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Siskind's Immigration Bulletin - May 1999

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GOVERNMENT PROCESSING TIMES


Source: American Immigration Lawyers Association

CSC Processing Dates

Just In Time Report

5/14/99

Petition Type

Case Date

Data Entry

I-90

98-250

09/23/98

I-102

98-132

04/08/98

I-129 L

99-148

04/29/99

I-129 H1B COS

99-132

04/08/99

I-129 H1 EOS

99-094

02/17/99

I-129 H2/H3

99-157

05/11/99

I-129 E

98-198

07/13/98

I-129 O/P/Q

99-157

05/13/99

I-129 R

98-237

09/04/98

I-129 F

99-137

04/15/99

I-130 (IR) Spouse

99-104

03/02/99

I-130 (IR) M/C

99-085

02/02/99

I-130 (IR) Other

99-019

10/27/98

I-130 Pref. Spouse

98-074

01/16/98

I-130 Pref. M/C

98-095

02/17/98

I-130 Pref. Other

98-058

12/23/97

I-131

99-153

05/06/99

I-140

98-207

07/24/98

I-360 FPL/Widows/Widowers

99-080

02/16/99

I-360 BPL/Religious

98-090

02/09/98

I-526

Vacant

Vacant

I-539

98-244

09/15/98

I-485 JTT Ready/Health Care Workers Included

98-014

10/21/97

I-751

99-131

02/16/99

I-765 Special Students

Vacant

Vacant

I-765 (c)(8)(a)(11)(Initial)

99-153

05/06/99

I-765 (c)(8)(a)(11)(Renewal)

99-135

04/13/99

I-765 (c)(9)

99-141

04/20/99

I-765 (a)(13)

99-004

10/06/98

I-817 Extensions

98-248

09/21/98

I-824 BPL

98-149

05/04/98

I-824 FPL

98-126

04/01/98

I-824 RPL

99-003

10/05/98

I-829

99-008

10/08/98

 

 

Nebraska Service Center Processing Times Report

The following is the Nebraska Service Center processing times report for

the period ending April 30, 1999:





Application/Petition Type
Processing for Initial Receipt Date
Receipt Notice
Processing Time in Days
   
From 
To
I-90 Replacement Card
10/12/98
198
220
I-102 Replacement of Arrival Document
08/03/98
267
297
I-129/S New Amended NI Worker
03/22/99
25
30
I-129/F Fiance(e)
Current
25
30
I-130 Spouse US
01/25/99
85
90
I-130 Spouse
03/09/98
411
441
I-130 Other Relatives
09/28/98
300
400
I-131 Reentry Permit
01/19/99
90
120
I-131 Ref Travel Doc
Current
25	
30
I-131 Advance Parole
Current
25
30
I-140 Immigrant Worker
09/21/98
219
249
I-360 Pet for Widow/Spec. Imm.
01/25/99
60
90
I-485 Employment
05/20/97
700
730
I-485 Asylee
07/06/98
400
500
I-485 Refugee
07/06/98
400
500
I-526 Investor
Not Adjudicated
30
60
I-539 Change/Extend NI Status
11/23/98
157
187
I-589 Asylum
Not adjudicated
15
30
I-698 Legalization-Adj to LPR
Current
15
45
I-730 Refugee/Asylee Relative Pet.
12/23/98
100
130
I-751 Remove Conditions
03/01/99
59
89
I-765 Employment Authorization-A5
Current
25
35
I-765 Employment Authorization-Other
Current
75
90
I-817 Family Unity
01/19/99
75
00
I-821 TPS
01/11/99
518
548
I-824 Actions of Approved Petitions
09/01/98
239
269
I-829 Removal Conditions (Investors)
None Pending
15
30
N-400 Naturalization
Not Adjudicated
540
600
N-600 Application for Citizenship
Not Adjudicated
15
120
I-724 All Waivers
01/06/99
90
120
Total Pending Applications – 92,895 (All types, pending first time adj.)
*On April 30, 1999, the notice resulting from the first adjudicative action was being sent for cases received on the date listed. Some cases are adjudicated earlier than this date by regulation or policy; however, only one processing time can be listed on receipt notices for each form type.
Texas Service Center

The following is the Texas Service Center Processing Times
Report for the period ending April 30, 1999:

