seahawks
09-22 12:13 PM
Here is how I made up my mind to go to the Rally.Most of us waited for an average of at least 3 years in my case, this is my 10th year waiting to get a Green Card after two failed attempts of starting the process and changing employers in 1999 and 2000 and counting. All of us really don't know how many more years do we need to wait and getting extensions every year, either for your visa or for your travel Parole, or your EAD. Most of us are tracking our receipts now, why, because we don't have a transparent system, did you get an LUD, Did you get a FP notice how come I did not get one, where is my application, did your application get to TSC, was it transferred to NSC, what did your lawyer tell you, why did my lawyer tell me this way.
Why are we all passionately managing and exchanging so much information, because we have no clue what is happening behind the scenes. All of us know there are a very few who will get a green card tomorrow, but for most of us, we keep tracking to see anything in the change of status. Feeling uncertain is not a good feeling, I felt it for the last 6 years. How long will an employer wait patiently for you, how long will your wife wait to see she can work, how long will your in-laws respect you when you said during marriage, oh she will be able to work very soon:), how long will you keep convincing yourself, everything will be fine if I just sit and do nothing?
THAT IS WHY I SHOWED UP, THE SENSE OF SATISFACTION IS IMMENSE TO STAND UP AND PETITION. TO MEET LIKE MINDED PEOPLE WHO HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT DOING NOTHING IS NOT AN OPTION!
But the feeling of "being uncertain" made me go. The excitement that I could meet so many many of you who work selflessly and volunteer so much of your time was priceless.
When we finally reached there, we saw moms, who had kids volunteering, sometimes we had babies, kids in the situation room helping mom organize things, we had people drive from far places, leaving kids in neighbors/baby sitters home and had to drive back late night for 2 3 hours to get back to them. We had people hit the bed at 4 am in the morning and show up the next day all suited up and ready to meet lawmakers at 7 am. That made our trip look so simple!
Guys we respect everyone's reasons, yes we do have lots of genuine reasons and it is not for me to judge personal reasons on how important they are. The point I am trying to make is purely this, think it through and see how you life was or will get affected by this process. Many of you filed your 485 and are instantly gratified that things are fine. I can't stress enough that this is not the case. When I got to file in June I was very excited, I used to see LUDs, FP, got EAD, Travel Parole and everything and then nothing happened. It stays there and from all the statistics, numbers and logic that we all apply, it will stay that way for years. If you think you are out of the woods, think again, all it did was from one stage of the clog, now we are clogged to the other stage of clog. If you think you are now easy to move around, change your jobs, think again. It is extremely complicated with no guarantees that the USCIS officer will interpret your job duties that same way!
Sometimes during discussions we all think, what is it that is stopping you all to come, sometimes after working so hard there does happen a feeling, what reason is big enough for them to not show up, when we did. So please don't get offended either way, we want all of you, we want everyones support and keeping egos asides, lets think how best can we speak in one Voice! Lets all be involved with IV activities, action items and work on it passionately. Remember each of your voice makes Immigration Voice stronger and be heard better!!!
Why are we all passionately managing and exchanging so much information, because we have no clue what is happening behind the scenes. All of us know there are a very few who will get a green card tomorrow, but for most of us, we keep tracking to see anything in the change of status. Feeling uncertain is not a good feeling, I felt it for the last 6 years. How long will an employer wait patiently for you, how long will your wife wait to see she can work, how long will your in-laws respect you when you said during marriage, oh she will be able to work very soon:), how long will you keep convincing yourself, everything will be fine if I just sit and do nothing?
THAT IS WHY I SHOWED UP, THE SENSE OF SATISFACTION IS IMMENSE TO STAND UP AND PETITION. TO MEET LIKE MINDED PEOPLE WHO HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT DOING NOTHING IS NOT AN OPTION!
But the feeling of "being uncertain" made me go. The excitement that I could meet so many many of you who work selflessly and volunteer so much of your time was priceless.
When we finally reached there, we saw moms, who had kids volunteering, sometimes we had babies, kids in the situation room helping mom organize things, we had people drive from far places, leaving kids in neighbors/baby sitters home and had to drive back late night for 2 3 hours to get back to them. We had people hit the bed at 4 am in the morning and show up the next day all suited up and ready to meet lawmakers at 7 am. That made our trip look so simple!
Guys we respect everyone's reasons, yes we do have lots of genuine reasons and it is not for me to judge personal reasons on how important they are. The point I am trying to make is purely this, think it through and see how you life was or will get affected by this process. Many of you filed your 485 and are instantly gratified that things are fine. I can't stress enough that this is not the case. When I got to file in June I was very excited, I used to see LUDs, FP, got EAD, Travel Parole and everything and then nothing happened. It stays there and from all the statistics, numbers and logic that we all apply, it will stay that way for years. If you think you are out of the woods, think again, all it did was from one stage of the clog, now we are clogged to the other stage of clog. If you think you are now easy to move around, change your jobs, think again. It is extremely complicated with no guarantees that the USCIS officer will interpret your job duties that same way!
Sometimes during discussions we all think, what is it that is stopping you all to come, sometimes after working so hard there does happen a feeling, what reason is big enough for them to not show up, when we did. So please don't get offended either way, we want all of you, we want everyones support and keeping egos asides, lets think how best can we speak in one Voice! Lets all be involved with IV activities, action items and work on it passionately. Remember each of your voice makes Immigration Voice stronger and be heard better!!!
jonty_11
06-08 01:55 PM
That is why IV core wants people to sign up for Recurring contributions....
So that they have an idea of their resources in terms of Cash...and can pursue our objective pro-actively rather than on the spur of the moment like it hapened in senate over last 3 weeks.
Please sign up for recurring contributions...even if its $20/month
Still Less than your cable bill per month
So that they have an idea of their resources in terms of Cash...and can pursue our objective pro-actively rather than on the spur of the moment like it hapened in senate over last 3 weeks.
Please sign up for recurring contributions...even if its $20/month
Still Less than your cable bill per month
small2006
08-08 01:08 PM
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Hi folks,
Here's my situation:
Currently applied for 485 and waiting for receipt
Will be applying for EAD/AP this week.
I am working Company XYZ, in State A, City A currently and will be transferring to State B, City B within the same company, with the same job designation/description etc., absolutely no changes on that front and virtually no change in salary but in compliance with prevailing wage etc. for State B, City B.
Also the transfer is not going to affect my 485 because of my 140 which said "relocation within the US may be necessary" and this was expected when I started my GC.
The issue is with a technicality - my PERM was for XYZ, Inc and the same company in State B is called XYZ Engineering Inc, technically 2 different companies and that's because every state has its own rules as to how a national company can be registered/operated.
Coming to my question re H1B:
My corporate attorney says that due to this technicality, my H1B needs to be AMENDED which according to my GC attorney is the same as applying for a new H1B but not having to wait in line. My question is whether this will have a negative impact on my pending 485/EAD/AP in any way.
Please advice. Anything will help.
Thanks in advance.
Hi folks,
Here's my situation:
Currently applied for 485 and waiting for receipt
Will be applying for EAD/AP this week.
I am working Company XYZ, in State A, City A currently and will be transferring to State B, City B within the same company, with the same job designation/description etc., absolutely no changes on that front and virtually no change in salary but in compliance with prevailing wage etc. for State B, City B.
Also the transfer is not going to affect my 485 because of my 140 which said "relocation within the US may be necessary" and this was expected when I started my GC.
The issue is with a technicality - my PERM was for XYZ, Inc and the same company in State B is called XYZ Engineering Inc, technically 2 different companies and that's because every state has its own rules as to how a national company can be registered/operated.
Coming to my question re H1B:
My corporate attorney says that due to this technicality, my H1B needs to be AMENDED which according to my GC attorney is the same as applying for a new H1B but not having to wait in line. My question is whether this will have a negative impact on my pending 485/EAD/AP in any way.
Please advice. Anything will help.
Thanks in advance.
sanan
06-14 08:53 AM
Yes they do!
I have the same question - Do dependent spouses get EAD even if dates retrogress after applying for I-485?
I have the same question - Do dependent spouses get EAD even if dates retrogress after applying for I-485?
