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The USCIS Electronic Reading Room provides access to information identified under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). We will update the Electronic Reading Room when documents are requested 3 or more times, or when we proactively identify documents likely requested for release.

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Employment-based adjustment of status - O’Donoghue (PDF, 346.47 KB)
December 27, 2022
Correspondence regarding the processing of employment-based adjustment of status and their family members.
Employment-based immigrant visas - Brian Huseman (PDF, 229.98 KB)
October 06, 2022
Correspondence requesting USCIS to administer all employment-based immigrant visas allotted by Congress by the end of the fiscal year. 
Employment-based visas - Corley (PDF, 318.84 KB)
September 21, 2022
Correspondence regarding the utilization of all available employment-based immigrant visas in Fiscal Year 2022. 
Employment based visas - Senator Tillis (PDF, 3.14 MB)
July 07, 2022
Correspondence requesting an update of USCIS efforts to improve processing of employment-based visas.  
Permanent Workers
May 26, 2022
Approximately 140,000 immigrant visas are available each fiscal year for noncitizens (and their spouses and children) who seek to immigrate based on their job skills. If you have the right combination of skills, education, and/or work experience and are otherwise eligible, you may be able to live permanently in the United States. The five employment-based immigrant visa preferences (categories) are listed below.
Employment-based visas - Senator Tillis (PDF, 4.56 MB)
December 15, 2021
Questions regarding the efforts made by USCIS in FY21 and the efforts that will be undertaken in FY22. 
Backlogs in various programs – Senator Feinstein (PDF, 789.45 KB)
September 08, 2021
Correspondence regarding the backlog of USCIS’s adjudication of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), affirmative asylum applications, and employment-based adjustment of status applications. 
I-485 inventory as of July 2019 (PDF, 274.51 KB)
December 16, 2019
All employment-based I-485 inventory pending at the Service Centers by preference category and country of birth. 
I-485 inventory as of January 2019 (PDF, 324.48 KB)
December 16, 2019
All employment-based I-485 inventory pending at the Service Centers by preference category and country of birth. 
I-485 inventory as of October 2019 (PDF, 276.55 KB)
December 16, 2019
All employment-based I-485 inventory pending at the Service Centers by preference category and country of birth. 
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