The California Service Center (CSC) comes out to be the toughest in approving H-1B petitions. The detailed analysis shows that the rejection rate is extremely high when the petitions are picked from California Service Center.
Let us analyze why California Service Center rejection rate is extremely high.The following are the few clauses considered by most of the experienced immigration Attorneys.
Overall Approval rate:
When the last few years of H1-B results from all the service centers are considered, it has been observed that the approval rate from California Service center is significantly low. It has been observed that the overall approval rate from California Service Center is around 50%-60%.
Consulting firms’ approval rate:
Many Immigration attorneys’ offices experienced that California Service Center expects all the companies (including consulting companies) to provide entire bulk of technical & functional documentation related to the project which is practically not possible for any consulting firms. California Service Center expects the paperwork to match standards of Silicon Valley’s Biggest Business Giants. Consulting firms usually rely up on client and vendor letters to include brief information about the projects.Due to this, the percentage of approval rate from respective consulting firms is not more than 55%.
RFE Complexity:
Many Immigration attorneys’ offices also agree that we need to be extra cautious during documentation if your petition is picked from California Service Center as incredibly unique responses are asked by the USCIS if the petitioner receives an RFE making the case critical.
Regular Processing Time:
The statistics and data released by USCIS depicts that California Service Center had been taking longer processing time for adjudicating a petition. It has a very longer waiting time for processing the H-1B CAP cases.On an average California Center takes exceedingly long processing time for H-1B extensions, transfers, and Amendments. Regular processing could take from 8 to 12 months or more
Client Site Evidence:
When it comes to the Client site Evidence, the petitions picked from California service centers gets highly scrutinized and careful observation of the client site takes place. This makes it difficult for the petition to get approval even if there is a slight issue with regards to the client site.
Overall Paperwork:
Many Immigration attorneys’ offices observed that there is an in-depth paperwork requirement for the petitions that are picked from USCIS California service center. This is exceedingly difficult for many of the consulting firms to access those documents as they will not be linked directly to the End Client and depend upon Vendors.
Attorney Favorite Rating:
After taking all these factors into account, Most of the Immigration attorneys’ offices rate California service center as 5.5 on a scale of 10.
