Ease green card backlogs for highly skilled employment based immigrants

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Ease green card backlogs for highly skilled employment based immigrants

One needs to only take a look at the visa bulletins published in the USCIS web-site every month to get an idea of how slow the process is for immigrants in the 'Highly skilled' category from India, China, Philippines and Mexico. For example, applications from the year 2001 are currently being processed today (10 years later) for the EB3 employment based category from India. And the actual time people get the green card may well be 3-4 years later.
This means that these thousands of people have been facing great hardship and constraints in their career. It has in effect stifled innovation in the country to an extent, because these highly skilled people had a great potential to open up new ventures, create new jobs, advance science and technology and contribute to society in numerous other ways
A hidden cost is also that the spouses of these highly skilled people also often have advanced degrees and Phd's, but they are prevented from joining the workforce because of the restrictive nature of the work visas.
Today the country could do with thousands of new start-ups, medical facilities, nurses, teachers and college professors. Also, the housing market could benefit from this section of people, because once they settle down in their lives they will be able to buy houses.
The sword of uncertainty must be removed from their heads NOW if they are expected to stay here, and if the country is to attract more skilled and bright people.
Today the immigration debate has been hijacked by low-skilled and illegal immigrants, numbering in millions, because, for these few thousands there is no political voice backing them up. In the interest of fairness and true justice they need to be taken care of so that they can join you in the fight for maintaining the ideals and traditions of this great country that is America

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January 17, 2012    link
Someone from Cupertino, CA signed.
January 6, 2012    link
Louis C. from Dayton, OH writes:
The backlog needs to be dealt with. I have been here since 2003 on a L1 then H1b, this backlog is not right.
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January 5, 2012    link
Someone from Westfield, NJ signed.
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Someone from Bellevue, WA signed.
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Someone from Wilmington, DE signed.
December 22, 2011    link
Someone from Denver, CO writes:
Been here 6 years, another 4 to go until my priority date is current (assuming the current movement happens). I'm not chineese, I'm not indian, i'm not philipino, i'm not mexican. I have bought a house, pay taxes and do the right thing. I also have a million US in assets in my home country and I will not bring these to the US until I have my green card. Please, clear the EB (3) backlog and do not remove the per-country limits.
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December 12, 2011    link
Qiongyu W. from Ann Arbor, MI signed.
December 5, 2011    link
HAMEEDKUNJU R. from Milwaukee, WI writes:
I am here in US for nearly 14 years. My first GC application went down the drain as the company went bankrupt then I moved to another company and the process started in 2006. Right now the backlog is sitting somewhere in August 2002. Even if the country wide restrictions are taken off it may take couple of years for me to get the GC. Someone told that the USCIS should be using the old Permanent Resident visa numbers which are wasted in earlier years. This is the only way to end this never ending torture of waiting. This restricts my movement; I cannot take a permanent job as I am still on EAD. In the last 4 months I lost at least 6 opportunities because I don’t have a GC. In this economy and job market losing opportunities because of no fault of mine is ridiculous. Right now contracting companies are looking for people like me because they know I have no choice but to take whatever they offer. The pay cut is nearly 60%. What to do but keep the wheels moving isn’t it?
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December 1, 2011    link
Someone from San Marcos, CA signed.
November 30, 2011    link
charanjeet s. from Alpharetta, GA signed.
November 30, 2011    link
Mythili R. from Vernon Hills, IL signed.
November 29, 2011    link
Someone from Herndon, VA signed.
November 21, 2011    link
Shridhar S. from Rochester, MN writes:
Please do something to help us. This process remind us law system in developing country where it takes 10 years for justice.
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November 20, 2011    link
Someone from Statham, GA signed.
November 20, 2011    link
Someone from Waukegan, IL signed.
November 17, 2011    link
Deepan S. from Edison, NJ signed.
November 15, 2011    link
Someone from Chicago, IL signed.
November 12, 2011    link
Manoj T. from Union City, CA writes:
It's a long wait and is painful for skilled workers,

Please do the needful to fix this process
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November 11, 2011    link
Jitender S. from San Jose, CA writes:
I've been in USA for more than 11 years and even got a letter from Social security that I've completed my 40 quarters term and I'm now eligible for all the social security benefits. But still waiting for my green card. I've applied under EB3 category in 2005
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November 9, 2011    link
Shalin S. from New York, NY writes:
My wife and I have been in this country for 10 years. We got educated here (Undergrad and Masters) and have been working at our respective jobs for the past few years. We have been waiting for our Green Card for almost 5 years now and still have no End in sight as my petition was filed under the EB3 category.

Please eliminate the country limits for employment based petitions and not include dependents in the numbers. We believe in this nation and would like to use our skills to advance it even further.
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