Immigrant’s List Reported today -
In addition to debates on health care, energy, and spending, on Dec. 15, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) officially added immigration reform to the list of issues Congress will confront next year by introducing the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act of 2009.
More hope for 2010..
I reported about the new USCIS website launched September 22 yesterday. Looks like that wasn’t all.
A friend and fellow endlesswaiter forwarded me this piece that you’ve got to read -Q&A on pending I-485 applications. The report at the bottom of this page shows the exact number of EB3 immigrant applicants from India that are waiting [...]
The new USCIS Directory, , announced the launch of the new http://www.uscis.gov website today.
Today our agency took a major step forward to put these ideas into action. After much hard work, including substantial feedback from the public, we launched a new and vastly improved USCIS.gov website. This new one-stop-shop will provide a range of tools [...]
USICE announced more audits in one day alone today than it did in all of the previous fiscal year. Employers choosing to hire illegal immigrants or persons without a currently valid employment authorization can get in serious trouble if the audit catches such activity. The biggest risk is to employers that don’t even know that [...]
Waiting in line for a decade is never fun. Drives people to the edge - or sometimes even over (that’s when they go back!). in that state of mind, it’s easy to miss the forest for the trees in understanding why immigration is such a nightmare.
USCIS operating performance report for April 2009 - released recently [...]
Several people in pending-AOS (Adjustment of Status - I-485) status are now getting called for what USCIS terms “initial interviews”. You could get called for such interviews even if your priority date is far from current. It appears that many of the ones that were called have switched jobs after 180 days of the filing [...]
All Charge-
ability Areas Except Those Listed
CHINA-mainland born
INDIA
MEXICO
PHILIPPINES
Employment-Based
1st
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C
C
C
C
2nd
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01JAN00
01JAN00
C
C
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U
U
U
U
Other Workers
U
U
U
U
U
4th
C
C
C
C
C
Certain Religious
Workers
C
C
C
C
C
5th
C
C
C
C
C
Targeted Employ-
ment Areas/
Regional Centers
C
C
C
C
C
Visa Bulletin for July 2009.
DISMAL. EXPECTED.
The H1B cap moved back from 45,800 ton May 29, 2009 o 44,400 as of June 5, 2009. Huh?
Does that mean some people that filed their applications withdrew them? Is that even possible?
Does that mean USCIS rejected some applications as problem filings? But even if they did that, do those not count towards the cap?
Or [...]
Rep. Michael Honda of California introduced in the House on 06/04/2009 H.R.2709, Reuniting Family Act bill, cosponsored by 55 other Congressmen and women.
This bill is a comprehensive immigration package that includes [...]
Acting Deputy Director of USCIS, Mike Aytes, wrote on the Department of Homeland Security Blog today on a topic that the audience of the Endlesswait site is very interested in - Employment Based Immigration and the endless wait associated with it.
Aytes Blog Post on Employment Based Visa Wait Time
One one hand, I am very happy [...]
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