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01-13 08:30 AM
The restrictionist Center for Immigration Studies has put out a DREAM Act proposal that could tell us what the Republicans might propose when they re-draft DREAM to their own liking. It's not horrible - some ideas, particularly those in the first of the two parts - would probably be areas where agreement could be reached. A few ideas - such as introducing a new extremely cumbersome process to get the green card after ten years - are really bad. But it is encouraging to at least be having a negotiation. One had the feeling in the last Congress that only...
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bank_king2003
05-19 11:31 AM
Class LawAction Suit filled on USCIS for EB3China.
whatever is the outcome of this i really applaud the brave move made by whoever is behind this.
more details : drop.io ChinaEB3Litigation (http://drop.io/ChinaEB3Litigation)
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whatever is the outcome of this i really applaud the brave move made by whoever is behind this.
more details : drop.io ChinaEB3Litigation (http://drop.io/ChinaEB3Litigation)
Thanks,
maverick_joe
01-08 12:58 PM
If the Given name and the surname on the passport are swapped does this need to be notified to USCIS?I am a July 2007 485 filer./\/
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09-04 06:18 PM
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gimme_GC2006
09-04 06:31 PM
Friends,
With only 3 weeks left in Sep 2008 (keeping in mind that my PD is current since Aug-01), I have decided to contact DHS Ombudsman and Congressman for help.
But I dont know how to start.
I read the posting from googler.
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showpost.php?p=242840&postcount=47
Is that number provided still valid or is that fax number?
Does any one know?
Also, how do I go about contacting Congressman? I can look up their address but dont know how to make a first move? should I write to him directly or should I call his office and explain over phone?
Any thoughts?
All help will be very much appreciated.:)
Note: For all peeps, who are going to say, "You cant write your own english letter?"..No..I dont...What I know better is write C++ code :D
With only 3 weeks left in Sep 2008 (keeping in mind that my PD is current since Aug-01), I have decided to contact DHS Ombudsman and Congressman for help.
But I dont know how to start.
I read the posting from googler.
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showpost.php?p=242840&postcount=47
Is that number provided still valid or is that fax number?
Does any one know?
Also, how do I go about contacting Congressman? I can look up their address but dont know how to make a first move? should I write to him directly or should I call his office and explain over phone?
Any thoughts?
All help will be very much appreciated.:)
Note: For all peeps, who are going to say, "You cant write your own english letter?"..No..I dont...What I know better is write C++ code :D
satyakb
03-16 08:41 PM
Hi Immigration Voice Team,
I would like to know your advice,
My details are
- EB3 / Labor filed and approved during July/2007
- I140 & I485 filed concurrently during August/2007
- I140 got approved on Jan/16/2009
- EAD Renewal is made and existing one is valid till Nov/2010
I have only labor number, 140 approval notice with me. where as I do not have labor complete job description.
As of now
- Can I change my employer without any labor job description?
- Does my employer has still rights to revoke I140?
- How can I change job to new employer and protect myself from I140 revoke by existing employer?
- GC filing expenses was completely bared by employer only.
Thanks & Regards,
Satyakb
I would like to know your advice,
My details are
- EB3 / Labor filed and approved during July/2007
- I140 & I485 filed concurrently during August/2007
- I140 got approved on Jan/16/2009
- EAD Renewal is made and existing one is valid till Nov/2010
I have only labor number, 140 approval notice with me. where as I do not have labor complete job description.
As of now
- Can I change my employer without any labor job description?
- Does my employer has still rights to revoke I140?
- How can I change job to new employer and protect myself from I140 revoke by existing employer?
- GC filing expenses was completely bared by employer only.
Thanks & Regards,
Satyakb
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anantc
09-20 01:29 PM
Hello, My Labor got certified with PD Oct 2003 under EB2.
I have to file for I-140. Where can I check the status whether it is current or lagging back ? Also is there a Premium 140 for EB2 started or not yet? Since I cannot file for I-485 till it becomes available and current to my PD, does it make sense to file for Premium 140 or should I file regularly?
What are the steps for I-140 and any urls where I can see the status..?
Thanks.
anant
:confused:
I have to file for I-140. Where can I check the status whether it is current or lagging back ? Also is there a Premium 140 for EB2 started or not yet? Since I cannot file for I-485 till it becomes available and current to my PD, does it make sense to file for Premium 140 or should I file regularly?
