New Petition to CONGRESS MEN + SENATORS

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dsatish

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Hi All,
Let's start a parallel effort to submit a petition to congress men and Senators to introduce some bills for Interim GC. Let's ask them to pass a law that every I485 applicant should get an Interim GC after 6months of Receipt Date. We can start discussing about what this interim GC could be. To begin with, i think that if all the supporting documents (birth certificate, passport copies, employment letter, medical tests, fee etc) are submitted and the medical results are good, then the applicant should be granted the green card which is valid for 2 or 3 years. Then BCIS can take as much timeas it takes for name and security checks.
So let's start working on a new letter / petition to congress men.
In this letter, we can give more details about our hardships (one complete page orm more). So those who have time and enthusiasm, please come out with sample letters. Unlike last time, let's finalize this petition / letter within 3 or 4 days. We are an experienced group now.
 
Yes dsatish, I had already indicated lets us take this issue to the India freindly congressman llike clinton , Mr palony ( from NJ area) I do not know his full name . But this gentle man have recently ,3/4 months ago visited India. We should also address this petition to Prime Minister , India who is visiting US in 2/3 weeks . Lets make Atlaji talk to the concerned congressman over here . At the same time we should also make Indian Ambassador in US to talk aggressively to the concerned people in USA. I hope they are in US for our help too.
 
Naturalization - after 5 years

General Naturalization Requirements
http://www.immigration.gov/graphics/services/natz/general.htm
An applicant is eligible to file if, immediately preceding the filing of the application, he or she:
* has been lawfully admitted for permanent residence (see preceding section);
* has resided continuously as a lawful permanent resident in the U.S. for at least 5 years prior to filing with no single absence from the United States of more than one year;
...

"5 years" should start from the date that I-485 is filed (or the date of Interim GC) not the approval date.
The current processing delay is UNFAIR to long-waiters like us.
 
Re: Naturalization - after 5 years

INA Sec. 316 should be amended.

http://www.immigration.gov/lpBin/lp...?f=templates&fn=document-frame.htm#slb-act316
Sec. 316. [8 U.S.C. 1427]

(a) No person, except as otherwise provided in this title, shall be naturalized, unless such applicant, (1) immediately preceding the date of filing his application for naturalization has resided continuously, after being lawfully admitted for permanent residence, within the United States for at least five years and during the five years immediately preceding the date of filing his application has been physically present therein for periods totaling at least half of that time, and who has resided within the State or within the district of the Service in the United States in which the applicant filed the application for at least three months, (2) has resided continuously within the United States from the date of the application up to the time of admission to citizenship, (3) during all the periods referred to in this subsection has been and still is a person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States.
 
What is the basis for Interim GC?

dsatish:
The more I think about this new petition, the following thoughts pop up. I am just asking the questions:

A lot depends on the definition of "Interim GC". So I will try to define it the way most of us in the forum want it to be defined:

An interim GC is like a real GC except that it is provisional, pending review.

Our point of view:

1) An interim GC is going to get us out of the restrictions imposed by the category in which we applied i.e. EB.

BCIS point of view:

1) We are not unduly restricting any individual's right to employment or travel while his/her application is under review. EAD and AP are evidence of that. The only restrictions that apply are the restrictions imposed by law in the applicant's chosen category of eligibility. In the increased threat environment, we can not lift those legally sanctioned restrictions pending review of the said case.

Which then brings us to the question of timeframes. There is no legal basis for a six month limit on adjudication process. It was just a presidential statement that was never enacted by Congress. Our efforts should be directed towards pushing for reasonable timeframes for adjudication and transparency in the process itself. When we push for that, the question, of what happens if BCIS fails to adjudicate in the legally prescribed timeframes, will automatically arise.

Some of our legitimate concerns have been addressed previously when rooted in core American principles, AC21 is an example. That is not to say that the core American principles are being upheld by the current process. But everything that we submit to Senators or Congressmen should be rooted in such discrepancies between American values and reality on the ground.

In conclusion, we have chosen the category of eligibility so we can not complain about the restrictions that come with it unless there is a strong reason to do so.

Don't get me wrong, I want my GC as bad as any of you guys.
 
Kahmir,
I agree with you. Our petition should clearly address amendment of naturalization act. Let's include this point in our draft copy. This new petition should concentrate only on changes to existing laws to help us in the faceof backlog delays.
 
