Hello all Ajmeri babas of this forum

[Arvind_I140]

For all folks that are actively involved in predicting the visa bulletin numbers, here is another oppurtunity, perhaps more useful than the visa bulletin numbers.

Now that we have the senate approval, when do you think that we can expect this to be debated and passed by the house and signed by the president and more important, state department make a sensible interpretation of the bill to get us the visa numbers?

I want to see all employment based numbers to be current and nothing less, after this becomes law.

After all this, we would be back in the safe hands of USCIS folks and no predictions can work.

 

[saras76]

6 months if it makes it ...

For all folks that are actively involved in predicting the visa bulletin numbers, here is another oppurtunity, perhaps more useful than the visa bulletin numbers.

Now that we have the senate approval, when do you think that we can expect this to be debated and passed by the house and signed by the president and more important, state department make a sensible interpretation of the bill to get us the visa numbers?

I want to see all employment based numbers to be current and nothing less, after this becomes law.

After all this, we would be back in the safe hands of USCIS folks and no predictions can work.

Arvind_I140,

From what I have read the most likely time line for this to become law (if it gets that far) is 4-6 months. If this bill makes it to law, it will be before the November elections for sure. The bill will be debated in the coming weeks and that should indicate the fate of this legislation. I expect the debate (conference) part to take a long time. If a new bill comes out of conference, it will then be voted again and finally it will go to Bush.

There are to many hurdles at this point. I hate to be pessimistic but I am not putting my money on this bill just yet. A lot depends on what Bush and his administration do in the coming months. If they are able to convince the House to compromise then it may make it. Right now the chances are low. Lets wait and see what happens here.

regards,

saras

 

[Arvind_I140]

Debates in Senate or house

Saras,

When you say debate did you mean house or senate or both? I assume it would only be the house as senate has already done it's part.

4 to 6 months is nothing if everything can become current.

 

[pinnu]

3-6 months

Arvind_I140,

From what I have read the most likely time line for this to become law (if it gets that far) is 4-6 months. If this bill makes it to law, it will be before the November elections for sure. The bill will be debated in the coming weeks and that should indicate the fate of this legislation. I expect the debate (conference) part to take a long time. If a new bill comes out of conference, it will then be voted again and finally it will go to Bush.

There are to many hurdles at this point. I hate to be pessimistic but I am not putting my money on this bill just yet. A lot depends on what Bush and his administration do in the coming months. If they are able to convince the House to compromise then it may make it. Right now the chances are low. Lets wait and see what happens here.

regards,

saras

Whatever I gathered from various threads and article, it looks like that conference committee should be able to come up with a revised bill in 3-4 weeks before being presented to House for voting again. At the earliest it won't be on President's table for signature before July end or August. So if we are lucky it could become law in 3-4 months. If not definitely by November. But the important part is next few weeks when it will be debated in conference committe. If sections pertaining to legal immigrants survives in conference committee then we are more than 80% done (Keep in mind what happend to S.1932 which passed senate but the section pertaining to legal immigrants was dropped by committee in the 3rd week of december last year).

http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=892

 

[RVM123]

Arvind_I140,

From what I have read the most likely time line for this to become law (if it gets that far) is 4-6 months. If this bill makes it to law, it will be before the November elections for sure. regards,

saras

Saras,

You are right. If this bill gets to become law then it would take around 6 months to implement it.

Comprehensive immigration bill in the senate floor.

I'm following up this bill for a while and watched senate's immigration debate for the past 1 week. I guess, before president's speech on national television couple of weeks ago, things have been worked out behind the door with most of the moderate conservative republicans to support this bill.

Comprehensive immigration bill in the house floor?.

Though we could expect to see some hurdles in house floor, I would assume this bill passes in to law with few more enforcement rules added to it. If things have been worked out behind the doors in the senate why not in house?!!. I guess this bill already on the wagon to be delivered before this midterm election.

- M

 

[saras76]

Hope u are right ..

Saras,

You are right. If this bill gets to become law then it would take around 6 months to implement it.

Comprehensive immigration bill in the senate floor.

I'm following up this bill for a while and watched senate's immigration debate for the past 1 week. I guess, before president's speech on national television couple of weeks ago, things have been worked out behind the door with most of the moderate conservative republicans to support this bill.

Comprehensive immigration bill in the house floor?.

Though we could expect to see some hurdles in house floor, I would assume this bill passes in to law with few more enforcement rules added to it. If things have been worked out behind the doors in the senate why not in house?!!. I guess this bill already on the wagon to be delivered before this midterm election.

- M

RVM123,

Lets hope you are right.

saras