What are the steps for I-140 and any urls where I can see the status..?
Thanks.
anant
:confused:
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alibashas
02-07 01:31 AM
Dear Adviser,
I am end of my 6th year of H1B and my current employer filed H1B extension using my approved I-140 (and I don't have EAD). However my employer took the advantage of my immigration status and reduced my salary drastically . I am planning to change my employer after I receive my H1B extension. Now I have following questions
1. If I accept new job with other employer and transfer my H1B to new employer, by what time (months, years..) my new employer has to file PERM to continue my GC process?
2. What if my current employer cancels my I-140 when I moved to new employer? Still can I use that I-140 to port my priority date to new employer?
I can plan my future employment based on your response. Thanks for your time.
I am end of my 6th year of H1B and my current employer filed H1B extension using my approved I-140 (and I don't have EAD). However my employer took the advantage of my immigration status and reduced my salary drastically . I am planning to change my employer after I receive my H1B extension. Now I have following questions
1. If I accept new job with other employer and transfer my H1B to new employer, by what time (months, years..) my new employer has to file PERM to continue my GC process?
2. What if my current employer cancels my I-140 when I moved to new employer? Still can I use that I-140 to port my priority date to new employer?
I can plan my future employment based on your response. Thanks for your time.
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Macaca
08-01 08:03 PM
The Speaker In Charge (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/31/AR2007073101628.html?hpid=opinionsbox1) By Harold Meyerson (meyersonh@washpost.com), August 1, 2007
This is one of those odd weeks when Congress may actually work. Both houses are likely to pass Democratic bills to expand SCHIP, the children's health coverage program. Yesterday, the House enacted lobbying reform, and the Senate may follow suit tomorrow. Also yesterday, the House passed a bill restoring the right of victims of pay discrimination to sue their employers.
In short, it's one of those weeks when Nancy Pelosi has no doubts about the wisdom of her decision to become speaker of the House.
"What's it like?" she asked herself, beaming, at the conclusion of a breakfast meeting with roughly 20 liberal journalists yesterday morning.
"It's fabulous! Absolutely fabulous!"
It can't always be thus. Her biggest frustration, of course, is Congress's inability to end the war in Iraq, which she terms "a huge moral catastrophe for the country." It is the public's biggest frustration as well, she says, and the main reason that popular support for Congress has plummeted.
In September, Iraq will once again be Congress's chief item of business, when Gen. David Petraeus delivers his state-of-the-war report.
Pelosi (understandably, given the administration's mountain of misrepresentation on all war-related matters) is wary. "The plural of anecdote is not data," she said. "I'm very concerned they'll pass off anecdotal successes as progress in Iraq."
The question in September will be whether congressional Republicans continue to support President Bush's open-ended commitment to keeping U.S. forces in Iraq while a civil war rages around them. To date, the Republicans' strategy, and not just on the war, has been to thwart the Democrats at every turn and to use the Senate's 60-vote supermajority requirement both to create a "do-nothing" Congress against which they can run and to spare their president from having to veto popular legislation. (Why they care about sparing Bush -- he will never face voters again; they will -- plunges us into the murk of abnormal psychology.)
The GOP strategy is not without its pitfalls. Republicans have succeeded in tanking Congress's approval ratings, but polls consistently show the public, most importantly in swing districts, preferring Democrats to Republicans. With this week's vote on expanding SCHIP, though, Democrats are convinced that the price of blocking health care for uninsured children is more than many Republicans are willing to pay. Bush has vowed to veto the legislation; Pelosi, noting with an almost incredulous glee that the administration will stand athwart children's health care on the grounds of opposing a higher tobacco tax, says, simply, "Welcome to this discussion."
Not all discussions, even in a good week, are so pleasurable to anticipate. Asked about the resolution that her congressional colleague Jay Inslee of Washington has introduced to impeach Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Pelosi put her hands to her temples as if to ward off a headache. For the past year, Pelosi has made clear to her colleagues and the public alike that she has no interest in pursuing the impeachment option, though Gonzales is certainly doing his damnedest to change her mind. She remains unpersuaded, believing that impeachment would fail and in the process would make weeks such as this one -- a week in which the public's business is at last getting done -- far more uncommon than they already are.
