Update Post 01/18/2024
Finally, we are seeing approvals of I-601A petitions. Here’s one that took 41 months!! This was filed back in July 2020.
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Update Post 09/13/2021
We received a new I-601A approval. Total processing time is about 19 months. No RFE.
Filed: 12/09/2019
Approved: 09/02/2021
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Original Post 09/08/2021
The current processing time of I-601A waiver is about 18 to 24 months. We received a recent approval which took about 21 months. This I-601A also successfully overcame an RFE challenge.
Filed: 11/21/2019
Approved: 08/02/2021
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