Carl Shusterman

Tomorrow, the Department of Homeland Security will propose regulations which
would increase the filing fees for most immigration and naturalization
benefits by $55-65 per application. The cost of fingerprinting would rise
by $20.



We link to a draft of the proposed regulations from our web site at
http://shusterman.com/ The DHS maintains that the fee increases will help
reduce immigration backlogs. But will this actually occur?



We will analyze the fee increase/backlog reduction plan in the next issue of
our free, e-mail newsletter.

*********************

Carl Shusterman served as a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Immigration Service
(1976-82) before entering private practice. He heads a five-attorney firm
specializing exclusively in immigration law. He maintains an extensive
website entitled "Immigration: A Practical Guide to Immigrating to the U.S."
containing over 1,000 articles on all phases of immigration law. He is the
author of SHUSTERMAN'S IMMIGRATION UPDATE, a free, monthly e-mail newsletter
on immigration laws and procedures. You can subscribe online at
http://shusterman.com/subscribe.html

Lairdside

Originally posted by Carl Shusterman
    > Tomorrow, the
Department of Homeland Security will propose regulations which
    > would
increase the filing fees for most immigration and naturalization
benefits by $55-65 per application. The cost of fingerprinting would
rise
    > by $20.
    >
    >
    >
    > We link to a draft of the proposed regulations
from our web site at
http://shusterman.com/http://shusterman.com/ The DHS
maintains that the fee increases will help
    > reduce immigration
backlogs. But will this actually occur?
    >
    >
    >
    > We will analyze the
fee increase/backlog reduction plan in the next issue of
    > our free, e-
mail newsletter.
    >
    > *********************
    >
    > Carl Shusterman served
as a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Immigration Service
    > (1976-82) before
entering private practice. He heads a five-attorney firm
    > specializing
exclusively in immigration law. He maintains an extensive
    > website
entitled "Immigration: A Practical Guide to Immigrating to the U.S."
containing over 1,000 articles on all phases of immigration law. He is
the
    > author of SHUSTERMAN'S IMMIGRATION UPDATE, a free, monthly e-mail
newsletter
    > on immigration laws and procedures. You can subscribe
online at
    > http://shusterman.com/subscribe.html"]http://shusterm-
an.com/subscribe.html[/url]

Reduce the backlogs - SURE.


Just make the process so expensive that the numbers of people who can
afford the fees are drastically reduced and HEY PRESTO!

Just watch
those numbers drop like a stone..lmao

Wolfie

Hmmm. the last time they raised the fees they said the same thing...they
would reduce the backlog! HAA! Fortunately we got through most of the the
process faster than people starting out in the last 2 years will.
"Carl Shusterman" <> wrote in message
news:xdGTb.3115$...
    > Tomorrow, the Department of Homeland Security will propose regulations
which
    > would increase the filing fees for most immigration and naturalization
    > benefits by $55-65 per application. The cost of fingerprinting would rise
    > by $20.
    > We link to a draft of the proposed regulations from our web site at
    > http://shusterman.com/ The DHS maintains that the fee increases will
help
    > reduce immigration backlogs. But will this actually occur?
    > We will analyze the fee increase/backlog reduction plan in the next issue
of
    > our free, e-mail newsletter.
    > *********************
    > Carl Shusterman served as a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Immigration
Service
    > (1976-82) before entering private practice. He heads a five-attorney firm
    > specializing exclusively in immigration law. He maintains an extensive
    > website entitled "Immigration: A Practical Guide to Immigrating to the
U.S."
    > containing over 1,000 articles on all phases of immigration law. He is
the
    > author of SHUSTERMAN'S IMMIGRATION UPDATE, a free, monthly e-mail
newsletter
    > on immigration laws and procedures. You can subscribe online at
    > http://shusterman.com/subscribe.html


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Supernav

Have you seen DMV fees and city taxes and utilitiy bills?

those fees
are BARGAINS!

-= nav =-

Utopiacowboy

Right. And if you believe this, I have a nice bridge I can sell you. I
work for a very large financial services company and we do most of our
member contact on the internet and through the telephone and the mail.
The LAST thing we ever want to do is generate unnecessary calls and
letters. They reduce the amount of time that we can spend on real work
and increase our costs. Why can't the USCIS realize this? The entire
system is one that you would create if you WANTED to generate
unnecessary calls and letters and handle these matters inefficiently.
One small example is why K1s and K3s must file for EADs when their visa
alone should be sufficient documentation to allow them to work.
Furthermore, why not just give the K3s and K1s green cards instead of
producing yet more paperwork with the AOS to follow? I am sure that
even their own employees would have ideas on how to more efficiently
handle immigration applications. (Aside from shredding them, which has
already been tried!)

    >
    > The DHS maintains that the fee
increases will help
    > reduce immigration backlogs. But will this
actually occur?

Stud Lee

So, basically we're going to pay more for the same shit service? Yeah right.

R. Kaushik

I am not sure about Marriage based AOS backlog but Employment based
AOS community (Immigration.com) is bringing about a lawsuit. You can
see their complaint and lawsuit process details at:

http://boards.immigration.com/forumd...hp?forumid=208