08/31/2007: Monthly Service Center Processing Time Report Method

• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
  Services (USCIS) has improved the reporting procedure for processing
  times of immigration benefit applications. In the past, USCIS
  benefit processing reports indicated the specific type of applications
  or petitions that were being processed and the date the cases
  were received. However, the date the case was received did not
  provide a clear indication of when USCIS expected to complete
  the case, nor did it provide a clear indication of USCIS’
  commitment to process cases within a certain cycle time. It
  also did not align with the processing times and cycle times
  the agency reports in other contexts. The changed reporting
  procedure is an effort to give the customers more accurate information
  that better reflects current processing time and USCIS service
  level commitments. Effective immediately, when USCIS is
  completing applications and petitions within the service level
  goals we will report the USCIS service level commitment. For
  example, when USCIS service level goal is to process a particular
  kind of case within six months, and if our processing time is
  six months or less, the report will show "6 months".
  When USCIS is not meeting their service level goal, the date
  posted will reflect the filing date of cases that are being completed.
  It should be noted that while in some instances reported processing
  dates may appear to have regressed due to this change, they do
  not reflect a lengthening of USCIS processing times, but simply
  the change in reporting.
  
• The processing time goal
  and each Service Center's processing status for selective employment-based
  cases as of August 15, 2007 are reported as follows: [Fo the
  full report including other types of cases, please go to our
  home page and click the Service Center Processing Times Link.
  The reporting date has changed from 16th to 15th, indicating
  that they may report it on the 15th every month.
  
  
  
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    Case	140	485	360	131-AP	EADC-9
    Target	6 mos	6 mos	6 mos	3 mos	11 wks
    NSC	NC	NC	C	C	NC
    TSC	C	NC	NC	C	C

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    Case	H1B	H2B	H2A	H3	E	L	Lblk	P,Q.R,TN	539
    Target	2 mos	30 days	15 days	2 mos	2 mos	30 days	2 mos	2 mos	3 mos
    CSC	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
    VSC	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	NC

    
    
  
  
• We welcome the new reporting
  report since it is less confusing. We will see how it will change
  next month.