PERM Processing Statistics As of June 2014

DACA Statistics

Existing data currently published by USCIS for DACA provides statistics on program operations (e.g., number of receipts accepted, rejected and approved, etc.). In contrast, this data table release disseminates information on the characteristics of DACA requestors in a manner which sufficiently protects their privacy.

The DACA program was first implemented August 15, 2012. In order to report the information for a minimum of a 12-month period and to create a consistent reporting period (e.g., by fiscal year) for future releases, data are aggregated for August, 2012 to September, 2013 (13 and ½ months).

Updated Visa Bulletin Predictions

The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) recently met again with Charles Oppenheim to discuss the demand and expected movements in various visa bulletin categories.

Charles Oppenheim is the Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division within Department of State (DOS).

Please see the important details below:

F2A All Countries: F2A category has retrogressed to 15MAR11 for Mexico and 01MAY12 for all other countries. F2A category is expected to move forward as far as Fall 2012 in September or October visa bulletin.

EB3 China: This category which has retrogressed by around 6 years is expected to move forward to 01NOV08 in August visa bulletin. Note: This category already moved forward to this date in August visa bulletin.

Initially EB3 China had very low demand. After huge forward movement, the demand increased significantly (including people porting from EB2 China to EB3 China). This resulted in heavy retrogression. After the retrogression, the demand decreased significantly, in addition to low demand in family based category. This resulted in dates moving forward by around 2 years in EB3 China category.

USCIS US Citizen I-129F, I-130 & I-485 Processing Statistics As Of 04/30/14

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	3,856	30,399	280,908
Customer action waiting	9,652	3,839	24,272
Completed	6,947	3,061	60,371
New receipts	752	5,219	52,760

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

	CSC	VSC	National
All Other Pending	2,897	647	15,113
Customer action waiting	1,654	98	2,127
Completed	2,732	160	4,058
New receipts	1,915	113	4,544

USCIS I-485 Processing Statistics: 

USCIS FB I-485 & I-130 Processing Statistics As Of 04/30/14

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

USCIS I-130 - Preference Category Processing Statistics

	CSC	VSC	NSC	National
All Other Pending	2,202	8,903	1,005	13,205
Pending but adjudication deferred	358,505	130,718	4,013	497,479
Customer action waiting	13,956	3,663	340	18,052
Completed	19,279	4,264	1,130	25,705
New receipts	20,505	5,389	734	26,797

Volume in Texas Service Center (TSC) is currently low.

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

USCIS EB I-140 and I-485 Processing Statistics As Of 04/30/14

USCIS EB I-140 Processing Statistics 

	TSC	NSC	National
Pending	12,794	10,399	23,249
Customer Action Wait	919	704	1,623
Completed	4,400	3,119	7,521
New Receipt	4,312	3,103	7,415

The volume of cases in nearly all categories above increased at both NSC and TSC in the last one month.

USCIS EB I-485 Processing Statistics

September 2014 Visa Bulletin Predictions

For August 2014 Visa Bulletin, please click here: http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2014/07/august-2014-visa-bulletin.html

For September 2014 Visa Bulletin, please click here: http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2014/08/september-2014-visa-bulletin.html

Please see September 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: 2-3 months
  EB2 India: 3-5 months. Please see article 1. Also see article 2.
• EB3 (ROW, China, Mexico): 0 day. Please see article.
  EB3 India: 1 week
  EB3 Philippines: 0 to 4+ months. Please see article.
• FB categories: 1 to 18+ weeks Please see article.
• F2A: 5-7+ months. Please see article.

Please Note: These numbers include the 10,000 additional unused visas from FB category to EB category. It would not be available in the next visa bulletin.

Family Based:

Family-Sponsored	All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	15MAY07	15MAY07	15MAY07	15MAY94	01NOV04
F2A	08NOV12	08NOV12	08NOV12	15MAR12	08NOV12
F2B	22AUG07	22AUG07	22AUG07	08JUN94	15NOV03
F3	08DEC03	08DEC03	08DEC03	01OCT93	08MAY93
F4	15JAN02	15JAN02	15JAN02	15JAN97	22FEB91

Employment Based:

August 2014 Visa Bulletin Analysis

For August 2014 Visa Bulletin, please click here: http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2014/07/august-2014-visa-bulletin.html

Please see below analysis of August 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 (per the latest pending inventory).

EB2 ROW: This category continues to remain current. Demand in EB2ROW continues to be very low at an average of around 300 per month. 

EB2 China: EB2 China moved forward by more than 2 months. It should continue to move forward around 3 to 5 weeks per month

EB2 India: The third biggest jump was in EB2 India category which moved forward by around 4.5 months.  We have added a blog post exclusive to EB2 India movement in fiscal year 2014. Based on those estimates, EB2 India should continue to move forward till around April 2009, unless applicants porting from EB3 India to EB2 India increases dramatically (which is possible, since they have been waiting in EB3 India category for more than a decade)

If the porting rate from EB3 India increases at very high rate, DOS may decide to retrogress EB2 India category in the September 2014 visa bulletin, so that allotted visas do no exceed available quota. At this time, retrogression for EB2 India in September visa bulletin is not expected. Also please see this blog post for updates in EB2 (India, ROW and China) category.

August 2014 Visa Bulletin

For July 2014 Visa Bulletin, please click here: http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2014/06/july-2014-visa-bulletin.html

August 2014 Visa Bulletin has been released (valid from August 1-31 only). Please see below for more details.

Family Based:

Family-Sponsored	All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA-mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	22APR07	22APR07	22APR07	08APR94	01JUN04
F2A	01MAY12	01MAY12	01MAY12	15MAR11	01MAY12
F2B	01JUL07	01JUL07	01JUL07	01APR94	08OCT03
F3	15NOV03	15NOV03	15NOV03	15SEP93	15APR93
F4	01JAN02	01JAN02	01JAN02	01JAN97	22JAN91

Employment Based:

How To Resolve Problems with USCIS

Before asking the Ombudsman for help with an application or petition, try to resolve the issue with USCIS by:

• Obtaining information about the case at USCIS My Case Status at www.uscis.gov.
• Submitting an e-Request with USCIS online at https://egov.uscis.gov/e-Request.
• Contacting the USCIS National Customer Service Center (NCSC) for assistance at 1-800-375-5283.
• Making an InfoPass appointment to speak directly with a USCIS Immigration Services Officer in a field office at www.infopass.uscis.gov.

If you are unable to resolve your issue with USCIS, you may request assistance from the Ombudsman. Certain types of requests involving refugees, asylees, victims of violence, trafficking, and other crimes must be submitted with a handwritten signature for consent purposes. This can be done using Option 1 below and uploading a signed Form DHS-7001 to the online case assistance request.

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