Q5. How many applications for lawful permanent residence are affected by this policy change?
A3. USCIS is currently aware of approximately 47,000 applications for permanent residence (I-485) cases that are otherwise approvable but for the fact that an FBI name check is pending. In a subset of these case, the FBI name check request that been pending for more than 180 days. USCIS anticipates that the majority of the cases that are subject to this policy modification will be processed by mid-March 2008.
綜合過去FBI和USCIS已經公布的統計數據,現在47,000申請人當中大約有30-45%(14100 - 21150)的應該是屬於NAME CHECK超過180天,即在USCIS所說的子集中.有興趣的朋友可以到FBI和USCIS相關網站上查閱他們公布的統計數據.注意這裏包括了所有國家的申請個案數.