In this video.
We'll go through the process of checking the processing time for Form I-751, Petition to
Remove Conditions, and Form I-90, Petition to Renew a Green Card after it's been issued.
You want to see how it's done?
I'll see you on the other side.
Hey everybody.
This is Jacob Sapochnick here.
Immigration attorney based in San Diego, California.
In this video, I want to go through one of the most burning issues right now in immigration.
It's processing times.
Everything is slow right now.
Green card applications are slow, petitions are slow, everything is slow and people are
worried that... they are wondering, "When are we going to get a green card?"
"When are we going to get our petition approved?"
So in this video, I want to go through the process of checking on the processing times
of Form I-751, which is a Remove Conditions of a green card.
After you get a condition on green for two years, you have to file a Petition to Remove
Conditions.
We've done quite a few videos on that topic and we'll link those videos in this video
as well to make it easier for you, but in this particular video, I want to address the
processing times and we'll show you how to check it.
Now, remember that there are four service centers.
The different service centers have different processing times.
And so, depending on where your case is, it will determine how long it's going to take
to process your case, and I'll show you how to check each processing center to find your
form as well.
Before we dive in, I want to say that everything has been really slow.
I just got back from the American Immigration Lawyers Association Annual Conference in Orlando,
just last week.
In that conference, we met with government officials from the USCIS and the State Department,
and everybody was saying the same thing.
Things are definitely much slower right now.
There are much more cases in the system, there are much more things to adjudicate and check,
and therefore, many, many applications are going to be taking longer to process because
of that.
Having said that, it is important for you to understand how to check the processing
times so you're more informed and know what to expect.
So, let's just dive right in and start with Form I-751 at the California Service Center.
So, the first thing you have to do is go to the website of USCIS and we're going to link
the website in the comments below, and also in this video.
Now, what you do is, you click on the pull down menu and you find your form.
As soon as you find the Form I-751, you then go down to the second part of the pull down
menu and you click on the first service center.
The first service center is California, then you get the processing times.
And in California right now, it's taking about 14 to 19 and a half months to process Form
I-751, 14 to 19 and a half months.
So, that is from the time of filing.
So, you have to look at your receipt number and look at the date of processing.
And that's going to be the date you're going to count from, how long it's going to take.
Now, let's check the next service center, which is... the next service center is Nebraska.
So, if you click on Nebraska, Form I-751, let's look at how long it's going to take
right now in Nebraska, and Nebraska is... right now, 14 and a half to 24.5 months, 14
and a half to 24.5 months, significantly more.
Again, this is Nebraska.
If your Form I-751 and you can see the little receipt where it's being processed then, then
that's how long it's going to take.
Next service center we want to check is the Texas Service Center and right now, Texas
Service Center is taking 15 to 19 months.
Texas Service Center is taking 15 to 19 months, which is not that bad.
The next service center is Vermont Servers Center.
Vermont Service Centers is right now 14 to 19 months.
14 to 19 months in Vermont.
And the last processing center, in Potomac Service Center, is currently at 12.5 to 14
months, 12.5 to 14 months at the Potomac Service Center.
And so, there you have it.
That's how we check the processing times of Form I-751.
Now let's check Form I-90, as of now, as of July.
So, we do the same thing.
We go back to the website.
We scroll down, we find Form I-90, and this is something that has been updated every month.
We go back to the service center.
And for I-90's, it's only processed at one service center.
It's at the Potomac Service Center, and you click on that, and it tells you seven months
to 13 months.
So, I-90's are seven to 13 months.
And again, you use I-90 to extend an existing green card, existing 10-year green card.
You use I-90 to replace a green card that is stolen or lost.
If you have a conditional green card, and you need to renew your conditions, you do
not use Form I-90, you use Form I-751.
And that's why we've done this in one video.
So... because people often confuse the I-90 with the 751.
And in this video, I want to make sure... to kind of split a little bit the difference
because 751, you use to remove conditions after getting a green card for two years and
I-90, you can use to renew an existing green card that you have for 10 years or to replace
a lost green card.
So remember, 751, we have five processing centers, I-90 there's only one, and that's
the way to check it.
Hopefully, this video was useful.
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