Monday, July 4, 2011

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  • fromnaija
    05-23 01:41 PM
    Emailed the two Arizona senators plus 10.




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  • nonimmi
    10-17 01:18 PM
    that Senior Members would be more involved in posting on this website. It makes a lot of difference if core members who have a closer perspective of the truth could respond to some questions on these threads. No response, in my opinion only helps in making the website dead and promotes unproductive arguments and squabbles here.


    It is "good" that they are not talking. That means they are working harder and something good is expected to happen.

    If there is more talk then outcome is less. This is my experience from past one plus year from IV and other immigration forums. When everyone get "too much" excited and keep posting madly about some "immature deal", at the end of the day nothing "concrete" is achived.

    Let IV do their work. I am hopeful something "good" will happen in near future.




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  • sundarraj61
    11-21 10:43 AM
    Sorry to hear this.
    To my knowledge,two of my friends,surviving for a long than the the doctor's expectation.
    Let us pray god for a cure.
    Another thing, green card is not the only solution, there are many other opportunities.
    You take care.
    God bless you.
    -Sundar




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  • sracharla
    08-22 07:36 PM
    Hi,
    I got my EAD today...Even i received my EAD also...Mine is sent to NSC on july 2nd...I received EAD's from Texas Center...I think my application was transferred to Texas...I have approved I-140 from Texas...Are receipt numbers for EAD, 485, AP are in serial? I haven't received receipts yet...I filled G-28...my attorney did not receive my receipts...I don't know what is going on...



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  • supreet
    07-10 01:26 PM
    Desi/Sankap,

    I am not planning to open a company for this. If possible, I would rather work as an independent contractor on 1099. Now, after reading the last few posts, it looks like there are three things I need to worry about in case of a RFE -

    1. Job should be bona fide (without going into the definition of the word).
    My project is going to be with a large Bank through a big, wellknown consulting/outsourcing company. That should take care of the 'bonafide' part.

    2. Should have similar/same job duties/responsibilities.
    I am still waiting for the contract, however I can have my job duties/responsibilities listed out in my contract with the company. I am sure I can get a letter from the client too if it comes to that.

    3. Job should be permanent - This is something I may not be able to prove. Since the project is short term, I am sure my contract will mention that. I am trying to convince the company to at least include "contract-to-hire" in the language of the contract. Since this project has potential of becoming long term, company is not averse to this idea.
    Will having 'contract-to-hire' in the contract take care of this question (if a RFE comes).

    Thanks!!

    - S




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  • h4help
    09-10 10:30 AM
    july 5th filer; no reciepts yet !
    gosh .. how much longer to wait .. there seems to be no particular order for processing :rolleyes:



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  • fundo14
    12-18 03:32 PM
    Hi,

    Our case was filed on July 2, 2007 at TSC.
    We have got EADs, APs long back but did not get any FP notice.
    Last week we got a letter saying that to speed up processing on your case we have transfered your case to NSC.(don't knw what it means)..but no FP notice till date.:confused:

    anyone from July2 filers here waiting for FP notice still?

    PD: Dec-2003/EB3
    140: Approved

    Thanks




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  • MunnaBhai
    02-04 05:18 PM
    Contributed $100.00
    Transaction # 2S237431VK1821121

    Will contribute more.



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  • myvoice23
    08-13 09:26 AM
    Did anyone receive card mailed e-mail/status update? I saw one member receive that.

    Today I received an email "Approval notice sent."

    Application Type: I485, APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS

    Current Status: Approval notice sent.

    On August 12, 2008, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.


    I was expecting my cards for the last 2 days. But nothing happend, hope I will receive my cards by this Friday.




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  • neelu
    05-23 01:03 PM
    Called Senator Leahy's office. The lady asked me to leave a message to the senator on the answering machine.



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  • Kodi
    07-30 09:36 AM
    Why did you file EAD? Waste of money. You will be getting your GC anytime. EB2 ROW is curent.

    Yes it is current. But I don't know when they'll be approving it. Besides now we pay $1010 for I-485/131/765. There's no breakdown.




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  • sanjeev_2004
    10-08 01:15 PM
    It already does, if you have an approved I-140 based on your LC.

    For old PD, pending I-140 should not be bottleneck.

    PD should be first criteria but US experience should not be ignored completely. US experience should be giving less point then PD.

    10 points for each month for PD and 1 point for each month for being in US. GC priority should be created after calculating total points for PD and for being in US.



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  • dealsnet
    11-21 10:13 PM
    If Your spouse is Fijian born, you can try cross chargeability for ROW quota.




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  • makemygc
    05-23 08:20 AM
    Sent to all..keep sending email guys...dont get into argument right now.



