Sheetal_MA
10-14 07:21 PM
500,000 Legal immigrants in limbo:
lets say (I mean lets Tell them) 1/5 th of that # buy on an average $300K houses.
That equates to $30 billion.. Not a bad #. But I am sure all want to buy houses eventually. Thats $150 billion. Not a small #.
Lets say (again tell them).
1/100 th of 500,000 start companies, of 5 employees each=25,000 jobs.. Not bad again.
This idea is inline with our IV campaign that was discussed sometime back. We can tell in different forms to the media. Somebody may publish.
This is an interesting thought at first. However, I don't think it will hold water, especially in this environment. On the first item, assuming 1/5 will buy houses is a very optimistic number particularly given that many of those who can buy have already likely purchased a house. There is no legal hindrance in buying a house on a non-immigrant visa, hence it's a weak argument. Furthermore, it's a small number compared to the housing inventory.
Unfortunately, this is not a good time to push for immigration reform. The main counter-argument you will get right now is the need to preserve American jobs.
lets say (I mean lets Tell them) 1/5 th of that # buy on an average $300K houses.
That equates to $30 billion.. Not a bad #. But I am sure all want to buy houses eventually. Thats $150 billion. Not a small #.
Lets say (again tell them).
1/100 th of 500,000 start companies, of 5 employees each=25,000 jobs.. Not bad again.
This idea is inline with our IV campaign that was discussed sometime back. We can tell in different forms to the media. Somebody may publish.
This is an interesting thought at first. However, I don't think it will hold water, especially in this environment. On the first item, assuming 1/5 will buy houses is a very optimistic number particularly given that many of those who can buy have already likely purchased a house. There is no legal hindrance in buying a house on a non-immigrant visa, hence it's a weak argument. Furthermore, it's a small number compared to the housing inventory.
Unfortunately, this is not a good time to push for immigration reform. The main counter-argument you will get right now is the need to preserve American jobs.
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guyfromsg
09-20 07:13 PM
I also met several American citizens who were passing by and were curious about the rally. Me and JazzbytheBay explained and they listened patiently. One hour later I saw them marching with us holding flowers that some of our volunteers were distributing to passer bys. One gentleman was a school teacher.
IV needs grassroot support from half a million people stuck in various stages of green card process. You can be from any country. We welcome and invite members from all countries and communities to join our efforts.
Additionally, one of our best friends can be American citizen who understand the issue from economic, personal and other perspectives. If they become part of our voice we will become more effective.
Each one of us has to become "IV brand ambassador" and present our issue in right perspective to counter so much misinformation floated by some vested interests. Yes, you can do it. We can facilitate.
http://picasaweb.google.com/kannansm/ImmigartionVoiceDCRally18Sep07/photo#5111764333601260802
The guy in black shirt/pant is he a IV member? Next to him is definitely an american Kid. If they indeed are american citizens that listened to our cause and joined the rally, hats off to them.
IV needs grassroot support from half a million people stuck in various stages of green card process. You can be from any country. We welcome and invite members from all countries and communities to join our efforts.
Additionally, one of our best friends can be American citizen who understand the issue from economic, personal and other perspectives. If they become part of our voice we will become more effective.
Each one of us has to become "IV brand ambassador" and present our issue in right perspective to counter so much misinformation floated by some vested interests. Yes, you can do it. We can facilitate.
http://picasaweb.google.com/kannansm/ImmigartionVoiceDCRally18Sep07/photo#5111764333601260802
The guy in black shirt/pant is he a IV member? Next to him is definitely an american Kid. If they indeed are american citizens that listened to our cause and joined the rally, hats off to them.
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needhelp!
01-09 04:20 PM
OK I double checked the new license. Even though the Expiry is 2014, it does have in red "Temporary Visitor Status Expires: 09/09"
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HariRamNai
07-15 01:18 PM
Fox news and CNN are right wing media organisations who exagerate and create fear among decent American citizens. I for sure will do all my best from now on to expose this vicious campaign and even complain to organisations in the US about Lou Dobbs/Tom and their hate propaganda. CNN (Ted Turner) and Fox (Rupert Murdoch) also operate in other nations like India and we must let the Indian government (revoke their licences) and media organisations know about this.
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h4hopeful
04-10 11:40 AM
Latina: If you are correct then, since it is mentioned in so many posts that IV should achieve a non country quota, it should be clear for us (Rest of the World) category that this won't affect our waiting time; because if you are right that the Sernior voices were never advocating that the Worldwide Category will suffer any delays, it gets confusing after reading so many junior posters talking about not having a per country quota (just one line), that for newbies like me it is not crystal clear, of course I am all for the unused portion of the numbers for Worldwide category going to skilled immigrants from non worldwide rather than to anybody else.
wellwishergc
05-24 12:30 PM
done
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meridiani.planum
12-14 02:41 AM
Can somebody explain how unused visas are recaptured?
