USCIS Wants to Hear Your Input (merged)

[Teddy B 17,251]

Obama writes laws?

[Not a Tailor 1,370]

Obama writing the laws has nothing to do with how USCIS chooses to handle these cases. It is all about prioritizing and management. If USCIS handle each case in the order in which they are received, we will all have our loved ones here eventually. Fussing and ranting is not going to make anything better. Blaming the President is not going to help either.

SO many times this.

In any other industry, if you know you're going to have a swell of customers all of a sudden? You hire extra workers. Look at tourist towns. People get hired for the summer and let go in the fall. All of retail does this at Christmas. You hire people on shortterm contracts. If someone turns out to be remarkably good, you keep them longterm. Why can't USCIS hire some extra people to deal with the massive, sudden influx?

[novedsac 355]

No it did not, very frustratingly. It only included the two links I pasted containing the long legal mumbo-jumbo about the proposed changes. Why would they ask for comments and then not provide a venue for us to comment in? I don't think I even want to know.

They did provide instructions on how to provide comments to the proposed changes ... a variety of ways in fact ... it's on the first page of each Federal Register Notice.

However, the proposed rule changes (they are changes to regulations and not laws) have nothing to do with family-based petitions.

[kehills 217]

This... has nothing to do with I-130 or I-129 petitions. In fact, one of the proposals should make things easier, because it's eliminating paperwork. If you genuinely want to ease the load of USCIS and related departments, you should be supporting at least this one:

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to update the regulations to include nonimmigrant high-skilled specialty occupation professionals from Chile and Singapore (H-1B1) and from Australia (E-3) in the list of classes of aliens authorized for employment incident to status with a specific employer, to clarify that H-1B1 and principal E-3 nonimmigrants are allowed to work without having to separately apply to DHS for employment authorization.

Emphasis mine. The other proposal is a regulatory change to allow a certain subclass of immigrants ("H-4 dependent spouses of principal H-1B nonimmigrants who are in the process of seeking lawful permanent resident status through employment") to receive permission to work earlier in their case. I suppose it might possibly add an additional few minutes to someone's time processing an already complicated VISA application to do the equivalent of an EAD, but it's not a DOOM AND GLOOM OMG I-130 AND I-129 FILERS WILL BE SO BADLY AFFECTED situation.

[jeanette72 1]

Good day I went to the website where you can read the full ruling. One they are wanting to do from what I read was speed up the process for companies hiring a specific employee. Which fine do what you need to but this was my comment to that.

(Good day my only comment on this is it going to help the processing centers of already back logged cases regarding Families who have been waiting or will it impose more case load on the centers. If so what happens to the cases they are behind on for K-Visa or I-130 etc. I understand companies want to hire the best and that may lead to out sourcing and bringing someone over via Visa. Also there is a real need to expedite the process for American Citizens who are using there rights to bring family to them in the USA. Either way there needs to be a balanced system to both the working and the family Visa approval.)

Regard,
A

Hope it helps us.

[Abby&Mario 100]

They have already brought back one change, I think, even if it's nothing official. Speedy USCIS approvals for couples filing abroad for IR-1/CR-1 are being seen more and more on the forum since last month. The common belief is that this is an effort to make up for removing the DCF option from most countries in the world. They stopped doing it for a time, but are doing it again. We'll see if it lasts or if it's just a temporary trend like last time.

If you have had your I-130 petition approved quickly after filing from abroad recently, please add your story to the thread. Do not add it if you requested an expedite or the petitioner is from a country that is having petitions expedited due to a natural disaster. Go here, read the first post for background, then skip to the last page and add your case: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/357465-usc-petitioner-living-abroad/

[KmOm0629 2]

Does anyone have anything constructive to add? How are we supposed to comment on this?

Hello, I found that the Department of state is over decisions that the USCIS makes, but, I havent quite figured out how to send them the information..

I know you can contact the OMbudsman, but I have not had luck, a week before this came Out I sent a detailed email to them complaining about wait and processing times, complete with screen shots to prove the time lapses...And compared that to the currant wait times....

http://www.dhs.gov/case-assistance

http://www.dhs.gov/topic/cis-ombudsman

From what I can tell this person can help adress the issue, I have not had any luck, they responded to my email and asked for the applicant to sign something, and My husband is in guatemala, so I cant get his signature at this time. Im still workgin on this part.

[PATFONT 7]

I just got this email from USCIS:

Dear Stakeholder,

On May 12, 2014, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published two notices of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register. We encourage the public to comment on these rulemakings during the 60-day comment period.

Title

Type of Notice

Comment Period Expiration Date

FR Cite

Enhancing Opportunities for H-1B1, CW-1, and E-3 Nonimmigrants and EB-1 Immigrants PDF | Text

Proposed Rule: 60-day comment period

07/11/2014

79 FR 26870

Employment Authorization for Certain H-4 Dependent SpousesPDF | Text

Proposed Rule: 60-day comment period

07/11/2014

79 FR 26886

We need to let USCIS that there should be NO additional case work put on their plates until they have their act together with immediate relative I-130's and I-129F fiance applications. This is another example of King Obama ignoring Congress to make his own laws, and we need to make our voice heard at all costs.

I agree totally that the Service Centers are behind as it is, BUT, This has NOTHING to do with Obama..Your making it political when using "KING" Obama in your statement...This has to do with the Service center employees dragging their assses and slowing down the system..My K1 Visa application is going on 7 Mths in the Texas Service Center and STILL nothing..When I call down there, they give you a different excuse EVERY time I call...They need to fix the system..How can you expect this president or ANY president fix this system when BOTH sides of the isle don't agree on ANYTHING!!??..

Edited May 13, 2014 by Ryan H

[TBoneTX 43,391]

Another thread has been moved from the CR-1 Process forum and merged with this one. Two posts have been removed for bickering. The OP (at the risk of administrative action) is instructed to start no more new threads on this or similar topics, and everyone is expected to post constructively or refrain from posting.

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