1. 有人問在排期上, NIW-EB2和普通EB2的區別在哪裏? 有人答: 區別可能在於06年5月之後,USCIS 可能會實行140的PREMIUM 處理,NIW不適用PREMIUM處理. 有人否認: 如果CIS推出I-140可以收extra fee加速處理,應該不會將NIW排除在外 .
大家google一下就知道,140優先處理說了很多年了,現在又提了出來. 為什麽NIW會被排除在外, 因為勞工卡I140在遞交以前要通過很長時間申請勞工卡(即使PERM也要好幾個月), 雖然同屬EB2, 優先日遠遠早於NIW. 這才是問題的症結, 如果這一點都沒有考慮到, 權威人士是不應該匆忙做回複的.
2. 還有人問: 移民局目標是六個月內作出決定, 是六個月內還是第六個月. 有人說, "如果你以前有同政府機構打過交道,你就會了解:通常說六個月內就是指到第六個月尾,否則就告訴你三或四個月了". 我也不明白這是什麽邏輯. 六個月內當然是指1到6個月, 否則為什麽有2-3個月140/485就通知批準了,不等到六個月在通知. 如果能三四個月處理完, 目標也會說是六個月. 這才是政府部門的做事風格呀. 否則就不會在郵件裏說通常要90-485天來處理140.
回到起源問題, 該人(EB1B)current後是有可能在三兩個月獲得485批準, 而不一定非得再等上六個月.
140的加速處理詳細內容見 http://www.immigration-law.com/Canada.html:
05/09/2006: Imporant Procedural Changes Forthcoming for I-140/I-485 Concurrent Filing and NIW
The USCIS has been delaying the implementation of the premium processing services for I-140 immigrant petition proceedings. According to the AILA-Nebraska Service Center liaison report of April 19, 2006, the USCIS may announce the PPS program in May 2006. The NSC Director also confirmed that once the USCIS started implementing PPS for I-140 petition, it would accompany the following two critical changes:
Termination of I-140/I-485 Concurrent Filing
Shut-Out of NIW from PPS.
Once the concurrent filing is terminated, it will cause a number of problems for EB-immigrants:
Those whose legal status would expire unless they were allowed to file I-140 and I-485 concurrently will fall out of status unless they are eligible for 245(k) benefit. PPS does not guarantee the decision in 15 days when the USCIS issues RFE. The 15-day requirement runs again only after they receive the response to the RFE. Sometims, RFE response can take months. Since unlawful presence or out-of-status clock will keep ticking during the period of I-140 petition adjudication, some people may lose the opportunity for filing I-485 forever.
EAD and Advance Parole applications are available only when they file I-485 application as they are ancillary proceedings to the I-485 applications. The termination of concurrent filing procedure will take away this privilege under the current concurrent filing system.
Affect of Termination of Concurrent Filing and Unavailability of I-140 Premium Processing Services for NIW will be devastating. It practically takes away the current privilege of stopping out-of-status clock by concurrently filing I-485 as well as the privilege of applying EAD and Advance Parole. Worse yet, since the Premium Processing will not be available for the NIW I-140 petitions, it can take forever, particularly when RFE is involved. Please stay tuned.