Originally posted by dreamer_ny
[Here are simple q's that any functioning department should be able to answer.
1) how many applications did you receive in a given month?
2) how many applications do you resolve on average per month?
You can find the article "LABOR CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES IN AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN ¡V An update from New York" using the following link:
http://www.cyrusmehta.com/news_cyrus.asp?news_id=505&intPage=6
It was said: "There was a backlog of over 53,000 applications at the state office as of December 31, 2001. Over 38,000 of these were filed before the ¡± 245(i) deadline of April 30, 2001."
Having a guess that NY SESA processes one thousand applications per month, several years are needed to complete this huge backlog.
And they do not care how many years it takes, because their salary does not depend on the backlog size.
We can expect NY SESA will officially move to May 1, 2001 in the end of this year or on the middle of the next year. If no, many of us (H1B slaves) will need 7-year working visa extension.
If PERM will be introduced in January 2004, we may not save much time. They say it will not be possible to convert RIR to PERM easy and a new advertisement should be started again. As you probably heard, PERM has much more restrictions in LC. The experience is not going to be taken into account. It means, any american worker with the same skill level should be hired first. For example, it is not the matter if you have 10 years of experience in C/C++ under Windows. Any native fresh graduated specialist with the same degree should be hired instead experienced foreign worker. And LC will be denied...
Good luck to All.