I asked my lawyer about the BEC/NPC stuff and here's his response:jifjef said:Guys,
Do you understand this whole BEC deal? So if our cases are not processed by Atlanta before end of 2004 they will be sent to these centers and then we would have to wait another 2 years in the queue?
That really screws us; AS USUAL!!!
chimi said:I asked my lawyer about the BEC/NPC stuff and here's his response:
"This is all part of the transition to PERM. The cases at the Federal level will eventually be transferred to two offices. I can tell you that the cases from
You mean two BEC offices?
Florida/Atlanta will be among the last to go anywhere because we are not in a Region that is considered to be backlogged. We were told that by a DOL
So our cases stay in the ATL regional office till they are get called to be sent to BEC? Will ATL regional office still be functioning when NPC is set up? Or will our cases go to NPC? Can you ask your attorney about that? My attorney wouldn't give a darn straight answer to my question.
representative at a conference I attended last Friday."
lavendersummer, I have forwarded your questions and a couple more to my lawyer - will post it as soon as I hear from him..lavendersummer said:Comments in blue. Thank you.
chimi said:lavendersummer, I have forwarded your questions and a couple more to my lawyer - will post it as soon as I hear from him..
chimi said:I asked my lawyer about the BEC/NPC stuff and here's his response:
"This is all part of the transition to PERM. The cases at the Federal level will eventually be transferred to two offices. I can tell you that the cases from Florida/Atlanta will be among the last to go anywhere because we are not in a Region that is considered to be backlogged. We were told that by a DOL representative at a conference I attended last Friday."
chimi said:Here's the reply from my lawyer:
"The indications are that Atlanta’s cases will be among the last sent away because we are not experiencing the most severe backlogs. So yes, the answer is that Atlanta will continue processing applications. Until when? We do not know."
jifjef said:Chimi thanks for updating everyone.
But it seemed like they were not going to do this by stages. The end of 2004 was the cutoff. All cases remaining after that date would be forwarded for sure from the SWAs, I was wondering about the regional offices.
But I guess I'll believe what your attorney said. My attorney did not have a clue.
bucgator said:If Perm will not start, ATL DOL will server as BRC and might only work on cases in ATL DOL.
so hope perm cannot be approved.
aslo, perm will be harder...
saurabh_tulika said:I agree to bucgator, if the perm is not implemented then the ATL DOL will work as a BRC but clearing the backlog of ATL region. also atlanta region is considered to be third in the backlogs
Dallas is on Jan 2003
SFO is on Mar 2003
Atl is on Apr 2003
So one thing is for sure that we are not in that deep shXX as some other Regions and lets prey as Chimi says
bucgator said:It was said/guessed that if Bush lost the election, he would sign some documents, including perm, before he left the white house. That is why everyone is waiting till the end of this year.
But he wins now, maybe he will ask DOL to re-review PERM
nishokie said:i dont think bush is completely anti-immigration....at least he has a plan to reduce immigration processing times to 6 months by 2006. i highly doubt if that will happen but still....
chimi said:Here's the reply from my lawyer:
"The indications are that Atlanta’s cases will be among the last sent away because we are not experiencing the most severe backlogs. So yes, the answer is that Atlanta will continue processing applications. Until when? We do not know."