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subrarama
02-21 10:42 AM
Hi-
How early can I apply for the H1B extension. My current visa expires in mid of June 2008. How many days in advance can I apply for my extension.
Thanks
How early can I apply for the H1B extension. My current visa expires in mid of June 2008. How many days in advance can I apply for my extension.
Thanks
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ssingh92
11-13 01:59 PM
Inform to SSN Office that you are leaving the country. It will make sure that nobody if steel your identity misuse your SSN. If some point in future if you return to US your credit history will not be bad.
Just send a letter for address change to US Imme office also get stamped in your passport about border crossing at US point.
I also had Canada PR but can not find a good job so cancelled it. I found that India is far better than Canada.
Just send a letter for address change to US Imme office also get stamped in your passport about border crossing at US point.
I also had Canada PR but can not find a good job so cancelled it. I found that India is far better than Canada.
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skd
08-22 11:40 AM
It seems like except for one or two people here, individuals who have applied directly at TSC on 2nd July are getting their checks cashed/receipts this week.
It would be helpful to know if they are done with the transfer of 2nd July cases from NSC to TSC; if so, when and based on that, we can make some educated estimates.
Mine was applied directly to TSC and I am still, waiting
It would be helpful to know if they are done with the transfer of 2nd July cases from NSC to TSC; if so, when and based on that, we can make some educated estimates.
Mine was applied directly to TSC and I am still, waiting
learning01
04-13 04:50 PM
Each of us have a decent and true story. It has been a struggle here in US for all of us.
I spent a life's fortune and emigrated to Canada with wife and 2 grown up kids. In early 1999, a large multinational from Netherlands (think of TVs, bulbs and fans) lured me and others into coming to US on H1. They promised they will apply for permanent residency in 6 months. The company couldn't survive the consultancy business and folded operations by end 2000 and my application evaporated into the air.
Post 9/11, and at the height of tech and internet bubble, I was laid off by that company in their operations closing in late 2001. I also lost my Canadian permanent residency (because I stayed away from that country form more that 180 days). I was lucky enough to get a decent job in late 2001. This large global company is a gem of its own; they also promised they will apply GC in 3 months. Thus my PD is EB3 Nov 2001.
I am always for writing one's experiences so that others know how to avoid them, if they are smart enough. That's all I have got.
Hi Learning01,
I did not want to "steal" your idea about publicity of the problem back in our countries. I just developed and enhanced the idea :-)
And I do not think we should be ashamed of the fact that this great country screwed us and made more than half a million highly educated and trained people (spouses included) chasing for a decade a mirage called GC and looking like idiots.
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I spent a life's fortune and emigrated to Canada with wife and 2 grown up kids. In early 1999, a large multinational from Netherlands (think of TVs, bulbs and fans) lured me and others into coming to US on H1. They promised they will apply for permanent residency in 6 months. The company couldn't survive the consultancy business and folded operations by end 2000 and my application evaporated into the air.
Post 9/11, and at the height of tech and internet bubble, I was laid off by that company in their operations closing in late 2001. I also lost my Canadian permanent residency (because I stayed away from that country form more that 180 days). I was lucky enough to get a decent job in late 2001. This large global company is a gem of its own; they also promised they will apply GC in 3 months. Thus my PD is EB3 Nov 2001.
I am always for writing one's experiences so that others know how to avoid them, if they are smart enough. That's all I have got.
Hi Learning01,
I did not want to "steal" your idea about publicity of the problem back in our countries. I just developed and enhanced the idea :-)
And I do not think we should be ashamed of the fact that this great country screwed us and made more than half a million highly educated and trained people (spouses included) chasing for a decade a mirage called GC and looking like idiots.
....
:-)
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WillIBLucky
11-22 08:24 AM
One of our members has written this as below, it looks good.
PLEASE READ AND CHANGE AS REQUIRED.
