Sec. 3. Definitions
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Section 203 of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1572 ) is amended to read as follows: In this title: The term active suspense means circumstances in which the Department of Homeland Security cannot process an immigration benefit application due to factors outside of the Department’s control, including any circumstance in which a visa number is unavailable, or circumstances in which the Department is waiting for a response from the applicant or a third party (including another government agency).
The term backlog or net backlog means the number of immigration benefit applications that are pending before the Department of Homeland Security outside of applicable processing time goals, minus those applications in an active suspense category. The term gross backlog means the number of immigration benefit applications that are pending before the Department of Homeland Security outside of applicable processing time goals, irrespective of whether the applications are in an active suspense category.
The term immigration benefit application means any application, petition, or request to confer, certify, change, adjust, or extend any status authorized under the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq. ) and any other application, petition, or request for an immigration benefit, made to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The term processing time means the time elapsed between the date on which an immigration benefit application is received by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the date on which U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services approves or denies an immigration benefit application. The term processing time goal means the goal for a processing time established by the Department of Homeland Security as an appropriate processing time for a type of immigration benefit application. .
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