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Many lawyers have asked for color copies. Some have just asked for the visa/picture pages to be in color and enlarged.

If possible, just submit color copies.

This incident opened my eyes and prodded me to move my fat ass to do something about this.

I just made my first contribution of $100 to IV.

Gandhi once said "Make your contribution, however insignificant you think it is. In reality, your contribution makes a huge difference".

Like he said, our little acts when combined become a formidable act and can accomplish a lot. I would suggest others make contributions too - especially now when everyone is excited - before you get back to the usual reticent state. let us not try to ride piggyback on some else's efforts.

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Contributed $100 to begin with...More in future.

Angelo Paparelli on Dysfunctional Government: Granular and Possibly Grand Immigration Reform (http://blogs.ilw.com/angelopaparelli/2011/03/granular-and-possibly-grand-immigration-reform.html)

Grand, Comprehensive , Dream or whatever name they give to the Mass Amnesty for undocumented, they are all non started and destint to doom.

It is the Democratic party's hostage taking of H1B/EB for these grand amnesty plans, that is the real problem.

Expansion of H1B visa scheme will help US, Senate panel told

Expansion of H1B visa scheme will help US, Senate panel told - Yahoo! India Finance (http://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/Expansion-H1B-visa-scheme-pti-2265986900.html)

Hello,

I was wondering how long it took for everyone's check to be cashed once their packages were received at the TX service center? I'm worried because from what I read before the check cashing was almost immediate, while getting a receipt actually took longer. My package was received and signed for by Michael Salcedo on November 13th, but the check still hasn't cashed and I do not have a receipt. My husband and I are planning on travelling to Canada for Christmas, will crossing the border be a problem? Any advice anyone can give would be great! Thanks in advance!

- Kristen

I was keep observing the PERM approval rate trend for the past one year. Approval rate is very slow. But it is suddently jumped since last month. Looks like it is a good time to start filing another labor. I am in the same boat. Trying for a new employer for EB2.

U.S. ambassador announces more convenient U.S. visa application process - U.S. Embassy of the United States New Delhi, India (http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/pr111810.html)

Please read the above link.

Committee of One (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/31/AR2007103102559.html?hpid=opinionsbox1) By Robert D. Novak | Washington Post, November 1, 2007

A story told in cloakrooms of the House of Representatives shows how ironic life on Capitol Hill can be. Jim McCrery, the low-key, hardworking ranking Republican on the Ways and Means Committee, has spent all year trying to establish good relations with the tax-writing committee's first Democratic chairman in 12 years, Charles Rangel. He succeeded, only to discover that Rangel does not really run Ways and Means. Nancy Pelosi does.

Rangel, a crafty New York politician, so far looks like the weakest Ways and Means chairman during my 50 years in Washington. That's only because Pelosi so far is the most powerful speaker of the House during that same period, a reality obscured by her historic role as the first woman to hold that office. She does not confer with or defer to standing committee chairmen, whose predecessors made previous speakers dance to their tune.

On both sides of the aisle, the 67-year-old grandmother from San Francisco is referred to as the "Committee of One" who rules the House. Many speakers over the years relied on their majority leader, as Republican Dennis Hastert let Tom DeLay handle day-to-day operations. But not Pelosi, who actually opposed Steny Hoyer's election as majority leader.

Ruling absolutely does not mean all Democrats think she rules well. Her misguided effort to pass a resolution condemning the 1915 Armenian genocide constitutes a rare public blunder, but beyond that she has not crafted a coherent Democratic message. This month's Harris Poll puts her nationwide job disapproval ("fair" or "poor") at 57 percent. But she is an icon at the Democratic grass roots, and none of the committee chairmen who have been downgraded by her -- certainly not Rangel -- utters a word of public criticism.

Rangel's massive tax reform proposal, released last week, gets less respect than is normally accorded to a Ways and Means chairman's plan, because Pelosi is not on board. Rangel's desire to compromise with the Bush administration on international trade agreements has been frustrated because the speaker defers to Rangel's trade subcommittee chairman, Sander Levin, who follows organized labor's protectionist line.

Much the same treatment has been experienced by John Dingell, the senior member of Congress, as Energy and Commerce Committee chairman. In bygone days, Dingell deferred to neither Democratic presidents nor speakers. But Pelosi is determined to pass an energy bill this year even though it means crossing Dingell, who as a Detroiter opposes Californian Pelosi on vehicle mileage and emission standards. A sage old professional, Dingell knows there is no political profit in publicly clashing with Madam Speaker.

No committee chairman wants to take the risk of going public against Pelosi, including one who sought her advice -- and, hopefully, support -- on a controversial matter of House business. This anonymous chairman was rebuffed by the speaker, who declined to talk to him, in person or over the telephone.

Being the "Committee of One" does not mean Pelosi is without lieutenants. She is close to two fellow Californians, both fiercely partisan, who head committees: George Miller (Education and Labor) and Henry Waxman (Oversight and Government Reform). Miller is regarded as her consigliere, always at her side. She is also considered close to moderate chairmen Ike Skelton (Armed Services) and John Spratt (Budget), plus liberal chairman Barney Frank (Financial Services).

