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  • Aah_GC
    05-08 02:33 PM
    lets get together and do something please.. we need to act this month..




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  • mallu
    07-03 09:33 PM
    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!
    Usually there will be another message "Notice welcoming permanrent resident sent" . Then, after a few days there will be "Approval notice sent" , the physical approval notice goes to your attorney. You should receive the physical card within 7-10 days.




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  • gclabor07
    11-17 03:26 PM
    Done.




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  • desi3933
    07-10 12:44 PM
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    6. Again, Permanent job is a job that is expected to last unknown term and is not defined for a period.

    Can you point us to a USCIS/DOL resource to confirm that definition of "permanent "job?


    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



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    H-1B job is not permanent since they have end date specified by LCA and H-1B visa petition.

    If *no* H1B job is "permanent," as you say, then how can that job be permanent after filing PERM or I-140? Second, following your argument, if you're on H-1B and changed employers using AC21, the new job wouldn't be considered "permanent," right? Third, if H-1B job is not "permanent," then which one is?

    AC-21 is not just for changing GC employer.
    AC-21 is for
    1. H-1B portability - starting new H1-B immediately after filing opf new petition
    2. Extension of H-1B beyond 6 years - if labor is pending > 365 days or I-140 is approved/pending. Since each H-1B petition is linked to LCA and LCA is for temp job, each H1 petition is a new or extension of temp job.
    3. Changing of GC employer - Please note that you can change your GC employer even without changing job, just by getting job offer from new employer, as GC job is for job starting after I-485 approval.

    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

    The H-1B program allows an employer to temporarily employ a foreign worker in the U.S. on a nonimmigrant basis in a specialty occupation or as a fashion model of distinguished merit and ability.

    On the other hand, I-140 is linked to Permanent Labor Certification (http://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/perm.cfm) (aka GC labor)



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  • dtekkedil
    07-06 09:53 PM
    Lot of people are sending scornful messages along with their flowers. Please refrain from doing that. The message should be something along the lines given below -

    I understand your agency does all it can; Do the best job it can.
    I also hope you empathize with the frustrations of a legal immigrant.
    A small token of peaceful protest and hoping for the best.

    This is necessary in order to stick to our theme of Gandhigiri!




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  • nousername
    01-30 03:54 PM
    No worries sathweb.. We all are in the same situation and at times things happen. Our mission is one: GC or no GC, we also deserve peace of mind. GC is just a means, not the final destination. :)

    Good luck.

    Sorry man, allow me take back my words, if i can. It was not my intention to encourage any illegal activity. Its my mistake. I think I did not grasp the complete context of the conversation.

    I have been here for past 9 years, working for the same company, I never was out of work even for a single day, nor I encourage it. I think I read your answer, reacted a bit too early. Forgive me.

    (I guess waiting for green card forever making me blind or something, how can I have misread what you wrote)



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  • conchshell
    07-11 11:17 AM
    With a successful flower campaign to USCIS, we must draw our conclusions from this success, and use the outcome to make the San Jose rally a success.

    Please note that legal immigrants is a small handful set of people. Just a usual rally/demonstration will not make a dramatic impact. We have learned from the flower campaign that if we use innovative-peaceful ways of demonstrations, and manage Public Relations and Media well, we can be successful once again.

    Please think and try to come up with some ideas. I have come up with these four ideas:

    1. Project Martin Luther King Jr. as our hero in these rallies: Please understand that local Amrican people better understand about Martin Luther King Jr. andhis idealogy then M.K. Gandhi. My suggestion is that we should include large picture posters of Martin Luther King Jr. with a slogan "We legals too have a dream". We should also take Gandhi's posters. There is a possibility that all Black American organization may lend their support to us.

    2. An act that attracts media attention: Please remember the scene from Gandhi movie when protesters led by Gandhi peacefully burned their resident permits in South Africa. To do something similar and show our symbolic protest against USCIS, we can publically burn a Photocopy of our H1B approvals (I-797). Please note that we are not asking people to burn the original I-797 approval but a photocopy of the document. This will send a message that taking the great pain in obtaining these legal documents are not helping us getting a better treatment by USCIS. This act will perfectly portrey the pain of legal immigrants and once again will attract media and newsprint to keeps us in headlines. This should be part of our demonstrations.

    3. Waive American Flags: Please understand that recent media reports that only Indians are responsible for the flower campaign may hurt the campaign in the longer term. Please waive small American flags and show our solidarity with local Americans.

    4. Distrubute a flower with a pamphlet to the people passing by at the demonstration site. A well worded paper will be required that can project our problems to the people.

    Please share if you come up with innovative ideas to make these rallies a huge success.




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  • jsb
    11-01 02:02 PM
    Summary of AC21 law provisions poste above.

