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Comment
Confusion Over Forms
USCIS's immigration forms page [last visited 07/31/07, 3pm ET] states that Form I-129F Fiancee Petition and Form I-290B Notice of Appeal require the new 7/30/07 version and that all previous versions will be not accepted (the I-765 Form now states that previous editions are accepted). Immigration Daily has learned that the information on the USCIS web page is a mistake and previous versions of Forms I-129, I-290B, and I-765 are being accepted by USCIS (source: Greg Siskind's blog). In view of the USCIS error, we urge the agency to exercise its discretion to adopt ameliorative measures for the beneficiaries potentially affected by the agency's error.
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Dear Editor:
The USCIS website has listed several forms revised as of July 30, 2007. Use of the 7-30-2007 revised version is not required for most forms, but when I checked the USCIS website at about 1:30 p.m. central time on 7-30-2007, the website required the 7-30-2007 revision for the following three forms: I-765 Application for Employment Authorization, I-129F Fiancee Petition, and I-290B Notice of Appeal. USCIS really needs to do a better job in getting out advance word of forms revisions, and getting advance copies to immigration forms software providers. If USCIS sticks to their initial requirement for the new I-765 forms, I would expect to see massive numbers of I-765 rejections in the coming weeks.
Robert R. Gard, Esq.
Chicago, IL
Dear Editor:
Clarifying Child Citizenship Act 2000, David D. Murray's letter to the
Editor (07/31/07 ID) states that "in fact, all babies born on US soil
are US citizens, no matter what immigration status their parents are in,
citizen, permanent resident, nonimmigrant or illegal." But, it is said
that babies born to the foreign diplomats working at their embassies in
the US are not regarded to be US citizens though they are born on the US
soil.
Narsingh
Dear Editor:
Why did ID edit out the best parts of my email letter (07/27/07 ID) from two days ago about the anti-illegal immigrant blogger? Why, ID edited out the whole essential point my letter was making for the enlightenment of some of ID readers. Pointing out that the blogger was assailing illegal immigrants, not legal immigrants or the entire immigration concept. This was to counter ID's demonizing him and us conservatives as racists. I always thought ID's publication is a coward when it comes to publishing opinions from our anti-illegal-immigrant side and your editing action confirmed my and other conservatives' worst suspicions about ID. There is not much fair debate allowed by you rabid left-wingers.
Mike D.
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