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Archive for November 30, 2007

USCIS REVISES FILING INSTRUCTIONS FOR I-130

According to a USCIS Update, effective December 3, 2007, all stand-alone I-130 - Immigrant Petitions for Alien Relatives should be filed with the Chicago Lockbox.

SCHEDULED USCIS.GOV SITE OUTAGES

According to the USCIS, the agency’s Case Status Online system, Change of Address Online system, field office locators and civil surgeon locators will be unavailable due to system maintenance on Friday November 30, 2007 for about 3 hours beginning at 9:00 PM Eastern Time.

END OF FBI NAME-CHECK DELAYS?

AILA is reporting that:  “In a meeting with AILA and other organizations, DHS Secretary Chertoff indicated that USCIS and the FBI are changing parts of the name check process, with the expected result that a large proportion of the backlog should be cleared within six months. The changes are consistent with Secretary Chertoff’s risk management approach. The Secretary hopes that, in addition to clearing the backlog, a large percentage of the kinds of applications and situations that have previously been caught in name check delays will, in the future, be cleared quickly. However, he cautions that some checks still will be delayed by investigations, but that that number should represent a small proportion of the numbers previously delayed.” [AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 07113061 (posted Nov. 30, 2007)].

SCHUMER: USCIS SHOULD REHIRE RETIREES TO HELP ADJUDICATE NATURALIZATION APPLICATIONS

According to an AP article that appeared on www.chron.com: “Immigration officials should rehire retirees to help clear a backlog of applications that could keep some people from becoming citizens in time to vote in the November 2008 elections, Sen. Chuck Schumer said Thursday.”

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