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10 hours ago, Hypnos said:

The RAISE Act stands zero chance of becoming law, so it's not worth wasting your time to consider hypotheticals that aren't going to come to pass.

I understand that but but there may be a good chance that elements of the RAISE Act will be passed in a DACA package immigration bill, is th r not? so I think it’s important to know what view would be impacted or not, thus my questions.

What visas under the RAISE Act would change to be points based? Would the E2 non-immigrant visa be points based under the RAISE Act or would the E2 visa remain unchanged? 

Am confused because I read at the following, “

Points System – Employment – Limited to 140,000 shared with Investment based Applicants

The 140,000 quota would be under a points-based system.”http://www.breakthroughusa.com/is-the-raise-act-dead-on-arrival/

But I don’t know if that is referring to the E2 visa?

Also, would the O-1 visa change and be points based under the RAISE Act? To get the O-1 visa don’t you have to be an alien of extraordinary ability? Following says: “The most significant change for US employers that sponsor employees for permanent residence would be the replacement of the current visa preference categories (aliens of extraordinary ability, outstanding researchers, multinational managers and executives, professional/skilled/other workers, advanced degree holders) with a merit-based points system, modeled on systems adopted in Australia and Canada. “  

Does that mean the O-1 visa would be points based under the RAISE Act?

What visas would the RAISE Act actually replace or change? The RAISE Act wouldn’t effect E2 visas, would it? 

Also, if the RAISE Act gets attached to DACA, do you think it will pass?

On 20/12/2017 at 10:02 PM, Scandi said:

No, absolutely not. I have no reason to bring any family members here and I have a hard time understanding those who are so attached they need to bring parents, siblings, cousins and what not. But to each his own. US is one of very few countries that allow it anyway, and the rest of the world is perfectly fine not immigrating to the countries that don't allow it.

Canada has a merit based immigration system and I think they allow parents for example, to be sponsored for immigration 

It may not be as DOA now because of the whole thing with DACA:

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/6/tom-cotton-says-hes-open-to-adding-legal-status-fo/

On 04/09/2017 at 4:01 PM, Hypnos said:

I think the RAISE Act was essentially DoA as soon as it was proposed. 

6 hours ago, Hypnos said:

DACA is expected to be cancelled on Tuesday, with a six month delay to encourage Congress to act. 

 

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/03/trump-dreamers-immigration-daca-immigrants-242301

Is there is a significant chance the RAISE Act could in fact get passed - by being tied to DACA relief in Congress? It seems like congress will now pursue a legislative solution for DACA.

Senator Tom Cotton, one of the proponents of the RAISE Act basically said he would support DACA if it was tied to the RAISE Act:

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-tom-cotton-top-senate-immigration-hawk-supports-legalization-in-daca-deal/article/2633325

12 hours ago, Boiler said:

Similar legislation has been proposed for 15 years to my knowledge, I would be prepared to place a reasonable sum on this not going much further.

Do you know why such legislation has not been able to get to the stage where it could become law? 

15 hours ago, Boiler said:

E2 is not an immigrant visa, obviously there are routes that can be used to obtain residency but not directly through the E2, says so on the package.

If the proposed bill passed, permanent residency could be obtained through this visa after 10 years. 

Workpermit.com reports that, "US Republican Congressman John Rutherford has filed a bill that could allow job creators, who have been in the US on an E2 treaty investor visa for more than 10 years, to apply for legal permanent residence. A press release issued by Rutherford’s office confirmed that the bill, H.R. 3265, has been filed.

The new legislation could allow the children of E2 visa holders to remain in the United States until the age of 26 and then apply for work authorization. Under current US immigration law, thousands of E2 visa holders are welcomed into communities, establish businesses and employ American citizens, but are ineligible for permanent residency status.

Regardless of how long they have lived in the country or how large a contribution they have made over a decade, E2 visa holders are denied access to permanent residency. Equally, the children of immigrants in the US on an E2 visa are required to leave the country at the age of 21.

Consequently, families are divided and children are forced to head to other countries for education or work, taking their talents elsewhere and leaving the US to lose out on their skills despite being born and raised in the country."

Read more here: http://www.workpermit.com/news/e2-visa-holders-could-secure-permanent-us-residency-after-new-bill-filed-20170803

It further says: "However, similar legislation has been filed with Congress in the past with little success. Co-sponsoring the latest bipartisan bill alongside John Rutherford – the Republican representative for Florida - is representative for New Hampshire, Ann McLane Kuster.

The bill has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee and if passed it could help over 100,000 families and businesses nationally.

The bill, titled ‘H.R.3265 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit certain E2 nonimmigrant investors to adjust status to lawful permanent resident status’, will need to pass the House and the Senate before being passed by President Trump and becoming law."

This is a great bill! If you are based in the US and on a E2 visa or a dependent of somebody on an E2, perhaps you could contact either or both of these two representatives (I've included their details below) and perhaps show your support?

Contact Rep John Rutherford: https://rutherford.house.gov/contact

Contact Rep Ann McLane Kuster:

https://kuster.house.gov/contact

I'm really worried. I know this proposed RAISE Act may never pass in the senate, and so never become law, but regarding the E2 visa, I didn't think this proposed RAISE Act would effect E2 visa because this visa doesn't lead directly to a green card, but David Bier of the Cato Institute said (https://twitter.com/david_j_bier/status/893175229266223104) in a tweet response on twitter which in part says, "It would eliminate E2 completely. If you are waiting for E2, you are pushed out of line". 

Is this true? 

