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Texas Service Center
1. The Texas Service Center (TSC) indicated that they are currently devising a plan to address the extensive backlog in Form I-140 processing times.
2. The TSC stated that the advancement of employment-based adjustment cases is slow. However, the TSC stated that it is currently devising a backlog reduction plan for this application.
3. The TSC stated that it is aggressively reducing the processing time for Advance Parole Applications and that significant improvement in the processing times should be realized shortly.
4. The TSC confirmed that it is completing a prima facie review of Form I-140 applications filed concurrently with Form I-485, Form I-765 and Form I-131 applications. It stated that the prima facie review takes approximately 90 days to complete and that the Forms I-765 and the Forms I-131 applications are adjudicated if the Form I-140 passes the prima facie review.
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Hope my AP is approved soon because we have to visit home soon and we are stuck on H-1 status.