retrogression...a PLEA FOR HELP to Congress

Guys,

I TOTALLY AGREE with retro_unjust. Over 90% portion of any "Immigration Reform Bill" covers solution for ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. By supporting any immigration reform bill without properly highlinghting our visa retrogression issue, more chances that our efforts will go in vain. I know number of instances where people got response from senators/congressman (after writing them to support bill and having only 2-3 lines related to visa retrogression)and they really misunderstood our request. So we need to be very careful in our email/fax/mail/phone call and request solution for employment based visa retrogression.

Also the Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing on "Comprehensive Immigration Reform II" on Tuesday, October 18, 2005. Its is quiet encouraging news that Senators are meeting 2nd time to discuss on immigration reforms. THE ONLY POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO VISA RETROGRESSION IS IN HAND OF THESE LAW MAKERS. SO EVERYONE START CALLING/SENDING LETTERS/FAXES/EMAILS TO THEIR AREA SENATORS and MEMBERS of SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. This will push them to discuss visa retrogression issue (and its possible solution). Please tell them that you are part of ISNAMERICA Organization (WWW.ISNAMERICA.ORG) that has huge number of people affected by visa retrogression. Please tell them horrible suffering of law-abiding, tax-paying legal immigrants and 7-8 years wait for gc due to visa retrogression.


Please see attached letter, modify as per your situation and fax/email/mail to your local senators/congressman/members of senate judiciary/president/media/industry leader/AILA.

http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showpost.php?p=1266570&postcount=1


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/techworkers/
http://www.isnamerica.org

UNITED WE STAND...
 
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Yes, please tell the US representatives that this is about the Employment Base folks. That way if they will be acquainted with the problem itself and not necessarily with the bill name or number, which can be rejected anyway.


kewl said:
Guys,

I TOTALLY AGREE with retro_unjust. Over 90% portion of any "Immigration Reform Bill" covers solution for ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. By supporting any immigration reform bill without properly highlinghting our visa retrogression issue, more chances that our efforts will go in vain. I know number of instances where people got response from senators/congressman (after writing them to support bill and having only 2-3 lines related to visa retrogression)and they really misunderstood our request. So we need to be very careful in our email/fax/mail/phone call and request solution for employment based visa retrogression.

Also the Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing on "Comprehensive Immigration Reform II" on Tuesday, October 18, 2005. Its is quiet encouraging news that Senators are meeting 2nd time to discuss on immigration reforms. THE ONLY POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO VISA RETROGRESSION IS IN HAND OF THESE LAW MAKERS. SO EVERYONE START CALLING/SENDING LETTERS/FAXES/EMAILS TO THEIR AREA SENATORS and MEMBERS of SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. This will push them to discuss visa retrogression issue (and its possible solution). Please tell them that you are part of ISNAMERICA Organization (WWW.ISNAMERICA.ORG) that has huge number of people affected by visa retrogression. Please tell them horrible suffering of law-abiding, tax-paying legal immigrants and 7-8 years wait for gc due to visa retrogression.


Please see attached letter, modify as per your situation and fax/email/mail to your local senators/congressman/members of senate judiciary/president/media/industry leader/AILA.

http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showpost.php?p=1266570&postcount=1


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/techworkers/
http://www.isnamerica.org

UNITED WE STAND...
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haha, ISO congress aid, u've gotta be outta ya mind

Be ready for a perpetual wait, until u guys become mummies!
u dying mummies will then be yearning for EB3 Nurses as much as the ailing baby boomers are.
BTW, If you were short QQQ,SPY, u'd covered today in this week's wonderful swing trade. I'm your daddy - daddy of all mummies!
 
Go away, weirdo.

mummiezed said:
Be ready for a perpetual wait, until u guys become mummies!
u dying mummies will then be yearning for EB3 Nurses as much as the ailing baby boomers are.
BTW, If you were short QQQ,SPY, u'd covered today in this week's wonderful swing trade. I'm your daddy - daddy of all mummies!
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You guys need to relax...

