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Thanks all. Appreciate it.

I'll keep you updated what happens next.

I think we will see it towards Aug end... Till then happy browsing the forums.:)

Please do not discuss, Illegal things in this forum

I came back on Sunday after landing with a expired visa but valid H1B till 2010
My family had valid visa till sept 07

H4 visa is the worst possible visa in the world.anytime you file for a h4 visa, there is no premium processing and it usually takes 4-6 months for approval. you cannot work on h4 visa and you are dependent on your spouse. as soon as possible, switch to F1 visa. benefits of F1 visa:

she will have her own status (in future, god forbid, if you lose ur job, you can always stay in US on F2 until you find another job)

she can earn on-campus (20hrs/week) and can have a SSN

after graduation, she will get OPT which will allow her to work immediately after graduation

Some Univs also offer CPT after 9 months of enrollment on which you can work fulltime if your schedule allows (several of my friends started working full time on CPT and took online/weekend courses)

you can get ALL in-state benefits on F1 that you would on H4. as long as you can demonstrate that she has been in the state for more than 6 months/1 year (depending on the state)

Get rid of h4 as soon as possible. that is the worst visa which has kept thousands of professional well qualified persons jobless for years!!

Hello Folks,
I have a very urgent situation and would really appreciate your help.

Background :-
H1-b holder through consulting company A, filed for extension in Dec 2008 and got approved in 10 days for a valid duration till Nov 2011.
I was working with them on client projects through-out, and have valid pay-stubs until May, and possibly even June.

But I found a full-time job with a small company, who also filed for my H1 transfer. The application packet received USCIS on May 26, and they sent an RFE which was received by us on June 1, along with the Receipt notice. The RFE was for proving my duration of stay outside the US, since my lawyer put that time towards recapture. In hindsight, I should have asked them not to, but what's done is done.

Anyways, my documents have been received by USCIS on Wednesday, and I have no updates yet showing up online.

I have to leave for India on Saturday for my wedding next weekend.

My possible scenarios :-

1, Case status online changes to Approved, I can travel to India before receiving the approval notice ?

2, Case status is still pending, they need more RFE. In that case, can I ask my new company to provide the RFE when I am in India ?

3, Case status approved, I wait for a couple of days before I get my I-797 approval notice, that means I will have to change my travel plans. I really can't put it off, since I am traveling for my wedding next weekend.

Can someone advise ?
My travel to India is definitely happening, but can I go and get my visa renewed along with my wife, and come back ?

Thanks, and keep up all the good work.

It seems as per the new DOL Requirements two notices has to be posted at two locations ( One at Employers office and one at the client location. U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) regulations requires that a Posting Notice be posted within your organization in two conspicuous locations for 10 consecutive business days)

As this H1-B posting info might contain the salary details etc. What happens if the client policies doesn't allow posting such notices ?? so what other options are available in such a case..

The DOL requirements are not new, it's just that the method for filing the LCA is new. The employer has always needed to post the LCA, including salary information. This is not optional, so if the employer refuses, there can be no H-1B.

We are chasing behind so many stuffs at this important time. We should forget about the merits or demerits of point system. It can be good or bad. We should forget about how Z visa holders get more benefit than us. It is something not in our control and big politics behind everything in the bill. Therefore, we should not concentrate on this as it is not our objective. We should focus only to eliminate retro in EB ASAP. We should try to bring a simple amendment to the bill, so that retrogression in current EB ends ASAP.

A simple thing to do is do not change drastically current form of bill. Don�t waste time on analyzing or chasing behind merits and demerits in H,Y,Z visas or all other positive or negative stuffs in this bill.

We should have only one focus. Eliminate EB retro first. For that a simple amendment will be, 242K visa is open to both old EB and newly created merit system. That�s all. This amendment will eliminate the retro immediately. All other discussions and efforts are waste of time and energy

guys..it is very unfortunate that you felt that im here to make sensation by creating stories out of my head..!

the qn raised afew months ago was my friend who had this profile in this community..she gave me the link of the response, and also asked me to use her profile in future as she seldom use this community herself..in my situation, when we are going through lot of stress, i did not find time to create a new profile or update the current profile...i hope its not a major crime!!

today i checked the profile page, and i did not see anything relevant information that i can add (most of it is GC application related, which im not dong). the only thing i could do is remove the state of residence of my friend!

i cannot reveal my identity or share my personal information in a public forum other than my location which is India.

My employer had filed a civil complaint, saying i have broken the contract which i signed with them that i will work with them for 18 months!

if you do not feel comfortable helping a person without knowing the identity(i dnt see anybody in this forum using their real name), it is totally fine.

Currently its taking the same amount of time at both Nebraska & Texas service centers.

https://egov.immigration.gov/cris/jsps/Processtimes.jsp?SeviceCenter=TSC

https://egov.immigration.gov/cris/jsps/Processtimes.jsp?SeviceCenter=NSC

Yes you could request that the same I-485 be used for your new I-140, as one member has suggested, you could also ask for the priority date of the old I-140 to be ported to your new I-140 if you are worried about priority dates for EB-1. Provided the old I-140 is not revoked.

He is talking about the original first letter of approval , not an extension


Does any one have any input or suggestion?

Time to send "Thank you" flowers. What to do you think guys?

Hi guys, thanks for the replies...that is a touch reassuring

I spoke to my lawyer. She said she was re-sending the app in today with a cover letter explaining the wrongful rejections. She said that if they still reject it, she will go through the liaison and try to get them to accept it. Is this standard procedure?

Secondly, on a different note, I am not sure who did it or why, someone gave me a red dot.

hi All,
I didn't find any topic on this so asking a question in a new thread.

I got my GC last month. My company has some problem and requested to take pay cut (50%) for next 3 months. Will this effect my Green Card. I came to know that I should get the salary mentioned in the file at-least for next 6 month after getting the GC. Is this true?

Please help me, I have to take decision ASAP.

Thank you in advance.

please post the names and email adddresses of the authors....so we can all contact them.

Clearly, legal, skilled immigrants from countires like India, China, Mexico and Phillipines are already facing 5-7 years backlogs and this bill, by reducing quotes from 140K to only 90K, is going to make this problem worse!!! To relieve this problem, they should've expanded quotas (atlteast temporarily), made soft countrycaps, and exempted dependents, but they are going in the totally opposite direction.

I read the bill posted for IV, and on page 259 it says for first 5 years after enactment, level of EB immigrants will be at 2005 levels (which was 246K)
90K will for for pending EB applicants, while ATLEAST 10K will for exceptional aliens in nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(Y). This means that these "exceptional aliens" will have a new quota of 246K-90K= 156K a year, while the qouta for existing EB immigrants will be reduced by 50K, thereby accentuating the horrific backlog that already
exists...

Question is, who are these "exceptional aliens" under section 101(a)(15)(Y)??

Are you EB3?

dean and kadarm welcome to IV, we are very much active and we are glad you guys contacted. so far 5 members voted to join in bus, other flying. so i request you guys to join us in the bus if not have any problem.

Birth Certificate didnt have my name and my stupid lawyer had not submitted the employment letter. We then submitted my parents' affidavit, school records and employment letter.

Later on my case was transferred to National Benefits Center and now this interview.

We should see how PERM came into being. Who helped PERM become a reality.
If we can leran from the past and use that to puch for the future improvements in immigration policies for both for the country as well the immigrants

it will at some point of time but not in this months bulletin or in the near future. Folks , for someone with March 2004 Eb3 India PD , is converting to Eb2 really going to help in any way at all ? Please suggest.