USCIS printers

[mmldag]

What do you think about this? Do you think this can be true?

[Johnny6751]

What do you think about this? Do you think this can be true?

I literally just had a conversation with a friend of mine about this. It's just a matter of time till the news channels pick it up.

[R78]

I would caution from taking this article literally. It looks like an "opinion" piece to me.
You can still see people on here posting that they received their 797's, EAD's and Greencards.
If USCIS really wanted to slow things down due to staffing issues, they would simply reduce the number of approvals, rather than approve a case and then not print the card.
As soon as a case is approved, the beneficiary receives a 797 and a card if that petition warrants it (greencard, ead etc)
Also, the rules have not changed: As long as your petition / paperwork is filed & received by the USCIS, you can continue to stay in the country without accruing illegal presence.

[Tibwa]

I would caution from taking this article literally. It looks like an "opinion" piece to me.
You can still see people on here posting that they received their 797's, EAD's and Greencards.
If USCIS really wanted to slow things down due to staffing issues, they would simply reduce the number of approvals, rather than approve a case and then not print the card.
As soon as a case is approved, the beneficiary receives a 797 and a card if that petition warrants it (greencard, ead etc)
Also, the rules have not changed: As long as your petition / paperwork is filed & received by the USCIS, you can continue to stay in the country without accruing illegal presence.

Logically, your statement make sense but I was checking my case online and I realize that the lockbox must have rejected close to 100 applications for each one they accept. That makes me real suspicious. My application got rejected 3 times before they accepted it and the Lockbox so conscious about the fact I did not make any mistakes, they gave me my original priority. It's crazy right now.

[Tibwa]

I would caution from taking this article literally. It looks like an "opinion" piece to me.
You can still see people on here posting that they received their 797's, EAD's and Greencards.
If USCIS really wanted to slow things down due to staffing issues, they would simply reduce the number of approvals, rather than approve a case and then not print the card.
As soon as a case is approved, the beneficiary receives a 797 and a card if that petition warrants it (greencard, ead etc)
Also, the rules have not changed: As long as your petition / paperwork is filed & received by the USCIS, you can continue to stay in the country without accruing illegal presence.

Actually, the article does not look like an opinion piece. It provides facts about the contract that did not get renewed and the fact production capacity has either been reduced or completely shut down. That sounds the work of Steve Miller.

[hopefulandhappy]

I just read this. Sure, it was published as an opinion piece, but was backed up with FACTS.

It is devastating that this is happening.

[Irishoxford]

I've been tracking case times for months now. A little while ago the 96-hour production cycle slowed to 3 weeks for a lot of cases. This article is well-supported by that at least.

Regardless, the delays themselves are real, no matter the cause.

Now if they'd do a report about people who are being approved without biometrics and being refused their EADs. Some people have been stuck for over 60+ days now having their work authorisation neutralised by not having the EAD.

[Mmesa]

I would caution from taking this article literally. It looks like an "opinion" piece to me.
You can still see people on here posting that they received their 797's, EAD's and Greencards.
If USCIS really wanted to slow things down due to staffing issues, they would simply reduce the number of approvals, rather than approve a case and then not print the card.
As soon as a case is approved, the beneficiary receives a 797 and a card if that petition warrants it (greencard, ead etc)
Also, the rules have not changed: As long as your petition / paperwork is filed & received by the USCIS, you can continue to stay in the country without accruing illegal presence.

Well yes, but how many people have we seen getting their cards approved, and in hands on the forum? I've been following too and it's probably like 20, max 30 (I think it's even less actually).

On the other hand, we're talking about 70 000 EADs and 50 000 GC... I have a more concrete example, my father-in-law is Cuban, he's been living here for the last 40 years but for X reasons, he still needs his EAD, renewed each year : he's been waiting on his new card since Feb-March 2020...He's part of those 70 000 people whose lives have been put on hold.

Us, I mean people in the same case as mine ( I-485 after wedding to US citizen along with EAD and AP filed around mid-march) have not seen ANY progress on our (fully-paid) applications for 4 entire month now. We're not even part of those numbers.

It's exactly how hopefulandhappy said : devastating.

[000000]

Well yes, but how many people have we seen getting their cards approved, and in hands on the forum? I've been following too and it's probably like 20, max 30 (I think it's even less actually).

On the other hand, we're talking about 70 000 EADs and 50 000 GC... I have a more concrete example, my father-in-law is Cuban, he's been living here for the last 40 years but for X reasons, he still needs his EAD, renewed each year : he's been waiting on his new card since Feb-March 2020...He's part of those 70 000 people whose lives have been put on hold.

Us, I mean people in the same case as mine ( I-485 after wedding to US citizen along with EAD and AP filed around mid-march) have not seen ANY progress on our (fully-paid) applications for 4 entire month now. We're not even part of those numbers.

It's exactly how hopefulandhappy said : devastating.

The congress should approve the requested 1.2 billion in funding and USCIS can resume operations. Instead, they want to prove they are boss over Trump. Regardless of whos fault it is in government as to why USCIS is inept, USCIS needs 1.2 billion and congress has yet to caugh up. They can worry about who to blame later. They certainly have spent more on more useless toys these last few months.

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/files/OMB_letter.pdf