HUTCHISON RECAPTURE AMENDMENT 03/10/07
It’s been a busy week and it is being topped off with the best news that we’ve published in a very long time: Sen. Hutchison has formally introduced a provision to recapture about 90,000 visas for Schedule A nurse and PTs. This is a major piece of news.
The “Hutchison amendment” has been anticipated for a few weeks. If the Hutchison amendment passes retrogression is over.
Procedurally we have two hurdles. First, Sen. Durbin has introduced an amendment to Sen. Hutchison’s amendment; however the details of this Durbin amendment are unpublished at this time. Second, the amendment must survive review and remain attached to Senate Bill #4. S.4 is expected to pass.
Even with the hurdles this is a major step forward. We’re getting closer.
UPDATE: The language of Sen. Durbin’s amendment has been found. It contains three provisions:
1. A $1,500 “training fee”is attached to each nursing case (not PTs).
2. Healthcare workers, including MDs, who travel overseas for extended periods of time do not lose their US Permanent Residency if they are working in select (unnamed) countries.
3. Healthcare workers, including MDs, are inelgible for US Permanent Residency if they have a “financial obligation” to their home country.
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54 Responses to this article
Dear HLG,
Once this is over, My whole family will come and thank you personally.This is indeed a very promising news.
This is the good news we are waiting for! Still, we should pray hard that this will become a reality.
Thank you Sen. Hutchison and Hammond Law Group!
May the force be with you, always!
Woow!this is the best news ever!Thanks HLG for being such a great help to me and my colleagues,i don’t know how to repay you.Now, I’m calling all others who usually post their comments here to help pray that this Amendment be successful.Coz’ if it will be, our problems and frustration will all fade away.Once more…a million thanks!
I am from Cebu Philippines if this will come true.I will send you lots of “dried mangoes” and other delicacies from my home town.PROMISE!
What is the relationship between HUTCHISON RECAPTURE AMENDMENT and NURSING RELIEF ACT OF 2007?
Thanks!
Thanks HLG, we all waiting the posting from u ie, “RETROGRESSION IS OVER”. once again thanks for your efforts.
I’m strongly worried for declining health service in the US and the Oversea Nurses wants to help the people in America. Retrogression must be over, to save the health system in America and better life for Nurses.
Thank you very much! HLG. Since the retrogression started, I have been inspired by your timely updated news and optimistic attitude. Thank you for the hard work! Hope the retrogression will be fixed soon!
i’m from cebu, philippines too.. not just dried mangoes… but i’ll send you a truckload of otap… ‘dunno if it’l fit fedex plane though.. hehe.. thanks for the update.. looking forward for retro to be lifted the soonest.. thanks HLG..
HOORAY!!!!!!!
This is really a good news, and this is one stop news source for scheduled A workers. I appreciate your effort and time. Thank you HLG.
-SG
This is really a good news, and this is one stop news source for scheduled A workers. I appreciate your effort and time. Thank you HLG.
-SG
This indeed a ray of hope for us waiting for the retrogression to be lifted. Let us all join together in prayer that this will pass into law For with GOD everything is possible with prayers…
GOD bless us all!
I hope that this will be passed. Let’s pray hard for this cause. Thanks HLG!
it would be unlikely that the amendment would not be attached to senate bill# 4 would it not?
Hopefully Senator Durbin’s Amendment contains just minor changes.
It would be unlikely that the amendment would be massacred in review one would think…especially as a precedent has already been established with previous recapture….what do you think HLG?
What is the scenario if it doesn’t remain attached to Senate bill #4.
It’s hard not to feel some elation with this latest news
Appreciative for speedy updates..thank you HLG..God bless you!! Mary Kennedy
Dear HLG,
Thank you for everything. My dream is coming closer to reality. I would like to ask you approximately how long will it take for the Hutchison Amendment to be passed? Are we talking weeks or months and are our chances greater than 50%…75%… Lastly, please let us know about the Durbin amendment and it’s importance to us as soon as news becomes known. We Love You in Korea!
I think this is what Sen Durbin says
“Senator Durbin offered Senate Amendment 442, an amendment to the Hutchison amendment. Durbin’s amendment would tack on a $1500 fee to each of the green cards covered in the Hutchison provision. It would also bar nurses, doctors and other health care workers from coming to the US if they have an “outstanding obligation” to their home country for financial support funding their education. Finally, the Durbin amendment would allow nurses and doctors who have received green cards to preserve their residency in the US if they are going to developing countries to provide health care services.
thank you HLG for this piece of news…though we know the fact that this still means taking a chance,what matters most is the fact that now we know that there are people out there who are genuinely concerned and are really looking out for our success…to HLG, how can I say thanks? JA DGTE. PHIL
dear hlg,
Thanks very much for your efforts. I am a nurse from india. we are just waiting for some good news asap. Hope retrogression will end.
