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Hi,
Today I am writing because I feel very low and lost. I had tried coming up and working with representatives on some sort of arrangement to expedite Immigration to US. However, nothing is paning out right.
Maybe today I’d like to [...]
I’ve been trying to think of a list of the top 10 biggest issues that legal immigrants face today. There are hundreds of applications and each and every one of us has a different story. But many of us share the same kinds of worries at some point or the other. I am sure each [...]
The GAO Analysis on USCIS fee increases part 1 and part 2. http://Immigration-law.com reported today:
This Government Accounting Office release relfects that about the USCIS was run on the fees collected from the customers in 2008. Do you remember the whoppy fee increase in August 2007, immediately following the FY [...]
NSC Processing dates - updated January 23, 2009
TSC Processing dates - updated January 23. 2009
I-140 dates have moved and this time, for a change, we do think that the dates reflect reality for the most part. But the discrepancy between TSC and NSC remains and the wait continues to be around 15 months - way [...]
More wait…that familiar thing…Usually each month, the USCIS releases new processing dates for its service centers between 15th and 20th of the month. This month, it’s 23rd already and no processing dates yet. It’s a different matter that we don’t really believe their processing dates, but it’s sort of this monthly routine now and they [...]
New processing dates in NSC and TSC: I-140 for EB2 and EB3 are at August 2, 2007 now. I still know at least 20+ people personally and if you go look at Trackitt, you’ll see a hundreds that are still waiting for adjudication from the Jan-July 2007 timeframe. USCIS really must come out and talk [...]
Washington Post Article Link
Agency Plans Electronic Overhaul of Case-Management System
The Bush administration has launched a major overhaul of the nation’s immigration services agency, selecting an industry consortium led by IBM to reinvent how the government handles about 7 million applications each year for visas, citizenship and approval to work in the United States, officials announced [...]
It’s available at:
http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_4384.html
Very little movement for EB2 and EB3 categories. Due to availability of new visa numbers for fiscal year 2009, we were hopeful that there would be a larger movement in the processing dates, but that doesn’t appear to be happening.
All
Charge-ability
Areas
Except
Those
Listed
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mainland born
INDIA
MEXICO
PHILIP-PINES
Employ-ment
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01MAY05
Other
Workers
15JAN03
15JAN03
15JAN03
15JAN03
15JAN03
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C
C
C
C
Certain Religious Workers
C
C
C
C
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5th
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C
C
C
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Targeted Employ-ment Areas/
Regional Centers
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If you are like me, you visit the Processing dates pages for your service center often. I do it several time between the 14th and 20th of every month when the USCIS usually updates these pages. Some other times, I just check it even though I know nothing would’ve changed on it, it’s a damn [...]
Our poll on McCain versus Obama on Immigration showed Obama clearly winning 58% to 14% with 28% undecided. The mood is feverish here in the US today. Feels as if 18 months of craziness, first the Hillary versus Obama battle and now the McCain versus Obama race, is culminating in one day today…
And the poll [...]
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