Pelosi understands the gravity of the damage that the administration has done to the Constitution and why that has impelled some of her colleagues to advocate impeachment. "If I were not the speaker and I were not in Congress," she said, very quietly, as she concluded her answer, "I would probably be advocating for impeachment." But the consequences she foresees from stopping the nation's business for an unwinnable fight outweighs those considerations.
Pelosi deserves considerable credit for holding her party together on a range of divisive issues, but she plainly views the coming fight among House Democrats on fuel efficiency standards as irrepressible.
The energy bill the House will pass this week contains no provisions that would raise those standards; such provisions, if any, await the outcome of a battle between Pelosi and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell, the Democrat who has represented Detroit and the auto industry in Congress since 1955 (that is, before tailfins).
"I respect all our chairmen," Pelosi said. But the legislation, she continued, isn't about them. "It's about our children's ability to breathe clean air. Nothing less than the planet is at stake. I love him [Dingell] dearly, but we have to prevail. . . . The forces at work here [against stricter standards] are rich and entrenched," she concluded, "and it takes just a few [votes] to prevent us from unleashing the future."
Thus, the most elegant of happy warriors, in a week when it's fun to be speaker.
This is one of those odd weeks when Congress may actually work. Both houses are likely to pass Democratic bills to expand SCHIP, the children's health coverage program. Yesterday, the House enacted lobbying reform, and the Senate may follow suit tomorrow. Also yesterday, the House passed a bill restoring the right of victims of pay discrimination to sue their employers.
In short, it's one of those weeks when Nancy Pelosi has no doubts about the wisdom of her decision to become speaker of the House.
"What's it like?" she asked herself, beaming, at the conclusion of a breakfast meeting with roughly 20 liberal journalists yesterday morning.
"It's fabulous! Absolutely fabulous!"
It can't always be thus. Her biggest frustration, of course, is Congress's inability to end the war in Iraq, which she terms "a huge moral catastrophe for the country." It is the public's biggest frustration as well, she says, and the main reason that popular support for Congress has plummeted.
In September, Iraq will once again be Congress's chief item of business, when Gen. David Petraeus delivers his state-of-the-war report.
Pelosi (understandably, given the administration's mountain of misrepresentation on all war-related matters) is wary. "The plural of anecdote is not data," she said. "I'm very concerned they'll pass off anecdotal successes as progress in Iraq."
The question in September will be whether congressional Republicans continue to support President Bush's open-ended commitment to keeping U.S. forces in Iraq while a civil war rages around them. To date, the Republicans' strategy, and not just on the war, has been to thwart the Democrats at every turn and to use the Senate's 60-vote supermajority requirement both to create a "do-nothing" Congress against which they can run and to spare their president from having to veto popular legislation. (Why they care about sparing Bush -- he will never face voters again; they will -- plunges us into the murk of abnormal psychology.)
The GOP strategy is not without its pitfalls. Republicans have succeeded in tanking Congress's approval ratings, but polls consistently show the public, most importantly in swing districts, preferring Democrats to Republicans. With this week's vote on expanding SCHIP, though, Democrats are convinced that the price of blocking health care for uninsured children is more than many Republicans are willing to pay. Bush has vowed to veto the legislation; Pelosi, noting with an almost incredulous glee that the administration will stand athwart children's health care on the grounds of opposing a higher tobacco tax, says, simply, "Welcome to this discussion."
Not all discussions, even in a good week, are so pleasurable to anticipate. Asked about the resolution that her congressional colleague Jay Inslee of Washington has introduced to impeach Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Pelosi put her hands to her temples as if to ward off a headache. For the past year, Pelosi has made clear to her colleagues and the public alike that she has no interest in pursuing the impeachment option, though Gonzales is certainly doing his damnedest to change her mind. She remains unpersuaded, believing that impeachment would fail and in the process would make weeks such as this one -- a week in which the public's business is at last getting done -- far more uncommon than they already are.
Pelosi understands the gravity of the damage that the administration has done to the Constitution and why that has impelled some of her colleagues to advocate impeachment. "If I were not the speaker and I were not in Congress," she said, very quietly, as she concluded her answer, "I would probably be advocating for impeachment." But the consequences she foresees from stopping the nation's business for an unwinnable fight outweighs those considerations.
