Or pure BS from Ur S*** Called Immigration Services. Backlog center: Wonder which backlogs they will address first, if this happens. I wish they staff it with a private company so that they work on the backlogs diligently.
From immigration-law.com
01/12/2004: FY 2004 Budget Delay Holds Implementation of DOL PERM and Backlog Reduction Centers Initiatives
· According to the AILA reports, the DOL's initiatives to launch the PERM program and two Backlog Reduction Centers need the FY 2004 budget and until the 2004 budget becomes available, DOL will not be able to launch the PERM program and planned opening of the two national Backlog Reduction Centers. The key appears to be the availability of 2004 budget for the DOL.
· Once the budget becomes available, the DOL plans to release the PERM regulation with the 120-day (4 months) period before actual launch of the PERM labor certification filing. At that point, all the state labor certification offices (SWA) will cease to taking any permanent labor certification applications.
· Apart from the new PERM program, the DOL started last year a pilot backlog reduction center at Gaithersburg, Maryland as we reported earlier. However, this reduction center was reportedly closed on December 31, 2003 and there is no backlog reduction processing at the national level at this time. However, when the 2004 budget becomes available, the DOL is scheduled to open two backlog reduction centers at the national level to process the backlog cases which are in the pipeline at the state offices and regional offices. The DOL's previous five-year strategic plan targeted at removing all the backlog cases at the state level and regional level within about one year from the date of PERM program launch. This is also the time when the state offices are completely phased out of the permanent labor certification process. In other words, the state offices and the two backlog reduction centers will be given a period of time during which they will have to get rid of all the backlog cases after the launch of the PERM program. For instance, hypothetically, should the PERM program start today, the two backlog reduction centers and the state offices will have to finish up approximately 300,000 cases in the pipeline. The two backlog reduction centers will focus on the so-called ten big and notorious states of heavy backlogs.
Readers, watch for the progress of FY 2004 budget appropriation news!
From immigration-law.com
01/12/2004: FY 2004 Budget Delay Holds Implementation of DOL PERM and Backlog Reduction Centers Initiatives
· According to the AILA reports, the DOL's initiatives to launch the PERM program and two Backlog Reduction Centers need the FY 2004 budget and until the 2004 budget becomes available, DOL will not be able to launch the PERM program and planned opening of the two national Backlog Reduction Centers. The key appears to be the availability of 2004 budget for the DOL.
· Once the budget becomes available, the DOL plans to release the PERM regulation with the 120-day (4 months) period before actual launch of the PERM labor certification filing. At that point, all the state labor certification offices (SWA) will cease to taking any permanent labor certification applications.
· Apart from the new PERM program, the DOL started last year a pilot backlog reduction center at Gaithersburg, Maryland as we reported earlier. However, this reduction center was reportedly closed on December 31, 2003 and there is no backlog reduction processing at the national level at this time. However, when the 2004 budget becomes available, the DOL is scheduled to open two backlog reduction centers at the national level to process the backlog cases which are in the pipeline at the state offices and regional offices. The DOL's previous five-year strategic plan targeted at removing all the backlog cases at the state level and regional level within about one year from the date of PERM program launch. This is also the time when the state offices are completely phased out of the permanent labor certification process. In other words, the state offices and the two backlog reduction centers will be given a period of time during which they will have to get rid of all the backlog cases after the launch of the PERM program. For instance, hypothetically, should the PERM program start today, the two backlog reduction centers and the state offices will have to finish up approximately 300,000 cases in the pipeline. The two backlog reduction centers will focus on the so-called ten big and notorious states of heavy backlogs.
Readers, watch for the progress of FY 2004 budget appropriation news!