Is Consular Processing in any way more advantageous than Adjustment of Status?
This applies to the final stage of your Green Card process. Advocates of Consular Processing draw attention to the fact that it is faster and supposedly less cumbersome than Adjustment of Status. Nothing can be more simplistic than this notion of quick and easy processing at the Consulates abroad. Here is what you need to know about the process – Consular Processing involves the Consulate and therefore the capricious concept of ‘Consular discretion’. Further, the Consulate does not afford Attorneys the opportunity to represent the Applicant at the Consulate, leaving the Attorney incapable of bailing the client out of a difficult situation. Almost all Consular cases are subject to a personal interview process before a Consular Officer, further subjecting the Applicant to scrutiny and “second guessing.” Moreover, and more importantly, the AC21 statutory provision that allows an Applicant in Adjustment of Status proceedings the ability to find new employment after 180 days of the filing o
