Employment based immigration backlog petition

**sv20** · 9th February 2004, 09:32 PM

Rajiv,

Mine is not a small company and not a body-shopper company...it is a big, reputable company, with its own legal team. They outsource the filing process though. The legal team has formulated certain guidelines which the company should follow and for most part, they are very reasonable. They think that their reputation/relation with the USCIS (INS) would be at stake if many of their employees do something like cotacting political circle etc. They go to the extent of not providing us with any of the receipt numbers. OF course they have their own hidden agenda and they see the interests of the company first. But we are warned not to contact USCIS directly or contact any political party. So I think signing the lawsuit also comes uder this class and can have more serious impact if the company knows this.
To list the credits, my company does take care of all the costs associated with the immigration process and they do file petitions within reasonable time. They only thing is there is absolutely no flexibilty to the candidates with regard to requests of contacting USCIS to expedite things. They blindly wait for couple of months after the official processing times are past the ND.

Hope this makes things more clear.

**Rajiv S. Khanna** · 10th February 2004, 07:37 AM

Originally posted by sv20
Rajiv,

Mine is not a small company and not a body-shopper company...it is a big, reputable company, with its own legal team. They outsource the filing process though. The legal team has formulated certain guidelines which the company should follow and for most part, they are very reasonable. They think that their reputation/relation with the USCIS (INS) would be at stake if many of their employees do something like cotacting political circle etc. They go to the extent of not providing us with any of the receipt numbers. OF course they have their own hidden agenda and they see the interests of the company first. But we are warned not to contact USCIS directly or contact any political party. So I think signing the lawsuit also comes uder this class and can have more serious impact if the company knows this.
To list the credits, my company does take care of all the costs associated with the immigration process and they do file petitions within reasonable time. They only thing is there is absolutely no flexibilty to the candidates with regard to requests of contacting USCIS to expedite things. They blindly wait for couple of months after the official processing times are past the ND.

Hope this makes things more clear.

I am familiar with seemingly inane institutional policies. I run into them all the time. Somtimes, when you understand the whole picture, these policies may make sense. More often than not, they are just products of paranoia. I feel this policy is illegal. I do not care how large the team of lawyers is, they are wrong. Nevertheless, you must not sign if it puts you at any disadnatage or discomfort. Its all good.

**Edison** · 11th February 2004, 09:30 AM

If only about 360 people signed the petition, CIS will interpret that those 360 people are concerned about the backlog and others can wait for even decades, If you don't say that you have a problem it will be interpreted that only 360 people are not satisfied with the service provided by CIS and the remaining about 300 or 400 thousand EB based GC applicants out of 1.3 million GC applicants are happy. So 99.9999999999% of the applicants are happy and CIS is obligated to satisfy only the unhappy customers.

**ar888** · 11th February 2004, 11:14 AM

Stuck this thread for better visibility.

**lz25888** · 11th February 2004, 11:57 AM

still waiting for my company lawyer’s feedback whether it’s against their policy or not.

In any case, this might be an argument for the law suit: people waiting for GC might not be able to fight for their basic rights in fear of jeopardizing the GC process.

**lexvsc2002** · 13th February 2004, 10:35 PM

Guys,
Please sign the petition to support I-485 class action lawsuit.

**rk4gc** · 26th February 2004, 09:09 PM

Guys, sign now, Any body with I-485 pending can sign. All your dependents are eligible to sign. If you know anybody who didn't sign ask them to sign now. There are few signatures, we need more.

http://boards.immigration.com/anthes...rm.php?petId=4

**YJay** · 27th February 2004, 11:39 AM

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**kashmir** · 21st March 2004, 06:49 PM

Originally posted by kashmir
(Originally posted at Project Ocean main thread)

I drafted the part of bill to amend INA about Five-Year Requirement for Naturalization.

SEC. 102. FIVE-YEAR RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT FOR NATURALIZATION
(a) Section 316(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1427(a)(1)) is amended by inserting "after the application for the adjustment of status is filed or" before "after being lawfully admitted for permanent residence".

Here is the background.
Especially, the second part was one of requests in our original petition.
If you have some comment or suggestion, let me know.
Thanks,
-kashmir

I will start talking to some COngressional members again.

**DOM2004** · 23rd March 2004, 11:18 AM

FIRST CONGRATS TO RAJIV AND YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE.

I HAVE RECENTLY JOINED THE FORUM AND AM NOT AWARE OF THE WHOLE PROCESS. IF YOU CAN BE KIND LET ME KNOW AS TO STATUS OF THE PETITION.

I READ SOMEWHERE IT HAS BEEN FILED. WHAT IS THE NEXT FOR IT TO BE APPROVED AND TAKEN AS A LAW??

DO WE NEED TO HAVE THE SENATORS/CONGRESSMAN INVOLVED?
WE NEED THE "INDIAN CAUCUS" LIKE FRANK PALLONE ETC TO GET INVOLVED.

IF THE TIME LIMIT IS MADE 6 MONTHS FOR 485 AS RAJIV HAS EMPHASISED IT WOULD BE A GREATEST THING !!!!!!! aLREADY IT IS MORE THAN 2 YEARS FOR MOST

**ar888** · 23rd March 2004, 12:18 PM

Originally posted by DOM2004

I READ SOMEWHERE IT HAS BEEN FILED. WHAT IS THE NEXT FOR IT TO BE APPROVED AND TAKEN AS A LAW??

Follow this forum 'ImmigrationPortal Forums > Pending I-485 Litigation > The Complaint'

**GCWaitAndWait** · 30th March 2004, 11:30 AM

I just wanted to know if we can use pseudo names for signing on the petition? I am okay with the A# and Email part...

