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Thanks pdakwala. Lets do our bit now. every one should start sending letters. Please update the thread once you send letters or faxes so that others will have motivation to do their part too.
S. 1932 Status
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Drop 8002 from above letter.
As spgtopper suggested, the section 8002 needs to be removed from the letter. Any comments ?
We have to ask them include only Section 8001 in the house version.
spgtopper's earlier post:
Hi ALL,
If you all are so against H1 cap increase, why are you then asking for the inclusion of the 8002 section in the house bill????
If you read S.1932, you will notice that section 8002 talks abt H1 cap, whereas 8001 talks abt the retrogression/capturing visa numbers issue.
As spgtopper suggested, the section 8002 needs to be removed from the letter. Any comments ?
We have to ask them include only Section 8001 in the house version.
spgtopper's earlier post:
Hi ALL,
If you all are so against H1 cap increase, why are you then asking for the inclusion of the 8002 section in the house bill????
If you read S.1932, you will notice that section 8002 talks abt H1 cap, whereas 8001 talks abt the retrogression/capturing visa numbers issue.
john_travolta
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so should we send letter posted by spgtopper or the one by pdakwala from yesterday?
Please check before you send - Some minor corrections and removed 8002
I will send my own version similar to below... but just correcting to my knowledge so that people don't send incorrect versions .. Gurus please correct me if I am wrong anywhere ! This is a slighly modified version of above letter. corrected "loose" with "lose"..and few other niceties.
ONE PAGE LETTER: EASY TO FAX, EDITED AND REPETITIONS REMOVED (SORRY to those who wrote it):
November 09, 2005
Sub: Requesting amendment in H.R. 4241 to include S. 1932 section 8001
Dear Honorable Congressman,
American businesses and legal immigrants (Information technology professionals, Health care professionals and others) are facing serious crises: “Lengthy Visa Backlogs due to Employment Based Visa retrogression." Immigrant employees cannot change jobs, and U.S. companies cannot hire the right candidates that would have actually been available in the absence of retrogression. The senate has addressed the employment based visa retrogression issue in S. 1932, which aims to reduce U.S. deficits. I am writing to request you to include the S. 1932 section 8001 as an amendment in H.R. 4241; this in effect will generate much larger revenue for the U.S. Govt. and in fact avoid the process of cutting grants/funding for other existing yet useful programs.
Mr. Tom Ridge, ex chief of Homeland Security said in April 14, 2003: "As we secure America from terrorists, we do not want to risk losing the next Enrico Fermi or Albert Einstein…We would be a far poorer nation in many, many ways...."
Highly skilled workers who came to U.S. legally are currently facing lengthy green-card backlogs. If these skilled immigrants are not allowed to adjust their status (which gives them flexibility to change jobs), they will leave and settle in their home countries or in other countries with favorable immigration laws. Other countries will stand to gain from this knowledge asset. U.S. businesses will have to outsource the jobs, and U.S. Govt. will lose the revenue that can be raised by charging high fees for recapturing (sec. 8001 of S.1932) visa numbers.
The Bill S.1932, while creating relief measures, entails the following immense advantages:
* Affords flexibility to legal immigrants to change their jobs under AC21 law. Currently due to the retrogression the AC21 law passed by Congress is of no use. Jobs will stay in USA; US corporations will have access to a larger pool of skilled workers in US itself and will no longer have to outsource to other countries.
* Allow those whose labor has been approved to file for adjustment of status even if the dates are not current. This will bring in revenue/485 application fee much earlier.
* By recapturing visa numbers and charging adequate fees for the same, US Govt. will earn tremendous revenues. By excluding dependents from the visa number count, and charging fees for every added dependent, there will be added benefits.
On behalf of all other people in a similar situation as myself, I earnestly request you take action at this critical juncture (providing much needed relief to US companies and legal immigrants) by introducing and supporting an amendment in house bill H.R. 4241 that includes the S. 1932 section 8001. This amendment to the HR # 4241 will provide a workable solution to effectively reduce retrogression of EB Visa numbers.
