pdjune2001 said:
The other thing that we have also heard is that BPC s are considering to expand the rir conversion window upto March 2005. They dont really want to do the supervised recruitment for all these pending non-rir cases.
I am trying to estimate how many active 245(i) cases are there ? 20000 / 30000 / 50000 ?
Does anyone know whether there has been any recruitment instruction sent out for May 2001 cases ?
THIS IS FROM THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL (OIG) WHEN THEY AUDITED DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) LABOR CERTIFICATION:
Section 245(i) of the INA resulted in dramatic increases in applications for
permanent labor certifications creating a major backlog in processing FLC
applications. Of the 335,553 FLC applications filed nationwide in FY 2001, we
estimate that 75 percent of the applications were filed during the period
January 1, 2001, through April 30, 2001.
75% OF 335,553 IS 251665.
As of September 30, 2001, the permanent FLC program had a backlog of
approximately 325,000 unprocessed applications. According to a DOL official we
contacted in late May 2004, the last estimate of unprocessed applications was
approximately 315,000.
For the FY 2001 applications filed in the eight states in our sample:
• 76 percent were filed from January 1, 2001, through April 30, 2001,
• 61 percent were filed in April 2001,
• 50 percent were filed in the last 10 days of April, and
• 28 percent were filed on April 30, the last day Section 245(i) applications
could be filed.
For FLC applications filed nationwide from January 1, 2001, through April 30,
2001, that were not subsequently cancelled or withdrawn, we estimate:
• 84 percent of the aliens did not have legal status to work in the U.S;
• 72 percent of the aliens did not have a legal status to be in the U.S; and
• 67 percent of the aliens were already working for the petitioning
employer at the time of application. 95 percent of the applications for
these aliens provided dates of beginning employment with the petitioning
employer which showed:
• 46 percent working 1 to 4 years prior to application;
• 22 percent working 5 to 9 years prior to application; and
• 6 percent working over 10 years prior to application.
We estimate that 69 percent of the 214,406 applications filed from January 1,
2001, through April 30, 2001, and not subsequently canceled or withdrawn, were
either misrepresented, incomplete, or both. Individually, we estimate 54 percent
of the applications were misrepresented, and 56 percent of the applications were
incomplete.
http://www.oig.dol.gov/public/repor...of labor application filed on april 30, 2001"
