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I got the response from my congressman office about our last campaign to send 'I-485 backlog reduction' petition to their respective congressman. People who have not e-mailed the petition to their congressman/woman please act now. And also, remember to sign up for the online petition. It will help everyone who suffers from this backlog.
Response from my congressman office
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I wanted to share the response I got from the INS regarding your concerns you had emailed our office. I am certain that your concerns will reach Ms. Upchurch and I hope that things improve with the processing times for the INS.
Believe me, the Congressman is always pushing for funding, staffing and other resources for the INS. The good news is, is that Mr. Price is now on the Homeland Security Subcommittee which is what INS falls under now. So, I believe he will be taking an even more aggressive approach to help things improve.
Thanks for you continued interest and for sharing your concerns with the Congressman. I think we will see progress with the new changes, I just don't know how long it will take.
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Actual Response from Liaison
Let me assure you and your
constituent that Ms Upchurch is very well aware of what dates we are
processing
for all applications and petitions in this Service Center (as is
Headquarters).
The I 485 applications are being processed. The majority of the older
applications are missing documentation and therefore many are reviewed but
must
have Requests for Evidence sent or they are deniable. Since we do try to
process
the older applications first, the result is that very few are approvable in
their current state.
As for the suggestion that we transfer the cases to other Service Centers
and
not taking on more tpyes of applications, the Texas Service Center is not
always able to set the prioities as to what workloads will be processed by
the
Service Center and what can be transferred to other areas. The Texas Service
Center is working to become more current in processing all types of
applications
and petitions.
----TSC Congressional Liaison
Response from my congressman office
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I wanted to share the response I got from the INS regarding your concerns you had emailed our office. I am certain that your concerns will reach Ms. Upchurch and I hope that things improve with the processing times for the INS.
Believe me, the Congressman is always pushing for funding, staffing and other resources for the INS. The good news is, is that Mr. Price is now on the Homeland Security Subcommittee which is what INS falls under now. So, I believe he will be taking an even more aggressive approach to help things improve.
Thanks for you continued interest and for sharing your concerns with the Congressman. I think we will see progress with the new changes, I just don't know how long it will take.
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Actual Response from Liaison
Let me assure you and your
constituent that Ms Upchurch is very well aware of what dates we are
processing
for all applications and petitions in this Service Center (as is
Headquarters).
The I 485 applications are being processed. The majority of the older
applications are missing documentation and therefore many are reviewed but
must
have Requests for Evidence sent or they are deniable. Since we do try to
process
the older applications first, the result is that very few are approvable in
their current state.
As for the suggestion that we transfer the cases to other Service Centers
and
not taking on more tpyes of applications, the Texas Service Center is not
always able to set the prioities as to what workloads will be processed by
the
Service Center and what can be transferred to other areas. The Texas Service
Center is working to become more current in processing all types of
applications
and petitions.
----TSC Congressional Liaison