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For the second time, a federal judge has declared a Farmers Branch ordinance banning illegal immigrants from renting in the city to be unconstitutional. Here are excerpts from a Dallas Morning News (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-FBsuit_25met.ART.Central.Edition1.4c77c2c.html) article reporting this decision:

U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle of Dallas ruled Wednesday that the ordinance was an attempt to enforce U.S. immigration laws – something the judge said only the federal government can do.

The judge also issued a permanent injunction to stop Farmers Branch from enforcing Ordinance 2952.

Mayor Tim O'Hare, the driving force behind the ordinances, said he wants to appeal.

"The American people are tired of judges legislating from the bench," he said. "This decision is not unexpected but welcomed, because it allows us to get closer to this ordinance becoming reality."

But O'Hare said the City Council would have to vote on whether to continue a fight that has cost the city nearly $3.2 million since September 2006. And the city may need to spend an additional $623,000 in legal fees in the year ahead, city finance director Charles Cox said Wednesday.

About one-quarter of the estimated 30,000 people who live in Farmers Branch were born outside the United States. About 47 percent of the city's population is Hispanic.

In the past four years, the city has proposed a series of ordinances that would make it illegal for landlords to rent to illegal immigrants. A version approved by the council in 2006 was repealed in early 2007 to make way for another ordinance.

That ordinance, No. 2903, was approved by two-thirds of voters in 2007 but later declared unconstitutional by U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay. The city abandoned an appeal of that ordinance in favor of Ordinance 2952. No. 2952 added all rental units, including houses, to the ban on renting to illegal immigrants.



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Recently , a friend of mine who lost his job while on EAD had these questions.

1. He has EAD and H1B both valid till 2010. What should he use to get a jbo, ead ot h1b, what are some of the good reasons to avoid using ead as ar as possible?

2. Is he eligible for unemployment allowance.

If there is any thread where these have been answered please direct me there. Thanks

any thoughts?

Considering the state of the economy and considering that the most important poisiton to save is that of the primary applicant, I suggest that USCIS process cases of primary applicants asap.

Family members can contnue on EAD for long time; however if the principal applicant loses job and can not find another one, the entire family is done - pack bags and leave.

What do you think?

ssh --> I see from your profile your PD as 2001 and understand your frustration, waiting long. I like the idea what you has told... but not sure if it is practical.

Even I think, we need to ensure, the criteria for apply for EB immigration must be met @ the time the application is accepted. But after that, if the applicant status change in the interim, that should not jeopardize the entire applicaiton it self. With EB, they want to ensure, the status is met @ the time of approval, but given the present economic condition, any thing can happen, and hope USCIS, does not utilize this to penalize the law abiding legal immigrant folks for the delay by USCIS in processing application.

I'm not sure, The application eligibility should be verified/met at the time an application is accepted for processing and not @ approval is my view. But might not be acceptable to vast majority. Return the application immediately if criteria is not met, but not after many many years.

Do I have to pay for my green card again if the INS made a mistake on my birthday? Need to know if there are any under the table jobs in Lake Havasu City,AZ. My green card expired in 2004. I have an AZ license and a social security card. Can I work with expired card? Please help!

Sorry not sure you will find advice or support here- This is a LEGAL immigration site.
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You can get -
1. a year extension to recapture the time spent abroad
2. New/Extend H-1B for 3 year, but will be subject to cap
3. can get new/extension H-1B for 3 years without cap, if you have I-140 approved
4. can get new/extension H-1B for 1 year without cap, if I-140 is pending


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Not a legal advice.

regarding response #2:- If the approved H1b (from Oct 08 to March 09) was already subject to cap, could you claim for a 3 year new H1b?
The reason I was asking is because recently this application to consider this as a new H1b for 3 years was rejected and instead only one year (recapture time for year abroad) was issued.

I understand that you can draw circles, lines etc with the Graphics class but can you draw straight onto a panel with the stylus? As in I drag the stylus across the panel and a line appears?

seems to be a good idea

I know most us are victim of immigration lawyers in this GC mess. They with company's help exploit our situation. You may want to use this website rating those useless lawyers.

http://www.avvo.com/

Dear sir/Madam;

I have worked in my organization for over one year in the US and abrod in the subsidiary for one year. My organization is trying to apply for L-1A (managerial category) visa for me to come back to US again.

