1. USCIS is giving additional scrutiny to nationals of China who graduated from one of China’s “Seven National Defense Universities”.
A reader asks:
I graduated from one of China’s “Seven National Defense Universities,” and I applied for EB-3 (downgrade). Both my spouse and I applied. 400 days have passed, and our case is still pending. We received our combo cards in March 2025, and there have been no other updates since then. Last October, the priority date retrogressed, but it became current again in January of this year. Our fingerprints were taken 400 days ago, and we still haven’t heard anything. Should I write to my congressman?
Alan Lee Esq answers,
As you are aware, USCIS is giving additional scrutiny to nationals of China who graduated from one of China’s “Seven National Defense Universities”. It is thus not surprising that your I-485 adjustment of status processing is taking so long. If you or your legal representative have not already done so already, you for your legal representative can contact USCIS at its customer service center at 1-800-375-5283 or make an E-Request electronically at https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/ if the processing time has exceeded posted current times. If you have already done so, then you may certainly wish to contact your local US representative or senator to look into your case.