IV In Washington Post: Skilled Immigrants Turn to K Street

[asp]

Great job guys! Keep up the good work. The article has given much needed exposure to the problems of Employment Based Green Card Process and the plight of skilled workers from India and China. I am really happy that ImmigrationVoice has taken this endenvor and are pursuing it so professionally. I am going ahead and contributing $200 for the efforts.

All the Best
asp

[srikondoji]

Now my friends living in other states facing similar problems have come to know about this coordinated effort and will likely contriute.
We are soon going to have a weekend discussion group and see what we has a group can do.
Great job.

[cpolisetti]

I did notice several blogs on net, but my intentions were more about if any journalist can write article similar to WP on the main page it does get bigger coverage. We could request them to include the IV web addy which will help more people to sign and possibly contribute.

Originally Posted by learning01

but saw 10 postings about IV in Indian (desi) sites., like www.kcdesi.com, one from Detroit, one on Sulekha and a few other Chinese sites. I guess these are blog posts. If it is useful, I will post each or all of these. Even, some Canadian sites have picked up issues listed in IV home page ( and probalbly spinning them to their advantage)

[felix31]

Great job IV team,

I am so glad about this article - and I am circulating it among my friends at my school..

[rajmirk]

http://www.steinreport.com/archives/009150.html

[learning01]

The dogs may bark, but the caravan passes on. Just ignore. Read and be informed; but don't post. Don't mention.

[Berkeleybee]

Originally Posted by rajmirk

http://www.steinreport.com/archives/009150.html

Unfortunately that report just shows that we are now on the radar of FAIR, a a very aggressive anti-immigrant group. Google to learn more about FAIR.

Did you read the title and the comment?

Of course, this is not surprising, that anti-immigrants are furious to discover that we have anything to do with Congress.

[franklin]

Originally Posted by asp

Great job guys! Keep up the good work. The article has given much needed exposure to the problems of Employment Based Green Card Process and the plight of skilled workers from India and China. I am really happy that ImmigrationVoice has taken this endenvor and are pursuing it so professionally. I am going ahead and contributing $200 for the efforts.

All the Best
asp

I would like to point out that it is not just skilled workers from India and China that are affected.

[Berkeleybee]

Originally Posted by franklin

I would like to point out that it is not just skilled workers from India and China that are affected.

Franklin,

We have members from all over the world. And as far as EB-3 is concerned the entire category retrogressed -- all countries. We feel that this is a problem that affects all highly skilled workers.

One thing to remember is that reporters take snippets from hours of interviews, and then their editors edit the article down further.

best,
Berkeleybee

[gsc999]

I was debating the fact that we need to ask India government to device some sort of parity between Capital acceptance from U.S. firms. It takes us, who respresent Intellectual capital, 5 to 6 years to get some kind of permanent residency in U.S. and that too in a grudging manner. Why do U.S. MNCs demand immediate clearence of their projects and complain about delay etc. If you look at comparative delays, Indian system is still light years ahead of so called efficient American system. Its just that we need to look at things from a correct perspective. Monetary capital needs to be treated at par with Intellectual capital. Just a thought.

[franklin]

Originally Posted by Berkeleybee

Franklin,

We have members from all over the world. And as far as EB-3 is concerned the entire category retrogressed -- all countries. We feel that this is a problem that affects all highly skilled workers.

One thing to remember is that reporters take snippets from hours of interviews, and then their editors edit the article down further.

best,
Berkeleybee

Hi BerkleyBee

I totally understand that reporters may skew facts to their specific needs and know first hand that the EB-3 category is retrogressed across all nationalities. I am one of your members that is not from either background mentioned.

I was responding to a post on this forum (and not the press in general) that implied that this issue affects people from specific ethnic backgrounds, which is false.

I do have a general issue that people seem to forget that.

I applaud all core member efforts, however negative this post seems.

Respectfully

[Berkeleybee]

Originally Posted by franklin

Hi BerkleyBee

I totally understand that reporters may skew facts to their specific needs and know first hand that the EB-3 category is retrogressed across all nationalities. I am one of your members that is not from either background mentioned.

I was responding to a post on this forum (and not the press in general) that implied that this issue affects people from specific ethnic backgrounds, which is false.

I do have a general issue that people seem to forget that.

I applaud all core member efforts, however negative this post seems.

Respectfully

Franklin,

It is good to remind people about the facts every once in a while. Especially when they are carried away by the force of their own rhetoric. We always appreciate members doing that -- I just wanted to clarify that IV understands your point perfectly.

best,
Berkeleybee

[admin]

learning01,

Sorry for the delay. I was out of action for the last week or so and hence couldn't reply earlier. Thanks for your suggestions and keep them coming.

We have added more words to the meta keywords of the site. However we do have to realize that what really matters in Search Engine rankings is the linking from other sites. Hence as we're getting more and more exposure, more sites link to us and it is boosting our ranking.

Siva

Originally Posted by learning01

Two days back I searched "Immigration Voice" and "immigrationvoice.org", it gave no results. As I posted in this thread here on IV, I suggested that we should modify the meta tags of IV site and expose them to search engines.

While I am awaiting those changes, I did the same search again at Google. The first 2 results are for immigrationvoice.org

This is indeed a transformation.

Search Google for Immigration Voice

Search Google for immigrationvoice.org

Readers, click each of the above links and see the results for yourselves (and improve the search rank, by clicking)

[rajmirk]

Originally Posted by Berkeleybee

Unfortunately that report just shows that we are now on the radar of FAIR, a a very aggressive anti-immigrant group. Google to learn more about FAIR.

Did you read the title and the comment?

Of course, this is not surprising, that anti-immigrants are furious to discover that we have anything to do with Congress.

Looks like someone is finally posting from our side too there !

[waitnwatch]

Isn't this site giving the article on IV more exposure!!!!!