If you want to understand why, I suggest that the wikipedia articles on One-China policy, the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 and the Six Assurances might give you a background to the situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by EB3Iwaiting
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If you want to understand why, I suggest that the wikipedia articles on One-China policy, the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 and the Six Assurances might give you a background to the situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by EB3Iwaiting
Thanks Spec. That is some good reading.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spectator
Please don't do this. Neither are the friends of legal immigrants. The way they will reduce backlogs is by removing people from the backlog and not giving GCs.Quote:
Originally Posted by altek001
If you have a bug issue in your house, call an exterminator nor an arsonist. The latter will burn down the house to get rid of the bugs as well as the house.
This is a backdoor way to introduce and pass the RAISE act which will turn the system upside down. None of the people who have waited decades for GC will be ineligible because of age restrictions.
Iatiam
Aptly put Iatiam. We, as immigrants, fall prey to false sympathies by various players especially the lawyers and the corporations. Everyone has their own agenda's, lawyers and corporations, through backlog exploit us. There is only one solution HR392. Anyone else telling or hinting otherwise is lying to you through the teeth.Quote:
Originally Posted by iatiam
Wait - I thought that was sarcasm! "trusted advisor on Immigration Policy" indeed!! Ha Ha Ha.
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Originally Posted by iatiam
Hate to say this but Immigration Hardliners Senators like Tom Cotton should be contacted to expose the EB1 misuse and USCIS new chief on diverting EB3 visas to EB1.
Iatiam,Quote:
Originally Posted by iatiam
DACA is being heard in media as there are folks protesting on the streets. If you are asking this group to keep mum on EB India backlog issue, then we are bound to be in this tragic state for the next 5 to 6 years.
Once the DACA is protected with the shut down resolution passed this week, the EB backlogs is to be everlasting. We need to change this, and get a momentum by doing something. Any suggestions?
I agree. Even Chuck grassley should know as he is well aware of the fraud by Indian IT giants. Only when the EB1C fraud is detected by the legislators, (as they are aware of h1b today), we can expect significant spillover to EB2 and EB3Quote:
Originally Posted by GCdreamz
HR 392 is the only solution. It doesn't really solve the issue, but spreads it such that it becomes everyone's problem instead of India's issue. Nothing else will work because it will add GC numbers which is never going to happenQuote:
Originally Posted by altek001
What is the current state of HR392? Its been 8 months that it was introduced by Kevin Yoder.Quote:
Originally Posted by iatiam
This seems to be a rhetorical question. However, HR 392 is the only bill that has some chance of success even though remote. There is no other bill for EB folks that comes even close. If it is doomed, forget about any relief other than as part if CIR whenever that happens.Quote:
Originally Posted by altek001
First it was introduced by Jason Chaffetz and when he retired Kevin Yoder emerged as the main sponsor.Quote:
Originally Posted by altek001
Things don't happen because folks in Washington think we are geniuses and need to be given greencards. On the contrary we are seen as job snatchers and need to be shown the door. On the other side, companies don't want HR392 to happen as they will lose their bonded employees. The companies publicly say that they support HR392 but behind closed doors heavily oppose HR392.
HR392 can and will happen when folks like you and me rise up and talk to our Senators/congressman/congresswoman about the issues and urge them to pass HR392. Otherwise, it is destined for failure.
Last I heard from Congressman Yoder's office is they want to attach this to DACA Bill, so this is the critical time to call your congressman and just say thanks for supporting bill or ask them the status of the bill.Quote:
Originally Posted by altek001
*Senators List to call*
1.JohnCornyn - TX
☎:202-224-2934
2.Thomas Tillis - NC
☎:202-224-6342
3.Tom Cotton - AR
☎:202-224-2353
4.Jeff Flake - AZ
☎:202-224-4521
5.Cory Gardner - CO
☎:202-224-5941
6.Lindsey Graham - SC
☎202-224-5972
7.James Lankford - OK
☎:202-224-5754
8.David Perdue - GA
☎:202-224-3521
9.Michael Bennet - CO
☎:202-224-5852
10. Orrin Hatch - UT
☎:202-224-5251
*Representative's List to call*
1.Michael T.McCaulTX10
☎:202-225-2401
2.Mario Diaz-BalartFL25
☎:202-225-4211
3.KevinMcCarthy CA23
☎:202-225-2915
4.Bob Goodlatte VA06
☎:202-225-3951
☎:202-225-5431
5.Raul Labrador ID01
☎:202-225-6611
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Originally Posted by tatikonda
Thank you for providing this, Tatikonda.