GCAnxious

1. My definition of Interim GC : It is the actual green card but issued with validity of 3 years. So during those 3 years, we are 100% Green Card Holders.
2. Relaxing the rules in this threat environment : We are not asking for elimination or relaxation of any of the existing procedures. What we are asking is, not to make us live in uncertain conditions while BCIS takes years and years to complete ther formalities. If BCIS finds anything wrong with us during security check, they can call us for interview and if we are proved guilty, they can deport us. GC is not going to give us any immunity from answering to BCIS. After all,are not the criminals living here with EAD until their security check failed ? So the existing procedure is not preventing criminals from lawfully living in this country till their security check is failed.
Note : If BCIS or Dept of Homeland Security has any concerns for issuing GC for 3 years without doing the security checks, then they can add some restrictions on this Interim GC. That means a new class of Green Card could be created by congress.
3. Six month timeframe : Congress has already passed a law that all immigration and citizenship applications should be processed within 6 months. How ever, BCIS was given time till 2006 to achieve this goal. So we definitey can ask congress to give us some interim relief till 2006.
 
Re: What is the basis for Interim GC?

Originally posted by GCAnxious
... Which then brings us to the question of timeframes. There is no legal basis for a six month limit on adjudication process. It was just a presidential statement that was never enacted by Congress. ...
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Hi, GCAnxious,
I don't think so.

As I wrote at CSC thread:
http://www.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=559263#post559263
"BACKLOG" is clearly defined at the Immigration Services and Infrastructure Improvements Act of 2000.

According to the Immigration Service and Infrastruture Improvement Act of 2000, SEC. 203,
(1) Backlog.--The term ``backlog'' means, with respect to an immigration benefit application, the period of time in excess of 180 days that such application has been pending before the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Also, according to SEC.202. PURPOSES (b) POLICY,
It is the sense of Congress that the processing of an immigration benefit application should be completed not later than 180 days after the initial filing of the application.
 
Petition for Congress Men v1.0

I have prepared a first draft for this important effort. It's a crude draft, but none the less, it's a good starting point to work on. Please read it carefully for typos, correctness of content and also sentence formation errors. Let's take 2 days to correct the typos,sentences and content. Then we will ask experts to give a professional look to this draft. Then we can submit to Rajeev.
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PETITION

To,
Congress Men and Senators,
United States Of America


Subject : Request for addressing the problems being faced by Employment based I-485 applicants (Application to Adjust to Permanent Residency).

Dear Congress Men and Senators:
We are a community of immigrants and immigration benefits applicants congregating at http://www.immigrationportal.com Currently, we number over 67,000 registered members and approximately five times as many unregistered participants. We want to draw your attention to the excruciatingly slow progress of our I-485 applications at California, Nebraska, Texas and Vermont Service centers.
Please consider the following submissions.

The Processing Delays:
Until 2002, in most of the service centers (except Texas service center ) Legacy INS’ decision on the employment based I-485 applications used to take less than one year. But with the introduction of additional security checks, the I-485 application processing time has now increased to more than 20 months at all the service centers, with Texas Service Center taking more than 2 years. What is alarming is, the processing time delays are worsening each month.

Our Hardships:
This severe processing delay is affecting our lives enormously. We cannot be sure of our future. We cannot take vital decisions in our lives including marriage, home ownership, children’s education – to name just a few. Our career advancement is hampered because the applicant has to remain with the same employer (or) similar job in order to benefit from this adjustment of status. Most of the employers are taking advantage of the above restrictions and the severe processing delays. The frustration and uncertainty affects every aspect of our lives and careers.

Our Contribution to America:
We have all provided our dedicated efforts to this country when it was in dire need of specialty workers. The persons behind this petition include world renowned scientists, highly skilled computer experts, innovators, physicians, teachers etc. We are playing an important role in making the American corporations establish and maintain their leadership in US and global markets. We are now an integral part of almost every major American Corporation. Our continued presence is critically important for the growth of American business and the American Economy. While pursuing our American dream, we will continue to contribute towards making this country continue to lead the world technologically and economically.

Immigration Services and Infrastructure Improvements Act of 2000:
As per SEC.202. PURPOSES (b) POLICY, of the above law passed by Congress, ”It is the sense of Congress that the processing of an immigration benefit application should be completed not later than 180 days after the initial filing of the application “.
Also, when he was elected, President Bush made a pledge to reduce the Immigration and Citizenship processing times for all types of applications to less than 180 days. While Congress has set 2006 as the target year for BCIS to achieve these results, the current applicants are in desperate need of an interim solution to address their immediate concerns.