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H4_losing_hope
02-26 10:56 PM
Hi !!
3 more letters to Bush & IV;)
:)
3 more letters to Bush & IV;)
:)
chanduv23
02-28 04:38 PM
I went through layoff and got the same response from my lawyer. The day you are not working, you are technically out of status. But I found a job in few weeks the gap between the h1b transfer is May 26th to July 1st. It was technically more than a month.
But these are done on a case to case basis, at times based on your good standing, and skills.
So though I was given 2 weeks pay in lieu of notice (as I was fired without notice), all my accrued vacation (2 weeeks) and 2 months of severance pay, lawyer told me I cannot count that as period of extended pay after layoff. So, I definitely walked a tight rope here.
But these are done on a case to case basis, at times based on your good standing, and skills.
So though I was given 2 weeks pay in lieu of notice (as I was fired without notice), all my accrued vacation (2 weeeks) and 2 months of severance pay, lawyer told me I cannot count that as period of extended pay after layoff. So, I definitely walked a tight rope here.
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senthil1
06-19 05:01 PM
Companies were vague on numbers. So how could they satisfy Senators. I knew only a few companies gave detail about open positions including Microsoft, Intel and oracle. How you can impress Senate or house? But anti immigrants gave all the layoff numbers, h1b numbers used and details of abuses happened for past few years. It is not just money power will win. With facts and numbers if you have money power then you can win. That is reason for past 3 years H1b numbers or GC numbers were not increased inspite of heavy lobbying.
Wow!! Do all these Hi Tech companies(including the giant one I work for) not have any teeth in the system. Sanders gets an amendment, but nothing to change the stupid MBS provisions in favor of these companies. Pending further analysis or details not known yet, seems like we can safely join our friends at numbersusa and oppose this bill.
Wow!! Do all these Hi Tech companies(including the giant one I work for) not have any teeth in the system. Sanders gets an amendment, but nothing to change the stupid MBS provisions in favor of these companies. Pending further analysis or details not known yet, seems like we can safely join our friends at numbersusa and oppose this bill.
uma001
06-13 10:21 PM
i have not applied for Labour yet
But i am very for others.
Congratualtion to all who can file for 485
Kudos and congrats to IV team for their efforts.
But i am very for others.
Congratualtion to all who can file for 485
Kudos and congrats to IV team for their efforts.
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newuser
06-27 09:24 AM
Folks, don't make travel plans based on the approval e-mail that will be sent of automatically from USCIS. Mine & my wife's application's were approved and mailed nine days ago (6/18) and we made travel plans for yesterday (6/26) . Guess what. I got my approval notice in mail only yesterday and my wife's approval doc never came. We have to cancel the whole trip now.
Also, USCIS updated the status on our AP's four days later after the approval e-mail was sent saying the documents were mailed only on 6/22. Called the USCIS customer service three times and I got three different answers.
1. We sent approval notice on 6/18 and will be sending the AP document soon (In fact there is no such thing called approval notice and AP separately. This guy has no idea what he is talking about at the USCIS)
2. We sent the approval notice on 6/18 and confirmed that the document is out in the mail where in fact the document I received yesterday had a USPS stamping day of 6/22.
3. We sent the document on 6/22 and you should be gettting them in less than 30 days. If not please give us a call back.
Lesson learned. Don't trust USCIS and USPS delivery system and don't make travel plans unless you have all the doc's in hand.
Also, USCIS updated the status on our AP's four days later after the approval e-mail was sent saying the documents were mailed only on 6/22. Called the USCIS customer service three times and I got three different answers.
1. We sent approval notice on 6/18 and will be sending the AP document soon (In fact there is no such thing called approval notice and AP separately. This guy has no idea what he is talking about at the USCIS)
2. We sent the approval notice on 6/18 and confirmed that the document is out in the mail where in fact the document I received yesterday had a USPS stamping day of 6/22.
3. We sent the document on 6/22 and you should be gettting them in less than 30 days. If not please give us a call back.
Lesson learned. Don't trust USCIS and USPS delivery system and don't make travel plans unless you have all the doc's in hand.
ek_bechara
06-23 04:57 PM
I asked my Indian and (close) American colleagues to call. My boss called as well.