Congress will act in a way that serves the interest of political parties. There is no point doing all the unnecessary math that you guys are doing. Politics alone will decide what will happen. Please don't ignore the fact that illegals will have greater preference in immigration matters than EB2/EB3. Most of the illegals are uneducated and once after becoming citizens uneducated people vote based on emotions rather than own judgement. Such "vote banks" come in handy during election process. These "vote banks" can be made to vote based on religion, immigration, language issues.
On the other hand EB2/EB3 people once after becoming citizen are most likely to vote on basis of who has better economic policies for ex. Also the sheer number of these voting people is also less.
Going by above logic nobody will really complaint if the retrogession continues. Why because as far as corporations go they are actually very happy to keep you working for them for long.
 
www.C-Span.org

Congress re-visits immigration reform on October 18, 2005.

Keep a tab on the debate by checking out "C-Span at 9:00 a.m. EST on October 18 to hear the debates on these two bills (McCain-Kennedy v. Coryn-Kyle)."
 
Thanks for the link, Senthilnath.

This is great news for us specifically the following:

"As a result of budget reconciliation discussions, the Senate Judiciary Committee has indicated that it will be considering language for inclusion in a budget bill that would increase the availability of green card and H-1B visa numbers and impose new fees.

The proposed language would also provide that an individual for whom an I-140 immigrant visa petition with supplemental $500 fee is filed may file an adjustment of status application even if a visa number is not immediately available. The adjustment application can still not be approved until a visa number is available (i.e., until the beneficiary's priority date is current), but the filing of an adjustment application presumably entitles the applicant to the ancillary benefits of an adjustment filing, including eligibility for an employment authorization document (EAD) and an advance parole travel document. Beneficiaries of I-140 petitions which are pending on the date the law is enacted may, upon the payment of the supplemental petition fee, take advantage of the opportunity to file an adjustment application even if their priority dates are not yet current."

Our positive efforts are getting some attention.

There are 8 more days before October 18.

PITCH IN AND TELL YOUR STORY TO LAWMAKERS/MEDIA/ADVOCACY GROUPS NOW!
 
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It may work. Good work everyone !

applying4gc said:
Thanks for the link, Senthilnath.

This is great news for us specifically the following:

"As a result of budget reconciliation discussions, the Senate Judiciary Committee has indicated that it will be considering language for inclusion in a budget bill that would increase the availability of green card and H-1B visa numbers and impose new fees.

The proposed language would also provide that an individual for whom an I-140 immigrant visa petition with supplemental $500 fee is filed may file an adjustment of status application even if a visa number is not immediately available. The adjustment application can still not be approved until a visa number is available (i.e., until the beneficiary's priority date is current), but the filing of an adjustment application presumably entitles the applicant to the ancillary benefits of an adjustment filing, including eligibility for an employment authorization document (EAD) and an advance parole travel document. Beneficiaries of I-140 petitions which are pending on the date the law is enacted may, upon the payment of the supplemental petition fee, take advantage of the opportunity to file an adjustment application even if their priority dates are not yet current."

Our positive efforts are getting some attention.

There are 8 more days before October 18.

PITCH IN AND TELL YOUR STORY TO LAWMAKERS/MEDIA/ADVOCACY GROUPS NOW!
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140 approved

Guys,

Pls. help me understand here, when I140 pending applicant is eligible to apply for EAD/AP then why the people who has approved I140( who is waiting in the GC line very well before) can not apply for EAD/AP. is it not something wrong in the GC system.
 
gaining momentum...we must press on

Fabulous job everyone!!

We are gaining some momentum in our efforts (eg. letters, e-mails, calls, faxes) to eventually eliminate the EB retrogression.

See below.

"Included in the measure approved today are the following specifics:

* "Recapture" employment-based (green card) immigrant visa numbers that were available by statute but unused in previous years due to processing backlogs, and make them available again at a rate of up to 90,000 per year;
* Only employment-based immigrants, and not their spouses and children, would count toward the annual limit on employment-based immigration; and... "

Source: www.immigration-law.com

Let us press on and continue telling our stories to lawmakers, media, and advocacy groups until the EB retrogression is gone.
 
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