Our Requests:
We request you to pass new laws or amend existing laws to address our problems. Some of our requests are :

1.Give higher priority to Employment Based I-485 applications :
It is historically obvious that when Legacy INS/BCIS prioritizes any processing tasks, Employment Based I-485 applications suffer. Some of these priority tasks undertaken include TPS, Religious workers cases, Asylum cases, etc. While we appreciate the urgency attached to these tasks, BCIS should not do this at the expense of EB I-485 applications. On an average each of us has been living in this country for more than 6 years. We have been working hard, paying our share of Taxes and making intellectual as well as monetary contribution to the system. We feel that , despite all evidence to the contrary, we are treated as irrelevant or otherwise an immigrant group of lesser importance. While so many bills were introduced and passed to give benefits to illegal immigrants, the problems of Employment based I485 applicants ,who always maintained valid legal status, were not adressed .

2. Increase the funding to Service Centres :
One of the main reasons for the processing delays is lack of enough resources to adjudicate the huge number of backlog applications. BCIS has expressed their inability to hire enough adjudicating officers because of funding problems. We request Congress to allocate additional fund exclusively for reducing the Employment based I485 applications.

3. Remove Restrictions on EB I485 applicants :
One of the main problems being faced by Employment based I485 applicants is the restrictions on job portability. Though " The American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act (AC21)" tried to address these concerns, it failed to remove all the restrictions on job portability. We request Congress to remove all the restrictions on job portability after 6 months from the date of filing the I485 application. The current restrictions require that an applicant can change the job provided the new job is a similar job with similar job duties. This leaves a wide scope for interpretation for BCIS.

4. Extend the validity period of EAD and Advanced Parole :
Currently the Employment Authorization Document (EAD) and Advanced Parole for adjustment of status applicants, is issued with a validity of 1 year. Since the actual I485 application processing is taking more than 20 months, all the applicants were forced to renew their EAD and Advanced Parole. This is not only resulting in loss of time and money for the applicants, but BCIS is getting burdened with unnecessary additional work. We request Congress to increase the validity period of EAD and Advanced Parole to 3 years. Please note that it is taking more than 2 years at Texas Service Center for an Employment based I485 application approval.

5. Approve Permanent Resident application of dependents if the primary applicant deceases :
During the Adjustment Of Status (AOS) period, if the Primary applicant dies in some unfortunate circumstances, then all the dependents are denied the Permanent Residentship and removal proceedings will be initiated against them. This is very unfortunate because in some cases the children might be in the middle of their college degree and they will have to abruptly discontinue and abandon their American dream. We request you to change the existing laws so that, during the Adjustment Of Status, if the Primary applicant dies six months after the date of Receipt, then the dependents applications should not be rejected. The dependents should not be punished for the processing delays at BCIS.

6. Amend Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) :
INA Sec. 316. [8 U.S.C. 1427] states that “ No person, except as otherwise provided in this title, shall be naturalized, unless such applicant, (1) immediately preceding the date of filing his application for naturalization has resided continuously, after being lawfully admitted for permanent residence, within the United States for at least five years”.
The INA should be amended so that , for people who had obtained the Permanent Residency through Employment based adjustment of status, the five year lawful residency requirement should start from the day adjustment of status application (I485) is filed with BCIS. Alternatively, we suggest that the eligibility for citizenship application should be changed so that it requires the applicant to be a permanent resident and should have resided continuosly for 8 years with valid legal status to work

We request you to introduce a suitable bill to address the above issues. Your communication can be addressed to the Law Offices of Rajiv S. Khanna, PC, 5225 N. Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22205. This office has consented in updating all of us upon your response.

Thanking you
Signed
Employment based I-485 Applicants and Sympathizers
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Appendix A

Let's add the following appendix (that dengdeng compiled) to this Petition. It also needs lot of changes. We can collect some better stories from the comments that some people have written while signing the backlog petition .
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Appendix A