How easy is to obtain L-1A through immigration lawyers?

What forms do I need to submit for applying this visa

Our company attorney does not provide complete information, therefore I would appreciate your help on the above.

Thank you,
John

article is here

http://www1.immigrationvoice.org/media/indiapost.pdf

another one here. My husband's EB2 PD Dec 2003. RD Dec 2007.
Still I-140, I-485 pending. LC was approved at PBEC in oct 2007.

I have mis-placed my EAD. Normally I can just apply for another EAD. But, I will be travelling to India in Mid March on Advance Parole and I'm not sure if I'll get the EAD by then.

My question is, will they ask for EAD upon re-entry.

I am thinking of applying for EAD after coming back. Is there any special processing for applying for a lost EAD ?

Any advice is appreciated.

Hi,

I am currently on an H1-B (and also have a I140 approved) with company A. I accepted a job with company B, who started the process for my H1-B transfer by filing the LCA.

My employment with company A ends 01/31, but company B has still not received the LCA approval. If they do not receive it before 01/31, will I be out of status until they file the H1B transfer? Do I need to leave the country?:confused:

Technically, yes you will be out of status starting 02/01 until H1B petition from your new employer is received by USCIS. Yes you should leave the country as from Feb 1 you will start accumulating unauthorized presence which might adversely impact your Green Card and other future petitions including the pending H1-B.

Practically if H1-B is filed within a week or so after 1/31 then it is up to you if you'll like to take a chance by staying in the country.

Hi,

My employer terminated my employment Last date of employment is May-7th. and he is keen on revoking my H1 by May-10th.

He says, Even after withdrawing H1 you can still able to transfer H1 to other employer.

So far i am not able to find other employer who can transfer my H1, and still in US.

1) How many days I can stay after H1 termination

2) Is it possible to transfer H1 after the withdrawal process initiation.

3) How much time does INS take to withdraw the H1

4) what possibility of rejecting my H1 if I submit my papers for H1 transfer after the revoke process initiation.

Please let me know do I have any other options.

Thanks
Rajesh

Hi,

Couple of things he need to check.

1) Annotation on the visa i.e the name of the company sponsoring the visa or its blank.

2) Is it B1, B2 or B1/B2

B1 is for business where as B2 is for Visiting. B1/B2 allows both.

Cheers,
Rayoflight

P.S Please contact an attorney for legal opinion as I am just sharing the knowledge what I read online.

I agree , We have a lot of Professionals among us and such activities will certainly help.

Some of our members are very experienced in for ex: EAD questions, AC21 questions etc. We can build a skill DB and advertise these services at a much lower rates, Only hitch would be since we are not really Lawyers we may not be too accurate

Any thoughts

My wife met with a very minor accident and it was her first accident. It was an on a unattended car. The back bumper of the car got scratched, The main mistake she did was , she did not leave a note and she came home, she basically panicked. She called me and I told her to go back and call police by that time, somebody complained to police and police came home and issued citation. According to Florida statues this is a criminal violation.

The following is the detail of the citation.

Crash: NO
Injury: NO
Serious Injury: NO
Property Damage: NO
Aggressive Driving - NO
Fatal: NO

I am in the process of talking to traffic violations related and Immigration attorney.

I would appreciate if somebody can please advice on the following.

1) What will happen to her I485 process? currently she has EAD and I485 is pending
2) She is unemployed currently but if she decides to work in the future will this cause any issues when employer does background check?
3) Attorney mentioned that he can clear the points and criminal violation records but will this still be a issue for I485 process?

Please let me know.

I would wait it out if I were you. Why the risk at this stage?
Risk/Benefit analysis is not in favour of anything but staying put if you ask me.
What if in the 8-9 months it will take to get to this stage, the EB3 date skips forward, worse yet what if they take a hard stand on conversion cases due to the number they are seeing and you get denied.
It all depends of course on your personal circumstances, but I can't see the logic in it.

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Hello

I am a physician who is doing his residency on H1b. My wife has applied for green card with a priority date 4/2004 (employment based category 3). I have applied for my green card with her. Now we are in I 485 stage.

NOw that the way dates are progressing it seems it will take a while for her date to become current for EB3. I was wondering if I apply for green card when I finish my residency, can I recapture the priority date?

I'd appreciate your help. Thank you