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July 18, 2007

U.S. Relaxes Rule for Green Card Seekers

NewsMax.com Wires Wednesday, July 18, 2007

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. immigration service reversed itself again on "green

cards" on Tuesday, saying it would begin immediately accepting applications

from thousands of foreign professional workers.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services abruptly

reversed an announcement issued in June offering expedited processing of

green card petitions for skilled foreign professionals working under H1-B

visas.

Thousands of holders of H1-B visas -- reserved for skilled workers in

computing, engineering and other special professions -- scrambled and spent

money on lawyers and medical exams to prepare green card applications for a

July 1 deadline.

However, on July 2, the U.S. State Department announced that no applications

would be accepted until the fall because of a large visa backlog.

The announcement drew protests from disgruntled green card applicants and

Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, who called on the State

Department to reverse itself.

"The public reaction to the July 2 announcement made it clear that the

federal government's management of this process needs further review," USCIS

Director Emilio Gonzalez said in a statement announcing the latest

flip-flop.

Gonzalez vowed to work on implementing a more efficient system in line with

public expectations.

"It's unfortunate that the administration had to tie itself in a pretzel

before coming to this conclusion," Schumer said in a statement, calling it a

welcome reversal.

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