Accoridng to a meeting with CSC in Dec. last year, I-485 would not be a priority until April 2004. It is hoped by the end of fiscal year 2004 (Sep. 30, 2004), the processing time for I-485 will be 6 months. In that meeting, it was estimated that processing time for I-131 would be within 3 months by April 1, 2004. So far we are seeing I-131 moving and CSC is processing cases filed in Jan. 2004. I hope CSC will keep the momentum.
I also agree with some of you who are less optimistic about whehter CSC would keep its promise.
We will see in April.
CSC Liaison Meeting Summary for 12-15-2003 (12-24-2003) [Top]
Adjudication Priorities
The California Service Center has a three tier system for its adjudications. The first tier (highest priority) includes L-1 visa petitions, Premium Processing Cases and H-1B visa petitions subject to the cap. The second tier includes replacement of alien registration cards (I-90s), Advance Paroles (I-131s) and Work Permits (I-765s). The third tier includes H-1B visa petition extensions (same and new employer), employment based visa petitions (I-140s) and permanent residence applications (I-485s).
Adjustment Applications (I-485)
These types of cases, as mentioned above, are not a priority at this time. The JIT Report Processing Date continues to reflect a December 16, 2001 date. It is expected that between now and April1 2004, the time line to adjudicate these types of cases will continue to be approximately two years. It is hoped that by the end of this fiscal year, i.e. September 30, 2004, the adjudication of these types of cases would be within six months of filing.
Advance Parole Adjudications (I-131)
The Service Center has a plan to process these cases within three months by April 1, 2004.