I urge everyone in this forum to immediately call AND paper mail to senators and Congressman as this list contains Majority Leaders/ Whips of both House and Senate. Lets say even if 5000 of our fellow Indians call their offices, there would be a tremendous response. DACA officially ends on March 5, and President Trump is in touch with both parties until the interim CR runs Feb 18 so they can be protected.
Please make an earnest attempt to let them know on the issue of Aging out Children and number of years you have been waiting legally just to file for Adjustment of Status. Please do not mention anything about HR 392 to make things convoluted. God bless you all, and God bless the United States of America.
Guys, please stop. We all want this bill to pass but some things may be detrimental and I think this exactly does that. If you really want to do something join the IV telegram group and just be a foot soldier. I personally am not a fan of IV folks but this is their bill and they have a good coherent strategy to pass this bill.Quote:
Originally Posted by tatikonda
Is this the SIIA's idiotic strategy?
Your calls to these folks can actually harm the bill.
Some good news in the corner. Diversity visa might get closed and numbers might get added to the lot. Only if country wide limit is removed. Then we have open field.Quote:
Originally Posted by YTeleven
BVSamrat,
Diversity and country limits have nothing in common.
Trump / Bannon are anti globalists. Diversity Visa is a wonderful tool for state department to curry favors to various countries and build those bridges to those countries. Cancelling this quota cuts state department's power - which Trump seems to be interested in. Tillerson - though calls Trump moron - is on the same page with Trump on this one. Thats why almost a third of state department appointments are unfilled.
I am not sure why Trump thinks it's a good idea. It may be politically useful to him .... but it hurts America's foreign influence (some may call it interference).
It is important to understand that this has ZERO relationship with EB or even FB immigration.
As per country quota - we will see. Things never happen in US out of ideology or philosophy .. They happen because there is somebody fighting for those things, and most of the times the basis rooted in money and economics. Even the civil war -- the southern states had an economic reason to keep slavery alive. H1B and backlogged indians are in similar situation. There are strong economic incentives for American corporations to keep this workforce less mobile.
So unless somebody fights for this group - how is this going to change?
Even Indian community is not standing up for backlogged indians. Not even all backlogged indians are standing up for themselves. We keep talking about abuse in other EB categories!!
Go figure when the country limits will be removed.
It will be a miracle if and when that happens.
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Originally Posted by bvsamrat
Thanks Q for the thoughts. Agee that nothing may get changed. But, also idea of merit based immigration might really work in USA where talent and skills go a long way as against in NZ/AUS or Canada where it is being used, but have a very few opportunities (Those countries appear great on paper to invite, less receptive to outsiders on employment chances). I have seen many doctors driving taxies and buses there.Quote:
Originally Posted by qesehmk
US indeed is the best country to migrate to .... no doubt about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by bvsamrat
Hi Everyone,
If you read in the latest news, the Immigration proposal does not eliminate limits on country cap nor has an increase in the number of GC's from 140K. Except that 55K visas are to be allocated to FB and EB categories to the most backlogged countries.
With half of the 55K going to EB category, by how much do you think EB2 Final action date will move each year?
Currently, it's moving forward roughly by 6 to 8 months a year.
There will be a million proposals coming out of "you know where", none of which will ever see daylight including Isquared. Start analyzing something when it passes at least one chamber of the Congress. if there is anything that might pass it is HR392 (probability of 20-30%) everything else is just plain posturing.Quote:
Originally Posted by altek001
It's frustating to see DACA Illegals and unskilled scumbags getting media attention while our children are at the risk of being aged out.Quote:
Originally Posted by rock581
Politicians are planning phase 1 for DACA and phase 2 for legal immigrants while the latter is being addressed for EB. It's shows the ignorance, retardness and indifference of politicians to include a one line clause(of ending country limit) in the 800 plus bill that updates the Immigration law..
