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All,

I want to make sure we acknowledge every contribution our members make, monetary and in terms of ideas.

As I said in the main thread (http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showpost.php?p=9780&postcount=33) it was posts on the forum by virtual55, jkays94 and cpolisetti that set the WaPo ball rolling.

Thank you to them and every member who does his or her part in big and small ways.

best,
Berkeleybee

Berkeleybee : I take your acknowledgement, but still think I am contributing very less when compared to what core team is contributing.

I am working for Freedom to legal immigrants in US.

WOW I am calling him right now...What is EAD???

I got my GC last year auguest but her gc/485 status is stil pending. Is it even possible based on her case was dependent on me? What can I do abt it. Thanks.

Dear Shidsar:
this is more of a question for you: Are you then one of the lucky ones from EB2-I to have got your GC when PD's became current for a brief while last year? Lucky you.

DOS tried to update the system reflecting a big jump in the visa dates for May. The system was unused to any changes lately - leave aside such large forward movements - and as a result it crashed.

DOS managed to recover the system by replacing all date fields with character fields. The rumor is that the value for all those character fields is now "C", whatever that means.

Why is it still unaccessible? Are you guys experiencing the same?
http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_1360.html

Just contributed $ 100

I am a July 2nd filer but my PD is April-20-2006 if that matters.

RD -07/02/2007
ND-08/08/2007

Still waiting...........

If you have MS Office Document Image Writer installed in your system then after editing ur PDF, you can print it to MDI and it will save it as an .mdi format. You can take a print out of it later at your convenience. Only issue is, it saves it as an image and you cannot edit an .mdi doc :o

Dude. Filling up forms is not a one time job and not 100% accurate the first time. U will make changes right???

.. by trying to get our provisions included in this bill .. Duh..

I may not know the process completely, but how does it work as the Bill has already been passed. Can somebody amend the Bill after it passed? If yes, dosen't it needs to go thru the the voting again?

ciao
-p

Your wife can't change her status because she is not currently maintaining status if the H-1B was approved as a change of status. CIS will only approve a change of status with proof that the applicant has maintained status. She needs to leave the US and return in H-4 status to effect H-4 status. She has been out of status since October 2008.


If the company has revoked the H1 prior to the start date does she still needs to apply for H1 to H4?

1. My friend is on H1 and have EAD (June'07 filer) for both him and his spouse... his spouse (secondary aplicant) is currently working on her EAD.. If his company lays him off... Would his wife have any effect on her employment?
No

2. Could he renew my EAD/AP on my own with no employer support (despite he has no job)
Yes

3. What if he goes to India on AP (or otherwise).. would that have effect on his wife's EAD/employment?
No

3a. If he goes to India on AP.. for how long could he go?
Untill the day before the expiry of AP

4. Could he take up any job and keep switching till priority date becomes current?
Yes. but advisible to stay in same or similiar job

5. Also what happens if and when priority date becomes current?
Should obtain an EVL from the Current\Future employer assuring a full time permanent job.

Dear Friends:
I also have a similar question on traveling abroad for 4 weeks with my 485 pending.
As you all know that when we applied our 485 AOS (EB-based) we had to also submit the copy of our latest 1-94 card (which I did). Now that I am leaving the US, I will be handing over the original 1-94 at the port of exit (a copy of which was submitted with the 485 application). Then when returing, I will be receiving another new 1-94. So my questions:

(a) Will I have to re-send the INS another copy of my new 1-94 when I return to the US (b) also might surrendering the old 1-94 and getting new one confuse my 485 records with the INS (c) Finally, do any of you know of anyone who with 485 pending, a valid H1B visa, and no Advanced Parole has had any problems returning back to the US?

Please advise, and that would be so appreciated. Regards.

read the Murthy Bulletin, "Effect of Travel While in H1B / L-1 Status and Pending I-485" :

http://murthy.com/mb_pdf/032108_P.html

-a

Hello,
Last November I quit my job in the US and left the country as well. Two days ago, I received an email saying my 485 is approved, and card production was ordered. The card will go to an address in the US where someone can forward me the mail.
What should I do? Try to enter the U.S. with the card? What to say to POE officials? WIll I be questioned?
Thanks.

