waiitingForGC
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Does anyone know if this new bill that is about to be passed in Senate have any provisions for legal immigrants like us. Any increase in GC quota? Any chances of retrogression being a thing of past?
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New Immigration Bill
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waiitingForGC
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Did some digging and found this:
Additional Permanent Employment Visas: The U.S. currently issues around 140,000 employment-based visas each year. Under CIRA, the U.S. would issue 450,000 employment-based green cards per year between 2007 and 2016.[8] After 2016, the number would fall to 290,000 per year.[9] Under current law, LPR visas going to the spouses and children of workers with employment-based visas are counted against the cap. Under CIRA, these spouses and children would be removed from the cap and given legal permanent residence without numeric limits.[10] Historically, 1.2 dependent relatives have entered the U.S. for each worker under employment-based immigration programs.[11] This means that some 990,000 persons per year would be granted LPR status until 2016 and, after that, 638,000 per year.
The whole article can be found here: http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=14820
So if passed with these numbers, PD's may become current again in 2007.
Ofcourse this is the Senate bill, on passage they will have to consolidate it with the house bill and then send it to president for signing.
Additional Permanent Employment Visas: The U.S. currently issues around 140,000 employment-based visas each year. Under CIRA, the U.S. would issue 450,000 employment-based green cards per year between 2007 and 2016.[8] After 2016, the number would fall to 290,000 per year.[9] Under current law, LPR visas going to the spouses and children of workers with employment-based visas are counted against the cap. Under CIRA, these spouses and children would be removed from the cap and given legal permanent residence without numeric limits.[10] Historically, 1.2 dependent relatives have entered the U.S. for each worker under employment-based immigration programs.[11] This means that some 990,000 persons per year would be granted LPR status until 2016 and, after that, 638,000 per year.
The whole article can be found here: http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=14820
So if passed with these numbers, PD's may become current again in 2007.
Ofcourse this is the Senate bill, on passage they will have to consolidate it with the house bill and then send it to president for signing.
supply_demand
Registered Users (C)
JUst increase of numbers wont help
just the increase of numbers wont help at all!!!
As long as the congress/senate does not provide funds to expedite the name check process -- our applications will be status-quo.
just the increase of numbers wont help at all!!!
As long as the congress/senate does not provide funds to expedite the name check process -- our applications will be status-quo.
waiitingForGC
Registered Users (C)
supply_demand said:just the increase of numbers wont help at all!!!
I beg to disagree, if quota is trippled, a lot of us will get GC a lot faster. Also, if family members are not counted against the quota, I can bet retrogression will be a thing of past. I agree with you that name check is taking toooo long, but if all PD's become current, atleast name check will get initiated sooner. Currently my PD is not current, so when it becomes current my name check will be initiated and so I'll have to wait for just name check rather than name check and PD becoming current.