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Immigration bill might afterall make it to Senate in 2010

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/14/immigration-bill-promoted-for-2010/
Widely believed as one of our last hopes for a reduction in the often decade long wait for permanent residency, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) bill might come back into life early in 2010.
#3 on Obama’s Presidential campaign promises for top goals for his presidency, the CIR had taken a back seat under the weight [...]

Quick poll - what do you think about the new USCIS website?

Most people that I have talked to about their new website and the new initiatives to re-design the technology behind the immigration system over the next 4 years, seem positive on it. However, when I bring up the fact that such overhaul costs millions of dollars and USCIS runs on application fees from immigrant petitions, [...]

59,404 Indians are waiting ahead of me under the EB3 category!

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 [...]

USICE Announces Audits on 652 Businesses Today

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 [...]

Reuniting Familes Act introduced again in House

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 [...]

EB2 India retrogresses back to January 1 2000 in June 2009 bulletin

Many have written to us about this horrible event. Another inexplicable move by USCIS putting the lives and hopes of many Indian immigrants in trouble. Thankfully, all other countries are safe so far.
The bulletin is available at June 2009 visa bulletin
Reactions to this on forums and in blogs has been as expected - shock. But [...]

Aytes shows compassion - but no real solutions

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 [...]

Prisoners to the Processing Dates Paradox - EB3 Retrogresses in May 2009

Retrogression - Sounds like some mathematical concept (from regression, may be..)…But those of us that are prisoners to the immigration craziness in the US know that its not. In fact, it doesn’t seem to reflect any logic. Whether it’s the July 2007 sudden change in cut-off dates, or the H1-B caps that closed in 1 and 2 days [...]

The Country’s Apathy towards its Immigrants

**** This post was contributed by em. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us Em. *******
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 [...]

Moving to San Diego using AC21

I haven’t posted on this blog in weeks now. Too busy with tons of things going on in my personal and professional lives I guess. Professionally, I took up a job in San Diego, CA. I am excited about the move. It was a difficult decision because I am going from being a generalist to a [...]