the real cause of slow down is...
When I had applied my labor through Texas (in 1998), it was the fastest, but election agenda (to give citizenship to illegal immigrants) stalled processing for 18 months. With election nearing again...and politicians have little to gain from us (we won't vote) and more to lose (frustrated jobless citizens)...
"September is the last month of the FY 2003 and until October 1, 2003, the starting point for the FY 2004, adjudication of cases is anticipated to keep crawling except the religious worker special immigration cases. In fact, the Service Center sources predicted that the remaining cases such as I-140 and EB-485 cases might slow down substantially during September because of the priority religious worker immigration cases that face sunset of the law."
So can we expect a flood of approvals starting first week of October. I am not too sure. Religious workers only have a quota of 5,000 per annum...that is less than the volume of 485s cases at one service center. The service centers have in the past processed these many cases within a month. Assuming that these 5,000 cases are spread across all four service centers...should it take them more than a week or two to complete the processing of these cases. I wonder what the real cause of slow down is...
When I had applied my labor through Texas (in 1998), it was the fastest, but election agenda (to give citizenship to illegal immigrants) stalled processing for 18 months. With election nearing again...and politicians have little to gain from us (we won't vote) and more to lose (frustrated jobless citizens)...
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