Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Obama looks to ease immigration backlog - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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President Barack Obama said Thursday after a meetintg on immigration reform with congressional memberss that federal agencies are working to reduce backlogs for Visa and work permigt applications and willmove immigration-related agenciesx toward more consumer-friendly practices. The has struggleed with applications backlogs frustrating immigrantswith wait-timess for assistance. “In the next 90 days, USCIS will launchj a vastly improved Web sitethat will, for the firstf time ever, allow applicants to get updatew on their status of theidr applications via e-mail and text message and Obama said at the White House meeting.
“And anybodg who’s dealt with families who are trying to deal with navigate theimmigration system, this is going to save them huge amountse of time standing in line, waiting around, makinf phone calls, being put on It’s an example of some things that we can do administrativelu even as we’re working through difficult issues surrounding comprehensivwe immigration. We’re going to leveragre cutting-edge technology to reduce the unnecessary paperwork, backlogs, and the lack of transparency that’s caused so many people so much

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