Thanking you,
Sincerely,
NAME
I will send my own version similar to below... but just correcting to my knowledge so that people don't send incorrect versions .. Gurus please correct me if I am wrong anywhere ! This is a slighly modified version of above letter. corrected "loose" with "lose"..and few other niceties.
ONE PAGE LETTER: EASY TO FAX, EDITED AND REPETITIONS REMOVED (SORRY to those who wrote it):
November 09, 2005
Sub: Requesting amendment in H.R. 4241 to include S. 1932 section 8001
Dear Honorable Congressman,
American businesses and legal immigrants (Information technology professionals, Health care professionals and others) are facing serious crises: “Lengthy Visa Backlogs due to Employment Based Visa retrogression." Immigrant employees cannot change jobs, and U.S. companies cannot hire the right candidates that would have actually been available in the absence of retrogression. The senate has addressed the employment based visa retrogression issue in S. 1932, which aims to reduce U.S. deficits. I am writing to request you to include the S. 1932 section 8001 as an amendment in H.R. 4241; this in effect will generate much larger revenue for the U.S. Govt. and in fact avoid the process of cutting grants/funding for other existing yet useful programs.
Mr. Tom Ridge, ex chief of Homeland Security said in April 14, 2003: "As we secure America from terrorists, we do not want to risk losing the next Enrico Fermi or Albert Einstein…We would be a far poorer nation in many, many ways...."
Highly skilled workers who came to U.S. legally are currently facing lengthy green-card backlogs. If these skilled immigrants are not allowed to adjust their status (which gives them flexibility to change jobs), they will leave and settle in their home countries or in other countries with favorable immigration laws. Other countries will stand to gain from this knowledge asset. U.S. businesses will have to outsource the jobs, and U.S. Govt. will lose the revenue that can be raised by charging high fees for recapturing (sec. 8001 of S.1932) visa numbers.
The Bill S.1932, while creating relief measures, entails the following immense advantages:
* Affords flexibility to legal immigrants to change their jobs under AC21 law. Currently due to the retrogression the AC21 law passed by Congress is of no use. Jobs will stay in USA; US corporations will have access to a larger pool of skilled workers in US itself and will no longer have to outsource to other countries.
* Allow those whose labor has been approved to file for adjustment of status even if the dates are not current. This will bring in revenue/485 application fee much earlier.
* By recapturing visa numbers and charging adequate fees for the same, US Govt. will earn tremendous revenues. By excluding dependents from the visa number count, and charging fees for every added dependent, there will be added benefits.
On behalf of all other people in a similar situation as myself, I earnestly request you take action at this critical juncture (providing much needed relief to US companies and legal immigrants) by introducing and supporting an amendment in house bill H.R. 4241 that includes the S. 1932 section 8001. This amendment to the HR # 4241 will provide a workable solution to effectively reduce retrogression of EB Visa numbers.
Thanking you,
Sincerely,
NAME
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Your all inputs are great. I think the niceties version looks good 
Influenced by you all I had this sent (this is a more personalised version as suggested in the earlier post):
Subject: Requesting amendment in H.R. 4241 to include S. 1932 section 8001.
Dear Honorable Congressman,
I am a lawful alien residing in Maryland, US since _____. I belong to your district, and I am writing to kindly request your attention to an issue related to my green card process (filed in August 2002). I will remain eternally grateful for your help and attention to this issue.
Legal immigrants such as myself are facing serious crises: “Lengthy Visa Backlogs due to Employment Based Visa retrogression." Immigrant employees cannot change jobs, and U.S. companies cannot hire the right candidates that actually would have been available in the absence of retrogression. The senate has addressed the employment based visa retrogression issue in S. 1932, which aims to reduce U.S. deficits.
I am writing to request you to include the S. 1932 section 8001 as an amendment to H.R. 4241; this in effect will generate much larger revenue for the U.S. Govt. and avoid the process of cutting grants/funding for other existing yet useful programs. It will indeed improve my job situation as well as my family life because getting the EAD sooner will allow my wife (who is an MBA and a competent professional -frustrated at home) to work.
