l*****2
发帖数: 59 | 1 EAD 已经133天了，还没有任何消息。485更别说了（4个多月了，RD: 4/22)。
等米下锅，做了SR 和 infopass，总之就是让等。 还有expedited processing，被忽
悠很快有消息。结果是有个毛线。
刚打电话给我们州的US senator。senator office的小二说三天内会联系我。
也不知道有用没用，总之把自己能做的，能争取的都做了。求bless！ |
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l******4
发帖数: 1105 | 2 我觉得是以senator为准。他们敢忽悠我们，一般不敢忽悠senator. |
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d****m
发帖数: 828 | 3 485pending都快一年了,
想找senator帮催一下.
不知道有没有人用过加州的senator催感觉比较给力的?
多谢 |
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H******n
发帖数: 189 | 4 485 pending九个月了。上周打uscis电话tier 2 说background check还在pending。今
天再打，说还在normal processing time，不给转了tier 2。看到版上不少人建议，同
时联系不止一个congressman &Senator。但填写热lease form时，上面有一项是：Are
you currently working with another Congressional or Senator’s office?
这个怎么填？
求bless。。。
谢谢！ |
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C*******g
发帖数: 63 | 5 if you say you contacted congressman to senator, then senator will not take
your case. |
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c**t
发帖数: 2889 | 6 我ld找了2个senators+1congressman，三个人都联系了USCIS，还把结果发email和mail
letter给我们，有一个senator还寄mail letter问服务满意不。
take |
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C*******g
发帖数: 63 | 7 right, but do not tell senator that congressman also helping u.
I did that, the senator refused to do anything since they would do the same
thing, and USCIS has the same information for all of them.
mail |
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C**A
发帖数: 535 | 8 怎么可能皆大欢喜？护士绿卡后面的水非常深，远比绿卡国别限制对美国人的影响大。
真要是在这个问题上纠结，这个法案不乐观。
: IV的facebook发的，看来Purdue想要更多的护士绿卡？岂不是皆大欢喜？
: GEORGIA ACTION ITEM ALERT
: As you might have heard, Senator Perdue from Georgia has put a hold on
: Senator Mike Lee |
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C**A
发帖数: 535 | 9 这个老印没搞清楚状况。
在Merit base system里，护士和物理治疗师因为有schedule a护体，排队会排得非常
靠前。这是为什么GA这个议员要更多的护士绿卡。
: IV的facebook发的，看来Purdue想要更多的护士绿卡？岂不是皆大欢喜？
: GEORGIA ACTION ITEM ALERT
: As you might have heard, Senator Perdue from Georgia has put a hold on
: Senator Mike Lee |
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s*****o
发帖数: 155 | 10 As my experience, if you only fax/email petition letter to Congress/Senator
without phone follow-up, no one will read the petition letter. Please, just
spend a few minutes to call for Congress/Senator DC office. The
corresponding people will come to talk to you. That way, you can make sure
if your petition letter is under review or not. |
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N*******g
发帖数: 1089 | 11 前些日子NIU发起的给议员发信的运动，昨天有了回复。
基本上还是坚持它们是按照移民法办事。信虽然没有什莫新意，但是感觉我们之前的攻
击点太分散，而且每个点他们都有盾牌，是否可以考虑能找到可以相对薄弱的一两个点
，集中优势击破。
NIU的初衷是 现在情况已经很坏了， 做总比不做好。 P838的想法是, 移民法就那样规
定的,做也白做, 反而激怒Ox, 他可能合理合法的让我们吃哑巴亏.
大家是不是讨论一下,我们做点什莫才能切实地得到利益, 而不是把目标定的太远.比如
可否提前交485?
here is the letter
The Honorable Scott Brown
United States Senate
2400 JFK Federal Building
Government Center
Boston, MA 02203
Dear Senator Brown:
I am writing in response to your recent inquiry on behalf of your
constituent, Mr. XXXX. Mr. XXXXcontacted yo |
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s********n
发帖数: 411 | 12 九月排期到，刚做了SR。看这个版说，可以联系CONGRESSMAN 和 SENATOR。怎么找
CONGRESSMAN和SENATOR呢？是不是放狗搜一搜，找本州和附近的？
请各位大侠不吝赐教！！！ |
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y***a
发帖数: 733 | 13 Washington State Senator
排期到了， SR说是background还没有clear.想联系Senator.
谢谢了。 |
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h*********n
发帖数: 915 | 14 (3) implement a rational legal immigration system to ensure that the
best
and brightest minds of the world can come to the United States and
create
jobs for Americans while, at the same time, safeguarding the rights and
wages of American workers;
sounds very passive for eb23.
