Monday, July 4, 2011

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  • reddymjm
    06-08 06:48 PM
    How did you get this information so fast? Did you call them?
    you can see the LIN# on the back of the check. i gave my own checks for the fees.




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  • desi3933
    08-08 11:42 AM
    I got an email today from USCIS stating this
    Current Status: Card production ordered.

    I did not receive any other approval notice. I hope this means that our 485 is approved and the cards have been ordered ?

    My PD Is May 2003

    Congrats!

    Welcome to the club!


    ____________________________
    N-400 Oath Date on Aug 19th




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  • centaur
    07-09 07:12 PM
    She is great. I just spent 15 minutes talking with her. She has all her questions written in front of her and she seems really serious about pursuing this story.

    Every one should call her at 2023346701, name is Xiyun

    I spoke to this journalist for almost 20 minutes
    She is awesome and really really listens to you and gets a lot of information to you
    THIS IS A LIVE PERSON
    She is interested in talking more people and also if possible with other ASIAN people (Chinese/Taiwanese/Pakistanis), who are in the same boat
    Call her and she picks up the call.




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  • sandy_77
    09-15 08:12 AM
    For those who doubt that a definitive initiative is needed for the Legal immigrant community, may I humbly remind them of the most basic and the most important phrase of the US Constitution..."Every human being has the right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness". What has been happening with all this memos and counter-memos and visa bulletins from the USCIS and the DOS is a denial of our basic human rights...first as Human beings and then as Legal Immigrants. Friends we can possibly build a strong case based on the informed readings of the US Constitution and Law. We have done nothing wrong to get such treatment buy these departments. We have followed every law and requirement that the US Immigration Law has prescribed but because of the sheer number of immigrants from India and China we are being disadvantaged and discriminated by the US Congress, certain laws and by these departments. It is not a legal immigrants fault that the US Law does not limit the F1 visas issued in a year by country and the number of jobs applied under H1b program by country. The endless delays in the GC process clearly disadvantages the legal immigrant community from large countries like India and China compared with legal immigrants from other countries and even US citizens. They clearly cannot pursue their dreams of prosperity, career advancement, security (for himself and family via education, jobs and homes) and overall happiness. Justice delayed is nearly always denied.

    An Immigration Attorney and Constitutional Lawyer can build a clear case for us. For reference on human rights, please follow these links:

    http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/oasinstr/zoas2dec.htm
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life,_liberty_and_the_pursuit_of_happiness



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  • EB3_SEP04
    08-12 06:23 PM
    What I did till now.
    1) Contacted Senator/Congressman/Governor
    2) Filled 7001 form for Ombudsman
    3) Called USCIS 10 times in last 10 days and come to know that everything is cleared on my and wife applications.
    4) Strange thing applied EAD on July 15th 2008 and got approved today august 12 2008.

    Did you do all this for EAD?




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  • sankap
    07-10 12:57 PM
    @desi3933:
    Permanent means job that is for for a term of indefinite or unlimited duration.
    http://www.uscis.gov/err/B3%20-%20Outstanding%20Professors%20and%20Researchers/Decisions_Issued_in_2004/MAR232004_01B3203.pdf
    This definition is only for researchers/academics in the document. Question is, why can't self-employment be called a "permanent" job? After all, that job is of indefinite or unlimited duration.

    AC-21 is not just for changing GC employer.
    Yes, AC-21 i not just for changing the GC employer. The Yates memo was published in 2001 with a few amendments later.
    Do not confuse existing H-1B job with future GC job.

    H-1B is linked to LCA (Temp Job) (http://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/h-1b.cfm) Note: The link clearly says
    If all H-1B jobs are not permanent, then your definition that a "permanent job is for a term of indefinite or unlimited duration" fails. Please decide what you want to say.

    On the other hand, I-140 is linked to Permanent Labor Certification (http://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/perm.cfm) (aka GC labor)
    "Permanent Labor Certification" does not mean the job has to be "permanent" (you're again *assuming*, no?) It could also mean LC for "permanent" residency!



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  • mahujam
    07-28 12:54 PM
    Received by USCIS on 12th June.
    Lud on 18th June.
    No receipt received. Found SRC number through cashed check.
    No further movement yet.

    Eb-3/India/17th Jan 2003.

    Just got email. No card yet.

    Current Status: Card production ordered.
    On July 26, 2008, we ordered production of your new card

    update:
    Another thing I just noticed is a LUD on my I-140 which was approved a year ago ( july5th 2007)
    The lud happened on 7/27/2008.




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  • prashantkh
    06-23 05:06 PM
    I agree, another argument in support is that if the situation of skilled legal immigrants does not improve many of them may consider other options like Canada, Australia, UK, NZ or even going back home. The employers most likely will outsource the jobs to other countries and once that happens that position is permanently gone from US. Hoewver, if an immigrant is working here the position is still here in US and can be taken by a citizen or a resident here if the immigrant workers leaves the job position.