    (1) It is not necessary to work for GC sponsoring employer prior to getting GC
    (2) USCIS should be advised (after 180 days of AOS pending) with new job offer (in same/similar classification), and your intentions of using AC21
    (3) Sponsoring employer can not withdraw I-140 after 180 days of AOS pending
    (4) Sponsoring employer CAN withdraw I-140 within 180 days.

    July 2 filers should keep their sponsoring employer happy until Dec 29, with no suggestions that you might be thinking to leave. Do whatever you want thereafter.



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  • BharatPremi
    03-26 10:21 AM
    2008, 2009 = 280K

    Total EB 485 applicants whose PD<2006 approx 200K????
    Ans: Problem is these 200k are form India and China only.:) So this 200k workload will be adjusted against 22000 total (EB2/3- China, India) per year and that is how 10 years.I think you guys are in good shape. I dont know why it will take 10 years.

    The process is streamlined now.

    PERM process
    140 immediately after labor
    Note: Not yet. Still many rot in I-140 queue and premium has not started yet.No more labor substitution no more cutting lines.
    NC>180 days you will GC

    Once they reinstate 140 premium processing.....all the backlogs will be cleared by next year october.

    see above




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  • GCEB2
    09-03 01:33 PM
    I did try to talk to customer care but it was of no help.
    They tell me to wait for 30 days and sometime 60-90days.
    They say you will become actual permanent resident when you get the card The card is important.
    You now USCIS don’t know when they will change their minds.

    To better be on safe side to get it stamped on my passport. I took info pass on 09-11-08 it will be almost 30 days,

    let’s wait and see


    approved on 8-12-08
    NoWelcome notice Or Card



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  • feedfront
    08-26 03:39 PM
    Even my case was transferred from NSC to TSC. My I-485 receipt has receipt date as July 3 2007 but the notice date is September 7 2007. My A# is on the receipt but no PD.

    Did you get transfer notice? What's receipt date on transfer notice?

    I've everything on my I-485 and transfer notice but PD is missing because it was not filed concurrently with I-140.

    I-485's receipt date is Jul 30, 2007, notice date oct 11, 2007
    Transfer notice for I-485: receipt date is Oct 10, 2007 and notice date: Oct 12, 2007.

    Both has same A#, and receipt#.




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  • life99f
    07-08 09:17 PM
    hey, doshhar, why don't you take a lead at Chicago protest (14/07)?


    Can we have this event scheduled for major cities in other parts of US? What day are we looking for this rally? (14th July??)

    I can gather 100+ people from Chicago..



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  • mhtanim
    07-14 11:50 PM
    I have finally received my FP notice today for my I-485. My case was NSC-CSC-NSC. Never made any service request.

    I have recently applied (paper based) for renewal of EAD and AP. Not sure if that triggered the FP notice.

    I wish good luck to those who are still waiting for FP notice.




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  • maag
    05-30 10:49 AM
    Thanks Marty once again.
    I plan to apply for SIN but is it required to do medical insurance, PO box and bank account right now?
    I am returning back on monday and as of now don't know if i will go to canada or stay in US.



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  • eb3retro
    07-19 07:24 PM
    the above poster summarized it very good. here are some of my thoughts..

    1) we can come up with a formal letter (standard one) which is well written and can be faxed to USCIS director or emailed.
    2) we can also fax/email the same letter to ombudsman so that they are aware of this issue.

    in my gut feeling ombudsman is as close as we can get to uscis if we need visibility to this. optionally we can use the same letter to send it to the senators/congressman.

    The letter should be short, precise, upto the point, without any spelling mistakes, well written. if u look at this post itself, you could very well decide that i am not suitable for that job. can someone in eb3-I who has a good writing skill come up with such a letter and so that we can try what ever we can from our end. its every dog's battle here. and if sanyahari is fighting, its his / her right to do so. so what do u say folks?




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  • bobzibub
    05-23 07:06 PM
    Dear Senator ____;

    Subject: Treating the currently backlogged legal skilled immigrants at parity with undocumented immigrants and family-based applicants in the Immigration Reform bill S. 1348.

    I am a member of Immigration Voice (www.immigrationvoice.org). Immigration Voice represents the interest of 500,000 legal skilled immigrants in the United States on the path to green cards who have been stuck in enormous backlogs and delays in immigration process.

    The career growth, job mobility and quality of life of a half a million legal skilled immigrants is subverted by the bill in its current form.

    Specifically, the restrictions on employment mobility of current applicants affected by this bill, limit improvements in all wage rates. This is because when the market for highly skilled staff improves (as it is doing today), we have significant bureaucratic barriers placed that prevent us from changing jobs. This creates a mis-allocation of scarce talent and limits the growth of the high tech industry as a whole.

    The permanent residency process currently takes a great many years, but technologies change fast. Staying in the same job can make a tech career stagnant. Few Americans in the technology field are willing to stay in the same position within their current company for that many years. So, Again, this limits growth in the technology industry because scarce skills are being miss-allocated.

