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I think it is a good idea to have T-shirts made available in DC too. This will make it easier for people who haven't had the chance/time to order online, buy them in DC itself. Any thoughts????

Thanks for the information.

I had an appointment at Mumbai Consulate on Jan 5th , 7th year ext. Since my I 797 approval date and stamping date was too short ( 1-2 weeks ) USCIS or DOS failed to update info in PIMS on time. I got yellow slip after few basic questions and told to wait for 2-3 biz days. I informed my lawyer in USA and he made contact to DOS there and ask them to update record. Also I had renewed my Indian passport since I applied for I 797 so they had old pp no in record. Lady from DOS promised to work on my case but didn't give any definite time limit.

but I got reply from Consulate on 4th biz day. Submitted passport via local VFS office and with in 3 days got it back. I think if you contact DOS it would take less time , otherwise 2-3 weeks is normal and 4 weeks or longer is for some rare cases. As long as your history is clean nothing to worry even it takes 3-4 weeks.

Whom did the lawyer contact in DOS. Did he tell you? It will help if we know.

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ramus, really appreciate your dedication in taking ownership of geeting people to send webfax. For the record sent the webfax, got my wife to send the web fax as well. Since people are so lazy if you ask somebody to send webfax, also include the url alteast that way they might click on the url and send the web fax. the url for the web fax is

http://immigrationvoice.org/index.php?option=com_iv_webfax&task=getContactDetails&Itemid=46

People for your own sake please follow all action alerts, web fax, calling senators emails etc. This is now or never

HI.. Could you please send web-fax.. We want to reach 3000 number tonight..

If core team is doing so much, can we do this for ourself and show them our support.
Thank you so much.

added to this is also another question that may benefit few people in this situation. If labor is approved by the previous employer , how long will that stay valid. I mean people on 6+ year extensions may need ex employer's labor certificate in order to get one year extension so that they can reaplly with new employer.

Is there a time limit on labor to become void if within a certain time I140 is not filed?
sky7, you shoudl post your question and this question during the call with the lawyer. I am sure a lot of people are in a similar situation as you and such answers with benefit everyone.

My state in four lines

1) Came to US on F-1 Visa, never completed my masters

2) Shifted to H-1B and i have been with the same client and havent been to India for four years.

3) Now i am doing part time MBA from a top Ivy league school and i have $40,000 in loans from my MBA. i have not finished it as yet.

4) Applied for labor and priority date is Jan 2007 and i wanted to apply for 1-485 and AP and Skip H-1B stamping

But because of the july 2nd i cant do that anymore and i will have to go to H-1B stamping. I wonder what will happen if my stamping gets rejected. If dont attend classes for 4 months. My student loan will start asking for monthly payments. I am in a quagmire.

But still i have decided that i will go to India in any case and if payments become overdue for more months. I dont know what to do.

I had so many hoped on the current numbers . Any idea guys what can i do?


If your H1's job requirement is a bachelors degree, then they cannot reject your H1 stamping.

knowDOL, thanks for the info, will keep it in mind.

why is this under "All other Green Card issues"? In this google era, you find solutions to most of your day to day problems with a simple google search. You don't have to create a separate thread for this.

That being said, dispute your bill.

Previous bills often serve as an estimate of one's monthly electricity usage. Any anamolies in current bills can be disputed on comparison with previous bills.

Good luck btw...

Imagine if it takes 3-4 years to process an H1B..the only option we'll have, is to go premium processing. That way, premium processing becomes the rule, not the exception. If they want to be really "capitalistic", they can say, how much is the H1B worker ready to pay out of their salary for the H1? 10,000 dollars a year? Shouldnt they charge us that, if they think they can get away with it? Afterall, its good old capitalism right? Everyone should be concerned about their bottom line..why not the BCIS? Im sure most of these already exploited H1B's will shell out 10K extra per year just to keep their H1's. Does that sound like a good business proposition? It does..to me. Just like people pay extra to get their mail delivered next day Fedex, the BCIS should charge us 1000$ extra if we want the H1B processed in a reasonable time, another $1000.00 to get I-130 processed etc. Why the figure of $1000.00? Was it arrived based on some calculation? Why not..$5000, or even $7000? After all, market pricing should be based on demand supply, and since H1B is marketed as a premium product, this should be reflected in the prices otherwise it will lose its brand image..right?

will there be any movement in the dates for the NovVisa Bulletin for the fiscal year 2009?

Today my wifes attorney informed her that her H1 was selected, non masters, non premium process. He also provided her a WAC number

...but could be due to unavailability of visa numbers for EB2-I in September. So even though the ported PD of Nov 2004 is current in September, the October visa bulletin has clarified that the EB2-I numbers were actually exhaused in September. See below:


he is still eligible to file.

I will sign up on the Yahoo Groups as well

My husband's I-140 is pending at TSC receipt date Dec 07. The processing date is in Jan 2008. how can we enquire why his I-140 is still pending. no LUD what so ever.

Contacted his HR. they say, they are waiting for reply from law firm.

Other than form 7001 that needs employer signature, are there any ways to enquire into the delay?.
Thanks.

I was under a foolish assumption that with pendidng PR for canada i can't appy for visitors visa. Good that i decided to clarify here.

Will start working towards it....

Thank U ALL....

H1B - LCA Related Issues - How can we save ourselves ???
I guess everybody know by now that ICE arrested 11 H1 workers(Yes , it is 11 H1 employees) mainly due to mail fraud/wire fraud, and these frauds are resulted due to the fact that these H1 employees are not working at LCA mentioned location.


Are these folks Employees or the Employers...??? I guess they are the employers..!!! but sure this is going to fall on EMPLOYEES too soon..!!! So, Make sure you have proper paper work from your employer, if not fight for the right paper work..!!!

What happened between April 2002 and June 2003 when you returned to the US with an H-1 visa? Did you remain in the US? Did you continue working in the US? When did you leave the US to apply for the visa? What information did you provide to the US Consul regarding your time in the US?

go to forum. Click on my name in the user currently online. My profile will come up.

Then click on 'Find all posts by factoryman'., or something like that. The tile of the post is 'Final Word on Adult Vaccination'
Only one MMR is recommended by CDC and these recom. are current till Sep 2007.

Ok I found the link of yesterday. (http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showpost.php?p=86250&postcount=133)

Center for Disease Control (CDC) USA – Oct 2006 to Sep 2007
Recommended adult immunization schedule
Vaccine – Age Group – Dose(s)
TDAP- (all ages) – 1 dose Td booster every 10 years
MMR – (19-49) – 1 OR 2 doses
MMR – (50-64) – 1 dose
Varicella - (19-49) – 1 OR 2 doses
Varicella – (50-64) – 1 dose

Straight from Horse's Mouth (http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/2007adult-schedule.pdf)(the CDC link is not working):


same rules apply to medical center. If you donot have MMR how can they give one shot and then give the medical report when another dose is pending next month.

Does that mean those who get MMR shot at medical center have one more pending ...but got their report in advance????

and they gave a consistent reply all the three times that my NC is cleared. But I agree that there are no guarantees.

As per them the NC was initiated on Aug1st 2007. So probably the 180 day rule should cover me.

It doesn't matter when NOID is issued. All that matters is TB test, get it done as fast as possible.


As per the USCIS FAQ #2, medical exam can be submitted at a later date.

Ref : http://www.murthy.com/news/n_faq2ju.html

In addition to permitting I-485s to be filed without medical exams, the USCIS will also accept medical exams completed abroad by DOS authorized doctors.