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I searched for IV on orkut and got three communities back, one with 2 members and two empty.. which one are we joining?

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Why not let people apply 485/140 concurrently even if their PDs are not current?.

All of us who were stuck know what a relief it is to have EAD in hand. Also non-IT spouses can work if they get their EAD.

Not that everybody would listen but I would say that it will be good if they allow concurrent filing even if the PD is not current and process the cases when PD becomes current.

I Agree with you , But again if they allow concurent filling ROW will get preference over us as they will be current most of the time .

I think it would be best if they allow us to apply for 485 regardless of priority date once 140 is approved .

140 may take a year but atleast you know you can file 485 in a year , with priority date rule you never know when you can apply

Just want to say that the public's opinion is already visible in the "public's" choices -- I mean, it is the US public after all that is refusing to study science and engineering! ;-)

If PACE gets through, it'll be the medicine that the public doesn't want to swallow. ;-)

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Well, Bush has delivered his address on the immigration subject. Unless I am missing something, not a word was said about the Legal Immigration or the H1Bs. All the focus was on the illegal immigrants and the border enforcement.

Does that mean that the Legal ones like us are in the backburner? Would the Senate and the house focus only on the illegals and give them the path to citizenship, leaving those who played by the rules, in the lurch? What kind of justice is this in the "Land of Justice"?

I hope the senators and the representatives are sensible and leave the provisions for the EBs in the proposed bill, alone.

Hoping for the best.

Higcoptimist

immigration related only please.... imagine, I post related to a car, other did for which course is good, which school is good.. Lets stick to immigration issues for now.

Well, no other sites have posted this. Murthy, AILA etc. so its difficult establishing credibility. Also, dont you find it strange that he says EB3 India wont move? It has been at 2001 since long time (excluding anomalies). If that wont move this year when will it move. Are there so many eb3s ? especially with ppl porting to eb2s?

We're running out of time. Any timely suggestions would be much appreciated.

Please help to expedite Atlanta center.

We just want to get ours filed too and join the rest of the gang in celebration :p

Hi
I have given up hopes of getting an H-1B through the Master's quota. I applied on April 4. So there are no hopes anyway.

Now how can one get an H-1B through a non-profit organization. My understanding of this process is not very clear. I was under the impression (wrong impression!!) that if I can get a job at a Non-Profit place through a consulting company(I am an employee of the consulting company and not the Non-Profit org) and because my workplace is at a non-profit organization, I can get an H-1B that qualifies as one that belongs to the Non-Profit H-1B category.

Please clarify. I am trying to understand this clearly.
Thanks very much

I dont think this will fly. This is a stretch. There is nothing to understand here. Claerly, you are an employee of consulting firm, which is a for profit organisation. Your H-1B is filed by the consulting company and not the non-profit organisation.

Hi All,

Thank you for your overwhelming response. I did spoke to an attorney and rightfully got sucked out with $$ but it gave me some peace of mind for sure.

1. His recommendation was that the maximum penalty in my case would be 10,000 $ + 2 months notice as given i my policy. Apart from this wipro cannot claim any more and again this could be challenged if asked for in USA but would work in wipro's favor if it is claimed in India.
2. But he did mentioned that many of other clauses could be challenged.
3. He also cautioned me that Wipro cannot be bounded to give my Experience letter :(

Bottom line is i'm ready to pay 10,000$ + remaining 4 weeks notice and get a clean exit. Yes some of you might argue otherwise but i thought from my personal perspective this is right decision as i have plans to get my GC processed.

@JRG, hope this helps u.

@reddyram,LONGGCQUE, gc28262, pagal, crazymonk ... I'm greatful to each one of you. @LONGGCQUE your specifc response was most helpful to me as it ideally match with my situation without any disrespect to others as each one of your suggestions have made to stand up against Wipro!!

Thanks Again.
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I entered the US as a student in Jan '99 and did a couple of trips on my F1 visa and since I got my H1-B approval notice in 2001, I never left until last December '07 and returned with a stamped H1-B visa.

I would be "ok" if they asked for all returns since 2001 as that's when I actually started working and used the H1-B, but why is he asking for returns from 1999, I have no clue...

That's why I mentioned it feels like he wants to deny my applicatoin. Can he deny it if I can't produce the returns for '99 and '00 even though I filed my returns and the IRS can't produce evidence that I did or didn't?

I do have the W-2's from '99 and '00...

Any ideas/help from senior members or someone that had a similar situation?

If you have w-2's you just need to fill 1040NR-EZ and send it back to the requesting officer. I don't understand what is the problem in fill a form and signing it and sending in the copies of it... what difference does it make if it was filled in 1999 or 2008 as it will be the same thing.... if they have a problem ask them to verify it with IRS which I am sure they will not able to do as there is no way so they have to accept what you submit... just my $0.02.. ask your attorney about this...

Guys,

I found this site where in we can send letters to our senate members or house representatives regarding the issues we face.

http://capwiz.com/aila2/issues/alert/?alertid=9589591

Letter content pre-exists if needed you can change.

Let's inundate senate & other members with what we are facing..

-IV2007
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You first need to apply for SSN based on your pending I-485 application.

Need some views on this

Hi forum users,

My wife is on h4 visa and we have found a volunteering position for a profit company.

Is it legal for people on h4 visa to volunteer (meaning not getting paid any type of salary) for a profit making company.

You may ask why we are doing this, if we dont make money, we are doing this to gain experience here.

So that once we get our EAD we can use it to work.

Does any one have any information about this. Because it is not a non-profit company it is a profit making company.

The field is not IT , it is drug and pharmaceutical related and is mainly bio-tech.

Thanks.

The one with the red roses is a bit too shallow depth of field, both in the first one and the one posted later. It looks like you focused on the central/foreground rose, and the one at the back looks just a little bit too much (or too little) out of focus to me. I know it's not easy to do these things...

Thanks for the feedback, Mats. It may sound like an excuse, but the client actually wanted this. She brought a couple of Japanese catalogs as examples of these sorts of preserved flower arrangements, and they all tended to a shallow DoF, overexposed, soft look. For the arrangements, I didn't much care for the style, but for the single rose, I rather liked the result.

I convinced her that having some sharp detail was good, but she really liked the shallow, overexposed look. Hence the light colored backgrounds in most of the shots, and a central blossom. I am rather glad of that, since, when left to myself, I was having a devil of a time trying to get a DoF that kept the subject sharp, and put the background OoF. I think I need a bigger "studio" next time (instead of my dining table...).

OTOH, maybe studio work isn't really for me...

There is no box for A#. The fields are - Receipt #, Case Type (I-140), Receipt Date, Priority Date, Petitioner, Notice Date, Page (1 of 1), Beneficiary, Law firm's name and address, Notice Type (Approval, Preference category).

This was around April 2006. Maybe they changed the format?

There should be a box for A number, is it blank?