smallriver
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Human Right Violation
It is Human Right Violation !
It is Human Right Violation !
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Might be a good news
Check this out.
http://www.dol.gov/_sec/Budget2004/agencies2004.htm#odep
excerpted from above site.
...Other Employment and Training
The FY 2004 budget includes $742 million for Other Employment and Training Programs, a net decrease of $870 million below the FY 2003 request. The net change is largely due to the proposal to make the Employment Service part of the new Consolidated Adult and Dislocated Worker State Grant program. The decrease also reflects the end of the H-1B skill training grants effort, funded in FY 2003 at $98 million from fees that expire in FY 2003. In addition, an increase of $49.5 million is provided for Foreign Labor Certification to eliminate the program's backlog in two years.
Under the Administration's WIA reauthorization proposal, the Employment Service, including Allotments to States and Reemployment Services Grants, will be reauthorized under that Act, and funded through the Consolidated Adult and Dislocated Worker State Grants program. In FY 2004, $797 million will be provided for labor exchange services, the same level in the FY 2003 request.
The FY 2004 budget includes $101 million for new methods of providing employment and related information through One Stop Career Centers and its America's Labor Market Information System (ALMIS), a decrease of $12 million below FY 2003. In FY 2004, a $500,000 program increase is included for Wage Record Interchange Systems (WRIS). Services include America's Job Bank that lists about 1 million jobs and over 400,000 resumes, and America's Career InfoNet that provides information on occupational and career-related items. Efforts to improve access to One Stop information and services include enhanced technology for serving individuals including those with disabilities.
In FY 2004, an increase of $49.5 million will be provided as the first of a two-year investment to eliminate the 300,000 case backlog in the permanent Foreign Labor Certification program. In addition, funding will be provided in the Program Administration account to provide the Federal support necessary to address the problem. The backlog elimination will actually begin in FY 2003 as DOL makes changes to the program that will prevent future backlogs by expediting certification and eliminating the state role in the processing of applications.
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What will happen after Labor Certification?
Backlogs in I-140 and I-485, and CP?
Now it's INS(BCIS) turn..
Check this out.
http://www.dol.gov/_sec/Budget2004/agencies2004.htm#odep
excerpted from above site.
...Other Employment and Training
The FY 2004 budget includes $742 million for Other Employment and Training Programs, a net decrease of $870 million below the FY 2003 request. The net change is largely due to the proposal to make the Employment Service part of the new Consolidated Adult and Dislocated Worker State Grant program. The decrease also reflects the end of the H-1B skill training grants effort, funded in FY 2003 at $98 million from fees that expire in FY 2003. In addition, an increase of $49.5 million is provided for Foreign Labor Certification to eliminate the program's backlog in two years.
Under the Administration's WIA reauthorization proposal, the Employment Service, including Allotments to States and Reemployment Services Grants, will be reauthorized under that Act, and funded through the Consolidated Adult and Dislocated Worker State Grants program. In FY 2004, $797 million will be provided for labor exchange services, the same level in the FY 2003 request.
The FY 2004 budget includes $101 million for new methods of providing employment and related information through One Stop Career Centers and its America's Labor Market Information System (ALMIS), a decrease of $12 million below FY 2003. In FY 2004, a $500,000 program increase is included for Wage Record Interchange Systems (WRIS). Services include America's Job Bank that lists about 1 million jobs and over 400,000 resumes, and America's Career InfoNet that provides information on occupational and career-related items. Efforts to improve access to One Stop information and services include enhanced technology for serving individuals including those with disabilities.
In FY 2004, an increase of $49.5 million will be provided as the first of a two-year investment to eliminate the 300,000 case backlog in the permanent Foreign Labor Certification program. In addition, funding will be provided in the Program Administration account to provide the Federal support necessary to address the problem. The backlog elimination will actually begin in FY 2003 as DOL makes changes to the program that will prevent future backlogs by expediting certification and eliminating the state role in the processing of applications.
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What will happen after Labor Certification?
Backlogs in I-140 and I-485, and CP?
Now it's INS(BCIS) turn..
leojames22
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Kumar Barve
Thanks rsiv...
I will be really glad to give you my information to provide to Mr. Kumar Barve. Please write a email to me or give me your email id. So I can send all this info to you.
Once again thanks for taking some initiative to slove our on going problem.
Leo
Thanks rsiv...
I will be really glad to give you my information to provide to Mr. Kumar Barve. Please write a email to me or give me your email id. So I can send all this info to you.
Once again thanks for taking some initiative to slove our on going problem.
Leo
What happened
Hi Guys,
I think you might remember a petition which is initiated by Rajiv few months ago.
