A few folks have asked about this. Here is a letter that I have used you. Feel feel free to customize.
Honorable Congressman Lamar Smith December 10, 2003
TX-21st District
Subject: As a member of immigrationportal.com I would like to represent thousands of legal Green card applicants to request your help in urging USCIS to allocate resources to approve I-485’s.
Dear Sir:
Attached is a petition that has been signed by several thousand folks who are waiting endlessly for their I-485 approvals. The petition and the list of people who have signed it is available online at
http://www.immigration.com/common/rsk/petition_I485.html
The signature section of the petition would give you a very good idea about the hardships faced by us.
We hard working, tax paying and law abiding legal immigrants who make a difference in the community, request your help to reduce this enormous and growing processing delay by USCIS towards thousands of legal immigrants to less than six months. A snap shot of the astounding backlog crisis can be found at the USCIS Website at
http://uscis.gov/graphics/shared/aboutus/statistics/msroct03/BENEFIT.HTM
In addition the recent report from the GAO office also portrays the dire situation of the backlogs. The report of the audit can be found at http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04309r.pdf
As an example I have been a legal and law abiding person residing in the US for the past the past xx years. I started the Green card process xx years ago. I started the employment based I-485 process more than xxx years ago. With the I-485 processing slowing down considerably at TSC (TSC has processed two months worth of 485’s in the past year) I am not sure if I will get approved anytime soon.
This excessive delay has a huge impact on my life. XXXXX reason
I would like to work with your office in requesting a reply from the TSC or USCIS director on getting a plan for reducing these backlogs. I will be passing the information provided by your office to the thousands of I-485 applicants. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Sincerely
Name
Phone
Email
Attachments:
a) I-485 petition with 4000+ signatures as of Jan 12, 2004: http://www.immigration.com/common/rsk/petition_I485.html
b) Graph from USCIS website. http://uscis.gov/graphics/shared/aboutus/statistics/msroct03/BENEFIT.HTM
c) GAO Report:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04309r.pdf
ps: Please call and follow up with your congresspeople to make sure that TSC is aware of the problem.
Honorable Congressman Lamar Smith December 10, 2003
TX-21st District
Subject: As a member of immigrationportal.com I would like to represent thousands of legal Green card applicants to request your help in urging USCIS to allocate resources to approve I-485’s.
Dear Sir:
Attached is a petition that has been signed by several thousand folks who are waiting endlessly for their I-485 approvals. The petition and the list of people who have signed it is available online at
http://www.immigration.com/common/rsk/petition_I485.html
The signature section of the petition would give you a very good idea about the hardships faced by us.
We hard working, tax paying and law abiding legal immigrants who make a difference in the community, request your help to reduce this enormous and growing processing delay by USCIS towards thousands of legal immigrants to less than six months. A snap shot of the astounding backlog crisis can be found at the USCIS Website at
http://uscis.gov/graphics/shared/aboutus/statistics/msroct03/BENEFIT.HTM
In addition the recent report from the GAO office also portrays the dire situation of the backlogs. The report of the audit can be found at http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04309r.pdf
As an example I have been a legal and law abiding person residing in the US for the past the past xx years. I started the Green card process xx years ago. I started the employment based I-485 process more than xxx years ago. With the I-485 processing slowing down considerably at TSC (TSC has processed two months worth of 485’s in the past year) I am not sure if I will get approved anytime soon.
This excessive delay has a huge impact on my life. XXXXX reason
I would like to work with your office in requesting a reply from the TSC or USCIS director on getting a plan for reducing these backlogs. I will be passing the information provided by your office to the thousands of I-485 applicants. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Sincerely
Name
Phone
Attachments:
a) I-485 petition with 4000+ signatures as of Jan 12, 2004: http://www.immigration.com/common/rsk/petition_I485.html
b) Graph from USCIS website. http://uscis.gov/graphics/shared/aboutus/statistics/msroct03/BENEFIT.HTM
c) GAO Report:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04309r.pdf
ps: Please call and follow up with your congresspeople to make sure that TSC is aware of the problem.
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