USCIS FB I-485 & I-130 Processing Statistics As Of 10/31/13

Please see below latest FB (family based) statistics released by USCIS:

USCIS I-130 - Preference Category Processing Statistics

	CSC	VSC	National
All Other Pending	6,462	15,559	31,714
Pending but adjudication deferred	320,241	123,776	462,286
Customer action waiting	21,687	5,480	29,664
Completed	24,412	6,023	38,299
New receipts	16,138	9,662	27,582

CSC = California Service Center
VSC = Vermont Service Center 
 
USCIS FB I-485 Processing Statistics

USCIS EB I-485 & I-140 Processing Statistics As Of 10/31/13

USCIS EB I-140 Processing Statistics 

	TSC	NSC	National
Pending	7,164	1,367	8,573
Customer Action Wait	993	3,020	4,013
Completed	2,551	2,151	4,704
New Receipt	3,142	2,175	5,317

The number of completed cases in most categories decreased at both NSC and TSC in the last one month. Overall the volume has decreased across most categories in both service center.

USCIS EB I-485 Processing Statistics

USCIS News

1. USCIS Offices will be closed on December 25 and also on January 1.

Field Office and International Office Closures
If You	Then
Have an appointment for an interview and the USCIS office you have been scheduled for is closed,	USCIS will automatically reschedule you for an interview as soon as possible.
Scheduled an InfoPass appointment and the USCIS office you have been scheduled for is closed	You will need to schedule a new appointment on your own.

ASC Closures
If ASC	Then  We	Note
Is closed temporarily on the day of your Biometrics appointment for an unforeseen circumstance such as inclement weather or a power outage;	Will automatically reschedule all applicants to the next available appointment date	. If you would prefer to come in once the office reopens we will process walk-ins on a case-by-case basis; however, the ASC may experience multiple walk-ins on the days following a closure and you may experience longer wait times.
Has closed until further notice and the reopen date is not known	Will automatically reschedule your appointment to the nearest ASC for processing based on your ZIP code	This will continue until the ASC has confirmed a reopening date.

EB2 India: FY 2014 Movement

If you missed the original two part blog post about EB2 India, please see below:

Part 1: http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2013/06/eb2-india-prediction-2013-2014.html
Part 2: http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2013/06/eb2-india-prediction-2013-2014-part2.html

Here is the expected visa bulletin movement for fiscal year 2014 for EB2 India.

February 2014: 15 Nov 2004
March 2014: 15 Nov 2004
April 2014: 15 Nov 2004
May 2014: 15 Nov 2004
June 2014: 15 Nov 2004
July 2014 - September 2014: Around February 2009

Why is the dates going to stay at this date till around June 2014? The main reason is the supply of visa numbers are fixed by congress to around 2800 per country per year in EB2 category. This comes out to 2800/12 = 233 visas per month for EB2 India.

Though the supply of visa numbers is fixed, the demand is not. Due to EB3 to EB2 porting (where people in EB3 category can "upgrade" to EB2), there continues to be high demand for EB2 visas.

Multiple Immigration Update

1. USCIS reminder that both the Form I-526 and the Form I-824 were recently revised. Previous version of the I-526 will not be accepted after 12/16/13, and previous version of the I-824 will not be accepted after 12/23/13.

2. DOS revised the Visa Bulletin for January 2014. Only changes were made to the February diversity visa immigrant category cut-off dates (Section C).

3. CBP final rule expands the definition of “family members residing in one household” to include “domestic relationships” which will allow more U.S. returning residents and non-resident visitor families to be eligible to file a single customs declaration.

February 2014 Visa Bulletin Predictions

October 2013 Visa Bulletin: http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2013/09/visa-bulletin-october-2013.html

November 2013 Visa Bulletin: http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2013/10/visa-bulletin-november-2013.html

December 2013 Visa Bulletin http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2013/11/december-2013-visa-bulletin.html

For January 2014 Visa Bulletin, please click here: http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2013/12/january-2014-visa-bulletin.html

For February 2014 Visa Bulletin, please click here: http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2014/01/february-2014-visa-bulletin.html

Please see February 2014 Visa Bulletin Predictions below (for both Family Based and Employment Based):

Quick Summary:

• EB1, EB4, EB 5: Current
• EB2 Rest Of World: Current
  EB2 China: 5 weeks (still behind EB3 China)
  EB2 India: 0 day. Please see article
• EB3 (ROW, China, Mexico): 2-5 months. Please see article.
  EB3 India: 0 day
  EB3 Philippines: 3-5 weeks
• FB categories: 1-5 weeks. Please see article.
• F2A: 0 day. It is likely to remain at this date for next few months.

