ALL F4's 2

[Jhamira 3]

2nd to 5th of month

when NVC start sending IL for Jan 2015

[krunal 2]

Prez. OBAMA TO ANNOUNCE IMMIGRATION ORDER ON THIS FRIDAY AT LAS VEGAS.. HOPE HE WILL HAVE SOMETHINGS FOR US ALSO..

[batman7 108]

He won't do anything for family-based categories...not even in his dreams...

His first and last priority is to give benefits to millions of illegal immigrants......he cannot see beyond this...

Prez. OBAMA TO ANNOUNCE IMMIGRATION ORDER ON THIS FRIDAY AT LAS VEGAS.. HOPE HE WILL HAVE SOMETHINGS FOR US ALSO..

[krunal 2]

Lets HOPE for the best.. Even clearing backlogs will help us....

[sachin1 42]

He won't do anything for family-based categories...not even in his dreams...

His first and last priority is to give benefits to millions of illegal immigrants......he cannot see beyond this...

There is no hope explaining to some guys here. Makes me laugh.

I know staying positive and etc.. but come on guys

[Hkk 0]

My p.d. is Oct,2002.What documents can I expect to receive and when?

[cool497 0]

http://www.cnn.com/?hpt=sitenav

[sachin1 42]

http://www.cnn.com/?hpt=sitenav

Where did anyone read anything about Legal immigrant?

if this goes in we will be push back in to line for more years to come. Just going to be double or triple the wait time for Legal guys/girls.

[waitingforvisa 4]

what is process of child protection act?my name not mention in interview letter but my immigration visa fee paid.

DOB-1992

APPROVAL DATE-2010

CSPF AGE-17

It is not unusual but I think you should call NVC and check why your name is not in the interview list. In a worst case they will do your interview later. Make sure principal beneficiary check with officer during their interview about it.

[phuthinh 2]

11/19/2014: Uninformed Foreign Workers and Employers Anxious to Learn Employment-Based Immigration Reform Part of Obama Executive Actions

• According to the DHS Secretary, the Obama executive actions will be "comprehensvie" covering a lot of areas other than relief of undocumented immigrants. The outline of the relief of undocumented immigrants is fairly well reported in the media and we have some clues as to which directions he is heading. However, there is no clue as to the reforms in the employment-based immigration system. One thing obvious is that Obama does not have authority to change nonimmigrant and immigrant quotas without legislation. However, he has an authority to practically increase the numbers in the nonimmigrant as well as immigrant system under the current statute without directly changing statutory quota. In the employment-based "immigration system" reform, two proposals have been advocated by the employers. One was to allow recapture of unused immigrant visa numbers. State Department Oppenheim indicates that there are approximately 250,000 numbers that have been not used at this time. The other is to take out spouses and children from annual numerical counts such that entire 140,000 employment visa numbers are used by the foreign workers only and their family members automatically get the immigrant visas just as accompanying and following-to-join derivative beneficiaries without need for separate immigrant visa numbers. The State Department indicated that should these two reforms be implemented, all the current employment-based visa backlogs in the visa bulletins will be completed wiped out, meaning that those EB-485 cases which have been pending will automatically turn into "current" immediately. The EB-visa retrogression will then develop again in one year or two in the future. We would say that it is fair enough for the time being until the Congress enacts a comprehensive immigration reform legislation increasing the quota for employment-based immigration system. This remains a hot potato for foreign workers when they watch Obama's announcement tomorrow. In the nonimmigrant areas for foreign workers, the only way the Obama's executive actions can practically increase current quota system will be change in employment authorization system for foreign worker nonimmigrants and their family members. There is no doubt that H-4 employment authorization will be definitely covered. There is an indication that for the STEM students, OPT may be extended further and eligible specialties can also be adjusted. One other change the Obama executive actions can cover will be expantion of AC-21 type of employment authorization during the period of immigrant visa regression to those whose foreign labor certification or I-140 immigrant petition is approved. For the nonimmigrant foreign workers, EAD system reform can expand their opportunity to remain and work in the U.S. until they obtain a lawful permanent resident status.
  
• It is curious how far the President's executive actions will go. Let's wait and see at 08:00 p.m. (EST) tomorrow. Have a sweet dream tonight everyone!
  

[pink_niru 41]

It's rightly said in article "Have a sweet dream tonight everyone!"

11/19/2014: Uninformed Foreign Workers and Employers Anxious to Learn Employment-Based Immigration Reform Part of Obama Executive Actions

