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On February 8, USCIS posted a notification regarding the delay in processing approximately 36,000 immediate relative petitions that were transferred from the California Service Center to the Texas Service Center. In that notification, USCIS advised that some cases were transferred back to our California Service Center to take advantage of currently available resources. The following update is provided as of February 22, 2011 by the USCIS, and reflects the number of cases in this group that have been processed to date by the Texas Service Center and the California Service Center.  Approved Denied Request for Evidence/Intent to Deny Referred to District Office for Interview 18,572 165 6779 4023 USCIS encourages petitioners and/or beneficiaries to continue monitoring the progress of their cases by accessing My Case Status online. For more information, visit www.uscis.gov.  If you need any assistance with the filing of your I-130 for an alien relative

Plenty of people had been anticipating the release of March's visa bulletin and hoping for some positive news for their family members or for themselves.  For some categories, the March visa bulletin will bring some smiles but for many, longer waiting and some frustration will result.  Below is a comparison of the March and February 2011 Visa Bulletin: MARCH 2011: Family 1st:  Forward movement for chargeability areas of Mexico (from 22JAN93 to 01FEB93) and the Philippines (from 01AUG94 to 15DEC94) but no movement for all other chargeability areas.  2A: RETROGRESSION for all areas of chargeability except  for Mexico.  2B:  Significant forward movement for Dominican Republic (from 01JAN97 to 01JAN01). Others will have little movement. 3rd: Retrogression for Mexico (from 22NOV92 to 01NOV92) and forward movement for the Philippines (from 22OCT91 to 08DEC91) but no movement for other areas.  4th: No movement except for Mexico (from 01JAN96 to 22JAN96).  Family

Last December 16, 2010, I participated in USCIS' Stakeholder Meeting on the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. At the meeting, USCIS released various statistics relating to the program including the FY10 EB-5 Visa Usage by Country of Chargeability, seen below. For more information on the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, please visit my previous blog " What is the EB-5 Program? " Click on the link for the complete USCIS Presentation on the EB-5 Stakeholder Meeting. If you have any questions about the EB-5 Program such as investing in a private commercial enterprise or in a Regional Center affiliated commercial enterprise, please contact our office. Sharlene Mae Bagon, Esq. BAGON LAW FIRM 21550 Oxnard Street, 3rd Floor Woodland Hills, CA 91367 Main: (818) 224-6632 Direct: (818) 539-0120 Fax: (888) 589-0804 www.bagonlawfirm.com