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  • SCOPS Updates - 09/23/09
    Sep 23rd 2009

    Filing I-824 together with the I-485 - The right thing to do when filing the I-824 is to file both the I-824 together with the I-485 or wait till the I-485 is approved. USCIS identifies the reasons as to why an I-824 is interfiled. However an I-824 should not be rejected or denied only because it is interfiled and the I-485 is not yet...

  • TSC Updates – 09/21/09
    Sep 21st 2009

    I-140 processing and adjudications - On an average TSC is completing around 9,600 I-140 adjudications per month. As of now the incoming I-140 volume is slightly less.  As of reaching its goal TSC is close to becoming current on all I-140s which includes the ones filed during 2007 summer. About 5000 stand-alone I-140s are still...

  • Special Mailing Addresses for Form I-907 (Request for Premium Processing Service)
    Aug 21st 2009

    Supporting Documentation for all concurrently E-Filed applications must be submitted as a single package to the same USCIS processing location identified on the Confirmation Receipt notice for the primary form.

    When E-Filing Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service, by itself or concurrently with any other form, please send the associated Supporting Documentation to the appropriate address. 

    For...

  • USCIS Announces to Resume Premium Processing Service for Form I-140
    Jun 23rd 2009

    USCIS announced that effective June 29, 2009, it will resume Premium Processing Service for Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker, in accordance with 8 CFR 103.2(f)(2).

    After an evaluation of its I-140 backlog reduction efforts and increased I-140 adjudicative efficiencies,...

  • TSC Update – 06/03/09
    Jun 3rd 2009

    Internal procedure by which Motion to Re-open, Motion to Reconsider or Appeal is handled  

    Presently at the USCIS TSC the officer that issued the denial generally adjudicates the MTR. But this system will slowly change. The denial of the MTR will be reviewed by a supervisor. An appeal filed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3  will always be first considered as an MTR.
    Be...

  • NSC Updates – 05/26/09
    May 26th 2009

    I-140 backlog  

    USCIS has recently updated the number of petitions they have pending. The backlog for I-140 was 40,000 in October and now it is down to 10, 000.

    I-485 

    ...

  • USCIS Memo On Processing Of I-140s and H-1Bs Under AC21
    Jun 6th 2008
  • Neufeld Provides Interim Guidance On DOL Final Rule
    Jun 21st 2007
  • Neufeld Memo On Removal Of RFE Processing Timeframe
    Jun 21st 2007
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