Will unused RoW EB-1 be given to the most retrogressed category (EB-2 India)? Or will they go to EB-2 RoW? What does the law state? Will per-country quotas apply when unused visas are used?
There is no clearcut guideline on how overflow is supposed to work. From people's experiences this is what USCIS has been doing:
unused RoW EB-1 goes to RoW EB-2
unused RoW eb-2 goes to RoW EB-3
until the last quarter of the year unused RoW EB-3 stayed unused.
In the last quarter, unused RoW EB-3 spill over into all other countries irrespective of whether the country has hit its cap or not. a complete free-for-all...
Will unused RoW EB-1 be given to the most retrogressed category (EB-2 India)? Or will they go to EB-2 RoW? What does the law state? Will per-country quotas apply when unused visas are used?
There is no clearcut guideline on how overflow is supposed to work. From people's experiences this is what USCIS has been doing:
unused RoW EB-1 goes to RoW EB-2
unused RoW eb-2 goes to RoW EB-3
until the last quarter of the year unused RoW EB-3 stayed unused.
In the last quarter, unused RoW EB-3 spill over into all other countries irrespective of whether the country has hit its cap or not. a complete free-for-all...
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Leo07
02-24 08:16 PM
I agree that we must have a way to weed out anti-immigrants.
But, that's doable...is it so hard to figure out anti-immigrants when they sign-up & turn-up? :)
I have seen a similar thing with our other campaign - "File 485 before PD is current". There are some forums spreading negative information about IV and this might be the reason.
Of course theoretically it is possible to have them participate in these without creating an ID (which is free). We have to verify in some way to avoid antis, maybe ID or bill or some other way.
We don't want to go to USCIS with 100s of members from numbersUSA or fishing site users.
But, that's doable...is it so hard to figure out anti-immigrants when they sign-up & turn-up? :)
I have seen a similar thing with our other campaign - "File 485 before PD is current". There are some forums spreading negative information about IV and this might be the reason.
Of course theoretically it is possible to have them participate in these without creating an ID (which is free). We have to verify in some way to avoid antis, maybe ID or bill or some other way.
We don't want to go to USCIS with 100s of members from numbersUSA or fishing site users.
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GCBy3000
07-13 06:57 PM
Change the title. It is not a FACT as your title says. it is just your assumption.
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qesehmk
05-11 04:54 PM
Below is data of PD from last four years for EB2-I - only for Jun, Jul & Aug.
Except July Fiasco , I don't see dates ever moving forward in July VB; but they do move in August VB.
Has anything changed in spillover laws in last 1 year - which will explain this no movement in July but in August?
Jun 06 : 01JAN03 | July 06 : 01JAN03 | August 06 : U ---> No change in July. Aug backward
Jun 07 : 01APR04 | July 07 : C | August 07 : U ---> July Fiasco
Jun 08 : 01APR04 | July 08 : 01APR04 | August 08 : 01JUN06 ---> No change in July. Aug forward
Jun 09 : 01JAN00 | July 09 : 01JAN00 | August 09 : 01OCT03 ---> No change in July. Aug forward
Jun 10 : 01FEB05 | July 10 : ?????? | August 10 : ???? ---> Do your really expect forward movement in July?
Thanks.
Except July Fiasco , I don't see dates ever moving forward in July VB; but they do move in August VB.
Has anything changed in spillover laws in last 1 year - which will explain this no movement in July but in August?
Jun 06 : 01JAN03 | July 06 : 01JAN03 | August 06 : U ---> No change in July. Aug backward
Jun 07 : 01APR04 | July 07 : C | August 07 : U ---> July Fiasco
Jun 08 : 01APR04 | July 08 : 01APR04 | August 08 : 01JUN06 ---> No change in July. Aug forward
Jun 09 : 01JAN00 | July 09 : 01JAN00 | August 09 : 01OCT03 ---> No change in July. Aug forward
Jun 10 : 01FEB05 | July 10 : ?????? | August 10 : ???? ---> Do your really expect forward movement in July?
Thanks.
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vbkris77
08-20 03:13 PM
I Still think we have a good chance atleast all those with priority date before today.
The economy is not improving and I doubt if it will in next 4-5 years. Even though there is slight improvent the jobless claims went up
U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose by 15,000 to 576,000 (Update1) - Bloomberg.com (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aMhGnVzXaSfM)
No way nurses and EB1 would count more than 5-6k per year....
