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U.S. Presidential Advisory Recommends Recapture of Unused Green Cards

Posted by Hugo R. Valverde, Managing Attorney, and Anna D. Colby, Attorney Social Media Marketing Manager | Aug 18, 2023 | 0 Comments

The most recent USCIS data shows a backlog of 8.6 million applications.  8.6 million.  Put into context, that number represents at least double or triple that in the amount of loved ones whose reunification is dependent on the processing of a USCIS petition.  A recent Presidential Advisory recommends a pathway to helping some of these families - read our latest blog to learn about this process.

USCIS Opens New Service Center for Backlogged Cases

Posted by Hugo R. Valverde, Managing Attorney, and Anna D. Colby, Attorney Social Media Marketing Manager | May 08, 2023 | 0 Comments

It’s no secret that USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) is notoriously behind on processing thousands of immigration applications.  Recognizing it needs to do more, USCIS has opened a first of its kind processing center - the HART Service Center - called such for the types of petitions it will process, Humanitarian, Adjustments, Removing Conditions, and Travel Documents. Read our latest blog to see if this latest service center will affect your case.

USCIS Reports Backlog Reduction in 2022 Report

Posted by Hugo Valverde | Feb 05, 2023 | 0 Comments

USCIS has announced a turnaround on its terrible backlog rates - detailing in its 2022 Progress Report the ways that the federal agency has worked in the past year to reduce its enormous caseload. Read our latest blog to learn where USCIS's infamous backlog currently stands, and if the agency's new stated commitments will affect your case.

USCIS to Expand Premium Processing and Establish Internal Goals to Reduce Long Processing Times and Severe Backlogs

Posted by Hugo Valverde | Apr 08, 2022 | 0 Comments

We hear it and we see it every day. Immigrants inside the United States and hopeful immigrants outside of it who have been waiting for years, sometimes decades, to be reunited here.  Currently there is a 15 year backlog on visas just for U.S. citizens to emigrate their siblings to the United States, and that is after the initial USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) case has been approved. Other types of immigration cases vary widely in their processing times and the government is finally recognizing how harmful this backlog is. Read our latest blog to learn the changes USCIS is trying to implement to reduce the backlogs.

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