Immigration bill stipulates that DOL has to clear the backlogs in another 9 months

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Hi Everyone,

As many of you might have known the Senate passed the Comprehensive Immigration Bill. We in Immigration Voice have been able to bring about a number of provisions that favor highly skilled immigrants into this bill.

One of the provisions in the manager's amendment states that DOL will have to process all of the Labors stuck in BEC within 6 months after the bill becomes effective which is 3 months after the President signs it. More details of the manager's amendment is available here - http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=963
 
gc_bronco said:
Hi Everyone,

As many of you might have known the Senate passed the Comprehensive Immigration Bill. We in Immigration Voice have been able to bring about a number of provisions that favor highly skilled immigrants into this bill.

One of the provisions in the manager's amendment states that DOL will have to process all of the Labors stuck in BEC within 6 months after the bill becomes effective which is 3 months after the President signs it. More details of the manager's amendment is available here - http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=963
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Thanks for the post and if you are part of IV Thanks for the good work
 
saknia said:
Thanks for the post and if you are part of IV Thanks for the good work
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Thanks saknia. Yes I am part of IV's core group. Without this kind of a congressional mandate, there is now way that DOL would have completed it's BEC processing by Sep 2007.
 
gc_bronco said:
Hi Everyone,

As many of you might have known the Senate passed the Comprehensive Immigration Bill. We in Immigration Voice have been able to bring about a number of provisions that favor highly skilled immigrants into this bill.

One of the provisions in the manager's amendment states that DOL will have to process all of the Labors stuck in BEC within 6 months after the bill becomes effective which is 3 months after the President signs it. More details of the manager's amendment is available here - http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=963
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does the new bill reduce the time to apply for citizinship, after getting the green card, from 5 to 4 yrs for people who r fluent in english?

there was an amendment like that before.
 
Thanks. You give me some hope.

gc_bronco said:
Hi Everyone,

As many of you might have known the Senate passed the Comprehensive Immigration Bill. We in Immigration Voice have been able to bring about a number of provisions that favor highly skilled immigrants into this bill.

One of the provisions in the manager's amendment states that DOL will have to process all of the Labors stuck in BEC within 6 months after the bill becomes effective which is 3 months after the President signs it. More details of the manager's amendment is available here - http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=963
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gc_bronco said:
Hi Everyone,

As many of you might have known the Senate passed the Comprehensive Immigration Bill. We in Immigration Voice have been able to bring about a number of provisions that favor highly skilled immigrants into this bill.

One of the provisions in the manager's amendment states that DOL will have to process all of the Labors stuck in BEC within 6 months after the bill becomes effective which is 3 months after the President signs it. More details of the manager's amendment is available here - http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=963
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In my opinion this bill is total disaster from the point of view of legal immigrants. There is a clause saying that legal immigrants are not eligible for the earned adjustment unless they violated terms of their visas in any way.
 
sbdol said:
In my opinion this bill is total disaster from the point of view of legal immigrants. There is a clause saying that legal immigrants are not eligible for the earned adjustment unless they violated terms of their visas in any way.
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Hi sbdol

Looking at individual provisions might overlook the efforts done by them . Here is the Highlight of what they have worked on

JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS!
Hard Country Limit Removed
Page 30


Exemptions from EB Quotas
Page 45-46
For US Master and higher degrees
For Medical specialty certification based on post doctoral training experience;
For STEM degrees who have been working in a related field during a 3 yr period preceding their application for an immigrant visa;
Spouses and children of EB applicants! [We hope this supersedes the Bingaman amendment.]


I-485 Filing Once Labor Cert Approved
Pages 36-37; and also on page 54;


EAD and AP Issued for At Least 3 Years
Page 37


H1-B Provisions From SKIL Act
Page 42-45


Special Labor Cert Process (easier)
Page 46-47
For those who are members of professions and have a masters degree or higher from US Univ or have a medical speciality certification based on post-doc training in the US.


Student Visa Reform from SKIL bill
Pages 47-52


Revision of J visa and foreign residency requirements.
Pages 31-35


Premium Processing of EB Petitions
Pages 55
Fees to be set out


Streamlining Labor Cert Process
Pages 56-57;
DOL required to process cases filed before March 28, 2005 within 180 days + 90 days of passage of Act.


Visa Revalidation Within US
Page 60
 
Depends on what you were expecting from the bill. If you were expecting earned adjustment then certainly we(legals) didn't get it. But we never asked for it. But if you looks at the provisions we have for legals. It cannot be called disaster.
sbdol said:
In my opinion this bill is total disaster from the point of view of legal immigrants. There is a clause saying that legal immigrants are not eligible for the earned adjustment unless they violated terms of their visas in any way.
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Agreed with Huroger

Totally agree with Huroger. From illegal to legal is a significantly huge jump, at least as huge as from H1B to Green Card.
 
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