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Hi

I am currently a masters student in an american university. My
graduation is in May 2007. I am planning to apply for H1B visa soon
after.

1. Assuming that my H1B status is approved and I recieve my H1B papers
by October, how long should I wait until my employer can file for my
greencard application?

2. It is been announced that the premium processing for the labor
certification is available. This means that there is 2 week decesion
instead of months like before. Therefore how much would be the time
from after the application will I be able to change my status from H1B
to permanent resident and recieve my greencard? Does the premium
processing shorten the time?

Kambi

any luck with PIMS pre-verification ... please share ...

I got this from different website(not sure if I can quote here).

Before going /planning for a perticular consualte, you can email the consulate with a i797 copy asking them to check if it exists in their system. If it doesn't then they will request concerned athorities to make it available in system so that you won't get stuck with PIMS delay. So far I have heard mexico/canada consualte responding to emails positively.

I will be mailing(canada consulate) them soon. Will keep you updated if i hear anything from them. if it works..its indeed a good options for us.:D

Thanks kaisersose.

Anyone else have any inputs. I need to make this decision soon and would appreciate as many inputs as possible.

Thanks.

Folks,

I am a July filer, I called USCIS last week and they stated that they need a new set of biometrics. I had initially given my biometrics after I filed my AOS last year in July 2007. According to what I have read USCIS should be able to retrieve my biometrics from their Biometric storage system. Should I call USCIS and argue with them which may be futile. Or should I just bite the bullet and await the new biometric appointment. I would appreciate any input.

PD: 10/2002
I-140 - Approved Jan 2007
Category - EB3, ROW

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I saw some information somewhere, but don't have the link right away to post here.
But here is the crux of it.

Basically the guy said that : assuming that the wife is working on EAD, and the moment she gets an H4 extension approval, she automatically comes on H4 status, but the very next day if she goes back to work on EAD, the H4 status gets invalidated and person comes on AOS status instantly.

Now should she force the company to update the I-9 on that date, is the question.

The bottom line I think is : there is nothing called as a STATUS field in any USCIS or DOS computer system. Its what you do that determines your status. I believe USCIS allows dual intent.

Does anyone think that I am wrong?

Hello,

I have a general question on EB# to EB2 porting and was hoping if I could get any advice here. I have a labor filed under EB3 in 2005. I got my EAD in 2007 (thanks to the floodgates that opened in July). Now I am planning to move to a different employer in a much better role. The future employer is a startup, and is a little hesitant on transferring H1B, but will file for my labor in EB2 category and will work on porting my priority date.

That means, I will have to drop my H1 (valid through 2012) and will be on EAD. Is it possible to file for EB2 and port from EB3 later on, if H1 visa is dropped and I am in solely on EAD?

Thanks for going through my post.

Dude whats the consulting company name? If you want to land your employer in soup send his details to Dept of labor at "info@dol.gov"

It seems odd that there has been so many RFE for photos. I am not sure if the request for photographs is because USCIS is simply loosing them.

I got photos taken from a professional place and met all the specs. But yet i got an RFE for additional photos.

I have bought tickets for travel in 2 weeks. I may have to postpone my trip now because of this RFE delay.

It took 2 weeks for the RFE to arrive by mail. Too much time is getting wasted....

I wonder why they cannot combine the EAD and AP as one document.

Here is more info on the bill HR 1268 and the ammendment 379

more info on
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/L?d109:./temp/~bdaWv9h:1[1-257](Amendments_For_H.R.1268)&./temp/~bd2OAS

This ammendmet allowed them to capture unused visa numbers to allocate them to nurses catagory.

The below PDF link may be of assistance to you. You should contact the SEVP. Good luck.

http://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/school_closed_17_student.pdf

Below section may be relevant:

6. If you have problems related to your enrollment with your current school and have not yet been accepted for transfer by a new school:
a. Contact SEVP immediately by email at SEVIS.Source@dhs.gov if:
• Your school discontinues the classes/instruction for which you have contracted
• You are unable to contact school officials
• Your school officials will not assist you
Note: Students from the same school and acting as a group may provide a single report to SEVP about your situation.
b. Provide SEVP the following information:
• Family name
• First name
• SEVIS ID
• Date of birth
• Form I-94 number
• Contact information, including mailing address, telephone number, and email
• School name and address
• Date you became aware of the problem
• Description of the situation (a summary; 1-2 paragraphs)
c. SEVP will assist you if you choose to enroll at another SEVP-certified school. However, the basic requirements for you to transfer or depart the United States remain the same as for all students, whether or not their school officials are supporting them.

it was in 2006 quota, got her h1 approval document in november, applied in november second week and by dec 2 week got her ssn.

