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Dear IVans,

Attorney Prashanti Reddy will be addressing the proud Immigration Voice members at the New Jersey event being held at Woodbridge, NJ on Sunday, October 28th, 2007.

She is a active member at AILA and is involved in a lotof pro bono work and works for a lot of non profit organizations like "Trial Lawyers Care" and "Maanavi"

She also conducts free chat sessions at the popular "telugu" language portal www.telugupeople.com

Please find her Chat Transcripts at

http://chat.telugupeople.com/chatshows/

Her website is http://www.reddyesq.com and she is a proud supporter of Immigration Voice.

She is willing to answer our questions and as part of Immigration Voice Protocol, we will be moderating the questions.

If you have not yet signed up for the event do so, right now. Follow the link

http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=14671

Please post your questions on this thread, if you are attending the event.

Yours,
Team IV

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AILA Leadership Has Just Posted the Following:


Today the Immigration Policy Center (http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/) of the American Immigration Council, (http://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/) along with the Center for American Progress (http://www.americanprogress.org/)issued a report confirming what many people of rationale mind (including the vast majority of Americans) already knew--It would be an economic disaster to deport 12 million people. The loss of this vital economic element would cause a loss to the U.S. Economy of over 2 TRILLION dollars over the next 10 years. Hey, I think that is real money!

Raising The Floor For American Workers (http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/docs/Hinojosa%20-%20Raising%20the%20Floor%20for%20American%20Worker s%20010710.pdf), written by UCLA Professor Dr. Ra�l Hinojosa-Ojeda, highlights the economic reality of the the undocumented population in the United States, how tied in they are to the economic engine of the United States, and what an economic nightmare we, as Americans, would deal with if we followed the failed deportation-only policies advocated by immigration restrictionists.

More importantly, Dr. Hinojosa-Ojeda found that not only is a comprehensive reform of our immigration laws (involving BOTH a legalization component AND a an actual workable immigrant visa plan) an economic necessity, it will actually raise the wage floor for all American workers. Frankly, its about time someone looked at the numbers here and ran verifiable scenarios, and did not just play around with easily manipulable census data.

Now, do you think anyone in Congress will read this? Will it change any minds? Ultimately, it is only us, those that understand the human cost of bad immigration policies, that can convince people reluctant to fix our broken immigration system on humanitarian grounds, that it is in our own ECONOMIC interest to makes these necessary changes. Let's get to it.https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/186823568153827945-2183881679788051590?l=ailaleadership.blogspot.com


More... (http://ailaleadership.blogspot.com/2010/01/immigration-reform-maybe-it-is-about.html)

CIR talks are going on CSPAN.

They spoke on legal immigration, H1B and GC at the max for 30 seconds.

Mine charged $750.

That would be devastating! I dont see any positives out of that move.

Not a big deal in my opinion - the visa system needed a rehaul in any case. Cant undertsand how a tourist visa can double up as a business one.

This looks like the hallmark of a gang initiation ritual. The teens were probably asked to carry out an act of this nature before the gang would consider them to be tough enough. So they drive around, pick a random person, and beat him up, and the hapless victim ends up dead. Sad and bizarre.

Hi,

I am an International Student from India currently on F1 and in the year of 2008. I was offered an internship through my thesis advisor's reference which I accepted. I worked from 15th September 2008 to 31st December 2008. Naturally as I was on F1 I did not know all about the tax, immigration and other laws. So I got an authorization from school for that internship and received a new I-20 (CPT) with that employer's info on 3rd page of it. I worked full time and I always had an impression I was an employee(trust me I did not know any difference between W2 and 1099 that time). I was working in the company and not anywhere else.

The problem arose when in 2009 I got a 1099 MISC instead of a W2. As I did not know about it, I did not complain and I filed my taxes correctly and got my refund. If I knew, they were going to give me 1099 MISC then I would not have accepted the offer. Starting 2009 I was on payroll (W2) and this year(2010) I got W2 for 2009.

So my question to you guys is
1. Was I out of status during the time of 1099 MISC? (I did not intentionally engage in 1099 MISC as I was unaware of it)
2. As the internship was authorized by DSO (in turn Department of Homeland Security) as I received a new I-20 mentioning the employer's info. Did I do anything illegal?
3. If in future, I apply for a H1B/Greencard through an employer(same or different). Would this incident hurt me and may cause denial of I-485?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jay

How can they ask W2 for all years. Nobody keep W2 for more than 3 years. That what they recomments usually. They used to askf or only 3 years of W2. I never heard anything like this. If they start asking for all W2s, then 90% won't get green cards. They are making life miserable for grene card aspirants

she can do it safely without affecting either of you.

Hi friends,
Since the h1b quota for year 2009 is not exhausted, can one(company) file the h1b visa right away or do we need to wait for April 2010?

One of my friends is interested in coming to the US. The consulting company to whom he applied said that they could only apply for the H1B visa in April 2010.

Could you please advise?

Appreciate

Thanks amitjoey .

I140 is already approved Was just waiting for 180 days to finish . So in this time of recession waiting for employer to find a project(corp to corp) or should i accept the offer and wait till i get the EAD to start work .


You absolutely have to wait till the EAD IS approved. Who knows, how long it will take for the EAD CARD?. You applied just 2 weeks back, it could be 2-3 months. Could you wait that long? can your new employer wait that long after you accept the offer?. Your new employer could apply H1 for you. That could be much faster, since you only have to wait for the receipt. (2-3 weeks).

To be able to work, you need either an H1 or an approved EAD

1-800-375-5283
Press 1 to select English
Press 2 for a Case
Enetr 1 for receipt no.
Midaway press 3 and then 4.

USCIS probably realized that many of us were calling and tried to give some relief to our tired fingers, instead of giving us the GC!

Hi all

I have been trying to use the POJ method to reach an IO but looks like USCIS has shutdown that option. After entering the receipt number it simply reads out the online status message and does not provide any option to reach a CSR.

Looks like eccessive status calls have caused this.

Has anyone still been able to use the POJ method today and if yes can u pls post the details ??

Thanks

I have the same question. What is the process of renewing once its already expired? Should a new application be submit? Can we do it on our own without going through a lawyer?

Thank you

I am in the same situation. I am on my 8th year of H1 and this is for the first time I am have heard so much hoopla that has made me real nervous. My lawyer has advised me against taking any risk. I already have the tickets but I am planning to postpone, apply for EAD and only then go to India.

Please note that this is only me and I might have a comletely different risk tolerance than you might have.

You may already know but, make sure you also have an APPROVED Advance Parole before travel.

Who is Becca Fischer ???:confused:

Anyone's 485 appln recieved by Becca Fischer at NSC on July 2nd & got reciepts ?

As many of us here I haven't recieved any reciept# nor cheque encashed ?


-shree

I applied my 485 as a single on July 17th.
I got married and then applied my spouse's on Aug 16th.

Since I am married now, will that cause my application to get rejected as I applied as Single.

I am not sure how would this be handled at USCIS end ?

Any idea ?

I believe your application won't be rejected as you can always add on your spouse to your 485 application after you get married, before your 485 application gets approved or rejected and when your priority date is current

It was during the busy time. However logiclife did speak in that event and meet with other invited people.

Please help...

For your LCA and H1 petition I would think you should mention DC as work location -- but check with an attorney

You should be also aware that you might get USCIS site visit at the location that you mention so be prepared for that


Dont know about payroll

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You can actually do it more elegantly by fiddling with the HTML DOM: http://michaelsync.net/2008/07/25/silverlight-and-flash-interoperability-using-html-bridge-and-externalinterface-api-by-jonas-folles%C3%B8

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