We haven the applied for E2 yet but may want to do in next 5 years, but would this visa really be eliminated under the RAISE Act? Where can I find more information about this? Thanks 

I just saw on Shepard Smiths Fox News show that Republican senators Ron Johnson and Lindsay Graham have already voiced disapproval regarding this bill...

and this bill would need 60 votes in the senate.  

Stephen Miller just said in the White House press briefing that this bill "doesn't deal with guest workers and temporary non-immigrant visas." 

I've been asking here about the E2 visa. Isn't this visa regarded as a temporary non-immigrant visa? So the points based system wouldn't affect the E2 visa then would it? 

3 minutes ago, abe&kari said:

I don't think this would affect the current visas, it may be for new applicants? idk

That's what I am asking about, those who haven't applied yet but would need in future 

This article from National Review says:

"Immigrants would be scored on a scale of zero to 100, though in practice it’s more like a scale of zero to 45 — someone with a perfect score would need a Nobel Prize (25 points), an Olympic medal (15), and $1.8 million invested in a business (12), for instance. More typically, potential immigrants would be scored based on their level of education, their English fluency, their age (with ten points for those 26 to 30 and zero points for those 50 and up), and the salary they’ve been offered (with 13 points for compensation at least triple the median salary of the state where the job is located, and no points for an offer less than 50 percent above the median). Importantly, if an applicant wished to bring a spouse, the spouse’s education, age, and language skills would count for 30 percent of a combined score. Those without at least 30 points would be ineligible, and ties would be broken by (in descending order) education, language, and age. Immigrants admitted through the point system would be ineligible for welfare benefits for five years."

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450061/cotton-perdue-unveil-immigration-plan-emphasize-skills

But I still don't understand this, how this effect current visas? To get the E2 visa, which doesn't lead to a green card, would you need to hav enough points to get the E2 visa to this point based system not apply to the E2 visa? 

Does the points based based system only apply when it comes to applying for an actual green card when you are eligible to apply for a green card, not various visas themselves? 

2 minutes ago, charmander said:

No. You can bring them in on a non-immigrant residential visa, which would let them live here but no employment rights, no path to citizenship. Sponsor also has to provide support and health care, no access to public benefits. Basically it sounds no different than a tourist visa except they wouldn't have to leave US every 3/6 months.

And any parent would be eligible whether they are fit or healthy or not? How long would the visa you mention allow them to live in the USA?

5 minutes ago, abe&kari said:

I think merit-based immigration system for workers is a good system, just like Canada, Japan and Australia.

Canada requires you to speak either English or French to be eligible for a work/study-visa. Australia requires you to speak English to be eligible for a work/study-visa also. The RAISE Act will replace the current permanent employment-visa system with a skills-based points system, just like the systems used by Canada and Australia.

Is there any more information about this point  based part of the bill? How will that work? Does the point based only affect priority when it come to getting an actual green card, not getting one do the various visas? 

5 minutes ago, abe&kari said:

Ok this can't be true.

this is from the RAISE Act from https://www.perdue.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/170802_New_RAISE_Act_Section_by_Section.pdf

Section 4 maintains immigration preferences for the spouses and minor children of U.S. residents, but eliminates visa preferences for extended family and grown adult family members of U.S. residents. It also creates a renewable temporary visa for the elderly parents of U.S. residents to the come to the United States for caretaking purposes.

What does "caretaking purposes" mean? So you would not be be able to sponsor a parent for a green card?

How would the proposed bill by Perdue and Cotton, if it became law, affect the E2 visa for example and other visas? Would it make it more difficult to get? Or wouldn't it affect it at all?

14 minutes ago, Transborderwife said:

This will not make it past the senate.  

 

Also:

 

"The legislation would have nixed immigration preferences for nonimmediate family members, adult children or adult parents of current legal permanent U.S. residents. It ultimately stalled in the Senate."

 

 

so they're planning on killing something that doesn't exist?

I don't think this is the same bill. I think it will have some of the things that was in the old bill but with new additions. 

You seem pretty certain this bill won't make it past the senate. Are you sure about that? 

I'm confused about President Trump's latest executive order. To get an ESTA from the UK to the USA, can you now not get one without an in-person interview?

Anybody? 

If you are approved for Diversity visa, how long is the maximum time you are allowed to wait before leaving for the USA and if you want to return to your home country for a period of time, is this easy to do? How long would you be allowed to spend in your home country that you have come from, once awarded the Diversity visa? 

On 06/10/2016 at 7:37 AM, Lisbeth said:

Hi Everyone!

I had the interview yesterday and I have been informed that my visa is approved.

For those who have the visa at LONDON EMBASSY you must know that you need to register at https://ais.usvisa-info.com/ in order to get your passport with visa once is issued.

You have the option to pick up or delivery(at your cost).

The full process of interview took 2 hours.

 

Now that I've got the visa. They informed me that I have expiration on 27th of March 2017, so I must go to the USA before that date to activate the process to get the GC.

 

I have been told that the green card is taking now more than 4 month to arrive, hence I am thinking about only travelling to activate the process and come back to UK in order to continue with my job as I am not sure if I could work without the social security number and the GC.

 

I am a title bit confused as I have been told that I have a year to go back to the US but also a friend told me that they have been living in Norway for 10 years and now they are moving to the USA otherwise they will loose the chance to continue with the GC.

 

I don't want to waste time without a job in the USA when I have a job in UK, so I rather to wait my GC generating income and saving more money for my relocation.

 

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

Regards,

Lisbeth

Where you born in the U.K.? Are a UK citizen? I thought the UK was not on the list of countries where you could be eligible to get a diversity visa from?  I am curious 

Can you get an F1 visa for education to study if the course only goes on for 6 months or a year, say? If you can, could you then transfer from an F1 to an OBT, after such a length of study using the F1?