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Guys this is what I plan to send to the lawmakers. Guys I will appreciate if you add points to it or refine the wordings but don't take out any point as every point here is important. I urge the Big bosses here, Sunjohi, Nozdam etc. to take a close look at it modify what you think is right and get a single version. We'll get this out by the end of this month to every damn lawmaker and media.
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Dear Sir,
Sub: Please modify the current Employment Based Green Card System
I am writing this to you to draw your attention on an issue that is affecting millions of people living in United States. Your support can change our lives and can help us live a better and free life in this great country. I have been living in United States for 6 year now on H1B visa. I had lived here legally all these years, paying taxes and abide to the Law of the Land, following all the rules and regulation. My children are born here and go to the public schools. My problem is, in spite of having rare technical skills, and being employed all the time I was in U.S. I still do not have a green card, as current Employment Based Green Card system sometime will require you to stay with your current employer for half a decade or more. The skills I have may be needed by one employer for 2-3 years after that he may not need me as their job is done, but there are 100s others who need me, but because of the current restriction, I am bound to stay with my current employer. Please look into this matter and do something to modify the current system. Here are some points which can help millions of people live with more freedom as we are badly affected by backlog in Labor certification and Green card retrogression.
1) Make Employment Based Green Card, independent of Employer after a certain period of time say 2 year. Currently it depends on certain stage of process. Because of the backlog at each stage, even after being employed for the same employer for years one cannot change employer.
2) Please allow applying for adjustment of status a time bound process rather than a level of attainment. This will give opportunity of 100s and 1000s of legal workers to adjust their statuses, so that they can work independently rather than being bound to work for 1 employer for endless years.
3) Please recommend for H1B extensions be given for 3 years rather than just 1 year if the Labor Certifications is pending for more than 1 year. Current scenario has changed immensely since this law was made, as of now it is taking years and years for each stage, so 1 year extensions are not enough. State department has stopped Visa stamping in U.S. so we have to travel to our home countries to get our passport stamped every time we get new Visa, for that 1 year extension is not enough time. And also the H1B fee has gone up from just about $185 an year ago, to about $2000. And we have to pay 100s of $s for depedents. And not to mention the mental stress one has to go thru all the time.
4) Increase the number of Employment Based Visas
5) Please make provisions to count only the primary beneficiary for the green card numbers.
6) Remove the country limit on Employment Based Green Cards, When H1Bs have no country based limits then why should Green Cards have a country limits. If 3-4 countries serves in most of the areas where U.S. is seeking workers, than that should not be a disadvantage of the people of those country when they seek Green Cards.
7) Please recognize 100s of 1000s of Legal hopeful immigrants. As we are always counted along with Illegal immigrants. We are 100% Legal residents seeking legal immigration.
Please work towards making things easy for the Legal immigrants rather than difficult, which is the direction current system is heading towards.
Thanks you very much.
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Dear Sir,
Sub: Please modify the current Employment Based Green Card System
I am writing this to you to draw your attention on an issue that is affecting millions of people living in United States. Your support can change our lives and can help us live a better and free life in this great country. I have been living in United States for 6 year now on H1B visa. I had lived here legally all these years, paying taxes and abide to the Law of the Land, following all the rules and regulation. My children are born here and go to the public schools. My problem is, in spite of having rare technical skills, and being employed all the time I was in U.S. I still do not have a green card, as current Employment Based Green Card system sometime will require you to stay with your current employer for half a decade or more. The skills I have may be needed by one employer for 2-3 years after that he may not need me as their job is done, but there are 100s others who need me, but because of the current restriction, I am bound to stay with my current employer. Please look into this matter and do something to modify the current system. Here are some points which can help millions of people live with more freedom as we are badly affected by backlog in Labor certification and Green card retrogression.
1) Make Employment Based Green Card, independent of Employer after a certain period of time say 2 year. Currently it depends on certain stage of process. Because of the backlog at each stage, even after being employed for the same employer for years one cannot change employer.
2) Please allow applying for adjustment of status a time bound process rather than a level of attainment. This will give opportunity of 100s and 1000s of legal workers to adjust their statuses, so that they can work independently rather than being bound to work for 1 employer for endless years.
3) Please recommend for H1B extensions be given for 3 years rather than just 1 year if the Labor Certifications is pending for more than 1 year. Current scenario has changed immensely since this law was made, as of now it is taking years and years for each stage, so 1 year extensions are not enough. State department has stopped Visa stamping in U.S. so we have to travel to our home countries to get our passport stamped every time we get new Visa, for that 1 year extension is not enough time. And also the H1B fee has gone up from just about $185 an year ago, to about $2000. And we have to pay 100s of $s for depedents. And not to mention the mental stress one has to go thru all the time.
4) Increase the number of Employment Based Visas
5) Please make provisions to count only the primary beneficiary for the green card numbers.
6) Remove the country limit on Employment Based Green Cards, When H1Bs have no country based limits then why should Green Cards have a country limits. If 3-4 countries serves in most of the areas where U.S. is seeking workers, than that should not be a disadvantage of the people of those country when they seek Green Cards.
7) Please recognize 100s of 1000s of Legal hopeful immigrants. As we are always counted along with Illegal immigrants. We are 100% Legal residents seeking legal immigration.
Please work towards making things easy for the Legal immigrants rather than difficult, which is the direction current system is heading towards.
Thanks you very much.
