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 * The form instructions note that there are specific documents you must include when submitting Form I-924A. For example, regional centers must include government-issued photo identification for all principals. Last year, a significant number of submissions did not include the required photo identification. Please review the form requirements and make sure that your submission is complete. This review will save us time and you time.


 * Regional centers must report changes to the center’s name, ownership, organizational structure, principals, and geographic area, among other things, by properly filing a Form I-924 amendment and paying the associated fee.


 * Submit a Form G-28 with your Form I-924A if you are represented by an attorney.

UPDATES


 * I’d like to turn now to some additional operational updates and a couple of reminders that you may find helpful.


 * Regarding I-526 and I-829 completions, during the six-month period after building a more robust quality assurance and control program, IPO completed the adjudication of an average of 212 Form I-526 petitions each month from March 2019 through August 2019. This year, IPO is averaging 304 Form I-526 completions per month during the same six-month period. This is an increase of approximately 43%.


 * IPO has also improved upon I-829 completion rates. IPO averaged 157 Form I-829 completions per month for the six-month period of March 2019 through August 2019. That average was 265 during the same period of 2020, an increase of approximately 68%.

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 * On the topic of processing times, IPO would like to provide background to the update to the I-924 processing times that occurred over the summer. Previously, terminations were included in the data that I-924 processing times were based on. If the data set included a termination, the processing