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November 17, 2008
Mr. Charles Oppenheim
Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520
(202) 663-1087
Dear Mr. Oppenheim,
I have been following the Department of State (DOS) visa bulletin religiously for more than X years since my Labor Certification (LC) was first filed with the Department of Labor (DOL) on MM/DD/YYYY. And I have been long wondering why the EB3-China
cut-off date has been almost the same as, or similar to, the EB3-India cut-off date while historically, the number of Chinese nationals on H-1B visa is far out-numbered by the number of India nationals on H-1B visa by more than 700%.
According to the 2005 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics published by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in 2005, the number of H-1B visas issued to Chinese and Indian nationals was 11,810, and 102,382, respectively. The majority of those Chinese and Indian went through the path of LC, I-140 Immigrant Worker Petition, and then I-485 Adjustment of Status. In other words, Mr. Oppenheim, please correct me if I am wrong, the number of Chinese I-485 applicants is out-numbered by the number of Indian I-485 applicants by 7 almost times.
In addition, I noticed that, according to the Report of the Visa Office 2007 by the DOS, in 2007, the number of EB3 immigration visas issued to Chinese nationals (3,580) is only 20% of the number of EB3 immigration visas issued to Indian nationals (17,795).
So I would greatly appreciate if Mr. Oppenheim can kindly answer my following questions:
1. Why the EB3-China cut-off date has been almost the same as, or similar to, the EB3-India cut-off-date while the number of Chinese I-485 applicants is far out-numbered by the number of Indian I-485 applicants?
2. Why the number of EB3 immigration visas issued to Chinese nationals was only 20% of the number of EB3 immigration visas issued to Indian nationals in 2007?
3. Was the fact I mentioned in Question#2 a direct result of, or caused by, the issue similar to the one I raised in Question# 1?
Mr. Oppenheim, I hope you realize that each visa number represents an individual who has been waiting for years and years in despair. More importantly, I hope you agree that no matter who that individual is, Chinese or Indian, he or she should be treated equally.
Thank you in advance for your kind attention and I wish you and your family a very, very wonderful Thanksgiving Day.
Sincerely,
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