She was on h4 for the past 3 years and converted to H1 in december officially( as she got her SSN)

INS has already issued receipts for July 2nd filer.
IF you are before it , then you have to file again by tomorrow.
Why take risk.
They might have lost application .

Second filing is justified in your case.

presuming 3500 visas for EB3 from india per year, given about 350,000 were filed recently and presuming about half of that were EB3 india, that means 175,000 are in front of you from India on EB3. so my pd of jan 2006 would become current in about 48 years and yours in about 50. now, others may speculate and extrapolate and say that it's likely to be within a decade based on past experience - i.e RoW not using up its quota and hence spilling over to India, but India EB2 itself is backed up pretty badly & it gets a first shot at it so after these geniuses go green, we get to use that. But again, thats just speculation - so nothing is certain except that it wont be no longer than 50 years based on current law, that too presuming the current law stays as is. lets hope iv succeeds in the backlog efforts in which case the wait would probably be around 3/4 years.

You seem to be knowledgeable. can you tell anything about EB3 October, 2003 Priority Date?. when will people with that PD be able to file I-485(someone i know missed this year). thanks

guys can someone please let me know what is meant by lud.

my fringerprinting was done 2 days ago and received ead no ap yet.

i have seen posts saying online status of i485 been adjusted to lud after
finger printing done.i donot see any changes online for i485 after finger printing.

i highly appreciate if someone let me know what is lud

Hi All,

NSC received my I765 applications on June 21st. I am still waiting for my EAD. I have seen many people from NSC got their approval for the same time frame. Is there anypone in the same boat. Is this something I should be worried about.

Thanks!

My date was june 19th.
I got approval emails yesterday.
Yet to see the card.
Give it a few more days.

link??

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I pledge $120 every month as soon as it is available......

I remember reading somewhere on USCIS website and this forum that FP taken in late 2007 (probably for all July 2007 filers) will last for the duration of AOS application...

This must be for bad FP or for missing FP for self or any family member...


I posted the following at another forum on this topic:


USCIS is developing the Biometrics Storage System (BSS) w hich will allow the re-use of fingerprints and, if an application or petition has not been adjudicated within the fifteen month validity period, USCIS will be able to simply re-submit the stored fingerprints to the FBI, without any involvement of the applicant or petitioner. See 72 FR 17172 (Apr. 6, 2007) (establishing a new system of records).

It is from this link:
http://www.uscis.gov/propub/ProPubVAP.jsp?dockey=c9aecd408423b3f800b01aa0c83db a52


Further research showed that the BSS (Biometrics Storage System) actually went into effect on May 7, 2007.



DATES: The established system of
records will be effective May 7, 2007
unless comments are received that
result in a contrary determination.

This is from FR 17172 which you can find at:
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?dbname=2007_register&position=all&page=17172

Guys,

My visa stamping on my passport expires on end of Sep 2009. I am planning to go to India mid July 2009 and come back mid August 2009. I have H1B-I-797 extension upto August 2011. My I-94 which was issued at the POE and the I-94 at the bottom of the extended I-797 has the same number. From what I know when I leave US I should hand over bothe I-94s(given at POE & one below I-797). From what I heard from friends, IO is suppose to give new I-94 validity date based on the extended I-797 validity date and should not give based on date of expiry of visa stamp on the passport.

@bbct

I think IO did a mistake for you, you could have asked him to give I-94 based on your extended I-797.

@mckottayam

IO did the correct thing for you by giving I-94 validity date based on your extended I797.

Question is, incase IO gives a I-94 based on the visa stamping validity date and not on the validity of I-797 can we ask him to give a I-94 based on the I-797. If he refuses, how can we extend the I-94 validity based on I-797.