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as far as previous employer has not revolved / canceled i140, and Priority date for i140 is backlogged, you can get 3 yr extension on h1b using previous employer's i140. if any of these does not satisfy, you do not get 3 yr ext. using old company i140.

Hi,

I am trying to e-file AP renewals by myself instead of using my expensive Attorney. I have a question. If you have successfully e-filed, can you please clarify ?


1)My wife was originally admitted into the US as H-4. But now after entering US on H4 and staying on h-4 for about 6 months she used her EAD to work. Her H4 visa was renewed and is still valid even though our Visa stamping on the passport has expired. So what should her class of admission be ? Should I write H4 or EAD ? AP form asks for class of admission.


2)If filing for both self and wife, should this be mailed in two different packets or one packet , two different envelopes ?


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If you are e-filing, by definition you won't need to mail anything (or almost, see below)!
I applied on-line for both EAD and AP, and it's really very simple.
You certainly don't need to pay those ridiculous fees to an attorney for that!
After e-filing, I received two weeks later in the mail a request to send ID pictures. That's the only thing I had to mail.

I posted a few days ago here
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=544

For those people on 1 year extensions (or near end of 6 years) they cannot refile without perfect timing because otherwise the labor would be cancelled when filing, and thus PERM would not be outstanding for greater than 12 months.

Also if your job has been in DoL and BEC for 4 years and is in the technoology business then it is likely that the description has changed enough to make an identical filing untrue, just because technology changes and thus skills requirements do, and thus PD is not kept because the job is not identical. Also DoL has not defined "how equal" the application must be to qualify to keep the PD.

Thus we need a law to allow keeping the PD even if the job description has changed.

Also it would be good to allow people to file PERM without withdrawing their Labor app. However, this might flood PERM, because too many people might do that.

My current estimate is that BEC will process my application within about 12 months, if their 18 month estimate is right. But it would take 6 months of recruitment effort plus overhead to do PERM -- maybe or 9 months total, and then two months waiting for PERM -- total 11 months. Saving 1 month. But the PERM queue could grow too.

If I trust BECs on their estimate it is not worth the hassel of PERM, but should I trust someone who's estimates have been wrong two or three times before?

What is also needed is an "insurance policy" if BECs do not deliver on their promise of only 18 more months, but it would be hard to get law made on this. For example, after 18 month deadline, the assumption could be that all remaining applications are valid and allowed to proceed UNLESS BEC later demonstrates a fraudulant application. Otherwise people are always in the situation of DoL saying "just another X months". This would also allow BECs after 18 months to change mode into just looking for fraud which should be easier to do than qualifying the case.

There is also an issue of employers not wanting to file PERM, because they know that they have an endentured / captive employee and the BECs are doing their dirty work. So it is important to break this chain.

So in summary law changes:
1) Allow PD to be kept even if employer withdrawns labor, changes description, or refiles with PERM. After some date any labor application unprocessed by BEC would give the immigrant a guarenteed priority date.

2) Consider allowing concurrent PERM filing.

3) If DoL does not meet its own target (which is well behind congress's target), then all outstanding applications are assumed valid and allowed to proceed as if certified, unless the application is later shown to be frivolent or clearly fraudulant. Leaving BECs to just "skim check" for fraud and stupid applications after 18 months.

Here's our situation:

Both of our GC applications were filed in EB3 categories, by our individual employers, independent of each other.

My priority date is Apr 2002. My 140 is approved and 485 was filed in 2007 and is currently pending.

My husband's 140 is also approved and 485 was filed back in 2005. His priority date is Sep 2003.

Is there any way now to link both our applications, so he can take advantage of my earlier priority date without him having to withdraw his 485 application?

What number Would I call? 1-800-375-5283 is just messages

Could anybody please provide me with a number I can call and talk to a person? Thank you much.

I totally agree with you...recently I moved to CA and it took me close to 2 months before I had 3 offers...I can see it can be frustating, distracting but keep +ve and it will be rewaded.

