We are pleased to announce the approval of an I-601 waiver (Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility) for a client who had been subject to the 10-year unlawful presence bar. At the time of approval: The applicant had been outside the United States for more than six years The I-601 waiver had been pending for over three years The U.S. citizen spouse had been raising a child alone...
I-601A Processing Update
Since 2013, certain aliens who are only inadmissible based on the 3-year or 10-year unlawful presence bar may seek a provisional unlawful presence waiver while present in the United States by filing Form I-601A, Application for Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver. An approved provisional unlawful presence waiver is not effective unless and until the alien departs from the United States, appears...
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. 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 Original Post 09/08/2021 The current processing time of I-601A waiver is about 18 to 24 months. We received...