What does Specter's Bill mean for advanced degree holders.

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Per specter's bill, do the advanced degree (M.S. or Phd from USA) holders --
1. are exempt from visa/gc number limits?
2. do they need to file for labor?
3. what is the definition of 3years worth of work experience? Work ex as of date of filing? Does the experience on OPT count?
4. can they apply for 140 and 485 concurrently?

Would like to start a discussion on these topics. From what I understand, this bill is really going to be beneficial to all oversubscribed countries. Advanced degree holders with requisite work experience currently account for atleast 40% of the total pending GC applications.

Cheers!!
 
I think you definitely would need to get a LC. This is for the condition that no US worker is available for your JOB. The numerical limit of visa numbers will not apply for eligible candidates.
 
Good focus on points

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"3. what is the definition of 3years worth of work experience? Work ex as of date of filing? Does the experience on OPT count?"

Im confused about the starting period of the 3 year clause too. Does that include time worked on the OPT??

any clarifications are welcomed
 
Folks, you guys are "putting the cart before the Horse".
Specter's bill will be passed in the Senate by a majority but will be dead on Arrival (DOA) at Congress.
None of these liberal immigration bills will be passed by Congress. I mean the Congressman are evn telling President Bush to FO on this issue.
Main issue is influencing Congress not senate, otherwise whatever senate is passing is irrelevant.
 
I beg to differ. It is worth discussing this bill now and try to provide feedback to the senator about bill at this point, before it fails or passes at the Senate or House floor. The former is more likely though.

Specter is an influential senator. What surprises me is that after taking a supreme defeat in the S.1932 bill, he came back with the idea of increasing the EB numbers to 290K/year on a permanent basis and not counting spouses. Unlikely that will pass.

Why not just ask more reasonable remedies, such as increasing the visas to larger numbers on a temporary basis, for the next two years to take us out of this mess of shortage of visa numbers ? That would be way more likely to receive bipartisan support. Below is NumbersUSA.com take on Specter's proposal. Senator's Specter phones will ring badly from now on, you can count on that:


"Specter’s 'Spectacular' Amnesty and Visa Giveaway
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) has introduced the long-awaited bill that is to be the "vehicle" for the Senate's response to the House's tough immigration enforcement bill (H.R. 4437). Many initial media accounts described Specter's bill as a "middle ground." But it may be the most radical open-borders legislation ever introduced in America. (1) Those illegal aliens who entered the United States before Jan. 4, 2004 and are currently unlawfully employed would be allowed to legalize their status and stay indefinitely without first returning home (the only reward denied them would be citizenship). And their families would be allowed to stay indefinitely as well. (2) The bill's threat may be even greater in the area of legal immigration. Although the country already has nearly 50 million foreign workers, immigrants and their children – and 14 million Americans who cannot find full-time jobs – Specter would add another nearly 2 million foreign workers and family permanently to U.S. communities each year. (3) The Specter bill creates an additional unlimited foreign guest worker program that gives the global laborforce access to nearly all American jobs.
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GC_DJ said:
It is not worh discussing this bill at this point. This is only a draft.
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Please consolidate all views at one location

Please consolidate all views at one location
I have created a new thread for the same.

GCStrat :)
 
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