Mini immigration reform bill in Senate.

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Contains ONLY H1B and EB relief. No bill#, but I think this is S1092.

It is dated material as some quota increase is specified to this year too, so that it should reach verdict pretty quick.
The reform is not comprehensive, but still some good stuffs in it.

http://www.aila.com/content/default.aspx?docid=22101
 
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Do u really beleive it?

There are no names, dates nothing. Do you really beleive this? It can be just somebody made a PDF.
Doesn't look authenticate to me at all..
Although I wish its true:)
 
GCFORMEORNOT said:
There are no names, dates nothing. Do you really beleive this? It can be just somebody made a PDF.
Doesn't look authenticate to me at all..
Although I wish its true:)
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Matthew Oh's website also reported introduction of this bill, so it looks like it is real.
The website also says that Sen Cornyn reintroduced the Skil bill:
http://www.immigration-law.com/Canada.html

04/14/2007: Sen. Hagel Bill and Foreign Advanced Degree Holders in H-1B Nonimmigrant and Green Card Opportunities

* These advanced degree holders have been treated differently in different bills in the past. In each bill, they have noticed different pluses and minuses. The Hagel bill is distinguished from some of the other bills in two ways:
o H-1B annual cap: The foreign advanced degree will be subject to the annual cap without any changes from the current law. Previously there were two different proposals. One proposal totally exempted the U.S. advanced degree holders from the annual cap just like the one in the Hagel bill, but at the same time assigned the 20,000 special numbers to the foreign advanced degree holders which are currently available only to the U.S. advanced degree holders. One other bill limited this benefits to the foreign advanced degree holders in STEM specialties. It is expected that SKIL bill will distinguish itself from the Hagel bill in this regard.
* Employment-Based and Annual Numberical Limit Exemption: The Hagel bill does not distinguish between the foreign advanced degrees and the U.S. advanced degrees holders, provided that they meet the two requirements: (1) Their specialties must fall under STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Methmatics). Accordingly, regardless of where the advanced degree was earned, those majoring in non-STEM specialties will remain subject to the annual numerical limit. (3) They must have worked in the U.S. for three years in the specialty areas prior to filing the immigrant petition. Accordingly, all those experiences outside of the U.S. will not count. Additionally, even if they worked for the U.S. employers in the U.S. for more than three years, unless the work involved the specialty areas, such experience in the U.S. will not count. In one of the previous bills, this numerical limitation excemption benefits were limited to the U.S. degree holders in the STEM. Again, please watch how Senator Cornyn handled this issue in his reintroduced SKIL bill.

04/13/2007: Senator Cornyn (R.Tex) Introduced SKIL Act Bill on 04/10/2007

* This long-awaited bill has been introduced in the Senate and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. This bill is likely to be debated as part of the upcoming Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill either at the end of this month or next month. The text has yet to be published by GPO and the full text is not available at this time. Please stay tuned.

Let's all hope it is real and at least one of these gets approved quickly!
 
any info or guesses about when these bills will be debated on the floor (senate and/or house)?

these bills are clearly delinked from the CIR, and as such have a higher chance of passing.

gcwhenever said:
Matthew Oh's website also reported introduction of this bill, so it looks like it is real.
The website also says that Sen Cornyn reintroduced the Skil bill:
http://www.immigration-law.com/Canada.html

04/14/2007: Sen. Hagel Bill and Foreign Advanced Degree Holders in H-1B Nonimmigrant and Green Card Opportunities

* These advanced degree holders have been treated differently in different bills in the past. In each bill, they have noticed different pluses and minuses. The Hagel bill is distinguished from some of the other bills in two ways:
o H-1B annual cap: The foreign advanced degree will be subject to the annual cap without any changes from the current law. Previously there were two different proposals. One proposal totally exempted the U.S. advanced degree holders from the annual cap just like the one in the Hagel bill, but at the same time assigned the 20,000 special numbers to the foreign advanced degree holders which are currently available only to the U.S. advanced degree holders. One other bill limited this benefits to the foreign advanced degree holders in STEM specialties. It is expected that SKIL bill will distinguish itself from the Hagel bill in this regard.
* Employment-Based and Annual Numberical Limit Exemption: The Hagel bill does not distinguish between the foreign advanced degrees and the U.S. advanced degrees holders, provided that they meet the two requirements: (1) Their specialties must fall under STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Methmatics). Accordingly, regardless of where the advanced degree was earned, those majoring in non-STEM specialties will remain subject to the annual numerical limit. (3) They must have worked in the U.S. for three years in the specialty areas prior to filing the immigrant petition. Accordingly, all those experiences outside of the U.S. will not count. Additionally, even if they worked for the U.S. employers in the U.S. for more than three years, unless the work involved the specialty areas, such experience in the U.S. will not count. In one of the previous bills, this numerical limitation excemption benefits were limited to the U.S. degree holders in the STEM. Again, please watch how Senator Cornyn handled this issue in his reintroduced SKIL bill.

