USCIS milestones table - misleading?

[long_wait_4_gc]

Hi everyone,

i am sure many of you have read, re-read and digested the nicely written USCIS plan.

In the first table where they explain the 'size' of the backlog, they are essentially saying that for i485 apps

total pending = 1.23M cases
last 6 months = .5M cases
hence backlog = .7M

that sounds right.

Moving on to the next table which says what their milestones are, I understand they have the following timeline (am converting between FY and CY)

End of Fiscal year 2004 (or Sept 30th 2004): 20 months cycle time (JIT at Jan1'03?)

End of Fiscal year 2005 (or Sept 30th 2005): 15 months cycle time (JIT at June'04?)

this makes sense.

What i dont understand is on the data in the first few columns of this table. Where they have the milestones... what do the .732M, .956M, 1.15M numbers represent? It could be:

1. the # of 485 cases they will adjudicate in that year
2. the size of the backlog (increasing?) - highly unlikely
3. the size of the pending cases?

Did someone successfully interpret what those #'s mean?

thank you
LW4GC

 

[candyroy]

Hi everyone,


Moving on to the next table which says what their milestones are, I understand they have the following timeline (am converting between FY and CY)

What i dont understand is on the data in the first few columns of this table. Where they have the milestones... what do the .732M, .956M, 1.15M numbers represent? It could be:

1. the # of 485 cases they will adjudicate in that year
2. the size of the backlog (increasing?) - highly unlikely
3. the size of the pending cases?

Did someone successfully interpret what those #'s mean?

thank you
LW4GC

It looks Your # 1 thought is right i.e. the # of 485 cases they will adjudicate in that year.

I think