Oppose HR 3012 and its companion s-1857
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Jul 13th, 2012Someone from Champaign, IL signed.
Jul 13th, 2012Someone from San Diego, CA writes:
Dear Senator, I am writing to request your support to amend H.R. 3012 (Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act) by making the bill's transition periods fairer and more predictable to high-skilled immigrants who are currently waiting for employment-based immigrant visas. H.R. 3012 is a major immigration overhaul that makes the employment-based immigration system of the United States work on a first-come first-serve basis. Currently, the system allocates green-cards each year by limiting green-card numbers on a per-country basis. This causes individuals from two countries--India and China--to wait at different times. The bill solves this problem by removing the per-country limits, but unfortunately, without adding any new visas. This results in taking scarce visas from people who have been waiting for a long time in the green-card queues and giving them to others who experience even longer wait times. The problem with this approach is that even though immigrants from India and China wait the longest, there are thousands of high-skilled immigrants from 194 different countries who also experience wait times of six to seven years on average. Because of H.R. 3012, those of them who are due to receive their green-cards in the coming months will suddenly face additional unexpected delays of five to six years leading them to suffer severe financial losses, lose job offers, or fall out of status. H.R. 3012 recognizes this problem but the transition period it offers as a solution is quite inadequate. Its three-year transition rule allocates only 10% of the annual visa quota to immigrants world-wide, while leaving 90% to the two most back-logged states--India and China. Furthermore, the bill's retroactive effective date of October 1, 2011 practically erases the first transition year, for which visas are already exhausted. To solve all these problems and to protect high-skilled immigrants already in the system, I respectfully ask you to offer and sponsor an amendment to H.R. 3012 to offer smoother and stabler transition periods: 1. In the first transition year, allocate 50% of the visas to immigrants from all countries, leaving 50% for India and China. 2. In the second year, allocate 30% of the visas to immigrants from all countries, leaving 70% for India and China. 3. Update the bill's effective date to October 1, 2012 These numbers provide for a smoother transition and allow affected applicants more time to evaluate their situations and to make appropriate immigration decisions. I request you to amend H.R. 3012 to make sure that those who are still waiting will not be hurt by a bill that redistributes scarce visas without adding new ones. Passing H.R. 3012 in its current form will make the system unpredictable, which is bad for everybody and is counter-productive to efforts to fix U.S. immigration. Introducing the proposed amendments will ensure continued stability, predictability, and fairness for high-skilled imREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJul 13th, 2012Someone from Torrance, CA signed.
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Jul 13th, 2012Someone from San Francisco, CA writes:
I am American. This bill violates the basic principle of the diverse population so no majority can monopolize everything. NO special treatment for Indians! There is too many of them here in the Silicon Valley. They commit most of the visa fraud. Ever heard about the Tri Valley University in Pleasanton, CA? Americans are unaware what's going on. Spread the word! Strongly oppose the bill!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJul 13th, 2012Someone from Los Angeles, CA writes:
Let's stop...3012...otherwise there will be 200 milion indian, chinese within next 20 years...REPORT COMMENTS
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Jul 13th, 2012Someone from Minneapolis, MN writes:
I have lived and paid taxes in the USA legally for nearly 10 years now, getting a STEM PhD degree at a prestigious university. This bill would force me to wait several additional years for Chinese and Indian immigrants who have lived in the USA for just a few years, and may not even have a graduate degree. Moreover, this bill retroactively applies to all applicants, throwing out any future plans through the window. How is that fair?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJul 13th, 2012Someone from Seattle, WA writes:
America should have diversification for its success and this bill will hurt the diversification and even the US will be dominated by Indian and ChineseREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJul 13th, 2012Someone from Cockeysville, MD signed.
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Jul 13th, 2012Someone from Princeton Junction, NJ writes:
I oppose strongly HR3012 since it is very unfair.REPORT COMMENTS
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Jul 12th, 2012Someone from Houston, TX writes:
Please do not pass this bill. This bill will force thousands of potential EB candidates from rest of the world to wait for years, who otherwise would have been got their permanent residence-ship within a few months. Passing this bill will shatter dreams of thousands of talented and skilled workers from worldwide.REPORT COMMENTS
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Jul 12th, 2012Someone from Hopewell Junction, NY writes:
Dear Senator, I am writing to request your support to amend H.R. 3012 (Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act) by making the bill's transition periods fairer and more predictable to high-skilled immigrants who are currently waiting for employment-based immigrant visas. H.R. 3012 is a major immigration overhaul that makes the employment-based immigration system of the United States work on a first-come first-serve basis. Currently, the system allocates green-cards each year by limiting green-card numbers on a per-country basis. This causes individuals from two countries--India and China--to wait at different times. The bill solves this problem by removing the per-country limits, but unfortunately, without adding any new visas. This results in taking scarce visas from people who have been waiting for a long time in the green-card queues and giving them to others who experience even longer wait times. The problem with this approach is that even though immigrants from India and China wait the longest, there are thousands of high-skilled immigrants from 194 different countries who also experience wait times of six to seven years on average. Because of H.R. 3012, those of them who are due to receive their green-cards in the coming months will suddenly face additional unexpected delays of five to six years leading them to suffer severe financial losses, lose job offers, or fall out of status. H.R. 3012 recognizes this problem but the transition period it offers as a solution is quite inadequate. Its three-year transition rule allocates only 10% of the annual visa quota to immigrants world-wide, while leaving 90% to the two most back-logged states--India and China. Furthermore, the bill's retroactive effective date of October 1, 2011 practically erases the first transition year, for which visas are already exhausted. To solve all these problems and to protect high-skilled immigrants already in the system, I respectfully ask you to offer and sponsor an amendment to H.R. 3012 to offer smoother and stabler transition periods: 1. In the first transition year, allocate 50% of the visas to immigrants from all countries, leaving 50% for India and China. 2. In the second year, allocate 30% of the visas to immigrants from all countries, leaving 70% for India and China. 3. Update the bill's effective date to October 1, 2012 These numbers provide for a smoother transition and allow affected applicants more time to evaluate their situations and to make appropriate immigration decisions. I request you to amend H.R. 3012 to make sure that those who are still waiting will not be hurt by a bill that redistributes scarce visas without adding new ones. Passing H.R. 3012 in its current form will make the system unpredictable, which is bad for everybody and is counter-productive to efforts to fix U.S. immigration. Introducing the proposed amendments will ensure continued stability, predictability, and fairness for high-skilled imREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJul 12th, 2012Someone from Atlanta, GA signed.
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