Predicted Priority Dates for final quarter of FY2005
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By October 2005, BEC cases will kick in. That is it. I think this will be long wait for tech guys.
It is very clear that the USCIS/DOS has used Q4 visas in Q1, Q2 and Q3. Then why would't they use 2006, 2007, 2008, ... visas in 2005 and clear all pending cases.
This is my 2 cents....
It is very clear that the USCIS/DOS has used Q4 visas in Q1, Q2 and Q3. Then why would't they use 2006, 2007, 2008, ... visas in 2005 and clear all pending cases.
This is my 2 cents....
rajendr:
I do not think congress will pass a bill to eleminate the pending 485 cases.
YOU HOW MANY TECH JOB WERE WENT TO INDIA & CHINA??
YOU KNOW HOW MANY AMERICANS ARE WITHOU A JOB??
By keeping present situation, I do not this congress will take any action in favor to Tech guys.
I we are doomed for years.
I am just literally crying, what to do.
Still We have to give our bestshot (trying to convence congress)
I do not think congress will pass a bill to eleminate the pending 485 cases.
YOU HOW MANY TECH JOB WERE WENT TO INDIA & CHINA??
YOU KNOW HOW MANY AMERICANS ARE WITHOU A JOB??
By keeping present situation, I do not this congress will take any action in favor to Tech guys.
I we are doomed for years.
I am just literally crying, what to do.
Still We have to give our bestshot (trying to convence congress)
then BSCIS will fail in its attempt to avoid backlogs and the dream to bring 6 month processing time to the BSCIS is gone. Rather it will be 6 years for I-485. I am sure, they will pass that amendment. If you want I could publish that statistics to strongly support that.
I think we should not make any predictions and wasting our time. EB3 became unavailable and we are all doomed. USCIS is useless and worthless. So guys start working on which is more useful in our daily lives.
http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/b...letin_2539.html
All the best for everyone.
http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/b...letin_2539.html
All the best for everyone.
catch_22_4_GC
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If DOS claims there is no visa number availability for EB3 category for the last quarter of FY2005, then they have definitely broken the law by issuing more than the 27% limit per quarter.
Is there a way to seek a legal recourse based on this???
Is there a way to seek a legal recourse based on this???
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rrajendr
you think the Senator McCain proposal will gather steam where it talks about doubling the EB based immigration numbers to 290K.....but shusterman says thats a stretch and the bill will likely be not passed in the congress.
what are your thoughts ???
you think the Senator McCain proposal will gather steam where it talks about doubling the EB based immigration numbers to 290K.....but shusterman says thats a stretch and the bill will likely be not passed in the congress.
what are your thoughts ???
rrajendr said:
ShibuGeorge
Registered Users (C)
For those of you who are too depressed at the latest Visa Bulletin;
I dont think there is anything too un reasonable about the Visa Numbers
becoming unavailable; Given the set of parameters that USCIS and DOS
workwith in terms of numbers. Just the sheer number of applicants against
Visa number availability as laid down by law that caused this wide gap and long waiting.
I wish things improved sooner since I too am in the line.
Now to put things in a brighter light
Please follow the link
http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/repsstudies/BEPQ4v7.pdf
USCIS talks about a backlog elimination plan
by approving as much as 838,705 485 adjustments in FY 2005
and 990,392 in FY 2006
From all the numbers that we have heard so far I dont think that the
485 adjustments have reached anywhere near 838,705 in FY 2005
It is interesting to note that USCIS makes these projections while Congress
has not yet passed a law to accommodate such ambitious plans by making
more visa numbers available.
The fact that they are at least talking about it, gives us some hope.
BUT ONE THING IS VERY CLEAR. THERE IS NO POINT IN SPECULATING
I dont think there is anything too un reasonable about the Visa Numbers
becoming unavailable; Given the set of parameters that USCIS and DOS
workwith in terms of numbers. Just the sheer number of applicants against
Visa number availability as laid down by law that caused this wide gap and long waiting.
I wish things improved sooner since I too am in the line.
Now to put things in a brighter light
Please follow the link
http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/repsstudies/BEPQ4v7.pdf
USCIS talks about a backlog elimination plan
by approving as much as 838,705 485 adjustments in FY 2005
and 990,392 in FY 2006
From all the numbers that we have heard so far I dont think that the
485 adjustments have reached anywhere near 838,705 in FY 2005
It is interesting to note that USCIS makes these projections while Congress
has not yet passed a law to accommodate such ambitious plans by making
more visa numbers available.
The fact that they are at least talking about it, gives us some hope.
BUT ONE THING IS VERY CLEAR. THERE IS NO POINT IN SPECULATING
Hi Sandeep and ALL,
I asked my lawyer and here is the information he has from AILA
Here is the informatione from AILA.
The Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief Act of 2005 ("Emergency Supplemental"), signed into law on May 11, 2005, contained a number of immigration-related provisions, included several relating to Schedule A occupations. While Schedule A includes qualifying physical therapists, and certain exceptional ability individuals in the sciences or arts, the benefit of the recaptured 50,000 visas likely will go largely to nurses. Specifically, the Emergency Supplemental amended section 106(d) of the American Competitiveness in the Twentyfirst Century Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-313; 8 U.S.C. 1153) to recapture unused employment-based numbers available in fiscal years 2001 through 2004, to a maximum of 50,000.
