Not a chance in hell is my guess.Originally Posted by imdeng
Not a chance in hell is my guess.
All of you know my feelings towards advocacy.
However now that the bill has passed the congress, those who worked hard deserve congratulations and thank you at the very least. Even getting to this stage is a really good piece of work.
I no longer provide calculations/predictions ever since whereismyGC.com was created.
I do run this site only as an administrator. Our goal is to improve clarity of GC process to help people plan their lives better.
Use the info at your risk. None of this is legal advice.
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GC Number Increase = Dead at birth. Not a single Republican will vote for it. Infact, many Dems will stay away as well.
What the heck, Reps/Dems won't even support "Recapture", forget about increase. Rand Paul has other motives.
Logging back in after years!! Though I do come to read often!!
Guys and girls... I think its that time of the decade again when we get schooled in politics afresh!!
1. There's no way this bill has ANY chance of passing. If you are one of those who are "asking"... you are pretty new at this business.
2. It will hog a lot of time and attention. Esp. of Indians who are seeing this crap for the first time around and will be amazed with the awesomeness called Rand Paul!!
3. Rand Paul will now officially be able to say: "See... I told you I am all for immigration!".
4. I'll be logging back in again in a decade.
Till then... take care of your health, relationships, and career.
Cheers!!!
Are you kidding me? This bill is like Blackforest Cake, Gulfi ice Cream, Laddu, Jelebi, Kaju Katli and Kalakand in one package. We are just asking for a simple Dhaal Chawal and we have been denied so far saying ROW will not have anything to eat and starve to death. This is just posturing from Rand Paul to take some of the heat away.
What are you doing at Sukhadia's so early on a Friday morning?!
This bill has increase in visa numbers and removing dependents from visa count. What it means is, it's a non-starter. Remember, the H.R.1044 passed in House overwhelmingly because it didn't add any to the existing visa numbers. Any bill that seeks for addition to the existing visa numbers is not going anywhere.
Rand Paul has his own bill means, he's unlikely to lift the hold on S.386.
As far as I read, even some democrats in Senate are opposed to S.386 as they want the CIR (Comprehensive Immigration Reform) not the piece meal approach to immigration.
After a long time I checked on legislative action on the immigration front this week and at an opportune time I guess. Saw the House bill clear while Rand Paul blocked the Senate bill but looks like he dropped his own plan into the mix.
Maybe we can have an interesting last few weeks of summer: https://www.cato.org/blog/sen-pauls-...hout-tradeoffs
Not sure there is any appetite for any immigration reform though unless it involves slashing any and all kinds.
Eb5 rule update... final rule
https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-rele...s-eb-5-program
increasing the amount of investment, may be effective from Nov'19 possibility increasing the allocation for EB1
There is a huge EB5 backlog. 15+ years for China. 8+ years for India. And 6+ years for Vietnam. So atleast a couple of years will be spent clearing the backlog.
A lot of desi folks supported Trump during 2016 elections. This is what he gives you back ...
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...-stay-n1041316
Like I always say - once an anti-immigrant always an anti-immigrant. Legal illegal difference does not matter.
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Thanks Q ! This is not good news for immigration overall, however could this have a positive impact on those backlogged legal immigrants who are not on public charge ?
I am in thinking more selfishlyin terms of EB2I/EB3I and if unused visas due to above will help move these categories forward.
If anything, it may be good news since we are competing with some of these lower income brackets for the numbers. But at this point nothing seems to help and everything seems to hurt as Q said, legal or illegal doesn't matter, hurts everyone.
The problem is leverage, we have some large groups, especially us folks from India, who have depended on employers goodwill to make legal immigration but hasn't worked out really well giving us minimal political leverage. The folks that have already made the cut, quite frankly would be on other side of political action as its not in their interest.
I dont see EB-India having folks who rely on assistance. This is probably more for ROW/Mex/Phl and that too more so in FB category.Thanks Q ! This is not good news for immigration overall, however could this have a positive impact on those backlogged legal immigrants who are not on public charge ?
I am in thinking more selfishly
But the point is - legal - illegal does not matter. The anti-immigration sentiment is strong and thriving. As per bloody1's argument about NRIs on the other side, I'd say that they are apathetic to your plight not necessarily antipathetic.
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Use the info at your risk. None of this is legal advice.
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True! However, once in effect this will invite litigation
Ha ha if this goes through, imagine what they could do next. This one has no impact on you doesn't mean that the next one also wouldn't. It's all about setting a precedent.
All the anti "anybody" stuff reminds me of the following quote. Saw it long ago at the Holocaust Memorial at DC.
Not comparing any administration to anything, no politics, just sharing. Please delete, if found inappropriate.
Link: Martin Niemöller quoteFirst they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
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Look at this artcile - https://www.businessinsider.com/the-...-reform-2019-8
Last line says that around 16k GCs are rejected. What happens to those numbers ? Would they flow into Employment based ?
@speculator and other gurus.
Q, The "friendly" admin made things tougher for H1B from 2009-2013 due to recession. They diluted their own rules regarding client letter for H1 filing in 2012 to open the H1B flood gates again. They provided 3 year OPT, playing cahoots to the industry, while doing nothing to reduce the wait time for immigrants.
Not ignoring the fact, we got a completely watered down H4-EAD, while completely fooling applicants on 140-EAD. It was done back in 2007 and there was a precedence. Nothing for the kids who were born outside US, and lived almost all their life here.
Oh, there was another minor thing back in 2009-2010 if you recall, if the companies had laid off citizens, they cannot start the GC process for H1's for 6 months.
Even the filing date push back in September 2015 after it was supposed to give some respite for people waiting from May 2010 to June 2011 in Eb2 showed that the 'friendly' admin did not care much.
Citizen Indians moved to Trump, because of how Obama admin treated Modi with visa denial during his time. They started identifying themselves with republican values. They don't care about H1B's concerns.
https://www.nj.com/politics/2019/08/...00k-in-nj.html
700K people just in NJ alone...this rule is going to have a big impact
Q, I respect you for starting this forum and the work you have done, but you are wrong on this one. Most people didn't even read the rule. Here is the official USCIS link for the rule.
https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-rele...issibility-law
I do not see anything wrong with this rule. Also there is a key point all liberal and fake news media is not telling. This rule will apply to only new applications received on or after October 15th. Trump is not anti immigrant nor he is racist. Democrats do not like immigrants, but they want votes that is why they support illegal immigration. I hope you do more research and find the truth.
Agree completely. Add to the list how Obama introduced DACA and flooded the southern border with illegals in 2012. EB4 visa used to spillover to EB1/2/3 until these were taken away by special juvenile immigrants. I would have become a citizen if not for DACA.
And I honestly do not understand how this is going to hurt legal immigrants? No EB based immigrant takes welfare from the government. Heck, we are not even eligible for social security benefits (something every one is forced to pay into) if we have to go back to India.
If any thing I want to see how much SO is going to come from FB.
Iatiam
Hence my quesiton -
Look at this artcile - https://www.businessinsider.com/the-...-reform-2019-8
Last line says that around 16k GCs are rejected. What happens to those numbers ? Would they flow into Employment based ?
@speculator and other gurus.
When it comes to EB immigration, there is no friend on either side of the aisle. Ds care about votes and Rs care about lowering wages.
IMHO citizen indian's are typically R voters. they support lowering taxes far more than any other R policy or leader of the cycle.
September 2015 filing rule in fact made things from bad to worse.
[/QUOTE]
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
Link: Martin Niemöller quote/QUOTE]
so true.. this is how it hurts all immigrants.. there is no stopping wrt anti sentiment.
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