Some number crunching, just for the sake of it..
According to the DoS bulletin (http://www.immigration.gov/graphics/shared/aboutus/statistics/IMM2001.pdf), 8523 people were admitted to the USA as "special immigrants". The corresponding numbers for the previous years were 5086 and 9052 respectively.. Assuming that ALL of them were religious workers and that the case load was divided somewhat equally among the 4 Service Centers, that gives us:
8523 / 4 = 2130 cases per service center per annum
Again, keeping in mind a rather liberal vacation schedule and unforeseeable circumstances, let's estimate the number of work days per year at 250.
2130 / 250 , i.e. about 8.5
Eight and half religious cases per day are processed!! Having just one, or, two adjudicators working on them would've taken care of the "backlog".
Where does the "backlog" come from?? Any takers?
According to the DoS bulletin (http://www.immigration.gov/graphics/shared/aboutus/statistics/IMM2001.pdf), 8523 people were admitted to the USA as "special immigrants". The corresponding numbers for the previous years were 5086 and 9052 respectively.. Assuming that ALL of them were religious workers and that the case load was divided somewhat equally among the 4 Service Centers, that gives us:
8523 / 4 = 2130 cases per service center per annum
Again, keeping in mind a rather liberal vacation schedule and unforeseeable circumstances, let's estimate the number of work days per year at 250.
2130 / 250 , i.e. about 8.5
Eight and half religious cases per day are processed!! Having just one, or, two adjudicators working on them would've taken care of the "backlog".
Where does the "backlog" come from?? Any takers?
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