Actually I don't want my collegues/freinds to recognize me on this forum, but I really, really want to sign the petition... How about the address..is it kept private (I don't see it in the 'view signatures' for others)

Hope you will understand and reply soon...Waiting for you replies..

**immigrationcom** · 29th June 2004, 10:54 AM

tchangu: My suggestion is that do something is better than do nothing. Good luck to you! IC

**GC Wait n Wait** · 4th August 2004, 11:48 AM

I don’t apologize for picking up this name, because it was not done intentionally, but I do apologize for any inconvenience . I don’t know that similar name exists in this form. I know the values of this forum. this is not a public chat room, where people tease with pseudo names. We are sharing our pains and thoughts here like friends and family members. Since I started with this name recently I can change it immediately. I will find out a way to change my name or I will request for a new name.

We are all going through hell. Let us co-operate with each other.

**kashmir** · 9th August 2004, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by kashmir

I will start talking to some Congressional members again.

As I wrote at Project Ocean main thread (at I-485 CSC Forum),
I attended Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren's town hall meeting in San Jose yesterday (8/8/2004),
and started pushing INA amendment.

...

Originally Posted by kashmir

...
Section 316(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1427(a)(1)) is amended by inserting "after the petition for the immigrant visa under section 204(a) being filed or" before "after being lawfully admitted for permanent residence".
Here, the "petition for the immigrant visa under section 204(a)" means I-140 (or I-130).
...

My targetting 5-year starting date is I-140 receipt date as above.
Several people have asked me to change it to Priority Date or to consider Laber Certification, but I have no idea how to describe.
If you'd really push PD or LC starting date instead of I-140 receipt date, please draft the specific statement for amendment of INA Section 316(a)(1), otherwise, I must push my original plan.

**reach_honey** · 30th August 2004, 04:35 PM

Rajiv,
I want to add one more points into that. Regarding receving Green card. Myself and in the portal we have seen that some person gets physical Green card within 1-2 months and some of them do not till 1 year. Myself case was filed in CSC and then everything was in VSC. My one of the friend who did stamping 1 after me got the green card but not me. This is wierd.
Can anything be done on this as well....

**MangalPaandey** · 4th October 2005, 07:24 PM

As Long as you are on a Visa in the United States, You can help a great deal yourself by
participating in this:-

As most of you must be aware, that with the OCT Visa bulletin our immigration problems have multiplied overnight! The priority dates have rolled back so much that we would have to wait for another 5 to 8 years just to file our I-485 even after getting our labor approved! Furthermore, all the EB categories are affected (EB1,EB2,EB3)

We, at the "Techworkers" group (2600 head-count) are organizing a HUB Plan starting today onwards. The gist of the plan is as follows: We have volunteers for each state (Hub Volunteers). People of every state will mail petitions to their respective HUB Volunteer. The petitions can be found in the "HUB PLAN" folder in the "Techworkers" File section. After the HUB deadline is over (approx 2 weeks from now), the HUB Volunteers will collect all the petitions, group them up and will send them to the senators of their states, and other important people, such as, AILA, Industry leaders, Media etc. in packets.

The main idea is to create an IMPACT. Its time to remember the proverb we learnt when we were kids .. "United we stand, Divided we fall"! If all of us mail out these HUB petitions to the HUB Volunteers, this plan could turn out to be a major success! All we need to do is grab those letters, add your name, print & sign them and mail them out to your HUB Volunteer. There are 4 letters that you would need to send. The HUB FAQ has the details. It really shouldnt take long. Please participate in this plan! We have a lot of volunteers who are taking pains to organize this whole thing, however all this effort will be fruitless without the participation of each one of you out there!

Please send out those letters even if you have yet to apply for your GC, or if you are waiting for your labor approval, or ofcourse if you have your labor approved but are waiting to file your I485!

HUB Files >> All HUB files are inside the "HUB PLAN" folder in the Files section of the "Techworkers" group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/techworkers/files/

** Petitions to mail: 4 letters to be mailed by each one of us**
(1) Senator Petition letters [Print one for each senator, 2 copies]
Document to use: 1A_Letter_GC_Filed.doc (labor filed or approved) OR 1B_Letter_GC_Not_Yet_Filed.doc (planning to file GC)
(2) AILA Petition letter [1 copy]
Document to use: 2_Letter_AILA.doc
(3) Letter for Industry Leaders, Media [1 copy]
Document to use: 3_Letter_Industrial_Leaders.doc

** Details of your HUB Volunteer & Names of the Senators for your state**
(1) HUB-DETAILS.xls = Has the postal address and names of HUB Volunteers, and the Senator Names for your state

** More Information about the HUB Plan **
(1) THE HUB PLAN FAQ.doc
(2) THE HUB PLAN DESCRIPTION.doc

Also Forward this to All your Friends

Please Do it To Get your GC Faster

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**kashmir** · 24th October 2005, 03:26 AM

Originally posted at:
http://immigrationportal.com/showthr...10#post1281410

Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto - Online
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USA TODAY
Posted 10/21/2005
No easy citizenship glide for ice dancer
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**kashmir** · 31st October 2005, 04:46 AM

New thread is opened at US Citizenship forum.
Project Ocean II - to amend INA Sec.316 for naturalization requirement

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**liulitao11** · 23rd January 2007, 08:22 PM

Hi,
Do anyone know how much to process a mandamus action for I485 petition delayed by FBI name check? What is the percentage to get the case approved? Thanks a lot!!

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