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While initially some applications for sponsorship were being approved in a matter of days, wait times are typically many months to over a year. [29] [30] As of June 2024, a year and a half into the program, USCIS was still processing applications filed in January 2023, the first month of the program.
The most common challenges that USCIS faces in providing services in the green card process are: (1) the length of the application and approval process, and (2) the quotas of green cards granted. USCIS tries to shorten the time qualified applicants wait to receive permanent residence.
The rules, codified in section 202(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, [2] allow USCIS to determine the country of chargeability according to the following rules: When an applicant is a child, accompanied by or joining a parent, the child may be charged to the foreign state of either parent.
Since its creation, Congress has tweaked the H-1B at least six times, in addition to the times USCIS has modified the rules. ... Indian nationals can expect a 130-plus year waiting period.
The majority of H-1B visa applicants come from India, whose citizens account for more than seven in 10 recipients, according to a USCIS report. One in 10 comes from China, with the remainder ...
Even without having to wait for an immigrant visa, the entire process typically takes at least one year and often as much as three years. This is caused by USCIS (6-10mo), NVC (1-4mo), and Consular (1-6mo) processing times. Under current law it is only permanent residents whose spouses/minor children must wait many years to be admitted. [6]
The time taken by the USCIS to process the petition affects the total time taken to obtain the visa only if it is in an uncapped category or it exceeds the NVC wait times. This is because the Priority Date for a petition is set as the date that the USCIS receives the petition, not the date it starts or finishes processing the petition.
Hundreds of migrants waited in long lines outside an immigration office in southern Mexico on Monday, hoping to secure safe passage north and enter the U.S. legally before President-elect Donald ...