6/30/2004
The USCIS
launched pilot short-cut immigration adjudication programs,
starting with the Dallas District Office for the non-employment based I-485
applications and the California Service Center for the employment-based EB-485
applications. Both of these pilot programs are targeting at adjudication of
I-485 applications within 90 days of filing.
These
programs are at least initially limited to the new filing cases, at the time of
their launch of the pilot programs. The concept is derived
from the notion that once new filing cases are quickly adjudicated, then the
huge backlog cases which have been clogged in the pipeline may also be
benefited, because of additional adjudication resources which are made
available by the shortened adjudication of new cases.
However, there
is a question of fairness for those who have been suffering for years
because of the backlog. USCIS
backlog reduction plan also includes multiple-year EAD and electronic filing schedule.
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