200yr wait for Green Card

#lamIndianImmigrant

[200yr wait for Green Card @GenAaara]

Reality of immigration in USA.

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[Immigration Voice @immivoice]

We applaud @CongressmanRaja & @RepLarryBucshon for leading bipartisan letter w/ 56 Reps. to @SecMayorkas & @SecBlinken asking for minor fix to Oct Visa Bulletin to help 600K hi-skilled immigrant families. Now up to Biden Admin to respect & treat us fairly! https://t.co/hQtLwwGnh7

[200yr wait for Green Card @GenAaara]

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[Sean Fraser @SeanFraserMP]

As part of Canada’s strategy to attract top tech talent, we created a program for highly talented workers who hold an H1-B visa in the United States.

All 10,000 spaces were filled within the first day!

[Sivakumar S @realSivaKumarS]

@CNBCTheExchange @kevinolearytv 👉 Diversity in skill-based Greencards is as UN-AMERICAN as employability in diversity Greencards

Someone always wins when another loses. Time for @TheDemocrats to fix legal immigration 💔 #removeCountryCap

#GreenCardBacklog
@SenateGOP @SenateDems @USCIS @StateDept @POTUS @VP

[Immigration Voice @immivoice]

Key developments impacting over a million lives are unfolding. Join us at 5:30 PM ET on 07/15/23 to stay informed and learn how YOU can lend your voice to create change.

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[Shri Thanedar @ShriThanedar]

Green Card backlog is creating undue hardship, stress and suffering to many families, sponsoring HB 1535 is just a start to make things right for hard working families.

[Anuj @anujchristian]

Dear Americans,

The employment based immigration quota in the United State is 140,000/year fixed. @TravelGov publishes an openly discriminatory document called 'visa bulletin' which determines who gets these permanent residencies. Let's see if you understand this document and can determine who will get the permanent residency first out of these four scenarios, based on the July 2023 visa bulletin.

Note: Mexico means for people who are born in Mexico, not Mexican citizens.

Scenario 1: An Indian guy, who was born in India, who came to the United States to study after high school. Went through four years of pre-med, four years of medicine school, and finished 8 years of internship and residency to become a neurosurgeon. By the time he files his immigration petition, he has already lived in the United States for 16 years, obeyed all the laws, and has paid thousands of dollars in taxes over the years. Because of his qualification and articles he published over the years, his immigration petition gets approved in August 2022 in the 1st category.

Scenario 2: For this scenario you can take any country other than whose name you don't see in the picture but for an example, let's use Pakistan. A guy from Pakistan, who was born in Pakistan, who did four years of Bachelors in Computer Science at a local university. He got a job at a local software company and worked there for one year. He applied to a US based software firm and got recruited. The guy has never been to the United States before and hasn't paid any taxes to the United States yet. The US based software firm files immigration petition for this guy and it gets approved in April 2023 in the 3rd category.

Scenario 3: An Irish girl, who was born in India during two years her parents were on a business trip. She came to the United States from Ireland for her studies after finishing her high-school in Ireland. She finished her undergrad, grad and doctorate studies in the United States and is now doing critical research related to cancer immunology. By the time she files her immigration petition, she has already lived in the United States for 13 years, followed all the laws and paid thousands of dollars in taxes over the years. Because of her qualification and research articles she published her immigration petition gets approved in November 2022 in the 1st category.

Scenario 4:  A guy and girl, both from India and born in India, come to the United States for masters in Cybersecurity. After finishing their studies, they get a job at a leading cloud provider where they are responsible for securing data all the Federal agencies like FBI, NSA are storing at this cloud provider. After working for 2 years, this company filed their immigration petition which got approved in 2nd category in November 2012. They both get married. They saved and made a lot of wise financial investments over the years from their salary. In 2020, they decided to start their own business and apply for permanent residency in the 5th Unreserved category. Requirements of this category is to invest at least 1 million dollars and create 10 full-time jobs. They actually invested 1.1 million dollars and created 15 full-time jobs. Their another immigration petition gets approved in May 2020 in the 5th Unreserved category.

In summary, by July 2023, this couple had lived in the United States for 15 years, followed all the laws, paid thousands of dollars in taxes, invested more than a million dollars they saved after paying taxes, created 15 full-time jobs and had not one but two immigration petitions approved. One in 2nd category approved in November 2012 and another in 5th Unreserved category approved in May 2020.

Can you tell which scenario out of these four will get permanent residency first?

Any questions?

If you would be able to figure out what the right answer is, you understand how serious and unfair this issue is, which is compounding everyday.

[The Indian Express @IndianExpress]

A senior US official explains the reason behind the long and agonising wait for Green Cards for people from India, China, Mexico and the Philippines.

#IEWorld #UnitedStates
https://t.co/JAvwbwPkXl

[Immigration Voice @immivoice]

If Biden Administration actually cares about high skilled immigrants, they should consider allowing immigrants w/ approved I140 & their families to file I485 every year in October when no GCs for the fiscal year are allocated & are thus theoretically & legally available to anyone

[Immigration Voice @immivoice]

Great news for @immivoice members. Because of our efforts over the years to intervene & prevent the removal of #H4EAD, the Courts have now recognized that H-4 EADs are legal & cannot be taken away from our members. We will continue fighting for you in every forum available.

[Origin Discriminated Immigrants Group @odigroup]

@POTUS @VP

#StopDiscriminationOnNationalOrigin

#H1B #F1 #EagleAct
https://t.co/e6Lq9cdGQ1

[saurabh @bringItOn2023]

#GCbacklog My letter to @DrSJaishankar & @OIA_MEA requesting them to issue a travel advisory for F1 & H1-B.The environment in the US is not suitable for Indians and it is our moral duty to educate students and high-skilled workers against traveling & engaging with US institutions

[Immigration Voice @immivoice]

This is why people need to call @speakerpelosi at 2022254965 (Option 3 or 4) and ask Speaker Pelosi to bring up the bill for vote -
https://t.co/qXlmNM43LI

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

The idea that the EAGLE Act would have been a boon to Chinese employer-sponsored immigration was an apparently effective lie, but it is not true. Chinese EB-2/EB-3 immigration would not have been meaningfully affected by the EAGLE Act.

[prem singh @prems_tweet]

This robbery by @HouseDemocrats @LeaderHoyer @ZoeLofgren is literal murder of Indians that are dying weekly in the backlog and families having to self deport. How much Indian torture and blood do they want on their hands. #EagleActBetrayal

[Immigration Voice @immivoice]

🚨Call
@speakerpelosi
- 2022254965 Option 3 or 4 to demand that she return #HR3648 to floor for vote today
Her legacy’ll be ruined by her choice to maintain discrimination unless she reverses course today & schedules the bill for a vote. No day’ll pass without us reminding her.

[Immigration Voice @immivoice]

🚨🚨🚨Call @speakerpelosi - 2022254965 to demand that she return #HR3648 to floor for vote today. Be clear - her legacy’ll be ruined by her choice to maintain discrimination unless she reverses course today & schedules the bill for a vote. No day’ll pass without us reminding her.

[Immigration Voice @immivoice]

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Need lots and lots of calls to @LeaderHoyer at (202)-225-3130 right now! Ask him to bring the #EagleAct to the floor for a vote NOW! #YesHR3648

[200yr wait for Green Card @GenAaara]

@LeaderHoyer Without HR3648, Law treats smart people differently based solely on the birth country. HR3648 levels the playing field for the entire skilled workforce. United we stand for HR3648 which ends national origin discrimination! Plz
#PassHR3648 #YesEagleAct