Selected Personal Statements from Petition Members

Career hardships
I work for a major Defense contractor in the area of satellite communications. My technical expertise is extremely beneficial to my company dealing with Defense, Homeland and National security government contacts. My I-485 petition has been pending at Vermont Service Center for over 12 months and my status as "waiting adjustment of status" creates extreme hardships for the company and myself. Working in a "secure" environment with "Export Control" regulations creates a daily fearful ordeal just to get through the day without breaking any laws. Furthermore, the prolonged delay of adjudication often results in an unfair work culture, with people classified as Citizens or not. At workplace, I have to wear a designated color badge, indicating my status as a "foreign" person. I am only allowed to enter through a designated entrance and exit and have access only to my own office and a lab. Due to all the physical restrictions, I cannot visit the in-house cafeteria, unless escorted by a US citizen. I am only allowed to work from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM and this prevents me from utilizing the company's flexible hour schedule. There is not genuine recognition or promotion at work because of my immigrant status. Due to the nature of the State Department Export License, which is for a specific project I
have absolutely no flexibility to work on other projects or even be consulted on anything else.
My wife cannot get driver license for a second year in a row, because she is on EAD. By Pennsylvania state law, she can't have driver license or learning permit. I have to drive her to work and home everyday. The time spent I have no other choice but to use it as vacation time, since my limited time permission in the building does not allow me to make up for this time. Stress, anxiety and lack of security are part of our daily lives. The multi-year process delay, with no end in sight, creates innumerable problems for people like myself and for the companies trying to utilize our skills and at the same time abide by a plethora of other immigration and government
regulations.


Children's education affected
I filed EB1 I-485 petition at Nebraska Service Center back in Oct 2001. I have two daughters who graduated from high school with GPA of 3.98 and 3.99 respectively. They were both rewarded merit based scholarships to study at Univ. of Michigan. However, since we are waiting for our green card approval, the two daughters were told that they would not be qualified for the scholarship. The girls have to stop studying because they can not afford to take a loan that they may not be able to pay back. The young kids' hearts were broken and so did ours. BCIS's unacceptable delay has affected thousands of innocent children's lives. These children have become the victims of the backlog.
I am a California state resident. I filed my I485 in Feb 2002. My daughter will go to a university this fall. However, her financial aid application was rejected because she was not a permanent resident and therefore not qualified. For illegal students, DREAM Act and Student Adjustment Act may help them to get financial aid. But for legal workers and their dependents, there're really no hope.

EAD inconvenience
I am a software architect for a fortune 500 company. I have been waiting for my EB I-485 adjudication for 20 months. Recently, I had a bad car accident that damaged my car. I decided to buy a safer car. Unfortunately, the bank would only give me a loan that I have to pay back in 6 months bacause my EAD expires in 6 months. I could not afford such a high monthly payment and I was forced to take bus to work everyday. Because of this, i cannot work late, and lose couple of hours everyday trying to catch the bus. Approving my I-485 petition timely, would have prevented these hassles.

Service Center error
I have applied for I-140 in Feb 2002 and got approved in May 2002. I filed my I-485 case in May 2002. My company changed its name after my I485 is filed but the tax-id remained the same . My lawyer filed an I-140 Amendment for company name change in July 2002. In May 2003(almost after 10 months) I got I-140 amendment RFE asking me to "provide legal doc to show company name change happened legally". RFE response was received by BCIS in the first week of June 2003. In the second week of 2003 BCIS denied my former approved I-140 stating that Employer tried to substitute new Alien for the Labor Certification, which in turn denied my I-485 petition. This is solely a mistake by the Service Center. In the fourth week of June 2003 my I-140 Amendment got approved. I then filed MTR (Motion to Reopen) in July 2003. Because of this severe Service Center error, i am going through tremendous pressure , anxiety and high legal costs. I haven't heard from BCIS ever since and I am now seeking congressional help.


Local Interview Nightmare
I filed my I-485 case in Nov, 2001. My case was transferred to Buffalo district office on July 18, 2003. I received a notice from Buffalo local office dated August 25, 2003 which mentioned that the normal processing time for this type of application is 9 months. Moreover, the Buffalo local office assigns a new case number to my case with the Receipt date August 25, 2003 where as my actual RD is November 19, 2001. After 21 months of long waiting, I have to wait for nine more months for the interview. This is a devastating news to my family. I urge BCIS to expedite I–485 interviews at local offices. An interview won't take more than 10 minutes and I have been waiting for my green card adjudication for 21 months.
Second fingerprint pain
I am a New Jersey state resident. My case receipt date is 10/01/2001, so far I have not heard anything from BCIS while others who filed cases same time as me have been approved months ago. I have already filed for third EAD and second Advanced Parole last week. Last month after calling NCSC, i got a response that said "First fingerprint has expired and BCIS has sent a notice to the applicant, and should complete it in order to get his application processed". Almost 8 weeks have passed since then and neither my lawyer's office nor I have received the notice. I wish BCIS update the online case status with appropriate information when fingerprint notice is issued.
Frustration of contacting NCSC
I had a frustrating experience in contacting NCSC, the newly centralized customer service for applicants to get case status. I have a Dec/2001 RD case, which has been pending for nearly two years. I called NCSC in June, at that time, the published processing time was 18 months, but NCSC operator who answered the phone insisted the processing time was 19 months and asked me to call back in July. The operator had little knowledge of immigration policy. Instead of asking for my case number, she has asked form my green card number. Without knowing my case number, she said since your case is still pending, you need an interview. I was very frustrated in the end when the operator refused to send a status request to Vermont service center. A month later, I called NCSC again, this time the phone operator said the current processing time is 24 months, call back in Dec, which is inconsistent with the published processing time.
 