Senate
bill in
by
Senate's
ahead, but
key |
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e*******g
发帖数: 1407 | 15 Dear xxx:
Thank you for contacting me about the ongoing immigration debate. Like many,
I believe the status quo is unacceptable. As you know, the President has
recently reiterated his desire to work closely with Congress to craft
comprehensive legislation to reform our immigration system, including visa
issues. While I do not sit on the Judiciary Committee, which is the
committee with jurisdiction over immigration legislation, I remain committed
to working with President Obama for a comprehensiv... 阅读全帖 |
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G****e
发帖数: 48 | 16 说是给senator打电话，其实是给office打电话，办事的也是office的工作人员。和
senator级别关系不大（我认为）。只要有人接听，你英语流利，能把该说的事情说清
楚了，反应都很快。 |
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y********a
发帖数: 61 | 17 Dear Mr. YangYangBa:
Thank you for contacting me to express your support for changes in the
immigration system. Your opinion is very important to me, and I appreciate
the opportunity to respond to you about this critical issue.
You will be pleased to know that I recently introduced a comprehensive
immigration reform bill, which specifically addresses a number of your
proposed changes. Among other proposals, this legislation includes the
recapture provision which provides that unused visa numbe... 阅读全帖 |
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j****n
发帖数: 385 | 18 Dear Ms. XX:
Thank you for contacting me about employment-based immigrant visas. I
appreciate hearing from you on this issue.
Under current immigration law, employment-based immigration is limited
to 140,000 visas, or green cards, per year. The process for obtaining
employment-based visas can take years to complete, causing many of these
visas to go unused. There is also an annual per-country limit that caps at
seven percent the number of employment-based immigrants that can come fr... 阅读全帖 |
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z********i
发帖数: 628 | 19 Someone said It would be a nightmare if your case has ever been transferred
to local office. It happened to us. We've been interviewed in 2009 and
clearred everything. No green card at that time due to the visa quote.
We have done the service request, info pass, lawyer call and then finally
started to contact a Senator. Just faxed our case to the local office of the
Senator last Thursday. I called and confirmed they have received the fax.
What should I do next?
Thanks, |
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S*******r
发帖数: 11017 | 20 HR和S还是分开表决的
我觉得 HR3012如果能够在HOUSE胜出
只要那个S的companion bill在SENATE胜出就可以了
HR3012是不是就不用再去SENATE表决一次就可以conference了？
这样一来通过国会的时间应该会快一些？？ |
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s********z
发帖数: 5411 | 21 senator给我回信了，我看她好像不支持，给回信了
Dear Senator Hagan,
Thank you very much for the reply. I understand that US needs a
comprehensive immigration reform, however a small step toward a fairer and
more sensible employment based system is still a progress. I believe US
companies should be able to hire the best people they can find regardless of
the candidate's country of origin, gender or anything else. Additionally,
these highly skilled immigrants don't really compete with unemployed
Americans and on th... 阅读全帖 |
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p***e
发帖数: 29053 | 23 12/04/2011: Soon-to-be-Released January 2012 Visa Bulletin and Potential
Impact on Pending H.R. 3012 in the Senate
Senator Grassley is opposing the H.R. 3012 based on his concern for its
impact on future immigration flows. No matter whatever it means, potentially
release of January 2012 and cut-off date movement for China and India may
have some impact on this bill. There are all kinds of rumors going around on
the January 2012 Visa Bulletin but we will have to wait and see. January
visa allocat... 阅读全帖 |
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p***s
发帖数: 584 | 24 Senate今天开始休会了~ calendar：
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CCAL-112scal-2011-12-08/pdf/CCAL-1
2011-12-08.pdf
3012一个co-sponsor没有，立法委提都没提。。。
from trackitt:
No movement today at all - in fact the Seante had a lot of Special order
floor speeches but not a single recorded vote. Mr.Grassley is unlikely to
release his hold till all the other business is completed to avoid this as
being a legislative rider.I would love to be surprised but Congress is
most likely going to skip town once the Payroll tax extens... 阅读全帖 |
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l**h
发帖数: 893 | 25 Thank you for writing regarding the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants
Act . I appreciate your input on this critical issue.
Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) introduced the Fairness for High-
Skilled Immigrants Act (H.R. 3012) on September 22, 2011. This bill was
passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 389 to 15 and
has been reported to the Senate for further debate and review. If enacted,
this bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act by eliminating the
c... 阅读全帖 |
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S*****t
发帖数: 198 | 26 Source：http://www.senate.gov/galleries/pdcl/
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2011
H.R. 3012 (Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011). The bill was
read for the first time. The second reading was objected to.
MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012
The following bills were read en bloc for a second time:
H.R. 440 (To provide for the establishment of the Special Envoy to Promote
Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central
Asia).
H.R. 3012 (Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants A... 阅读全帖 |
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l****l
发帖数: 3394 | 27 There were two or three other bills which were voted but H.R. 3012 was not
taken up. Senator Dick Durbin passionately talked about importance of DREAM
Act legislation, but it appears no one spoke up H.R. 3012. One might have
hoped that Sen. Mike Lee, the sponsor of the companion bill of H.R. 3012,
could have said something about the importance of legislation to remove per
country limit in the immigration statute, but there is no information that
he did. Senate ten adjourned until Monday, 01/30/2... 阅读全帖 |
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n**e
发帖数: 180 | 28 From Irish Central
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/New-move-means-Irish-E3-visa-b
我感觉主要有两点
1.貌似好像搞到共和党8票，up to让人感觉很不爽。
"Attention now switches to the Republicans in the Senate, where up to eight
senators led by Scott Brown of Massachusetts have indicated that they are in
favor of the bill, which would give it a filibuster-proof majority."
2.Schumer好像也觉得去掉非移的版本，通过率比较大
"The bill hotlined on Tuesday has removed the automatic waiver for those who
are undocumented. " |
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r****f
发帖数: 869 | 29 按照feishi给的link去sign了支持3012的自动发信系统
昨天收到这么一封信
Dear Mr.xxxxxx（我把自己名字去掉了，其实是我的姓）
Thank you for your thoughtful message regarding S.1857, the Fairness
for High-Skilled Immigrants Act. I appreciate hearing from you.
As you may know, the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)
specifies a set of numerical limits and preference categories for immigrants
seeking admission to the United States. INA sets a numerical limit for the
number of immigrants from each country at 7% of total U.S. immi... 阅读全帖 |
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s********y
发帖数: 48 | 30 TSC RD 11月的同学们还是给Congressmen, Senators 打电话吧
即使不能做Service Request, within normal processing time. 也可以让他们稍微给
USCIS TSC加点压力。就算拿到REF,也比干等着好。
先发Email， 再打电话Follow up.
Congressmen's office is less busy than senator's.
办法见置顶贴。
http://www.mitbbs.com/article_t2/EB23/31510795.html |
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m*******t
发帖数: 1359 | 31 Your e-mail message was sent to:
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) |
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F*********u
发帖数: 12190 | 32 Your e-mail message was sent to:
Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) |
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k******1
发帖数: 62 | 34 IV论坛上有一个member收到了senator的reply。fingers crossed是不是说明reply不是
很positive啊？
Today, 02:18 PM
praskar
Member
Done AI for today, heard back from senators and got my friends in New Jersey
to do the same as well. Fingers crossed for a successful passage of the
bill. God save the Indians! |
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d*********y
发帖数: 748 | 35 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CCAL-112scal-2012-08-01/content-de
昨天才去掉的。我觉得这意味着no objection to an unanimous consent to pass the
measure。我相信如果有secret holds的话，应该也一并去掉了。
下面提供参考：
Notice of Intent to Object
When following the objection to an unanimous consent to proceeding to, and,
or passage of, a measure or matter on their behalf, a Senator has notified
the appropriate leader, or their designee, in writing and submits such
objection for inclusion in the Congressional Record and the Senate Calendar
o... 阅读全帖 |
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f*******n
发帖数: 12623 | 36 I think you should probably contact your Representative. California has 53
representatives each for small districts but only 2 senators for the whole
state. So you would probably not get much attention from a senator. |
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q**q
发帖数: 266 | 38 你高兴的太早了，Human Rights Campaign and Immigration Equality一厢情愿的想法
罢了：A Leahy spokesman said the senator has not yet decided to offer the
amendment in committee, where the threshold for passage is a simple majority
, rather than the 60-vote threshold on the Senate floor. But officials with
the Human Rights Campaign and Immigration Equality said Leahy has made clear
in meetings with advocates and Vermont constituents that he will move ahead
with it.
另外你觉得Schumer会因为gay right不惜威胁这么大的法案吗？
anyway,到时候就知道了。 |
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k*b
发帖数: 1256 | 39 目前暂时而已。60票都不到的话，民主党这几个领袖都切腹自杀算了。
另外，转述要转全了，不要断章取义。他还说对CIR的最终通过有信心，你怎么不提？
During an interview with Univision's Jorge Ramos, Menendez (D-N.J.) appeared
confident that Congress will pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill.