The bill S.1932, while creating relief measures for people like me, entails the following advantages:
· Affords flexibility to legal immigrants to change their jobs under AC21 law. Currently due to the retrogression the AC21 law passed by Congress is of no use. Jobs will stay in USA; US corporations will have access to a larger pool of skilled workers in the US itself and will no longer have to outsource to other countries. Skilled workers such as myself will not leave U.S. in favor of other countries with favorable immigration laws.
· Allow those whose labor has been approved to file for adjustment of status even if the dates are not current. This will bring in revenue/485 application fee much earlier.
· By recapturing visa numbers and charging adequate fees for the same, US Govt. will earn tremendous revenues. By excluding dependents from the visa number count, and charging fees for every added dependent, there will be added benefits.
I earnestly request you take action at this critical juncture (providing much needed relief to US companies and legal immigrants) by introducing and supporting an amendment in house bill H.R. 4241 such that it includes the S. 1932 sections 8001 and 8002 (although this is merely for fee increase and is unrelated to the retrogression issue). This amendment to H.R. 4241 will provide a workable solution to reduce deficits significantly, to keep people like myself in the country as well as to solve the retrogression issue. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your consideration.
Thanking you,
Sincerely,
Influenced by you all I had this sent (this is a more personalised version as suggested in the earlier post):Subject: Requesting amendment in H.R. 4241 to include S. 1932 section 8001.
Dear Honorable Congressman,
I am a lawful alien residing in Maryland, US since _____. I belong to your district, and I am writing to kindly request your attention to an issue related to my green card process (filed in August 2002). I will remain eternally grateful for your help and attention to this issue.
Legal immigrants such as myself are facing serious crises: “Lengthy Visa Backlogs due to Employment Based Visa retrogression." Immigrant employees cannot change jobs, and U.S. companies cannot hire the right candidates that actually would have been available in the absence of retrogression. The senate has addressed the employment based visa retrogression issue in S. 1932, which aims to reduce U.S. deficits.
I am writing to request you to include the S. 1932 section 8001 as an amendment to H.R. 4241; this in effect will generate much larger revenue for the U.S. Govt. and avoid the process of cutting grants/funding for other existing yet useful programs. It will indeed improve my job situation as well as my family life because getting the EAD sooner will allow my wife (who is an MBA and a competent professional -frustrated at home) to work.
The bill S.1932, while creating relief measures for people like me, entails the following advantages:
· Affords flexibility to legal immigrants to change their jobs under AC21 law. Currently due to the retrogression the AC21 law passed by Congress is of no use. Jobs will stay in USA; US corporations will have access to a larger pool of skilled workers in the US itself and will no longer have to outsource to other countries. Skilled workers such as myself will not leave U.S. in favor of other countries with favorable immigration laws.
· Allow those whose labor has been approved to file for adjustment of status even if the dates are not current. This will bring in revenue/485 application fee much earlier.
· By recapturing visa numbers and charging adequate fees for the same, US Govt. will earn tremendous revenues. By excluding dependents from the visa number count, and charging fees for every added dependent, there will be added benefits.
I earnestly request you take action at this critical juncture (providing much needed relief to US companies and legal immigrants) by introducing and supporting an amendment in house bill H.R. 4241 such that it includes the S. 1932 sections 8001 and 8002 (although this is merely for fee increase and is unrelated to the retrogression issue). This amendment to H.R. 4241 will provide a workable solution to reduce deficits significantly, to keep people like myself in the country as well as to solve the retrogression issue. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your consideration.
Thanking you,
Sincerely,
I agree with you. If 200,000 green Card applicants leave this country with an average of $200,000 each, $40,000,000,000 will go away from the US.
Let us all go back to India and invest this money collectively. We can make India another Japan or China.
Let us all go back to India and invest this money collectively. We can make India another Japan or China.
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My doubt,
I am planning to fax to the congressman(D) in my distrcit. However, he is not in either house budget or judiciary committee. I think, only budget or judiciary committee members have more leverage/authority to propose an amendment, releated a judiciary sections in a budget bill.