Even out of the 30-40k like I said before about 50% would be from india and china (mostley Eb3) with later priority dates which puts them behind us
Eb2 Filings have drasticaally gone down because of the USCIS rule
Even after giving away all spill over visas to EB2 india and china they will have a lot of visas pending and If USCIS has made the decision that no Visa will go wasted period then we definitely have a great chance
Again my assumption is based on the FACT that USCIS has a policy that all employment Visa numebrs must be used
Lets keep it simple. In the next 4 years there will be 140k * 4 = 560K visas and I would say out of that the only ones with priority before Eb3 india and China are
Eb1 ROW +india & china
EB2 ROW
EB2 India + china (very limited new cases)
and I don't think the above categories would count more than 150k which should leave a lot of pending visas for Eb3
Which would leave a lot of Visa numbers for Eb3 India/china and ROW
EB1 historically filled and this year CIS said, they may have to retro the India dates, but didn't finally. EB2 in best case got 15K visas. There are lot of EB3 to EB2 porting that will happen if the dates don't move. So EB2 it self will take 4 years to corss 2007 (I only added 25% of the porting). EB3 I God only knows..
Remember there are only 40K visas for EB2. EB3 will use their own 40K visas. 10K from this is reserved to otherworkers. So these dates won't move unless Recapture happens and per country limits are removed atleast till the backlog is cleared.
The economy is not improving and I doubt if it will in next 4-5 years. Even though there is slight improvent the jobless claims went up
U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose by 15,000 to 576,000 (Update1) - Bloomberg.com (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aMhGnVzXaSfM)
No way nurses and EB1 would count more than 5-6k per year....
Even out of the 30-40k like I said before about 50% would be from india and china (mostley Eb3) with later priority dates which puts them behind us
Eb2 Filings have drasticaally gone down because of the USCIS rule
Even after giving away all spill over visas to EB2 india and china they will have a lot of visas pending and If USCIS has made the decision that no Visa will go wasted period then we definitely have a great chance
Again my assumption is based on the FACT that USCIS has a policy that all employment Visa numebrs must be used
Lets keep it simple. In the next 4 years there will be 140k * 4 = 560K visas and I would say out of that the only ones with priority before Eb3 india and China are
Eb1 ROW +india & china
EB2 ROW
EB2 India + china (very limited new cases)
and I don't think the above categories would count more than 150k which should leave a lot of pending visas for Eb3
Which would leave a lot of Visa numbers for Eb3 India/china and ROW
EB1 historically filled and this year CIS said, they may have to retro the India dates, but didn't finally. EB2 in best case got 15K visas. There are lot of EB3 to EB2 porting that will happen if the dates don't move. So EB2 it self will take 4 years to corss 2007 (I only added 25% of the porting). EB3 I God only knows..
Remember there are only 40K visas for EB2. EB3 will use their own 40K visas. 10K from this is reserved to otherworkers. So these dates won't move unless Recapture happens and per country limits are removed atleast till the backlog is cleared.
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pm1010
08-07 04:05 PM
Guys,
It purely depends on your personal circumstances and how much you are willing to stretch. Though the life in Canadian - US is pretty similar, in my experience we all are so attached to the US that moving to Canada may not work for all of us.
I had Canadian PR in Year 2000 , i temporariliy moved to explore my option with longterm plans , but unfortunately it did not work out , i even tried windsor-detroit option, it too stressful and i personally feel it ani't worth !!
My 2 cents!!!
It purely depends on your personal circumstances and how much you are willing to stretch. Though the life in Canadian - US is pretty similar, in my experience we all are so attached to the US that moving to Canada may not work for all of us.
I had Canadian PR in Year 2000 , i temporariliy moved to explore my option with longterm plans , but unfortunately it did not work out , i even tried windsor-detroit option, it too stressful and i personally feel it ani't worth !!
My 2 cents!!!
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vin13
03-17 01:02 PM
Good info about EAD or H1-B. Thanks for posting
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felix31
01-22 11:46 PM
Lets say her H4 expires on Apr 10th 07. If her I 129 application is filed on Apr 1st, Do you think her I 129 is considered to be ok? Again, USCIS wont be able to generate a receipt notice with in 10 days and assuming that the receipt notice will be generated after Apr 10th, what kind of impact will it have as her H4 would have expired by Apr 10 th? It looks like the bi specialization program is causing more delays because the cases need to be transferred from VSC to CSC. As Andy pointed out, there is no guarentee service for H4 approval with PP.
Yeah Andy is right,
no guarantees that her H4 will be processed under PP as well. Here is our experience. We did hubby's H1 extension under premium three times in the past. First 2 times both approvals came in 2 weeks. Everyone was happy.
Last year, his h1 under PP came in 2 weeks as clockwork and my H4 case got separated and was processed in about 5 months. I also had RFE and they wanted to see hubby's H1 they approved under PP. :mad:
I felt awful after that, :( just waisted my time and $$$ .
So, I think we may specualte that since there is PP available for H4s (recent phenomenon), we may see more cases where they would process only H1 under premium and H4 as standard.
