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Very nice, long letter, nice job.

The only way to get any one on the administration to read this letter is by sending it to the media , that when that start reading.
 
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Hi,
I just joined this forum today. Could someone tell me the where I could find the latest tracker file? Thanks.

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Priority Date: 1/10/2002
45 Day letter recieved: 12/07/2005
Case #: P-05133-xxxxx
 
45 day letter finally (NY FEB 2002 case)

Just got the Information from my company that they have received 45 day letter for my case. Some progress after 4+ years of wait...


State: NY
Type: EB3 RIR
ETA#: P-05132-10XXX
PD: 25 Feb 2002
45 Day letter received: 02 May 2006
45 Day letter replied: In process
H1B 9th yr applied
 
An open letter to president

gcby2020 said:
Even I could not read it. Way too long. Good job though.

Thank you for your feed back. Yes, the letter is too long. I tried to brief this letter but it's difficult. If I cut some suggestion about illegal immigration issue, it would be incomplete to solve the problem. Anyway, I'll do my best to make this letter short and clear.

We need union, more people will be better, otherwise they may ignore this letter. Could you post your information here? Could you talk to your friends who are in same situation and want to join us? If yes, put them information too. I'll put all individual information in the bottom of this letter, which means we are ally instead of only few people. They need pay attention to this.
 
An open letter to President

ahalem said:
Very nice, long letter, nice job.

The only way to get any one on the administration to read this letter is by sending it to the media , that when that start reading.

Thank you for your feed back. Yes, I'll send this letter to media too. I am afraid that this letter is too long, then people may don't have patient to read it. I had tried to brief it, but it's very difficult. Do you have any idea to brief this letter?

We need union, more people will be better, otherwise they may ignore this letter. Could you post your information here? Could you talk to your friends who are in same situation and want to join us? If yes, put them information too. I'll put all individual information in the bottom of this letter, which means we are ally instead of only few people. They need pay attention to this.
 
October 2002

Guys,
My friend who filed from NY Oct,15 2002 got his labor certified today. This should be considered a good news given the way PBEC has been acting all this time.

Thanks
 
An open letter to President (version)

Dear immigrants:

I have re-written the letter after I gather some ideas from this forum and listened to the President’s speech last night. Since a lot of people are paying high attention to illegal immigration issue and media concern this issue a lot too. So I still put a few suggestions for illegal immigration issue, which may have more people to read this letter.

I appreciate many people contribute opinions. Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t leave information. Please note that every individual case information is very important part of this letter. If there are only 5 people, the powerful people or media may not pay attention to this letter. Don’t wait or keep silent. Please contact more legal immigrants and put the case information in the bottom of this letter soon. We need to send this letter out as soon as possible.

Bluesky




President George W. Bush
The President of the United States
U.S. White House
Washington, D.C. 20001

An open letter to President George W. Bush

Dear Mr. President:

We write to endorse your admirable commitment to immigration issues. Recently, more and more illegal immigrant issues are in the newspaper and on television. How about the problem with legal immigration system? Is America a real welcoming country? We, as skilled legal immigrants, have been facing the tremendous delays and problems in our green card process.

1. Backlog labor certificates
Some of us have been waiting for labor certificates several years and still waiting without knowing anything, when and whether we can get approval or not. We cannot change our job when another position is more fitting to us and the employer cannot find this kind of skilled person during our endless waiting.

2. 45 day letter:
After backlog case is entered into system, 45 day letter will be sent to the employers / attorney who must reply to this letter within 45 days, otherwise the case will be closed. But the backlog centers send 45 day letters are random. We are unable to trace our case status and don’t know the process time schedule. In case 45 day letter mail is missing, miss delivery or employer has replied to the letter, but backlog center hasn’t received it, all of those things happened are resulting in our case being closed, but we are still waiting until we receive a cased closed notice. Some cases are closed by error. Some people who submitted application in 2001 haven’t got a 45 day letter yet.

3. “First in, first out” rule:
As a matter of fact, many labor certificate approvals come out without an order. Some people have been waiting more than four years and are still waiting, but some people who submitted their applications in 2003 and even in 2004 have got labor certificate approval!

