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Sandy ,Simply Insane man , write a letter to white house and try to get some attention.This is completely ridiculous and definetley we need to do some thing .. I dont know what is left in this country , And they care more about illegal immigrants ..stupid tv news and news readers , hope one day they realise about legal immigration when we all are eligible to vote in this country

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Rest assured we are working to remove the root cause of visa retrogression.

On a separate note, how can you start a thread demanding something from "IV" when you and few other people on this thread, stuck in backlog after 17th August, say that they don't want to volunteer for IV. Please explain why do you expect us to do all the work for you? If you aren't serious then please stop lamenting about your plight.

Join your state chapter and get involved, your active participation is what will strengthen IV and enable us to fix this issue.

I have sent a mail to the moderator of my region group to include my name and will particpate actively.

If I get to it I will report this to the authorities. IV should work against this as well.

Folks,

I agree 100% with the previous post person.

I myself am a PMP. It is very easy to do one, you need to have the right project mgmt experience (PMI may audit it) and you need to prepare for few months and you can clear it easily.

But the question is, more than the exam it is the practical experience, sometimes this job can be so frustrating and you feel like a sandwich being hit on both sides.

If you already have a PM experience and you dont have the certification, definetly go for it, it is worth the spending.

Again remember it expires in 3 yrs , you got to keep renewing your PDUs to stay current... its not like MCSD or MCAD which is for life long...

kumbayaaaaaaaa

We all know that LC can be used by the employer for substitution and I-140 is owned by the company too. The employer cannot be charged with anything even if you take him to court as he has not done anything illegal, except for breaking the verbal agreement between you and him. What you can do is take the wire transfer details or copy of the check you gave him and tell him to give your money back or you can prove in local court that the money was transffered to you (if he refuses to pay back). Of course this would mean you will probably lose your job and the H-1 status. Basically you will have to swallow this pill and just wait till dates get current or do H-1 transfer to another employer.

To all the fairness expecting ppl,

Tell us, how many of you are not free riders of whatever IV has achieved now and will be achieving in the future before giving a big lecture on why one should not jump the line and crap�.

My contributions: Contributed 300$ and going on�

Ram_C,

Did you open a service request for FP? (for you or for your wife).

If you did not, all NSC-CSC-NSC people, should be getting FP notices also.

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Contribution : $150 so far

NO, I didn't open SR.

I too hope all NSC-CSC-NSC transfer cases get FP notices soon.

good luck :)

I am traveling this month end to India via Frankfurt. I am on AP. I checked with German consulate in US and officer told me we need transit visa both ways (going and coming back). there are no exceptions. He confirmed the same twice when I went in person to get Transit visa.

I would rather listen to German consulate office rather than interpreting stupid sentences on German consulate web site. So please do get Transit visa with 2 entries.

I spent 5 full years in Canada from 1995 2 of which I did my MS (in Montreal - Quebec) and 3, I worked for one of Canada's largest software companies in Ottawa - Ontario. Over the course of these 5 years, I acquired both my Canadian green card and Canadian Citizenship..

From 2000 onwards, I have been in the US languishing in this stupid EB Green Card queue...

I originally hail from India, so can give some clear opinons on how life is comparatively in all three places.

I will firstly agree with someone who mentioned that rather than considering Canada as an option 2 after the US, one should consider our home country..honestly, I believe our home country should be the no. 1 priority on our list. The real solution to all immigration problems lies in the balancing of economies on a global scale...and we as the H1-B skilled workforce are the best people for making the Indian/Chinese economies move forward....reduce unemployment there and improve the wage standards...

As for Canada, except for the cold, almost everything about Canada is better than the US in my opinion - better quality of life, better social security, better health care, safer neighborhoods, better education, better immigration system etc. etc..if you hail from a tropical place like India, the cold WILL bother you, though....

Montreal is 50% English/50% French, and I had no problems living in Montreal although, I know nothing about French at all..

From a pure money stand point of view, it is true, that you will somewhat make more money in US, but most of that will be offset by the higher healthcare costs and higher housing costs...

