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, which means we will are likely to bear that cost, the discussion takes a different turn.
A H1-B petition costs about $3000. A transfer costs $1000 or so. Recently, due to layoffs, several immigrants have had to go from H1 to H4 and back to H1. Several others have had to transfer their H1’s to a new employer (if they were fortunate). Between all the stresses of joblessness, uncertainty of their future, unclear laws that don’t clearly specify what your status is the day you are are laid off, Etc., you are also expected to shell out thousands which might be possibly going down the drain! Talk about compassion from the USCIS. The govt. uses our money to bail out banks that were irresponsible but never cuts us any slack when it comes to application fees.
When that’s brought up, people start debating how useful the glamourous typo-ridden changes on the USCIS website really is. Personally, I do feel it’s a move in the right direction, overall, though there is a lot more information that the USCIS could potentially present that would make such a move worthwhile. A quick look at Trackitt will provide a good example.
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October 19th, 2009 at 10:16 am
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