DANGER TO ALL K-1 APPLICATIONS

[Michael123 0]

If you are not aware of it--the K-1 visa you have already filed [& any that are filed in the next 3 years!!] are in GRAVE danger from Harry Reid's "Dream Amnesty Act" for illegals!! It simply states, if passed, that all illegals applications for amnesty will have Priority OVER ALL other immigration filings!! That's right & he's going to try to pass it in the next 2 weeks!! NO matter when you filed for her K-1, the illegals jump the line & get worked on first!! so if this passes, expect a MUCH longer wait for K-1 & K-3 because the illegals will have priority over petitions filed by citizens!! THEREFORE, it is imperative you contact your senator to OPPOSE Reid & the Dream act Amnesty!! The importance of this can NOT be stressed too much!! Go to your senator's website & give him/her an earful!!

[easyukraine 1]

thieves and lyres in Washington have found another way to buy votes. we should vote all of em out.

[Michael123 0]

Agreed that we should vote them all out BUT they may pass this before that can happen!! That's why pressure must be brought to bear NOW by telling them WE WILL VOTE THEM OUT!! GO MAN!

[Kathryn41 3,205]

moved from K-1 forum to Politics and Religion forum as the topic is political in nature and not specific to the K-1 process and procedures

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

If you are not aware of it--the K-1 visa you have already filed [& any that are filed in the next 3 years!!] are in GRAVE danger from Harry Reid's "Dream Amnesty Act" for illegals!! It simply states, if passed, that all illegals applications for amnesty will have Priority OVER ALL other immigration filings!! That's right & he's going to try to pass it in the next 2 weeks!! NO matter when you filed for her K-1, the illegals jump the line & get worked on first!! so if this passes, expect a MUCH longer wait for K-1 & K-3 because the illegals will have priority over petitions filed by citizens!! THEREFORE, it is imperative you contact your senator to OPPOSE Reid & the Dream act Amnesty!! The importance of this can NOT be stressed too much!! Go to your senator's website & give him/her an earful!!

I do not support the DREAM act. And I do not discourage anyone from calling or writing their Senators to oppose it for any reason.

USCIS has recently made changes in how they handle applications and petitions and this is why. There has been speculation, planning and budgeting for more than a year within USCIS on how to handle the increased workload that an amensty of some sort would create. It is the goal of the new way of handling K-1 petitions, as well as I-130s, to keep the processing times withn the current standards even if there is increased workload.

[evli1966 88]

I do not support the DREAM act. And I do not discourage anyone from calling or writing their Senators to oppose it for any reason.

USCIS has recently made changes in how they handle applications and petitions and this is why. There has been speculation, planning and budgeting for more than a year within USCIS on how to handle the increased workload that an amensty of some sort would create. It is the goal of the new way of handling K-1 petitions, as well as I-130s, to keep the processing times withn the current standards even if there is increased workload.

Do yo mean discourage or encourage.

There those of us who have been waiting 16 months now.

I understand my past actions brough this on but to do what Mr reid wants is BS.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Do yo mean discourage or encourage.

There those of us who have been waiting 16 months now.

I understand my past actions brough this on but to do what Mr reid wants is BS.

Discourage. I DO NOT discourage people from calling their senators and OPPOSING this legislation. Feel free to read anything you misunderstand twice.

By all means call. I disagree with any attempt at amnesty, this is nothing more than a conscription of slaves. Illegal aliens will become legal aliens who then will want minimum wage and all the wage/hour protections, payroll taxes, etc. as other legal workers and will immediuately become unemployed and dependent. Since they will no longer be able to offer their employers what their employers wnat...cheap labor with no taxes and no need to comply with wage/hour laws. The current illegals will become unemployed legals and 12 million MORE illegals will cross the border to take their place. the ONLY way to eliminate the "problem" is to eliminate the economic reason illegals come here...jobs. While Obama has done admirable work in eliminating jobs in general, I had more in mind to eliminate jobs for illegals in particular by imposing horrible penalties for employing them.

I am 100% against the DREAM act.

I only wish to inform VJ members that USCIS has been working on this for some time, since at least last September, and they have a plan in place to keep processing of other business within the established timeframes. That is the plan, anyway.

Edited September 20, 2010 by Gary and Alla

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Discourage. I DO NOT discourage people from calling their senators and OPPOSING this legislation. Feel free to read anything you misunderstand twice.