4. Immigration processing retrogresses:
Even if we get labor certificate approval finally, we need to file 140 Form which may take several months to years. After #140 approval, because of retrogress ((#485 cut off date is May 1, 2001 for EB3, it's more than 5 years behind now. it moved only 4 months in the past more than two years!), we may still have to wait several years before we can file #485 and apply for advance parole which allow us to travel. Our work visa has to be extended again and again while waiting. Our spouse with H4 visa can’t go to work. We can’t make long term plans for ourselves and our family’s future. We heard that there are about 145K unused EB3 quotas during 2001-2004 due to the serious delay in green card process. Some people are planning to go back to their motherland country or other countries where skilled people are welcomed. Some of our friends who are in foreign countries have no intention of moving to USA after they hear our stories. The USA may lose some highly educated and skilled people.

All of the above are based on facts and our experiences. We earnestly request you, Mr. President, to pay high attention to legal immigrant issues. We have below petitions:

1. “First in, first out” rule, every stage of green card process must follow this rule. There are too many backlog cases which may be messed up; it’s hard for the backlog center to get every single case done orderly, so the priority date should go through all processes no matter when the approval of Labor Certificate and #140 is issued.
2. The Labor of Department makes public the process time schedule at least once a month. Applicants can trace their case status from internet.
3. To speed up the green card process.
4. Someone who has been staying in the USA more than five years or working in the USA more than three years should be free to get a travel visa to travel especially to their motherland no matter in what the stage of his/her green card.
5. Someone who has been working in the USA more than five years, his/her spouse should be allowed to get work permission.

Mr. President, we know you are worrying about this homeland’s security and illegal immigrant issues. We also concern about these issues and read your proposal about illegal immigrant issue. We have below suggestions for your reference.

1. Illegal immigrants in the United State:
Set up fast and simple channel for the qualified illegal immigrants to get temporary work visa but not allow them becoming US citizen unless they re-enter to USA with legal documents then go through the same path to citizenship as legal immigrant. They will bring positive information to the people who want to come to USA that the United State is a nation of laws and there is no any hope to become citizenship if anyone enters this country illegally.
2. New illegal immigrants
Leave digital fingerprint and deport them immediately. If they are caught again, they will be denied to enter USA forever. Give all new illegal immigrants this information and US new immigration law before deport them.
3. Open the legal channel widely for the people who are qualified to come to USA and make illegal immigrant very tough to survive here. This is the key to prevent illegal immigrants.

We have more detail thoughts for above suggestions. If you are interested in more details, we will write you another letter.

Dear President, all of us are skilled people and paying taxes. We would like to contribute our intelligence and skills to this country’s economic and advance technology development, but we have endless worry and pain waiting for a green card! We are suffering!

For most of us who go through the labor certificate process, it seems that we may have to spend a decade to go through the entire employment-based green card process if we are lucky enough to get it. If we fail to get approval in any stage, we may have to leave this country soon. It is a very long green card journey. The journey is in the darkness. Many of us haven’t visited our family members and friends in our motherland country for many years because of green card problem. Also, it is hard for our family members to get US visas to visit us. We are very homesick; we miss our family members and friends so much. We can’t stand being apart from our family especially when our parents are very sick, but we are unable to take care of them. Some people even missed seeing their parents one last time before they passed away. Dear President, you have a family, therefore you can imagine how tough it is for us. We have lost our freedom in some way!

Mr. President, we are looking forward to your solving both legal and illegal immigrant problems successfully during you are in office.

Sincerely,
Legal Immigrants’ Ally

Number State/Category PD 45 day letter Stage E-mail
No.1 NJ/EB3/RIR Aug. 2002 Sep. 2005 LC Bluesky133@hotmail.
2.TN/EB3 Apr. 2001 I-485
3. CSC/EB3 Mar. 2002 I-140
4.TN/EB3/RIR Mar. 2004 May 2005 LC
5. CA/EB2/RIR Dec.2002 Feb. 2005 LC
 
Hello all,

Today I received notification that my case had been reinstated.

I also received my 45 day letter.

See my signature for details.

I am also in the process of filing PERM with a prospective employer.

Good luck everyone.
 
That must be some relief.. Just doesnt seem fair whats happening with you.
Hope they process your case soon.. PERMs for future emplyment are flagged cases and take much longer to process.. I did the same in Sep 2005 and no news since. I hope no one has to wait that long for perm ..

JustWatching said:
Hello all,

Today I received notification that my case had been reinstated.

I also received my 45 day letter.

See my signature for details.

I am also in the process of filing PERM with a prospective employer.

Good luck everyone.
 