Hi,
The plight of legal immigants has been lost in all the noise and focus on illegal immigration. There are about 500K legal high-skilled immigrants from around the world who are presently working in the US legally on a temporary work visa issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services and in the queue for a permanent resident card also known as Green Card (GC).
There are only 140K GCs given per year for all employment based categories and the employer who sponsors the immigrant has to prove that the job cannot be filled by an American Citizen through a lbour market test. The 140K number is also used to count the spouse and children of the high skilled immigrant. So in essence there are only about 60K high skilled immigrants given a GC each year. Also there is a per country limit of 7%, so only about 5000 GCs are given to high-skilled geal immigrants from each country. This has lead to a huge backlog in GCs especially from countries which send may high-skilled immigrants like China and India. To make matters worse the Congress authorized about 250K illegal aliens a one time waiver to adjust status in the year 2000 and those numbers come out of the regular 140K per year granted to legal high-skilled immigrants.
All this has resulted in a expected wait of "8-12 years" for getting a GC for a "Play-By The Rules" legal high-skilled immigrant. Add another % years after that to get US Citizenship. Seeing these kind of numbers many talented young engineers , scientists and doctors are moving to other countries in droves. No one would like a wait for 15 years to become a naturalized citizen. America is losing a lot due to this Retrogression (Backlog) in GCs, especially when there is a global competition for Talent. The only ones who have patience to stick on is those who have already been in the waiting game for
years and have a lot at stake to leave it at this stage. And for those that chose to wait in this manner life is hell. For 7-10 years they cannot change jobs, cannot get promoted or even change job roles within the same company, cannot get transferred to a different location in same company. Any of these events will mean starting in line all over again. Also their spouses cannot work and they cannot buy homes or make other investment decisions due to the uncertainity, many who have kids in college have to pay higher tution.
I am one of these stuck in this GC hell for the last 9 years, I came to the United States as a student in 1995 to pursue graduate studies in Engineering in a top-ranked university. I have been employed legally in the US since I graduated in 1997 and been pursuing the GC dream for the last 9 years. The end is not in sight and if Congress does not pass any relief I expect the wait to last at least another 5 years.
What does it take for congress to pass some relief? Just some simple relief measures
1. Increase the numbers of GCs to 250K per year temporarily for 2-3 years to alleviate the current problem.
2. Allow to recover unused GC numbers from previous 5 years to be used to alleviate the current retrogression.
3. Do not count spouse and dependents towards the annual number
4. Do not count against the annual cap count certain high-skilled immigrants who have a advanced degree from the US and have worked in a high-skilled job legally in the United states for 3 years .
PLEASE READ AND CHANGE AS REQUIRED.
Hi,
The plight of legal immigants has been lost in all the noise and focus on illegal immigration. There are about 500K legal high-skilled immigrants from around the world who are presently working in the US legally on a temporary work visa issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services and in the queue for a permanent resident card also known as Green Card (GC).
There are only 140K GCs given per year for all employment based categories and the employer who sponsors the immigrant has to prove that the job cannot be filled by an American Citizen through a lbour market test. The 140K number is also used to count the spouse and children of the high skilled immigrant. So in essence there are only about 60K high skilled immigrants given a GC each year. Also there is a per country limit of 7%, so only about 5000 GCs are given to high-skilled geal immigrants from each country. This has lead to a huge backlog in GCs especially from countries which send may high-skilled immigrants like China and India. To make matters worse the Congress authorized about 250K illegal aliens a one time waiver to adjust status in the year 2000 and those numbers come out of the regular 140K per year granted to legal high-skilled immigrants.
