U Visa Petitions Received, Approved, Denied & Pending - Published May 25, 2016

[Ripan]

FYI : If some one did not notice on USCIS website, Following numbers are as of March 2016

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports%20and%20Studies/Immigration%20Forms%20Data/Victims/I918u_visastatistics_fy2016_qtr2.pdf

https://www.uscis.gov/tools/reports-studies/immigration-forms-data/data-set-form-i-918-application-u-nonimmigrant-status

If Congress does not increase the Annual Cap for U-Visa from 10K to 30-40k then it appears that it will be quite a long time based on the pending number of applications.

Also I noted a line in the pdf - " The cap was reached 1/4/2016" that indicates there may not be any more processing of any pending applications this year and that's why date is not moving forward from May 7 2014. Let's hope for the best.

I am not sure what we can do so that congress can provide enough attention, there are couple of petitions out there to increase U Visa CAP, another letter signed by 300 organizations to reduce waiting on U visas.

Thanks,
Ripan