• According to the DHS Secretary, the Obama executive actions will be "comprehensvie" covering a lot of areas other than relief of undocumented immigrants. The outline of the relief of undocumented immigrants is fairly well reported in the media and we have some clues as to which directions he is heading. However, there is no clue as to the reforms in the employment-based immigration system. One thing obvious is that Obama does not have authority to change nonimmigrant and immigrant quotas without legislation. However, he has an authority to practically increase the numbers in the nonimmigrant as well as immigrant system under the current statute without directly changing statutory quota. In the employment-based "immigration system" reform, two proposals have been advocated by the employers. One was to allow recapture of unused immigrant visa numbers. State Department Oppenheim indicates that there are approximately 250,000 numbers that have been not used at this time. The other is to take out spouses and children from annual numerical counts such that entire 140,000 employment visa numbers are used by the foreign workers only and their family members automatically get the immigrant visas just as accompanying and following-to-join derivative beneficiaries without need for separate immigrant visa numbers. The State Department indicated that should these two reforms be implemented, all the current employment-based visa backlogs in the visa bulletins will be completed wiped out, meaning that those EB-485 cases which have been pending will automatically turn into "current" immediately. The EB-visa retrogression will then develop again in one year or two in the future. We would say that it is fair enough for the time being until the Congress enacts a comprehensive immigration reform legislation increasing the quota for employment-based immigration system. This remains a hot potato for foreign workers when they watch Obama's announcement tomorrow. In the nonimmigrant areas for foreign workers, the only way the Obama's executive actions can practically increase current quota system will be change in employment authorization system for foreign worker nonimmigrants and their family members. There is no doubt that H-4 employment authorization will be definitely covered. There is an indication that for the STEM students, OPT may be extended further and eligible specialties can also be adjusted. One other change the Obama executive actions can cover will be expantion of AC-21 type of employment authorization during the period of immigrant visa regression to those whose foreign labor certification or I-140 immigrant petition is approved. For the nonimmigrant foreign workers, EAD system reform can expand their opportunity to remain and work in the U.S. until they obtain a lawful permanent resident status.
• It is curious how far the President's executive actions will go. Let's wait and see at 08:00 p.m. (EST) tomorrow. Have a sweet dream tonight everyone!

[jolly786 96]

How A New Interpretation of INA §203(d) Can Remove Immigrant Visa Backlogs

Aug 26, 2014

The U.S. immigration system puts a limit on the number of immigrant visas (i.e. green card) that can be granted to aliens in a given year. The annual numerical limits for the employment-based preference categories and the family-based preference categories are 140,000 and 226,000, respectively. Within each category, the numerical limits are further divided into per-country quota.As of the time of writing this article, if one were to file a labor certification under the India employment-based, EB-3 category, it will take over 10 years for the Beneficiary’s priority date to become current. Even worse, the married sons or daughters born in Mexico to U.S. citizens have to wait more than 20 years in order for their priority dates to become current. INA § 203(d) specifies who will be counted against the annual numerical limits, and a new interpretation of INA § 203(d) may eliminate all backlogs in the employment-based preference categories and make them “current”. The new interpretation may also significantly accelerate the cut-offs in the family-based preference categories.

INA § 203(d),provides:

A spouse or child defined in subparagraphs (A), (B), ©, (D), or (E) of section 1101(b) of this title shall, if not otherwise entitled to an immigrant status and the immediate issuance of a visa under subsection (a), (b), or © of this section, be entitled to the same status, and the same order of consideration provided in the respective subsection, if accompanying or following to join, the spouse or parent.

The above regulation does not explicitly authorize or prohibit the Department of State to count derivative family members against the annual limits under the employment- or family-based preference categories. However, the Department of State has always interpreted the annual limits to include not only the principal Beneficiary, but also the spouse and children of the principal Beneficiary. The result of this interpretation is that many Beneficiaries in either category will have to wait years or even decades for their green cards. Even worse, many young people who were initially eligible for the green cards as derivative Beneficiaries are “aged out” by the time their priority dates become current, and therefore require a new basis for their own green card petitions, which may lead to additional wait time.

To address these concerns, President Obama is considering a new but equally plausible interpretation of INA § 203(d), which would count only the principal Beneficiaries of immigrant visa petitions toward the annual numerical limits. This interpretation, if implemented as a policy, would eliminate backlogs in the employment-based preference categories, whereby all categories in the employment-based preference systems would remain current for the foreseeable future. In the case of family-based preference categories, the new interpretation of INA § 203(d) would accelerate the cutoffs but the backlog would still persist.

[Visa Grant 78]

11/19/2014: Uninformed Foreign Workers and Employers Anxious to Learn Employment-Based Immigration Reform Part of Obama Executive Actions

• According to the DHS Secretary,..................................... One was to allow recapture of unused immigrant visa numbers. State Department Oppenheim indicates that there are approximately 250,000 numbers that have been not used at this time. The other is to take out spouses and children from annual numerical counts such that entire 140,000 employment visa numbers are used by the foreign workers only and their family members automatically get the immigrant visas just as accompanying and following-to-join derivative beneficiaries without need for separate immigrant visa numbers. The State Department indicated that should these two reforms be implemented, all the current employment-based visa backlogs in the visa bulletins will be completed wiped out, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,. Have a sweet dream tonight everyone!

These two changes will certainly bring big change to the Visa Movement Forward through administration reform.. .Increasing the Per country limit from 7% to 15% can be done only through Congress Legislation....

So....Good Luck..

Edited November 20, 2014 by Visa Grant

[batman7 108]

So called "executive actions" on immigration by the President :

http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/infographic-president-obama-taking-steps-fix-our-broken-immigration-system

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/11/20/fact-sheet-immigration-accountability-executive-action

[FN78 3]

What the hell this means???

Reducing family separation for those waiting to obtain LPR status. Due to barriers in our system, U.S. citizens and LPRs are often separated for years from their immediate relatives, while they wait to obtain their LPR status. To reduce the time these individuals are separated, DHS will expand an existing program that allows certain individuals to apply for a provisional waiver for certain violations before departing the United States to attend visa interviews.

This is the only thing relevant to us. What is expand on existing program for waiving violations???