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If it is EB2, forget about it. EB2 and 3 yr degree is big No No. If it is EB3 (seems unlikely as you filed in 04/2007 and EB3 was not current) consult good lawyer and file MTR.

HTH



- Pre-approved labor dated 03/2004
- Filed 140 in 04/2007 and filed 485 in 08/2007. Got EADs as well
- RFE on 140 after 2 years waiting (in fact it was on the last day of 2nd year. In between, it was passed thru all the 4 centers and came back to same place where it was filed). Education mismatch and other stuff. Employer responded in 21 days
- 2nd RFE on 140 after 30 days - Education mismatch - Again responded
- There was no response even after 60 days, so we called and created a service request.
- Finally the 140 has been denied today. I did not get the notice yet. I'm thinking, it is because of Education mismatch

The labor was for 4years degree and I have 3 years degree + 1 year post graduate diploma with 8 years experience by the time filing 140. And I did my masters in US, but I got this after couple of months of I filed my 140.

Please advice what are options available for me.

I know this is not a good question as there is no time frame for GC process?
But please share your experience;
How many years it could take to get GC if it is started with in Aug. 2008 for
-EB2 category
-EB3 category

I am trying to understand the time (years) difference between two process.

Thanks,
Sanjeev.

For EB3:
---------
You get married
************* Apply in PERM
First Kid
************* PERM approved, 140 Filed
Second Kid
First Kid goes to Pre-K
************* 140 approved, waiting for PD
Second Kid goes to Pre K
You buy a Home
Kids going to High School
************* PD is CURRENT, appy I485
Kids going to College
Kids graduated
Kids getting married
You get grandchildren
You retire from work
Enjoying after retirement at home with wife
*************Email from CIS, says "Welcome to the....." and "Card Production Orderd"


For EB2:
---------
.......
.......
Kids getting married
*************Email from CIS, says "Welcome to the....." and "Card Production Orderd"
You get grandchildren
You retire from work
Enjoying after retirement at home with wife

Oh yeah, we are seasoned with US immigration oil to look anything thrown to us in a positive manner.

be positive, be optimistic and things will happen on its due course. By that time you will be eligible to become sanyasi as you would have mastered the skills of patience and looking at +ve on -ves.

hmm no shootings now... I am venting my frustrations. You too can do.

Look at the positive in your post too. People goto Himalayas to become Sanyasi.
We are learning the virtue of patience here itself... ;) :D :cool:

Visit your local INS or USCIS office. They should guide you through the process.

On a lighter note, you will also experience their "hospitality".

have you talked to a lawyer. If i am not wrong you have also used AC-21. Do you think revocation/withdrawal of the H-1B, will affect 485 in any way.

I spoke with my attorney today and she is going to investigate further on this case to find out what happened. She also mentioned that she has been an immigration attorney for over 30 years and half the time she has been working on USCIS generated blunders!!

Its Aug 17! even though most of us do not have receipt yet, we can forget about refiling

Thanks for the response.

IF I port to self employment will things be any better?

That way I can be a consultant and work in my field. I can generate enough work. Also, how would USCIS exactly know what kind of work a person is doing?

Thanks

Self porting or even working for consultancy firm when moving from a full-time job to consultant is risky. Nowadays, there have been more RFE asking for client letter to make sure that the job description you are working matches with that mentioned in LC. So this is how they know what kind of work you are doing. Your client should be willing to provide you with a letter that matches the job description. This is especially if you were working full-time and now moved to consultancy or self-ported and working as consultant. There has been more RFE and scrutinity of applications recently.

My wife is in a similar situation. I-94 validity matches passport expiry (Dec 2008) , but H1 visa stamp is until Mar 2010. She has a new passport, but we are not sure if she will be out of status if she does not get a new I-94 and stays in the country beyond Dec 2008.

Get your I-94 corrected - BTW, staying beyond I-94 date is unlawful and you will be barred from entering US.

Best part of Indian EPF scheme you can withdraw 100% if you quit job or if you are in transition. So no retirement age restriction if somone wants money ;)

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.

From your description it looks like you are moving to a new company.

I know someone who got 140 approved with MS+1. Were you a test engineer or a "Software Engineer in Test". In companies like Msft, Google and a few others the "Software Engineer in Test" people write more code than the Developers. In those cases, they can say that they did code development. I'm not sure if that would apply to your case.

Also, in big companies(at least in mine) and I know at least one more, they do not give the job description when you talk to HR for a letter. They give a letter saying Mr/Ms xx worked in our company from date x to date x. That's it. So the question is in those cases how to get a job description letter. I have heard people getting letters from colleagues certifying their work experiences. So if you have a colleague who can certify the coding you did and if your company does not give the job description but only your period of work, you can combine the two letters and apply for EB2.

Are you sure democrats are not listening to republican suggestions? Healthcare debate has been going on for over 1 year. In my 8 years in US, never has been so much time given to debate any single issue. Most of the key provisions in the bill were Republican ideas including tax cuts, coverage for preexisting condition etc. Republicans are taking bribes from insurance companies for stalling the healthcare bill. If democrats did not want to include republicans then they could have passed healthcare bill last year when democrats had super majority in the Senate, before Scott Brown's election. All throughout last year democrats have been trying to get republicans on board. Republican party have stalled the entire government. Now with no other choice, after debating healthcare for more than 1 year, republicans want to restart the entire discussion. This is appalling.

Keeping all tradition, Healthcare bill passed with with filibuster proof majority in the Senate. House passed their own bill with majority. House is now trying to pass Senate bill. Then House and Senate will do reconciliation of the House bill and Senate bill in the conference committee. Every bill has to go through conference committee. After conference committee they will again pass the final bill in the House and the Senate with majority vote. What is wrong with this process? Every republican senator was elected with 50% majority. No one asked republican senators to prove 60% vote. Why can't the Senate pass a bill with 51 votes after passing through the filibuster test of 60 votes when that is how others bills pass? So many large bills including Patriot act were passed with 50 Senate votes + 1 vote of Dick Cheney after the conference committee.

There was no immigration bill last year because of healthcare debate. Republican party is a party of no and they don't want to see anything done.

Healthcare is festering because a lot of democratic party members have been bought off by the insurance lobby and they want to "discuss , debate endlessly etc" to create a stalemate
and thereby kill the bill.

"debate endlessly" is another way of blocking

By the way thats how CIR gets killed and will get killed if tabled.

AC21 was passed in stealth as it was piecemeal...bypassing a lot of process.

Choice of fonts is poor. :hat:

mods - please delete

sure, PM me the details.

hi,

I can give my consultant name and they r very good in salary as well as GC process. If you interested pls let me know.

regards,
c

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.

Back in late 2004 there were no. of EB3 GC's getting approved after a Long wait of 2-3 yrs of filing I-485's.Then All of a sudden towards the EOY the retrogression kicked in for EB3's. Might be coincidence but all the Depts. work in Tandem and they might know all the Inside information..

So, the bottom portion of you H1 approval notice (I-797) does not have an I-94 ?

If not, then doing it in Canada for the first H1 can be a big gamble.

Had the visit. Went very pleasant but fruitless. Officer told me all checks except "background" check had been done. Beyond this, she refrained from making any usefull remark.:rolleyes:

BTW: It's a nice big and open facility!

Now I am confused with the PD of labor...

Here is the scenario -

Labor - Approved
PD - April 2007
I140 Pending
6th year H1B expiring on march 2008.

Assuming I140 will not be apprved by March 2008, can we get 1 year Extension?

... from Texas :)