Bloomberg Law
March 15, 2018, 4:02 PM UTC

Immigration Agency’s Green Card Goals Unrealistic, Watchdog Says

Laura D. Francis
Laura D. Francis
Reporter

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ 120-day goal for processing green cards is unrealistic, according to the Homeland Security Department’s Office of Inspector General.

The processing goal doesn’t take into account delays caused by interview scheduling as well as the time given to applicants to respond to requests for evidence, the OIG said in a report released March 14. Moreover, information about processing times posted on the agency’s website are confusing and inaccurate, the OIG said.

In fact, as of May 2017, the average actual time it took to complete a green card application in fiscal year 2017 was 282 days, ...

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