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Warning - I-601 Appointment Problem in Cd. Juarez

AILA has been advised by the USCIS officer in charge in Ciudad Juarez that they are having difficulty handling the volume of waivers based on an increased number of immigrant cases being processed in Juarez. They are trying to process 55 to 60 INFOPASS waiver appointments per day, and are hoping to receive more staff soon.

Please note that, as to rumors of being able to buy a slot for a certain day from certain service providers, some people are attempting to grab appointments by inserting fictitious names into INFOPASS to hold slots and then attempting to insert the name of a "real" applicant (i.e., those willing to buy these slots). What happens is that these providers then cancel the appointment for the fake person and insert the real applicant. USCIS is working on ending this practice, but understand that if you choose to use these service providers, you can end up buying your client a referral to the long waiting line versus a potential approval of a waiver at the time of the INFOPASS appointment. Waiver cases are referred versus approved at the time of the INFOPASS appointment for basically three reasons: 1) insufficient documentation; 2) database hits; and 3) appointment irregularities. The instances of this abuse are small, but if you take the bait and try this approach of "buying" a slot your client could lose out.

The best time to try to legitimately book new slots for real applicants is late in the evening