ImmInfo Newsletter
Contents   Vol. 3, No.10,
October 1, 2009

  • The ImmInfo Newsletter is now published twice each month.

  • Comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) update

  • The USCIS has upgraded its website

  • The USCIS has released EB AOS backlog information

  • Analysis of the CIS EB AOS backlog charts

  • Analysis of the CIS EB AOS case processing time information

  • What this new CIS backlog data likely means

  • A refresher: How visa numbers are allocated under the quota

  • How to decide whether an upgrade from EB3 to EB2 is a good idea.

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The ImmInfo Newsletter is now being published twice each month.
Effective October 1st, the ImmInfo Newsletter will now be published twice each month. New editions will be released on the first and fifteenth of the month. We are doing this in response to the many requests we have had for more frequent editions.
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Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) update
CIR continues to drift aimlessly in the legislative stream. Representative Luis Gutierrez of Chicago announced that he would outline the basic proposal for a comprehensive immigration bill by October 13th and then introduce it in Congress shortly thereafter. While this proposal stands little chance of even getting committee hearings, it will serve to build a fire under those in Congress who have been postponing the introduction of the administration's CIR legislation.
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The USCIS has upgraded its website
The USCIS website, generally regarded as one of the most useless and user-hostile Internet presences of any federal agency, has been remodeled. The Obama administration reportedly found the USCIS website an embarrassment and ordered it reworked "within 90 days." Using staff from the White House to do the work, the site was completely revised and the new site came on-line as of September 22nd.
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The USCIS has released EB AOS backlog information.
The USCIS has released what they purport to be a comprehensive accounting of pending employment based adjustment of status cases, arranged by month and year of priority date. Those charts may be viewed by clicking here. They have also released a FAQ concerning this EB AOS backlog information.
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Analysis of the new USCIS EB AOS backlog charts

The USCIS EB AOS backlog charts (which may be viewed by clicking here) and the accompanying FAQ appear to provide comprehensive information about the pending backlog. Unfortunately, there are a number of internal contradictions and unexplained anomalies that raise serious questions about the validity of this data.
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Analysis of the new USCIS case processing time information verses the new backlog information charts
The new CIS backlog information provides us with a glimpse into the nature and scope of the backlog of pending adjustment of status applications. Putting aside the serious discrepancies between this and other information, purported based on the same raw data, examining these charts can yield some valuable information. 
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A refresher: How visa numbers are allocated under the quota
A more comprehensive analysis can be found in this article. For purposes of a quick refresher, however, the following information should serve to remind everyone of the basic facts concerning visa allocation
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How to decide whether an upgrade from EB3 to EB2 is a good idea.
The CIS has released its backlog charts, showing the number of pending EB AOS cases and the priority dates for them. With this information in hand, it is now possible for applicants with approved EB3 petitions to make informed decisions as to whether to take no action or make the effort to upgrade to EB2.
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