We're gonna talk about the fact that millions of people are out there waiting for their Visa
application to be processed. The State Department recently released those numbers. What you can do
if you're one of them, to move your application process along. These are the numbers, friends
that the State Department published just recently, showing the number of people in the family as well
as the employment-based categories, preference categories, who are still waiting. These
individuals are at the N V C, whose cases at the National Visa Center cases go to the Visa center
after U S C I S approves the petition. Millions of people are also going through the process at
the U S C I S level, and those numbers are not reflected here. First family preference category.
There's almost 300,000 people. The second family category has almost 800,000 folks. Guys,
wait. In the third preference category for, uh, US citizen, married children, um, 617,000.
The largest category certainly is the sibling category, 2.2 million people. There are about
170,000 people in the employment base, um, system who are currently pendant at the National Visa
Center. What can you do about this? Well, the first thing that you can do friends,
is you can seek expedited processing, asking the National Visa Center to submit on your behalf a
request to the US Embassy in your country for an appointment, A visa appointment. This blurb that
I have here on the screen comes from our February 22nd newsletter. Um, and we explain that you can
seek expedited uh, processing if you have some sort of humanitarian reason to do so, such as
a severe medical condition, uh, or the beneficiary might be aging out of the system, uh, or financial
hardship, or the beneficiary is experiencing severe trauma. Now, of course, there are other
reasons to seek expedited processing work with an attorney to figure out whether you have a valid
reason to seek this expedited processing. One thing that you should note, friends,
is that your priority date must be current in order for you to be eligible for expedited
processing. The second thing that you can do guys, is you can sue the government and you hear other
lawyers, uh, and maybe me from time to time talk about the fact that you can do this. Uh, if your
case has been penned in for an unreasonable amount of time, a significant amount of time,
and your visa is available because your priority date is current, you can, um, file this lawsuit,
work with a lawyer to do this, and it will force the next action in your case. The third thing that
you can do is make sure that you've done your part at the N V C level. Check your online account to
make sure everything is, um, everything has been submitted. There are no pending messages.
Everything is good to go so that you can become document qualified and be placed in the queue
for an interview. Fourth thing I want you guys to consider is this. If you are visiting the US and
you've changed your mind about returning home and you are still in lawful status,
which means that your I 94 period has not expired and your priority date is current,
the visa is available for you, then you can apply for adjustment of status. But be very careful with
this process because all criteria must be met in order for this to work. And you should also inform
the N V C that you're, um, no longer interested in pursuing the immigrant visa because you're doing
adjustment of status instead. So guys, those are the things that you could think about. If you're
one of the millions of individuals out there, wait in for your Visa application to be processed.
We have great success stories. Go to McBean law.com/success to read what we've done for
others in a similar situation, um, and how we might be able to assist you. We work on complex
marriage cases, waivers, motions, appeals, uh, we appeal decisions, uh, denials. Uh, we do
cancellation of removal, stay of removal. Uh, we also do adjustment of status in immigration court,
removal of conditions, naturalization, vaa or domestic violence, um, green card pathway,
U visa for crime victims. We also work on asylum cases, special immigrant, juvenile status,
widower or widow green card pathway. We also do t P s Cary processing problems that people have
at the embassy level. Uh, we work on, um, notices of intent to deny or to revoke, uh, menez as I've
mentioned in this video. Uh, the non-immigrant visa waiver. And then we also do employment-based,
uh, pathways here to a green card. E B one, E B one a, EEB two, EEB three, E B four e
B five. Uh, we also do some non-immigrant, um, work visa, uh, applications as well.
The O one A, the L one A, um, H one B and some others. So guys, reach out to us. We'd be happy
to talk with you about these options. Um, also before you go today, don't forget that we have
a terrific free download that answers our, the top 25 immigration questions that we've uh, received.
So go to McBean law.com and download your free guide. I hope you found this helpful. Be
proactive. If your priority date is current, once it's current, it gives you a lot more leverage to
move forward with the options that I've shared with you in this one. Expedited processing. If
you have a good humanitarian reason to do so. So in the government for the unreasonable delay in
your case and, um, ensuring that you've done everything possible that's, uh,
in your court to do at the N V C. For those who have a visa and they're here visiting the
United States and they meet all of those other criteria that I've discussed in this video,
applying for adjustment of status is also an option. I hope you found this helpful. Thanks
so much for watching. I get excited every time you guys come into the office to meet with me.
We're doing in-person consultations. Reach out to our office and we'd be happy to meet with you in
person. Thanks so much. Share this with others, and I will see you in the next one. Bye.