06/03/2010: House Passed on 05/28/2010 a Bill H.R. 5116 Which Includes U.S. STEM Advance Degree Immigration Recommendation

* Last Friday, the House passed a bill "The America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2010." This bill included an immigration provision which was sponsored by Re. Jeff Flake of Arizona by H.Amdt. 650 79. This provision recommended retaining of graduate-level talent trained at American universities in STEM fields for enhancing the competitiveness of American businesses. This legislation received a strong bi-partisan support. Please stay tuned to this website for further information and development of this legislative bill in the Senate. The Senate is currently on recess and will return on June 7, 2010, Monday. There is no information available about the Senate schedule to take up this bill, but considering a strong bi-partisan concensues on this legislation, it may not take too long before the Senate acts on this bill.

It is the sense of Congress that retaining graduate-level talent trained at American universities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields is critical to enhancing the competitiveness of American businesses.

I spoke to lawyer regarding this bill and he said this was a good first step. Anyone who gets masters degree and a dependent of a applicant of EB1 EB2 or EB3 under 245i and under a backlog can streamline the process. Those who are independent might get separate EB category. Its suppose to most likely to pass in the senate as well. This is positive news. Now we got to see if we can get the the Dream Act attached to this bill in the senate. Which might work.