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No more slavery to Desi Consulting companies, so help IV to help U get the GC.

@clockwork: Can you suggest some good lawyer(s).

Yes, if they can file their 485 after June10..there will be certainely some more movement of PDs...

Thank you for your reply.

Even though we get a new I-94, it is still with my consulting company as the company does not give me my I797.
If I go to India and apply for H4 again, then wont the officer ask me on why I am trying to get the H4 stamping again since it already has a previous valid H4 stamping on it? since there is no H1 stamping on my passport.

Or can I go out of USA and get back on the same revious H4 stamping?

Thanks,

Arpu

I believe whenever you apply H1 or H4 in US, you will get new I-94 so you don't need to go outside US.

#3 : no, only show H1B approval from ur spouse.
#4 : I don't know about 60 days rule but this is like chicken and egg situation. to get paid (using H1), you will need to have SSN. if you don't get paid then you are violating ur H1 condition. so I believe the reasonable answer is you have to get SSN and a project so you can get paid and stay using H1B status (if not revert to H4 asap).
#5 : I believe you are not out of status but you are violating H1 condition.

But again, Please check with ur attorney since I am not an attorney.

Sorry if my answers will scare you a bit.

Regards,

Why is it that people who have filed after me have already received their notice and had checks cashed? I thought it is based on when the application is received is how they process- I am freaking out thinking that my application fell behind a desk somewhere....

Wonder what is going on at USCIS? A July 2nd filer with neither receipts nor cashed checks.

It will be good if someone can provide the exact steps.

Hi
I have my Labor and 140 approved. (140 approved in Jan 2009)
But my employer is not ready to provide me with copy of my approved PERM labor and 140. Just like any other employer.
So I am planning to request both of this by making FOIA request to DOL and USCIS.
I have done some ground work for that. Now here are my questions.
1) If I haven�t applied for 485 yet will USCIS/DOL release this document to me?
Or are both of this employer�s petitions?
2) I have heard that after six month of 140 approvals it become employee petition.
How much true is that?
If anyone like me (who haven�t applied 485 yet) got their copy of labor and 140 through FOIA. Please share your experience.

Hi Euclid,

I am in the exact same situation you were.
It seems to me that Ann is correct.

Did it work out for you?

Thank you,
Allan

Filed: July 27
Center: Neb
RD: Not Yet
FP: Not Yet
EAD: Not Yet

I140 - Pending at Nebraska

did you ask them if the processing date on the website includes applications received on July 2 also? I know it is not clear... but maybe if you had asked them...?
Mine is July 2 and he said my file is with in processing dates and they should be working on it so I wd assume it is <=

Gurus, tell me one thing.

After invoking AC21, what will happen if one is out of job at the time of RFE or NOID request from USCIS?

It is best that you never be out of job. If you lose job, try to get one ASAP. It normally takes a month or two to get one if you work hard and try

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Why are you so scared of posting by saying that this problem is with you. Why do you have to bring your friend in. If it is really for your friend, then why cant he come and ask himself.

I wish I had a friend like you who will find answers to my immigration problems ....

AVS channel has an indian program every saturday starting 10am -12.00pm

I am sure many indians watch this.There is also 'free' immigration advise by some lawyers at the end of the program.


If some one has contacts at AVS may be IV could get more coverage.

Thinking out loud..

Excellent idea.
In the mean time have you sent out web faxes, emails, called senators?
We could really use the effort right now...

thank you

Thanks that made feel better. Thank you again guys for your help.

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All the gurus on this forum,
I have this questions and I have feeling some of you are considering doijng this;;;;

My I-140 and 485 was concurrently filed in Dec2002. I-140 got approved. 485 is pending.
As i decided that this GC process should not hold me captive i went ahead made plans for my MBA education. Now I have an admission from europe for classes starting 2007.
IF my employer gives me Pesonal Leave of Abscene for one year....without pay
can I take off for studies without impacting the GCprocess?

Since I will be moving out of my residenec should I inform the INS of a new address friends) so that they can send EAD/AP etc..

I would love to connect to anyone who is similar situation......

PLEASE respond
:(

Guys, sorry I do not understand the numbers very well. Assuming the same amount of spillover numbers for 2011, what will be the status of EB2 by December-2011??


Thanks,
Prasad.

If EB2-India receives around 20000 visas in 2011, the EB2-India priority dates could move to between Feb 2007 and April 2007 depending on EB3-EB2 upgrades.

That was my thought process too. If the immigration systems is corrected then I believe EB3 and EB2 will become current. Then it does not make a difference. Even late 90's the retrogression was there for both Eb2 and Eb3. IN 1999 they opened up for Y2K and then again retrogressed in 2001-2002 I believe. But again after that it was all current till the current retrogression.

Given the gross uncertainity about retrogression and GC, I would not give undue importance to the GC timeline factor. Eventually job / skills are more important than the distant GC.

I was in a similar situation a few months back. I abandoned my GC process with my former employer for a new and much more promising job. I am yet to start the GC process with the new employer. For me JOB was the deciding factor.

My reasoning was simple:

In the current scenario with a broken immigration system if we are to maintain our sanity and move on in our careers he, we have to stop thinking that GC is above everything. Work on it as much as you can, but do not trade it in for good career moves.

Do what you feel is best for you and what you can make peace with. My 2 cents..

Great Idea. Good luck to AZ members. This will help form the AZ IV Chapter for future activities.

My wife has changed her status from H4 to F1 in last
year. She will be on F1-studies till July mid
of this year. Few weeks back she got her EAD for her
F1-OPT, which will start on Aug 15 of this year.

As I am going to file AOS for her and also EAD, will
she able to work on her OPT-EAD till she gets her
I-485 EAD? Or She need to wait till she gets her
I-485 EAD to work?

As far as I know she need to wait till she gets her EAD of 485.
I sent a mail to lawyer he did not respond yet.
She is going to meet her international advisor on this sometime next week
, but he does not seem to be an expert in this area.

any ideas on this one?

I believe the general line of thought is any time between 6 to 12 months.

But I wonder how the AC21 affects this. It seems as though if you invoke AC21 and change employers before getting GC (following all rules like "similar job" etc) , you are not obligated to eventually join back the original GC sponsoring employer after one gets GC.

But if you stick with the same orginal GC sponsoring employer till you get GC, then you are obliged to show good faith intent and have to continue for 6-12 months (although technically USCIS/DOL don't give any specific limits). There is no AC21 kind of provision once you get GC !

there is no difference between using AC-21 or not. When you get your GC, the general line of thinking is that you stay with the current sponsoring employer for 6 months or more. AC-21 is merely a way of changing your 'current sponsoring employer'.