    It is not just about changing jobs: I also get requests from friends that want me to improve their website or even join a start-up. They are dumbfounded when I tell them I may not because it is illegal for me to do so. Nor may I volunteer my time. Nor may I start my own company because I may not work for myself. The economic cost of a half-million highly skilled people not being able to start a business must be staggering.

    Personally, since moving to the "land of the free", I find it ironic that I lost my economic freedom. It is also heartbreaking to see the rug pulled out from beneath us when we've been such law-abiding and dedicated participants in the current system all these years. In terms of years, in terms of opportunity lost, and in terms of money wasted on lawyers, we humbly request an equitable solution for all skilled, law-abiding immigrants.

    Here are some specific reasons why the current CIR bill fails us, and fails the US economy. Also suggestions on improvements that can be made:

    1. Section 501(b) reduces the number of green cards to legal skilled immigrants from the current 140,000/year to 90,000/year and diverts the major portion of those green cards to future low-skills guest workers under the Y visa program. Instead of increasing that number to reduce the backlogs this section take a step backwards and would exacerbate the backlogs. On the other hand, 503(f)(2) of this act would allocate an estimated 11 million green cards over a time frame of 5 years – 2.2 million a year – to undocumented immigrants. Immigration Voice requests congress to treat legal skilled immigrants at parity with undocumented immigrants and increase the number of green cards to at least 250,000 for 5 years for currently backlogged applicants defined under Sec. 502(d)(2) in order to reduce to current backlog before the untested points based merit system is functional.

    2. Immigration Voice requests congress to waive per-country ceilings on backlogged petitions to be processed under Sec. 502(d)(2) in order to make the backlog reduction more efficient. The bill provides a very similar waiver from per-country ceilings to family based pending petitions in section 508(b).

    3. Immigration Voice requests congress to allow legal skilled immigrants to file for adjustment of status for those applicants who have been certified by DOL to be doing jobs no US citizen is willing, qualified or able to do. This would be at parity with provisions for undocumented immigrants who would qualify for instant work permit (probationary card) that allows them to work without employer sponsor and without department of labor’s certification simply by registering.

    We at Immigration Voice strongly opposes the bill S 1348 in its current form and requests congress to amend this bill and treat the legal skilled immigrants at parity with undocumented immigrants, future guest-workers and pending family-based applicants.



    Sincerely,
    <your name>



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  • eb3_nepa
    08-18 01:47 PM
    Nope, you are wrong. Anyting spoken in this website concerns every aspirant immigrant member. You need to get that straight!

    Well said!




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  • ramus
    06-05 08:18 PM
    Like I said in another thred, this message is not for any individual so please don't take it personal..
    Thanks to all who already contributed.. Those who haven't yet please do it now..



    In spite of all the forum spamming, I have contributed, thank you

    And yes, I've sent multiple faxes to every senator.

    And yes, I've visited, phoned and emailed multiple senators and congressmen.

    And yes, I've sent approximately 700 emails to media outlets nationwide

    PLEASE stop spamming the forums




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  • minimalist
    02-12 12:07 PM
    If you have h4 stamp in your passport , you can go out of the country and comeback in and you would be back in h4 status. Short of that I don't see any other option. Ohers please chip in with your ideas.


    Don't mean to hijack this thread, but interesting issues raised by desi3933 and would like to get his comments on this from him:
    I am in a similar situation...I have been on H1B since Oct�07 and prior to that I was on a valid F1 status. Not been on a client project since mid-Sep'08, have not been paid from past 5 months.

    My employer is not helping with either COS to H4 or port H1B to another employer, by not providing REAL paystubs for the past 5 months. I have been actively working with my employer to find new work and I have all evidence of this in emails. I cannot report to work, as the office is too small for more than two people to comfortably work under normal working conditions.

    When I ask employer for back wages, I get threatened that they will issue a backdated termination letter to Sept 2008 (employee not terminated yet), though I have been actively working with them to find new work? I am also being asked to submit a fake personal leave letter for the past 5 months.

    How do I know if my H1B has been revoked? I know there are many issues and questions raised here...
    Greatly appreciate your time in responding to this...




    vinabath
    04-24 01:50 PM
    Quite right, I know you meant that managing relationships has to be from both the sides, but with most desi employers it has become a one way street. Even with all the effort to manage relationship, the employee still gets scr*** and this needs to stop.

    Do you have any suggestions?




    MeraNaamJoker
    08-27 04:25 PM
    GC comes with a 'sleeve' to keep the card safely. The pouch in the sleeve have special silver lining to prevent 'de-magnetisation' over the period. Please, take due care as its not easy to get replacement.

    I was advised so, at SSA. As I was about to put the card in my wallet (Ya, I went to SSA to update my ssn) gentleman at the window interrupted me. I thought I should share this small tip with IVian fella.

    Good luck to everyone !!

    Thanks buddy,

    What is the procedure to the SSA update?

    My family do not have SSA? I need to apply for them as well.



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