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The Asylum Division meeting scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 14, from 2 to 4 p.m. Eastern is canceled.

On May 17, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) International Operations (IO) Division in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, met with the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) representatives.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invited interested librarians to participate in a webinar on Tuesday, Oct. 27 from 2 to 3 p.m. (Eastern) to learn about the White House Task Force on New Americans.

On March 13 and March 20, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) hosted webinars to discuss updates to the USCIS Immigrant Fee payment process.

1.  Why do some I-601 waivers of inadmissibility take so long to adjudicate? USCIS Response:   Several factors affect the processing time of a Form I-601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility.  The factors include the location where application is filed, the complexity of the facts of a case, and the need for any additional research or information, such as a request for additional evidence (RFE).  The location where an application is filed impacts processing time in two ways:

On Wednesday, November 9, 2011, at 3:30PM (EST), the USCIS Office of Public Engagement invited customers and stakeholders to participate in "Enlace".

On March 1, 2011, at 3:30PM (EST), the USCIS Office of Public Engagement invited customers and stakeholders to participate our next "Enlace" on Self Check.

On Wednesday, June 13, 2012, from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (Eastern), USCIS conducted a national Spanish-language Enlace session as part of an ongoing series of quarterly public engagements.