VERMONT SERVICE CENTER
PROCESSING TIMES

Law Offices of Carl Shusterman

INS's Vermont Service Center (VSC) has jurisdiction over the following states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington D.C. (not a state), and West Virginia. VSC also has jurisdiction over the following INS offices: Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Toronto, Montreal, Virgin Islands and the Dominican Republic.

(as of November 1998)

                                                  Receipt Notice  
                                   Processing     Processing Time 
                                   for Initial    In Days
Application/Petition Type          Receipt Date   From      To


BUSINESS and NONIMMIGRANT SERVICES

I-102 Replacement for Form I-94    Current        15       30

I-129 New/Amended Petition         11/16/98       15       30
      for Temporary Worker

I-140 Petition for Immigrant       08/12/98       60      180
      Worker

I-360 Petition for Special         08/01/98       60      180
      Immigrant or Widow

I-526 Investor Petition            Current        15       30

I-539 Application for Change or    11/02/98       30       60
      Extension of Temporary
      Status (Employment-Based)                   

I-539 Application for Change or    11/02/98       30       60
      Extension of Temporary
      Status (Nonemployment)

I-724 Waivers                      Current        15       30                              

I-829 Petition to Remove Two-      Current        30      180
      Year Condition (Investor)


FAMILY SERVICES

I-129F Fiancee Petition            Current        15        21   

I-130 Imm. Relative Petition      11/18/98        60        90

I-130 Preference Petition         05/13/98       200       240

I-751 Petition to Remove Two-      Current        30        45
      Year Condition (Marriage)

I-817 Family Fairness              Current        30        60

I-824 Actions on Approved          Current        60        90
      Petitions                         


RESIDENT STATUS SERVICES

I-90A SAW                         Current         30        90

I-131 Re-Entry Permit/            Not Processed at VSC
      Refugee Travel Document   

I-131 Advance Parole                11/10/98       30        60

I-485 Application for Adjustment  12/07/97        120       180
      of Status to Permanent
      Resident

I-485 Asylee Adjustment           Not Processed at VSC

I-485 Refugee Adjustment          Not Processed at VSC

I-698 Amnesty - Adjustment of     Current         30        60 
      Status to Permanent
      Resident

I-765 Employment Authorization    11/23/98        30        60
      Document (Asylum-Based)

I-765 Employment Authorization    11/19/98        30        60
      Document (Other)

N-400 Naturalization              Current        120       180 
      (Initial Processing)

N-600 Acquisitive Citizenship     10/08/98        60        90 

I-90 Replacement Green Card       12/08/97        30        90
     

MISCELLANEOUS


I-589 Request for Asylum          Current          1         5

I-730 Refugee/Asylee Relative
      Petition                    Not Processed at VSC
 

Total Pending Applications (All Types)     ??????

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