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The backlog of immigration applications was dealt with within two years.

Relatives and professional immigrants 4.5 million MPs proposed to misappropriate the remaining quotas in previous years. The US Immigration Service responded:

Our correspondent Lin in Washington and correspondent Lin in new york reported that the backlog of immigration applications in the United States is getting more and more year by year. At present, there are about 4 million cases of relatives' immigration applications; There are about 400,000 to 500,000 cases of applying for professional immigration, and all parties are constantly criticizing. Michael Aytes, Acting Deputy Director of the US Immigration Service, said on the 30th that the backlog of cases would be solved within two years.

He also said that so far this year, more than 340,000 green card applications have been accepted. According to the current operation speed and staffing of the Immigration Bureau, it is expected that all green cards will be approved this year.

On 30th, the Subcommittee on Immigration of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives held a hearing on "Waste of Visa Quota and Increase of Case Backlog", inviting officials from Immigration Bureau and the State Council to testify.

Zoe Lofgren, the chairman of the Committee, and F. James Bourayne, the former chairman of the Judicial Committee, also proposed a bill last week, hoping to make up for the unused quota from 1992 to 2007 through the current backlog of cases. At present, it is difficult for Congress to increase the visa immigration case, which is a disguised increase in quotas to ease the backlog.

Rovgren said that the Ministry of Internal Security said that the number of people who obtained green cards in fiscal year 2007 decreased by 17% compared with the previous fiscal year, mainly because of the handling problems of USCIS. He also pointed out that the poor coordination between the Immigration Bureau and the State Council led to a sudden and substantial opening of the quota for professional immigrants a few months ago, and later the Immigration Bureau and the State Council had to correct it.

Ai Ci said that a major reason for the backlog of immigration applications was the increase in immigration application fees in July last year. He also explained that there are many kinds of immigrants in the United States, and most of them have different quotas. Therefore, in the backlog of cases, in addition to unprocessed cases, there are applications that have been approved by the bureau but are still waiting for the deadline. Some deadlines have to wait for years. He said that the measures taken by the presidium should be able to end the backlog within two years.

In a written statement submitted to Congress, USCIS also said that the speed of approving foreigners' green card applications in the United States this year should be able to successfully complete this year's green card approval. So far, the bureau has approved 340,432 green card applications. In the green card approval of professional immigrants, 65% of the cases have been accepted.

USCIS estimates that at the current working speed, the bureau can complete the green card application for this year's quota by the end of September. Last year, the Immigration Bureau and the State Council's embassies and consulates abroad approved a total of 1.05 million 24 15 green card applications; Among them, Mexicans got the most green cards, accounting for 14% of the total global green cards last year. The second place is immigrants from China, who got 76,655 green cards, accounting for 7% of the total. The third one is a Filipino, and * * * got a 72950 green card.

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