DHS CIS Ombudsman's Annual Report 2009

[pappu]

Today the CIS Ombudsman submitted its 2009 Annual Report to Congress. There will be an action item coming up for our admin fixes work and we would detail it out in our next conference call.

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/c...eport_2009.pdf

The report includes:

· A review of USCIS Transformation

· The most pervasive and serious problems USCIS customers experience such as Requests for Evidence, customer service, and FBI name checks

· Eight Annual Report recommendations that cover file transfers and tracking, DNA testing, and more…

· Eight formal recommendations that cover motions to reopen, EB-5 investor visas, T and U visas, EADs; and more….

· A description of Ombudsman facilitation of interagency meetings



CIS Ombudsman's 2009 Annual Report to Congress
DHS | CIS Ombudsman's 2009 Annual Report to Congress


# USCIS response to CIS Ombudsman Recommendation 41 - Recommendation on Payment Methods for USCIS Filing Fees and Other Costs (PDF, 3 pages - 46 KB) - New
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/u...omb_rec_41.pdf

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[pappu]

IV is happy that Ombudsman's office looked at our point of view and suggestions. We will be continuing this dialogue with their office to help make the process better for our community.

[pappu]

Please go through this report and post your feedback and analysis on this thread

[uffyegc]

I don't see much in the report except this.

6. Implications for Certain Employment-
Based Second and Third Categories
Absent legislation providing for additional visa numbers,
the Ombudsman estimates that some individuals under the
“India” category in the Visa Bulletin now may wait at least 10
years to complete immigration processing and obtain a green
card. This estimate assumes maximum annual preference category
and per country usage. If these projections are correct,
affected individuals will spend many years of their working
lives as applicants for green cards, i.e., as neither temporary
workers nor lawful permanent residents.

[ronhira]

Page 16 of the pdf document says this for employment based green cards-

6. Implications for Certain Employment-

Based Second and Third Categories Absent legislation providing for additional visa numbers,
the Ombudsman estimates that some individuals under the “India” category in the Visa Bulletin now may wait at least 10 years to complete immigration processing and obtain a green card. This estimate assumes maximum annual preference category and per country usage. If these projections are correct, affected individuals will spend many years of their working lives as applicants for green cards, i.e., as neither temporary workers nor lawful permanent residents.


It means in best case some of the I-1485 filers will get approval in 10 years,

[bobzibub]

Over ten years? The program is not a program, it is a fraud.

[gc28262]

Always wondered the ratio of number of principal applicant to derivatives.

As per the 2008 visa usage by USCIS,

It is around 1:1 for both eb2 and eb3 category

34,054/34,778 for EB2
18,983/19,994 for EB3

[gc28262]

Mention of 10 years wait time for Indian applicants can be highlighted when talking to Lawmakers.

[hsingh82]

I think this is a very good report that acknowledges the issues comprehensively and affect on the applicants. USCIS can't change the laws but they can provide accurate and relevant reports for judiciary committee and, in my opinion, they did an excellent job!

[ras]

USCIS expects to launch the redesigned website by the end of FY 2009.136
-info from pdf above

[ch102]

I guess uscis will increase filing fees next year ....

Application Filing Fees and Revenue
As shown in Figure 8, USCIS collected approximately $2.25
billion for FY 2008 (plus $163 million in premium processing
revenue), which was $77 million less than projected in the
May 2007 fee increase.111 Further, in the last several months,
the agency has received fewer receipts than projected due to
various factors, including the current economic climate.

[dotnetguru]

wow...they cannot fix that freaking system with $2.25 billion revenue.i think USCIS was combined with all other departments under DHS so that this cash cow can support other depts.......