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11-14 04:21 AM
This is key. We've been hearing that the White House was still up in the air between the energy bill and immigration and that one of the two would likely be pushed back until after the election. Now it looks like the White House thinks it can walk and chew gum (presumably after the President's approval ratings are slipping as people sense the White House is not actually keeping any of its promises).
More... (http://blogs.ilw.com/gregsiskind/2009/11/white-house-signals-immigration-reform-efforts-definitely-a-go-for-2010-.html)
More... (http://blogs.ilw.com/gregsiskind/2009/11/white-house-signals-immigration-reform-efforts-definitely-a-go-for-2010-.html)
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dummgelauft
11-09 11:48 AM
You don't have a choice here unless either you or your spouse hold a non-indian citizenship, either by birth or naturalization.
IMHO, don't bother with either. Just get a US passport for our son and get a 10 year visitor visa to India.
IMHO, don't bother with either. Just get a US passport for our son and get a 10 year visitor visa to India.
ziggy7bs
05-06 09:36 AM
what are the chances of getting i-485 approval with a shoplifiting charge when i was under the age of 18 years old and my friend was over 18 years old when he got caught. there was no jail time just fine. please help us.
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newbie2020
07-20 07:22 AM
Have you filed your 485 during july fiasco, if yes then you have 180 days + after your 485 filed and you can move/port to any other employer
I have these below queries on Green card processing
My Green card processing background
My labor and I140 are approved and have priority date of May 2006 under EB3 category.
The reason for these questions is that I am planning to change the company that I am working with.
Questions.
1. Can I port the priority date (March 2006) when applying for new green card with new employer.
2. If possible to port the priority date can I apply under EB2 category assuming all other criteria satisfy for EB2 category and use the same (May 2006) priority date.
I have these below queries on Green card processing
My Green card processing background
My labor and I140 are approved and have priority date of May 2006 under EB3 category.
The reason for these questions is that I am planning to change the company that I am working with.
Questions.
1. Can I port the priority date (March 2006) when applying for new green card with new employer.
2. If possible to port the priority date can I apply under EB2 category assuming all other criteria satisfy for EB2 category and use the same (May 2006) priority date.
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February 12th, 2009, 02:04 PM
I'm pricing the d300, and I am trying to find one within my budget. Is a Nikon USA refurbished d300 just as good as a brand new one? I'm a little perplexed. My d70s is QUICKLY on its way out, and I need a new camera SOON.
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08-08 10:31 AM
I have applied I 140 on Jul 6th and got the APPROVAL on Jul 18th from Texas centre :) ... never got a receipt notice... but i know of some of my friends who got a receipt notice before approval ..
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singqor
06-06 08:44 PM
Hi guys,
We have been trying to talk to somebody consequential at the US Embassy in New Delhi because of a medical emergency. My wife and son both are in India. My son, who is a US citizen requires immediate medical assistance in US. Unfortunately, my wife does not have any visa at this moment because of some technicalities.
We are trying to contact somebody from the embassy staff who can assist us in getting an emergency visa appointment. we tried to call the numbers given on their website, but we are only able to reach low level operators who simply redirect us to another automatic voice mail number. Also, writing to their email address is not proving anymore helpful. Mostly we don't even get any reply to our emails. Sometimes we simply get some automatic response to our emails which is not at all relevant to our requests.
So if anybody has any direct number/email of some senior embassy staff, please forward it to us. It will be really helpful for us.
Thanks, and God bless you all.
We have been trying to talk to somebody consequential at the US Embassy in New Delhi because of a medical emergency. My wife and son both are in India. My son, who is a US citizen requires immediate medical assistance in US. Unfortunately, my wife does not have any visa at this moment because of some technicalities.
We are trying to contact somebody from the embassy staff who can assist us in getting an emergency visa appointment. we tried to call the numbers given on their website, but we are only able to reach low level operators who simply redirect us to another automatic voice mail number. Also, writing to their email address is not proving anymore helpful. Mostly we don't even get any reply to our emails. Sometimes we simply get some automatic response to our emails which is not at all relevant to our requests.
So if anybody has any direct number/email of some senior embassy staff, please forward it to us. It will be really helpful for us.
Thanks, and God bless you all.
