The Immigration Waiting Game: What’s Really Happening Behind the Scenes with Mike Valverde

What does it actually mean to wait on an immigration decision when you have no idea how long the wait will last? A work permit, green card, interview, travel permission, or family reunification can sit somewhere inside what Ashley calls the “nebulous black hole” of immigration processing, while life keeps moving outside of it. In this episode, we’re joined by Mike Valverde, former Associate Director of Field Operations for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Mike takes us behind the scenes of what happens after an immigration application is filed, why so much of the processing time is simply waiting for a human to reach the case, how applications move through USCIS, and why two seemingly similar cases can take very different amounts of time. Get full show notes, transcript PDF, and more: https://hopeinactionpodcast.com/16 Follow us today! Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/z4_PQ6pkjSo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopeinactionpod/