Re:Silicon Valley Takes a Right Turn
by mavelikara on Sunday January 15, 2017 @02:44AM
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> Bush Administration made the "priority date current" for a short window; this allowed legal immigrants waiting in the line for Permanent Residency to file and obtain 485-EAD.
The priority dates became current abruptly for a month in July 2007 (see [1], [2] and [3] for Visa Bulletins for Jun/Jul/Aug 2007; "C" means current, "U" means unavailable). This was also the time period when "labor substitution" [4] was possible - i.e the employer could substitute a new prospective employee in the place of another who has an approved labor certification. Together, this enabled many people on H-1B to get an EAD [5]. EADs offer more or less the same flexibility as Green Cards for the purpose of employment.
This is probably what suryacom meant.
Labor substitution provision has since been revoked.
The priority dates became current abruptly for a month in July 2007 (see [1], [2] and [3] for Visa Bulletins for Jun/Jul/Aug 2007; "C" means current, "U" means unavailable). This was also the time period when "labor substitution" [4] was possible - i.e the employer could substitute a new prospective employee in the place of another who has an approved labor certification. Together, this enabled many people on H-1B to get an EAD [5]. EADs offer more or less the same flexibility as Green Cards for the purpose of employment.
This is probably what suryacom meant.
Labor substitution provision has since been revoked.
[1] Visa bulletin for June 2007: https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bul...
[2] Visa bulletin for July 2007: https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bul...
[3] Visa bulletin for August 2007: https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bul...
[4] http://www.kenreyeslaw.com/blog/2014/october/labor-certifica...
[5] https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-pr...