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ravi98
11-24 12:13 PM
Ezra Klein - Should states set their own immigration quotas? (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/11/should_states_set_their_own_im.html)
The Kauffman Foundation has a report out ranking the "new economy" states. Their methodology "measures the extent to which state economies are knowledge-based, globalized, entrepreneurial, IT-driven and innovation-based � in other words, to what degree state economies� structures and operations match the ideal structure of the New Economy." The winners? Massachusetts, Washington, Maryland, New Jersey and Connecticut. The laggards? Mississippi, West Virginia, Arkansas, Alabama and Wyoming.
I never really know what to make of reports like this, but one of the metrics is "immigration of knowledge workers," which really isn't under the control of individual states. Visa quotas are set by the federal government. But why? There are a lot of places where a national solution really is best, but that seems particularly untrue in immigration. Detroit, for instance, has a lot of empty houses, a lot of shuttered factories, and a lot of emigration. They could probably use a bunch of immigrants to occupy homes, buy things, and start businesses. Similarly, California has had a pretty good experience with letting highly skilled immigrants start tech firms in the Northern part of the state. Maybe they'd like to let even more of them in to do it. These graphs explain the potential appeal (click for a larger version):
immigrantbusinesses.jpg
There are obvious difficulties with having a California visa that doesn't work in Oregon. But we have limited visas now -- think student visas, or temporary agricultural workers -- and we seem to get by all right. Another concern would be that certain states would be overtaken by xenophobia and basically shut off immigration, though Arizona suggests that you can do quite a lot to make immigrants miserable even without changing the number of available visas, and my hunch is that any state that went too far in this direction would face a tremendous outcry from its business community.
The Kauffman Foundation has a report out ranking the "new economy" states. Their methodology "measures the extent to which state economies are knowledge-based, globalized, entrepreneurial, IT-driven and innovation-based � in other words, to what degree state economies� structures and operations match the ideal structure of the New Economy." The winners? Massachusetts, Washington, Maryland, New Jersey and Connecticut. The laggards? Mississippi, West Virginia, Arkansas, Alabama and Wyoming.
I never really know what to make of reports like this, but one of the metrics is "immigration of knowledge workers," which really isn't under the control of individual states. Visa quotas are set by the federal government. But why? There are a lot of places where a national solution really is best, but that seems particularly untrue in immigration. Detroit, for instance, has a lot of empty houses, a lot of shuttered factories, and a lot of emigration. They could probably use a bunch of immigrants to occupy homes, buy things, and start businesses. Similarly, California has had a pretty good experience with letting highly skilled immigrants start tech firms in the Northern part of the state. Maybe they'd like to let even more of them in to do it. These graphs explain the potential appeal (click for a larger version):
immigrantbusinesses.jpg
There are obvious difficulties with having a California visa that doesn't work in Oregon. But we have limited visas now -- think student visas, or temporary agricultural workers -- and we seem to get by all right. Another concern would be that certain states would be overtaken by xenophobia and basically shut off immigration, though Arizona suggests that you can do quite a lot to make immigrants miserable even without changing the number of available visas, and my hunch is that any state that went too far in this direction would face a tremendous outcry from its business community.
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H1b_to_GC
06-04 10:59 AM
What did you attorney tell you to do?
I emailed attorney and waiting for reply.
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belmontboy
09-08 03:58 PM
Hi All,
I am currently on h1b Visa.My visa will be expires by end of Sep 2010.And I am not working
since June.My husband is on H1b.So I am planning to change my status to H4 visa.What is the procedure for conversion.Please advice on that.
-Vani
file I-539 with USCIS.
its easy and simple process: USCIS - Application To Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status (http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=94d12c1a6855d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCR D)
I am currently on h1b Visa.My visa will be expires by end of Sep 2010.And I am not working
since June.My husband is on H1b.So I am planning to change my status to H4 visa.What is the procedure for conversion.Please advice on that.
-Vani
file I-539 with USCIS.
its easy and simple process: USCIS - Application To Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status (http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=94d12c1a6855d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCR D)
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martinvisalaw
09-22 07:27 PM
The LCA process is the same for every state, under the new iCert LCA system. Approval can take 2 weeks, or longer if DOL does not recognize the EIN, which is very common.
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03-08 02:18 PM
Thanks K94, I am not French citizen.
