8 U.S.C. § 1572
Section 1572 · Definitions
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 1 court decisions — leading case Garcia v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (2016)
Most recently applied in Garcia v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (March 2016)
In this subchapter:
(1) Backlog
The term “backlog” means, with respect to an immigration benefit application, the period of time in excess of 180 days that such application has been pending before the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
(2) Immigration benefit application
The term “immigration benefit application” means any application or petition to confer, certify, change, adjust, or extend any status granted under the Immigration and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.].
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References in Text
The Immigration and Nationality Act, referred to in par. (2), is act June 27, 1952, ch. 477, 66 Stat. 163, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 12 (§1101 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1101 of this title and Tables.