thomachan72
08-17 09:12 AM
With PD of 2003 you are not far from getting the card in your hand :D
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susie
05-07 01:36 AM
important
see this memo
http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/CSPA_factsheet_050608.pdf
could benefit many and also sign and support
http://www.expatsvoice.org/forum/petition.php
see this memo
http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/CSPA_factsheet_050608.pdf
could benefit many and also sign and support
http://www.expatsvoice.org/forum/petition.php
kannan
02-21 06:23 PM
I saw this in http://www.immigration-law.com/
Questions & Discussions
Child Status Protection Act and Status H-4 Reaching 21 Year of Age
Question: I am Chemical Engineer who filed concurrent I-140 and I-485 last July. My wife and a child also filed I-485 applications as dependents. I am in a H-1B status and my wife and son are in H-4 status. We all have received EAD and Advance Parole. We are Indians suffering from the steep visa number retrogression. The problem is my son is reaching 21 years of age by March 15, 2008. I am not worrying about his pending I-485 application because he is protected by the CSPA and will be considered under 21 years of age even after he reaches 21 years of age on March 15, 2008. Problem is his nonimmigrant status. I wonder whether he can keep his H-4 status even after March 15, 2008 since he is considered under 21 years of age under the Child Status Protection Act. Otherwise, he will lose H-4 dependent nonimmigrant status. Does he have to change his status from H-4 to F-1 student status?
Discussion: The Child Status Protection Act is intended to preserve family unity which can be forced broken as affected by the backlogs in the immigrant visa petition processing and adjudication. This law is not applicable to nonimmigrant visa proceedings. Accordingly, once he reaches 21 years of age, he will lose the H-4 dependent visa status. On the other hand, he is not eligible for change of nonimmigrant status from H-4 to F-1 student status because of the immigrant intent that is not acceptable for a new F-1 nonimmigrant status. I do not see why keeping a nonimmigrant status becomes such an issue in this case. Under the immigration law, the alien is authorized to stay in the country pending adjudication of I-485 application. Additionally, pending I-485 application, he will continuously obtain EAD renewal and Advance Parole. Please let him to carry on his life as an adult.
Questions & Discussions
Child Status Protection Act and Status H-4 Reaching 21 Year of Age
Question: I am Chemical Engineer who filed concurrent I-140 and I-485 last July. My wife and a child also filed I-485 applications as dependents. I am in a H-1B status and my wife and son are in H-4 status. We all have received EAD and Advance Parole. We are Indians suffering from the steep visa number retrogression. The problem is my son is reaching 21 years of age by March 15, 2008. I am not worrying about his pending I-485 application because he is protected by the CSPA and will be considered under 21 years of age even after he reaches 21 years of age on March 15, 2008. Problem is his nonimmigrant status. I wonder whether he can keep his H-4 status even after March 15, 2008 since he is considered under 21 years of age under the Child Status Protection Act. Otherwise, he will lose H-4 dependent nonimmigrant status. Does he have to change his status from H-4 to F-1 student status?
Discussion: The Child Status Protection Act is intended to preserve family unity which can be forced broken as affected by the backlogs in the immigrant visa petition processing and adjudication. This law is not applicable to nonimmigrant visa proceedings. Accordingly, once he reaches 21 years of age, he will lose the H-4 dependent visa status. On the other hand, he is not eligible for change of nonimmigrant status from H-4 to F-1 student status because of the immigrant intent that is not acceptable for a new F-1 nonimmigrant status. I do not see why keeping a nonimmigrant status becomes such an issue in this case. Under the immigration law, the alien is authorized to stay in the country pending adjudication of I-485 application. Additionally, pending I-485 application, he will continuously obtain EAD renewal and Advance Parole. Please let him to carry on his life as an adult.
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BECsufferer
09-03 11:42 AM
No luck for me so far. I wonder how many of 2004 EB2s are still waitng ..like me
Dude;
Did you take infopass. I had taken on 26th and officer told me mine was at last (6th) stage of processing and waiting for one of the multiple background checks done. Everything else except these results is cleared.
Did you contact your Congressman/woman. I did in-parallel to infopass to see what I can learn from them as well as cross check info-pass BS.
Eat out & drink beer. Last night I had Hienken and cursed everything/ everbody. Today morning I am Green!
Try above suggestions except the last one.
Dude;
Did you take infopass. I had taken on 26th and officer told me mine was at last (6th) stage of processing and waiting for one of the multiple background checks done. Everything else except these results is cleared.
Did you contact your Congressman/woman. I did in-parallel to infopass to see what I can learn from them as well as cross check info-pass BS.
Eat out & drink beer. Last night I had Hienken and cursed everything/ everbody. Today morning I am Green!
Try above suggestions except the last one.
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tonyHK12
11-02 10:13 AM
It will be a fallacy to think anything will be done for legal immigrants because Republicans will take over the house. ....
