Immigration: Overload of requests for employment visas after 9/11 causes massive delays

 
By Judy Gibbs Robinson
Published: December 18, 2006

Desperation drove Chao Li to sue the U.S. government this fall.

For more than two years, the Chinese doctor had been waiting to become a legal permanent resident of the United States . Until he got his green card, he could not apply for grants — vital to his career as a researcher at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center . Changing jobs was out of the question under terms of his employment-based visa...


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