All this has resulted in a expected wait of "8-12 years" for getting a GC for a "Play-By The Rules" legal high-skilled immigrant. Add another % years after that to get US Citizenship. Seeing these kind of numbers many talented young engineers , scientists and doctors are moving to other countries in droves. No one would like a wait for 15 years to become a naturalized citizen. America is losing a lot due to this Retrogression (Backlog) in GCs, especially when there is a global competition for Talent. The only ones who have patience to stick on is those who have already been in the waiting game for
years and have a lot at stake to leave it at this stage. And for those that chose to wait in this manner life is hell. For 7-10 years they cannot change jobs, cannot get promoted or even change job roles within the same company, cannot get transferred to a different location in same company. Any of these events will mean starting in line all over again. Also their spouses cannot work and they cannot buy homes or make other investment decisions due to the uncertainity, many who have kids in college have to pay higher tution.
I am one of these stuck in this GC hell for the last 9 years, I came to the United States as a student in 1995 to pursue graduate studies in Engineering in a top-ranked university. I have been employed legally in the US since I graduated in 1997 and been pursuing the GC dream for the last 9 years. The end is not in sight and if Congress does not pass any relief I expect the wait to last at least another 5 years.
What does it take for congress to pass some relief? Just some simple relief measures
1. Increase the numbers of GCs to 250K per year temporarily for 2-3 years to alleviate the current problem.
2. Allow to recover unused GC numbers from previous 5 years to be used to alleviate the current retrogression.
3. Do not count spouse and dependents towards the annual number
4. Do not count against the annual cap count certain high-skilled immigrants who have a advanced degree from the US and have worked in a high-skilled job legally in the United states for 3 years .
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tonyHK12
05-09 10:00 AM
This is why I said 221G is a good initiative. Even if people have to suffer a little bit, full check is needed for every visa stamping and every green card application.
I guess its much better for frauds to have an EAD/AP, then they can easily bypass the checking at consulates.
I guess its much better for frauds to have an EAD/AP, then they can easily bypass the checking at consulates.
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June05
10-19 11:00 AM
I have a similar case. Waiting on my PD to become current before I can interfile.
One question - You said you got your new 140 approved with the older PD? How did you do that? I thought you use the older PD when you file 485? My lawyer has not done that - does that mean i will not be able to use my older PD?
One question - You said you got your new 140 approved with the older PD? How did you do that? I thought you use the older PD when you file 485? My lawyer has not done that - does that mean i will not be able to use my older PD?
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sri1309
08-14 07:26 AM
Guys,
We saw the September bulletin..
We knew what to expect..
But we were all a little hopeful to see some miracle happen.
And we were doing this every month.
NOW comes the count down we all were waiting for the last few months. Oct bulletin. In that, most of us are expecting some good news.. But what if it moves 3 months forward.. What if it moves 2 years forward. Then it will stop there for next 1 year, while we check every month.. Then it moves back.. Do we want this..
Its not going to make much difference to most of us here.
THIS IS THE TIME TO ACT NOW. We must all do some campaign may be flowers, may be cards, or I donno.
I have written today to all the six members or reps to help us, but a bunch of mails will not help. JUst imagine if all the people in waiting sent the letters. Imagine 100,000 mails going to each of them, or 100,000 flower bouquets going to all.
Please please, lets act now. These small fixes cannot help us. If they want to put any quota limit, that should be at the main entry level whatever the non-immigrant category. Not at the other point when people start applying for GCs and suffocate here. We dont deserve this.
Please Lets act now., ONce again.. We did it in the past and it helped..
We need to do it again... Together we can do it. Together ONLY we can do it..
EB2 guys and others who got approved: . Please dont forget what you went thru. Please put more efforts and help all in case you can .
Sri.
We saw the September bulletin..
We knew what to expect..
But we were all a little hopeful to see some miracle happen.
And we were doing this every month.
NOW comes the count down we all were waiting for the last few months. Oct bulletin. In that, most of us are expecting some good news.. But what if it moves 3 months forward.. What if it moves 2 years forward. Then it will stop there for next 1 year, while we check every month.. Then it moves back.. Do we want this..
Its not going to make much difference to most of us here.
THIS IS THE TIME TO ACT NOW. We must all do some campaign may be flowers, may be cards, or I donno.