Initially, he opened a web site to allow us to sign for the petition.
Now, the web site is opening for "25th November 2002 until 26th May 2003". It was 25th November 2002 untin 28 Feb 2003.
Doy you guys know what happened that petition?
Hi Guys,
I think you might remember a petition which is initiated by Rajiv few months ago.
Initially, he opened a web site to allow us to sign for the petition.
Now, the web site is opening for "25th November 2002 until 26th May 2003". It was 25th November 2002 untin 28 Feb 2003.
Doy you guys know what happened that petition?
smallriver
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Do not know yet
I do not know anything about the petition. But it seems that MD does not care if people care crying. Anyway, without the H1 people, and the PRs who used to be H1 people, USA is a true sense 3rd world country. Just look at the tax paying companies, you will find out how many percent of the people who are making USA a high tech country are not born in USA.
I do not know anything about the petition. But it seems that MD does not care if people care crying. Anyway, without the H1 people, and the PRs who used to be H1 people, USA is a true sense 3rd world country. Just look at the tax paying companies, you will find out how many percent of the people who are making USA a high tech country are not born in USA.
Hi, Thanks for your responses.
I received an mail from Rajiv, asking me to call his office for an appointment to discuss about the petitions. But unfortunately I ran in to a family emergency and could not call Rajiv.
My plan is this:
- Get the information Rajiv Collected on-line
- Compile a formal petitions with names and addresses
- Compile a general petition
- Forward it to Mr. Kumar Barve and others related contact (based on Rajiv's suggestion)
( as this takes up Rajiv's time we may need to pay the fee for his time)
I am still running around on the family issue and I would appreciate if any one of you can take up this initiative, from here, I will jump in soon ...to catch up.
send me an e-mail @ sivareddy@usa.com if you need more information.
Thanks
I received an mail from Rajiv, asking me to call his office for an appointment to discuss about the petitions. But unfortunately I ran in to a family emergency and could not call Rajiv.
My plan is this:
- Get the information Rajiv Collected on-line
- Compile a formal petitions with names and addresses
- Compile a general petition
- Forward it to Mr. Kumar Barve and others related contact (based on Rajiv's suggestion)
( as this takes up Rajiv's time we may need to pay the fee for his time)
I am still running around on the family issue and I would appreciate if any one of you can take up this initiative, from here, I will jump in soon ...to catch up.
send me an e-mail @ sivareddy@usa.com if you need more information.
Thanks
Notice of Finding
MD SWA sent a Notice of Finding today that the wage in the labor certiifcation application is short by $9000 from the prevailing wage.
I have two options.
a) Increase the wage in application by $9,000. Re-advertise job internally within the organization for 10 days and submit results of advertisement to SWA. SWA may come back and ask advt to be released in public media. Then I will be back to square one.
b) Submit a rebuttal with wage surveys and insist that the original wage is fine. SWA may or may not agree with the rebuttal.
After much deliberations with my lawyer, we have chosen option b). It was not easy decision!
There are a number of threads in this board discussing 'prevailing wage'. You can read them by clicking search button with 'prevailing wage'
I am keeping my cool and praying that SWA accepts the rebuttal! I will let you all know once I have a reply from SWA!
mdgc
MD SWA sent a Notice of Finding today that the wage in the labor certiifcation application is short by $9000 from the prevailing wage.
I have two options.
a) Increase the wage in application by $9,000. Re-advertise job internally within the organization for 10 days and submit results of advertisement to SWA. SWA may come back and ask advt to be released in public media. Then I will be back to square one.
b) Submit a rebuttal with wage surveys and insist that the original wage is fine. SWA may or may not agree with the rebuttal.
After much deliberations with my lawyer, we have chosen option b). It was not easy decision!
There are a number of threads in this board discussing 'prevailing wage'. You can read them by clicking search button with 'prevailing wage'
I am keeping my cool and praying that SWA accepts the rebuttal! I will let you all know once I have a reply from SWA!
mdgc
Notice of Finding
MD SWA sent a Notice of Finding today that the wage in the labor certiifcation application is short by $9000 from the prevailing wage.
I have two options.
a) Increase the wage in application by $9,000. Re-advertise job internally within the organization for 10 days and submit results of advertisement to SWA. SWA may come back and ask advt to be released in public media. Then I will be back to square one.
b) Submit a rebuttal with wage surveys and insist that the original wage is fine. SWA may or may not agree with the rebuttal.
After much deliberations with my lawyer, we have chosen option b). It was not easy decision!
There are a number of threads in this board discussing 'prevailing wage'. You can read them by clicking search button with 'prevailing wage'
I am keeping my cool and praying that SWA accepts the rebuttal! I will let you all know once I have a reply from SWA!
mdgc
MD SWA sent a Notice of Finding today that the wage in the labor certiifcation application is short by $9000 from the prevailing wage.
