Department of State provides information regarding the Pending Demand in Immigrant Visa Authorization Process

November 13, 2008 in Recent Updates | No comments

Many immigrant visa applicants often find themselves unsure of what will come next at the end of their immigration process. The Department of State has taken time to clarify the procedures following the Adjustment of Status. Once a case has been finalized, the Officer will submit a request for visa authorization to the Visa Office using the IVAMSWEB automated system.

With this program the system is able to verify,  that the applicant’s priority date is within the applicable cut-off date for that month. When this request  has been made three outcomes can occur: 1) it is Authorized,2) it is identified as a “Duplicate” request, meaning that the A-number was previously authorized, or 3) it is beyond the established cut-off date and is placed in the “Pending Demand” file.

Pending Demand cases are automatically authorized once the applicant’s priority date is within the applicable cut-off date. These cases are acted on for potential authorization twice each month: 1) on or about the first of each month based on the applicable cut-off dates for that specific month, and 2) on or about the eighth of each month when the determination of the next month’s cut-off date is made.

These actions will occur based on CIS Pending Demand, which has been received since the previous authorization process has occurred. Once authorized, the appropriate CIS Office receives an e-mail confirmation of this action. The message would contain a cover page listing a summary of all A-numbers which have been authorized, followed by an individual authorization page for each A-number. The individual authorization page contains the same information as would have been provided had authorization been granted at the time the case was originally requested.

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