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Thanks to reader Adi for the link. Huffington Post reports on a data compiled by America's Voice showing crime in Arizona dropping dramatically across the state for most of the last decade EXCEPT for the area controlled by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Which goes to show you that facts matter very little to Arizonans buying into the antis arguments.

More... (http://blogs.ilw.com/gregsiskind/2010/07/sheriff-joes-jurisdiction-only-area-where-crime-is-up-in-arizona.html)

The Senate voted 59-40 this morning to table Senator Durbin's latest version of the DREAM Act and will instead take up the House version passed last night probably early next week. That's important for a couple of reasons (and probably good news overall). First, the bill will not need to be sent back to the House to reconcile differences between the two bills. Second, the tax bill that has given some on the fence Republicans the excuse to filibuster the DREAM Act may be dealt with by then. Finally, there is some additional time to round up a couple of...

More... (http://blogs.ilw.com/gregsiskind/2010/12/senate-to-consider-house-passed-dream-bill-next-week.html)

I have filed for the 7nth year extension based on my pending labor (365 days old). The perm is picked up for an audit. Incase if the perm is denied, will h1b also be rejected ?

As per my understanding, your H1 will not be denied but you will not be eligible for any subsequent extensions unless at that time you have one more perm pending for over 1 yr or I-140 approved.

I would recommend you find another employer or file perm through some one else as future employee. 30% perms in audit are denied after 2 yrs wait.

My apologies for posting this to the wrong section of the forum. Hopefully you will forgive a newbie. Bark

The other team competing in this year's Stanley Cup (which will end on Friday) is the great Detroit Red Wings organization. And they've got a mostly immigrant roster as well including these players: Daniel Cleary - Canada Pavel Datsyuk - Russia Aaron Downey - Canada Kris Draper - Sweden Jonathan Ericsson - Finland iValtteri Filppula - Finland Johan Franzen - Sweden Darren Helm - Sweden Tomas Holmstrom - Sweden Marian Hossa � Czech Republic Jiri Hudler - Czech Republic Jakub Kindl � Czech Republic Tomas Kopecky - Sweden Niklas Kronwall - Sweden

More... (http://blogs.ilw.com/gregsiskind/2009/06/immigrants-of-the-day-immigrants-on-the-detroit-red-wings.html)

Hi,

I have got my EAD and want to do part time job as well as work on H1 for the employee who sponsored my GC, What is my status? I am still on H1 or AOS? I would be glad if someone can reply!

If you use your EAD (for part time or full time), you are on EAD and your H1B status is gone. It does not matter that you primary job is still on H1B.

for address change questions...


http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?p=188983&posted=1#post188983

Hi Gurus,

I tried checking my I-485 status over phone. I called after hours. So it went to the automated message. Thought just to listen what the message says. It was something interesting. Thought to share with you. Do any of you have the same or similar experience?

07/02/2007 - Application Receipt Date in I-485 notice.
09/04/2007 - Application Notice Date in I-485 receipt.

08/01/2007 - Application Receipt date according to the Phone Status(Automated).:confused:
09/01/2007 - Application Receipt date according to the uscis.com website Status check.:confused:

Just curious about these variations as none of these dates are matching.:confused:

Tonight I saw British-born journalist Richard Wolffe on both CNN and on his regular spot with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC. He's usually commenting on the day's American political news, but he's now also promoting his new book, Renegade. Wolffe covered the entire campaign of President Obama, from the day he announced he was running until Election Day 2008. He was a senior writer at Newsweek at the time and now writes for Tina Brown's The Daily Beast.

More... (http://blogs.ilw.com/gregsiskind/2009/06/immigrant-of-the-day-richard-wolffe-journalist.html)

Her fiance is sponsoring her..so I suppose it needs to have her name on it?

Can someone ask their lawyers?

October is usually a month where we see improvements as new visa numbers become available for a new fiscal year. Most categories showed forward movement though few jumps of more than a few months. The exception is the Mexico Family 1st category which jumps a year and a half. EB-3 is available again, but not set at a date particularly close. Most people will not be happy with the dates. Here are the numbers showing comparison to the September Visa Bulletin: Family 1st - Advancement of worldwide, China and India numbers by nine weeks to 22 JUL 2003. Mexico jumps...

More... (http://blogs.ilw.com/gregsiskind/2009/09/october-visa-bulletin-numbers-show-modest-improvements.html)

At least six federal lawsuits are pending which challenge the USCIS' interpretation of the "automatic conversion" clause of the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) of 2002. In one of these lawsuits, Costelo v. Chertoff, a Federal Judge has certified a nationwide class of family-based derivative beneficiaries. We link to each of the cases referred to in this article from our "CSPA" page at http://shusterman.com/cspa.html The question addressed by this article is how much, if any, deference should the Federal Courts give the BIA's recent decision interpreting CSPA's automatic conversion clause. Matter of Wang, 25 I&N 28 (BIA 2009). The automatic...

More... (http://blogs.ilw.com/carlshusterman/2009/07/bias-cspa-decision-not-entitled-to-deference.html)

yes you do - they process it pretty quickly. check out www.britainusa.com

For the past few months, there have been no green cards available for persons in the employment-based third preference category (EB-3) and long backlogs in the EB-2 category for persons born in India and China. So, with few green cards to grant, why has the USCIS been scheduling interviews for persons in these categories? The short answer is that just because the USCIS cannot grant most EB-3 and EB-2 applicants green cards, the agency can take advantage of the lull in applications for adjustment of status to deny persons with pending applications. How can they do that? Easy! Let's say...

