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To bvsamrat
This article might interest you.As Pedro has mentioned there is a lot of speculation but no concrete information in this article
http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/arti...ck-session-yes
Another article on STEM visas-is there still hope?
http://www.rollcall.com/news/Last-Di...1.html?pos=hln
Also this link from the Boston globe
http://bostonglobe.com/business/2012...B1O/story.html
Sorry for multiple edits but it appears that the issue is still alive even amidst the cacophony of the elections
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/c...ust-agree.html
Last edited by gs1968; 11-04-2012 at 07:40 PM.
I think STEM has more chance of passing than HR3012. I also belive STEM brings more relief than to HR 3012.
STEM adds 55000 more GC's
HR 3012 doesn't add new GC's but will remove Country quota after x number of years.
HR 3012 is still ahead in the legislation process than the STEM. During the heyday of HR 3012, there were more positive reports and yet, the bill has sputtered to the finish line. STEM has a long way to go.
In 2004, 20000 additional H1B bill was introduced in both house and senate at the same time during lame duck sessions. This year STEM was introduced by the Judicary comitte members in both House and senate, this is a good sign since they can influence the schedule of the bills to committe and outcome from the comitte.
For EB2-IC, STEM provides minimal relief and the majority of the benefits are expected to go to EB3-ROW, who could be current with the next few years while EB2-IC continue to languish behind by several years. Unless country caps are removed, the EB2-IC backlog simply will not go away. If you are in EB2-IC, you should first support HR 3012 and then STEM.
Perhaps you should read the bill before making the statement, Bill says the job requirement should have requirement for higher education and person should do the masters in the US. I don't know what makes you think it is helping EB-3. If unused visas avaliable after giving visas to people who did their master's/Ph.d in then US, then they will give visas to people who did masters in foregin countries, if visas are avaliable then visas will be spilled over to Eb-1 to down.
Recently the USCI has changed the I140 application format, not sure if the cahnge in I140 is to streamline new STEM Process or just to streamline their own process.
I advise you to read the bill before making statements and passing wrong impressions.
My personal belief, I don't care who benifts or who don't, as long as the additional visas are granted and lines are moving fast than anticiapted/expected, the bill is good for the immigration community. Stop complaining and start working with your senators/house members.
People can twist the meaning of a word, the way it would suit them. If he had reduced green card backlog by bringing in CIR, he would have talked about that. But because he has not, he chose to change the meaning of the word. The immigration backlog would affect people who are in that pool. So, if some kind of poll was to be conducted, those would be the people who would be polled. Among those people, you will hardly find people who would say backlog is reduced. Even by USCIS definition of backlog, the backlog is not reduced. H1b application is taking record time now than ever before. Unless, we are talking about I140 processing backlog, I do not know any other things where backlog is reduced. I never wanted to address healthcare issue in this forum and did not raise the point until some started talking about that.
To sportsfan33
I agree on your assessment about the odds of HR 3012 vs STEM Act. The only point of concern is that the same players in the 3012 game (Smith/Lofgren/Schumer etc) who agreed to eliminate country caps about 1 year ago( it has been that long since 3012 cleared the House) seem to have no qualms in including country caps in their STEM legislation. Has there been a re-consideration of the wisdom of country cap elimination or is this just a start and when some version of 3012 passes they feel it would apply to STEM also?
On the topic of STEM the article linked below is an interesting read and shows how hard it is to change anything immigration-related in America
http://betabeat.com/2012/09/schumer-...eral-assembly/
Why do you want moon then by passing HR 3012 ?
You seem to be suggesting that president is helpless unless congress acts. This can not be more further from the truth. He certainly has the ability to influence congress. In case of Hr 3012, all that was needed was the commitment at upper leadership to push it. If it was put up for the vote, it would have been passed by now. If he had put CIR in first 2 years when democrats where in absolute majority, we would not be talking about this now assuming CIR included legal immigration.
On H1b, you are suggesting that denials and delays are for EVC model. While I agree for denials, I do not agree for delays. Even for direct employer-employee relationship, it is taking longer time then any time ever before. And why does EVC model still exist if USCIS wants to eliminate it ?
sportsfan - this is a great post because it clearly lays out how HR3012 is different from STEM (at least from EBIC perspective). How confident you are about this? Anybody else who can corroborate this?
