59,404 Indians are waiting ahead of me under the EB3 category!
I reported about the new USCIS website launched September 22 yesterday. Looks like that wasn’t all.
A friend and fellow endlesswaiter forwarded me this piece that you’ve got to read -Q&A on pending I-485 applications. The report at the bottom of this page shows the exact number of EB3 immigrant applicants from India that are waiting in line. Within minutes, I could calculate, based on the fact that my priority date is on April 2007, that there are 59,404 waiting in line ahead of me. That’s a LOT of people, from just one country! These reports reveal a lot of numbers. The statistics are painful, to say the least, but at least make these details transparent. USCIS must be commended for taking the initiative to come out in the open about such details.
At one point in the page, they say
“See the “Pending Employment-Based Form I-485 Report” link to the right.”
But no link 
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September 24th, 2009 at 10:37 am
the link is
I-485 Employment-Based Inventory Statistics (updated August 25, 2009) ( PDF)
they messed up the text.
As you pointed out, The statistics are painful, to say the least, but at least make these details transparent. USCIS must be commended
thanks for the information. was very useful.
September 24th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Thanks Anvarsha. So how many are ahead of you?
September 24th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Around 15000. My priority date is 3rd June 2003 and I am on EB3 - India.
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