Frankly, if this 6+ year wait on the US Green Card doesn't go anywhere, I will definitely consider moving back to India, rather than Canada...in 2007 or so...because, I feel, I have spent enough years away from India, accrued enough wealth and owe my time and energy to building the Indian economy....rather than giving my years to any of the western countries....that already are well developed...

My .02 cents..

Guys go to this website and sign up and vote yes for this bill.

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s1085/show

done.

I applied on May18 for I-140 and will be applying to I485 soon.. and would get EAD...so what happens to EAD and AP...I cant beleive they are
waste..Probabaly people with pending I-140 will be subject to the new systems..??..what do you guys think??..Its not pratical to drive people down the Queue again..

How do we know what the status of Name check is, or even if your case is submitted for NC?

When they told me about clearance and delay, they did not keep my passport, but gave it back to me at the same time and hence, I was able to travel. they, however, canceled by previous visas. I never asked them to withdraw my H1 application.

According to my spouse, there were three treatments at the embassy:

Passports retained for approvable/approved cases
Passports returned for rejected cases
Passports retained (no options provided to applicants) for audit cases


In your case, evidently they gave you an option as to whether you wanted to go with the delay. Am I right in assuming that?

Or were you asked to wait with your passport till they cleared up your case at their end?

We are not withdrawing our H1B application that was approved by USCIS. We are merely contemplating withdrawing from getting the actual visa stamp because of the uncertainty.

Right now, the embassy people are not being communicative at all. They did not respond to the last email we sent them and they do not have a live person taking any phone calls.

Initially they said the audit could take 4 weeks but their website (login enabled) says it might take up to 8 weeks.

I guess since no one wants to do anything about their situation - we can all sit back and wait for another 4-5 years and hope that we get a green card at that time since that is the amount of time it is going to take most of us if nothing was to change in the current process. Good luck to ALL and Happy Waiting :)

Mercies,

We appreciate ur apprehension, but please do not sow unnecessary seeds of doubt. As it is, making most legal immigrants take part in this struggle, is like milking a male buffalo.

:D This is so true of Desis. Atleast the illegals have the guts to openly conduct a rally.

I thought the same but they need to get out of the queue before you and I can get our turn :) .. Good for them finally ...

In the longer run I guess it makes predicitions easy :).

One thing , did any other reputed site report this news ?

How was the response? I have contacted the following " The Hindu, Deccan chronicle and some telugu and kannada newspapers and TV news channels" so far no responses, I am planning to speak to my dad and his friends (they retired from the news media recently) to get some responses, but whats the point. The July 2nd fiasco was very well publicized in India, rural India too, even a small village or mandal office issuing birth certificates knew abt the visa bulletin and its reversal!!! and what do we have now...non committal friends who are not interested to come to the rally and some even make fun of it!!

Anyways lets keep trying...

Thanks for your initiatives

Hi ivy55 and anyone else waiting for people to join them, please do not wait for people to meet the law makers. Go ahead and schedule your appointments and if no one responds, please go alone.

Thanks,
Varsha

eFiled on 07/28 at NSC
Soft LUD on 08/30 after sending support docs.
No Approval yet.

Status changed today - Card/ Document Production

When they told me about clearance and delay, they did not keep my passport, but gave it back to me at the same time and hence, I was able to travel. they, however, canceled by previous visas. I never asked them to withdraw my H1 application.

According to my spouse, there were three treatments at the embassy:

Passports retained for approvable/approved cases
Passports returned for rejected cases
Passports retained (no options provided to applicants) for audit cases


In your case, evidently they gave you an option as to whether you wanted to go with the delay. Am I right in assuming that?

Or were you asked to wait with your passport till they cleared up your case at their end?

We are not withdrawing our H1B application that was approved by USCIS. We are merely contemplating withdrawing from getting the actual visa stamp because of the uncertainty.

Right now, the embassy people are not being communicative at all. They did not respond to the last email we sent them and they do not have a live person taking any phone calls.

Initially they said the audit could take 4 weeks but their website (login enabled) says it might take up to 8 weeks.