Further Retrogression ?

From the statements of the representative of DOS and USCIS this is evident that it will happen not only for India but for ROW as well.

Good Luck to all.


BrainDrain said:
Is it true that the EB3 India would be further retrogressed ?
 
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kamrans said:
From the statements of the representative of DOS and USCIS this is evident that it will happen not only for India but for ROW as well.

Good Luck to all.

Is it possible that EB2 ROW will also go back in dates.for eb3 though ROW category is not much different from India dates.Any inputs.
 
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Chocolate said:
Is it possible that EB2 ROW will also go back in dates.for eb3 though ROW category is not much different from India dates.Any inputs.

Chocolate,

Everyone is trying to file in EB2 now. This will no doubt increase pressue on EB2. In a few years EB2 will be just as bad if not worse than EB3.

regards,

saras
 
How much worse can it get ...

BrainDrain said:
Is it true that the EB3 India would be further retrogressed ?

BrainDrain,

I think we are already at the bottom of the pile right now, how much worse can it get? If the DOS warnings are legit then India EB3 and most other EB3s will be stuck in 01 for atleast a few years. I am not sure of further retro because the backlog is from 2001 onwards, retrogressing dated before 2001 makes no sense but it may happen and if it does then the dates will again crawl back to 2001 April and get stuck. This will continue until a bill is passed or the 2001 backlog is eliminated. Lets not even try to guess how long it will take.

regards,

saras
 
Agree

I agree. It can get any worse than this. Unless many Substitued Labors with Old PDs come into stream or USCIS runs out of EB3 numbers for FY2006, further retrogression may be unlikely. Anyway, let us wait for August bulletin and see if we can make something out of it.

-Thanks
 
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saras76 said:
Chocolate,

Everyone is trying to file in EB2 now. This will no doubt increase pressue on EB2. In a few years EB2 will be just as bad if not worse than EB3.

regards,

saras

Thanks for the info.But the ROW for EB2 is always current right i have never seen retro in that .Is it possible that the dates go back for it too. I have 2 pending labor applications and 1 is eb3 and 1 is eb2 .I am mostly interested in eb2 one as i can file for ead/ap as soon as labor is approved. so will it be that dates will go back for eb2 category for row so soon. any inputs
 
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Conference Update : Interim EADs to End

Chocolate said:
Thanks for the info.But the ROW for EB2 is always current right i have never seen retro in that .Is it possible that the dates go back for it too. I have 2 pending labor applications and 1 is eb3 and 1 is eb2 .I am mostly interested in eb2 one as i can file for ead/ap as soon as labor is approved. so will it be that dates will go back for eb2 category for row so soon. any inputs

http://www.murthy.com/news/n_06conf.html
 
I think this is just a semantical issue. Making dates "unavailable", set date to 1996 or keep them stuck in 2001 for years to come probably has the same impact on me. I am assuming that this idea is that those damn 245(i) cases at DOL would flood the system and then USCIS wants to see that date again back to 2001 or so.

I just pray that by retrogress 'further' they meant, perhaps it may advance more and then at certain point retrogress again.




HBG2001 said:
I agree. It can get any worse than this. Unless many Substitued Labors with Old PDs come into stream or USCIS runs out of EB3 numbers for FY2006, further retrogression may be unlikely. Anyway, let us wait for August bulletin and see if we can make something out of it.

-Thanks
 
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Labor substitution should be banned.

Though I dont want to sound pessimistic, I feel its better to live life back home in India for now.I am planning to make this move in the next two-three months if something better does not come along.

I will have an option of consular processing in future if I so desire at that point in time.I also think this retrogression has more to do with the progress of the Indian and Chinese economies rather than anything else.
 
Brain drain......sorry but you dont make much sense........i totally understand the frustatration of everyone around.....but that is no reason to make illogical statements
 
Truth is bitter.

techy2468 said:
Brain drain......sorry but you dont make much sense........i totally understand the frustatration of everyone around.....but that is no reason to make illogical statements
 
BrainDrain, you got it

You are the first one to figure it out - it is a cunning plan on the part of the US government to slow-down Chinese and Indian economies by driving skilled people from those two countries back where they came from ;)
 
It is amounting to it. I personally know 4 families who have moved back to India in the past 3-4 months and one more who is moving back in a couple months.

The economic situation back home forces people make this choice if this continues.

alexberg said:
You are the first one to figure it out - it is a cunning plan on the part of the US government to slow-down Chinese and Indian economies by driving skilled people from those two countries back where they came from ;)
 
Also lets face it, though H1 B's get the necessary skilled workers that US needs, the program is also being exploited by lots of employers by employing foreigners even when they have Americans available to do these jobs. They do not need these H1 B's forever.
 
Let's forget polls for a minute and let's talk about or own research:
I do consultancy for a major software maker housed in Seattle. They are looking desperately for IT folks there. I got four offers so far - and even if I had my US citizenship or GC - I would prefer not to work there, unless I had no other choice. I have many friends working there and many of them tell me that it is a high turn over environment, people get burnt out often and leave. I know that company is lobbying hard for H1Bs. That's a typical scenario in which it is hard to find "qualified US candidates". If the company changes its management practices, culture, offer more benefits, better wages and mainly, stop squeezing people to a 60h-80h week working hours week, could they attract more Americans there ? I will leave the conclusion up to you.


BrainDrain said:
Also lets face it, though H1 B's get the necessary skilled workers that US needs, the program is also being exploited by lots of employers by employing foreigners even when they have Americans available to do these jobs. They do not need these H1 B's forever.
 
This is a scenario in addition to what I meant to say. Here even the qualified H1 B's are not satisfied as they are vulnerable to the status.The mployer may just prefer to employ H1 Bs cause they can make them work long hours. Well lets not expect too much for now.


GCdreamer2006 said:
Let's forget polls for a minute and let's talk about or own research:
I do consultancy for a major software maker housed in Seattle. They are looking desperately for IT folks there. I got four offers so far - and even if I had my US citizenship or GC - I would prefer not to work there, unless I had no other choice. I have many friends working there and many of them tell me that it is a high turn over environment, people get burnt out often and leave. I know that company is lobbying hard for H1Bs. That's a typical scenario in which it is hard to find "qualified US candidates". If the company changes its management practices, culture, offer more benefits, better wages and mainly, stop squeezing people to a 60h-80h week working hours week, could they attract more Americans there ? I will leave the conclusion up to you.
 
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