NY ,24th Oct-2002 EB3 RIR approved

Hi
My case was approved two days backs and the details are below
Filed:24'OCT-2002
Case: EB3 RIR
45day letter: 11/10/2005
replied: same day
approved: 05/16/2006
 
Guys,

Quick question outside the subject of waiting for our labor approval:

-Is it true that you have to file I-140 with in 45 days of the labor approval?

- Also for EB3 victim like mine, if the Visa numbers moved forward after Applying to I-140 , can 485 be filed directly or do i have to wait for I-140 approval ?
 
ahalem said:
Guys,

Quick question outside the subject of waiting for our labor approval:

-Is it true that you have to file I-140 with in 45 days of the labor approval?

- Also for EB3 victim like mine, if the Visa numbers moved forward after Applying to I-140 , can 485 be filed directly or do i have to wait for I-140 approval ?

The 45 day thing is proposed rule. So as of now this limitation does not exist.

You can apply as soon as your visa number is available.
 
45 day letter

45 day letter recieved
PD Feb 20 , 2003
45 day letter - Dec 28 2005
relplied jan 8th 2006

more info , six h1 guys work for our emloyer. 3 of us have a PD jan-feb , 2003 , 2 have feb 2004 and the last one june 2004. our HR informed the last guys that he recieved his 45 day letter. Surprised , we contacted out lawyer who then told us the the 45 day letter was recieved and repied 5 months ago !!!

excepet one guy wose PD is feb 2004 , all the others have recieved thier 45 day letters... I have been a silent oberver for over 4 years ...

any 2003 case who recieved 45 day letters ?
 
bluesky133 said:
An open letter to President (version)

Dear immigrants:

I have re-written the letter after I gather some ideas from this forum and listened to the President’s speech last night. Since a lot of people are paying high attention to illegal immigration issue and media concern this issue a lot too. So I still put a few suggestions for illegal immigration issue, which may have more people to read this letter.

I appreciate many people contribute opinions. Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t leave information. Please note that every individual case information is very important part of this letter. If there are only 5 people, the powerful people or media may not pay attention to this letter. Don’t wait or keep silent. Please contact more legal immigrants and put the case information in the bottom of this letter soon. We need to send this letter out as soon as possible.

Bluesky




President George W. Bush
The President of the United States
U.S. White House
Washington, D.C. 20001

An open letter to President George W. Bush

Dear Mr. President:

We write to endorse your admirable commitment to immigration issues. Recently, more and more illegal immigrant issues are in the newspaper and on television. How about the problem with legal immigration system? Is America a real welcoming country? We, as skilled legal immigrants, have been facing the tremendous delays and problems in our green card process.

1. Backlog labor certificates
Some of us have been waiting for labor certificates several years and still waiting without knowing anything, when and whether we can get approval or not. We cannot change our job when another position is more fitting to us and the employer cannot find this kind of skilled person during our endless waiting.

2. 45 day letter:
After backlog case is entered into system, 45 day letter will be sent to the employers / attorney who must reply to this letter within 45 days, otherwise the case will be closed. But the backlog centers send 45 day letters are random. We are unable to trace our case status and don’t know the process time schedule. In case 45 day letter mail is missing, miss delivery or employer has replied to the letter, but backlog center hasn’t received it, all of those things happened are resulting in our case being closed, but we are still waiting until we receive a cased closed notice. Some cases are closed by error. Some people who submitted application in 2001 haven’t got a 45 day letter yet.

3. “First in, first out” rule:
As a matter of fact, many labor certificate approvals come out without an order. Some people have been waiting more than four years and are still waiting, but some people who submitted their applications in 2003 and even in 2004 have got labor certificate approval!

4. Immigration processing retrogresses:
Even if we get labor certificate approval finally, we need to file 140 Form which may take several months to years. After #140 approval, because of retrogress ((#485 cut off date is May 1, 2001 for EB3, it's more than 5 years behind now. it moved only 4 months in the past more than two years!), we may still have to wait several years before we can file #485 and apply for advance parole which allow us to travel. Our work visa has to be extended again and again while waiting. Our spouse with H4 visa can’t go to work. We can’t make long term plans for ourselves and our family’s future. We heard that there are about 145K unused EB3 quotas during 2001-2004 due to the serious delay in green card process. Some people are planning to go back to their motherland country or other countries where skilled people are welcomed. Some of our friends who are in foreign countries have no intention of moving to USA after they hear our stories. The USA may lose some highly educated and skilled people.

