U.S. INS Advisory on Processing of Asylee Adjustments

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In order to ensure utilization of all 10,000 asylum adjustment numbers, a new procedure for adjudicating these cases has been developed for Fiscal Year 2002. Beginning with the issuance of this memorandum, each field office may adjudicate any case with a priority date of June 9, 1998 or earlier. A list of all known asylum adjustment cases with a priority date of June 9, 1998 or earlier has been forwarded electronically. The ADDE or OIC shall ensure that the cases are located within their office. If other cases with the same priority date are encountered, they may also be adjudicated. Before a case may be adjudicated, a number must be requested via e-mail from the Nebraska Service Center. The request must include the priority date,
A-number, FCO and any comments. No case may be adjudicated unless
authorization is received via email from NSC. Before requesting the authorization to adjudicate the case, a determination must be made that the case is complete, including a current fingerprint response from the FBI. The case must be reviewed to ensure that the individual is not eligible for adjustment under another classification. All Copy 3s of the I-181 must be sent to the NSC within 10 days of adjudication, in order to properly
maintain the official count of asylum adjustments.

In order to sustain control over the asylum adjustment count, beginning on January 1, 2002, all asylum adjustment cases pending in District offices will be centralized at the Nebraska Service Center. Cases that have had an interview but have a pending request for evidence or cases that are pending a denial, shall be maintained at the local office until completion. All other cases must be sent to the Nebraska Service Center. To facilitate the achievement of this objective, cases should be forwarded to Nebraska as expeditiously as possible.

The Nebraska Service Center will issue fingerprint notices and adjudicate the cases, unless a decision is made that the case requires an interview. If an interview is required, the case will be sent to the office having jurisdiction over the applicant. That office will complete the case and, if approved, will request an authorization number from the Service Center.

have u guys seems this before?
 
Refugee & Asylee Adjustment Backlog Statistics

At an August 25 meeting between the U.S. INS and Community Based Organizations in Washington, DC, INS officials provided the following statistics on the backlog of refugee and asylee adjustment applications:

ASYLEES

There are currently 37,000 asylee adjustment applications awaiting processing at the Nebraska Service Center: 20,000 originally received by district offices prior to July 1998 (when processing of these applications was transferred to the Nebraska Service Center) and 17,000 received by the Service Center via direct mail after July 1998.
Given that only 10,000 asylee slots are allotted per year, asylees applying this year for adjustment of status face a 4-year wait.
REFUGEES

There are currently 45,000 refugee adjustment cases pending at the Nebraska Service Center. Of these, 5,000 are ready for adjudication and 40,000 are still awaiting CIA clearance.

37,000?? my goodness!!!
is that a exactly Statistical number?
 
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it is from 99

Kelvin,

This document was released in the fall of 1999, three years ago. The information there is outdated. The correct number is around 100,000.



Originally posted by kelvin2088
At an August 25 meeting between the U.S. INS and Community Based Organizations in Washington, DC, INS officials provided the following statistics on the backlog of refugee and asylee adjustment applications:

ASYLEES

There are currently 37,000 asylee adjustment applications awaiting processing at the Nebraska Service Center: 20,000 originally received by district offices prior to July 1998 (when processing of these applications was transferred to the Nebraska Service Center) and 17,000 received by the Service Center via direct mail after July 1998.
Given that only 10,000 asylee slots are allotted per year, asylees applying this year for adjustment of status face a 4-year wait.
REFUGEES

There are currently 45,000 refugee adjustment cases pending at the Nebraska Service Center. Of these, 5,000 are ready for adjudication and 40,000 are still awaiting CIA clearance.

37,000?? my goodness!!!
is that a exactly Statistical number?
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This was a 2002 INS news release and it was posted and talked about here as soon as it came out.
 
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Originally posted by kelvin2088
In order to ensure utilization of all 10,000 asylum adjustment numbers, a new procedure for adjudicating these cases has been developed for Fiscal Year 2002. Beginning with the issuance of this memorandum, each field office may adjudicate any case with a priority date of June 9, 1998 or earlier. A list of all known asylum adjustment cases with a priority date of June 9, 1998 or earlier has been forwarded electronically. The ADDE or OIC shall ensure that the cases are located within their office. If other cases with the same priority date are encountered, they may also be adjudicated. Before a case may be adjudicated, a number must be requested via e-mail from the Nebraska Service Center. The request must include the priority date,
A-number, FCO and any comments. No case may be adjudicated unless
authorization is received via email from NSC. Before requesting the authorization to adjudicate the case, a determination must be made that the case is complete, including a current fingerprint response from the FBI. The case must be reviewed to ensure that the individual is not eligible for adjustment under another classification. All Copy 3s of the I-181 must be sent to the NSC within 10 days of adjudication, in order to properly
maintain the official count of asylum adjustments.

In order to sustain control over the asylum adjustment count, beginning on January 1, 2002, all asylum adjustment cases pending in District offices will be centralized at the Nebraska Service Center. Cases that have had an interview but have a pending request for evidence or cases that are pending a denial, shall be maintained at the local office until completion. All other cases must be sent to the Nebraska Service Center. To facilitate the achievement of this objective, cases should be forwarded to Nebraska as expeditiously as possible.

The Nebraska Service Center will issue fingerprint notices and adjudicate the cases, unless a decision is made that the case requires an interview. If an interview is required, the case will be sent to the office having jurisdiction over the applicant. That office will complete the case and, if approved, will request an authorization number from the Service Center.

have u guys seems this before?
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I first posted this memo a while ago (by mid January, I believe) and was discussed then. At that time it provided to us some relief to know that INS was moving along.
 
Re: ALAMPERO

Originally posted by Sessanga Charlesa
If i was granted asylum 01/95, filed I-485 RD 12-98,what would be the priority date?
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The priority date is the filing date. In other words the date when the I-485 was received and filed by INS or the reecived date in the notice you received from INS.
Technically speaking the term "priority date" does not apply to us albeit INS used it in this memo. We discussed this in an old thread.
 
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