Biden's Plans for US Immigration (Big Changes)

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15 hours ago, ProbeGT said:

Was this proposed?

 

Honestly, 5 years is fairly common throughout the world.  Many countries have longer wait times, very few have shorter wait times. 

Not that I know of. It would be nice. Not sure why the married get a shorter time. 

[Dongbei 22]

Does anyone think that the processing times for I-751and N-400 will speed up?

[sol_sol 31]

So Biden to continue Immigration ban .

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/some-big-early-shifts-on-immigration-expected-under-biden/ar-BB1aTIGR

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3 hours ago, sol_sol said:

So Biden to continue Immigration ban .

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/some-big-early-shifts-on-immigration-expected-under-biden/ar-BB1aTIGR

Which ban are you referring to?

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23 hours ago, Dongbei said:

Does anyone think that the processing times for I-751and N-400 will speed up?

i think in the short term processing for everything will slow down simply due to backlog

its gonna be a while till those are cleared up enough that current applicants will have more normal processing times.

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They are also going to have a LOT more cases to deal with assuming the published plans are followed through, will take time to add more employees.

[XenophiliusPDX 50]

On 11/8/2020 at 5:32 PM, Luckycuds said:

I’d imagine Trump can extend the proclamation to the last day he is in office. No one can answer these though. It’s all speculation.

Executive orders don’t expire at the end of a term. He could extend it for as long as he says he deems is appropriate. However, executive orders can be modified or retracted by another executive order by whoever is President. 
 

An example of why we say that the President forms an “administration.” Despite changes in personnel and political motivations of office-holders, the government continues seamlessly. Just like laws passed by one congress remain laws at the beginning of the next. 
 

that being said to give hope— whatever executive orders make you anxious from one administration can be altered by the next, assuming within the confines of the powers granted by the constitution and congress. 

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On 11/8/2020 at 11:18 PM, LibbyG99 said:

I feel so relieved! Things are going to be easier for a lot of us. I wish they'd expand the meaning of "immediate relative" to include fiances as well.

I’m pretty sure no one in congress, in either party, would vote to expand “immediate relative” to include fiancés. Fiancés are, by definition, “legal strangers,” meaning, there is no familial or legal relationship between them until marriage takes place. And so many engagements end before marriage. I’m on the side, personally, of expanding, expediting, and facilitating immigration, but even I think offering immigrant visas to unmarried fiancés poses a threat for abuse and excessive responsibility to the I-864 sponsor. 

Edited November 15, 2020 by XenophiliusPDX

[MophRose 3]

what about Administrative processing when biden get the office? 

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1 minute ago, MophRose said:

what about Administrative processing when biden get the office? 

That has nothing to do with the president. That is simply the inner workings of USCIS. Administrative Processing happens to everyone. Some take longer than others but everybody goes through it.

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1 hour ago, Unlockable said:

That has nothing to do with the president. That is simply the inner workings of USCIS. Administrative Processing happens to everyone. Some take longer than others but everybody goes through it.

Thanks sir. 

[Melody1920 3]

On 11/8/2020 at 7:33 PM, MovingToFlorida said:

This doesn't mention anything about the current immigration ban Trump put on for certain visa types till the end of this year. Such as F3 family Visa's which is adult children of US citizens. We had our interview scheduled 5 days before they shut everything down cause of the pandemic and our consulate (in Montreal Canada) hasn't been able to reschedule it until this ban is lifted. 

 

Again the ban ends at the end of December but do we know if Biden intends to extend it longer? (Initially the ban was only for a few months but Trump extended it till the end of the year).

 

We are hopeful he won't extend it and we can finally have our interview rescheduled and move next year. 

May I ask you how long it take for them to schedule and interview in Montreal and how far out the date of interview was ? Just trying to understand how busy that embassy is 

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On 11/15/2020 at 3:54 PM, Unlockable said:

That has nothing to do with the president. That is simply the inner workings of USCIS. Administrative Processing happens to everyone. Some take longer than others but everybody goes through it.

Sorry Sir I have a question. I have bern under Administrative processing for more than a year and half. I also was asked to fill the ds5535 form which was introduced by president Trump. What do you think will happen regarding that? Thank you

 

On 11/15/2020 at 3:54 PM, Unlockable said:

That has nothing to do with the president. That is simply the inner workings of USCIS. Administrative Processing happens to everyone. Some take longer than others but everybody goes through it.

Sorry Sir I have a question. I have bern under Administrative processing for more than a year and half. I also was asked to fill the ds5535 form which was introduced by president Trump. What do you think will happen regarding that? Thank you

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15 minutes ago, sima12 said:

Sorry Sir I have a question. I have bern under Administrative processing for more than a year and half. I also was asked to fill the ds5535 form which was introduced by president Trump. What do you think will happen regarding that? Thank you

Expect no change.  The DS5355 reduced the number of back and forth for requests for the consulate while doing background checks.  I'm not sure you want to go back to the old way.

 

Edited November 17, 2020 by Paul & Mary

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I am curious if Joe Biden will re-open the international USCIS offices.