A Department of State Visa Office Official provided the following update to AILA:
The additional 50,000 Schedule A visas will help, but there is no way of telling how much of the current Employment Third preference demand will be covered by these additional numbers. It is possible that most of the Philippines demand is covered, but it's not clear how many of the 2,800 pending China/India E3 applicants will qualify for Schedule A classification.
The Department of State Visa Office (VO) has been working with posts and the National Visa Center in an effort to identify applicants. Some are scheduled for processing in June. The VO is in the process of determining whether a new visa category code will be designated for these additional Schedule A numbers (similar to the process established years ago under the three year program for Legalization Beneficiaries (LB). For this fiscal year and in the future, the VO plans on using the same LB processing procedures for the Schedule A limit. Schedule A applicants will first have a shot at numbers under the E3 cut-off date, and then the EX (proposed identifier) cut-off date. Essentially, this will give Schedule A applicants two chances at becoming eligible each month. The EX listing would appear in the monthly Visa Bulletin under the Employment Third preference cut-off dates, followed by the "Other Worker" listing.
As noted in a prior InfoNet posting, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has been processing an increasingly larger number of cases each month as they attempt to reduce their backlog, significantly depleting the supply of visa numbers. For example, in the month of April, the USCIS used 25,000 Employment numbers, and the USCIS number use can be expected to increase.
The VO concludes that a review of current projections yields an expectation that over 84% of the numbers available under the annual limit will have been used by July, and it is likely total availability will be depleted before the end of the current fiscal year
I asked my lawyer and here is the information he has from AILA
Here is the informatione from AILA.
The Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief Act of 2005 ("Emergency Supplemental"), signed into law on May 11, 2005, contained a number of immigration-related provisions, included several relating to Schedule A occupations. While Schedule A includes qualifying physical therapists, and certain exceptional ability individuals in the sciences or arts, the benefit of the recaptured 50,000 visas likely will go largely to nurses. Specifically, the Emergency Supplemental amended section 106(d) of the American Competitiveness in the Twentyfirst Century Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-313; 8 U.S.C. 1153) to recapture unused employment-based numbers available in fiscal years 2001 through 2004, to a maximum of 50,000.
A Department of State Visa Office Official provided the following update to AILA:
The additional 50,000 Schedule A visas will help, but there is no way of telling how much of the current Employment Third preference demand will be covered by these additional numbers. It is possible that most of the Philippines demand is covered, but it's not clear how many of the 2,800 pending China/India E3 applicants will qualify for Schedule A classification.
The Department of State Visa Office (VO) has been working with posts and the National Visa Center in an effort to identify applicants. Some are scheduled for processing in June. The VO is in the process of determining whether a new visa category code will be designated for these additional Schedule A numbers (similar to the process established years ago under the three year program for Legalization Beneficiaries (LB). For this fiscal year and in the future, the VO plans on using the same LB processing procedures for the Schedule A limit. Schedule A applicants will first have a shot at numbers under the E3 cut-off date, and then the EX (proposed identifier) cut-off date. Essentially, this will give Schedule A applicants two chances at becoming eligible each month. The EX listing would appear in the monthly Visa Bulletin under the Employment Third preference cut-off dates, followed by the "Other Worker" listing.
As noted in a prior InfoNet posting, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has been processing an increasingly larger number of cases each month as they attempt to reduce their backlog, significantly depleting the supply of visa numbers. For example, in the month of April, the USCIS used 25,000 Employment numbers, and the USCIS number use can be expected to increase.
The VO concludes that a review of current projections yields an expectation that over 84% of the numbers available under the annual limit will have been used by July, and it is likely total availability will be depleted before the end of the current fiscal year
You have a good point there. But the very idea of backlog reduction plan with out considering the plan to increase the visa numbers is big mistake by these guys. This is a classic example of big mess they are in. But, on a brighter side , I will be surprised if they have not thought of this. I have a gut feeling that they have atleast some relief measure in plan to encounter this situation.
Or there is a sure a possibility that bunch of jokers sitting there and playing with lifes of many.
Anyway, guys this is time for some action from our side. Both passive and active browsers of this website shall unite and send some real good letters to all of these guys.
Pl. note some of our seniors are in this situation earlier and what they have done to solve that may help us in going forward.
Or there is a sure a possibility that bunch of jokers sitting there and playing with lifes of many.
Anyway, guys this is time for some action from our side. Both passive and active browsers of this website shall unite and send some real good letters to all of these guys.
Pl. note some of our seniors are in this situation earlier and what they have done to solve that may help us in going forward.
Can we get the attention of RAJEEV
If we can get the attention of RAJEEV to draft a letter
we can either email it or print it and sign it and send to the congressmen and the senators
but we have to have a good volume
what is the best way to generate the volume effect.
WeMUST mention our case details in the letter
that needs to be send to the legislators for authenticity.
guys can you think how we can do that ?
/S
If we can get the attention of RAJEEV to draft a letter
we can either email it or print it and sign it and send to the congressmen and the senators
but we have to have a good volume
what is the best way to generate the volume effect.
WeMUST mention our case details in the letter
that needs to be send to the legislators for authenticity.
guys can you think how we can do that ?
/S
Ok, I can participate in it as well. I guess if we have the backups of bigger tech corporations things will work out much easily. Afterall heavy push will help. I remember a friend of mine from Msoft, Cisco were looking into this as well, I will ask their assistance and see if we could raise a univoice on it.