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The above blog doesn't have up to date information. I had my visa appointment last month and it went very smooth. I felt confident too not only about the interview but also about the surroundings......thanks to the blog below.
H1B Visa Stamping Tijuana, Mx (http://www.tijuanah1b.blogspot.com)

Hi,

I'm in the same situation as Sahil.

Was told by my company's HR that a certain percentage of PERM applications are pulled for audit. Now having enough staff available to audit, means months and months of wait. For that reason, my application of late September 05 can take a year while someone who applied in December can take only two months.

I'm soooo not surprised....

Folks,

employer's attorney claims that there is no such thing as H4 premium processing.

Can anyone point me to the correct memo where Premium filing was made available for I-539 applications?

I searched all Mathew-Oh updates dated one year ago and can't locate it.

I need to get that h4 under premium ASAP so that I can transfer to H1 in April.

Can anyone please help?

it was rejected because my labor expired - this is what my lawyer said.

I agree, the opportunity and benefits to file 485 far outruns anything else.

That is good, but what about those whose OPT expired in Dec or Aug last year: can it retroactively activated?

There should be a clause to re-activate OPT for people maintaining legal presence in US, who were affected by last year's H1 lottery and whose OPT expired last year.:confused:

True but these were not applications that were filed 2 weeks back. Many people had 485 pending for over 2 years due to retrogression. Also a lot of cases that got a visa # still had pending security checks so technically they did not approve 60K 485, they only used up the visa#s.Why not? USCIS already approved 60K 485 applications in 2 weeks time. How come they cannot do the same with some extra money (i.e. premium processing). They can do anything if want to do.

Great frequent flyer program...great service....and no transit visa bs....no brainer

heard very good things about qatar airlines too..haven't used it...

no it is SUSTAIN act. Not Strive. SUSTAIN only has H1 visa increase... So it will ensure that retrogression and backlogs are sustained... :)

For some reasons, USCIS has changed the 'Posted Date' from 01/23 to 01/27. I don't know what changes they have made in the Jan.09 processing dates. Does anyone notice any difference in the dates?

Do you have a sample cover letter that you can share for self filing of EAD/AP and to what address the application should be posted. Thanks for the response..


Here is:

e-file 765(180 $)
Send copy of 485 along with printout of receipt
Wait for FP appointment
Done(got cards 40 days later)


I already did it for wife, son and myself.

Saved about 1500$

The answer to that question would be "no". Would the IO be satisfied with the job description of the new job? Would he ask if I filed AC21? I don't want to sound paranoid, but it would be great if there was anyone on these forums that was in a similar situation and was asked that question...

USCIS is making contradictory statements. First they release an update that they have processed all applications mailed before July 1 but when I call customer service and tell them that my application was mailed on June 11 and that I am still waiting for the checks to be cashed they say wait for 90 days.

May be it is positive for skilled legal immigration. Since CIR is not coming anytime soon, congress can look at improving exiting legal immigration and Administrative changes can happen!!

:D Fun post psaxena
Nice dream but come to reality, dont even dream of GC till year 2019...... (if it goes in current pace).

Since OP is talking about GC at retirement his dream is about the year 2019 or beyond.

Hello All,

I want to start an interesting discussion - not sure whether a thread already exists or a similar discussion has already taken place.

We all know about the current state of the economy and current unfortunate unemployment rate. We all also know that majority jobs lost are in construction, manufacturing etc. We also know that some people (who have no other choice) are targetting legal EB community as if they are responsible for all this mess.

I want people to discuss the other things like DV Lottery, Chain Family Migration or any other popular programs from labor/unemployment point of view. Please no intent to discuss it from any other angle at all.

These forms of migration bring a lot of uneducated (or less educated), unskilled (or low skilled) population/labor into the country which contribute higher for the unemployment rate (for both numerator and denomenator - rate = # unemployed/# total).
example: suppose in a hypothetical community of 10000000, 300000 are unemployed. They have 3% of unemployement rate.
Supposed 30K unskilled (or low skilled) labor is added (which neither creates jobs nor are employed). Now if they are added, the rate becomes 330000/10030000 or ~ 3.3%

This can be bad example but it was just to put a point forward.

Are there any statistics (again?) available about the effect of DV, chain family migration or any such program in the last 10-15 years towards the unemployment rate today? A lot of unskilled (or low skilled) labor was added to the economy which was OK during upward economy but cannot sustain at all in down economy like this.

Thanks,
M.

If all active 7000 members drop $10 in a single day, it will be $70K

I can not start any thread due to some funny problem on the computer or the site.

I do not know how fix this. Earlier, I could start a new thread. I hope, I am not blocked.

Can some one help with this

Hi hydubadi,

I am aslo in same situation ... FNU and Pending 485.

My attorney says... just write a letter after chaning the name in passport. Mine is a name split issue.

My old passport has Last Name = Last Name + First NAme and First NAme = Blank and visa etc it is FNU


I got my H1B visa inside the US and when I went to the consulate, the lady refused to stamp my visa. I had to go to the passport office and get an "observation" that my name should be read as
First Name : "FirstName"
Last Name : "LastName"

I think, if you are US Masters/above plus if you are a member of profession, then you are the luckiest person on earth...

1) Need not File LC
2)U R not counted against the Quota

A hypothetical case where it may not work

But if your are a US-MS Electrical Eng and working as Tech Lead in IT, you do not qualify for this, as Tech Lead for IT may require US MS Comp Science not US-MS Elect Eng....since you do not qualify as memeber of profession.

In which case you need to file LC, which anyway will be a problem becasue of the misamatch of the profession and your qualification.

So for those kind of mismatches it will be really difficult to justify releif under this clause.

Democrats are losers. Socialist. They can only sponsor illegal immigrants. Republican party is pro legal immigration.

My friend's in-laws were not allowed to board on one-way ticket because they had visitor visa (B2).
They called from airport and he had to book the return ticket rightway to get them boarded.
Check with the airlines..