I have two options.
a) Increase the wage in application by $9,000. Re-advertise job internally within the organization for 10 days and submit results of advertisement to SWA. SWA may come back and ask advt to be released in public media. Then I will be back to square one.
b) Submit a rebuttal with wage surveys and insist that the original wage is fine. SWA may or may not agree with the rebuttal.
After much deliberations with my lawyer, we have chosen option b). It was not easy decision!
There are a number of threads in this board discussing 'prevailing wage'. You can read them by clicking search button with 'prevailing wage'
I am keeping my cool and praying that SWA accepts the rebuttal! I will let you all know once I have a reply from SWA!
mdgc
Website URL for Prevailing Wage
Following is the URL for checking the prevailing wage used by DOL.
http://edc.dws.state.ut.us/owl.asp
mdgc
Following is the URL for checking the prevailing wage used by DOL.
http://edc.dws.state.ut.us/owl.asp
mdgc
smallriver
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Finally?
Looks like MD is getting the April finished finally?
Looks like MD is getting the April finished finally?
smallriver
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MD
Any information about MD? Are they making progress?
Any information about MD? Are they making progress?
smallriver
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Why MD is so slow
Why MD is so slow? Are they doing this on purpose?
Why MD is so slow? Are they doing this on purpose?
One of the post says that MD has started processing April 30th. If thats true then, to me it looks like they finished 27th earlier than expected.
MD is slow because they don't have enough resources to work on cases. I heard there are just 3 people who look at the cases, while Virginia has 10. Some of the states hired more people to finish up the flood of application because of 245i but some states didn't and MD is one of them, unfortunately.
Does any one have any updates on PERM? Can we be optimistic about it?
MD is slow because they don't have enough resources to work on cases. I heard there are just 3 people who look at the cases, while Virginia has 10. Some of the states hired more people to finish up the flood of application because of 245i but some states didn't and MD is one of them, unfortunately.
Does any one have any updates on PERM? Can we be optimistic about it?
PERM Launch Date Expected to be Pushed Off to Fall
hrtomd
This Year Various local DOL sources and AILA previously indicated that the PERM final or interim regulation would be published in April, 2003 with the effective date of July 2003.
However, the latest news as released through the AILA-DOL teleconference indicates that there may be some adjustment of timing for both of these dates. The sources indicate that the regulation is expected between April and July of 2003 rather than April and the actual launch of PERM labor certification process will not start probably until the fall of this year rather than the summer.
hrtomd
This Year Various local DOL sources and AILA previously indicated that the PERM final or interim regulation would be published in April, 2003 with the effective date of July 2003.
However, the latest news as released through the AILA-DOL teleconference indicates that there may be some adjustment of timing for both of these dates. The sources indicate that the regulation is expected between April and July of 2003 rather than April and the actual launch of PERM labor certification process will not start probably until the fall of this year rather than the summer.
smallriver
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Thank, but you are too professional
Thanks for the post, but you are too professional. I can not understand it.
You know that we are not lawyers or the people who work in DOL. I guess that it indicates that we have to see our H-1 expires before we can have the labor certificate. Am I right?
Thanks for the post, but you are too professional. I can not understand it.
You know that we are not lawyers or the people who work in DOL. I guess that it indicates that we have to see our H-1 expires before we can have the labor certificate. Am I right?
MDGC
I had the same trouble a year ago when mine was in the process, what my emplyer did is with the new prevailing wage they put the notice in their office for 10 bus. days and resubmitted and it went fine. I think you should do the other way instead of rebuttal if you have not filed the rebuttal yet. Good Luck
I had the same trouble a year ago when mine was in the process, what my emplyer did is with the new prevailing wage they put the notice in their office for 10 bus. days and resubmitted and it went fine. I think you should do the other way instead of rebuttal if you have not filed the rebuttal yet. Good Luck
That's what I am going to do
Thanks inshope!
Subsequent to my earlier posting on prevailing wage, we were having many debates, see-sawing and the "final answer" was accept the prevailing wage instead of rebuttal. I am eagerly awaiting for the 10 business days to be over to send the communication to SESA.
Your e-mail gives further confidence that this is the correct thing to do. Thanks again!
Mdgc
Thanks inshope!
Subsequent to my earlier posting on prevailing wage, we were having many debates, see-sawing and the "final answer" was accept the prevailing wage instead of rebuttal. I am eagerly awaiting for the 10 business days to be over to send the communication to SESA.
Your e-mail gives further confidence that this is the correct thing to do. Thanks again!
Mdgc
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