04/13/2007: Senator Cornyn (R.Tex) Introduced SKIL Act Bill on 04/10/2007

* This long-awaited bill has been introduced in the Senate and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. This bill is likely to be debated as part of the upcoming Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill either at the end of this month or next month. The text has yet to be published by GPO and the full text is not available at this time. Please stay tuned.

Let's all hope it is real and at least one of these gets approved quickly!
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GCFORMEORNOT said:
There are no names, dates nothing. Do you really beleive this? It can be just somebody made a PDF.
Doesn't look authenticate to me at all..
Although I wish its true:)
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Why not believe it ? The source is AILA. Are you saying AILA picked the fake bill and put it on their web ? Oh please.
Last time I put pdf of STRIVE on this board before they put it on thomas.gov, there was no name, date, bill#, whatsoever on pdf.
You did not believe it, did you ?



http://pubweb.fdbl.com/news1.nsf/9a...95f063652f1980b4852572bb0080ab8c?OpenDocument
High-Tech Worker Relief Act

On April 11, 2007, Senator Chuck Hagel, Republican from Nebraska, introduced the High-Tech Worker Relief Act, which is aimed at providing short term relief for U.S. employers who cannot recruit or retain needed talent to stay competitive because of the current visa shortage. If enacted, Senator Hagel's bill would:

§ Raise the H-1B cap for fiscal year 2007 from 65,000 to 115,000, and for fiscal year 2008 from 65,000 to 195,000, allowing the quota to revert to 65,000 by fiscal year 2009 if no further legislation passes.

§ Exempt foreign students who earn masters degrees or above in the United States from the H-1B visa numerical limit.

§ Exempt STEM advanced degree graduates who have 3 years of U.S. work experience as a non-immigrant from the numerical limit on employment-based immigrant visas, in addition to those who are deemed to have extraordinary ability, are outstanding professors and researchers, and whose presence is determined to be in the national interest of the United States.

§ Exempt spouses and minor children of the principal applicant from employment-based immigrant visa quotas.

§ Exempt foreign physicians from the immigrant visa quota if they agree to work full time for five years in an area with a shortage of health care professionals, or if they work for five years in a Department of Veterans Affairs health care facility.


http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?docid=22094

On 4/10/07, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the Securing Knowledge, Innovation and Leadership (SKIL) Act of 2007 (S. 1083). Although the bill text is not yet available, the act is expected to propose reforms to address the restrictive H-1B visa cap and alleviate the employment-based green card backlogs. Senator Cornyn authored the bill; original cosponsors include Senators Allard (R-CO), Bennett (R-UT), Hutchison (R-TX), and Lott (R-MS).

In addition to the SKIL Act, on 4/11/07, Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) introduced legislation to temporarily increase the number of visas issued to highly skilled workers. Unlike the broader provisions of the SKIL Act, this bill, S. 1092, is expected to focus more narrowly on providing immediate relief from the current H-1B crisis.

More information and the text of these bills will be posted on InfoNet as it becomes available.



any info or guesses about when these bills will be debated on the floor (senate and/or house)?

these bills are clearly delinked from the CIR, and as such have a higher chance of passing.
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No schedule yet, but I believe it should be discussed very soon. If you look at the bill, it has H1 increase for FY2008. They should come up with
conclusion on this bill in a few months.
Since there is no controversial illegal immigrant provision in it, I think it has high chance to pass. This bill is more like subset of SKIL or STRIVE
therefore, If this did not pass, SKIL and STRIVE will be no way to pass any soon.
 
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AILA would not post a fake bill.
It's also on Shusterman's website. I don't think they would post a fake bill either.

There is no doubt in my mind that that kind of bill would pass right away.
I think it would have full support of the senate.
 
what are the broader provisions in Skil that Hagel's bill does not have?
Does Skil contain any controversial provisions, beyond the H-1b increases?
 
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