Recently I got laid off and I worried on how long it would take me to find a job, Here is my situation:-

* I have a green card
* Severance package I received is 7 months
* Skills - MS computer science, 6 years full time experience in financial industry. SQL server 2000, C# (mid level programmer), solid communication skills
* I live in New York, open to find a job in tri state area (or ideally would like to move to bay area)
* I have two kids, Wife is not working
* My salary expectations - 110k+

Any suggestions on how to get motivated ? Every where news is really bad and there are only few openings - what are best ways to explore the opening's ? please let me know your job search experience

Thanks

I have H1 visa and my company started processing my GG. They published some ads, and in August applied for the LC. It turned out that they used EB3. They said that LC would be ready by February next year. Then it will take 4 years minimum for other steps. I was very surprised that I was EB3 but not EB2.

I have couple of questions:

1. How long does it take if to process it using EB3... 4 years, 5 years?

2. How long does it take if to process it using EB2? I am from Russia.

3. Is it possible to switch to EB2 somehow?

4. If I apply one more time now using Eb2, would it be faster? I will lose time for LC processing.

5. At what step of GC processing can I change a compamy that I work for?

Thank you
Michael

You are lucky!!

Just sharing my experience, My company lawyer has provided me the photocopy of I140 approval, he didnot resist in anyway.

Choice of fonts is poor. :hat:

Tommy I do so love your elaborate comments ;) and your positive attitude :to:



/mette :rabbit:

During my H-1B visa interview at the Delhi Consulate I was told that my Visa is approved but some additional documents are needed. A pink slip, 221(g), was given to me, I submitted all the documents same day. Its been a week and the online status shows 'case is being processed'. I also have a valid advanced parole and I am thinking of entering on AP if the 221(g) takes too long. My question is, the consulate still has my passport, will there be any issues if I ask my passport back? how long does it take to get the passport back? Will the passport be stamped for '221(g) in progress? what kind of issues I can have at the POE? Thanks in advance.

In US the nice thing about SSA is unemployment and disability security.
But 10 years is a long time to wait on a temporary visa to get your social security back.. There were some discussions to reduce this to 3 years but that talk is dead now.

In India, the best part is 100% compulsory employer contribution. But
Indian PF sucks with rising inflation and lack of accountability.

And we all know how the employers would "Package" their "contribution".

This latest development will sting Indian origin GC holders and US citizens who go back to work in India and MNC employees working abroad.

My wife when she went to india did the same. Means Submitted all the i-94 including the one which was with the 797.

While returning from india she did not get the i-94 upto the 797 approval date, she got it upto the Visa expiry date.

When i went to the Border Security Officer mentioned that the i-94 which you receive with 797 is for your reference, you are not supposed to give it to anybody.


I had to apply for the extension because i did't have any proof with me for my wife on the i-94.

I submitted all my I-94s including that on the 797. If you notice closely, they all have the same number on the top left corner. By issuing an I-94 with the 797, USCIS confirms that your original I-94 that you received at the POE has been extended. They are not valid after you leave the country as you get a new I-94 with a new number. You can go to an USCIS office and get your wife's I-94 corrected to the 797 date.
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I look at this image and find no main point of interest, my eye is left to simply rome around the image and is not driven to "the" subject matter.

I had a quick play.... a slight rotate, crop and clone to come up with this...

http://www.potd.com.au/TESTS/153littleflowers.jpg

The diagonal line leads you in from the rear to the main flower, while the same happens from the front. You could play with the DOF of this image also (either in camera of PS) as narrow DOF would help draw attention to main subject flower of your choice, eg:.....

http://www.potd.com.au/TESTS/153littleflowers_BLUR.jpg
http://www.potd.com.au/TESTS/153littleflowers_BLUR2.jpg

Also, the eye will naturally fall to the brightest part of an image, so all background flowers that may have distracted from subject flower have been cloned out.

I hope this helps.

Russell

PS.... They were really quick PS mods and are a bit "hows your father", but they're intended simply to give an idea. :-)

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I was wondering if they have restarted premium processing for I-140 yet?

Only one application is needed.

I was in the same situation several years ago and I personally filed ONLY ONE I-129 requesting 'recapture the time' and 'extension of stay' for 7th year.