I have created links to this thread at California, Texas and Nebraska forums also. Let's all work together.
Good Luck.
 
More thoughts on interim GC

Hi All,
Though i have listed Interim GC as our demand, i have some reservations over it. The security agencies may object to this proposal and aslo some red necks may not appreciate the idea of some one getting a GC without security check. As as alternative, we can think of requesting Congress to amend AC21 law so that the conditions "similar job , similar field , similar description" be removed. That means 6 months after filing the I485 application, the applicant should be able to choose his job in any field. There should not be any restrictions. In this case we can ask congress to increase validity of EAD and AP to 2 yrs.
The advantages of this request (compared to Interim GC) are obvious. There won't be any opposition or a major discussion or major delay or major controversy in enacting such a law where as
introducing an "interim GC" may have all those obstacles. After all, if we have freedom from employment bondage, then 90% of our stress will be gone.
So i request all of you to suggest me which approach is good ?
Option 1 ) Interim GC
Option2) Remove all restrictions on Job after 6 months , Increase validity period of EAD and AP to 2 years
Please vote (just reply which option you prefer to be included in our letter)
 
Re: More thoughts on interim GC

Originally posted by dsatish
... After all, if we have freedom from employment bondage, then 90% of our stress will be gone.
So i request all of you to suggest me which approach is good ?
Option 1 ) Interim GC
Option2) Remove all restrictions on Job after 6 months , Increase validity period of EAD and AP to 2 years
Please vote (just reply which option you prefer to be included in our letter)
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Hi, dsatish,
I agree on that removing restrictions on "Job" is one of the most important ones,
however, for AOS applicants with young dependents, especially college students, "Education" and their legal status are more important.

For instance, the death of primary applicant, even by car accident or as a victim of murder, implys immediately his dependent's illegal status.
http://www.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=96065

I think this kind of restrictions should be removed, too.
 
dsatish,

You really seem to have lot of free time, well, hope ur efforts at least reach some level. Not to discourage, but honestly, this seems to be futile to me and there is not much of support in the portal itself. Don't ask if am supporting it or not, I don't approve the idea of Interim GC !!, this interim GC would give GCs to thousands of people and millions of people at some stage. And this would burden the BCIS more !!, here, we should try and get the basic issue solved first or try and better the existing service and not try something as weird as this !.

Also, I think it won't reach further becoz after you get your approval (not sure if u r approved), I think you won't be this active.

Anyway, keep the efforts going on, I just wanted to say my point of view !!
 
1. Funding : Let's request for more funding. Service centers funding is less than our application fees. Actually our applications fees are used for immigration control.
2. Interim GC: If feel "Conditional GC" is the appropriate word. I-751 has to be filed to remove the conditions on residence. So they can remove conditions after security clearance or ...
3. Let's also request them to remove the "same or similar condition " clause for jobs after 180 days and also multiple year EAD and AP.

Let's not forget to mention that we are requesting this only for EB based I-485 applicants. EB based applicants pay taxes and maintain the legal status in the country unlike the illegal immigrants. So let's remind our politicians that they are spending OUR tax money to legalize the illegal immigrants but not doing anything for us.

You know why BCIS don't care about US, they feel that we have EAD to work and AP to travel. But actually they don't understand the restrictions of EAD and AP, so try to explain our politicians about the EAD and AP restrictions.
 