Dear HLG,
In behalf of my family we thank you for your undying effort to help us nurses. May this new development cotinue and materialize in the very very near future.
LORD PLEASE HELP US!!! AMEN…. Volts/Phils.
Dear HLG,
This news is indeed a good one for all of us in waiting.
Thank you very much for all your hard works and dedication .
May God bless you more.
More power!
HLG
Here is the text of Sen Dublin’s amendment 442 to Sen Hutchson’s amendment
and here is text of Sen Hutchison’s amendment 364
Here is a little description of the amendment that was posted on visalaw. Read here
Your views will be very much appreciated.
Thanks
Thank you HLG for the updates. We appreciate all your help.
My I-140 was filed via regular processing then later shifted to premium processing in Aug 2006, approved in Oct 2006 Nebraska Center and was received at the NVC in December 2006 and given an NVC Case number.
I know someone who has a priority date of june 2006 and I-140 approved last january 2007. The document is not yet received by the NVC.
Which one will the NVC process first? My papers that was received by the NVC first. Or will it still follow the priority date?
Thank you. Hoping and praying that this retrogression be lifted the soonest time possible.
Dear HLG,
Thanks for the latest good news going to be implemented, hope it will be reality soon, As we are waitng that day will come soon
Once again thanks for the all good news
Dear HLG,
My nurse wife is already in the US working due to the 2005 visa recapture.Me and my kids stayed behind but was caught by the retrogression.We are just waiting for visa availability to be scheduled for consular interview since we are already documentarily qualified as per the local US embassy.
As derivative beneficiaries of my wife, are we included on the numbers that will benefit from this proposed visa recapture for nurses?
Thanks for your updates and more power to your group.
Are the nurse dependents included in the number of visas that will be recaptured.
As usual you have brightened up my week.Thank you very much for your informative updates.
We are indeed truly getting closer!MY sincerest thanks to HLG and everyone who made a valuable contribution to reach this outcome. Thank you again HLG for your amazing blog which has been our beacon of light during this trying times. God bless you more and more.
To would be beneficiaries of those very inspiring amendments, let us continue our rally to the Heavens that retrogression will finally come to its end!
Am actually relieved by what is proposed in Durbin amendment,it is not challenging the spirit of Huchinson amendment…it is not unreasonable…nothing that us nurses can’t handle,we’ve trod the journey thus far…bring it on:)!!!!
This latest revelation is oh so heartening…let’s keep up the prayers….Mary Kennedy from Sydney,Australia.
Have a job waiting for me in Manahattan NYC…any other nurses in the same situation?We’ll have to meet up for celebratory coffee in Little Italy:)…forever grateful to the person who organises the comments and updates on this blogsite…can’t offer to send you any kangaroos…maybe an akubra hat!!
Dear HLG,
Thanks for all your efforts! You give us hope for a brighter tomorrow. I am concerned about what I have been reading on other web sites, though. I’ve been reading on other immigration sites that Congress won’t let the Hutchison amendment remain attached to Senate Bill #4. S.4. I was reading that Congress won’t handle piecemeal legislation before pass/fail of CIR. I welcome your comments on this and, also, is anti-immigration sites like numbersusa a threat to us again? All I want is a speedy end to retrogression in Schudule A so I can pursue a happly life in America. With Love….
According to this
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00069
It seems that the SA275 was voted with a result of 69 yea’s and 26 nay’s…
however for S4, Cloture motion on the bill withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate, what the heck does this mean?
HLG,
Further info please on the amendments proposed by Sen Durban! What do they mean to us already in the final stages of process and will they automatically be put through with Sen Hutchisons amendments?
Dear HLG,
Thanks for the details . we hope everythink will be ok in couple of week. do u have any idea if retrogression is lifted how long will it take for them to put EX VISA bck on Visa Bulettin.
Thank you for your all updates regarding Retro….Hope this law will pass soon.
JK Kuwait
hi everyone, this is indeed good news. I hope this would be over soon. Let’s keep praying.
One question though, what’s the “FINANCIAL OBLIGATION” part stated means. thanks for your answers
hi everyone, this is good news indeed. I hope this will be over soon.Let’s keep on praying.
One question though, what does the “FINANCIAL OBLIGATION” part stated means. thanks for your answers.
Dear HLG,
Thanks for your update and hopr this will come true?
Now, How long we may have to wait to know this bill is passed? What is the next process? If everything went well, How long will it take to retrogression over?
