ALL F4s

[Kirat95 0]

i am indian sikh so why i am in A.P

and i am male?

[jolly786 96]

i am indian sikh so why i am in A.P

and i am male?

hi kirat...where r u from ?

[ikabirul 11]

hi kirat...where r u from ?

Hi Jolly

My priority date also 2002. Do we have to go through merit base migration process !!! I don't see any update from you !!!

Edited April 18, 2013 by ikabirul

[Kirat95 0]

i am from patiala ,punjab,india

[jolly786 96]

Hi Jolly

My priority date also 2002. Do we have to go through merit base migration process !!! I don't see any update from you !!!

hi..no need to thk abt merit based......when this bill will pass..den we will be current...

[jolly786 96]

i am from patiala ,punjab,india

hi...send me rqst on facebook....my facebook id :- jollypelia@yahoo.co.in

[sony2001 7]

The bill includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who arrived in the US after Dec 31 2011,What about the other immigrants before this date,what do you guys think about it?

[jolly786 96]

The bill includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who arrived in the US after Dec 31 2011,What about the other immigrants before this date,what do you guys think about it?

who arrived before dec 31,2011 not after.......

[sony2001 7]

Thanks jolly786,because in the article says after Dec 31 2011

[nrocky 3]

More about the V visa that I talked about yesterday.

V NONIMMIGRANT VISAS.

19 (a) NONIMMIGRANT ELIGIBILITY.—Subparagraph

20 (V) of section 101(a)(15) (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) is

21 amended to read as follows:

22 ‘‘(V)(i) subject to section 214(q)(1) and

23 section 212(a)(4), an alien who is the bene24

ficiary of an approved petition under section

25 203(a) as—.......

Read page 313 (line 18) onwards. What it means is that if you are the beneficiary of an approved petition, you can now visit US ( for up to 60 days) while your immigrant visa is pending. This is a major change from the earlier policy where they would flatly deny you a tourist or other Non Immigrant visa if you had a IV application pending. However, under this category employment authorisation may not be provided to siblings, but may be provided to son / daughter of the US based petitioner.

Edited April 18, 2013 by nrocky

[alsayedalsayed 10]

Hi all

Can any body explain to me the MERIT system ?

i want to know every thing about that system .. because my beleive about the new BIll .. si to clear all the backlog by converting all these pending cases to the MERIT SYSTEM.. and this is the only way to reduce the F4 visa by canceling most of the pending visa using the MERIT SYSTEM (only the qualified persons can pas this system).

i wish i am wrong

please explain to us the MERIT SYSTEM

[nrocky 3]

http://colorlines.com/archives/2013/04/gang_of_eight_immigration_reform_details.html

On Visas

The legislation also shifts the balance of the legal immigration system over the next decade toward employment-based visas rather than family-based green cards.

The bill adds new visas for immigrants trained in science and technology fields, while it chops whole categories of visas for some family members, including siblings of U.S.-citizens, and other visa programs, like the Diversity Visa program that many African immigrants rely upon. Gay and lesbian couples are denied the right to petition for a green card for non-citizen partners.

At the same time, the Act promises to clear the existing family immigration backlog by admitting everyone who’s currently been waiting to reunite with family in the U.S. for years, sometimes multiple decades.

[nrocky 3]

http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/041713_immigration_bill/bill-outline-shows-sweeping-immigration-overhaul/

In its current form, the bill will also decrease current backlogs for immigrants waiting for legal status, and expand the number of family and employment visas currently available. Five years after the bill is enacted, 120,000 “merit-based” visas will be allocated that “awards points to individuals based on their education, employment, length of residence in the U.S. and other considerations. Those individuals with the most points earn the visas.”

[savvy.boy 13]

Read the following points carefully educed from summary of Immigration reform bill.

1. The bill eliminates the backlog for family and employment-based immigrants (see below discussion of merit-based system).

2. The bill repeals the availability of immigrant visas for siblings of U.S. citizens once 18 months have elapsed since the date of enactment.

3. Under one component of this merit based system the Secretary will allocate merit-based immigrant visas beginning on October 1, 2014 for employment-based visas that have been pending for three years, family-based petitions that were filed prior to enactment and have been pending for five years, long-term alien workers and other merit based immigrant workers.

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1. The bill eliminates the backlog for family and employment-based immigrants (see below discussion of merit-based system).

A. It means bill will eliminate backlog , but people who won't get their visas after 18 months of enactment will have to go through merit based immigration.

2. The bill repeals the availability of immigrant visas for siblings of U.S. citizens once 18 months have elapsed since the date of enactment.

A. it means very simple , No More visas for F4 once 18 month time has elapsed.than you must have to qualify for the visa through merit based immigration.

3. Under one component of this merit based system the Secretary will allocate merit-based immigrant visas beginning on October 1, 2014 for employment-based visas that have been pending for three years, family-based petitions that were filed prior to enactment and have been pending for five years, long-term alien workers and other merit based immigrant workers.

A. It means they plan to start Merit based system and repeal F4 from 1 October 2014.

according to mathematical calculation it is wrong , 18 months will elapsed on December 2014 , if bill would pass and enactment is done on 4 July 2013.

but if you calculate from today ,April , than it is exactly correct.

from April it will take 18 months to reach October 2014.

So I think senators have wrote this bill in sense of today, April.

they have left this point to amended by senate to change the month 1 October 2014 to December 2014.

Edited April 18, 2013 by savvy.boy

[bebin 4]

Read the following points carefully educed from summary of Immigration reform bill.

1. The bill eliminates the backlog for family and employment-based immigrants (see below discussion of merit-based system).

2. The bill repeals the availability of immigrant visas for siblings of U.S. citizens once 18 months have elapsed since the date of enactment.

3. Under one component of this merit based system the Secretary will allocate merit-based immigrant visas beginning on October 1, 2014 for employment-based visas that have been pending for three years, family-based petitions that were filed prior to enactment and have been pending for five years, long-term alien workers and other merit based immigrant workers.

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1. The bill eliminates the backlog for family and employment-based immigrants (see below discussion of merit-based system).

A. It means bill will eliminate backlog , but people who won't get their visas after 18 months of enactment will have to go through merit based immigration.

2. The bill repeals the availability of immigrant visas for siblings of U.S. citizens once 18 months have elapsed since the date of enactment.

A. it means very simple , No More visas for F4 once 18 month time has elapsed.than you must have to qualify for the visa through merit based immigration.

3. Under one component of this merit based system the Secretary will allocate merit-based immigrant visas beginning on October 1, 2014 for employment-based visas that have been pending for three years, family-based petitions that were filed prior to enactment and have been pending for five years, long-term alien workers and other merit based immigrant workers.

A. It means they plan to start Merit based system and repeal F4 from 1 October 2014.

according to mathematical calculation it is wrong , 18 months will elapsed on December 2014 , if bill would pass and enactment is done on 4 July 2013.

but if you calculate from today ,April , than it is exactly correct.

from April it will take 18 months to reach October 2014.

So I think senators have wrote this bill in sense of today, April.

they have left this point to amended by senate to change the month 1 October 2014 to December 2014.

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My understanding OF this BILL

They will continue to accept F4 PETITIONS 18 mths after the bill is enacted.Come 1st Oct 2014 there will be merit based visas available for petitions filed before the bill was passed and those who have been waiting for 5 years.