February Visa Bulletin

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And the link you posted was in 2006. We all know that. We even know that USCIS changed it back just within 1 week after they originally wanted the VSC be on hand upon filing. If you want to know why they did not pursue it - many immigration lawyers claimed that it was changing rules mid-way and that they weren't informed with ample time.

I'm not saying they started doing it again. All I'm saying is, that was in 2006 and we are aware of it. I posted about it as well, that's why I remember. Also posted about that some hospitals do year-round job postings so that all they have to do is wait for the 30 days wait time after the minimum 10 day job postings. Also, the I-140 does not only pertain to the individuals. There are times that the I-140 is denied not because the individual is lacking documents but the hospital is. If the hospitals lack the proper documentations then it is denied as well. That is why hospitals with nursing unions (since they require more time to do all the documentations compared to non-nursing union ones) were out of luck because they could not possibly petition one on time during the July/Aug. fiasco. This was well known and I posted about it as well. I am not going to go back to all my posts and I don't think Suzanne will either just to prove something.

Everything has been done. Nothing left to do but wait. Will someone get an RFE for the missing VSC? I do not know for sure. But I respect someone's opinion on it even if it may be contrary to what I may believe and I expect the same thing from them.

Yes, it was posted in 2006 and nothing has changed since then! There is no information on the Web about mysterious Memo, that nobody, but moderators of this website aware of. You could not provide a link or the text of the Memo you are taking about so far.

Those who keep notices all year round are not required to wait for 30 days, because they can always claim that those 30 days have already passed. And I don't now what documentation you are talking about that unionized hospitals did not have enough time to provide. They had about 45 days to do that. My guess is that it has to do with bureaucracy, not with the documentation. In fact, in order to file I-140/I-485 before July 31, 2007, the non-unionized hospitals had to post the notice not later then June 18, 2007, that's just right after July 2007 visa bulletin was published. My hospital did not have the notice posted before that, so they had to act fast to be able to file before the deadline.

Yes, it was posted in 2006 and nothing has changed since then! There is no information on the Web about mysterious Memo, that nobody, but moderators of this website aware of. You could not provide a link or the text of the Memo you are taking about so far.

Those who keep notices all year round are not required to wait for 30 days, because they can always claim that those 30 days have already passed.

Like I said. There was a memo. It was given at the height of the July/Aug fiasco. We posted about it and the memo only said "complete". It was vague. It is subject to many interpretations. Including yours and Suzanne's. And we have many threads discusing it before. You can do your own search and look for those thread discussions by using the search option.

And like I said, and this will be the last time I will say it. "Complete" can be interpreted by many since that term is vague.

You can believe what you want. We are not forcing you to believe us and USCIS has always reversed itself several times. The backtracking last July and Aug. was certainly not the first time for them and it will not be the last. All of what you are inquiring were all discussed months ago and the moderators do not have to go back in time and find all those threads and posts from before just to prove something. We have been here ever since. We are not new here, so we know what topics has been discussed before.

This is also my last post re: the issue. Discussions here are not to impose something to anyone.

Union hospitals also require the approval from the union and that needs to be submitted as well. Not just proof of job posting.

End of my discussion on this topic as well.

Each is welcome to their own interpretation, and both Lawrence and I have posted ours. And this is getting off topic from this being about the February 2008 Bulletin.

Please return to the topic that is being discussed.

Any concerns about your specific case and you can direct them to your attorney. Immigration has not started reviewing any of them, so no one has any idea of how things will pan out. Getting the EAD has nothing to do with whether or not the I-140 will get approval, and that needs to be done before approval will even be considered on the I-485. As we have said all along, if the file is not complete, then the US State Dept has the right to refuse to act on it. Your interpretation of that is different than ours, and you will need to wait and see, just like everyone elses.

A complete file to me means one that everything is included, including all required documentation. Sending an RFE for paystubs, is something completely different or waiting for the tax documents from an employer when they cannot be submitted before they get filed or the nurse starts to work. Having the VSC is something that could have been done before the papers were submitted, and this is what you need to be aware of.

There was a memo that came out last May or so from the US State Dept and we had posted it on the forum and it stated that the files needed to be completed, and this was May, 2007.

please stick to the topic being discussed here which is the february, 2008 bulletin and nothing more.

thank you for keeping to the topic that is being discussed.

No word yet. I don't think US Congress officially opens up until the 22nd.

We will try and post updates as it happens.

Any news further lawrence? Thank you.

Since discussion of specifics relating to the February Visa Bulletin are no longer being discussed, will close this thread.

Retrogression is still being discussed in other threads.

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