This is not at all good news. This can only drag on and on. What do they want to discover that has not been discovered by us till now?
How long will this go on...till next year, or after that?
In another 2 years, we will all get the GC within 6 months, that is a given, whether we fight or not, because there won't be as many people applying. Fewer H1s applying for GC etc.
America benefits only if able bodied people slog here as long as possible - paying taxes and social security. If one gets a citizenship faster, especially those whose countries have granted dual citizenship, there is very little the US government can do to withhold a good fraction of our earnings.
By 2010 more Americans(due to Baby Boomers) will draw from Social security than the input into the system. Most of the tax payers would then be from the immigrant population.
The best solution for us is to fight to dissociate social security and make it only payable after GC is given, this will automatically speed up the process, the government would even go so far as to 'OUTSOURCE these INS jobs, if that happens.
We can see that illegal immigrants are being raked in for tax revenues and insurance and security(?). It seems they will get a license in California..printed 'Illegal Immigrant', that does not stop them from driving
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Why not give us a 'Incomplete GC' printed on the GC card ? because they do not see any monetary advantage in doing so. Things will happen only if we talk in monetary terms. Nothing else works, till we have electoral weight.
Meanwhile they make memos upon memos, and rake in premium processing fees etc, as if we are not willing to give $10,000 for a instant GC, that is what will be eventually targeted(now it is happening in installments, that is the only difference). Premium processing of H1 is a step in that direction. Wait and see...anything goes...to bring up an ailing economy.
The only way to deal with this is to have an american attitude. Anything less is just plain 'begging'.