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I had a doctor's appointment today and my doc asked if I had read this article: Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior - WSJ.com (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576059713528698754.html) and if I agreed with the author (coming from an asian/indian family)

What do you think?

This is a Good one, defenitely a useful point:

"Not allowed to not be.... the No. 1 student in every subject except gym and drama"

"almost 70% of the Western mothers said either that "stressing academic success is not good for children" or that "parents need to foster the idea that learning is fun."

How in the world did you get so many greens??

You have done your bit. Great! But that doesnt mean everyone has to believe in what you believe. You are acting as if you made a mistake by contributing to IV because other people are not contributing and that is frustrating to you. Please don't think you are doing a favor to anybody by contributing to IV. You are doing it for your own benefit. If somebody doesn't want to contribute, that's fine. Nobody needs a preaching here.

Contributing to IV is not the only possible contribution that a person may make to this world.

Thanks guys for your support. Its not that I didn't want to contribute and I will definetely do it once I get my H1 visa stamped.

Status Update -
Manager is working actively on getting all the documents ready including detailed job description, requriements that were posted when I joined, vendor letter stating they cannot provide the master agreement with detailed duties. My client lawyers have asked the vendor not to share the master agreeement otherwise it will be a breach of contract, so there is nothing much my manager can do.

My company has already prepared a letter to show work schedule if I get out of work with current client.
So now I have almost all the letters that I have been asked for but I'm still not sure if I will get the visa without the master agreement. Do I have a choice?

What do you guys think?

which state your employer belongs to?

its in Virginia

This is correct as per my understanding. As soon as your GC is approved you will need AP to re-enter US. IO at POE will have the information about your approved GC. I do not think he will allow you to enter on H4 after the GC Approval.

This is just my understanding. Check with a attorney to get precise information.

This is what my attorney has said too. I will double check with my employer attorney as well.

As discussed above with cyrus mehta's blog: This is all discretionary:

My definition f discretionary: "You need a good lawyer which can wrap your sandwich in "golden wrap" and sell it for $45 instead of seeling it in a "brown bag" for $3.75. It's the same sandwich!!" It sounds harsh, but that's the reality when you deal with a demon called "Law and Lawyers".

Simple version: have it worded by a good lawyer to justify it and make it "same or similar". It is the "wrap" that determines the "price".

Good Luck.

Excellent definitiion. and yes that is the difference between a good lawyer and a bad lawyer. Most of immigration related work (GC, H1) is filling forms which even a layman can do, except when it comes to "discretionary" stuff -- that is the acid test for lawyers

The best way to generate Revenue is to attract Advertisements on IV website. There is lot of traffic in IV from Indians and Chinese and some people from ROW.

IV can create a job board which where employers who are willing to Hire H1B can post the jobs and pay a fraction of Fee compared to other job boards. That will increase the membership also. Also we can charge a fee from people who want to search and find Jobs.

I have a question, my attorney says that he has filed the application on 2nd July without my signature.
I have not given any authorization also.
I am worried if it is valid or not.

I don't know if they take authorization from my employer or it should be from me.
Please suggest.

Sorry to have to say this but they will probably reject your application. Signature is the most important thing they look for in any application.

I need your help. I am currently under "adjustment of status" through employment but I have not received my green card yet. I already received EAD and advance parole last December/07. I left my studies at the college since then. I am not in F1 status anymore.
I have D/S on my I-94. I am wondering, what would I need to do if my F1 visa stamp expired on July 13/2000? I am planning to travel to my native country for the first time since I got here in 1999. I have remained in legal status during all this time by taking classes at the college. Do I need to get a visa stamp at the embassy back home?
Can I travel while my green card is pending? I�m just trying to make sure I�m doing the right thing here. I don�t want to make a mistake that will affect the outcome of my green card, not to mention my safe return to the U.S. Thanks in advance for your help.

Abhijitp, We badly need volunteers too. We are counting on gsc999's presence here to get our chapter active again. We have lot of work to do in So.Cal to get all our members to participate in our chapter activities again. We will give it a good try.

This is awesome!
Gsc999 we promise to do our best here too... we badly need volunteers, though.

A. Since the law is unclear, to be on the safe side, you can have the new company file H1 extension in premium processing and resign/leave the current employer only after extension is approved

B. Yes, new company can start a new PERM and port your earlier PD during I-140 process

C. PD can be ported even if old employer revokes I-140, provided the revocation was not due to fraud.

Also, I am sure all IV members would really appreciate if you could tell us the name of this company which is offering a life long stability..:-)

roseball & "meridiani.planum" thanks to both of you on this confirmation. I will make sure to resign only after getting 3 years approval by new company.

roseball, "life long stability" is relative term as I am seeing new job much more stable than where I am as of today. ..

Again thanks for your help..

Dude, you revived a 6 month old thread just to ask this innocuous question? And the title of this thread is pretty alarming.

Expect 5 thousand red dots now. Everybody will come down on you like a ton of bricks.

To admins..

we should have some facility to automatically close the threads that have been inactive for a while.

Guys,
I have a long layover at New Delhi airport. I am reaching their at 8PM and my next flight in the morning at 7:30AM. Is there any accommodation facility within airport? Or Do i need to go to city? This is the first time, i am going through delhi airport. Any helpful comments are welcome. Thanks and appreciate your help.

-Kumaresh

My 6 yrs are getting over in Jan 2008.
1. Can I apply for H1 extension request for 3 yrs instead of EAD?
2. Or with EAD?


Excuse me but I am a novice here.

I have a question: How many months in advance should you apply for H1 extension? Do you get extension from the date you applied or from date when your H1 expires?

Thank You Mark! That was great.
Also thanks to the caller Andy.

too farfetched? should we pursue it? a 10 year wait at the least given the current quota restrictions..

Idea behind my post is to look professional,uniform,united,organized and most of all look different to draw more attention (which is how we got good media coverage in flower campaign)

NO,
Family based has 1.3 Million pending applications.
AOS has only 655K. So be happy. :D

It appears that this 655K includes family based I485 cases too who are in a different queue.

I understand if someone was stuck in BEC, we all got s****ed with that.
But why given that the H1B is only intended to be for a maximum of 6 years would anyone leave it until the last year to apply.

PERM has been around for a while now, and anyone approaching 6 years should have already filed PERM or be ready to leave after year 6.

"The formal announcement of the CIS �solution� has been held up because they need to receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget. This suggests that the CIS solution may include one or more changes to the existing regulations. In any event, all sources are reporting that, at a minimum, all July filings will be accepted. The possible regulatory changes suggest possible far reaching solutions that go beyond the immediate problem"

where do you all see/consult for updates or news on USCIS activities?

There is not direct signed contract with the client and old employer. There are like 3 layers inbetween client and the old employer. old employer have contract with the middle vendor not the client.

But, one problem is this old employer made me sign the Employee Agreement document when i was going for my visa stamping. He is using that Agreement and using it against me. And also in the offer letter which he gave me he said he will revise or increase my pay every 6 months but never did that and he didn't gave any medical benifits also.

Thanks,
Srikanth

Srikanth,

It all depends on the language in the Agreement that you signed. More over in some state doesn't consider these kind of agreements.

Tell him that you are going to complain to DOL if he threatens you. Even though he sues you, as the reason behind your H1 transfer is not getting paid in time, there are very good chances getting final verdict in your favor.

So don't worry.

Chapter 2: Skills for the U.S. Workforce.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/ch2-erp06.pdf

covers great deal of importance of H1B and Green Card. May be we can consider it to be part of our presentation.