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  • surabhi
    04-23 10:18 PM
    Guys one more perspective:
    2) Surabhi - nothing personal, but your post reflect how the ideal world should be. However world is not your way always.



    Its not ideal world. I have personally experienced both types of desi companies. Some one has commented about hardships of Desi employers that they cant scale beyond 50 employees, lot of competition etc.



    The reason they cant scale is they cant think beyond immediate future. When I suggested your ex-employee could bring you business, it was termed as long term sort of non-practical thinking. No wonder why many desi employers are where they are.

    Overwhelming majority of desi employers that remain in staffing business havent learnt anything about running business. They are middle men not adding value to employee or the client. They thrive on fear, anxiety in employees and scare tactics created by contracts that they know are unenforceable.

    What they dont realize is it takes 1 disgruntled employee who has nothing to lose and is willing them to take to the cleaners.




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  • gc28262
    07-21 10:07 AM
    Where can we find a copy of the document that is used by USCIS to interpret the spillover rules?

    Uscis.gov --> LAWS-->Immigration and Nationality act-->Immigration and Nationality Act (Legal Code)->203 Allocation of immigrant visas



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  • akhilmahajan
    02-25 03:49 PM
    Thanks a lot everyone.

    Grand Total - $1845

    Come on folks lets help IV, to get things done for US.

    IV is I/WE.

    GO IV GO. TOGETHER WE CAN.




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  • alias
    08-18 01:12 PM
    Everybody has been waiting for his/her green card and congratulations to all those who has got their GC. On the other hand it is really unfair and to some extent unethical on the part of USICS not follow a fair system.
    There are several people in 2004, 2005 who have been paitently waiting for their turn only to see that people behind them getting approved.
    Several of us have writtent to Ombudsman, Director but of no avail.
    Not sure what else can be done? Any Idea? Do we have any liaison with AILA who can take up this matter.

    Didn't someone took up the EB3->EB2 porting issue already; can't this issue be clubed along with it? ek teer se do shikar!!




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  • pmpforgc
    02-07 10:55 PM
    Blacks, Latinos and even us Indians have reservation in the US. We get reservations right from Kinder garden, thru college and job opportunities. Many Federal govt. contracts are reserved for minorities and women.

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    I love this thread and will comment more later.

    But wanted to correct that in Most instance in US they dont apply MINORITY benefits to ASIAN people MAINLY because THEY are high ACHIVER in this Countrry. In most of the great colleges and MEDICAL SCHOOLS they TRY AS MUCH as possible to LIMIT asians in ADMISSIONS. Also When They talk about DIVERSITY they only talk about AFRICAN AMERICANS mostly.

    I am surprised that THOUGH ASIANS are very little in NUMBER in US they mostly dont get BENEFIT that MINORITY should get officially.

    I hope at some point SOME of OVER ASIAN kids will take MEDICAL SCHOOLS DISCRIMINATION against ASIANS in the SUPREEEM COURT in US.

    When it comes to Minority dont consider Yourself or your kids to get any MINORITY benefits in US. IT is mostly RESERVED FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS and in SOME INSTANCES for HISAPANIC though they are in LARGE NUMBER compare to ASIAN in this GREAT COUNTRY of USA !!!




    tonyHK12
    02-23 08:36 PM
    thanks ikass for helping on both fronts.

    Total Contributions...........$7,925.00
    Amount to be raised.......$42,075.00
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    qplearn
    10-25 07:49 PM
    If skill bill is passed in the same form as it is Americans will be alarmed seeing the inflow based on exemption of US based Master degree and STEM. Not only to Americans it is threat for current H1s and green card holders as well. The problem is those who have money in India can get admission in USA MS degree in any non standard college(I do not think INS can evaluate whether it is standard or not). So atleast 4 times of current MS students will come and they will get h1(I think Ms people has exemption in quota) thro Desi consultants by paying Money and get green card immeditely. This will defeat the purpose of skill bill itself. And also India so many people are doing MSC they can get gc easily here(As we know Indians or anyone will use loopholes to come here and get gc). If immigration is increased so much then it will impact all kinds of exsisting people. I think there should be control in number of h1s and also green cards. I am clear that both H1 and green card numbers should be increased but blanket exemption should not be given any category especially for H1. There were a situation on 2000 and 2001 lot of people returned India because of too much supply and Americans were angry with immigrants at that time especially H1 because they were laid off.