But, folks, $$$ amount only goes up. You will shed 2K for your extensions under PP and then process her H4-to-H1, additional couple of thousands..
Don't know what to tell you really...
Yeah Andy is right,
no guarantees that her H4 will be processed under PP as well. Here is our experience. We did hubby's H1 extension under premium three times in the past. First 2 times both approvals came in 2 weeks. Everyone was happy.
Last year, his h1 under PP came in 2 weeks as clockwork and my H4 case got separated and was processed in about 5 months. I also had RFE and they wanted to see hubby's H1 they approved under PP. :mad:
I felt awful after that, :( just waisted my time and $$$ .
So, I think we may specualte that since there is PP available for H4s (recent phenomenon), we may see more cases where they would process only H1 under premium and H4 as standard.
But, folks, $$$ amount only goes up. You will shed 2K for your extensions under PP and then process her H4-to-H1, additional couple of thousands..
Don't know what to tell you really...
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07-20 03:15 PM
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satishku_2000
08-18 12:47 AM
I would advise you to look at RFE very carefully, Sometimes they issue RFE that may read to include more than one kind of proof so you may be able to submit alternative proofs such as affidavits, wedding pictures, wedding invitaion etc. I am just throwing an idea here.
I got a chance to take a look at 140 RFE that was issued recently. The language used was pretty broad for certain kind of proof they were requesting. You may have a chance to submit alternatives.
I got a chance to take a look at 140 RFE that was issued recently. The language used was pretty broad for certain kind of proof they were requesting. You may have a chance to submit alternatives.
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Googler
07-19 07:06 PM
Not to belittle your suffering in any way, but when I saw this thread I thought it was someone being funny -- Asking that IV should fix the system, get everyone greencards AND start a service while they are at it! :D
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jonty_11
07-19 03:14 PM
if u have a valid H1, plus a valid stamp...empoyer may not give u 485 receipt as u can re-enter w/o prob. Just on H1
However, if ur H1 VISa stamp is expired..u have to either use AP (which was not filed, so cant use) or get VISa stamping fresh appt.
However, if ur H1 VISa stamp is expired..u have to either use AP (which was not filed, so cant use) or get VISa stamping fresh appt.
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wandmaker
10-01 01:11 PM
Please don't travel thru countries that impose this ridiculous transit Visa requirement on individuals, especially from India.
I stopped traveling through countries that impose transit visa; Eventually, transit visa requirement will be lifted, if no one flies.
I stopped traveling through countries that impose transit visa; Eventually, transit visa requirement will be lifted, if no one flies.
BharatPremi
12-09 01:50 PM
Please donate that extra money meant for leisure to IV instead going to Bahama this year. You may help yourself doing this and that humble act may get your GC quick and thus enable you to enjoy cruises to Bahama every year without worrying about Visa validity and time lines.
iptel
06-22 09:36 PM
Mr. Vayalar Ravi , Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs,is coming to USA on June 27,2006. He is coming to Washington DC on July 4 to meet Indian Ambassador and Indian community. We should try to meet him personally and explain the problems we are facing. He can talk to US counterparts and do something for us.
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 the Indian Ambassador to arrange a meeting with the minister ? is it possible ?
This is a Golden opportunity !
First of all what you want honorable Minister to do. Ask him to talk to US Congress to pass the law so that we get GC faster. Let say he speaks on our behalf. All I see happening is things getting worse rather than getting better. Those who are on the other side of the table will get a point to oppose to those who are supporting us. This is what going to happen. Every provision that is supporting our cause will be opposed by the fact that it has been done under the influence of foreign Government in this case it will be Indian. Organizations like numberusa is vehemently looking for a way to prove that how all pro-immigration provisions are anti-american. So we hand over them the Jackpot.
Whole idea of involving Indian Minister looks to me like small kids involved in a fight seeking help of their parents to get the issues fixed. Here we are not dealing with neighbors kid. Lets grow up..
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 the Indian Ambassador to arrange a meeting with the minister ? is it possible ?
This is a Golden opportunity !
First of all what you want honorable Minister to do. Ask him to talk to US Congress to pass the law so that we get GC faster. Let say he speaks on our behalf. All I see happening is things getting worse rather than getting better. Those who are on the other side of the table will get a point to oppose to those who are supporting us. This is what going to happen. Every provision that is supporting our cause will be opposed by the fact that it has been done under the influence of foreign Government in this case it will be Indian. Organizations like numberusa is vehemently looking for a way to prove that how all pro-immigration provisions are anti-american. So we hand over them the Jackpot.
Whole idea of involving Indian Minister looks to me like small kids involved in a fight seeking help of their parents to get the issues fixed. Here we are not dealing with neighbors kid. Lets grow up..