Pelosi deserves considerable credit for holding her party together on a range of divisive issues, but she plainly views the coming fight among House Democrats on fuel efficiency standards as irrepressible.
The energy bill the House will pass this week contains no provisions that would raise those standards; such provisions, if any, await the outcome of a battle between Pelosi and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell, the Democrat who has represented Detroit and the auto industry in Congress since 1955 (that is, before tailfins).
"I respect all our chairmen," Pelosi said. But the legislation, she continued, isn't about them. "It's about our children's ability to breathe clean air. Nothing less than the planet is at stake. I love him [Dingell] dearly, but we have to prevail. . . . The forces at work here [against stricter standards] are rich and entrenched," she concluded, "and it takes just a few [votes] to prevent us from unleashing the future."
Thus, the most elegant of happy warriors, in a week when it's fun to be speaker.
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pd2001_12
07-19 07:15 PM
Guys,
I need some advice and your own experiences.
Right now i am with company A(EB3-I, PD:12/2001) and 485 is in progress.
I have another approved I140 with Company B in EB2 category(PD:05/2006) and i did not try to recapture my PD at that time.
My question is, if i interfile company B 140 with Company A 140 would i be able to recapture the EB3 priority date. I do not want to loose the old priority date.
Any pointers or own experiences would be helpful.
thanks
I need some advice and your own experiences.
Right now i am with company A(EB3-I, PD:12/2001) and 485 is in progress.
I have another approved I140 with Company B in EB2 category(PD:05/2006) and i did not try to recapture my PD at that time.
My question is, if i interfile company B 140 with Company A 140 would i be able to recapture the EB3 priority date. I do not want to loose the old priority date.
Any pointers or own experiences would be helpful.
thanks
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suryamnb
11-13 01:57 PM
Hi Friends,
I have a 4 yr Bachelors degree (B.Tech) in IT from India and also have MS in Computer & Network Engineering from UK.
Now my question is since most of the UK universities offer MS for 14-15 months, can I quailify for EB2 Categoy?
I have a 4 yr Bachelors degree (B.Tech) in IT from India and also have MS in Computer & Network Engineering from UK.
Now my question is since most of the UK universities offer MS for 14-15 months, can I quailify for EB2 Categoy?
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07-29 05:30 PM
The Boston Globe reports on another case of a potential DREAM Act recipient facing deportation. Alan, the individual who is the subject of the story, is the son of Mexican migrant laborers, came to the US as an infant and his academic success has been an inspiration to children in his neighborhood. Like many others, he did not learn he was illegally present in the US until he was much older - in this case, high school. The Globe notes that Alan is going to leave the US: Now Alan sees Mexico as his only option. His mother is against...
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sai18
07-21 10:23 AM
Some people already know about this bill introduced on July 1 by John Shadegg (AZ)
H.R. 5658 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase competitiveness in the United States, and for other purposes.
Link: H.R.5658: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase competitiveness in the United States, and for... OpenCongress (http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h5658/show)
go to the link and click and write to you local representative to consponsor and suppor this bill and pass this bill.
If congress passes this bill it would increase the available EB visa numbers and will make life easy for lots of indian and chinese citizens.
Good Luck
And thanks
H.R. 5658 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase competitiveness in the United States, and for other purposes.
Link: H.R.5658: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase competitiveness in the United States, and for... OpenCongress (http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h5658/show)
go to the link and click and write to you local representative to consponsor and suppor this bill and pass this bill.
If congress passes this bill it would increase the available EB visa numbers and will make life easy for lots of indian and chinese citizens.
Good Luck
And thanks
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gconmymind
08-22 12:40 PM
I filed I-131 for AP renewal around 10th August and received a Biometrics appointment notice for I-485 yesterday. Is there Fingerprinting required for AP? If yes, why is the Case Type on the notice I-485? Or is the FP notice for I-485 and it is just a coincidence that I have filed for AP renewal. My PD will be current next month...
There is no LUD on I-485 case...
There is no LUD on I-485 case...
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Canadian_Dream
01-11 01:29 PM
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Disenfranchised_Indians_take_to_the_streets_agains t_HSMP/articleshow/1142198.cms
Can this event set a precedent for Western Immigration programs to treat people fairly ?