    So basically increase of immigration should be based on supply and demand . The purpose of Labour certification is to verify whether any american is rejected for that job. But that is now just formal and real test is not done(it is not possible to do it. If they do it it will take years to clear). I think if they double number of gcs the retrogession issue will be resolved for atleast another 5 years

    What standards are you talking about? All the universities in the US are standard and all are non-standard at the same time. There are no legally accepted ways to define what is standard. Also, the GMAT or GRE or TOEFL are not necessarily indicators of admitting brilliant students. Several ABET accredited departments in engineering schools do not require GRE scores! And yet they are ABET accredited. So this argument makes little sense. (Somehow I think, we've discussed this before :))

    As purgan pointed out, the market forces have made this a great country. Even if you have an MS or Ph.D., but if you have no job, you are not going to get a GC; but that has always been the case. I don't know that you can get a job by paying a desi consultant 20K. If that is happening, the law will take corrective action, as it invariably does in this country fortunately. So there is no reason to worry about that provision in the SKIL bill.

    But I do agree that it may be easier to get something like doubling the number of GCs temporarily, rather than a blanket provision, passed. (That is like increasing the queue capacity during rush hour and bringing it back to normal levels when the traffic intensity reduces.) But if we increase the H1B quota and only double the number of GCs, we will have an intractable situation.



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  • royus77
    07-06 11:42 PM
    Why not in DC... IF we really plan then we can do this in DC.. ? may be next weekend?


    DC is the right place to do !!! As some one suggested 100-200 people on a weekday or 1000 on a weekend is good enogh to get media attention




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  • mahujam
    08-05 12:36 PM
    gccovet,

    Was it a random lud ?
    Did you have any pending applications like EAD/AP ?
    What date did it happen ?




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  • GCWhru
    11-30 05:21 PM
    I am really sorry to hear your situation...

    I am not sure whether you have US born kid or not.. but I have read somewhere that if mother has US born kid, she can stay here in US on Kids account. You might want to check this...




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  • coolpal
    08-02 10:10 AM
    CA and NY were the two states which were always backlogged during those bad old days of labor processing. Now, CA application goes to TSC and NY goes to NSC and that might keep both the centers balanced going forward.

    But I think rather than dividing based on the states, they should rather do a load balancing based on the request coming..just like our network works :)
    Load balancing can be simply based on the round robin fashion..one goes to TSC other goes to NSC and so on.
    How difficult is to build that kind of system and to keep it balanced and fair for all.

    ...and probably add more servers (err... service centers) to serve the demand ;)

    pal :)



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  • austin123
    07-20 01:30 AM
    $100 from my side




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  • apahilaj
    03-04 04:54 PM
    As an update,
    I called TSC again today. Previously, I called early in the morning here on the East Coast and was transferred to the national service center, so at least this time I got to speak to someone @ TSC.
    I gave them my receipt # and as soon as I mentioned biometrics the person said that she will schedule appointments for me and my wife and depending on availability at the local center I should get an appointment letter in the following 60 days. They must be getting a lot of this type of calls because she was very prompt to schedule the appointment. I also asked about my NC status and that was cleared in Sept so good news there as well.
    I'm a little more optimistic as this time as at least now I know that USCIS initiated the request.... I'll wait and see what happens next.

    So basically, this is the 3rd time I call and the first time they're willing to do anything to help.

    I got same exact response as you regarding 60 days wait - only difference is my name check is still pending. Personally, I don't trust this any more until I get it...



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  • sunofeast_gc
    07-08 03:49 PM
    Madam Rice is trying to divert the issue by telling skilled professional from all over the world wants to come here....This is not the issue.....

    Issue is there are thousands of high skilled professional with approved labor and I-140 , waiting for years to file I-485.... DOS told then on 13th June that you all can file I-485 and all of the sudden on 2nd July 07 DOS said we can't accept your application...

    So madam secretary it's not issue of how many high skilled professional wants to come here. Infact DOS/USCIS/Govt. of US need to think how life is tough for those high skilled professional who already came here and waiting for years to get green card through legal system....




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  • MightyIndian
    10-01 05:22 PM
    WAC means CSC?? We applied on July 23rd at NSC and no news yet:(

    YES



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  • tonyHK12
    02-17 11:17 AM
    local chapters....I have been part to two chapters but not seeing any communication happening around..
    Some of them have got dormant. I did put this up on NY/Tristate, we have about 3 members attending so far. I've even sent out request for contributions.