CALL, CALL, CALL
CALL, CALL, CALL
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onemorecame
08-06 12:15 PM
If you are employed in IT field, as far as I know federal skilled workers and AINP H1b stream are almost blocked except for managers. Canada immigration program has a list of occupation category; if you work in one of the listed classification then you can apply for PR. About an year back federal skilled worker deleted all computer related classification but managers. In May 2009, AINP did the same and now only IT managers are eligible.
If you are employed in non-IT category, you may still be eligible.
But AINP looks "little" better when compared to other immigration programs.
is it mean Canadian door's are closed for people who employed in IT field and do non-managerial job?
Is there any other alternative option to apply Canadian PR after exclusion of occupation category from federal and province Skilled worker category?
If you are employed in non-IT category, you may still be eligible.
But AINP looks "little" better when compared to other immigration programs.
is it mean Canadian door's are closed for people who employed in IT field and do non-managerial job?
Is there any other alternative option to apply Canadian PR after exclusion of occupation category from federal and province Skilled worker category?
cin45220
09-29 11:49 PM
similar incident happened to my room-mate, may be little worse.
The airline was aerofloat (russian) in this case.
they boarded aircraft from bombay to ewr. aircraft started running on runway and after some unsuccessful attempts they came back to terminal. with everyone's surprise, the pilot announced that there is a techincal difficulty and unable to takeoff.
Next flight was after 48 hours and that too from delhi. No need to say my friend spend 24 hours also at moscow airport and finally reached newark after 4 days finally. All these with no ground staff at bombay by aerofloat. Being young students, my friend and his groups helped like a coolie to shuttle all other elderly passengers bags to hotel and so forth. He is a very fair person and still doesn't blame aerofloat. He bought the return ticket for 760 with tax, where other airlines used to charge like 1200 or so.
morale of the story: don't blame airindia for all the faults. I am sure there is lot to improve but it is not the only airline where things go bad. This is possible anywhere.
and lastly, the OP who blamed airindia for not allowing duty free stuff bought at NJ at frankfurt - don't blame AI. It is the airport staff of FRA and not AI.
For all those who think that only airindia is bad, go to google and search for reviews of any airline. Chances are very high that you will get such horror stories described by someone.
The OP somewhere has an attitude that he is too important and shouldn't have any issues. Unfortunately the world is not perfect.
Who flies on Aerofloat?
This airlines had a pilot, who was too drunk to fly the plane. Since the pilot was too drunk, he couldn't properly announce instructions before the take off.
When passengers complained, he said that he will not touch anything in the cockpit and will simply sit there.
After all this, when passengers complained about this at the destination, the fly crew said that nothing like this happened and that all passengers are having a mass hysteria.
{this is not a joke and this actually happened - try google-ing it}
The airline was aerofloat (russian) in this case.
they boarded aircraft from bombay to ewr. aircraft started running on runway and after some unsuccessful attempts they came back to terminal. with everyone's surprise, the pilot announced that there is a techincal difficulty and unable to takeoff.
Next flight was after 48 hours and that too from delhi. No need to say my friend spend 24 hours also at moscow airport and finally reached newark after 4 days finally. All these with no ground staff at bombay by aerofloat. Being young students, my friend and his groups helped like a coolie to shuttle all other elderly passengers bags to hotel and so forth. He is a very fair person and still doesn't blame aerofloat. He bought the return ticket for 760 with tax, where other airlines used to charge like 1200 or so.
morale of the story: don't blame airindia for all the faults. I am sure there is lot to improve but it is not the only airline where things go bad. This is possible anywhere.
and lastly, the OP who blamed airindia for not allowing duty free stuff bought at NJ at frankfurt - don't blame AI. It is the airport staff of FRA and not AI.
For all those who think that only airindia is bad, go to google and search for reviews of any airline. Chances are very high that you will get such horror stories described by someone.
The OP somewhere has an attitude that he is too important and shouldn't have any issues. Unfortunately the world is not perfect.
Who flies on Aerofloat?
