11/1/2006

The most noticeable plus from the Bi-Specialization of I-129, I-140, and other forms down the road will turn out to be a reduced regional disparity in the processing times and adjudication standards. Readers must have noticed from the Service Centers' monthly processing time reports that there have been a wide gap in the processing times for these forms among the four Service Centers. 

The same was true with the standards which each of the four Service Centers had adopted and applied. In a way, the program will help the immigrants in achieving regional fairness which will be brought about by the program. However, there can be downside as well. Depending on which way the wind will blow, the entire immigrants can either benefit or suffer. 

If the Bi-Specialization induces the delays in the processing times because of the policy and practice of the new specialized program agencies, the value of fairness which this program is supposed to bring out will be critically compromised, increasing the sufferers from a region or regions to nationwide. The same will be true with the standards which these new specialization offices will adopt and apply. 

As the adjudication moves towards the centralization, the HQ should increase its oversight over the field offices such that the intended goals of the Bi-Specialization Program are achieved smoothly and without too painful fallouts.  

 

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