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04-28 01:30 AM
Hotel News Now, a leading Global Hospitality publication, ran a two-part series about staffing challenges facing the U.S. hotel industry. I was honored to be interviewed by the publication and share my insights on the problems facing hospitality employer in these challenging times.
With the level of unemployment about 8.5 percent, why do hotels still need foreign workers? There are various reasons, from location to the attitudes of American workers. And changes in schedules and lifestyle have affected one of the former staples of summer work�students.
The situation is bad for staffing professionals in the industry, said Jacob Sapochnick, a San Diego, California-based lawyer whose practice is devoted to immigration law. �Even though they can hire local people, they can never rely on them for the full term,� he said. �If you have a large hotel, need 50 housekeepers and hire locally, the turnover is very high. They find a better job or one that pays more. When you have H-2B workers, they know they have them for 10 months. Their visa depends on them working at that hotel.�
The more turnover, the less likely the hotel will function properly, Sapochnick said.
Read the entire article here... (http://www.hotelnewsnow.com/articles.aspx?ArticleId=1030&PageType=OnTheJob&ArticleType=8)
The second article in the series titled, Changes make H-2B visa program more challenging for hotels, click to read here (http://www.hotelnewsnow.com/Articles.aspx?ArticleId=1022)
More... (http://www.visalawyerblog.com/2009/04/h2b_visas_unemployment_rate_no.html)
With the level of unemployment about 8.5 percent, why do hotels still need foreign workers? There are various reasons, from location to the attitudes of American workers. And changes in schedules and lifestyle have affected one of the former staples of summer work�students.
The situation is bad for staffing professionals in the industry, said Jacob Sapochnick, a San Diego, California-based lawyer whose practice is devoted to immigration law. �Even though they can hire local people, they can never rely on them for the full term,� he said. �If you have a large hotel, need 50 housekeepers and hire locally, the turnover is very high. They find a better job or one that pays more. When you have H-2B workers, they know they have them for 10 months. Their visa depends on them working at that hotel.�
The more turnover, the less likely the hotel will function properly, Sapochnick said.
Read the entire article here... (http://www.hotelnewsnow.com/articles.aspx?ArticleId=1030&PageType=OnTheJob&ArticleType=8)
The second article in the series titled, Changes make H-2B visa program more challenging for hotels, click to read here (http://www.hotelnewsnow.com/Articles.aspx?ArticleId=1022)
More... (http://www.visalawyerblog.com/2009/04/h2b_visas_unemployment_rate_no.html)
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05-16 02:25 PM
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mohanrajgoyal
04-21 08:05 PM
Hi
I have appied EAD and AP together for me and my wife.
I didn't receive the receipt notice for my wife EAD but the check is in cashed. when my wife called TEXAS center, IO told it was rejected by mistake and reprocessed.
She will call again tomorrow to find more. Her online status is still, petition is not signed and rejected. Application mailed back. But I didn't get the any document in mail.
Mohan
I have appied EAD and AP together for me and my wife.
I didn't receive the receipt notice for my wife EAD but the check is in cashed. when my wife called TEXAS center, IO told it was rejected by mistake and reprocessed.
She will call again tomorrow to find more. Her online status is still, petition is not signed and rejected. Application mailed back. But I didn't get the any document in mail.
Mohan
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tancot
05-18 10:33 PM
Thanks for your reply.
One more query, if I go to India while my petition is pending. I will need to get new H1 stamped.
Can there be any issues when I go for stamping?
One more query, if I go to India while my petition is pending. I will need to get new H1 stamped.
Can there be any issues when I go for stamping?
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nagu
03-13 07:29 PM
My H1B transfer got denied on last month because of end client contract was not provided.
At this time, we are trying get to all contract details(start to end client) and file new h1b petition (CAP Exempt) on premium processing and Lawyers are suggesting me to go for Counslar Processing.
I want to know What are options have to selected on I-129 for counslar processing (I am going through Lawyer However, I want to ensure that we are selecting right one)
On I-129 Form, Part 2,
Question 2: Basis for Classification (Check one):
a. New employment (including new employer filing H-1B extension).
b. Continuation of previously approved employment without change with the
same employer.
c. Change in previously approved employment
d. New concurrent employment.
e. Change of employer
f. Amended petition
Question 5: Requested Action (Check one):
a. Notify the office in Part 4 so the person(s) can obtain a visa or be admitted.