                        Days to         Process.
			Initial         Receipt         Time/Days
Application/Petition    Process.        Date            From    To

I-90 Replacement Card   242             08/28/98        250     300
I-90A Saw               0               Current         30      60
I-102 Replacement of
Arrival Doc             54              03/06/99        30      60
I-129/S New/Amended NI
Worker                  25              04/05/99        30      60
I-129/L New             0               Current         30      40
I-129 Other             0               Current         30      60
I-129(F) Fiance(e)      0               Current         30      40
I-130 Spouse            319             06/11/98        300     350
I-130 Other Relative    550             11/20/97        525     575
I-131 Advance Parole    na              Current         30      60
I-140 Immigrant Worker
(1st & 2nd)             336             05/29/98        350     400
I-140 Immigrant Worker
(3rd)                   229             09/11/98        200     275
I-360 Pet. for
Widow/Spec. Imm.        483             01/19/98        450     500
I-485 Adjustment        543             11/01/97        500     550
I-526 Investor          261             09/08/98        275     325
I-539 Chg/Ext NI Stat.-
Employ-Bsd              00              Current         90      120
I-539 Cg/Ext NI Stat.-
Other                   237             09/25/98        200     250
I-589 Asylum            7               04/23/99        30      60
I-698 Legal-Adj to LPR  557             11/15/97        525     575
I-724 Waivers           n/a             Current         60      90
I-730 Ref/Asylee
Relative Pet.           na              filed at NSC
I-751 Remove Conditions 00              Current         60      90
I-765 Em. Auth.-Asylum
Based                   n/a             Current         30      60
I-765 Em. Auth.-Other   65              02/25/99        60      90
I-817 Family Unity      51              03/09/99        30      60
I-824 Actions on
Approved Pet.           58              03/02/99        30      60
I-829 Remove Conditions
/Investor               293             06/03/98        275     325
N-400 Naturalization    n/a             Preprocess      550     730

INS LOCAL OFFICE PROCESSING TIMES


District/      Permanent Residence   Naturalization  Advance      Work
Suboffice      Filing - Approval     Filing Until    Parole       Auth.
               I-485                 Swearing In     Approval  Approval

Albuquerque      365-540                 365-540     30-45         30-45
Atlanta          450-540                 630-720     45-60         75-90
Baltimore        395-515                 395-515     1             45-90
Boston           210                     n/a         1             1
Buffalo          165-380                 330-390     2-14          1-14
Charlotte        425-485                 730-790     10-30         75-90
Chicago          540                     540-720     1             30
Cincinnati       240-330                 270-510     7             1
Denver           540-570                 540-720     5-7           21-28
El Paso          485-545                 485-545     60            60
Harlingen        742                     610         162           91
Honolulu         240-300                 30-60       3-7           1
Houston          820-850                 600-700     30            90
Indianapolis     180-240                 300-330     1-30          1-30
Kansas City      390-430                 330-420     1-30          1
Louisville       540-660                 720-840     60-90         60-90
Los Angeles      570-690                 30-90       14-45         7-14
Milwaukee        n/a                     n/a         30-45         30
Newark           390-465                 515         1             90-180
New Orleans      365-575                 365-575     10-30         30-120
New York         450-540                 450-840     50-60         75-80
Oklahoma City    450-510                 365-420     30-120        30-90
Omaha            365-545                 365-425     30-60         30-60
Orlando          270-300                 365-485     15-30         45-55
Phoenix          720-780                 900-1080    150-180       90-120
Pittsburgh       180-270                 360-420     4-7           1
Portland         450                     365         15            15
Sacramento       450                     510         1-5           1-3
Salt Lake City   450-540                 365-450     14-21         21-60
San Antonio      425-450                 425-450     30-60         30-60
San Diego        710-730                 485-500     60-70         60-90
San Francisco    330-365                 420-450     1-10          1-30
San Juan         365-420                 365         7             1
Tampa            420-450                 1080-1140   10-14         80-90
Wash, DC (Arlington)365-420              180-420     10-21         30-45

Further Instructions of 1-4:

(1) I-485 Filing Until Approval
(2) Naturalization Filing Until Swearing-In
(3) Advance Parole Approval
(4) Work Authorization Approval

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