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: Greg Siskind's BlogUSCIS EXPECTS NATURALIZATION CASES TO TAKE THREE YEARS TO PROCESS
By Greg Siskind
The Migration Policy Institute has gotten hold of data showing that USCIS received 3 and 1/2 times the normal number of filings last summer and processing times are slowing accordingly. There was a massive surge in filings due to the doubling of filing fees as well as naturalization campaigns around the country.
USCIS reports that it's trying to bring on more examiners and pick up the pace of adjudications, but a lot of people won't be naturalized in time to vote. Three years, in fact, is the estimate on how long it will take to clear these cases.
Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on February 15, 2008 (boomark / email).
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