We should probably create a separate thread to lay this difference out very clearly in front of all EB folks.
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I think Pedro was the one who originally pointed out that the benefits of the STEM bill will mostly go to EB3-ROW. His and sportsfan's argument is that the new STEM visa does not require the job to ask for a MS degree, unlike the existing EB2 system where you don't automatically qualify for second preference just by virtue of having a MS, the job has to require it too. I've never seen the part of the bill that this is waived for the proposed STEM visa.
I don't think the intent of the bill is to have STEM MS holders working at a car wash or a Dunkin' Donuts, which is precisely what will happen if sportsfan's interpretation is correct (hello Tri Valley).
Apart from the points the Pedro and Sportsfan bring up, if you also look at the composition of students in STEM graduate classes in most accredited universities in the US, I think no one would dispute that Indian and Chinese students comprise a large chunk, definitely more than 7%, perhaps as much as 50% or more in some masters and doctoral programs. So, even ethically, I have a problem with supporting any law that has a backlog built in. It just makes a mockery of the effort the students have to put in, and makes the benefits dependent on a cosmic accident called place of birth.
Last edited by nyy_27; 11-06-2012 at 01:06 AM.
I had read one of the STEM bills (the GOP one, I think) but not the other (the Dem one), since, at the time, it's language hadn't yet been released. The one I did not read may have had a different interpretation.
I was pretty certain about my interpretation of the language at the time. there was some debate in this forum and I believe I convinced the other person (wasn't you abcx13?). I was unable to find those posts now, not sure why. I remember that the 25% figure was from someone reputed on trackitt (sangiano, perhaps?). In any case, I don't really think its worth any of our time looking into it now, until there is some more chatter about the STEM bill. If there is, I promise to read both bills again and summarize once more keeping all the above points in mind.
Thanks Sport. Kudos to Pedro then. Regardless whether there is degree requirement for job or not - the key question is - are these visas be held to country quota? Because if so - then we are back to square one. The only thing that will somewhat alleviate pain would be if the stem visas will be incremental to current EB limit OR even better are unlimited in nature i.e. every STEM graduate is guaranteed one as long as there is a job. Any thoughts on these questions?
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Seems status quo will remain. House for Republicans, Senate for democrat and Obama as president.
Except that there is decidedly more urgency to embrace (hispanic) immigrants on both sides of the divide. CIR (whatever it means) may have good chance in 2013. If it happens, EB immigration reform should also be riding the same wave.
In immediate term, what happens to pending legislations like HR3012 and STEM visa remains to be seen. We should expect some 'family' twist to EB visas as well.
From Oh law firm:
Next Congress and the White House will practically see no changes: The second term President Obama in the White House, the Democratic majority Senate in the upper chamber of the federal legislature, and the Republican majority House in the lower chamber of the legislature. Unlike the first term, however, the President is likely to push very aggressively comprehensive immigration reform for two reasons: Firstly, this is a sort of mandate imposed on him in this election. Secondly, he will have nothing to lose from being aggressive because this is the last term he can run for the White House. What does this mean to the direction of immigration reform? Piecemeal immigration reforms, particularly employment-based immigration reform, are likely to face a steep uphill battle. Why? For the comprehensive immigration reform forces, piecemeal immigration reform legislation will weaken the chances for comprehensive immigration reform legislation. The results of this election have reinforced such dynamics. Advocates of employment-based piecemeal immigration reform should come to grips with the political reality and learn to work within the dynamics by realizing importance of negotiation and compromise rather than antagonizing other forces.
I wouldn't express myself so strongly as you. However I think Oh's analysis is quite poor. I do think that since Obama has nothing to lose hereafter, he will push things aggressively. However that doesn't mean he will block piecemeal legislation. Especially one like HR3012 that is so ripe to sign.
Governance is about making choices and bargains. Especially now that Obama has nothing to lose - he doesn't have to take an approach of either/or. Now he can afford to shoot for both. In other words he can take piecemeal AND comprehensive - BOTH approaches.
The real question is - how will his immigration policy fit with his stance on outsourcing, jobs creation and economic revival. That will better shape his support for EB reforms in particular rather than whether EB reform is piecemeal or NOT.
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