The AAO reports its processing times by form type, displaying the total number of completions for the quarter and the percentage completed within 180 days, which is our goal.
The administrative appeals process has two stages: initial field review and AAO appellate review.
Initial field review: The office that issued the unfavorable decision has 45 days to evaluate the appeal and determine whether to take favorable action on the appeal. If that office does not take favorable action, it will forward the appeal to the AAO and send the appellant a Notice of Transfer to the AAO.
AAO appellate review: The AAO strives to complete its appellate review within 180 days from the time it receives a complete case record after the initial field review. Some cases may take longer than 180 days due to factors beyond the AAO’s control. For example, additional documentation may be needed to complete the record, or the case may be more complex and require additional review.
The following chart shows the percentage of cases the AAO completed within 180 days, by case category, during the most recent quarter of the fiscal year. These data include all AAO dispositions for the listed form types. If a case category is not listed, the AAO issued no appeal decisions for that category in the most recent quarter.
Timeliness of Fiscal Year 2022 Fourth Quarter Completions (July - September 2022)Cumulative total of all completions | 64.85% | 791 | |
I-129F | Petition for Fiancée | 100% | 18 |
I-129H1B | Nonimmigrant Specialty Occupation Worker | 94.87% | 39 |
I-129H3 | Nonimmigrant Trainee or Special Education Exchange | 100% | 2 |
I-129L | Nonimmigrant Intracompany Transferee | 59.46% | 37 |
I-129O | Nonimmigrant Extraordinary Ability Worker | 28.57% | 7 |
I-129P | Athletes, Artists and Entertainers | 100% | 5 |
I-129Q | Nonimmigrant International Cultural Exchange | 0% | 1 |
I-129R | Nonimmigrant Religious Worker | 100% | 11 |
I-131 | Application for Travel Document | 100% | 16 |
I-140A | Alien with Extraordinary Ability | 50.91% | 55 |
I-140C | Multinational Manager or Executive | 62.50% | 16 |
I-140D | Advanced Degree Professional | 48.39% | 31 |
I-140E | Professional Worker | 55.26% | 38 |
I-140F | Skilled Worker | 37.14% | 35 |
I-140G | Other Worker | 60.71% | 28 |
I-140I | National Interest Waiver | 85% | 60 |
I-212 | Application to Reapply for Admission | 68.42% | 38 |
I-352 | Bond Breach | 100% | 8 |
I-360C | Special Immigrant Juvenile | 4.82% | 83 |
I-360D | Petition for Religious Worker | 100% | 2 |
I-360 VAWA | Violence Against Women Act Petition | 45.61% | 57 |
I-485 SEC 13 | Cuban Adjustment Act | 100% | 1 |
I-485U | Nonimmigrant Crime Victim | 100% | 17 |
I-526 | Alien Entrepreneur | 100% | 4 |
I-601 | Application for Waiver of Inadmissibility | 83.49% | 109 |
I-612 | Application of 212(e) Waiver | 100% | 1 |
I-821 | Temporary Protected Status | 77.78% | 18 |
I-914 | Application for T Nonimmigrant Status | 100% | 5 |
I-918 | Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status | 92.31% | 26 |
N-565 | Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document | 100% | 3 |
N-600 | Certificate of Citizenship | 95% | 20 |
Hi did anyone get the “Your case is being held for review” notice after AOS interview?
Our Interview went well, the officer said he couldnt approve on the spot because he just needed to scan the medical and photo album we provided and that we should see a response online by the end of the day or the next day. Its now been 2 days and theres still no update, online it still shows “Interview was scheduled” as the most recent status. Has anyone been through this? if so, how long was the wait before an uodate was posted? Thanks!
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