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  • cchaitu
    10-04 06:27 PM
    ^^^^^^^^^^^

    As this is my crucial time of my life, anyone from our IV members please help/Advice

    Q1) I understand that, there is no need to inform USCIS about our changing jobs using AC21, In my case my company provided their own Lawyer. How can I change that lawyer to my personal lawyer (I signed G28 for current lawyer)

    Q2) Is it advisable to move forward with out a lawyer, if I decide not to inform USCIS about my job change using AC21 OR is it always advisable to go with lawyer (share your experiences)

    Q3) If I want to represent my case on my own after AC21 (Signed G28 with current lawyer), How should I do that, When should I inform USCIS about this (before the AC21 kicks in -how much in advance)

    Q4) If the 140 is approved, 180 days from 485 is passed, does employer still have a right/chance to revoke/deny the I140??? (I heard a rumor that it is possible)

    Q5) Is that possible, If I call USCIS that they will verify my I 140 information � Because my employer never provided me with approved I 140 copy � I have only receipt number

    Please advice - Thanks in advance



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  • centaur
    07-09 07:12 PM
    She is great. I just spent 15 minutes talking with her. She has all her questions written in front of her and she seems really serious about pursuing this story.

    Every one should call her at 2023346701, name is Xiyun

    I spoke to this journalist for almost 20 minutes
    She is awesome and really really listens to you and gets a lot of information to you
    THIS IS A LIVE PERSON
    She is interested in talking more people and also if possible with other ASIAN people (Chinese/Taiwanese/Pakistanis), who are in the same boat
    Call her and she picks up the call.




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  • mariusp
    05-07 09:02 PM
    They almost always take some kind of FPs. What I mean is that there are 3 biometrics codes. Code 3 is the most comprehensive, where they take your photo, signature and all ten fingers FP. Check your notice in the upper right corner, there should be a box that says "Code".

    I got biometrics notice today. Will they take FP also on the same day or Will I get another notice for FP?



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  • gcbikari
    02-01 12:34 PM
    Finally we have decided to go back to India for good. I filed my EB3 in May 2003. Its going to be another 4 years to get the green card. When I went to India for vacation last December, we liked it over there & the economy is booming. There are all sorts of discussion regarding the Economic Gap/Politics/Corruption/Cleanliness. But we like it over there. Finally I will have an option to do something interesting. In US I was very much dependent on my monthly pay check and afraid to take even the slightest risk. I am also scared to use the AC21(Hey, thats the way I am). I am working with the same company for last 10 years, kinda stagnant in the last 4 years. In India, there are lots of choices, either to work for a sw company or start some business on my own. I think I will take the business route.

    May be I can go there, earn well, send my son to US for college, do green card through him & come retire in US!!!

    Good Luck to everybody!!

    Great relief, moved one step up in the line!!! Just kidding. all the best man. I believe India has growth potential for next 15-20 years. India need to mix few ingredients to its growth like law & order, infrastructure, accountability, reduce bribery, traffic education etc..




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  • imconfused
    07-08 11:22 AM
    no it will not be voilation of the law at all. consider this scenario thats been going on for the last 30+ years. For example July 2006 visa bulletin for EB2 india was jan 2003 and the August 2006 visa bulletin for EB2 india was unavailable. EB2 india visa numbers might have already been used up when the August 2006 visa bulletin was released but they still accepted the AOS petitions filed until the end of July 2006, they did not issue an updated visa bulletin or a revised visa bulletin saying eb2 india numbers are used up and they will not accept eb2 india aos applications, they continued accpeting AOS applications until the end of july 2006.

    If you have the patience you can go through the visa bulletin archieves and find many such examples. The point is for the last 30+ years USCIS\DOS accepted applications according to the visa bulletin even when visa numbers were used up, they could have just followed the same precedent that they themselves set for the last 30+ years and accepted the applications this time as well without issuing a revised visa bulletin. I am no legal expert but that is how i see it.

    i agree.. thats being professional and ethical..



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  • ash0210
    03-09 12:08 PM
    Here is my story...When I came here 12 years back, for initial 3 years I did not applied for GC. Then I started my GC with a employer, company lawyer kept on saying that he filed my GC for one & half year but he did not...One fine morning, I realized that my lawyer was seating on my papers as per instructions from HR..lost around 2 years there. After talking to HR, lawyer filed LC and LC was approved thereafter two & half years..Unfortunatley, at the time of filing I-140, company declared "Bankruptcy" and once agian I was on the road. Joined new employer. New employer said I have to complete one year to file GC. After one year filed LC, my I-140 approved and last FOUR years on EAD. This roller coster is because of...I am from "Retrogressed" conuthry and PD is getting retrogressing now & then...

    Still feels that GC is just a part of journey of my life...

    Ash0210, how come you have been here for 12 years without GC?? Can you tell me?