We need to focus mainly the members of these two committees.
Therefore, I am thinking of sending faxes to house budget & judiciary commiitee members, to propose an amendment to HR4241. Can I do that? If I send a fax to other congressman from my district, will it result in any negative things?
The draft of my FAX is more personalized. Is it OK?
I am planning to fax to the congressman(D) in my distrcit. However, he is not in either house budget or judiciary committee. I think, only budget or judiciary committee members have more leverage/authority to propose an amendment, releated a judiciary sections in a budget bill.
We need to focus mainly the members of these two committees.
Therefore, I am thinking of sending faxes to house budget & judiciary commiitee members, to propose an amendment to HR4241. Can I do that? If I send a fax to other congressman from my district, will it result in any negative things?
The draft of my FAX is more personalized. Is it OK?
IMHO, S.1932 is not only approved by the senate judiciary committee, but also by the whole senate. therefore, i thot adding that would be redundant. And, telling abt the approval by the senate may also seem to be arrogant? : "Hey look: The senate is smart, what are u guys thinking!!!" ;-)
spgtopper said:Your all inputs are great. I think the niceties version looks good
Subject: Requesting amendment in H.R. 4241 to include S. 1932 section 8001.
Dear Honorable Congressman,
I am a lawful alien residing in Maryland, US since _____. I belong to your district, and I am writing to kindly request your attention to an issue related to my green card process (filed in August 2002). I will remain eternally grateful for your help and attention to this issue.
Legal immigrants such as myself are facing serious crises: “Lengthy Visa Backlogs due to Employment Based Visa retrogression." Immigrant employees cannot change jobs, and U.S. companies cannot hire the right candidates that actually would have been available in the absence of retrogression. The senate has addressed the employment based visa retrogression issue in S. 1932, which aims to reduce U.S. deficits.
I am writing to request you to include the S. 1932 section 8001 as an amendment to H.R. 4241; this in effect will generate much larger revenue for the U.S. Govt. and avoid the process of cutting grants/funding for other existing yet useful programs. It will indeed improve my job situation as well as my family life because getting the EAD sooner will allow my wife (who is an MBA and a competent professional -frustrated at home) to work.
The bill S.1932, while creating relief measures for people like me, entails the following advantages:
· Affords flexibility to legal immigrants to change their jobs under AC21 law. Currently due to the retrogression the AC21 law passed by Congress is of no use. Jobs will stay in USA; US corporations will have access to a larger pool of skilled workers in the US itself and will no longer have to outsource to other countries. Skilled workers such as myself will not leave U.S. in favor of other countries with favorable immigration laws.
· Allow those whose labor has been approved to file for adjustment of status even if the dates are not current. This will bring in revenue/485 application fee much earlier.
· By recapturing visa numbers and charging adequate fees for the same, US Govt. will earn tremendous revenues. By excluding dependents from the visa number count, and charging fees for every added dependent, there will be added benefits.
I earnestly request you take action at this critical juncture (providing much needed relief to US companies and legal immigrants) by introducing and supporting an amendment in house bill H.R. 4241 such that it includes the S. 1932 sections 8001 and 8002 (although this is merely for fee increase and is unrelated to the retrogression issue). This amendment to H.R. 4241 will provide a workable solution to reduce deficits significantly, to keep people like myself in the country as well as to solve the retrogression issue. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your consideration.
Thanking you,
Sincerely,
Guys:
I was out of the forum over the last two days. Looks like we have made good progress on finalising the letters. I sent out letters (just modified the earlier Senate letter) to a bunch of Congressman in my area.
I agree with you all. This above draft by spgtopper looks good and is more focused. So, are we final on this draft now?
Also, I learnt that techworkers group / ISN america is developing a very easy to use web interface which will allow you to enter your details in and thenautomatically fax the letter to the concerned house rep. They did this last time to oppose the Byrd Amendment and were able to send 1200 faxes in a matter of 12 hrs. This web interface should be ready in the next couple of days following which we can send all our friends the URL's.
Should,nt we be in sync with them?