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So Cheers ....open up your mind and think of things that you can do that are achievable goals from your perspective

... it is too late to link immigration with housing ..it did pick up some steam as shiller and others discussed it ,...

Shiller is smart but I think he is confusing the word 'Immigrant' with the word 'stupid'.

I am an immigrant and why should I buy an unaffordable over priced house which no American is willing to buy?

Hello Everybody
This is my first post. I worked my ass off to get a favorable
solution for retrogression during the budget bill. But as everyone knows it was defeated in the house reconcilation. I'm not being pessimistic but my gut feeling is that eventhough senate comes with something, the chances are slim that the house would agree to it. Sensenbrenners bill which house passed has no provisions for EB immigrants and backlogs. I'm pretty sure all of you are aware of Mr. Tancredo's fury against immigrants too.

Having said that I dont mean we have no way out. We have to work very very hard. We have to raise money and do some hard lobbying. But above all we have to get our employers to back this issue. With all of the above reasons I think it might be a very bad idea to guess we would have any favorable legislation in a shorter span of time. So we have to plan something for a longer period of time and execute it very diligantly, I guess.
I think Immigrationvoice is on the right path... Lets face it people!!!

thanks
babu.

My wife always reminds me this. According to her, its ok to read forums and keep yourself updates with what's going on ... but don't get to much into it, otherwise you will loose your peace of mind.


It is not about you browsing on this forum continously..it is about you not paying attention to your wife continoulsy.:D:D

Even if there would no IV..wife will tell you the same for some other stuff you are following vigourously.

What are the advantages you will have now than before.Allowing H4's to work might be Big New Year gift for many our members.

Thanks for explaining this clearly. 2 Questions:

1. If you use EAD and don't file AC21 and assume your I140 is revoked and USCIS wrongly denies I485 based on the I140 revocation, will you be on legal status while you fight the USCIS ?

2. If you do file for AC21 and switch jobs, if you happen to change jobs again, do you have to file for AC21 again? Does this need to happen everytime one switches jobs?

1. Yes, you are in legal status while the appeal is pending (assuming appeal is not without merit).

2. Yes, until you get a GC you may need to prove that your I-140 is still valid.

sent both fax

What happens in case of people who obtain GC through marriage and then due to some reason have to divorse? Do they have to stay married for a certain period of time?? :D:D If so how much would that be?

I think, it is 2 years.

All,
...and may be few on H1 B Visas every year through the outsourcing companies...

So, you are expecting only few H1B petitions go to USCIS in April 2008?

:)

I am sure this is the right place to ask such questions but I could not find other thread to post my question.

When we file for I-485, what document do we need to attach to the I-485 form?

Do we need valid Passports?

In general a person who is in the US should have a valid and unexpired passport at all times. In addition, there is a whole loooooong list of documents that you attach to the I485- your attorney should advise you on this. The most important once for employment based immigration are documents showing legal status up until the I485 application and current offer letter from your company. There are many many more documents you need to provide...search the net for the necessary documents...

One important issue is over looked here. Small employers will have a tough time in proving I-140 "ability to pay" for employees with older PD�s, whose labor got cleared after Aug 17 from BEC. Cuz the company has to prove its "ability to pay" the proffered wage starting from the date PD is established continuing until the adjudication of I-140.

Suppose the PD for an employee is Oct 2001 and the proffered wage is 80K per annum, then the company should prove that its assets, net income or salary payments were >=80K starting from Oct2001 continuing until the adjudication of I-140.

This is indeed an acid test for small employers.

Aww get off it, I'm not trying to be mean...!


I just missed the damn file... I'll change it now then...



EDIT: It's changed now. but FYI, I used THE SAME pic in the poll as the one I just changed it to. So either my IE is ****ed up (BIG surprise :)) or ghosts are haunting this forum...

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While it seems like a great initiative - lets take a step back and examine the "materiality" of the $5MM number........

1. Annual budget of a typical State Univ is upwards of $1Bn.
2. $5MM can pay for college education of say, 100 kids (only about 50 if you include living expenses)

So, what the message that would go out in media would actually read like is the following:

"100,000 green card applicants trying to buy their way to US Residency by sponsoring 100 kids' college education and/or contributing 0.2% of Ohio State University's Annual Budget"

To the average American worker who has lost his/her job or knows someone close who has - this would, in my mind, seem like a bribe........and make them anti-EB if they already were not.........

All immigrant and non-immigrant workers do their fair share for this country by paying their taxes and abiding by the laws of the land + they pay significant fees during their entire H1 and GC process- a proposal that involves them shelling out any more $$s would only create a sense that we are trying to buy our way in plus its not really fair on the applicants in any way.


Well, you are missing the most important point - Illegal immigrant's probably don't care about the future of the country's educational direction. Family based immigrants don't care either. However WE are EB immigrants and we value education and that is exactly what we demonstrate by doing this. We should not be looking to fund hundreds of thousands of student's college education - heck even the mighty US government cannot do that. We are not a political organization. The way this will go out in the media is - these guys could have used the money to lobby with senators or other congressmen, instead, they choose to use it for a good cause. This is highly symbolic. And the key here is to involve the first lady. The moment you involve the first lady, it become apolitical.