I have written today to all the six members or reps to help us, but a bunch of mails will not help. JUst imagine if all the people in waiting sent the letters. Imagine 100,000 mails going to each of them, or 100,000 flower bouquets going to all.
Please please, lets act now. These small fixes cannot help us. If they want to put any quota limit, that should be at the main entry level whatever the non-immigrant category. Not at the other point when people start applying for GCs and suffocate here. We dont deserve this.
Please Lets act now., ONce again.. We did it in the past and it helped..
We need to do it again... Together we can do it. Together ONLY we can do it..
EB2 guys and others who got approved: . Please dont forget what you went thru. Please put more efforts and help all in case you can .
Sri.
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Tito_ortiz
03-07 01:03 PM
Hi there,
What a rationale you are using. So then "kids should not suffer" and then the answer is yes, go ahead and reward those who broke laws with an amnesty. That would make their 19 old kids very soon able to apply for I-485 to bring in their parents as well. The USCIS does not have enough cases left from the 245(i) amnesty to be processed ahead of the legal folks, right? Pump up few more MILLION Dream Act amnesty cases there and let us know how you do. What a slap on the face of those who played by the rules? Moreover, are you going to apply your kindness to the 1 billion of people who want to come here? I agree children should not suffer. How about a feasible solution? Here it is :So why don't you write to the Congress of respective countries these kids came from and make them repatriate their folks and provide government employment and a reintegration program back home for those kids? Yes, that is technically doable. That would solve the situation of their children and more importantly, it would be a clear message that parents should not expose their children to this situation.
Think about the absurdity of this Dream Act and your line of thought;it just encourages more parents to come here illegally and bring their children here "to suffer", making us, the legal folks and citizens of this country pay for it unfairly. No, thank you! I came here on H1B and my children is not eligible for in-state tuition. If we start playing this game that people who jumped the fence and now can take advantage of it because they were "smart, so it would be time to rename this country name from USA to Mexico. Believe me, I don't think that is going to happen without a good fight though. Trust me.
Bill Gates did a good job today in his speech. What is fair is fair. Now trying to come up with this Dream Act thing and again we the legal folks would be pushed to the back of the line. You guys don't get it. Every time something goes around, it comes to hurt whoever plays by the rules. Coming from India and other *#&#$ places and being educated and after observing what that freaking 245(i) and other amnesties have done to us, I am surprised you still do not get it. Yes, count on me to write to the US Congress. I will write to denounce this absurd Dream Act and ask them to adopt a fair immigration system to the legal employment base greencard applicants. For the children, I will urge them to adopt the proposed and feasible solution of charging the government of the respective countries to reintegrate and support their own children. Win-Win situation for everyone.
If you have a perception that I am pissed off, you are a winner.
Thanks,
Tito
Let us get opinion of others on this. Should we write to law-makers to address this issue. Atleast these kids should not suffer. If they have got their most of the education here in US, they should be be given permnent residence before they go to college.
What a rationale you are using. So then "kids should not suffer" and then the answer is yes, go ahead and reward those who broke laws with an amnesty. That would make their 19 old kids very soon able to apply for I-485 to bring in their parents as well. The USCIS does not have enough cases left from the 245(i) amnesty to be processed ahead of the legal folks, right? Pump up few more MILLION Dream Act amnesty cases there and let us know how you do. What a slap on the face of those who played by the rules? Moreover, are you going to apply your kindness to the 1 billion of people who want to come here? I agree children should not suffer. How about a feasible solution? Here it is :So why don't you write to the Congress of respective countries these kids came from and make them repatriate their folks and provide government employment and a reintegration program back home for those kids? Yes, that is technically doable. That would solve the situation of their children and more importantly, it would be a clear message that parents should not expose their children to this situation.
Think about the absurdity of this Dream Act and your line of thought;it just encourages more parents to come here illegally and bring their children here "to suffer", making us, the legal folks and citizens of this country pay for it unfairly. No, thank you! I came here on H1B and my children is not eligible for in-state tuition. If we start playing this game that people who jumped the fence and now can take advantage of it because they were "smart, so it would be time to rename this country name from USA to Mexico. Believe me, I don't think that is going to happen without a good fight though. Trust me.