I am thinking the reason they want to keep legal immigration reform as Phase 2 is due to this election year.
They want to keep the unemployment numbers low in the high skilled jobs as this was the premise of the “Buy American and Hire American” executive order as U.S. workers can’t find jobs because of immigrants and temporary visa holders. This should be a no-brainer !!!!
That is more to do with Vote bank politics and appeasement of the biggest impact block.Quote:
Originally Posted by altek001
The EB category block appeasement is very little and more so when we talk about backlogged.
----Taken from an excerpt from DACA discussion by an American
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Hey foreign born kids of LEGAL Immigrants,
When you turn 21, YOU WILL BE KICKED OUT OF THE COUNTRY. This is because after 21, you cannot claim to be a “dependent” of your parents. Unless, you get your own legal status(as a student or a temporary worker), you need to leave the country.
Have you heard of a program called “DACA”(Deffered action on childhood arrivals). It grants legal status to people who were brought into the country illegally as children to study and work. These people are also called “Dreamers”. I am sure you have dreams too. Why cant you, a LEGAL immigrant, be a “Dreamer”?
Hey, not exactly legal, why not deliberately turn out of status and then claim DACA? If DACA people had their way, they could be citizens by one stroke of President Trump’s hand. Which seems likely considering all the news that is coming out. It is a win-win for you. Illegal today, citizen tomorrow.
Trump Says He Is Open to a Path to Citizenship for ‘Dreamers’
Lets face it, your parent’s path to citizenship through the legal visa is so long, that even you will have grand children, by the time his time comes at the front of the queue. See the irony of the situation?
Legal immigrants children-> Aged out and kicked out of the country.
Illegal immigrants children -> Given DACA and possibly citizenship.
P.S: This is just an honest analysis of the current situation and I am NOT encouraging illegal immigration.
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Sen Hatch filed a series of amendments today to the pending Immigration legislation to shore up the merit-based side of the legislation.Interestingly he appears to have left out the H-1B increases from the I-squared Act.
https://www.hatch.senate.gov/public/...2-DD42225DBCDD
This is a positive development as one of the amendments is the country cap elimination. If this is voted on and passes then the house which already has a bill filed with the judiciary committee might take it up (HR 392). However the House Judiciary committee has not been very favorably disposed to EB green cards. The Bill sponsored by Goodlatte/Issa increases the EB quota to 195000 (by eliminating the DV lottery) but keeping the country caps in place. Of course there is no guarantee that this amendment will be voted upon and passed in the Senate but the Democrats feel that they are probably 2-3 votes short of passing a two pillar DACA Bill (legalization of Dreamers) and increased border security without the diversity and family immigration cuts. Hatch is a retiring Senator this year and they might get his vote if they can get his amendments passed. As of now although multiple amendments have been filed no votes have been scheduled. We still have Grassley and Durbin to consider. As the clock keeps ticking there is probably not much time for a vote-a-rama and it is possible only a few amendments may be taken up by mutual consent and the rest left out
Does anyone know the status of hr392?
https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=s0jI5_1521513943
This video is eliciting itserve is sabotaging efforts of per country elimination..
I watched the whole 17 minutes. The video is breathtaking. I hope more people see this and spread this. Thank you for uploading.Quote:
Originally Posted by altek001
The Trump voters could very well be an unlikely ally in the fight to remove country caps.
Generally speaking - we were THE very first blog and community that started speaking country caps as real culprit for the pain for EB-India. The reason was very simple - we looked at data and real numbers that nobody else did. I always hated IV for their obstinence to understand others' viewpoint. Finally they have come around and are actively advocating for removal of country caps.
Join IV's efforts even if you are 1 or 2 years away in terms of priority date. You never know it could take 7-8 years to clear 1 year of backlog. Case in point - 50% people with EB2I PD in 2007 got their GCs in 2011. The rest 50% took almost 3 more years and then the entire 2008 EB2I took another 5 years.
So it is high time you do everything you can to support HR392.
Good luck and to hell with the scumbags that are opposed to removal of country caps for their own personal gain.