(I am not talking about CIR. I think it is a given that CIR is not going anywhere in the near future). But, I am an optimist!
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Well his bills were mainly an attempt to stem H1b visa abuse. Maybe there is too much overkill, but look at his point of view. What would you do if you suddenly felt 10s of 1000s were misusing the H1b visa and entering the country. We also need to talk to them more and convey our position clearly, irrespective of party.
one necessary part of getting GC relief, is to help them in avoiding abuse of work visas, which will ruin our reputation and make the visa abusers semi-illegal.
There are issues like impractical time for H1 transfer that need to be fixed. 1-2 weeks to find a job is impossible most of the time.
I also edited my first post with much better statistics and new things I learnt in this debate, which will help newbies.
(I am not talking about CIR. I think it is a given that CIR is not going anywhere in the near future). But, I am an optimist!
.
Well his bills were mainly an attempt to stem H1b visa abuse. Maybe there is too much overkill, but look at his point of view. What would you do if you suddenly felt 10s of 1000s were misusing the H1b visa and entering the country. We also need to talk to them more and convey our position clearly, irrespective of party.
one necessary part of getting GC relief, is to help them in avoiding abuse of work visas, which will ruin our reputation and make the visa abusers semi-illegal.
There are issues like impractical time for H1 transfer that need to be fixed. 1-2 weeks to find a job is impossible most of the time.
I also edited my first post with much better statistics and new things I learnt in this debate, which will help newbies.
12samanta
05-19 06:00 PM
Called all the Congressman offices and left a message with the person who answered the phone.
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tonyHK12
01-12 04:21 PM
It is surprising (rather shocking) to see how a discussion on an EB bill (which might never see the light of day anyway) has degenerated into an oft-repeated rant on how IV does not represent EB3.
What is even more surprising is PlainSpeak is a member from 2006 and doesn't know anything about advocacy and lobbying. Probably because he/she has never been a donor.
Of course I've seen people who browse other so called immigration/chat forums and pick up wierd ideas and fantasies about lobbying and then post here. Its just mob mentality with un-practical ideas and they think if a mob says its right then maybe it has to be right. yes?
Then they claim that only they are right (the mob) and we are all wrong and don't know how to do things - strange indeed.
People can chat, argue all they want on forums, but about 99% of people on public forums know nothing about advocacy.
What is even more surprising is PlainSpeak is a member from 2006 and doesn't know anything about advocacy and lobbying. Probably because he/she has never been a donor.
Of course I've seen people who browse other so called immigration/chat forums and pick up wierd ideas and fantasies about lobbying and then post here. Its just mob mentality with un-practical ideas and they think if a mob says its right then maybe it has to be right. yes?
Then they claim that only they are right (the mob) and we are all wrong and don't know how to do things - strange indeed.
People can chat, argue all they want on forums, but about 99% of people on public forums know nothing about advocacy.
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indian111
08-16 03:33 PM
I have e-filed on May 22
FP done on 06/17
LUD on 07/22
No updates later .
I have an infopass appt on Aug 19 as I pass my 90 days .Can you please tell us your Infopass experince ? Hopefully this would help me and others in similar situation.
I got the card production ordered email today. I dont know if the infopass appointment that I had yesterday made any difference or not. But for the time being Im very relieved and happy.
Case Details:
May 23rd eFile TSC
FP: 6/19/2008
LUD: 7/22/2008
CPO: 8/15/2008
FP done on 06/17
LUD on 07/22
No updates later .
I have an infopass appt on Aug 19 as I pass my 90 days .Can you please tell us your Infopass experince ? Hopefully this would help me and others in similar situation.
I got the card production ordered email today. I dont know if the infopass appointment that I had yesterday made any difference or not. But for the time being Im very relieved and happy.
Case Details:
May 23rd eFile TSC
FP: 6/19/2008
LUD: 7/22/2008
CPO: 8/15/2008
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Munna Bhai
04-06 06:28 PM
NolaIndian, Good work, thank you for your efforts on this.
Nor. Cal. members there is an event during August '08, lets start training early, I am excited about this. Sign me up.
Great work and great initiative. Let's support this efforts. All the best.
Nor. Cal. members there is an event during August '08, lets start training early, I am excited about this. Sign me up.
Great work and great initiative. Let's support this efforts. All the best.
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das0
05-16 08:51 PM
Logiclife,
I came to know from my company's attorney that this is my company policy NOT a USCIS policy that i must go back to IL (where Labor was originally opened) and then only my company will file I-485 for me
Oh well!
I came to know from my company's attorney that this is my company policy NOT a USCIS policy that i must go back to IL (where Labor was originally opened) and then only my company will file I-485 for me
Oh well!
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GeetaRam
05-11 11:36 AM
Hi Summitpointe,
I think you can take info pass appointment and show them EB2 approved I-140 with priority date as Spt 2004. Last year I also converted my EB3 to EB2 but my lawyer filed I-140 and I-485 concurrently around Aug 2010 and USCIS rejected the application saying priority date is not current for the first time. My lawyer filed is second time with old fees stating that when application originally filed with old fees they again rejected and finally 3rd time with new fees they did accepted applications. For my case they approved my EB2 I-140 and 485 just same day....... and got my n my spouse's green cards... after painful immigration journey....
All the best !!!
I would like to take this opportunity to Thank Immigration Voice Forum... Its a great place to seek help for any issues related to Immigration ...
I think you can take info pass appointment and show them EB2 approved I-140 with priority date as Spt 2004. Last year I also converted my EB3 to EB2 but my lawyer filed I-140 and I-485 concurrently around Aug 2010 and USCIS rejected the application saying priority date is not current for the first time. My lawyer filed is second time with old fees stating that when application originally filed with old fees they again rejected and finally 3rd time with new fees they did accepted applications. For my case they approved my EB2 I-140 and 485 just same day....... and got my n my spouse's green cards... after painful immigration journey....
All the best !!!
I would like to take this opportunity to Thank Immigration Voice Forum... Its a great place to seek help for any issues related to Immigration ...
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kasanski33
01-20 11:40 AM
Thanks achiever 2001.
Guys we should seriously think about changing the heading of this thread.
Guys we should seriously think about changing the heading of this thread.
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illusions
04-15 01:46 PM
Wendall,
I guess next time you can ask "Will I hear from you in 60 days?", then you might know if you are closer.
Perhaps we all can use that line to kind of* figure out how close we are lol :D , provided that our PD is current that is.
I guess next time you can ask "Will I hear from you in 60 days?", then you might know if you are closer.
Perhaps we all can use that line to kind of* figure out how close we are lol :D , provided that our PD is current that is.
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longwait4gc
02-11 05:00 PM
Does any one know the reason behind long wait for perms, Is it tied to economy or they are busy with some thing else? My colleague who applied in early 2008 got it 1 month. Now the wait time is more than 6 months.
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06-29 03:55 PM
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wolfpok
09-20 12:34 AM
I rode the nc bus to dc (ok raised funds, booked the bus, cajoled/threatened people/got permissions/negotiated deals blah blah...in partnership with ramus and gc_prasad). We started at 2 am from RTP and were in fairfax by 7:00. there were 38 people on the bus including a 2 year old. :) IV had arranged for a halt at a gurudwara in fairfax - we spent about 45 minutes there cleaning up and drinking tea. The bus dropped us off at Franconia/Springfield metro at 8:15...we took a while figuring out those metro farecard vending machines. Some of them wouldn't give us change...some others wouldn't take credit cards. But we survived. In 10 minutes, 38 people had farecards and were raring to go. We got to the monument at half past 9...and folks were already lining up, holding placards. I only had time time to meet my company brethren from Cal and then paskal. I dropped off a stack of petitions with ashish (hopefully they made it to IVs pile). The nc contingent walked together most of the way to the capitol...it was a truly great feeling, having people honk, wave and generally be nice. I could never have imagined myself out on the street, fighting against broken systems...in front of the US Capitol. But yah, it happened. During the speeches, i walked around the audience, asking folks to turn their placards to face their cameras...(something to learn for next time - thats why political events have twin sided placards - so that cameras facing the speaker get the message). After the rally, i got to one lawmaker meeting with????'s staff. They were pretty cool to talk to...while they may be aware of some broad issue with legal immigration, they seemed to fall into the "oh you are talking about h1b quota" trap. We set the framework for discussion early on and clarified the "we are talking about gcs here" point.
Some of my nc colleagues went on to meet ???? - they had a productive meeting there too...perhaps Rahul will write about it. After the meetings we made our way back to the franconia metro, had dinner at the springfield mall food court and left there by 8 pm. We were back in RTP by midnight. In all 22 hours...well spent!
pictures! ->
http://picasaweb.google.com/wolfpok/SkilledImmigrantRallyInWashingtonDCSeptember18th
one of the things I did today was send out a note to all my friends groups...while most people seemed to ignore all pleas to join the rally or contribute $, they all seemed to be watching curiously. A lot of them feared going to the rally...some others didnt care. Some others even promised to show up and didn't. But i believe we need the support of these very people, if IV has to grow and become an even stronger force in the future...I shall copy paste wot i wrote, and i encourage all to write to their skeptic friends...only to point to a positive experience and ask for their future participation. So i quote...
"Some might wonder why we participated? Well, how could we give up on a chance to make history and truly understand what it means to live in a democracy. Its not about desperation for a green card, its about fairness and dignity. We believe that we have the right to a fair, open and predictable process and anything else is an affront to our dignity. We believe that the system is broken and can be changed. But change to the system will not come overnight and it will definitely not come with us keeping quiet. So we got out and did what we knew was possible - get the message out, propose solutions, meet congressmen and appeal to people's conscience.
