The H-1 Cap Blog (H1Cap.com) 02/09/08
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HLG is pleased to announce that it has just launched the H-1 Cap Blog at http://www.h1cap.com/, which we hope will become must reading for business professionals, HR representatives, immigrant students and professionals, and others interested in information about the H-1 visa, which is the most common visa for nonimmigrant professionals.
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HLG,
That move is good. No H1 will interfere in our Schedule A ‘thoughts’, views & idea..
All d best!
Hi HLG/Chris,
Can explain to us the meaning of this BILL???
H.R.5174
Title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue the ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs.
Sponsor: Rep English, Phil [PA-3] (introduced 1/29/2008) Cosponsors (3)
Latest Major Action: 1/29/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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ALL ACTIONS:
1/29/2008:
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
It seems that it is not good for what you are fighting for.
dear HLG,
what’s with the Recaptured Visa for nurses. We have not heard of any news at all. Please update us.
Thanks
So, anybody optimistic about the March V.B?
I have to say that HLG is very smart, since it will not put its all eggs into one nursing basket. If there is no big changes in the near future, I guess even this blog will disappear.
from Greg Siskind’s blog:
>>HOUSE DEMS TO PUSH FOR SCALED BACK IMMIGRATION REFORM
Apparently, House Democrats are thinking along the same lines as I wrote a few days back and will move forward with immigration reform this year rather than waiting until after the election as many had assumed. For more on the logic of this move, see my post from last week.
In the mean time, some are urging John McCain to run to the right on immigration and pursue a restrictionist agenda. I’ve written a separate piece on why this would be a mistake for McCain and now the Wall Street Journal is weighing in with a similar warning. McCain’s past immigration position has actually had more appeal with Republicans than talk radio show hosts would you to believe and the Arizona Senator should not go wobbly on his commitment to real immigration reform. <<
Feb. 11, 2008, 11:57PM
Green cards will go out, background check or not
Move meant to ease huge backlog of applicants, but critics warn it’s a threat to security
By SUSAN CARROLL
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
To ease an application backlog, the federal government plans to issue green cards to about 47,000 immigrants before the FBI finishes a complete background check — a move that critics warned could compromise national security.
The policy change is designed to address a mounting backlog of green card applicants who have met other requirements for permanent residence and have passed an automated fingerprint check, yet are waiting more than six months for FBI “name check” clearance, said Chris Bentley, a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service spokesman.
The green card holders will still be expected to eventually pass the “name check” portion of the background check process, which in some cases takes the FBI more than two years to complete. If U.S. officials find serious problems after issuing a green card, the permanent resident could be deported, Bentley said.
“This maintains national security,” Bentley said. “It doesn’t compromise the system, but at the same time it allows us to get benefits to people who deserve them.”
The decision was outlined in a Feb. 4 USCIS memo. Bentley said officials are still reviewing how to implement the new policy and could not say when they will start issuing green cards from the backlog.
Before applicants are approved for a green card, they must pass an FBI fingerprint check and be screened against a law enforcement database.
But after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Congress strengthened the requirements for the background check for green card and citizenship applicants. As part of the process, the FBI is required to do more in-depth name checks on immigrants to see if applicants have any connection with suspicious activity.
USCIS officials reported an estimated 329,160 applicants for citizenship and green cards were waiting in the FBI name check backlog as of May, the most recent data available. Of those, about 104,600 — or 32 percent — had been in the system for more than three months but less than a year. Sixteen percent, some 51,497 applicants, were pending between one and two years. About 17 percent of applicants had been waiting more than two years.
link
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5533508.html