Subject: [[email-masked]: LCnet News Release 940415]

From: [email-masked] (Mi Mi)
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 94 12:11:16 CDT

Hi, there is a LCnet News-Release, with some infor on lads issue.

I forward it just in case your guys might be interested.

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			     TABLE OF CONTENTS
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        1. IFCSS Sent the Petition Letter to President Clinton
        2. CHINA Born Employment Third Preference Visa Availability
        3. Immigration Numbers for May, 1994
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1. IFCSS Sent the Petition Letter to President Clinton
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   According to the "IFCSS HQ WEEKLY JOURNAL", on April 5th, IFCSS HQ 
finally sent out the petition letter to President Clinton regarding the 
two year visa extension with a total of 68 signatures of local CSS 
organizations. The original text of this letter can be obtained through 
anonymous ftp at 'ifcss.org' under the directory of '/ifcss/NR/5th', 
the file name is '940311.LOG'. Mr. Liu, Chengyan, the Chair of IFCSS 
New Comers Working Committee, wrote a letter to the IFCSS HQ on April 
12th requesting the information of any follow-up actions the HQ will take 
and the information concerning with the reaction from the U.S government. 
Most new comers are hoping that the IFCSS should take the issue seriously 
instead of politically, and keep its effort on this matter continuously.

   We'll update you any new development and if you have any suggestions,
please also let us know. Remember that a new IFCSS leadership will be 
elected in the summer and please encourage your local CSS organization
to participate if you really want the IFCSS to represent us in this 
country.

LCnet editor

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2. CHINA Born Employment Third Preference Visa Availability
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The visa cut-off date for the CHINA-mainland born Employment Third
Preference category, which had been July 2, 1993, has retrogressed one 
day to July 1, 1993.  Only applicants with priority dates earlier than 
that cut-off are currently eligible for visa number allocation.

This retrogression results from the very heavy demand for numbers by
CHINA-mainland born applicants (primarily at INS offices) entitled to
derivative status as "following-to-join" spouses/children of principals 
who had adjusted status under the Chinese Student Protection Act (CSPA).  
CSPA principals are exempt from the per-country visa limit set by INA 202 
and, therefore, are not subject to the CHINA-mainland born cut-off date.
Following-to-join derivative applicants do not benefit from such
per-country limit exemption, however.  Those who come within the
CHINA-mainland born chargeability must be allocated numbers under that
Employment Third Preference limit.  The most common priority date for 
CSPA applicants is July 1, 1993.  During the first two and a half weeks 
of March, about 3,100 CHINA-mainland born Employment Third Preference 
numbers were allocated to CSPA derivatives with July 1, 1993 priority 
dates, and the numbers available for allocation to such cases were 
temporarily exhausted. The result has been the retrogression of the 
cut-off date. It is expected that this cut-off date may move forward 
again toward the end of Fiscal Year 1994.  The heavy concentration of 
applicants with early July 1993 priority dates means that, for the 
foreseeable future, when advances do occur they will be in small 
increments.

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3. Immigration Numbers for May, 1994
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EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCES

First:	Priority Workers:  28.6% of the worldwide employment-based
preference level, plus any numbers not required for fourth and fifth
preferences.

Second:  Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of
Exceptional Ability:  28.6% of the worldwide employment-based preference
level, plus any numbers not required by first preference.

Third:  Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers:  28.6% of the
worldwide level, plus any numbers not required by first and second
preferences, not more than 10,000 of which to "Other Workers".

Fourth:  Certain Special Immigrants:  7.1%, not more than 5,000 of which to
the Religious Workers described in INA Section 101(a)(27)(C)(ii)(II) and
(III).

Fifth:  Employment Creation:  7.1% of the worldwide level, not less than
3,000 of which reserved for investors in a targetted rural or
high-unemployment area, and 300 set aside for investors in regional centers
by Sec. 610 of P.L. 102-395.

INA Section 203(e) provides that family-sponsored and employment-based
preference visas be issued to eligible immigrants in the order in which a
petition in behalf of each has been filed.  Section 203(d) provides that
spouses and children of preference immigrants are entitled to the same
status, and the same order of consideration, if accompanying or following
to join the principal.  The visa prorating provisions of Section 202(e)
apply to allocations for a foreign state or dependent area when visa demand
exceeds the per-country limit.  These provisions apply at present to the
following oversubscribed chargeability areas:  CHINA-mainland born,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, INDIA, MEXICO, and PHILIPPINES.

SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF LEGALIZATION BENEFICIARIES:  Section 112 of the
Immigration Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-649) provides 55,000 immigrant visas
during each of fiscal years 1992, 1993 and 1994 to spouses and children of
persons legalized under the three programs established by the Immigration
Reform and Control Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-603).  The total available for each
fiscal year must be reduced, however, by the extent to which immediate
relative immigration in the previous year exceeds 239,000.  The FY 1994
limit has been set under the law at 32,776.  (This category is indicated
below by the symbol "LB".)

On the chart below, the listing of a date for any class indicates that
the class is oversubscribed (see paragraph 1); "C" means current, i.e.,
numbers are available for all qualified applicants; and "U" means
unavailable, i.e., no numbers are available.  (NOTE:  Numbers are available
oEMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCES

	     All Charge-
	     ability Areas   CHINA-
	     Except Those    mainland  DOMINICAN
	     Listed          born      REPUBLIC  INDIA   MEXICO  PHILIPPINES
Employment-
 Based

1st             C              C          C        C       C         C

2nd             C              C          C        C       C         C

3rd             C           01JUL93       C        C       C      22AUG92

  Other      15APR88       15APR88     15APR88  15APR88 15APR88   15APR88
    Workers

4th             C              C          C        C       C      22FEB93

Certain         C              C          C        C       C      22FEB93
  Religious
  Workers

5th             C              C          C        C       C         C

Targeted        C              C          C        C       C         C
  Employment Areas/
  Regional Centers

Chinese Student Protection Act:C  (Applications for adjustment of
status under this legislation may be filed regardless of visa number
availability.)

The Department of State has available a recorded message with visa
availability information which can be heard at:  (area code 202) 663-1541.
This recording will be updated in the middle of each month with information
on cut-off dates for the following month.

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