AOS Delays from Feb 18 DACA Program (petition merged)

[asisflyer 47]

The USCIS announced the DACA expansion starting Feb 18th.

They also offered a cryptic response on whether family petitions will be delayed or not.

With limited resources, how can it not be so?

Unfortunately, Congress has limited DHS funding through February 28th and with this move,

there seems to be a chance of the USCIS reducing operations that require those funds.

So, whether direct or indirect, I do wonder just how severe the delays will be for the processing of "lawful" USCIS adjudication requests that conform and abide by the INA ?

One wonders:

Just how long will a typical petition or AOS take now?

Rumors of AOS waiver plans were leaked to the media by the USCIS Adjudicators Union back in November. Would this be for all types of AOS ? Employment vs. Family? Concurrent vs. Non-Concurrent? Would it be with the typical visa waiver candidate delays or a real-time waiver = approved ?

Is there to be anything special done to avoid penalizing those who lawfully comply with the INA while the executive branch rewards those who openly violate it?

Why is the status of a person entering illegally deemed more valuable and important than a USC' spouse who applied legally, entered legally, and played the cards straight?

Open for your thoughts and opinions.....

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Will be a shame if they give higher importance to illegal immigrants before their own citizens.

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[asisflyer 47]

This is the USCIS Interviewers/Adjudicators Union chief had to leak about the plans back in October.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/immigration-union-chief-blasts-wh-amnesty-plan/article/2555345

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
COUNCIL 119 AFFILIATED WITH THE AFL-CIO

USCIS COUNCIL PRESIDENT ISSUES URGENT PLEA TO NATION
REGARDING EXECUTIVE AMNESTY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 28, 2014
Contact: National Citizenship & Immigration Services Council

WASHINGTON – Kenneth Palinkas, President of the National Citizenship and
Immigration Services Council representing 12,000 United States Citizenship and
Immigration Service (USCIS) adjudicators and personnel, issued the following statement
today concerning the President’s planned executive immigration orders that would result
in the issuance of 34 million green cards and employment authorization documents:
“United States Citizenship and Immigration Service’s loyal and dedicated adjudicators and
personnel diligently man the front lines in the battle to protect Americans from terrorism and the
abuse of our economic and political resources. As the individuals who screen the millions of
applications for entry into the U.S., it is our job to ensure that terrorists, diseases, criminals,
public charges, and other undesirable groups are kept out of the United States. Unfortunately, we
have been blocked in our efforts to accomplish this mission and denied the professional
resources, mission support, and authorities we urgently need by the very same government that
employs our skill sets. Although we had thought that we had made some headway through newly
negotiated policies such as the Quality Workplace Initiative, we find that our caseworkers still
operate under a quota system that prioritizes speed over quality, and approvals over
investigations. Numbers of mandated interviews that had at one time decreased to afford quality
decisions are creeping back up in the government’s efforts to process “customers” without regard
to national security. There are plans to waive interviews of applicants who seek adjustment of
their status in the U.S. to ready our workforce for the coming onslaught of applications
unforeseen in previous administrations.
We are still the world’s rubber-stamp for entry into the United States – regardless of the
ramifications of the constant violations to the Immigration and Nationality Act. Whether it’s the
failure to uphold the public charge laws, the abuse of our asylum procedures, the admission of
Islamist radicals, or visas for health risks, the taxpayers are being fleeced and public safety is
being endangered on a daily basis.
I write today to warn the general public that this situation is about to get exponentially worse –
and more dangerous. America dodged a bullet when the Senate immigration package S. 744 was
blocked by the House. That legislation would have been a financial and security catastrophe. But
news reports have leaked information to the public of a USCIS management contract bid for a
“surge” printing of 34 million green cards and employment authorization documents to be
provided to foreign nationals, a bid that predicts the Administration’s promised executive amnesty.

This massive unilateral amnesty is slated to be issued after the November 2014
elections. Efforts by members of the Senate to block this action were stopped in their tracks by
52 Senators who, on July 31st, defeated a legislative maneuver to prohibit the President’s
actions.
That is why this statement is intended for the public: if you care about your immigration security
and your neighborhood security, you must act now to ensure that Congress stops this unilateral
amnesty. Let your voice be heard and spread the word to your neighbors. We who serve in our
nation’s immigration agencies are pleading for your help – don’t let this happen. Express your
concern to your Senators and Congressmen before it is too late.”

