Where's The Best U.S. Immigration Naturalization Service Regional Office?
Q: where is the best place to settle in the US?
A: If you come in as a legal immigrant then you will have to deal with the USA immigration Naturalization Service Regional Offices (there are I think 33 regional offices in the US) well here is an article you might want to know... IF You immigrate to U.S. you should know that the service provided by the U.S. Immigration Naturalization Service differs regionally...so say an article in the Washington Post.... Sun, Lena H. "Immigration Agency's Geographical Distinction: Dealing with service can be a Pleasure or a Pain depending on Whether you Live in D.C. and Va. or Md. The Washington Post, July 8, 1996. Monday. Metro Section pages B1,B5. Summary: Although the Baltimore Maryland and Washington DC/Alexandria Northern Virgina INS offices have the same case load , immigration Lawyers say that the Baltimore Maryland Office "has earned a reputation as a responsive, smoothly run operation. The Washington office, which handles thos in the District an Virginia is known as just the opposite That means area immigrants receive radically different treatment from the same federal agnecy based simply on where they live." The Baltimore INS office was the first INS office to be automatated. This allowed the Baltimore INS office to become "the only INS district in the country with a direct-mail system that sends the labor-intensive green card applications to a regional INS service center, freeing clerical staff members to focus on other tasks"; the other INS offices do all of its own paperwork - which causes the delays and backlogging. In 1996, the Washington DC office has just installed a computer system and hopes to cut the green card time to four months. Some immigration lawyers point to other problems with the Washington DC INS office: government officials accepting