INS TEXAS SERVICE CENTER MEETING PROCESSING TIME TARGETS

Siskind’s Immigration Bulletin has obtained documentation showing that while the Texas Service Center continues to be far behind on processing adjustment of status and other cases, it is on target for meeting certain internal processing time goals for seven types of cases. The following table summarizes the agency’s findings:

Form	Receipts	Cases Completed	Cases Pending (EOM)	HQISD Processing Goal (Days)	TSC Actual Achievement (Days)	Difference (Days)	Date of Oldest Cases
I-129 (Petition for Non-Immigrant Worker)	9.124	12,083	1,996	30	29	-1	09/01/99
I-765 (Application for Work Authorization)	12,210	33,438	444	75	10	-65	09/20/99
C-8 and Asylee	*2,000	*1,500	25	21	-6	-15	09/24/99
I-130 (Petition for Immediate Relative)	2,153	4,082	40,777	90	29	-61	09/01/99
I-140 (Petition for Immigrant Worker)	1,329	4,040	251	60	10	-50	09/20/99
I-526 (Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur)	22	33	1	60	57	-3	08/03/99
I-131 (Application for Reentry/	2,643	2,226	3,633	30	17	-13	09/17/99
TOTAL	30,581	57,402	47,127	366	158	-208	N/A

The obtained TSC documentation also provides some background on the division of labor at the Texas Service Center. The TSC has 200 employees that adjudicate petitions and respond to inquiries. The 200 are divided as follows:

16 supervisors/managers

8 Congressional Liaisons

14 Immigration Information Officers who answer telephone inquiries

3 Immigration Information Officers who handle fax inquiries

7 Immigration Information Officers who handle written inquiries

30 Naturalization Officers who work with partner field offices

122 adjudicating officers

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