But he said the Senate bill's backers haven't yet cobbled together a large
enough majority to avoid a potential filibuster.
"We don't currently have 60 votes identified in the Senate," he said during
the interview with Ramos, which was conducted in Spanish for "Al Punto,"
Un... 阅读全帖 |
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w******7
发帖数: 445 | 40 2007年是过了house死在senate，我没记错的话
美国两院这是在玩双簧呢？
2016年是不是又是过了house死在senate？ |
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w******7
发帖数: 445 | 41 华盛顿邮报文章指出，如果博纳下一届想继续当议长，他就不能跟senate和白宫在
budge和immigration问题上妥协。而博纳表示议长还没当够。
Here’s what is clear: It’s hard to imagine Boehner winning a first-ballot
election as speaker in early 2015 if he decides to allow votes on the House
floor on either immigration or the budget that are opposed by a majority of
the majority.
简要翻译：这件事很清楚：在house多数党的多数反对的情况下，如果他同意把senate
的移民或budget法案拿到house来投票,很难想象博纳能够赢得2015届议长的初选。
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/06/05/john- |
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w******7
发帖数: 445 | 42 Senate Democrats have privately decided that the amendment offered by
Senator John Cornyn to strengthen border security — the latest high-profile
effort by Republicans to shift the bill dramatically to the right — is too
onerous and is unacceptable to them, according to an aide to a Democratic
member of the Gang of Eight.
据一名民主党八人帮成员的副官消息，参院民主党私下已经达成协议，Cornyn关于增强
边境安全的修正案是无法接受的。
This is a key marker from Dems. It is intended to send a signal to
Republicans that they are not willing to allow them... 阅读全帖 |
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b*****d
发帖数: 61690 | 43 给你转完.
The flip side of this argument is that it may be a false choice. Perhaps
Schumer is merely making a prediction that it can win 70 votes, not arguing
that Dems should give a lot away to achieve them. In any case, the bill is
going to be changed throughout the amendment process, and some amendments
strengthening border security — provided they don’t undermine the path to
citizenship — might be desirable, since it could give Republicans a way to
say to conservatives that they achieved border ... 阅读全帖 |
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C**********i
发帖数: 694 | 44 这算快的了吧，到时候Amendment少说得写出来几百条，只有大佬们只讨论比较有用的
一部分才能7月4号前结束Senate的一切进程。
我觉得曾经有人高喊的6月过法案，指的就是6月法案过Senate吧，那人家倒也不算说错。
至于8月发绿卡，如果上次放水已经交了485的，一切极端顺利情况下，还是有一点点可
能性的。
Technically |
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w******7
发帖数: 445 | 46 senate共和党明知道House共和党要的trigger不加入的话，根本过不了house。但由于
民主党坚持不妥协，他么也只好增加巡逻员和篱笆凑数。表面说达成协议，其实是共和
党彻底妥协。本质上等于破罐子破摔了。
今年CIR将止步senate，下周的投票是最后一波高潮了。 |
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b*****d
发帖数: 61690 | 48 一般presiding officer都是junior senators.senior senators都不愿意在哪里座几个
小时。 |
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a****a
发帖数: 3905 | 49 http://www.politico.com/politico44/?hp=44
McCain, Schumer would work with piecemeal House immigration bill
By JENNIFER EPSTEIN |
7/11/13 12:02 PM EDT
The leaders of the Senate’s Gang of Eight said Thursday that they are
“encouraged” by House Republicans’ willingness to consider immigration
reform legislation, even if it’s more piecemeal than the bill that the
Senate passed last month.
Speaking outside the White House following a meeting with President
Barack Obama, Sens. John McC... 阅读全帖 |
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a****a
发帖数: 3905 | 50 是接受piecemeal到conference，而不是直接拿piecemeal到senate投票。
昨天关于神仙会的新闻里有这么几条：
1. 演戏也好，真心为党也好，GOP的leader决定move forward，而不是停滞不前。不过
8月之前不用想了，估计要拖到年底。
2. tea party担心到了conference会被迫接受senate的bill, 要求GOP leader定原则，
但是不知道GOP leader是否给了相应的承诺。
3. 在非移的legalization问题上，house GOP基本是50-50，这也是昨天啥实质性的决
议都没有的原因。当然，就算是支持的，也要求必须secure border。
4. 7人帮的bill没有brief，不知道是不打算拿出来了，还是打算等神仙会结束了修改
一下再拿出来。 |
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