By all means call. I disagree with any attempt at amnesty, this is nothing more than a conscription of slaves. Illegal aliens will become legal aliens who then will want minimum wage and all the wage/hour protections, payroll taxes, etc. as other legal workers and will immediuately become unemployed and dependent. Since they will no longer be able to offer their employers what their employers wnat...cheap labor with no taxes and no need to comply with wage/hour laws. The current illegals will become unemployed legals and 12 million MORE illegals will cross the border to take their place. the ONLY way to eliminate the "problem" is to eliminate the economic reason illegals come here...jobs. While Obama has done admirable work in eliminating jobs in general, I had more in mind to eliminate jobs for illegals in particular by imposing horrible penalties for employing them.

I am 100% against the DREAM act.

I only wish to inform VJ members that USCIS has been working on this for some time, since at least last September, and they have a plan in place to keep processing of other business within the established timeframes. That is the plan, anyway.

Just so you know, many legal residence/US citizens still work for less than minimum wage especially in more rural communities. Its all they can get and they don't want to bite the hand that feeds them by reporting the problem.

[evli1966 88]

Discourage. I DO NOT discourage people from calling their senators and OPPOSING this legislation. Feel free to read anything you misunderstand twice.

By all means call. I disagree with any attempt at amnesty, this is nothing more than a conscription of slaves. Illegal aliens will become legal aliens who then will want minimum wage and all the wage/hour protections, payroll taxes, etc. as other legal workers and will immediuately become unemployed and dependent. Since they will no longer be able to offer their employers what their employers wnat...cheap labor with no taxes and no need to comply with wage/hour laws. The current illegals will become unemployed legals and 12 million MORE illegals will cross the border to take their place. the ONLY way to eliminate the "problem" is to eliminate the economic reason illegals come here...jobs. While Obama has done admirable work in eliminating jobs in general, I had more in mind to eliminate jobs for illegals in particular by imposing horrible penalties for employing them.

I am 100% against the DREAM act.

I only wish to inform VJ members that USCIS has been working on this for some time, since at least last September, and they have a plan in place to keep processing of other business within the established timeframes. That is the plan, anyway.

gary thank you for clarifying.

The way it was worded seemd you wanted to use encourge.

With out needing an answer I assume you have inside source which supports what you say.

At least USCIS is tryiing to prepare for the worst it seems.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Just so you know, many legal residence/US citizens still work for less than minimum wage especially in more rural communities. Its all they can get and they don't want to bite the hand that feeds them by reporting the problem.

Good to know that. Now I am in favor of the DREAM act.

Why does it have anything to do with anything I said?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

gary thank you for clarifying.

The way it was worded seemd you wanted to use encourge.

With out needing an answer I assume you have inside source which supports what you say.

At least USCIS is tryiing to prepare for the worst it seems.

Yes, I do. Though it is hardly a secret. They did not make the changes they did in order to shorten your time away from your hunny bunny, they really couldn't care less about that. It has been assumed within the DHS that there WILL be an amnesty program implemented during Obama's first term of office and they have worked on solutions to prevent the time frames of processing from going completely out of control.

It is the intent of the new system, now implemented, to maintain (not decrease) established time frames for visa processing under an anticiapted increased demand.

Simple, and for the very reason mentioned in this post. Congressman/Senators who will vote for this bill do not want to hear from the hundreds of thousands of people already in the system that they are being delayed because of this amnesty. USCIS was directed to find a way to maintain processing times. The new system gives them the "answer" to all those calls and allows them to vote for it with a "clear conscience" that they are not delaying others. Wooo Hooo! In other words, the politicians are a step ahead of you. Big surprise.

My guess is that if you call your Senator on this matter, you will be told that the new system will prevent the problem mentioned in the OP. And THEN where will you be?

As I said...I do not support the bill, but my concerns have nothing to do with processing times, not that I really care WHY you are against it...any reason is fine by me.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Good to know that. Now I am in favor of the DREAM act.

Why does it have anything to do with anything I said?

I too am not for the DREAM ACT, but do realize that even with Amnesty alot of agricultural workers would still get paid below min wage per my previous post.

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

Appears to have been shot down!!!!! Looks like they were 4 votes short.

[SMOKE 1,426]

Appears to have been shot down!!!!! Looks like they were 4 votes short.

[Pooky 3,825]

Appears to have been shot down!!!!! Looks like they were 4 votes short.

Rather inappropriate wording, as it was an amendment to the 2011 Defense Appropriations Bill.

But the right result, nevertheless.