Refugee &
Asylee Adjustment Backlog Statistics
At an August 25 meeting between the U.S. INS and Community
Based Organizations in Washington, DC, INS officials provided the
following statistics on the backlog of refugee and asylee
adjustment applications:
ASYLEES
- There are currently 37,000 asylee adjustment applications
awaiting processing at the Nebraska Service Center:
20,000 originally received by district offices prior to
July 1998 (when processing of these applications was
transferred to the Nebraska Service Center) and 17,000
received by the Service Center via direct mail after July
1998.
- Given that only 10,000 asylee slots are allotted per
year, asylees applying this year for adjustment of status
face a 4-year wait.
REFUGEES
There are currently 45,000 refugee adjustment cases pending at
the Nebraska Service Center. Of these, 5,000 are ready for
adjudication and 40,000 are still awaiting CIA clearance.