All of the above are based on facts and our experiences. We earnestly request you, Mr. President, to pay high attention to legal immigrant issues. We have below petitions:

1. “First in, first out” rule, every stage of green card process must follow this rule. There are too many backlog cases which may be messed up; it’s hard for the backlog center to get every single case done orderly, so the priority date should go through all processes no matter when the approval of Labor Certificate and #140 is issued.
2. The Labor of Department makes public the process time schedule at least once a month. Applicants can trace their case status from internet.
3. To speed up the green card process.
4. Someone who has been staying in the USA more than five years or working in the USA more than three years should be free to get a travel visa to travel especially to their motherland no matter in what the stage of his/her green card.
5. Someone who has been working in the USA more than five years, his/her spouse should be allowed to get work permission.

Mr. President, we know you are worrying about this homeland’s security and illegal immigrant issues. We also concern about these issues and read your proposal about illegal immigrant issue. We have below suggestions for your reference.

1. Illegal immigrants in the United State:
Set up fast and simple channel for the qualified illegal immigrants to get temporary work visa but not allow them becoming US citizen unless they re-enter to USA with legal documents then go through the same path to citizenship as legal immigrant. They will bring positive information to the people who want to come to USA that the United State is a nation of laws and there is no any hope to become citizenship if anyone enters this country illegally.
2. New illegal immigrants
Leave digital fingerprint and deport them immediately. If they are caught again, they will be denied to enter USA forever. Give all new illegal immigrants this information and US new immigration law before deport them.
3. Open the legal channel widely for the people who are qualified to come to USA and make illegal immigrant very tough to survive here. This is the key to prevent illegal immigrants.

We have more detail thoughts for above suggestions. If you are interested in more details, we will write you another letter.

Dear President, all of us are skilled people and paying taxes. We would like to contribute our intelligence and skills to this country’s economic and advance technology development, but we have endless worry and pain waiting for a green card! We are suffering!

For most of us who go through the labor certificate process, it seems that we may have to spend a decade to go through the entire employment-based green card process if we are lucky enough to get it. If we fail to get approval in any stage, we may have to leave this country soon. It is a very long green card journey. The journey is in the darkness. Many of us haven’t visited our family members and friends in our motherland country for many years because of green card problem. Also, it is hard for our family members to get US visas to visit us. We are very homesick; we miss our family members and friends so much. We can’t stand being apart from our family especially when our parents are very sick, but we are unable to take care of them. Some people even missed seeing their parents one last time before they passed away. Dear President, you have a family, therefore you can imagine how tough it is for us. We have lost our freedom in some way!

Mr. President, we are looking forward to your solving both legal and illegal immigrant problems successfully during you are in office.

Sincerely,
Legal Immigrants’ Ally

Number State/Category PD 45 day letter Stage E-mail
No.1 NJ/EB3/RIR Aug. 2002 Sep. 2005 LC Bluesky133@hotmail.
2.TN/EB3 Apr. 2001 I-485
3. CSC/EB3 Mar. 2002 I-140
4.TN/EB3/RIR Mar. 2004 May 2005 LC
5. CA/EB2/RIR Dec.2002 Feb. 2005 LC
 
I've been spectator of this forum for some time now and decided to actively participate, encouraged by good work and good efforts of many on the forum.

I've one question on this letter to the President. To the best of my knowledge H1B visa is a NON-IMMIGRANT visa, hence we are all NON-IMMIGRANT's in the country till our status is set otherwise by the GC process.

This letter refers to H1B community as legal immigrants. Infact we are SEEKING legal immigration by way of GC. Is there something I'm missing here?
 
legal immigrant

You are right that H1B visa is a NON-IMMIGRANT visa, but I think that we can be called legal immigrant since we have filed our application for immigration. Also, many people who just sneak into USA are called illegal immigrant. So legal immigrants should be correct in this letter. Could you put your case information here? This letter will be sent very soon.

Thank you


sunskiran said:
I've been spectator of this forum for some time now and decided to actively participate, encouraged by good work and good efforts of many on the forum.

I've one question on this letter to the President. To the best of my knowledge H1B visa is a NON-IMMIGRANT visa, hence we are all NON-IMMIGRANT's in the country till our status is set otherwise by the GC process.

This letter refers to H1B community as legal immigrants. Infact we are SEEKING legal immigration by way of GC. Is there something I'm missing here?
 
T to P Number

I know this may have been amswered before, but still can one of the gurus please explain what happens when a T-XXXXXX case number changes to a P-XXXX case number?
Mine changed today. Can I expect to get the 45 day letter soon.
Any response highly appreciated.
 
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