我的观点和某人不一致, 说一说, 大家自己讨论判断:
1. 有人问在排期上, NIW-EB2和普通EB2的区别在哪里？ 有人答: 区别可能在于06年5月之后，USCIS 可能会实行140的PREMIUM 处理，NIW不适用PREMIUM处理. 有人否认: 如果CIS推出I-140可以收extra fee加速处理，应该不会将NIW排除在外 .
大家google一下就知道，140优先处理说了很多年了，现在又提了出来． 为什么ＮＩＷ会被排除在外， 因为劳工卡Ｉ１４０在递交以前要通过很长时间申请劳工卡(即使PERM也要好几个月), 虽然同属EB2, 优先日远远早于NIW. 这才是问题的症结, 如果这一点都没有考虑到, 权威人士是不应该匆忙做回复的.
2. 还有人问: 移民局目标是六个月内作出决定, 是六个月内还是第六个月. 有人说, "如果你以前有同政府机构打过交道，你就会了解：通常说六个月内就是指到第六个月尾，否则就告诉你三或四个月了". 我也不明白这是什么逻辑. 六个月内当然是指1到6个月, 否则为什么有2-3个月140/485就通知批准了,不等到六个月在通知. 如果能三四个月处理完, 目标也会说是六个月. 这才是政府部门的做事风格呀. 否则就不会在邮件里说通常要90-485天来处理140.
回到起源问题, 该人(EB1B)current后是有可能在三两个月获得485批准, 而不一定非得再等上六个月.
140的加速处理详细内容见 http://www.immigration-law.com/Canada.html:
05/09/2006: Imporant Procedural Changes Forthcoming for I-140/I-485 Concurrent Filing and NIW
The USCIS has been delaying the implementation of the premium processing services for I-140 immigrant petition proceedings. According to the AILA-Nebraska Service Center liaison report of April 19, 2006, the USCIS may announce the PPS program in May 2006. The NSC Director also confirmed that once the USCIS started implementing PPS for I-140 petition, it would accompany the following two critical changes:
Termination of I-140/I-485 Concurrent Filing
Shut-Out of NIW from PPS.
Once the concurrent filing is terminated, it will cause a number of problems for EB-immigrants:
Those whose legal status would expire unless they were allowed to file I-140 and I-485 concurrently will fall out of status unless they are eligible for 245(k) benefit. PPS does not guarantee the decision in 15 days when the USCIS issues RFE. The 15-day requirement runs again only after they receive the response to the RFE. Sometims, RFE response can take months. Since unlawful presence or out-of-status clock will keep ticking during the period of I-140 petition adjudication, some people may lose the opportunity for filing I-485 forever.
EAD and Advance Parole applications are available only when they file I-485 application as they are ancillary proceedings to the I-485 applications. The termination of concurrent filing procedure will take away this privilege under the current concurrent filing system.
Affect of Termination of Concurrent Filing and Unavailability of I-140 Premium Processing Services for NIW will be devastating. It practically takes away the current privilege of stopping out-of-status clock by concurrently filing I-485 as well as the privilege of applying EAD and Advance Parole. Worse yet, since the Premium Processing will not be available for the NIW I-140 petitions, it can take forever, particularly when RFE is involved. Please stay tuned.