[Hoss]

From the NY Times July 6

Suit Planned Over Visas for the Highly Skilled


By JULIA PRESTON
Published: July 6, 2007


A national association of immigration lawyers said yesterday that it would bring a class-action lawsuit against the federal immigration agency for refusing to accept thousands of applications for work-based permanent visas from highly skilled immigrants who were encouraged by the government to apply.

According to accounts yesterday by officials and lawyers, the immigrants were caught in a confrontation between the two federal bodies that control the immigration system, the State Department and the Citizenship and Immigration Services.

The hopes of thousands of foreigners who have been working legally in the United States were unexpectedly raised and then abruptly dashed as a result of the disagreement. They had responded last month to an announcement that permanent residency visas would be available, but on Monday learned there were none.

The immigration lawyers said the about-face by the immigration system had no precedent in at least three decades of legal practice, and said that it violated the immigration agency’s regulations. The American Immigration Lawyers Association’s legal action arm was preparing the lawsuit, said Crystal Williams, deputy director.

Federal officials said a misunderstanding had arisen from an effort by both agencies to reduce huge backlogs of applications for permanent residence visas, known as green cards. Immigration officials acknowledged that the effort was poorly handled.


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[suzanne4]

In order for the I-485 to be submitted last week, it means that they should have already had an I-140 submitted to begin with. Not that anyone should have been flying over the past two weeks to submit a petition as some were doing.

Those that have been in the US working under many visas still have their PD date from the past. And that is what is the most important. And the fact that most wait about five years to get a green card under the EB-3, this is the classification for all, not specific to nurses.

[john83]

There is no such thing as a perfect country here on Earth. People make mistakes, bad things happen, etc...

Many of us want to immigrate to the USA hence whatever decision they come up with, we have to abide. Painful as it is, but it is the path to US immigration. If we want to be there, we have to endure all the hardships and obstacles.

When you are on the "receiving end", you have no choice but to wait. Always expect the unexpected, as in the world there is no certainty; I remember a famous saying from someone(I don't know)that goes this way, "The only thing permanent in this world is change."

Let us just pray unceasingly in fervent hope for the will of God to be done. He knows it all and He knows what is best for each and everyone. Never lose faith in these testing times. We aren't walking alone in this journey, God is with us, He promised to be with us until the end of time...