Do you have a valid AP?
If not, how is it possible to enter the country?

you can find this on state Dept site.Although, this is the first one that I came across, it appears that this will be updated monthly. ( this one is dated Jan 30,2010)

Source:Welcome to Travel.State.Gov (http://www.travel.state.gov)

Where does one get this document that you have posted here?

No, experience from current company does not count.

If you have a masters, and the job requires one, it doesn't matter how much experience you have.

From Department of State (http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1323.html)

There are two subgroups within this category:

Professionals holding an advanced degree (beyond a baccalaureate degree), or a baccalaureate degree and at least five years progressive experience in the profession; and

Persons with exceptional ability in the arts, sciences, or business. Exceptional ability means having a degree of expertise significantly above that ordinarily encountered within the field.

I got my GC last year auguest but her gc/485 status is stil pending. Is it even possible based on her case was dependent on me? What can I do abt it. Thanks.

My thoughts exactly! Here is a thread I opened on the subject a couple of weeks ago:
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=600

The idea makes such good economic sense (the government would be price discriminating to increase its revenue) that if USCIS were a private entity they would have implemented something like this a long time ago. But unfortunately it is not and we have to suffer under a "one size fits all" system.

I am glad some one else also agrees with my thoughts..Let us continue this discussion on old thread..

http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=600

Hello,
Last November I quit my job in the US and left the country as well. Two days ago, I received an email saying my 485 is approved, and card production was ordered. The card will go to an address in the US where someone can forward me the mail.
What should I do? Try to enter the U.S. with the card? What to say to POE officials? WIll I be questioned?
Thanks.

I know one case who is very similar to your scenario. during POE they had to hear 5 mins of lecture from officer (rules of GC, like you need to stay here in US or other wise you would loose your GC blah blah blah) other than that they didn't face any issues entering with New GC. do your home work and good luck.

Is it the employer's responsibility to consider in which Green Card Category the employee will fall in future before puts ad.?

Bachelor degree would be enough to do the job if EB3 has a PD around 2005/2006/Current.

Just because the PD is before 2005, doesn't mean the job needs masters degree. The job responsibilities will remain the same. The person doing the job would have acquired the necessary experience to carry out a job that falls in EB2.

Also, not everybody qualified for EB2 may be able to find a job that is in EB2. That's a different story .
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EB3I - May 2006
Contributed 100$

I have my I-140 waiting at NSC from May 01, 2006. On Dec. 05, 2006, I-140 processing time shows as June 01, 2006. Since, it was more than 30 days, my employer called the National Service Center number and they opened a service request and told me to wait 45 days. My lawyer says that USCIS takes 45 days at a minimum to reply, but normally it is 90 days.

Is there anyone out there, who know how to track this service requests or have any experiences with them.

I agree with this....File a new labour and you need to get the 140 approved. Once it is approved ,you can reclaim your old priority date for 485.

dont file a second 485. Wait for teh second I-140 to be approved, then just interfile this into the old one. Did you already request your older PD when you filed this new I-140? Thats the stage where you typically request teh older PD, though you can also do it when you request to interfile.

New I-140 getting rejected should not have an impact on the old EB3-I-140 as long as the denial is not something that can be a reason for denial of the older one. So if this is denied due to ability-to-pay, or not qualifying for EB2, you are still ok as long as you had qualified properly for that older one. In many cases USCIS has gone back and looked at teh first I-140 when a new one is denied, to see if the older one also has the same problem.

To all the folks that attended the conference at YMCA Center in Woodbridge, NJ on Oct 28th,

Thanks for participating . Please provide your feedback on the meeting i.e What you liked and what you didn't like. This will help us for the future meetings.

Also please become more active and urge you friends and colleagues to become more active in NJ state chapter.

Any suggestion on promoting our cause will be greatly appreciated:
Some of the areas to think about are:
a) How often we should hold such conferences?
b) What other topics we should include. ( For example Financial planning for the community, given the uncertainity in the process)?
c) In what way we together can help increase our number?
d) etc...etc...

The meeting was very well organized. Q&A session with Attorney Prashanti Reddy was very useful. Here are my suggestions:
a) We can have these conferences every two months or whenever core thinks so.
b) I think we should stick to immigration.
c) Earlier 'Invite a friend/Add a member' campaigns were very successful as compared to flyer/poster campaign.