Your LCA's and I-129s end date should be the date after one year plus days to recapture.

Since USCIS has returned your one year application, you may want to check the end date of the application that USCIS has kept for processing. If the end date is not greater or equal to at least 1 year then there is an issue.


Mr Aggarwal, you might remember you gave me suggestion of going out of US for few days and then my employer can apply 2 I-129 applications simultanously.
Here was my case : I am on H-1B status since May 2005 and my 6 years expired on 12th May 2011. My employer applied for LC on 15th May 2010 which is still pending ( under audit ). In order for us to seek 7th year extension, I went out of US for 4 days and came back bcz I have to be in status on the day my labor was going to be 365 days pending. My employer filed two I-129 applications, ( both applications under normal processing) one for seeing 4 days to recoup, and 2nd application for 7th year extension But USCIS sent 2nd application back alongwith fee and gave us only 1 file number. Why is that?
Is it because they can accept only 1 application at a time( for 4 days extension) and wont entertain 2nd application unless 1st has been decided?
Or .. Are they going to do processing for whole 1 year and 4 months in same application and returned the extra fee of 2nd application?
I am confused now, because what if they are processing only 1st application and give me just 4 day extension after 2 months. Also, shall my employer be able to file 2nd application after 2 months when I am out of status ?
Please help .

You can start Greencard application in EB2 after receiving the MS degree in December 2006. H-1B and GC are two separate entities.

any help appreciated. My labor got cleared from BEC. It was filed under RIR category . The minimum req for the job specified in LCA is BS+5 yrs+2 months.Salary is 80k/yr.Does this qualify me for EB2 also the ETA form has my qualification as my BE+MS .Also it specifies my past experience before joining the company. In my previous experience i was promoted and worked in a fortune 500 company .Will this qualify me for EB2. Also i heard that the category is determined in 140 stage.any help .thanks in advance.The occupation code also specifies that 65% or more in this job have bachelors and masters .Also it was mentioned it requires years of work experience for this job.Will this qualify for EB2. I am eager to know as i am from rest of the world and i can file 140/485/ead/ap together now.Any inputs.

EB-3
Mail Date: June 29, 2007
Received Date: July 2, 2007 @ 10:25a singed by J. Barrett
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I 485- 9/12
I 765- 9/12
I 131- 9/12

Just be patient guys. I stop worrying about it and finally got all the receipt notice.

Good Luck

Some proposals are realistic and can be implemented. An increase in EB-visa numbers may not be that realistic at the moment, but most of the others like recapturing visa numbers lost every year (upwards of 200K), considering the primary beneficiary towards the quota, etc., as well as some interim benefits.... are all part of the proposals afaik.

Bottomline, if you understand all the issues and the efforts being made, please participate and make this a successful effort.

As they say, even God doesn't help those who don't help themselves... :)

jazz

I believe in IV and its efforts.

I understand rally will help IV to demonstrate the people support.

I understand, in rally and after rally IV requests/lobbys law-makers to fix the broken immigration system system.


But can someone clarify me, what exactly IV is requesting law-makers?

1) Are we asking to re-capture visa numbers? (150K may not be sufficient for 750K applicants)

2) Remove country limit (still have to 5 years)

3) Increase the EB quota?

4) Clear all current pending Backlog labor/I-140/I-485/etc applications by 2009? This is temporary solution, but will solve the problem for now.

5) Another Immigration Reform bill for legal?

Having clear answers will help to gain support from my friends, colleagues and more and more people will be willing to join.

Thanks

I applied for my 7th year H1-B extension in March (Mat 14th) and received a WAC case number. As per the USCIS case search, It was approved last week. But I have not yet seen any confirmation from my attorney.

Investing in a company -> Yes (shareholder)

Own a company -> No

On H1b, you are not even supposed to make money via Google Adsense. Even if the money is diverted to your home country you have to quote these earnings on your taxes. H1b visa holder has to quote his/her worldwide income and its unclear if your income in your home country is taxed here be it Adsense income or a business.

No wonder many entrepreneurial ideas either die or are taking roots in Korea, India or China!

This has been my research on the internet and is not from a legal advisor.