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  • madhuvj
    09-16 05:50 PM
    Guys

    We are doing this to help everyone. Especially, those whose PD is still current as per September VB, if you act with in next 5-10 days, you have a chance. if you can individually file a law suit when your PD is current.Since my guess is, the lawsuit we are working on in this thread, will take some time to shape up. But this is a Biggie, we want to create a big impact. Meanwhile, folks who are out there waiting since 2001,2002.... you can follow the links that i pasted in my previous message. People have won lawsuit very similar to the one we are talking about. I can even paste some of the I-485 lawsuits filed because of unreasonable and unnecessary delays, when PD is current.

    Here you go

    http://boards.immigration.com/showpost.php?p=1876734&postcount=15992
    http://boards.immigration.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=17596&d=1221222486



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  • sai.bhargavi
    07-07 02:02 AM
    I am in NY/NJ area and oraginze some 15 people to show up for the protest, also send out some emails, make some signs & placards


    I am in for NY/NJ. Can also muster about 10 ppl or more.




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  • stucklabor
    06-27 10:10 AM
    First up, thanks to everyone for resolving this issue on their own, in a reasonable and civil manner.



    In a truly democratic environment, we may want to modify the core IV goals to reflect that (Ideally I would prefer that there be a vote for what should be the core goals...after all most people here have contributed something towards the cause...and only those who have contributed should be allowed to vote...no free lunch).

    1. Allow people to file for 485 and get EAD even if visa numbers are not available
    2. Allow EAD to be FULLY portable without restrictons (i.e., irrespective of job description or job title or job location or salary).

    The above two dont ask for sweeping changes in immigration laws such as increase visa numbers etc. etc. and are easy for the average American person to understand. And so can hopefuly be passed easily.

    With the above two passed, I dont think many people will complain if it takes another 5 years to get their GC. Agree?

    By the way, I have got my EAD card and my PD is also current. So the above two goals will be redundant for me. My story is that I am stuck in FBI namecheck. But the moderators have already indicated that it cant be one of the core goals. So I would not list that even if I would like that to be one of the core goals.

    Santosh

    Santosh, those are good suggestions that I will take up to the IV team.

    1. The idea of a democratically elected IV goals is a good one but there are huge practical problems. As it stands, the present IV goals are those that most people have indicated are those that the organization should strive for, and from our discussions with Congress/Senate staff, these goals are achievable. With democratically selected goals, the IV core team would have the unenviable task of fighting for whatever goals the populace decides is right, without regard to the achievability of the goals. For instance, if the junta votes on goals, many people would say 'Full portability of GC' or 'Automatic clearance of all pending labor cert applications in the BECs'. Those would probably not fly. Our current talking point is that our goals are small changes to the process; we do not skip any steps; and we do not change the process significantly. A full portability to any job changes the process significantly. Even yesterday, Spgtopper met the staff member of a very powerful House member and the staffer was quite positive on our goals - we do not ask for more green cards, we limit our goals to ones that are reasonable.

    2. IV goals are not written in stone. Name check is definitely an issue but it is an issue that not many of our people face. If our membership's problems changes from retrogression to name check, then we would have to work on that. It may be smarter to anticipate the magnitude of the problem and start work early. If you would be kind enough to partially lead the effort, that would be great. Logiclife is working on this issue on his own, and WaldenPond is also working on this. Please PM them. Logiclife is on vacation so he may take a while to respond.




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  • ajay
    02-14 06:21 AM
    My Transaction id for this amount $50 is 21R90011LK1150120.




    test101
    07-10 08:02 AM
    sorry do not have fax ..... but if you make new thread asking people for help maybe someone can do it with you




    IVFOREVER
    03-26 05:15 PM
    EB3 MAY 08 vb --- Jan02 or Dec 01.



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  • pooja_34
    08-31 01:29 PM
    How am I being a racist? I'm just pointing out the fact that North and South Indians belong to different races and USCIS should stop clubbing them together.

    Stop being a racist. Even if it was intended to be a joke...its a sick one for sure.




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  • maine_gc
    07-19 09:08 PM
    I will pledge $100 for this drive




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  • cagedcactus
    08-19 07:37 AM
    I'm ready to join in the law suit....

    Count me in too.... 10 years of slavery is enough for me....




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  • fall2004us
    08-13 08:24 PM
    thanks dude...
    lets see how it goes after that...
    Is the 485 processed based on RD or PD ?? I heard mixed opinion on IV,
    I am not able to get a hold of my attorney.



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  • anzerraja
    07-20 03:31 PM
    Thanks !

    Zooooom , gsc999, husker, sam, Raju and all others who were driving this initiative what is your take on this ?



    Anzeeraja,

    Thanks for the initiative. I like the poll idea.




