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I had my H1b till Nov 16, 2010 with Company1

Company2 applied for H1b transfer and it was approved as of Nov 08, 2010 ( but we didn't get any notification about it it's approval until few weeks later)

Company1 filed for H1b extension on Nov 10, 2010

I properly resigned Company1 on Nov 30, 2010 and started working with Company2 on Dec 1, 2010

Somehow Company1 didn't terminate my H1b extension and it got approved as of Jan 18, 2011.

1) Which status am I in? What decides my status?
2) Can I continue working for Company2 without any problems? Has this new approval put my transfer in jeopardy?
3) Do I need to update Company2 about Company1's extension approval?
4) Do I need to leave the Country to do any stamping?

Please help!!

You can have multiple H1B visas at a time ...no problem..... both your H1B's are valid
you can work for both employers at a time if you can :)

Thanks

Yes.I too agree with u.

My company filed an I-140 in December 2009. The petition (an EB2) was APPROVED in May 2010. A month or so later, I was laid off but BEFORE the I-485 was ever filed. As far as I know, the I-140 has not been revoked. What are my potential options here? Can I find a new employer to file a 485 provided the new job is similar to the I-140 petition or do they have to start the whole process again?

The new employer needs to apply new labor and I-140. However, You can keep your priority date based on your previously approved I-140.
In short, Your place in line is not changed but the process must start from beginning.

Arizona's new immigration law is a bad idea whether you are an anti or a supporter of comprehensive immigration reform. The reasons are different for each but the idea of a state taking crazy measures points to the failure of congress and the administration to take meaningful action to correct what is becoming a system that is failing the immigrant community and our entire nation.

What does the Arizona law do?

Arizona's law orders immigrants to carry their alien registration documents at all times and requires police to question people if there's reason to suspect they're in the United States illegally.

What do opponents say?

Critics, including immigrant advocates and the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, say they are concerned the law will foster racial profiling, arguing that most police officers don't have enough training to look past race while investigating a person's legal status.
It also targets those who hire illegal immigrant laborers or knowingly transport them.

Are other states considering similar legislation?

Michael Hethmon, general counsel for the Immigration Reform Law Institute, helped draft the language of the Arizona bill. Hethmon said lawmakers from four other states have approached him asking for advice on how they can do the same thing where they live. He declined to identify which states, citing attorney-client privilege.

Is federal immigration legislation coming?

Democrats say that if they don't get Republican commitments soon, they likely will push to move a bill without GOP support.

Democratic sources said the chances of passing immigration reform in that scenario this year are slim, but they want to make clear to key constituencies they are at least trying.

President Obama is still pushing for a bill, though.

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is the only GOP senator on board, but he has told Democrats they will lose his support unless they find another Republican. Obama recently called Sen. Scott Brown, R-Massachusetts, to try to get him on board, a Brown spokeswoman said.

Bottom line is that this bill does not make Arizona safer or its residents free of criminals. It's anti-immigrant and unconstitutional.





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Switch from Adjustment of Status (AOS) to Consular Processing. The caveat is you lose your EAD and will have to wait for your PD to be current before you can work in the US again. Unless you get a new H1 and want to start over!

OK, I guess you're starting out with RAW (since you save as TIFF). In that case maybe you need to download an update to the RAW plugin from Adode, it fixes an EXIF problem.

Hi,
Should I go to Canada or Mexico and re-enter US with EAD/AP before my AP expires to start working on EAD and avoid any "out of status" issues ?

Does Canada Mexico ask for valid VISA and I-94 to get a visitor visa?
Should I go to India(my home country) and re-enter US before my AP expires to keep my status ?

It doesn't seem to me that you need to leave the US at all. You are authorized to stay here because you have a 485 pending. You can work using your EAD. The company should have reverified your I-9 form when the H-1B expired, assuming that you showed the H-1B paperwork to complete the I-9. However, since you have an EAD, you were not working without authorization.

However, you have a lawyer who has reviewed all your paperwork and presumably s/he knows something that I don't.

Whatever you do, you should NOT try to enter the US as a visitor when you really want to work here and be a permanent resident. That would be fraud.

I've read at the vfs website and also the forums that Returning US Workers are qualified to apply for Emergency appoitment. Has anyone on this forum done this and successfully got visa stamped ? Also is there any document needed to support the emergency or just the fact that we have to return to the job is enough to qualify for this category?

Thanks!

You are right. The attorney thought that my sixth year ended in August 2010. Glad I don't have to travel outside of US. Thanks for the response.

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I'm confused. I thought you said there was an RFE in your first post?

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Hi,

I am on H1 visa and my wife is on H4. Our son was born here last summer with multiple complications, a few of them were life threatening as well. He is recovering well from multiple surgeries but still has issues that require constant medical attention. It is possible that I might be laid off soon and while I am searching hard to find a new job, it is possible that I might have to leave the country to avoid being out of status. With my son's current health condition, my preference is to stay here for some more years till he is completely out of the woods. I wanted to get expert advice from lawyers/members of IV as to what my options are? Will writing to my local senator and asking for a visa that will allow me to stay here even if I lose my job, an option? If so what visa would that be? I have another daughter who is on H4 as well. If we have to convert to b1/b2, is it straightforward and once on b1/b2, can I convert to H1 if I get another job? Are there provisions for parents to get green card based on a sick US citizen child?

Any help in this regard is highly appreciated.

Hi,

I submitted my 485/765/131 application in May this year and my 485 is pending. I received my EAD but I got an email from CRIS saying that there is an RFE on my AP. The RFE email was on July 13th but my lawyer still hasn't received the RFE. How long does it typically take to receive the RFE?

Thanks.
Takes some time for RFE to come to the lawyer around 2 weeks or so.RFE might be on photographs or colour visa copy so chill.

My PERM was filed and I got the following email from my lawyers

" Labor Certification by ABC ABC, Inc. on your behalf has been submitted via the Department of Labor�s (DOL) Permanent Online System as of the above date (April 1) . The application will be adjudicated by a National PERM Processing Center. As the DOL does not currently have a processing schedule for PERM applications, we are unable to predict how long processing will take. In the past, PERM applications have been adjudicated anywhere from a few weeks to several months. Unfortunately, there is currently no way for beneficiaries to check the status of the application. We will contact you as soon as we hear anything specific regarding your case. "

1. Is there any place where you can check the status ? Since I do not have any reference number, and from the text of the email, I doubt that.

2. I checked some forums and found that the average processing time is 60 days. Which processing center should I be looking for ? (I work at Oracle in SFO)

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Taxes are paid on earned money only. Not loans.

If your spouse takes a student loan in USA, there are other advantages though. He/she can claim student loan deduction on the taxes !! Not sure your Indian bank would provide the necessary forms to you or if they have a legal obligation to submit anything to IRS here.

This has been discussed before!
Moving to EAD is irreversible. You can't come back to H1b without applying for new H1.
The way USCIS knows that is you will show paycheck without valid H1.
This has been discussed before in many threads in details.. do the search.

I am planning to work on EAD soon and switch my employer using AC21. How would USCIS know that I have switched from H1b to EAD. I might change my mind after 1 months and get back to H1 transfer and work on H1 instead on EAD.

This depends on if the future project is long term and I switch to H1B just to be safe.

Any ideas would be appreciated...

Take an infopass appoinment and find out whose mistake was it.

How do u know if the employer is lying? ( chances more if its a desi)
or if its a mistake from USCIS

Rajesh

Can i file for I-485 while my H1-B extension petition is pending?
Should i premium process my H1-B petition before i can be ready to file my I-485 in july?

Thanks
sri

Yes...you can file. Those are completely seperate process.