[asisflyer 47]

DO AOS FILERS GET THE SHAFT OR NOT ???????? TIME TO ASK YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REP AND SENATORS

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/Reform0520USCISCouncilLet.pdf

The NY Times has a direct link to a PDF of the letter from October.

It's interesting to see how "Notices to Appear" before an IJ are IMPEDED by EXECUTIVE DISCRETION when its an illegal, BUT if its a denied AOS and LAWFUL ENTRY, well that's fine, send them to the IJ for deportation determination. Why are there seemingly greater protection for illegals than for those following the INA and seeking congressionally authorized immigration benefits?

Why are the Executive Action benefits not being applied to LAWFUL STATUTORY AOS and PETITION/NVC cases as a PRIORITY?

If you are going to give automatic interview-waived benefits to illegals, why not auto-waive 90 - 95% of AOS cases from interviews as well?

I am sure the readership can tell, I don't agree with AOS/FAMILY petitions being thrown to the floor to accommodate the DACA agenda.

USCIS would need 1000's of additional staff and 100,000's of Square Feet of new facilities to process the DACA influx announced for February 18th 2015.

How can they possibly do anything other than Rubber Stamp the DACA cases ????

So while the executive branch ignores the INA for DACA, can't they also ignore the INA requirements for Interview-Waiver to cover ALL AOS CONDITIONS to waive 95% - 99 % of AOS interviews ???

I presume we will learn more soon about whether AOS will turn: SUPER-FAST WAIVER or SAME or 12+ MONTHS in the next 30 days or so.

Another methodology is to prescribe 1-year for DACA processing time and limit the staff involved with it to say 10% of Processing Resources to maintain fair

access to resources for ALL OTHER NON-DACA CASES.

Of course, we would hear an outcry about how ridiculous that is.....

AOS Filers: It is time to write and call your Members of Congress and urge them to request of the USCIS Congressional Affairs Office as to whether the DACA agenda will delay

time frames for lawful petition and AOS processing???

• Call the United States Capitol switchboard at 1-202-224-3121. The switchboard operator will connect you with the office you request.
• http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/

A letter and phone campaign is required to ensure that our AOS and PETITION based community is represented and to make it clear that the USCIS cannot assign all its resources to DACA processing at the expense of Naturalization, Removal of Conditions, AOS Filers, Petition Processing, EAD/AP processing, etc. To what extent will investment be stifled by delays in EB-5 processing?

Those who will interview you for AOS and Naturalization share your sentiment according to the Union rep. Read the article.

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Brace yourself people. This will be interesting how this time around how it effects processing for the rest of us.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will expand Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals on Feb. 18, 2015. That will be the first day to request DACA under the revised guidelines established as part of President Obama’s recent anouncements on immigration.

USCIS advises the public to be extra careful to avoid immigration scams. To learn how to identify and report scams, and how to find authorized legal assistance at little or no cost, go to uscis.gov/avoidscams or uscis.gov/es/eviteestafas.

Go to uscis.gov/immigrationaction or uscis.gov/accionmigratoria and enter your email address to get updates whenever USCIS posts new content about the executive actions.

[asisflyer 47]

Right mate. I opened a thread on this after being annoyed by DACA Q6 on the USCIS website about whether other petition/AOS will be delayed.

They wrote the Q and the A and in saying so little; they said so much.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/534064-aos-delays-from-feb-18-daca-program/

[Shanelle 21]

OH boy !! what next??!! We just got our I-130 in and received our first NOA. May GOD help us all.

[asisflyer 47]

Found an online petition to congress about all this.

http://www.petition2congress.com/17276/give-us-citizen-spouse-petitionsaos-priority-before-daca-expansio/

[asisflyer 47]

found online petition about this.

http://www.petition2congress.com/17276/give-us-citizen-spouse-petitionsaos-priority-before-daca-expansio/

[asisflyer 47]

I found an online petition about the DACA deal and making the Adjustment of Status people wait forever.

http://www.petition2congress.com/17276/give-us-citizen-spouse-petitionsaos-priority-before-daca-expansio/

[Shanelle 21]

Thank you for being so diligent!! : )

[asisflyer 47]

Looks like similar one on whitehouse.gov - Maybe with enough support can get mass approval and interview waiver for all AOS to free up

resources for the DACA program.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/not-punish-us-citizens-foreign-spouses-adjusting-status-lawfully-delays-caused-daca-legal-first/Kmm8rS70

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[TBoneTX 45,591]

*** Thread moved from USCIS Service Centers forum to General Immigration Discussion and merged with ongoing thread. ***