Thursday, February 03, 2005
The New York Times > Spouses Sidelined in Bids to Get on Fast Track for Green Card
The New York Times > New York Region > Spouses Sidelined in Bids to Get on Fast Track for Green Card
The USCIS program to fast track U.S. citizen spouse permanent residency applications has been terminated, at least in New York. That office of the USCIS announced this last week. It was picked up in the NY Times today. The program was started 8 months ago in various backlogged USCIS district offices and aimed to provide an adjudication of a green card application by a U.S. citizen spouse within 90 days instead of two years.
Many people were advised to refile their green card applications to take advantage of the program. However, those who did so now appear to be caught in the middle: If they refiled in Nov-Dec timeframe, they will not be fast tracked and their filing fees will not be refunded, according to the New York Times. They apparently have also lost their original place in the queue. A spokesman stated that the program was simply an internal management tool and not a guarantee of faster processing. See story for details.
The program apparently still continues in Dallas, Miami, Los Angeles and Chicago.
The USCIS program to fast track U.S. citizen spouse permanent residency applications has been terminated, at least in New York. That office of the USCIS announced this last week. It was picked up in the NY Times today. The program was started 8 months ago in various backlogged USCIS district offices and aimed to provide an adjudication of a green card application by a U.S. citizen spouse within 90 days instead of two years.
Many people were advised to refile their green card applications to take advantage of the program. However, those who did so now appear to be caught in the middle: If they refiled in Nov-Dec timeframe, they will not be fast tracked and their filing fees will not be refunded, according to the New York Times. They apparently have also lost their original place in the queue. A spokesman stated that the program was simply an internal management tool and not a guarantee of faster processing. See story for details.
The program apparently still continues in Dallas, Miami, Los Angeles and Chicago.
