In January, the National Visa Center (NVC) experienced a 16% surge in the immigrant visa (IV) backlog, rising from 292,105 to 338,256. Additionally, the count of green card applicants with documentarily complete cases rose by 13%, from 337,870 to 380,407. A “documentarily complete” case implies all necessary forms and documents have been submitted and accepted by the NVC, thus ready for interview scheduling. Moreover, green card interviews scheduled in January increased to 42,151, compared to 45,765 in December.