That does not mean, however, that she always takes their advice. Witness her big blunder as speaker. Skelton, a seasoned student of international relations, told her the Armenian resolution would antagonize Turkey and thus constituted a foreign policy debacle in the making. Rahm Emanuel, the House Democratic Caucus chairman, also opposed it (as he had when serving as President Bill Clinton's political aide). Pelosi insisted until some 45 House Democrats -- including Skelton -- opposed her.

The Armenian episode suggests a Pelosi decision has to approach the brink of disaster before Democrats speak out. Her popularity in the party beyond Capitol Hill is too great. When I asked one esteemed Democratic operative whether Pelosi's authority is without restraint, he called that a sexist question because I never would have asked that about Sam Rayburn or Tip O'Neill. Indeed, I would not have. They were not that powerful.

Hi

I filed green card with my old emp. in 2002, i applied for i485 July/07 and in APR/08 i change my job to similar profession, now i work and live in MD, and my interview for status adj is sch in NJ, should i notify and change address to MD since i live , work and my current emp. in MD. Please help....

thanks to all

I got mine in 2 days after filing and got approval in 5 days ..

http://www.immigration-law.com/

01/11/2007: February 2007 Visa Bulletin

Schedule A special category is gone and EB-2 and EB-3 for entire countries including India and China remain the same as January.
More painful is lack of the State Department prediction for visa number changes in the future! Ominous sign?
Family categories showed a steady, albeit about one month or less or more, movement ahead.

Thanks a bunch

I am about to file my I-485, EAD and AP in July. My company (ABC) acquired by investment company (XYZ) 2 months back and changed from public company to private company. My company (ABC) is still exists as an same entity and an independent company but name changed from ABC corporation to ABC LLC, my job description is same and still my pay stubs are from ABC corporation and Tax-id is also same. Do I need to file for I-140 and H1B amendments? If yes, when should I do it? While filing I-485 or after filing I-485 or before filing I-485? What is the impact on I-485 if amendment is not filed?

withdrawn accoring to Greg siskind's blog

When the snowpocalypse ends in Washington, and political hot air thaws the frozen streets, expect to see mules and elephants parade in bipartisan togetherness -- at least in one area. The party of Lincoln and the party of tea could well agree with the following words of President Obama on the urgency of fiscal responsibility (even as they disagree on whether the trimming of deficits has begun in earnest): [A]t a time when we face not only a fiscal crisis, but also a host of difficult challenges as a nation, business as usual in Washington just won�t do. . ....

More... (http://blogs.ilw.com/angelopaparelli/2010/02/when-the-snowpocalypse-ends-in-washington-and-political-hot-air-thaws-the-frozen-streets-expect-to-see-mules-and-elephants.html)

There has been an interesting alliance of antis in both the health care and immigration arenas to scare people in to believing that illegally present immigrants will be eligible for subsidies to secure health insurance under the health care reform proposal being pushed by President Obama. That claim is patently false. But that did not stop one extremist in the Congress, Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC) from screaming "You lie!" when President Obama addressed that myth. This appalling lack of respect has already led the GOP to go in to damage control mode and Wilson issued an apology within minutes of...

More... (http://blogs.ilw.com/gregsiskind/2009/09/president-heckled-by-gop-congressman-over-bogus-claim-that-illegally-present-immigrants-will-be-cove.html)

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that a new version of the Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card (Form I-90), is available on the USCIS website. The new version of the form is dated 8/10/09 and contains more user-friendly features.

Applicants may file Form I-90 electronically (through e-filing), or through the mail to the USCIS Phoenix Lockbox facility.




More... (http://www.visalawyerblog.com/2010/06/new_form_i90_application_to_re.html)

Our lawmakers are again behaving badly in public over illegal immigration. This time the tussle threatens passage of health care reform legislation. The latest contentious debate, as the New York Times reports, revolves around a slew of issues. Among these is whether unauthorized migrants -- who will be subject to the mandate that all purchase health insurance -- will be allowed to use their own money to buy coverage from the public exchanges. Another is whether uninsured legal immigrants -- who must also buy their own insurance -- will be barred from insurance-premium subsidies until long waiting periods have elapsed....

More... (http://blogs.ilw.com/angelopaparelli/2009/11/on-october-11-2009-pope-benedict-xvi-canonized-a-belgian-priestdamien-de-veuster-two-days-earlierpresident-obama-----on.html)

You can apply for another 3Y extension as far as I know. :)

Quick question,

My case (I-140, I-485) is at Texas Service Center, because when I first applied I used to live in New Jersey and that was the service center I had to use.

I've been having a lot of trouble with Texas and California is working on case like mine a lot faster and I've been living here for the last 18 months.

Is there a way I can transfer my case to CALIFORNIA SERVICE CENTER?
How?