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  • amitjoey
    05-23 04:35 PM
    Sent email to 2+10 senators.

    Thanks, please also webfax. It is just one click.



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  • caydee
    07-09 11:16 AM
    A news article from San Jose Mercury News...........

    http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_6331029?nclick_check=1

    (apologies for posting this here. I couldnt find the link to News Article Thread - 3. Moderators please move this to the right thread)

    IMMIGRATION REFORM'S COLLAPSE GETS FIRMS LOOKING ABROAD
    By Frank Davies
    MediaNews Washington Bureau
    Article Launched: 07/09/2007 01:29:41 AM PDT

    WASHINGTON - Reeling from the collapse of a massive immigration bill, major tech firms plan to press for more visas and green cards for foreign workers - one element of the failed legislation - but admit they face political resistance and an uncertain future.

    "We face a serious problem this year, Congress knows that, and we just have to keep pushing," said Robert Hoffman, an Oracle lobbyist. He said restrictive caps on H-1B and L visas for skilled workers and the long waiting time for green cards for some were limiting companies' growth and sending some jobs overseas.

    But Ralph Hellmann, who lobbied on the Senate bill for the Information Technology Industry trade group, sounded an upbeat note. He said a separate measure increasing visas and green cards "is probably a better product now that we don't have to ride on a compre hensive bill."

    Hoffman, who co-chairs Compete America, a coalition of businesses seeking immigration reform, said he hopes to meet with key congressional leaders on the issue, including Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., sponsor of the failed Senate bill, and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, the San Jose Democrat who chairs the immigration subcommittee in the House.

    "We'll have to see what's in the realm of the doable, whether it's long-term or a stop-gap," Hoffman said.

    Lofgren sounded a note of caution Friday, saying progress on any component of the comprehensive bill may be difficult.

    "We're in an assessment phase right now, and I don't know what can proceed - that's up to a very diverse group of people in the House and Senate," she said. Other provisions of the failed immigration bill have champions who now see an opening for separate legislation.

    Taking separate action

    Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, said the shortage in farm labor is a crisis that means her "ag jobs" proposal for more foreign workers "should be moved before any other immigration-related legislation."

    She said she will work with Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, a co-sponsor, and industry and farmworker groups to push soon for that bill.

    Lofgren said "there's a compelling case for the Dream Act," another part of the comprehensive bill that would allow some children of illegal immigrants to achieve legal status and make it easier to enter college or the military.

    Several South Bay students last week launched a fast to show their support for the Dream Act, and they demonstrated Tuesday in front of Lofgren's San Jose office.

    Immigration hard-liners who oppose any legalization process for undocumented workers said the failure of the Senate bill shows the need to improve border security and workplace enforcement.

    Rep. Brian Bilbray, a San Diego Republican who chairs the House Immigration Reform Caucus, said a congressional consensus exists to pursue those goals this year.

    Workforce in jeopardy

    Meanwhile, thousands of highly skilled visa-holders who filed paperwork last month for green cards had a more immediate problem this week. Because of a dispute between the State Department and Immigration Services, and a huge backlog of applications, they were told no more green cards are available this year.

    Large employers, including some in the tech sector, were told this year by the Bush administration to help pass the overall bill to secure some of their key goals. Those include almost doubling the number of H-1B visas to 115,000 a year, exempting 40,000 people with higher degrees from any restrictions, and speeding up the employer-based green card system for workers already here.

    With the demise of the bill and uncertainty over future immigration, some California companies may shift operations to other countries, Lofgren said. Microsoft announced plans Thursday to open a software development center in Vancouver, British Columbia, which would "allow the company to recruit and retain highly skilled people affected by the immigration issues in the U.S."

    In 2006, Microsoft secured 3,117 H-1B visas for its workers - the third-highest total - according to the Department of Homeland Security.

    Lou Gellos, a Microsoft spokesman, said immigration uncertainty was "an issue, but not the defining reason" for opening the Canada center.

    Criticism has also mounted over abuses and fraud in the H-1B visa system.

    Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., citing government surveys, said that "job shops" and other brokers were misusing the system to bypass U.S. workers, bring in foreign workers for substandard wages, and outsource some jobs.

    "Our immigration policy should seek to complement our U.S. workforce, not replace it," Durbin said last month during the Senate debate.

    System left in limbo

    After behind-the-scenes negotiations, tech companies acceded to some of the proposals from Durbin and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, to improve oversight and enforcement of the H-1B program by the Department of Labor. All companies would have to pledge to seek U.S. workers first for openings, and if an employer's visa-holders who are paid entry-level wages exceeded 30 percent of its workforce, a Labor Department audit would be automatic.

