Hammond & Associates
Attorneys at Law

"Serving the Global Immigration Needs of Business"

INS PROCESSING TIMES -- TEXAS SERVICE CENTER
(Jurisdiction: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, New , North Carolina, Oklahoma,
South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas)

APPLICATION/PETITION TYPE

PROCESSING APPLICATIONS:

( Received on This Date*)
ESTIMATED PROCESSING TIME:
 (From / To)
Employment-Based Nonimmigrant Visas  
I-129 New "H1B" Nonimmigrant Visas

1-9-02

60 to 90 days
I-129 "H1B" Nonimmigrant Visa Extensions

1-9-02

75 to 150 days
I-129 "L-1" Nonimmigrant Visas

N/A

N/A
I-129 "L-1 Blanket" Nonimmigrant Visas

N/A

N/A
I-129 "E1/E2" Nonimmigrant Visas

N/A

 N/A
I-539 Change or Extension of Status for Nonimmigrant Visas

2-11-02
apprx. 80 days
Employment-Based Immigrant Visas  
I-140 Immigrant Visas for Workers (1st & 2nd)

9-2-01

apprx.307 days
I-140 Immigrant Visas for Workers (3rd)

 N/A

 N/A
Family-Based Immigrant Visa Petitions  
I-130 Immigrant Visas for immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens

 3-12-01**

apprx. 207 days
I-130 Immigrant Visas for Other Relatives

1-21-98**

N/A
General Immigrant Application/Petition Processing Times  
I-485 Adjustment of Status Green Card Applications

3-1-00

600 to 700 days
I-751 Removal of Conditions on Family-Based Green Cards

 1-17-01

apprx. 60 days
I-765 Employment Authorizations

 12-11-01

apprx. 100 days
I-131 Advanced Parole

 2-8-01

apprx. 385 days
I-90 Application to Replace Alien Registration Card (i.e., Green Card)

8-6-01

apprx. 206 days
Other INS Petitions/Applications  
I-102 Form for Replacement I-94 Card

 1-17-02

N/A
I-824 Application for Action on an Approved Nonimmigrant Petition

 4-15-01

apprx. 319 days
N-400 Application for Naturalization

 Current*

30 to 60 days
N-600 Application for Citizenship

N/A

N/A

Please Note: Because of shifting priorities, workload adjustments, available resources and a host of other reasons, the Processing Time reflected on your Receipt Noitce may not match the above Processing Applications/Received Date.

* An individual filed within the last 3 to 5 weeks is currently being processed.

**Please see Visa Bulletin for preference category and country to best determine processing time.

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