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Count me in. No FP Notice yet.

Applicants for visitor visas should generally apply the U.S. Embassy or Consulate with jurisdiction over their place of permanent residence. Although visa applicants may apply at any U.S. consular office abroad, it may be more difficult to qualify for the visa outside the country of permanent residence. Visa applications are now subject to a greater degree of review than in the past so it is important to apply for your visa well in advance of your travel departure date.

As part of the visa application process, an interview at the embassy consular section is required for visa applicants from age 14 through 79, with few exceptions. Persons age 13 and younger, and age 80 and older, generally do not require an interview, unless requested by embassy or consulate. Making your appointment for an interview is the first step in the visa application process. The waiting time for an interview appointment for applicants can vary, so early visa application is strongly encouraged. Visa wait times for interview appointments and visa processing time information for each U.S. Embassy or Consulate worldwide is available on our website at Visa Wait Times, and on most embassy websites. Learn how to schedule an appointment for an interview, pay the application processing fee, review embassy specific instructions, and much more by visiting the U.S. Embassy or Consulate website where you will apply.

During the visa application process, usually at the interview, an ink-free, digital fingerprint scan will be quickly taken. Some visa applications require further administrative processing, which takes additional time after the visa applicant�s interview by a Consular Officer.

Read more here (http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1262.html).

What bill is that? Do you have the bill nimber?

Iam curious to know if IV is supporting Hagel's bill which will not only increase H1Bs but also has good EB provisions.

It might not be a bad idea to have some interim relief instead of focussing on gigantic CIR .

There is no grace period for finding a new h1b employer - but generally USCIS overlooks gaps of 1-2 months between employment assuming you are able to transfer your H1B to another employer soon

You can download the employer database from this link and apply to prospective employers - This will help in your job search

FLCDataCenter.com (http://www.flcdatacenter.com/CaseH1B.aspx)

PIO card is valid for 15 years. Every time, your child gets a new passport (read 5 years), you need to get an entry in the PIO card. So barring a once in 5 year trip/mail to consulate, there are no issues with PIO.

It certainly does not make sense to deny OCI for a child whose parents are Indian nationals.

Look at Q.32 of
http://chicago.indianconsulate.com/OCI%20FAQs.htm

I am sure that if this new rule for OCI is going to stand for a long time, then they will request the people who got their OCI stamps to replace it with PIO cards (think of the 20 year passports that were issued first and then need to be replaced).

Are you sure it is 90 days, i think it is 180 days and above. Since visitor visa is 6 months max, most are not eligible to apply. After 9/11 my parents had to postpone their return by a month, we had a valid extension etc. My CPA told me that since i had filled out a sponsorship letter to support their visa application, it would create a hassle for my parents during reentry. I did not want to complicate things so i did not claim them.

My friend is a GC holder and he claims his parents as dependents when they stay for more than 180 days. He has had no issues so far. As far as i know, I have yet to see a case where people have run into issues for claiming parents as dependents.

It has to be 180 days. But you can give it a try...the worst case scenario is, IRS would reject the 'dependent' claim and you may have to pay whatever difference in tax..
I got it and my parents stayed for 5 months and 2 weeks. It was <180 days and IRS accepted it.

My suggestion is don't ask for a referral for a good consulting company.

If two consultants are working through a consultancy, their own opinion might differ drastically about the same company. These desi consultancies treat everybody differently.

They do not have set standards. Even if they have some on papers, I have seen none so far who follows those.

They say we will give you 90% of your share. They meet you with smiling face and they talk very politely. And when you ask the Work Order to confirm your rate, they very conveniently change the figure and fax it over to you. This is not an assumption, I have seen it happening before my eyes.

And most of all, they do not feel any remorse or guilt at all.

So, please look for your own. Be careful. Avoid the ones who smile constantly even while chewing the biggest burger on their plate. :-)

Find an American company. They know their state laws and are afraid to commit anything against those.

Good luck, my friend!



Guys, Suggest me a good consulting company. My employer is OK until now and he just started demanding money even for H1 extensions. I am seriously thinking of moving. Please suggest good desi consulting companies who can support my GC and keep min billing. I have a very good project in hand

Please contact CIS Ombudsman office with Scaned copy of Delivery Receipt(USPS/FedEx/UPS) @ cisombudsman.publicaffairs@dhs.gov

Also signup for his Nov 2nd coference call.

Last but not least, write to your congressman/senator/director NSC/Joint-Intake

Thank you.

Its very simple, they are anti-immigrant channels, dont you know lou dobbs, o'rielly anti-immigrant shows have more ratings, so there is no way they want their viewer change their mind on immigration system. they are surviving on anti-immigrant programs.

All we can do is exposing their lies, and make atleast few of them know most trusted new channels are not so trustable.

I have the same question. If somebody knows please let us know

That is disappointing. But I guess we don't have a choice.

Need help ....

Today I receive an email from USCIS about my PERM EB2 I-140 PP application that they have have made a decision on my case. Here what it says

"On August 17, 2007, we mailed you a decision on your I140, IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR ALIEN WORKER. Please follow the instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, please contact customer service."

What does it mean? They approved my case or denied it? Any idea from gurus here. Please respond.

Please help with the contribution drive

http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=21817

graj012, thanks for your input. You phrased it nicely.

Actually, I was trying to avoid kanhaiya's comments....as we say in our country, barking does does not affect the walking elephant.

Being a professional, I think everyone realizes here how to talk and what to talk. So guys lets not try to ignite sparks against each other...we are all here in this forum for a common cause.

Good luck!

Are these all the ppl who voted out of 10k members
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Mainly because a different poll was started before, that only included India and no other countries. I imagine people didn't want to vote in 2 polls.

there were only 4 fax sent , when i sent it yesterday. i am not sure if many sent in faxes and just did not pot. if not it is very important to send out this word. moderators what is plan of action?

EB2 India - No movement 08/May/2006
Eb3 India - 10 day movement 22/Jan/2002 to 1/Feb/2002

My H1 has expired on 31st August, 2009. My disgraced company applied for extention in the month of May 2009 in regular Processing. Still waiting for Approval and have Receipt Notice only from Vermount center.:confused::mad::(:(:eek::eek:

I applied for 11th year H1B extension in June 2009 @ Vermont center and now I got an RFE which asks us to submit the end client letter with details likes the duration of the project, name of the supervisor, if vendor is involved then vendor details. I've been with the same employer (desi consulting firm) for last 7 years and with the same client for last 6 years. I dont know what will happen but I am doing everything I can and prepared for worst case scenario.

If you plan it right, you should not have problems.
- have your new employer apply for Perm asap anyways. These days labor comes in 45- 60 days via perm. You should immediately apply for i140. The 140 is also taking 3-6 months. Once you get your 140 you can apply for a 3 year extension instead of 1 year since 365 day rule applies if your labor was filed 365 days earlier and you do not have either labor or labor and 140 approved. Others in the forum can correct me if i am wrong.

Finally the USCIS released the VISA usage statistics for 2006.
http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/statistics/statistics_3163.html

Also from immigration-law.com
http://travel.state.gov/pdf/FY06AnnualReportTableVPart1-3.pdf

Exactly the same as mine (except that I needed to copy whole passport)

Two IDIOTS gave me red dots and these comments:

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H-1B and working overtime 08-21-2008 11:31 PM ask the doctors who work more than 80 hrs a week

H-1B and working overtime 08-21-2008 09:58 PM Who gave youa H1 Visa, you dumbo?
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I do not understand what was wrong with my question here. I did not know there are idiots roam around this forum and give people RED DOT for no reason. I wish there is a way to know who gave those dots and comments. Get a life you idiots.