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Originally posted by dsatish
Hi All,
Let's start a parallel effort to submit a petition to congress men and Senators to introduce some bills for Interim GC. Let's ask them to pass a law that every I485 applicant should get an Interim GC after 6months of Receipt Date. We can start discussing about what this interim GC could be. To begin with, i think that if all the supporting documents (birth certificate, passport copies, employment letter, medical tests, fee etc) are submitted and the medical results are good, then the applicant should be granted the green card which is valid for 2 or 3 years. Then BCIS can take as much timeas it takes for name and security checks.
So let's start working on a new letter / petition to congress men.
In this letter, we can give more details about our hardships (one complete page orm more). So those who have time and enthusiasm, please come out with sample letters. Unlike last time, let's finalize this petition / letter within 3 or 4 days. We are an experienced group now.
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Petition / Congress

Edison, dsatish, kashmir,

I agree with all of you guys. let us use this thread in the most productive way. let me make some points wrt contacting the
Congress/Senate.

1: Maybe it is better to officially contact the Congress at this time. The Senate has nothing to do unless the Bills are passed by
Congress first. Some bills are introduced by Senators also???
Note: I saw this when I got a reply from Senator Santorum about the Driver License issue. He is just listing me the bills in Congress!
2: A big part of the problem is the pre 9/11 mess at then INS as indicated by GAO report in 2001 and the worsening of the situtation
post 9/11. We need to point out to Congress based on recent GAO reports that no progress is evident. If the problem is money they
are responsible. If the problem is "security" let them find solutions.
3: We need to point out to them that we are FORGOTTEN no more. The fact that about twenty immigration bills are in Congress and
NONE addresses the Backlog problem and more specifically the EB I-485 BACKLOG is a disgrace. A distinction between our group and
family based is also warranted.
4: Suggest to target first the Judiciary group. All personal stories included. Ask for Conditional GC, amended to Naturalisation, etc.
 
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Re: Cinta

Originally posted by dsatish
Cinta,
When we want people to participate in a debate, we should be as concise as possible . The moment people see so much matter, they simply run away from this thread. So i would suggest you to delete the above postings and write one simple posting listing just 2 or 3 bills where we can target to include our requests.
To others,
I have updated "Our Requests" section in the petition. Please see the new requests.
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dsatish,

let me post the link instead. You should understand and know what BILLS ARE THERE! THIS IS IMPORTANT. If you want to drive this Congress thing, the first thing you need to do is have a list of ALL IMMIGRATION BILLS (107,108) PENDING, the AUTHORS OF THESE BILLS and HOW TO REPLY TO THESE AUTHORS SPECIFICALLY as well as to the rest of Congress. The bottom line is that NONE CARES ABOUT US. That was the reason, I posted them. This is no debate, as we have nothing to debate. These are raw facts, reflecting the status of immigration in the US Congress.

For immigration bills, search "www.immigration.com" and "www.aila.com"
 
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Re: Cinta

Originally posted by dsatish
Cinta,
When we want people to participate in a debate, we should be as concise as possible . The moment people see so much matter, they simply run away from this thread. So i would suggest you to delete the above postings and write one simple posting listing just 2 or 3 bills where we can target to include our requests.
To others,
I have updated "Our Requests" section in the petition. Please see the new requests.
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dsatish,

1: Every author that wrote any immigration bill (107,108) needs to be reminded that his/her bill ignores a big problem; i.e. the BACKLOGS and specifically the EB I-485 backlog. In this respect, these people should be referred to their individual bills.
2: Every member of Congress should be made aware of the problem with a modified petition letter.
3: The Judiciary committees should be made aware in a more emphatic way for the above.
 
Re: Re: Cinta

I agree with Cinta. Every member who has proposed any immigration bill should receive the petition tailored to his/her bill. Simply, we add a short paragraph in our petition, pointing out "in your immigration bill xxxx, the issue of EB I-485 backlogs is not addressed".

On "Conditional GC" and "Naturalization" issues: Yes, we can propose. But the time it takes for the congress to pass the bill, and BCIS to design and issue the NEW cards could amount years. It will not solve our problems. Removing conditions on, extending validity of, automatically issuing of EAD and AP upon I-485 submission will tremendously reduce BCIS workload tremendously. These measures may be easier and faster to implement.

Most importantly, giving higher priority and allocation more resources to EB I-485 will benefit us immediately.


Originally posted by cinta
dsatish,

1: Every author that wrote any immigration bill (107,108) needs to be reminded that his/her bill ignores a big problem; i.e. the BACKLOGS and specifically the EB I-485 backlog. In this respect, these people should be referred to their individual bills.
2: Every member of Congress should be made aware of the problem with a modified petition letter.
3: The Judiciary committees should be made aware in a more emphatic way for the above.
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