    That agreement is now in limbo. If a serious push for an increase in visas makes progress, Durbin would want to include his proposals, an aide said.

    Hoffman said tech representatives would agree to more enforcement "that is not punitive."

    Lofgren, who represents tech executives and workers, said she could support "reforms and changes" in the visa system.

    "It needs a good review - I've never thought that just increasing the numbers was in the cards," she said.


    Contact Frank Davies at fdavies@mercurynews.com or (202) 662-8921.




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  • Ushakiran
    05-10 06:25 PM
    Did I say Nigerians should stand behind ALL of Chinese and Indians??? Can you read English? What I am saying is all should stand in line purely based on priority date, no matter whether he is Chinese, Indian, Japanese, or Nigerian. Yes, we were aware of the quota. yes, the quota has been there for a while. are you aware of robbery in this country? does that mean robbery is good? does that mean we should not do anything about that?

    You got to be kidding. Why not rename the "World" as "India" . Typical disdain. The quota was IN the system before anyone got here by H1B, so your argument is fallacious. We were all aware of the quota when we got here.

    There are highly skilled programmers from Nigeria also, just not in the same numbers. So you want them to stand behind all of China and India ?



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  • andy007
    07-07 10:07 PM
    That's nice to hear. Can he guess what would be the likely outcome? If the judge just takes USCIS/DOS to task then it doesn't help us.

    1. Will they make the July visa bulletin current again?
    2. If not, will they allow everyone to file for EAD and AP?
    3. If neither #1 nor #2, will there be any financial reimbursement?

    Regards,
    Jayant

    :mad:




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  • tonyHK12
    02-19 01:33 PM
    Your transaction ID for this payment is: 3MV80945BW982313X.

    Thank you.
    Members please reach out to other organizations, lawyers and your company to support us in this cause. I am in touch with a lawyer and will post it here, if they agree to support us.
    This is an individual effort needed from everyone. More so if you are not participating in any way.



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  • apahilaj
    11-06 01:57 PM
    was your case transferd from NSC -> TSC ???

    Yes, case was originally filed at NSC on July 2nd and on august 24th it got transferred to TSC.

    Does the transfer matter here, because dingudi's case is not a transfer case and he's still waiting...




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  • abq_gc
    09-28 02:42 PM
    This is what my lawyer says about EAD card.

    "" If you want to use your EAD card, you should wait 180 days after the USCIS
    received your I-485 application. You do not need to return to your sponsoring
    employer if you use your EAD card after the 180 day waiting period. ""

    Any comments ?

    Thanks,

    abqgc



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  • gc_maine2
    07-05 09:38 AM
    Reached NE at 9.45 signed by rob pitcher.




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  • saimrathi
    07-13 08:10 AM
    Thanks.. :)

    NPR news coverage on July 2007 visa bulletin

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11945381

    :)



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  • gc28262
    06-28 10:48 AM
    desi,

    I am not trying to make an argument here. I am saying what I am seeing in law.

    Security Clearance.
    I didn't say GC holder can get security clearance. I was listing one scenario where employer is exempt from the requirement as per law.

    <quote>
    Now, if you think, even after reading these documents that employer can be forced to file for H-1B at the time of hiring, I can suggest put your question in lawyers forum.

    </quote>

    On a practical note, if the company has sponsored H1Bs in the past, what justification can the company give for not filing another H1B ?

    Practically there are many ways a company can avoid hiring an H1B or GC if they want to. But the point is, as per law that is illegal.




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  • sukhwinderd
    02-02 08:40 AM
    can we have fliers ready (as someone suggested is some other post), to increase aawareness, so that we can post it in indian stores, gurudwaras, mandirs etc.



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  • GreeNever
    05-03 11:09 AM
    thanks for responding...any contradicting/second opinions? What is the exemption towards - both filing for 485 and processing of 485 too, right? Isn't it an exemption from the EB quota?




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  • tamil12
    09-23 05:54 PM
    "EB-2 India. This category is expected to remain unchanged or to move very slowly forward (by a week or so) in the short-term. This is mainly caused by the fact that many EB-3 India applicants (there are approximately 60,000 EB-3 India pending cases) are �porting� their priority dates into the EB-2 India category and are thus taking visa numbers.


    EB2 India is slowwly becoming EB3 as thousands are porting from EB3 to EB2. Some of them are really worthy of EB2 and some of them are fradulent.

    EB2 India applicants should wake up from their celebratio of a few months leap and get ready for slow movement or retro.

    Guys wake up and fight to make the porting rules veryu strong if not stop porting. The rule should be if I140 for porting is denied then the applicatnt should loose his/her initial EB3 priority date also as he /she has indicated that he/she is no longer working in the position as described in EB3 labor. This will make sure that fradulent applicants cannot port from EB3 to EB2.