This airlines had a pilot, who was too drunk to fly the plane. Since the pilot was too drunk, he couldn't properly announce instructions before the take off.
When passengers complained, he said that he will not touch anything in the cockpit and will simply sit there.
After all this, when passengers complained about this at the destination, the fly crew said that nothing like this happened and that all passengers are having a mass hysteria.
{this is not a joke and this actually happened - try google-ing it}
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EBX-Man
03-28 01:40 PM
my friedn ask me go iv site i come site and see spillover give my family gc soon this consufion what happenning
ek_bechara
06-26 12:27 PM
To what one member said; we don't like it both ways. A question to the original poster. Had this been an emergency and USCIS delayed your EAD by three weeks, I bet you would be screaming and yelling at their inefficiency. Yes, the system is broken. Look at the bright side. At least an attempt is being made to fix it. If this were India you would be paying a hefty sum to God knows how many people to get something as simple as a birth certificate. And let me ask you one other question. When was the last time you picked up a phone and called your local MLA hoping that he or she will resolve the water problem in your area? Again, you would be paying decent money and runaround the MLA's private secretary to get ten minutes on the MLA's calendar.
So dude, put-up or shut-up. Things are changing and if you want it any faster then you should give up your day job and dedicate yourself to the cause.
Enough said..
So dude, put-up or shut-up. Things are changing and if you want it any faster then you should give up your day job and dedicate yourself to the cause.
Enough said..
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kshitijnt
05-30 02:33 PM
Say NO to racism. Say NO to BA, AF. Say no to AUSTRALIA!
Until these people accept racism in those incidences, say NO to them.
It is not about isolated incidents. Its about standing upto these wackos for our countrymen.
Until these people accept racism in those incidences, say NO to them.
It is not about isolated incidents. Its about standing upto these wackos for our countrymen.
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jayleno
07-18 12:15 PM
I dont know the whole background...but they say they will use 5000 unused visas per year. Where do these unused visas come from? FB visas?
Welcome our new friends to share the green cards.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/h1b/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209100686
Welcome our new friends to share the green cards.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/h1b/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209100686
logiclife
03-05 11:24 AM
Based on the reply to this FOIA from Needhelp!, it seems that we have a bigger problem than transparency.
They have said that country of chargeability is not assigned until case is ready for approval. However, whether or not a case is ready for approval is determined by country of chargeability. If you have 500,000 pending cases and dont know how many cases for each country of chargeability, then the only way to respond to a visa bulletin is to go thru all 500,000 cases every month, take a peek in it, look at the PD, look at the country and see if it is up for approval. I dont think they are doing that.
Also, if priority date is something that is different for different countries, then cases for those countries have to be sorted by priority date in different silos, so that when the next bulletin comes, you know how many cases are eligible that month and which ones are the earliest cases (from PD perspective) for each country.
They have said that country of chargeability is not assigned until case is ready for approval. However, whether or not a case is ready for approval is determined by country of chargeability. If you have 500,000 pending cases and dont know how many cases for each country of chargeability, then the only way to respond to a visa bulletin is to go thru all 500,000 cases every month, take a peek in it, look at the PD, look at the country and see if it is up for approval. I dont think they are doing that.
Also, if priority date is something that is different for different countries, then cases for those countries have to be sorted by priority date in different silos, so that when the next bulletin comes, you know how many cases are eligible that month and which ones are the earliest cases (from PD perspective) for each country.
zico123
06-16 09:25 PM
Suppose Company A filed for visa cancellation on 11th June, Monday. Please let me know if there would be any problem in filing for H1B transfer now as Company A has filed for cancellation before i file for H1B Transfer.
I have seen in other posts that you have about 2 weeks to get a new job who will file for transfer. But contact an attorney and if you cannot change job immediately then consider change of status to F1 or another status.
I have seen in other posts that you have about 2 weeks to get a new job who will file for transfer. But contact an attorney and if you cannot change job immediately then consider change of status to F1 or another status.
m306m
05-02 09:33 AM
<<bump>>
immi811
07-09 12:03 PM
I am wondering if there is any push by the immigrant community to urge US govt to let H4 people to work!!!
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