Bill Gates did a good job today in his speech. What is fair is fair. Now trying to come up with this Dream Act thing and again we the legal folks would be pushed to the back of the line. You guys don't get it. Every time something goes around, it comes to hurt whoever plays by the rules. Coming from India and other *#&#$ places and being educated and after observing what that freaking 245(i) and other amnesties have done to us, I am surprised you still do not get it. Yes, count on me to write to the US Congress. I will write to denounce this absurd Dream Act and ask them to adopt a fair immigration system to the legal employment base greencard applicants. For the children, I will urge them to adopt the proposed and feasible solution of charging the government of the respective countries to reintegrate and support their own children. Win-Win situation for everyone.
If you have a perception that I am pissed off, you are a winner.
Thanks,
Tito
Let us get opinion of others on this. Should we write to law-makers to address this issue. Atleast these kids should not suffer. If they have got their most of the education here in US, they should be be given permnent residence before they go to college.
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watzgc
04-02 02:32 PM
Hi zCool,
I got RFE and summary of text is as below.
Asking for
1. Contract from the client in charlotte, nc
(but after applying h1b extn, i moved to CA)
2. W-2 for 2006,2007
I got #2.
for #1, we are planning to send old contract for charlotte,nc client and new contract in CA client.
Do we need to send end client 'project verification letter' or something like that ?.
Thanks a lot.
I got RFE and summary of text is as below.
Asking for
1. Contract from the client in charlotte, nc
(but after applying h1b extn, i moved to CA)
2. W-2 for 2006,2007
I got #2.
for #1, we are planning to send old contract for charlotte,nc client and new contract in CA client.
Do we need to send end client 'project verification letter' or something like that ?.
Thanks a lot.
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rxsimha
03-17 05:03 PM
That is good idea to keep H1B status as much as possible. Use EAD when u have to use it.
Thanks
Thanks for the reply.
But consider the below scenarios.
- A person is on his 5th Year of H1 and his I-485 gets rejected - he can go back to H1 (Since he has 1 year left).
- A person has exhausted his 6 years (May be in his 7th year). Now his I-485 gets rejected - he cannot go back to H1 (Since he has exhausted his 6 years on H1).
Not sure if my understanding is right here
Thanks
Thanks for the reply.
But consider the below scenarios.
- A person is on his 5th Year of H1 and his I-485 gets rejected - he can go back to H1 (Since he has 1 year left).
- A person has exhausted his 6 years (May be in his 7th year). Now his I-485 gets rejected - he cannot go back to H1 (Since he has exhausted his 6 years on H1).
Not sure if my understanding is right here
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av2004
05-30 11:30 PM
HateIV,
If you think donations are a requirement to be the members, I have not paid IV a dime so far. Donating is not the only way to help IV. For example there is a call campaign, where you can call and leave a message as a fellow future immigrant. You can help IV that way. Please note that we are all here to have our collective voice heard by the USCIS and the government so that the immigration processes can be expedited. A whole lot of others come here to pose questions for their tricky or troubled situations and get help from the experienced. It seems that all you need to have is a civil tongue to not be banned. Is that tough to do? Even on a public Web site like this? What other choice do you leave to the administrators if that is the case?
So, please be a good samaritan and try to help others if you can OR get help from others. Otherwise, I don't see a point in being a member here.
av2004
If you think donations are a requirement to be the members, I have not paid IV a dime so far. Donating is not the only way to help IV. For example there is a call campaign, where you can call and leave a message as a fellow future immigrant. You can help IV that way. Please note that we are all here to have our collective voice heard by the USCIS and the government so that the immigration processes can be expedited. A whole lot of others come here to pose questions for their tricky or troubled situations and get help from the experienced. It seems that all you need to have is a civil tongue to not be banned. Is that tough to do? Even on a public Web site like this? What other choice do you leave to the administrators if that is the case?
