Utk yg belum membaca dan kalau saja ada manfaatnya. Good Luck, Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 12/30/00 10:47:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, RRukli writes: > Subj: Fwd: [permias-chicago] Fwd: [xphilly] New US Immigration Policy > Requires Time... > Date: 12/30/00 10:47:35 AM Eastern Standard Time > From: RRukli (teman di KJRI Chicago) > > INS poenya curita: > > Just FYI > Friends, > To continue with my previous posting regarding > "Immigration Good News", let me share one other important > thing. As we probably already know, between now and April 30, 2001, > US Congress and President may sign a law (called section 245(i) > grandfathering) that allows illegal or out of status > foreigners in America to adjust their status to become a legal permanent > residents. In order to qualify for adjustment of status, you > have to have a petition by either a qualifying relative or employer. > > This is what I want to share: > The law is TEMPORARY, i.e. you have to submit an application > before April 30, 2001 and be present in the United States when > President Clinton (not Bush) sign this law VERY-VERY SOON. > If your immigration status is no longer legal due to overstay etc., > you may want to get a sponsor (either qualifying relative or > employer) submit a petition for you to become a permanent > resident and pay $1000 fine. It does NOT matter whether your > petition is approved or not; As long as your petition is submitted > between January 14, 1998 > (the end date of the previous law) and April 30, 2001, you > will be cleared and treated just like any other legal > foreigners who want to adjust your status to become a permanent > resident. Without this temporary law, there is no way illegal foreigners can > apply > for green cards unless they go back to their home country first > and wait for 3-10 years to clear their illegal status. > Therefore, the actions we may take to anticipate for this > 245(i) are very important and have time value. I am making > a reasonable assumption that many Indonesians in the Bay > Area or other cities are having illegal status. Seize this > opportunity that comes not even once in a blue moon. :-) > > I also learned from a lawyer web site that many lawyers indeed > advise foreigners who are not yet in the US presently to fly > to the US if they are sure they have somebody or company to > petition for them to enjoy 245(i) benefit. > > This is the quote from Carl Shusterman's law office: > > "If you are outside the U.S., you may want to hop on an airplane, > and be present in the U.S. when President Clinton signs the new law. > You can leave the U.S. the next day if you wish" > > This is indeed a Christmas present from the INS. > -John __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/ RantauNet http://www.rantaunet.com ================================================= Mendaftar atau berhenti menerima RantauNet Mailing List di http://www.rantaunet.com/subscribe.php3 Atau kirimkan email Ke / To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isi email / Messages, ketik pada baris/kolom pertama: - mendaftar: subscribe rantau-net [email_anda] - berhenti: unsubscribe rantau-net [email_anda] Ket: [email_anda] = isikan alamat email anda tanpa tanda kurung ================================================= WebPage RantauNet http://www.rantaunet.web.id dan Mailing List RantauNet adalah servis dari EEBNET http://eebnet.com, Airland Groups, USA =================================================
