Our firm handles a fair amount of appeals with the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) and we often receive inquiries not only about about the procedural aspects of an AAO appeal but also about the current processing times for AAO cases. About the AAO As a short preliminary background matter, the AAO is an appeals office which handles [...]
USCIS has released the average processing times for cases pending at the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) as of March 18, 2009. Among the most notable AAO processing times: H-1B appeal takes 13 months (compared to 14 months when last reported in January 2009); I-140 EB1 Extrordinary Ability and Multinational Manager or Executive categories both take 9 months while [...]
USCIS has released the average processing times for cases pending at the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) as of January 8, 2009. Among the most notable AAO processing times: H-1B appeal takes 14 months; I-140 EB1 (Extrordinary Ability) takes 18 months while EB1(B) and (C) are current; I-140 EB2 (Advanced Degree) takes 20 months while EB2 (all others) are current; [...]
The USCIS Director Emilio Gonzalez appeared yesterday (01/17/2008) in front of the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law and in written testimony he talked about the unprecedented volume of immigration applications filed with his agency.