Originally posted by yann
Hi fellow NJ LC applicants,
Maybe the thousands of NJ applicants are already so resigned to the current situation that nobody is willing to talk loud about it any more. I checked the petition page, only a handful from NJ signed up compared with the hundreds in MD and CA. We're probably the second to MD worst hit in the country. NY has almost started May 2001, CT had jumped to July 01 by the end of this Jan, and now GA has moved to Aug 01!
What are we going to do? Sit back and wait? This NJ SWA seems to have an air-tight office that doesn't leak any useful information except for the automated April 30th message going on for ages. They don't have anything on their labor dept website mentioning this alien labor thing.
I'd like to do something, but because of the backlog situation and some other factors, my conservative company hasn't made up mind to even put up the ads, not to mention the rest of the LC nightmare.
Why don't we get organized and start talking to the congresspersons and senators. NJ has one of the largest concentrations of technical immigrants as well as illegal immigrants. If they care for the potential votes from the illegals, why don't they give a darn to us? I'm not sure if anybody in NJ has done it, but at least we can give it a shot now. NJ the worst state budget in the nation (yes, most states are in dark red this year) and we might suggest something however unrealistic it may sound, like charging us extra let's say 2000 bucks per capita for hiring new swa employees.
I'm so frustrated checking here every day and reading no friggin news. My LC process could have been started way back if not for this stupid backlog.
Oh well. I might have sounded too desparate. I shall keep praying.