In participating in this movement for change, we realized something else that we would like to share. We realize that the struggle for a fair immigration process is but a process of change just like struggles against oppresion and prejudice of different severities. The only difference is that its a question of dignity and fair process versus segregated facilities and disenfranchisement. Accept one and you accept the other. So if we wonder how the world could have every been a certain way in the past, we don't have to look beyond ourselves. Honest and well intentioned as we might be, if we cannot stand up and say something about something that affects our rights and freedoms as individuals, we are saying that we are OK with all that is around us.
thanks to all who offered support! if you are still on the sidelines, do get involved! Our success depends on all of us making a contribution!"
enuf said...
thanks IV volunteers/Coords. a million kudos!
pok from nc.
Some of my nc colleagues went on to meet ???? - they had a productive meeting there too...perhaps Rahul will write about it. After the meetings we made our way back to the franconia metro, had dinner at the springfield mall food court and left there by 8 pm. We were back in RTP by midnight. In all 22 hours...well spent!
pictures! ->
http://picasaweb.google.com/wolfpok/SkilledImmigrantRallyInWashingtonDCSeptember18th
one of the things I did today was send out a note to all my friends groups...while most people seemed to ignore all pleas to join the rally or contribute $, they all seemed to be watching curiously. A lot of them feared going to the rally...some others didnt care. Some others even promised to show up and didn't. But i believe we need the support of these very people, if IV has to grow and become an even stronger force in the future...I shall copy paste wot i wrote, and i encourage all to write to their skeptic friends...only to point to a positive experience and ask for their future participation. So i quote...
"Some might wonder why we participated? Well, how could we give up on a chance to make history and truly understand what it means to live in a democracy. Its not about desperation for a green card, its about fairness and dignity. We believe that we have the right to a fair, open and predictable process and anything else is an affront to our dignity. We believe that the system is broken and can be changed. But change to the system will not come overnight and it will definitely not come with us keeping quiet. So we got out and did what we knew was possible - get the message out, propose solutions, meet congressmen and appeal to people's conscience.
In participating in this movement for change, we realized something else that we would like to share. We realize that the struggle for a fair immigration process is but a process of change just like struggles against oppresion and prejudice of different severities. The only difference is that its a question of dignity and fair process versus segregated facilities and disenfranchisement. Accept one and you accept the other. So if we wonder how the world could have every been a certain way in the past, we don't have to look beyond ourselves. Honest and well intentioned as we might be, if we cannot stand up and say something about something that affects our rights and freedoms as individuals, we are saying that we are OK with all that is around us.
thanks to all who offered support! if you are still on the sidelines, do get involved! Our success depends on all of us making a contribution!"
enuf said...
thanks IV volunteers/Coords. a million kudos!
pok from nc.
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pappu
04-10 02:01 PM
Thanks, and i have. But there seems to be bugs in the tracker. For eg the filtering doesn seem to work and the page looks broken :confused: Would it be possible that these are fixed soon ? Great idea by the way.
Thanks
Please keep sending bugs and features for enhancement via PM to me
Thanks
Please keep sending bugs and features for enhancement via PM to me
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snathan
05-01 02:09 PM
Hi Guys,
I have created a Poll for this PERM issue. Let us all gather and explore what options available to fix this, make it transparent.
-Snathan
I have created a Poll for this PERM issue. Let us all gather and explore what options available to fix this, make it transparent.
-Snathan
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madhu345
01-17 05:35 PM
Recurring contribution through DCU $50.
Total contribution till date $120.
Thanks core team for your efforts.
Total contribution till date $120.
Thanks core team for your efforts.
GCBy3000
01-18 11:56 AM
Check this out for translation
http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en
cut and paste this in new browser window to see IV in spanish. Add http://
64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=en%7Ces&u=http://immigrationvoice.org/&prev=/language_tools
Hmm.. thats a good idea.. At least have a one opening page in Chinese / Spanish to bring in more people.. I hope IV does that later.. Of course they would need volunteers for the translation..
http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en
cut and paste this in new browser window to see IV in spanish. Add http://
64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=en%7Ces&u=http://immigrationvoice.org/&prev=/language_tools
Hmm.. thats a good idea.. At least have a one opening page in Chinese / Spanish to bring in more people.. I hope IV does that later.. Of course they would need volunteers for the translation..
worriedsoul
05-08 11:31 AM
PERM Filed : September, 2007
Audit date : November, 2007
Reply Date : November, 2007
Category: EB2
Status: Pending
Field: IT (Software)
Country : Myanmar
Audit date : November, 2007
Reply Date : November, 2007
Category: EB2
Status: Pending
Field: IT (Software)
Country : Myanmar
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