Processing times update:

All service centers updated processing times (date May 18, 2007, published today):

• California
• Nebraska
• Texas
• Vermont

Open letter in support of immigration reform

Leading technology companies issued an open letter to Congress asking to take steps towards immigration reform, do not hold legal immigration because of illegal immigration compromises and streamline the process of bringing talent to US in order to stay competitive.
Full text can be found here:
http://www.competeamerica.org/hill/letter_congress/letter_5-7-07.pdf

Yet another name check story

On NPR now.
Full text.

Blind person, who came to the country more than 15 years ago had problems clearing name check for 2 years and had to file a lawsuit.

Some people took different avenue to clean name check: newspaper

Chicago Tribune article

THE PROBLEM

Promila Mehta and Stanislaw Makarewicz passed their naturalization tests, but years later they had not been sworn in as U.S. citizens.

THE SOLUTION

Tuesday morning, both took an oath to their new country.