Visa Bulletin for July 2007 May Be Revised?
- Thread starter pana
- Start date
Beat the crap out of USCIS
If this rumor about revised VISA bulletin on 2nd JULY and reject I-485s; why can't USCIS directors and people incharge of this immigration process not eligible to undergo criminal prosecution. So many potential immigrants and their families are undergoing so much torture and stress due to whimsical practices of USCIS and long delays and wait times. Can't we have an efficient immigration system?
Wow... so much for the world's lone super power....
If this rumor about revised VISA bulletin on 2nd JULY and reject I-485s; why can't USCIS directors and people incharge of this immigration process not eligible to undergo criminal prosecution. So many potential immigrants and their families are undergoing so much torture and stress due to whimsical practices of USCIS and long delays and wait times. Can't we have an efficient immigration system?
Wow... so much for the world's lone super power....
This would be real bad news for so many people.. spending already the money on immigration doctors...there should be some legal action... I think the murthy.com website speaks about that... also I guess teh date of july 9 th does not matter if there is not going to be any I-485 filing since they are going to reject all cases and july 1 st is a sunday.
They are so messed up.. they stopped PP for I-140 cases based on the assumption that they will have lot of I-485 cases and now they are planning to stop I-485 filing ...and both are dated todays news.. . they just dont know what to do....and all their decisions are totally eratic as usual...
Last edited by a moderator:
If this rumor about revised VISA bulletin on 2nd JULY and reject I-485s; why can't USCIS directors and people incharge of this immigration process not eligible to undergo criminal prosecution. So many potential immigrants and their families are undergoing so much torture and stress due to whimsical practices of USCIS and long delays and wait times. Can't we have an efficient immigration system?
Wow... so much for the world's lone super power....
I second your opinion. My parents were forced to run around for documents.
I wish they make the system work more efficient - I hope you are aware of the class action stuff that some lawyers plan to take against USCIS.
April_fool
Registered Users (C)
Where Did the Visas Go?
Source "XYZ"
We learned informally shortly after the July Visa Bulletin was issued in mid-June that there were still approximately 40,000 immigrant visa numbers left in the employment-based pool for FY 2007. USCIS had indicated that backlogs in security checks were an obstacle to speedier adjudications of adjustment applications.
However, for reasons that are unclear, USCIS greatly accelerated its adjudications after DOS’s June 13 announcement. We have learned that in the first eight months of this fiscal year, USCIS approved a total of approximately 66,000 adjustment of status applications. In June alone, however, the agency approved 60,000, 18,000 of which were approved just yesterday. Together with immigrant visas issued by U.S. consular posts abroad, the total actually exceeds the annual worldwide limit of 140,000 employment-based immigrant visas. Accordingly, DOS found it necessary to revise its July Visa Bulletin to indicate that no further visas are available for the remainder of the fiscal year.
Looking Ahead
Employment-based immigrant visa numbers will once again be made available beginning on October 1, 2007, under the FY 2008 annual numerical limitation, although there are likely to be cut-off dates for all countries in the third employment-based category, and in other employment categories for persons born in countries with historically high demand for immigrant visas.
Source "XYZ"
We learned informally shortly after the July Visa Bulletin was issued in mid-June that there were still approximately 40,000 immigrant visa numbers left in the employment-based pool for FY 2007. USCIS had indicated that backlogs in security checks were an obstacle to speedier adjudications of adjustment applications.
However, for reasons that are unclear, USCIS greatly accelerated its adjudications after DOS’s June 13 announcement. We have learned that in the first eight months of this fiscal year, USCIS approved a total of approximately 66,000 adjustment of status applications. In June alone, however, the agency approved 60,000, 18,000 of which were approved just yesterday. Together with immigrant visas issued by U.S. consular posts abroad, the total actually exceeds the annual worldwide limit of 140,000 employment-based immigrant visas. Accordingly, DOS found it necessary to revise its July Visa Bulletin to indicate that no further visas are available for the remainder of the fiscal year.
Looking Ahead
Employment-based immigrant visa numbers will once again be made available beginning on October 1, 2007, under the FY 2008 annual numerical limitation, although there are likely to be cut-off dates for all countries in the third employment-based category, and in other employment categories for persons born in countries with historically high demand for immigrant visas.
2006Hunter
Registered Users (C)
Check this out...it is ILLEGAL to adjudicate so many GC applications in one month!
Check this out folks:
http://immigration-information.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3598
.........
The “update” issued by the Visa Office yesterday clearly violates the explicit command of the governing regulations. The authority for issuing immigrant visa number is found in the statute in sections 201, 202, and 203. The regulatory implementation authority is found at 22 CFR §42.51:
§ 42.51 Department control of numerical limitations.
(a) Centralized control. Centralized control of the numerical limitations on immigration specified in INA 201, 202, and 203 is established in the Department. The Department shall limit the number of immigrant visas that may be issued and the number of adjustments of status that may be granted to aliens subject to these numerical limitations to a number:
(1) Not to exceed 27 percent of the world-wide total made available under INA 203(a), (b) and (c) in any of the first three quarters of any fiscal year; and
(2) Not to exceed, in any month of a fiscal year, 10% of the world-wide total made available under INA 203(a), (b) and (c) plus any balance remaining from authorizations for preceding months in the same fiscal year.
The annual quota for the employment based first through third preferences is 140,000 visas. Ten percent of that number, obviously, is 14,000 – less than one-fourth the number (60,000) of visas handed out by the Visa Office to the CIS. This is clearly an illegal allocation of visas, as commanded by the lawfully promulgated regulations.
The USCIS screwed up big this time! If they follow the regulation by issuing no more than 14,000 GC/month, then the theoretical max. # of GC to be isued for the remaing of this FY (June+July+August+September) is 14,000x4 = 56,000, which is still less than 60,000 as reported in the VB update. It's just unimaginable that they can adjudicate 60,000 cases in one month - it is so "unlike" USCIS, isn't it?
Check this out folks:
http://immigration-information.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3598
.........
The “update” issued by the Visa Office yesterday clearly violates the explicit command of the governing regulations. The authority for issuing immigrant visa number is found in the statute in sections 201, 202, and 203. The regulatory implementation authority is found at 22 CFR §42.51:
§ 42.51 Department control of numerical limitations.
(a) Centralized control. Centralized control of the numerical limitations on immigration specified in INA 201, 202, and 203 is established in the Department. The Department shall limit the number of immigrant visas that may be issued and the number of adjustments of status that may be granted to aliens subject to these numerical limitations to a number:
(1) Not to exceed 27 percent of the world-wide total made available under INA 203(a), (b) and (c) in any of the first three quarters of any fiscal year; and
(2) Not to exceed, in any month of a fiscal year, 10% of the world-wide total made available under INA 203(a), (b) and (c) plus any balance remaining from authorizations for preceding months in the same fiscal year.
The annual quota for the employment based first through third preferences is 140,000 visas. Ten percent of that number, obviously, is 14,000 – less than one-fourth the number (60,000) of visas handed out by the Visa Office to the CIS. This is clearly an illegal allocation of visas, as commanded by the lawfully promulgated regulations.
The USCIS screwed up big this time! If they follow the regulation by issuing no more than 14,000 GC/month, then the theoretical max. # of GC to be isued for the remaing of this FY (June+July+August+September) is 14,000x4 = 56,000, which is still less than 60,000 as reported in the VB update. It's just unimaginable that they can adjudicate 60,000 cases in one month - it is so "unlike" USCIS, isn't it?