This is actually a scary scenario and there are all good reasons to believe that ITServe and RHC are trying to poison pill HR392. It doesn't take a lot of intelligence to understand that it is in ITServe's best interest to keep the backlogs alive. Both lawyers - Emily Neumann and Rahul Reddy act like they are the friends of immigrants. Look at Emily's website which is a big hit among desis. (http://immigrationgirl.com/). But behind the scenes they are acting against the interests of immigrants.Quote:
Originally Posted by altek001
Hence I completely mistrust RHC and ITServe. RHC was no where in the scene when HR3012 passed house in 2011. We didn't hear about them when HR213 was introduced. However, now that HR392 has gained momentum, they show-up with a different agenda to sabotage the bill. Here are a few more reasons,
1. RHC is actively taking money from immigrants.
2. RHC is confusing the message. They talk about HR392, DALCA (what the hell is that?)
3. They are organizing a rally in DC. When was the last time a rally has led to law making?
Overall I think this is a ploy by ITServe to kill the bill.
Iatiam
I tweeted a few of the immigrants group on this video earlier today, hope it gets viral..Quote:
Originally Posted by iatiam
It's very simple. President Trump is opposing H1b workers and wants few foreigners taking american jobs. His stance could be the same for EB folks getting green cards. The analogy is potential GC applicants could be taking away American jobs. When such a rhetoric exists in this presidency, Does anyone think RHC's Shalabh kumar can really persuade Trump to change his view?
The message in HR392 is simple. First come , First served. This is the message Congress needs to hear.
on another note, I have been following inclusions of the Omnibus bill 2018 and it appears DACA and HR4760 didn't cut into it. Very sad....
I hate IV's approach(to country cap elimination) as they ingested HR392 into HR4760. The senate bill similar to HR4760 failed in febraruary. Why include in something when the latter was opposed by DEMS and failed...
Spread awareness with your friends to refrain from services like consultations, H1b/green card filing from Murthy law firm and Reddy-Neumann. Advise them to NOT donate any money to RHC....
Do reach out Congressmen and Senator's office atleast once a week to keep the HR392 momentum alive. Calls nationwide in US free :)
Thank you for your inputs, folks..
Yes - especially do not go to Murthy - sickening to see how she is pandering to these ITServe frauds! Frustrating to see Indians bring the same fraudulent and unscrupulous practices we thought we left behind...Quote:
Originally Posted by altek001
They were pretty fast to remove the videoQuote:
Originally Posted by gcy2k07
It's disheartening to hear that our people are doing these kinds of things here too. But I guess some just can't help but try to take advantage of others where ever they are.Quote:
Originally Posted by srimurthy
My PD is 03/25/2009, with the new H.R's going around with the new immigration reform, how does it effect my spot? will they say all pending applications need to be cancelled n there will be a new line or will they process all the pending applications and then take up the new process?
https://judiciary.house.gov/wp-conte...Reform-Act.pdf
Did you read the bill summary at least?Quote:
Originally Posted by EB2-03252009
https://goodlatte.house.gov/news/doc...ocumentID=1247
I am afraid nothing is going to happen (90% sure), or at least nothing of consequence to us. There have been more optimistic moments in past few years which turned quickly to nothing. Best is to be pessimistic, and hopefully be pleasantly surprised laterQuote:
Originally Posted by EB2-03252009
lol... i did. I might be current soon, but little concerned that I might lose my spot coz of "and begins a shift to a merit-based system"Quote:
Originally Posted by gten20
The bill creates a separate pool of visas for DACA and children of H-1/L-1 nonimmigrants and repeals the per country limits. It increases the annual allocation for EB visas by 65000 which should help clear the backlog. It does nor revoke any previously approved petitions. Your spot in line is preserved.Quote:
Originally Posted by EB2-03252009
Note: the bill has very little chance of getting out of congress.
As stated by others anything passing is being highly optimistic. Also even if some bill gets passed, why would that impact existing application that require a cancellation. The application was already file and should be considered and approved based on that. It is not in a category that is being discontinued, at best we may get greened if the country cap removed or EB4 abolished and those are allocated to other employment categories.Quote:
Originally Posted by EB2-03252009