Case Processing Times Rising as Number of Cases Drops# Immigration - 落地生根
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American Immigration Lawyer’s Association has reviewed the processing
statistics released by USCIS and come up with some startling conclusions.
Overall, processing times have increased 19% in fiscal 2018 alone (that is
October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018). This does not include the
tremendous growth in processing times throughout 2017 either. Since this
time, USCIS has released further statistics showing that, in the first
quarter of 2019 alone, processing times have grown another 11-25% depending
on the application type.
In fiscal year 2018 the number of cases filed actually dropped almost 13%,
from 8,530,722 in fiscal year 2017 to 7,527,851 in fiscal year 2018.
So, to summarize, the number of cases USCIS is dealing with dropped almost
13% BUT processing times increased an average of 11%. It appears that agency
policies such as requiring interviews on all employment based adjustment of
status applications and the removal of the policy allowing deference to
certain prior case determinations have adversely affected the ability of
USCIS to adjudicate cases in a timely manner
statistics released by USCIS and come up with some startling conclusions.
Overall, processing times have increased 19% in fiscal 2018 alone (that is
October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018). This does not include the
tremendous growth in processing times throughout 2017 either. Since this
time, USCIS has released further statistics showing that, in the first
quarter of 2019 alone, processing times have grown another 11-25% depending
on the application type.
In fiscal year 2018 the number of cases filed actually dropped almost 13%,
from 8,530,722 in fiscal year 2017 to 7,527,851 in fiscal year 2018.
So, to summarize, the number of cases USCIS is dealing with dropped almost
13% BUT processing times increased an average of 11%. It appears that agency
policies such as requiring interviews on all employment based adjustment of
status applications and the removal of the policy allowing deference to
certain prior case determinations have adversely affected the ability of
USCIS to adjudicate cases in a timely manner
