Originally Posted by
android09
Bigger question is, how many will USCIS actually process and how many will it waste? We know empirically that they struggle to process 140,000 a year and in any given year, there is some wastage. Add to this construct, required visa interviews, additional RFEs, intentions and add in a pandemic situation where capacity, efficiency are not exactly optimal and not to mention dwindling operating budgets and you can imagine where we might get with this. Just as the number of spill over green cards added are historic, there is perhaps going to be visa wastage at historic proportions as well. Everyone is looking at their dates and how much the bulletins move forward, just also remember nothing has changed with regards to processing capabilities. Instead of X applications, USCIS will now need to process perhaps 1.8X applications. No additional personnel, no additional supporting vendor orgs to help process this additional workload and in fact, USCIS is sunsetting existing vendor support partners to reduce costs. Add to that, a nation wide injunction issued by the courts that stops USCIS from raising costs. I dont want to sound like an apologist for USCIS, just want everyone to be cognizant of that and have realistic expectations.