So, please be a good samaritan and try to help others if you can OR get help from others. Otherwise, I don't see a point in being a member here.
av2004
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vaishalikumar
08-28 11:36 PM
Do i will need to send my original passpart in mail for renewal because i have visa stamped in the passport but passport will expire after 6 months.
I printed the normal size passport photos
I printed the normal size passport photos
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nozerd
12-26 11:06 AM
OK so I was the original poster that spoke about my friend. Now I will give you some insight into my own case. I have been now in the US since 1991(though my PD is August 2001). Here are some details
Jan 1991 : Arrived in US as 19 yr old after completing Diploma in Engineering from India (10 plus 3).
1991- 1996: Took 5 yrs to complete 4 yrs degree as I was paying my own way. Working full time and studying full time on F1 visa.
1996 -1998 : Completed MBA. This time situation was better because I had financial aid and in state tuition.
1998-1999: Completed internship at an Investment Bank. Had to find another job because I Bank didnt want to do H1. Have been at current job since 1999.
2001: CVompany policy was to wait 2 yrs before applying for GC. So finally filed labor in 2001.
2005 : Labor finally approved from BEC. I 140 filed and approved.
June 2007 : 485 filed (as a 36 yr old)
Jan 1991 : Arrived in US as 19 yr old after completing Diploma in Engineering from India (10 plus 3).
1991- 1996: Took 5 yrs to complete 4 yrs degree as I was paying my own way. Working full time and studying full time on F1 visa.
1996 -1998 : Completed MBA. This time situation was better because I had financial aid and in state tuition.
1998-1999: Completed internship at an Investment Bank. Had to find another job because I Bank didnt want to do H1. Have been at current job since 1999.
2001: CVompany policy was to wait 2 yrs before applying for GC. So finally filed labor in 2001.
2005 : Labor finally approved from BEC. I 140 filed and approved.
June 2007 : 485 filed (as a 36 yr old)
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vandanaverdia
09-20 06:14 PM
YES!! I agree... We went to make a point... and one doesnt have to be an American citizen to be able to sing one too....
Pankaj did a great job... And it was awesome to hear him sing. So much so that even Congressman McDermott commented that he sand better than the congressman himself.
Three cheers to Pankaj.
Pankaj did a great job... And it was awesome to hear him sing. So much so that even Congressman McDermott commented that he sand better than the congressman himself.
Three cheers to Pankaj.
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abh
07-31 11:20 AM
Our case is also in Des Moines,IA
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authrd
02-21 10:15 AM
H1B extension receipt date: 10/11/2007
AReceived by Attorney: 1/31/2008
Not premium and with same company.
AReceived by Attorney: 1/31/2008
Not premium and with same company.
va_labor2002
06-22 04:18 PM
Let us organize an event to meet him on July 4. Since It is a holiday, lot of people can meet him and chat with him.
Any comments from IV Core Team ? Can we contact Indian Ambassador to arrange a meeting with the minister ? is it possible ?
Any comments from IV Core Team ? Can we contact Indian Ambassador to arrange a meeting with the minister ? is it possible ?
paskal
08-13 11:32 PM
hopeful gc for this insight.
we have been through this numerous times now on threads that can no longer be counted. may i request you not to create new threads for discussions that are already taking place in every conceivable corner of this forum?
i hope to see you in DC, your enthusiasm would be well directed in iv's efforts to end retrogression once and for all. just consider it...never having to worry about receipts again :-)
sounds good? let's do DC on 9/18!
we have been through this numerous times now on threads that can no longer be counted. may i request you not to create new threads for discussions that are already taking place in every conceivable corner of this forum?
i hope to see you in DC, your enthusiasm would be well directed in iv's efforts to end retrogression once and for all. just consider it...never having to worry about receipts again :-)
sounds good? let's do DC on 9/18!