santosh_30
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I am making this a a separate post so everyone can see a summary view. This is in response to the post in the follwoing thread about Senator Barack Obamas reply and how Senators are confusing our retrogression removal request with the H1B visa issues.
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=196190&page=1
Well......
If someone is confusing what we are intending with somehting else that he has pre-conceived what we are writing about, then it would greatly help if we write...in bold letters...before the actual letter begins.....something like this....
"THis Letter Discusses Issues that are Very Different From The Increase In H1B Visa Numbers. It Discusses The Need To Support Provisions In Bill "So And So" That Alleviate The Significant Backlog In Issuing Employment Based Permanent Residence Visa (EB Visas) By Recapturing Unused Visa Numbers From Previous Years, Not Counting Family Members Towards Visa Numbers and Allowing Pending Applicants To File For EAD (Employment Authorization Document) and Advance Parole"
What do you think?? If you were a Senator handling the H1B visa issue for the last 12 months, woudl you confuse a letter with the above disclaimer with the H1B visa issues? I wouldnt....So a disclaimer like this...edited further for general consensus would be very helpful in the letter we send.
Just sending a LOT of letters (Quantity) will not be enough. We have to also look at having a well-worded letter (QUALITY). If we have both QUANTITY and QUALITY, we can pack a great punch.
However, I do agree that if they (Senators) are going to summarily support all provisions because they only know about H1B, then I wouldnt stir a hornets nest. Anyways, its a bit late for this since they will most likely vote for it today. So lets wait and watch what they do and we can educate them later...if required......and lets tell this to the Techworkers Group too.
I have pointed out in so many previous posts that we should explain the difference to them very clearly. Imagine if you were one of the Senators. Do you really have time to go into the intricacies of what is H1B and what is EB visa? You just piggback on the most hyped term....which is H1B. As a "general" Senator, Immigration would be just a fraction of the total number of issues you would be dealing with. The burden would be on us to read how the Senators mind would work in handling our issues and then drafting something that wouldnt confuse our issues with something else.
Also, we should also begin to NAME what we want. Lets call our visas as EB-visas. When we give something a name (EB-visas from now on or anything else you want to suggest), then it becomes a distinct identity in itself and people wont use it interchangeable with something else that has its own name (liek H1B visa). And using fancy words like "retrogression" can be counterproductive. It is such a vague term.....and is not a part of the general polotical lingo. How about "Backlog"? Or using Backlog/Retrogression to keep the continuity? Backlog cannot be confused for H1B visas since the issue there is "quotas" not a "backlog".
Anyway, those are my thoughts.
Santosh
http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=196190&page=1
Well......
If someone is confusing what we are intending with somehting else that he has pre-conceived what we are writing about, then it would greatly help if we write...in bold letters...before the actual letter begins.....something like this....
"THis Letter Discusses Issues that are Very Different From The Increase In H1B Visa Numbers. It Discusses The Need To Support Provisions In Bill "So And So" That Alleviate The Significant Backlog In Issuing Employment Based Permanent Residence Visa (EB Visas) By Recapturing Unused Visa Numbers From Previous Years, Not Counting Family Members Towards Visa Numbers and Allowing Pending Applicants To File For EAD (Employment Authorization Document) and Advance Parole"
What do you think?? If you were a Senator handling the H1B visa issue for the last 12 months, woudl you confuse a letter with the above disclaimer with the H1B visa issues? I wouldnt....So a disclaimer like this...edited further for general consensus would be very helpful in the letter we send.
Just sending a LOT of letters (Quantity) will not be enough. We have to also look at having a well-worded letter (QUALITY). If we have both QUANTITY and QUALITY, we can pack a great punch.
However, I do agree that if they (Senators) are going to summarily support all provisions because they only know about H1B, then I wouldnt stir a hornets nest. Anyways, its a bit late for this since they will most likely vote for it today. So lets wait and watch what they do and we can educate them later...if required......and lets tell this to the Techworkers Group too.
I have pointed out in so many previous posts that we should explain the difference to them very clearly. Imagine if you were one of the Senators. Do you really have time to go into the intricacies of what is H1B and what is EB visa? You just piggback on the most hyped term....which is H1B. As a "general" Senator, Immigration would be just a fraction of the total number of issues you would be dealing with. The burden would be on us to read how the Senators mind would work in handling our issues and then drafting something that wouldnt confuse our issues with something else.
Also, we should also begin to NAME what we want. Lets call our visas as EB-visas. When we give something a name (EB-visas from now on or anything else you want to suggest), then it becomes a distinct identity in itself and people wont use it interchangeable with something else that has its own name (liek H1B visa). And using fancy words like "retrogression" can be counterproductive. It is such a vague term.....and is not a part of the general polotical lingo. How about "Backlog"? Or using Backlog/Retrogression to keep the continuity? Backlog cannot be confused for H1B visas since the issue there is "quotas" not a "backlog".
Anyway, those are my thoughts.
Santosh