    PK


    This myth has never been successfully countered in the media or any other PR or lobbying channel by the legal immigration crowd.

    The standard line amounts to this:

    We are highly skilled we are legal and we are stuck and dont deserve this.
    This is not good PR. Nobody cares about this.. it will get us nowhere..

    We need to have a standard message apart from all other humint crap..

    1) legals cannot undercut US jobseekers because of strict labor laws. Employers are paying a premium in wages as well as legal fees to retain their legal alien workforce. IT would be foolhardy of them to go through the hassle if local talent was easily available.

    2) legals are in most cases paying taxes for which they may never realize the benifits like social security.

    We need to let it be known in a firm polite manner that
    1) we are giving more than we are getting and are not free loaders
    2) we are not harming or displacing anyone.

    I dont think this can be perceived as tryng to distance ourselves from undocumented workers. There are rare moments when the media does focus on legal immigrants as a group lets make the most of it.



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  • pappu
    07-21 10:08 AM
    IV will have more money to do advocacy events like the one that just happened. More media spending, more coverage.

    This is correct. You not only need funds but also lot of warm sweaty bodies. !!

    We need many people working everyday continuously over a period of time. It cannot be --"As and when I get time, i will try. Or I am already contributing by posting ideas on the forum. Or I am EB2 and my date will be current soon so I do not really care, I am not desperate for green card so do not bother me by contacting me. Or IV is for EB2 and I am EB3. Or IV is for Indians and I am ROW." Stop thinking IV just a forum like other forums of lawyers or trackers where the aim is to make money from the long wait and run a business. Here we want to fix the problem so that we no longer need Immigration Voice and all of us can move on in our lives and professional careers.

    There have been times when we evaluated our decision of continuing this work after hearing lot of negative comments from our community or seeing lack of participation. A recent proof is the recent funding drive for advocacy day and our thousands of phone calls to members asking them to come to DC. It is not easy to organize any event and it takes lot of planning and funds. None of the members who used to write negative posts after every visa bulletin urging IV to do an event in DC came to DC event or even contributed. Many in the IV team are still involved with this effort even after getting their greencards only to succeed in what we all started out to do together. The commitment needs to be there so that many people can help out even during the day time. One option is for members to have their homemaker spouses volunteer for IV work. We have so many ideas we can work on if there are more sincere people who commit to helping out. Funds are also important. AILA has a budget of 13 million dollars/yr and they can do a lot in terms of advocacy, filing lawsuits, talking with offices on regular basis, organizing conferences each year where lawyers pay to hear USCIS officials, media outreach, meeting other organizations etc etc . They have people in DC to go and meet offices on daily basis. Likewise anti-immigrants too have millions of dollar budgets. You do not see their forums filled with posts of infighting. suspicion and baseless arguments that we have. Many of our posts do not even project us as well educated and mature individuals. We can blame whoever we want-- employers, government, lawyers, karma.... but the real reason why this retrogression problem still exists is because all of us in the community have allowed it to exist. Only we are responsible for the success and failure of our efforts. Nothing is impossible if we have strength and resolve to advocate our issues.




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  • needhelp!
    11-21 11:32 AM
    May God give you and your family the strength to go through this.



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  • immigrant2007
    09-10 12:20 AM
    IV:

    What are plans and strategy for EB3?

    We all morons wont still learn, we will still start prediting for next visa bulletin hoping that a reincarnation of god will ome and deliver us visa numbers.
    Unless we all make a collective effort no one is going to listen to us. I know the fate of my post we all people are busy to get our post noted or express our opinion that we have lost our fous of what our main problem is. I think we deserve this perhaps I dont think if we continue like this we even deserve GCs.




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  • gccovet
    02-10 02:24 PM
    Sent $25 check via bill pay.

    To IV members watching from the sidelines: Contribute now so that IV can expand its efforts to fix this mess!

    Thank you needhelp!

    gccovet



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  • TheOmbudsman
    06-26 12:20 PM
    I respect your opinion.

    There is no indication that "Republicans" are taking a hit by not passing the bill. In fact, if you go to Congress.org you will polls there showing that Americans prefer no bill instead of "a bad bill". By bad bill they mean, the amnesty one, CIR.

    Folks, what we need to remember is that this country is still a democracy. When you see AILA - which is a reliable source in this case - reporting that 400:1 calls are being placed against CIR, that is a serious business. Looking at results of recent elections, you can tell that there is increasing indication that voters are paying attention to candidates which are strong in immigration records. Sen. Bilbray (R) recently won the election in spite of Republicans poor performance. In my state, Maria Cantwell (D) is showing no gaps against an incumbent, who happens to be Republican. In Utah, Sen. Cannon (R) but pro CIR is fighting very hard against an incumbent. Election results for this will be known tomorrow, but the fact that he is fighting is the indication one needs to believe that representatives fighting against CIR/amnesty are looking good, regardless which party the individual is in. CIR is known mainly is an amnesty bill. Therefore not passing CIR seems to be perceived by voters as a good thing. Also, there are already many laws that if executed, could aleviate the flow of illegal immigration and provide some security to the border until the House gathers enough support to pass a more enforcement only bill. Personally I have hopes that IF the House proposals prevail after the elections in November, then it is when we could see a kind of Cornyn/Kyl bill passed ?

