Since April of 2001, thousands of immigrants who started their residence cases via job offer to benefit under section 245i from the Immigration Act, continue to wait desperately. What is happening with my case that is not advancing, or is it that I am being deceived?

You are not being deceived. The closing of section 245i in 2001, led to millions of job offer cases to start at the same time and the Department of Labor, known as “DOL”, took inconsistent measures to consider each offer with the integrity that it deserved. This led to many immigrants to lose their faith, in absence of a logical, easy to understand reason by a population desperate to obtain its legalization.
At the end of 2006, the DOL announced that it will accept temporarily, to expedite the processing of these offers if they change to the procedure known as “RIR' (Reduction in Recruitment). You will ask yourself, how come my case was not changed previously? The inconsistency to process these offers by officials of the DOL, plus the fear of losing the priority date, that maintains the case under the benefit of the section 245i, caused your case to move slowly.

Now, the DOL, has established a procedure that will protect and benefit the immigrants who change their cases, expediting their final determination or approval.
In order to qualify, the case must have not received a denial; nor a document requesting that arguments be clarified, known as “Notice of Findings”; the occupation must not appear in the “B list” and must require more than two years of experience. Do not waste any more time, change your case now.

Remember that there is always much more to analyze before formulating a legal strategy.trategy.

 

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*Edward Juarez Studied sociology, International laws, and specialized in immigration.  In 1973, established the International Immigrants Foundation, a non-profit institution created to educate, help, and defend immigrants. In 1984, he established the American Multicultural Coalition and the International Cultures Celebration, conferences in the United Nations, and the Parade and Festival to promote intercultural relations.  With the goal of emphasizing the contributions of immigrants, Juarez established the “Immigrants Building” in 2003, located at 7 West 44^th Street in Manhattan, NYC, where the Foundation continues developing programs that improve the quality of life for immigrants. Currently, he is am active writer, speaker, immigration columnist in El Diario la Prensa, and host of The Immigrants Voice radio and television programs.