Pls advice
God Bless You
Rgds
Dear HLG,
Who are included in Sched A Group I and what about Sched A Group II?
Hope you can enlighten us on this matter?
is it likely that the amendment won’t pass review?Surely not??
What is the likehood and what would be the implication if the amendment were not attached to bill #4….also what is the rough time frame post a bill being passed to it’s coming to fruition? Can HLG or any nurse out there kindly list the basic steps of the procedural scenario….i am clueless re same
yours in anticipation, Mary Kennedy,sydney,australia.
What does “financial obligation” means? What could be the possible forms of these “obligations”?
Dear HLG, we cannot say enough how much we appreciate your willingness to help us.
Does the amendment has a chance to pass in the senate while attached to this bill? i’ve read the senate record votes and seen that a lot of amendment are attached to this bill, and a lot of them where ruled non-germane by the chair. Is it because the purpose of the amendment is not linked to the purpose of the law, and if so, what do you think are the chances of this amendment to pass and not being “non-germane”?
What is the chances of passing the bill in the coming month and what is the oppinion of the house on this bill?
Thank you again for everything and for answering all of our questions…
How likely the Hutchison amendement will be attached to S.4 to the final approval? Sen. Reid, the sponsor of S.4, said on March 8th. there are about 110 pending amendement to S.4, but only 8 of them are considered germane, and may be a couple more are argubaly germane.
Is that mean the Hutchison amendement only have about 10% oddes to be accepted by chair?
What exactly they meant by “financial obligation to their home country”?any hints?
This is just my 2 cents worth guys ok? correct me if Im wrong but I think that financial obligation to one’s home country may mean that you were funded by your government in some way or another in college thru college loans/scholarships and the like? Im quite concerned about the downside of the hutchinson bill though…that it might not be attached to the S.4..or that it may be junked altogether..oh well..HLG thanks again..no matter how this turns out, I will be forever grateful. JA DGTE. PHIL
I BELIEVE THAT RECAPTURE VISAS WILL BECOME A REALITY. BELIEVING IS ALL I’VE GOT!!
anyone who can explain in details about sen durbin’s amendment? what do you mean by 1500$ training fee attached to each nursing case …are we going to pay for that or our employer?
April Visa bulletin is out and it stated there that maybe in May employment visa will be unavailable…I just hope that Sen. Hutchison amendment will pass soon so that retrogression is over for us schedule A applicant. To HLG More Power ,we are so grateful for your time & efforts.
Dear HLG,
Love your blog.
Please…an update. Does Hutchison have a good shot…I have been reading otherwise.
Thanks
on senate website it appears that on agenda for tuesday the 13th is “resume condideration of s4″….does this mean that there is still some hope…it seems therefore that ammendment WAS not attached to bill#4…darn…mary kennedy
to one comment…can we please not grumble/quibble re any fees that the Durbin amendment may impose..it is not unreasonable that there be some kind of training fee attached to our green card…let’s just look at counting our blessings if we get our green card in the not too distant future… to quibble re fees attached to priviledge of green card only fuels the feelings of anti-imigration groups who already carry ideas such as we want to get on the USA “gravy train”….Durbin’s amendment is the least of our worries…we have all had to make big financial sacrifices to get thus far…Mary kennedy
i thought we nurses are alone with this fight against retrogression,i never thought someone like you cares and is fighting for us.your an angel.thank you very much.all your hard work is very much appreciated.your work plus our prayers will give us more power to win this battle.
I really dont loss hope! I know that the Lord is guiding me. My dreams would soon come true.
ok guys, i am no lawyer and i don’t know much about the american immigration system, but, this is what I understood and I hope it helps answering some of the questions I have read so far. I believe that the extra 1500 dollars in sen.Durbin’s ammendment will be imposed on those I-140 petitions that have not been submitted yet.The ones that have their nvc cases approved and are just waiting for packet 4, are not affected by it, at least that’s what i understood.About the fact that the senate invoked cloture, what it means is that they are setting a time limit in deciding about the bill, which is good news.The hutchinson ammendment is part of another big ammendment s.a 275, which is the security act for 2007.They followed a very similar approach in 2005 before retrogression was lifted.
I pray this is solved quickly.Thank you HLG for all your help and god bless.
Eider from UK.
Reading the text of the Durbin ammendment it says ( as far as I can tell!)” 1500$ fee paid by EMPLOYER for each sponsored nurse” and that those wishing to have green card who are under financial obligation for their nurse/MD training would be barred from obtaining same unless there was an agreement of sorts in place between themselves and home country, these conditions to come into being 180 days after any enactment of proposals”. Please correct me if I am wrong anyone?
Is this only for Nurses or all retrogressed?