What are the key challenges in using the available employment-based visas in FY 2022?
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Please see below for a full explanation of how to submit a transfer of underlying basis request. This includes applications where noncitizens have submitted transfer of underlying basis requests. We are identifying and prioritizing all employment-based adjustment of status applications with available visas and approved underlying petitions, including those received prior to this fiscal year. Submitting a new adjustment of status application typically does not result in faster adjudication, and may have the opposite effect by adding extra burden to the USCIS workload. NEW: Will my case be processed faster if I file a second Form I-485? The quarterly reports do not include the visas issued by our partners at DOS and they include certain employment-based categories under “other.” The quarterly “Legal Immigration and Adjustment of Status” reports published by the DHS Office of Immigration Statistics include adjustments of status but capture immigrant admissions at ports of entry rather than immigrant visa issuance by DOS, and as a result do not reflect year-to-date visa use. Note: Our Immigration and Citizenship Data “All USCIS Application and Petition Form Types” and “Application for Adjustment of Status (Form I-485)” quarterly reports will not be as up-to-date as the above number. We remain committed to taking every viable policy and procedural action to maximize our use of all available visas by the end of the fiscal year and are well-positioned to use the remaining visas. USCIS alone approved more than 10,000 employment-based adjustment of status applications in the week ending August 14, 2022, and DOS continues its high rate of visa issuance, as well. Through July 31, 2022, the two agencies have combined to use 210,593 employment-based immigrant visas (FY2022 data is preliminary and subject to change). UPDATED: Can you estimate how many family-sponsored or employment-based immigrant visas USCIS and DOS will use during FY 2022?ĭOS has determined that the FY 2022 employment-based annual limit is 281,507 – (slightly more than double the typical annual total) – due to unused family-based visa numbers from FY 2021 being allocated to the current fiscal year’s available employment-based visas. Despite our best efforts, 66,781 visas went unused at the end of FY 2021. DOS issued 19,779 employment-based immigrant visas, and USCIS used 175,728 employment-based immigrant visas through adjustment of status, more than 52% higher than the average before the pandemic. Overall, the two agencies combined to use 195,507 employment-based immigrant visas in FY 2021.
The Department of State (DOS) publishes the official figures for visa use in their Report of the Visa Office. The annual limit for employment-based visa use in FY 2021 was 262,288, nearly double the typical annual total. How many employment-based visas did USCIS and DOS use in FY 2021? How many employment-based visas went unused in FY 2021? Read more about the many steps (PDF, 1015.37 KB) we have already taken this fiscal year to help ensure we use all of the available employment-based immigrant visas. If you are a noncitizen with pending adjustment of status applications, do not send an unsolicited Form I-693 to us, as explained in detail below. The “60-day rule”, which has been temporarily waived, does not apply to Forms I-693 signed by the civil surgeon after you have filed Form I-485. This is particularly important if you recently received a notice that your application was transferred from a USCIS service center to a USCIS field office and you know your application does not have a valid Form I-693. If your underlying petition is approved and a visa is available to you, but you know that your previously filed Form I-485 does not have a valid Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, we recommend you visit a civil surgeon and have a valid Form I-693 on hand when we send the request to you. We are dedicated to ensuring we use as many available employment-based visas as possible in FY 2022, which ends on Sept.
The overall employment-based annual limit for immigrant visas in fiscal year 2022 is approximately twice as high as usual, primarily due to consular closures abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic which led to almost all 140,000 family-sponsored visa numbers going unused during fiscal year (FY) 2021.
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