The traffic jam at the immigration service is causing unimaginable damage. An accumulated nine million applications pending in all procedures are carried out by the Office of Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
But the procedure that attracts the most attention is the I-601A Waiver process, which is requested by the undocumented spouses of US citizens.
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“While applications and petitions across the agency are backlogged, processing the I-601A application” (Petition for Provisional Waivers for Unlawful Presence) is the most problematic,” according to the American Immigration Lawyers Association ( AILA).
“Those delays represent personal hardships, separated families and deferred dreams. The hardest part is knowing that much of this pain, suffering, and disappointment could be avoided if USCIS could process benefit applications in a timely manner,” the attorneys noted.
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What is the 601-A waiver to apply for the green card
The 601-A pardon is a rule in force since July 2016 that allows certain undocumented foreigners to receive the green card and are not penalized with the so-called Punishment Law.
How long does it take to forgive 601-A
According to the USCIS database, the processing time for an I-601A form varies between 34 months (2.8 years) at the processing center located in Nebraska and 39.5 months (3.2 years) at the processing center located in Potomac.
As of September 30 of last year (end of fiscal year 2022), the agency had a backlog of 121,793 601-A waiver applications or forms.
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The greatest concentration of traffic jams is found in the process of requesting residence through the I-310 form (1,808,240 applications); work permits through form I-765 (1,384,302 requests); and asylum through form I-589 (571,628 petitions).
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AILA notes that it is the responsibility of USCIS “to ensure that the agency remains true to its mission of providing prompt, consistent, and fair adjudications to its stakeholders, and to advocate for relief from extreme backlogs and bottlenecks in case processing.”
The report recommends that USCIS “listen” to attorneys “on how the agency’s current and emerging problematic trends are impacting their clients.”
AILA said that behind every long-pending case is an individual whose life may have been changed forever.
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