(NOTE: a petition is not required for an E-1 or E-2 visa).
b. Change the person(s)' status and extend their stay since the person(s) are all
now in the U.S. in another status (see instructions for limitations). This is
available only where you check "New Employment" in Item 2, above.
c. Extend the stay of the person(s) since they now hold this status.
d. Amend the stay of the person(s) since they now hold this status.
e. Extend the status of a nonimmigrant classification based on a Free Trade Agreement. (See Free Trade Supplement for TN
and H1B1 to Form I-129).
f. Change status to a nonimmigrant classification based on a Free Trade Agreement. (See Free Trade Supplement for TN and
H1B1 to Form I-129).
Any help appriciated.
At this time, we are trying get to all contract details(start to end client) and file new h1b petition (CAP Exempt) on premium processing and Lawyers are suggesting me to go for Counslar Processing.
I want to know What are options have to selected on I-129 for counslar processing (I am going through Lawyer However, I want to ensure that we are selecting right one)
On I-129 Form, Part 2,
Question 2: Basis for Classification (Check one):
a. New employment (including new employer filing H-1B extension).
b. Continuation of previously approved employment without change with the
same employer.
c. Change in previously approved employment
d. New concurrent employment.
e. Change of employer
f. Amended petition
Question 5: Requested Action (Check one):
a. Notify the office in Part 4 so the person(s) can obtain a visa or be admitted.
(NOTE: a petition is not required for an E-1 or E-2 visa).
b. Change the person(s)' status and extend their stay since the person(s) are all
now in the U.S. in another status (see instructions for limitations). This is
available only where you check "New Employment" in Item 2, above.
c. Extend the stay of the person(s) since they now hold this status.
d. Amend the stay of the person(s) since they now hold this status.
e. Extend the status of a nonimmigrant classification based on a Free Trade Agreement. (See Free Trade Supplement for TN
and H1B1 to Form I-129).
f. Change status to a nonimmigrant classification based on a Free Trade Agreement. (See Free Trade Supplement for TN and
H1B1 to Form I-129).
Any help appriciated.
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08-17 10:07 AM
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pamposh
02-09 01:59 PM
This Stupid lame Duck talks of only increase of H1B's. Rarely or never talks abt removing GC quota.Then if congress really listens to him,its gonna take 6 years just to get Prewailing Wage From DOL.:mad:
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Please do not call names on a public forum.
purethoughts
09-12 02:07 PM
I read the whole CISOmbudsman Report ( http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/CISOmbudsman_AnnualReport_2006_II-Pervasive_and_Serious_Problems.pdf) and i came to the conclusion that USCIS is not an intact organization with just some glitches in it . Actually it is kind of a statue put together by pieces of other statues. After the creation of the Homeland Security (!) department, they broken up the INS in pieces and all the pieces of one INS were absorbed by several agencies. This was done just 4 years back so it will take some time to reorganize their acts. Meanwhile they are facing many difficult and massive tasks from other directions.
They will be less caring of what 0.5 million of potential legal immigrants think of thier acts no matter how good organize we are and how much loud our screams will be. People come on similar forums with their limited knowledge (i am also one of them) and claim to know much more but if you read all these reports you know that you are not dealing with one broken system, it is bunch of broken system put together. So there are lots of cracks and holes and our cases may drop from those cracks without anyone knowing that thing.
I will go in India and have a head bath in Ganga if my green card comes before my remains are shipped there !! I do not have any confidence in USCIS and its policies at least for now. May be in couple of years they will straighten out some problems. I hope that future generation of desi people will get some fruits of the labor we are bearing right now.
So sit tight and do not leave anything to chances !!
They will be less caring of what 0.5 million of potential legal immigrants think of thier acts no matter how good organize we are and how much loud our screams will be. People come on similar forums with their limited knowledge (i am also one of them) and claim to know much more but if you read all these reports you know that you are not dealing with one broken system, it is bunch of broken system put together. So there are lots of cracks and holes and our cases may drop from those cracks without anyone knowing that thing.
I will go in India and have a head bath in Ganga if my green card comes before my remains are shipped there !! I do not have any confidence in USCIS and its policies at least for now. May be in couple of years they will straighten out some problems. I hope that future generation of desi people will get some fruits of the labor we are bearing right now.
So sit tight and do not leave anything to chances !!
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