Now that our worst fears have come true and maybe begun to accept the reality of the situation, the only hope on the horizon is the McCain-Kennedy Immigration Bill which, if passed, could more than double the speed with which EB cases are processed. Read Title VI from this page:
http://kennedy.senate.gov/~kennedy/statements/05/05/2005517940.html
Title VI: Family Unity and Backlog Reduction • Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens are not counted against the 480,000 annual cap on family-sponsored green cards, thereby providing additional visas to the family preference categories • The current per-country limit on green cards is raised slightly to clear up backlogs • Income requirements for sponsoring a family member for a green card are changed from 125% of the federal poverty guidelines to 100%, and other obstacles are removed to ensure fairness • The employment-based categories are revised to provide additional visas for employers who need to hire permanent workers, and the annual cap is raised from 140,000 to 290,000 • Immigrant visas lost due to processing delays are recaptured for future allotments.
We are still months away from this bill passing through congress and even then, I don't see atleast EB-3 India becoming current anytime soon. But still, this seems to be the only hope. Let's try to do our best to get this bill passed in the congress by whatever means; email, faxes, etc. The October visa bulletin somberly states that further movement of Priority dates will be very slow, which to me means: month by month. At this rate, a person who files PERM today in EB-3 (India) category should expect to see his/her case processed by say...July 2012!! Un-friggin-believable!
http://kennedy.senate.gov/~kennedy/statements/05/05/2005517940.html
Title VI: Family Unity and Backlog Reduction • Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens are not counted against the 480,000 annual cap on family-sponsored green cards, thereby providing additional visas to the family preference categories • The current per-country limit on green cards is raised slightly to clear up backlogs • Income requirements for sponsoring a family member for a green card are changed from 125% of the federal poverty guidelines to 100%, and other obstacles are removed to ensure fairness • The employment-based categories are revised to provide additional visas for employers who need to hire permanent workers, and the annual cap is raised from 140,000 to 290,000 • Immigrant visas lost due to processing delays are recaptured for future allotments.
We are still months away from this bill passing through congress and even then, I don't see atleast EB-3 India becoming current anytime soon. But still, this seems to be the only hope. Let's try to do our best to get this bill passed in the congress by whatever means; email, faxes, etc. The October visa bulletin somberly states that further movement of Priority dates will be very slow, which to me means: month by month. At this rate, a person who files PERM today in EB-3 (India) category should expect to see his/her case processed by say...July 2012!! Un-friggin-believable!