    P.S: I know I will get thousands of REDs. I do not care... EB2 I guys wake up.. Time is running out.. EB2 I will very quickly become same as EB3I.

    Don't worry brother....I started my Perm Eb2 ....I am eligible I have 9 + years of US experience itself...EB3 Who are eligible go for Porting....No other go for us.




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  • ca_immigrant
    02-01 11:48 PM
    All the best asdcrajnet.. Both countries are equally good, we have lived in both.. so we know how to adjust..

    Few points that you may need to find out before you go..

    1) Apply for POI for your kid, you may have already done it. There is a restriction that you need to visit nearby police station every 180 days if your son is in India (because he is a US citizen), try to find out more about that and see what you can do to avoid it (may be get a India visa as opposed to a POI)
    If you go to a police station, 100% guarantee they will ask for a bribe or make things difficult for us.
    2) The school fees for non-Indian citizens is very high, because your son falls under NRI category, try to find out about it, and if possible share with us too.

    Everything is good back home but there are few issues which I see are a problem,

    1) Nothing moves ahead without bribery, if we need our stuff to move up the queue, say if it is land registration or getting approval for something - it will not move with bribery and any govt office related work we need to wait a lot and service is bad, unlike here in US there is no bribing and things are so streamlined and good. We can talk about ethics and moral values and not give bribe but then our need will never get fulfilled for years if we decide to go as per queue.
    2) If you are in IT, the work hours are horrible, most of IT companies are outside city limits, we will end up going early in the morning and return late night (because hey we need to talk to onsite guys). If an employee leaves at 5:30 or 6 PM it means there he is not working - not sure when this culture would change there. Again most of them work on saturdays, so only sunday is a holiday, here in US i can leave work at 5 PM or 5:30 and come home and spend time with family.
    3) Commute is very tough back home - too much traffic than what the roads can handle, there is traffic in US too but it is decent traffic, everyone follows rules and lane sense is there. Back home it is really horrible.

    For your PD you have waited for a long time, I would suggest you wait for 1-2 more years and give it a try. We can always go back to India no one is going to stop us, but the return is not very easy. Nowadays h1b approvals and stamping has become a nightmare.

    All the best in whatever decision you make. Everything is for good :)


    Is OCI an option ? I am actually a little confused as to what happened to the OCI option now a days ?
    My daughter is 5 and is a US citizen and we got an OCI for here in 2006.

    Now we have a son who is 5 months and looks like OCI is not an option anymore...and we will have to get a PIO...

    Also I think for the PIO route....you have to report to the police...only if you are above 18....

    On bribery...I know it was a big issue before...but I thought people are more scared to take bribes now a days due to the way there are hidden cameras everywhere...
    I magine taking ur iphone and trying to bribe a cop back home (while recording) .... -:)

    yes, I myself have bribed some idiot policemen , when I was still in India in 1999-2000.
    ek tho paise lethe hein aur upar se chilate bhi hein...they take moeny from you and also yell at you...(yes when you are quite younger they do not respect you and just take money from you for all weird reasons)
    ...I wish I had a iphone then which could record the @#%#$^%$^




    BharatPremi
    11-08 11:47 AM
    Thanks SIRINEME for Sharing your experiance.
    Quick Question though,
    What Happens if you are offered Higher Position then the responsibility listed in Job descirption? For eg. Lots of perople apply for Programmer/Analyst Position and over the years of cumulative experiance he is offered Architect Position.

    Thanks,


    In my opinion, This Job code/description related facts ONLY relates to immigration related paper work. In real life , practically one may be handling the load of directing or managing people though for immigration pupose s/he may just be a software engineer or programmer. But in this kind of scenario one has to be extra cautious to have "Software Engineer or programmer" on offer letter till s/he gets done with immigration. Now some companies may prefer to go by book then one may not have a lot of levarage or choice other than performing the things what offer letter says.. And in that case one should not accept the oppertunity of higher skill and/or function inspite of its lucrativeness as to conclude immigration successfully.




    ashishgour
    09-25 10:54 AM
    Case might have got transferred to CSC. I applied on Jul' 23rd and no news yet.

    Thanks,
    -rk.

    Filed on July 23rd at Nebraska.
    Got receipt numbers for AOS only. :)
    No news on AP,EAD yet.:confused:
    Receipt numbers are WAC-XXX-XXXX and case has been transferred
    to TSC as my 140 was approved from Texas.

    Receipt Date : 18th Sept 07
    Notice Date : 20th Sept 07