USCIS announces backlog elimination update

[SKumarD]

Per the document - compared to Oct'03, as of Aug '04 the 140 processing cycle period increased from 8.7 months to 10.6 with a target for '04 being 8.0.

It also says this:

"As a result of the progress made during FY 2004, USCIS has approved
nearly 3,500 adjustment of status applications for applicants
applying under the Indo-Chinese parolee provisions of Public Law
106-429. Th at statute has a cap of 5,000, regardless of the fiscal year in which the applications one approved. USCIS anticipates reaching
that number of approvals in early FY 2005. After the cap is reached,
no additional applications will be able to be approved under this
public law."

I am not sure if this is what is being referred as visa retrogression.

Please follow the link to read the full text:

http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/repsstudies/BEPQ3v2_1.pdf

 

[will_get_there]

The cap is 5000 per year ...

If the cap of 5000 is per year than FY04 is in anycase over in October so the new 5000 approvals should be possible in the new year i.e FY05 - correct ? Or is it that after reaching the cap of 5000 the statute has to be changed to approve anymore AOS petitions ? Its not clear

I will try and get the statute to see what it says..

will_get_there

 

[will_get_there]

Got it ....

Here is the statute of 106-429 of public law. It has nothing to do with employment based adjustment applications. It deals with certain nationals Vietnam, Cambodia etc. when they are paroled into USA.

http://uscis.gov/lpBin/lpext.dll/inserts/slb/slb-1/slb-9974/slb-22728/slb-
23949?f=templates&fn=document-frame.htm

will_get_there

 

[simple_sapien]

Thanks for sharing the information will_get_there