Please Note: These numbers do not include the 10,000 additional unused visas from FB category to EB category.

Family Based:

Family-Sponsored	All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	01JAN07	01JAN07	01JAN07	01OCT93	22JUL01
F2A	08SEP13	08SEP13	08SEP13	01SEP13	08SEP13
F2B	01JUL06	01JUL06	01JUL06	15APR94	22MAY03
F3	08MAY03	08MAY03	08MAY03	08JUN93	08FEB93
F4	22OCT01	22OCT01	22OCT01	08NOV96	08AUG90

Employment Based:

January 2014 Visa Bulletin Analysis

For January 2014 Visa Bulletin, please click here: http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2013/12/january-2014-visa-bulletin.html

Please see below analysis of January 2014 Visa Bulletin:

EB1: All EB1 categories are current and should continue to remain current for fiscal year. Demand continues to be around 1000-1200 every month.

EB2 ROW: This category continues to remain current. Demand in EB2ROW continues to be very low at an average of around 300 per month. This is good news for EB2 India and China, as they could get a higher spillover in FY 2014.

EB2 China: As expected, EB2 China also moved forward by 4 weeks. It should continue to move forward around 3 to 5 weeks per month. It will still be behind EB3 China which is ahead by more than 3 years.

EB2 India: There was no change in EB2 India movement. As we had mentioned earlier, there was huge retrogression in EB2 India due to large amount of porting from EB3 India to EB2 India. We will be adding a new blog exclusive to EB2 India movement in fiscal year 2014. Till then, please see this blog post for updates in EB2 (India, ROW and China) category.

January 2014 Visa Bulletin

For December 2013 Visa Bulletin, please click here: http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2013/11/december-2013-visa-bulletin.html

For January 2014 Demand Data, please click here: http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2013/12/january-2014-demand-data.html

January 2014 Visa Bulletin bulletin has been officially released. Please see below for more details.

Family Based:

Family-Sponsored	All Charge -ability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	08DEC06	08DEC06	08DEC06	22SEP93	01JUL01
F2A	08SEP13	08SEP13	08SEP13	01SEP13	08SEP13
F2B	01JUN06	01JUN06	01JUN06	01APR94	01MAY03
F3	15APR03	15APR03	15APR03	01JUN93	01FEB93
F4	01OCT01	01OCT01	01OCT01	01NOV96	01JUL90

Employment Based:

January 2014 Demand Data

Demand data is used by DOS to calculate the monthly visa bulletin dates. If you are not familiar with demand data, please see this article: What is Demand Data?

Update: Department of State did not release the January 2014 Demand Data.

EB2 India: As many of you know, due to huge demand from EB3 India porting to EB2 India, USCIS had to stop allocating visas to EB2 India category from November 20.  The demand data should include these porting cases, if they have been preadjudicated.

Currently the cases are been counted twice in both EB3 and EB2 category (since they do not have a system to accurately track various porting cases). Please see article.

EB3 ROW: The  real demand for EB3 ROW/Mexico/China should start showing up in the I-485 pending inventory. However since VB dates keep moving forward and visa is available, not all cases would appear in the January demand data. This is because demand data only contains preadjudicated cases (and CP cases).

Currently it takes about 4+ months to process I-485 and preadjudicate case. Hence demand data for these categories could appear to be low, though dates have moved by 3+ years.

The most accurate data would show up in the I-485 pending inventory. However the latest version has data only till October 1.

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USCIS US Citizen I-129F, I-130 & I-485 Processing Statistics AS Of 09/30/13

Please see below latest US Citizen Beneficiary Statistics released by USCIS:

USCIS I-130 - Immediate Relative Category Processing Statistics:

	CSC	VSC	National
All Other Pending	3,190	11,925	357,511
Customer action waiting	1,567	965	2,532
Completed	1,315	581	24,769
New receipts	74	50	41,766

CSC = California Service Center 
VSC = Vermont Service Center 
    
USCIS I-129F Processing Statistics:

	CSC	VSC	National
All Other Pending	4,081	2,172	16,003
Customer action waiting	1,953	1,013	2,966
Completed	2,587	1,927	7,539
New receipts	1,569	22	3,722

USCIS I-485 Processing Statistics: