The USCIS Electronic Immigration System’s First 1,000 Cases
Posted by Alejandro Mayorkas, Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Every day, USCIS receives thousands of paper applications for immigration benefits - more than 6 million each year. For generations, we have received, reviewed, shipped, and stored paper applications and files throughout our agency. This paper-based process consumes a great deal of resources and employee time.
USCIS, the world’s largest immigration benefits agency, reached a significant milestone on May 22, 2012 with the launch of our new electronic immigration system, USCIS ELIS. USCIS ELIS allows applicants and their attorneys and accredited representatives to create an online account and submit and track their immigration benefit requests 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Currently, individuals applying to change or extend their nonimmigrant status, Form I-539, can use the system. We will roll out additional form types and functions over time until all USCIS applications and petitions can be processed through the system. USCIS ELIS also has enhanced tools to combat fraud and safeguard national security.
Not long ago, we received our 1,000th electronically-filed application through USCIS ELIS. We have also seen a commensurate drop in the number of paper Form I-539 applications submitted since the system’s launch. USCIS ELIS has already delivered for our early users the timeliness, convenience, and added security of a more modern immigration system.
While its use is not mandatory, I encourage all individuals who are eligible to file Form I-539 to use USCIS ELIS. We continue to build this system for our customers, our dedicated workforce, and our federal partners. Your feedback is important as we prepare future releases of USCIS ELIS to meet your needs today and into the future. Please visit the USCIS ELIS Web page to learn more about USCIS ELIS and its benefits, and please share your user story with us here in our comments section or by emailing us at uscis-elis-feedback@uscis.dhs.gov. I look forward to your comments as we continue to modernize our agency.
Labels: Director's Posts, USCIS ELIS
posted by USCIS Blog Team @ 9:18 AM
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Very good step taken by USCIS that will be great help to prospective immigrants and their sponsers.
This is brilliant. An effective enhancement that saves time and cost and could potentially alleviate frustration on both end with less paper work to deal with! Great work USCIS.
Simplicity and brilliance- making the process easier on both ends! Thanks USCIS- great work!
Hello dear friends! This is a progressive innovative solution to USCIS ELIS! When the desire of immigration is very reliable. Because mnogoie intellectuals want to live in the U.S. that would make progress. At home, they remain unclaimed. So I am looking for contacts for Immigration .USCIS ELIS give hope! Thank you! I congratulate you on Independence Day, I wish you good mood! Thank you! Victor!
i used the system for my wife when i was trying to get paperwork complete . i am a american citizen and it was easy for me to use becase my attorneys was not alot of help so i did most of her paperwork and forms on my own the only part that is frustrating is when you get to where all money and forms are paid and you have to wait 8 to 10 months with no way to track anything and no one will tell you anything and you never know when you will recieve your paperwork so your life is put on hold for the 8 to 10 months until hey send you your paperwork. dont do anything you maybe wasteing your your money.
USCIS made great progress in recent years. This project will save more national resources. Perfect!!!
Great !!! I hope this will speed the processing for eligible candidates such as me.
Hi!
Will the the system allow filling for naturalization? This electronic filling is good because there is savings on mailing and the submission is safe as well. How about the fee for processing -how were they done?
Still on naturalization-if for some reasons,the applicant needs more documentation or lacking in residency requirement -I was wondering what will happen to the original payment for processing.
Thank you, your attention is appreciated very much
I have attempted to use the system and I find it laborious and hard to manage. I think the USCIS has taken a wonderful first step, however, the system needs to be streamlined further to make it worth my time as an attorney. There were more questions on the electronic version then on the paper based version. There is also the uploading issue. I uploaded each document individually and after spending considerable time doing this - i was told that my documents exceeded the 6MB limit - thus i had to file by mail. This is a problem that needs to be addressed immediately.
Since changes have been made in the processing modes hope only eligible immigrants benefit from this.
But by being more transperant, illegal methods & loopholes can be prevented, while only qualified
applicants benefit from this privilige extended
by the USCIS through the ELIS program.
After reading all the comments about change of names, I think its better one leaves the name the way it is to avoid delays.
Please I would like to know from USCIS if its possible to cancel change of name already indicated on form N400,the form was submitted and is still under initial review and how does one goes about making the changes? Thanking you in advance for your quick response.
I am sorry my comment is not related to this blog post but I am hoping this would reach the USCIS Director Mr. Alejandro Mayorkas.
I am a U.S. citizen by birth and I have filed I-130 petition on behalf of my husband with a priority date of 3 January 2012. My case is with California Service Center. USCIS website states that they are processing I-130 petitions within 5 months. Well, it has been 6 months, 2 weeks and 3 days now and I have not heard anything from USCIS except some generic replies one after another asking me to wait another *45* days. I want to know what is wrong with my case? Why is it taking them so long just to review it? Many people who filed in March 2012 have been approved, I filed in January 2012 and still nothing. So where is the first come first serve policy?
Mr. Director, I request you to take some action.
Regards,
Ms. Sharon Linville
Very well done! Good progress by USCIS. Will definitely expedite the process and help millions!
This is great news! I am glad that USCIS is identifying some of their inefficiencies and taking action to improve customer satisfaction. It will take a while to get the kinks out of the system but in the long run this will save time and resources. Processing times should speed up as well.
WOW !! What a nice site and rocking discussed about The USCIS Electronic Immigration System’s First,thanks author
The USCIS is taking a stop in the best direction possible. As a few comments already stated the goal should be speed along with sanctification. I would like to see the results of this change in one year.
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