Oh, and btw, we are not buying our way into a GC. Nowhere did I mention that. We, EB immigrants value education and hence want to donate for an educational charity/cause. We don't expect a GC by doing this - this is highly symbolic; however if the Obama administration takes up CIR this year and we start this campaign and this happens to go to the first lady and gain media attention at the right time, perhaps the administration would include legal immigration in the CIR which would have otherwise not been included.

Timing is critical to this. If we gain media attention a few weeks before CIR comes up for debate, we might have Legal, EB Immigration included into it. And CIR this year is our only chance and hope and if EB immigration is not considered parts of CIR, then we might as well kiss our GCs good bye.

IV has the clout now to approach agencies, explain to them our argument and see if we are able to convince them for short-term reliefs. It is just a matter of trying.

I'm smiling. We will certainly try, but the part above (clout etc) would be an overstatement of our current levels of access. :)

Note that these are the same agencies that have been resisting our efforts to get even the most basic breakdown of data.

best,
Berkeleybee

I hope with this funding mechanism they could hire more efficient people and get things done fast.

rb_248, Last time there was an increase a year back or so, I felt that it is good to have an increase in USCIS Fees, because it will bring the necessary funds that they say they lack for efficiency. I have been proved wrong. There is no accountability.

If they don't want to publish the numbers, fine. If they don't want to process application, we can't do anything about it. But at least move the PD forward so more cases become eligible for approval and it makes USCIS's life easy to use all the numbers.

Whats the use if they move PD forward by 2 years in July and then USCIS is super busy using all the numbers available. It would be better if DOS move PD forward every quarter if they see visa numbers are not utilitized.

They should divide 140K total numbers by 12 (which is 11666) and watch each month how many numbers were used in last month. If 11666 numbers were not used last month then they should move PD for retrogressed country forward so more cases become eligible.

This is not rocket science and I don't know why DOS don't understand it.

isnt a visa number assigned when they apply for 485?

good point in item 4. When i talk to people from other countries about visa issues and IV they just look at the processing dates for 485 and think that GC will be approved in 6 months.
I wish that were the case. Unfortunately visa number is allotted only after EVERYTHING else is done and that is why we have to endure additional suffering i.e. even if your case is ready for approval it will remain pending because visa number is unavailable.

RAgz4u and other core IV member,


One suggestion, does senator Kennedy know about employment based immigration issues. Have we (IV) contacted him or his office to make sure he is aware of our issue? He has been and will remain a key figure and influencer in this. Just a suggestion that we keep his office abreast of the issues.

Thanks


Does that means that the existing backlog will be cleared fast?

Specter agreed this morning with Kennedy's approach, provided that these illegal immigrants would not be able to start legalization proceedings until the backlog of 3 million people now waiting in countries around the world for their chance to come to the United States legally get their green cards.

Any comments or thoughts on this is highly appreciated.

Thanks

nlssubbu
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India - EB3 - Priority Date 07/16/2001

I-140 Applied 07/30/2004 - RFE (Labor Substitue) - 06/27/2005 Replied 10/19/2005 Approved 11/02/2005
I-485 Applied 12/01/2004 - FP done on 1/8/2005 - Approval ??
1st EAD - Applied 12/01/2004 - RFE (Color photo Myself & Daughter) - 2/7/05 Replied 2/18/05 Approved 03/02/05
1st AP - Applied 12/01/2004 - RFE (Color Photo Myself & Daughter) - 2/7/05 Replied 2/18/05 Approved 03/02/05
2nd EAD - Applied 11/02/2005 - Approved 12/02/2005
2nd AP - Applied 11/02/2005 - Approved 12/20/2005

Can we have a letter / online fax campaign atleast...

May be a letter from Rep Longfren etc.

You are not the only one. I have been waiting for my GC for 8 years now and it is nowhere in sight! I took the plan B (Canada) and became a PR there (it tookj just over a week, without the need for a job and without me leaving the USA, except to "land" there as the final step). Canada is not as bad as people may think. It looks just like the US, in many cases people are way nicer, multiculturalism is encouraged and enshrined in the Canadian constitution (as opposed to assimilation in the U.S.) and you have free healthcare and free social security for life, whether you are employed or not. Finally Canada has consistently ranked as one of the very top places to live worldwide (ranges from 1-5, it is 3rd this year, with U.S. in like #8) and there is so much to do there. Anyway, for a plan B, Canada is quite honestly pretty damn nice.

Trust me buddy - Canada is no heaven. If not USA, lets go back to our home-country - its way, way better. I have worked in Canada for a while (Montreal) and can tell you that it is no America. Not the standard of living, Not the technology, not the people, ofcourse not the weather :-) Just my 2 cents.