    Now you say, how can the above post help our cause ?
    I think we need to start by having a clear picture of what's going on. If we continue this route of expecting that a bill with amnesty provisions on it will save us, you many need to be prepared for a long wait to see that happening. If it is true that our lobbying efforts are useless and have no chances to leverage a bill of our own cause, so darn, I will just pray, watch, give no donations and wait in a very passive way and see what happens.

    IV has done a great job by making all the contact information with the lobbying group, now we need to engage them to lobby for our bill only. If that's not possible, then I think there is no major reason to donate or take action on this anymore. Just wait and let the big guys (AILA, Catholic Curch, Laraza) battle for CIR and see what happens.


    I find it slightly amusing that your perception is that my perception is distorted. I am not a member of the core team and my remarks are my personal opinion. If I am wrong, well, then I'm wrong. If I'm right, these posts will be buried so far in the thread that it won't matter at that time.




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  • Mahatma
    12-20 03:05 PM
    Never make anything a weakness....thats when you will feel you have everything to lose if you don't get it.

    This is one of the very wise and rational answers that I liked. It comprehends the truth of life!



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  • raj2007
    06-23 09:42 AM
    I think -- may be.. it will make some difference.

    on uscis site: contact us: I got this email address.

    uscis.webmaster@dhs.gov.


    I sent an email saying that - for Employment Based immigrations the employers are not willing to given the required document like employment letter, as they fear the employee may leave using AC21 after 6 months. This puts the applicant helpless after waiting for so may years and when the dates are current. Can USCIS do something about this? The only thing what most applicants have paystubs to prove the continuous employment.

    It will make a different if USCIS receives emails like this... in thousands?
    here's my 2 cents.

    There are still some labor subsitution available. Lot of desi company want to use them before 07/16 oherwise they willl lose everything. Tell ur employer that you are getting labor subsitution and just ned to change ur h1. if you are not going to issue a letter in 2days, I have my options open.

    it may work.




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  • slowwin
    01-30 05:33 PM
    Guys,

    as long as there is a leeway, people do tend to take the maximum advantage of that leeway. this applies in life in every aspect. OP did the same.

    being moral or ethical is not the criterion here I guess, otherwise we would all have (I,C) have been current ( if no labor subs, eb3 to eb2 conversions etc).

    I feel bad too, seeing some one who landed on H1B in 2006 , got hold of a 2002 labor sub. and is enjoying GC right now(thanks to July 2007 fiasco)., and for crying out loud I have been in USA since 2001, went to school here, is working in a physical science research position, have one patent and filed for 2 more.

    I consider myself to have contributed to the USA, more than the guy I gave an example of (in terms of taxes, tuition, original research, etc). But does that all matter to the other guy, when he did what he did.
    that is life :D



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  • bobzibub
    12-15 11:49 PM
    :D

    Well, my old carcass is getting too aged to handle that anymore. So now I ease off the sauce and go to the gym.
    But I do also try to notice and enjoy the silliness of the every day human condition. (Still to this day, I'm not sure why I mow my lawn, for instance.) A sense of humour is very important. Recognition that there are others less fortunate. And stay connected with friends socially.
    And also recognize that fact that a green card won't make me magically happier beyond the immediate jubilation. Yes it is good to regain the rights we lost coming to the US. To speeches I'll still smile, nod, even clap and think "what a bunch of nonsense!" for privacy is the true freedom that you still have. But I'll still work for a living. I'll still put on a dress shirt to impress clients I'll never see. I'll still try to spend more time creating than managing. Not simply because my h1b legally requires me to do so, but because managing is intellectually trivial. Or one could say that managing is the work of man, creation is the work of the gods. ; )

    Chin up!
    -b




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  • chanduy9
    07-03 12:20 PM
    Lets send the flowers and post the confirmation# here. July 10th fine for me.

    PD:August 2003.

    Unable to file 485 because of Lawyer and employer




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  • vrkgali
    03-26 11:13 AM
    My PD is Sep 2002. There are different limits:

    Break even limit
    Fatigue limit
    Endurance limit

    I am on last one :)


    Ditto here..My PD also sept2002 .

    And my I-140 also pending for the past 19 months..

    and I dont know what limit I should cross before I get GC ..

    may be the country limits and go back to India.




    Alabaman
    05-02 12:13 PM
    This might be too early but something that I notice that is missing is the ability to be able to Self Sponsor for Green Card instead of having to be at the mercy of employers.




    anilsal
    12-16 01:34 PM
    to motivate and console each other. This is what IV is all about. :cool:



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