
The Department of State’s National Visa Center (NVC) saw a decrease in the green card backlog, from 351,624 in April 2024 to 337,307 in May 2024 — a 4% drop.

The number of green card applicants whose cases were documentarily complete and ready to be scheduled for an interview decreased, from 404,459 in April 2024 to 387,068 in May 2024 (a 4% decrease). A case that is considered “documentarily complete” is a case in which all the required forms and documents have been submitted and accepted by the NVC, and therefore the case is ready for interview scheduling.
The number of people scheduled for a green card interview also dropped — 49,761 in May 2024 compared to 52,835 in April 2024 (a 6% decrease).
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