A similar thing had happened in the past when Canadian Immigration Agency increased the eligibility pass mark. Six months later a court ruled that they have to accomodate those who are already in the system.
I wonder if this open a judicial precedent for unjust affect of 245(i) on all of us. Interesting enough, UK skilled immigrants also have something similar to immigration voice.
http://www.vbsi.org.uk/
Can this event set a precedent for Western Immigration programs to treat people fairly ?
A similar thing had happened in the past when Canadian Immigration Agency increased the eligibility pass mark. Six months later a court ruled that they have to accomodate those who are already in the system.
I wonder if this open a judicial precedent for unjust affect of 245(i) on all of us. Interesting enough, UK skilled immigrants also have something similar to immigration voice.
http://www.vbsi.org.uk/
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iamsachin
11-06 01:54 PM
I applied for my EAD and AP extension on AUG 17 2009 and my EAD was expiring on AUG 29th 2009. While my wifes EAD and AP got approved, I had an RFE as I had not sent the recent photographs so I sent that and the receipt date for that was OCT 9 2009.
I continued working and got paid, after speaking to friends I realized, getting paid on a Expired EAD is not right.
I have taken a infopass to discuss this with USCIS to get an update.
One more point I wanted to make was that my payroll company doesn't know about this and doesn't care. But if I bring it up then .they might immediately terminate my employment.
How do I fix this? Please suggest.
I continued working and got paid, after speaking to friends I realized, getting paid on a Expired EAD is not right.
I have taken a infopass to discuss this with USCIS to get an update.
One more point I wanted to make was that my payroll company doesn't know about this and doesn't care. But if I bring it up then .they might immediately terminate my employment.
How do I fix this? Please suggest.
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determined_indian
08-14 10:17 AM
Since H1 is for 6 years, you can extend for another year without filing I-140. You can apply for renewal within 180 days before expiry.
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Bark
03-22 08:57 AM
Hi all. I'm looking for a little help with part 2 of I-485. I've sent off my I-140 and I am hoping to apply adjustment of status concurrently. I wondering which box to fill in part 2. A. looks the closest, it reads: 'an immigrant petition giving me an immediately available immigrant visa number has been approved. (Attach a copy of the approval notice......)' My trouble is this: If my I-140 is approved then my visa number is no problem, it is current for my category/country (outstanding professor/Canada). Since the I-140 is pending, this looks like the wrong box, however, none of the others look even remotely close. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Bark
eyeongc
11-18 10:23 AM
Guys,
Me (as primary) and my wife are July 2007 filers and have our EAD and AP till end of 2010. I also have my H1b approved till 2012 but not stamped yet. My wife currently is in AOS status (comp didn't file for her H4 ext when they applied for my 7th yr H1b ext) but she has not used her EAD. We are planning to travel India next month and get our passport stamped (H1b for myself and H4 for my wife). I've couple of questions
1) Can someone confirm getting H4 for my wife will be treated as abandoning her I-485 because she is currently in AOS status? I don't think so but just want to confirm
2) In form DS156 for my wife what should I answer to this question "Has anyone ever filed an Immigrant Visa Petition on your behalf ?" or to be specific I-485 is treated as immigrant visa petition or I-140 is (in which case answer to this question will be no as her gc is applied as dependent)?
Thanks
Me (as primary) and my wife are July 2007 filers and have our EAD and AP till end of 2010. I also have my H1b approved till 2012 but not stamped yet. My wife currently is in AOS status (comp didn't file for her H4 ext when they applied for my 7th yr H1b ext) but she has not used her EAD. We are planning to travel India next month and get our passport stamped (H1b for myself and H4 for my wife). I've couple of questions
1) Can someone confirm getting H4 for my wife will be treated as abandoning her I-485 because she is currently in AOS status? I don't think so but just want to confirm
2) In form DS156 for my wife what should I answer to this question "Has anyone ever filed an Immigrant Visa Petition on your behalf ?" or to be specific I-485 is treated as immigrant visa petition or I-140 is (in which case answer to this question will be no as her gc is applied as dependent)?
Thanks
cox
June 11th, 2005, 01:10 PM
Really nice shots. I particularly like the lower left sunrise(?), because of the sky and balance of land/water. I also like the lighting in the shot of the birds. Are those loons?