More... (http://blogs.ilw.com/carlshusterman/2009/07/how-to-use-your-h-1b-to-qualify-under-section-245k.html)

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$GOOD AFTERNOON GC$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Deadline = April 30th, 2011
Goal = 5000 votes on survey (see I-485 filing w/o current PD thread) and momentum to continue with this campaign.The survey is a platform to gather and push for launching action items. Based on response by 04/30/2011 - IV will decide whether to even proceed with initiative or not.
Actions - 1) Vote on survey.
2)Email ivcoordinator@gmail.com with PD, ph#,email & subject "I485 filing impacted�,
3)Print/Circulate Fliers and spread FB, wiki link (see "support thread")

This is a supporting thread to the "Want to File I-485 without Current Priority Date? Gather here" thread started by pappu.

As suggested by pappu/starsun, this supporting thread provides impacted members with additional information and tools to help the initiative.

Visit Immigration Voice Wiki (http://immigrationvoice.org/wiki/index.php/Employment_Based_Green_Card#Process_.28EB1.2C_EB2. 2C_and_EB3.29) - for overview of Employment Based - Green Card process
Visit I485 Filing w/o current PD Wiki (http://immigrationvoice.org/wiki/index.php/Current_Grass-Roots_Initiative_-_I-485_Filing_without_Current_Priority_Date) - for overview of this initiative

As pappu stated in the first post of the above referenced thread - some of the ongoing efforts include finding how many IV members would get benefit from such a provision and get basic details such as username/Priority Date of impacted members. Future action items might include drafting documents and letters to support this provision. There maybe actions such as sending emails etc. However we would not be able to open a public action item unless we can have thousands of our members willing to participate in a grassroots action item. This survey intends to understand the needs of our membership for this provision and collect grassroots information.

The fact is we have a dedicated group of volunteers (and we need more) who have been trying their best to spread the message about this initiative so that a strong grass-roots support can be created leading up to launch of the public action items. So far we have around 1100 people who have responded. Based on quick calculations carried out using PERM data, it is estimated that there are at least 60K-70K EB applicants waiting to file I-485/EAD/AP (this is a very conservative estimate..the actual number could be much more). Grass-roots initiatives require time and patience and we request maximum number of impacted folks to participate actively.
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What can you do to participate?
1) Vote on the poll/survey created by Pappu.

http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/forum14-members-forum/1599353-want-to-file-485-when-pd-is-not-current-gather-here.html

Then please send an email to ivcoordinator@gmail.com (starsun) with subject - "I485 filing without current PD - Impacted Member". Include your a) IV username b) Email address c) Phone #, d) State of Residence e) Priority Date - so that grassroot efforts can be coordinated

2) Print out below Flier and circulate at all asian/indian malls/groceries/theaters. Forward the flier to your friends/co-workers and ask them to do the same.

I485 Filing Initiative Flier (http://immigrationvoice.org/wiki/images/a/a8/Flier_I485_latest2.pdf)

3) Volunteers have created a facebook community and an Immigration Voice WIKI page to spread the message about this initiative. Please circulate these links among your friends/co-workers who will be helped.

Please "Share" and "Link" and "send to friend" the facebook community via your Facebook account. Also include these two links when you post on the IV forum.

Facebook - IV I485 filing w/o current PD initiative community (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Immigration-Voice-Grass-roots-Campaigns/150562351660693?v=info)

(Just FYI that you might have to be logged in for the above link to direct to the facebook community. Alternately, search for "Immigration Voice Grass-roots Campaigns" to find the community after logging in. Search "Immigration Voice" to go to the IV's main facebook page)

Immigration Wiki -
I485 Filing Initiative - IV Wiki (http://immigrationvoice.org/wiki/index.php/Current_Grass-Roots_Initiative_-_I-485_Filing_without_Current_Priority_Date)

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PM these members for additional info:
nmdial ; geevikram ; vbkris77 ; ashwin_27 ; snathan
Dedicated members can also join the leaders group: http://groups.google.com/group/485-filing-iv-initiative
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I have been reading a lot of late about troubles/Denials given to H1B visa holders at POE.
I have been in US for few years now on H1 working as Marketing Manager and traveled smoothly so far. Planning for a short vacation to Europe. Should I?

Any inputs will be appreciated.

Thank you.

Will it not affect the green card processing? I mean, if during the green card process, they ask for the ITR and they see the additional income from the rental property, won't they deny the I-140 or I-485?

I filed my I-485 on july 2, 2007. Now I'm moving to new home. What do I need to do? How do I inform USCIS?

Thanks

I filed 485 last july and want to file EAD now. I had FP done last year. If I do efiling for EAD will I have to go to ASC for photos. I saw in other posts that they have linked Biometrics but what abt the photos ?

Thanks

Hi,

I recently upgraded by I-140 to Premium processing. Soon after the filing of I-907, my status on USCIS status website changed from initial review to Acceptance. The message displayed is that my case has been rejected because of incorrect filing fees. I contacted my lawyer and he is confident that my upgrade was filed properly. He also told me that he has been observing same issue for several clients ,where USCIS website is displaying incorrect message. I am not sure what should be my next step. Is it something I should be worried about?

Is there some one with similar experience ?