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Today nebraska issued total 4234 cases which includes all kinds of applications.
last Lin numuber is lin0722554234

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How do you know??

What happens to the GC petition? I guess that is probably also Amit's concern in the long term

- cheers
kris

It totally depends on how much risk one wants to take. If someone's PD is near to approval he may think about getting back to the same position temporary.

I have a canadian PR so i took the risk of taking unemployment benifits.

you can never know when USCIS would be sending a RFE. We guys have been waiting for a long time or some of them still have to wait for a long time. So calculate the risk

Secondly in my field most of the jobs have been moving to China and i don't think my petitioned job would be in US after 2-4 years.

J Thomas

Can you guys think of an Immigration Voice jingle. A tune that is catchy.
IV members who have an eye for lyrics and music lets see what you got.

Let me try:
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"Immigration Voice, Immigration Voice, Immigration Voice Rocks!

When dark clouds of labor backlog envelops my domain
Immigration Voice is one sure place that can help my spirits regain

Lot of questions and a long wait for my green card
Immigration Voice is where I get sage advise from the bard

Waiting in vain for the FBI name check, years wasted in pain and my career is a ship wreck.
In the dark storm, one shining light, like minded people who share my plight

One day I will wake up from this nightmare,
I am sure of the success, I sometimes wonder why don't the lawmakers give this cause the care

One day soon, I will become a proud story,
One more American dream, till then Immigration Voice makes me forget my worry

I feared that I just couldn't cope, but wait, I listen to the voice of encouragement,
Silver lining on a dark cloud, one single ray of hope

Immigration Voice, Immigration Voice, Immigration Voice Rocks!
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Please improve

Cheers!
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Hi all,
will appreciate a reply ..I had changed my wifes last name to our married last name (in SSN). her EAD and 485 is in her maiden last name.
will this create an issue when we renew her EAD ? I wanted to renew with our married last name.

Thanks in advance

Hi All,

I think a lof people have the LUD is 08/05/07 for 140 filed in TSC..and everyone takes their guesses. Please post if u r LUD for 140 is 08/05/2007 ;

back in our o'l days we used to say time will come that people will line up for visa to work in India. I kind of see this first article towards that end coming to reality. B'lore is the second choice for people to work outside USA. wow that is great to know.

Tech job moving abroad? Offshore yourself with it!


http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080623/tc_infoworld/102534




Ephraim Schwartz Mon Jun 23, 6:00 AM ET

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Thank you, FromNaija, again. I appreciate your taking the time to respond in detail.

Also thanks for the nice words. They have a nice ring to them especially since I was expecting an RFE. You made my day with those words even if they dont turn true (those words are the closest I have ever come to a GC). Hope you are right. But I am not getting my hopes too high. :)

Wish you also good luck!


I don't think it happens automatically. You will need to ask to be accorded the earlier priority date or if interfiling you will also initiate the process by asking that USCIS substitutes the previously submitted I-140 with a new approved one. The time to do that is when the PD on the newly approved 140 becomes current.

From your explanation, now that your old PD is current and the 140 for that is approved, you will have to ask that interfiling occur by sending a letter to USCIS with a copy of the new 140.

If you have done this, then the message you got could be that USCIS is ready to review your file by October. A congratulation may be in order here because I believe you will soon get your GC.

I just got my wife's h4 approval letter today but the I-94 does not have any validity period on it, its blank?? Moreover, We received two more i539 approval notices sames as my wifes without any validity period under my wife's name (Applicant)... beneficiary were for two kids age 9,11 totally different last names/Nationality :confused: Are the CSC processing people smoking something:eek:

I will call them tomorrow, I was wondering if anyone else also had this experience, do we have to travel outside the country to get I-94 stamped? my H1B approval has not arrived yet but the status online says approved. Our old I-94 on the passport have already expired, will that be a problem?

Is it still possible to transfer your H1B to another employer

Yes

... and return back to USA on the old visa?

No. You will need new visa stamp.

My perm was approved a couple of weeks back and we are going to file the 140 pretty soon. In the mean while I had a question regarding the educational equivalency issue I see during this stage. The perm is for EB-2 which requires a Masters Degree( Foreign Degree acceptable). I've a Bachelors from UK which is 3 years and a Masters from UK which is 1 year. During the I-140 process will there be a problem coz of this. Do we have to submit the Bachelors degree information even though the requirement is for a Masters?

Thanks for any input.

They don't get free renewal .. they have to pay everytime they renew their EAD/AP. :(

luckily right now we can get 2 years EAD for every renewal (some conditions apply).

ps : need more green <hint> <hint> :D

What conditions to be met for getting 2 years renewal? Anyone...
I am about to send my package to lawyer for AP/EAD renewal, URGENT!

If you have all the PERM case numbers with you then you should be able to find your PD in this link

http://www.flcdatacenter.com/CasePerm.aspx and

Hi,

Anybody recently filed PIO through Travisa at DC embassy, please share your experience. I sent the application for my 1 and a half month daughter who is born here, and planning to travel to India in June. I would like to know how long does it take if the documentation is correct and is there any tracking system to know the status.

is there nobody with info/experience on this????

I am in the same situation...

What impact does premium processing have on your application, if your file is stuck in Dallas BEC for over 3 1/2 years? Does this mean the application will be processed faster now?! Or is this only for new applicants?:(
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140 premium has nothing to do with BEC labor processing. Labor processing will not speed up because of this. THis is a very calcualted move by USCIS, they are trying to speed up processing of EB3 140, but it helps noone, not Indians, Chinese or even Rest of the world.
In fact this migh even hurt us a little more if they stop concurrent processing.

Last year it went to california center because of the large no. of applications due to july visa bulletin. You should file to Texas service center because you are in NJ (please read the instructions to verify).

Chantu, you did not understand my question. My question is not about where i should file NOW, but it's about where i filed LAST YEAR. it's about Question # 11.

good job IV!

Note that USCIS has introduced bispecialization because of which all I140 employment based petitions must be sent to NSC for processing.
With the premium processing option you should get a case decision within 15 days. If the petition cannot be processed under the Premium option, u will get a refund of the extra $1000 .

Just sent this to 10 of my friends, keep spreading the word

www.immigrationvoice.org succesfully manages to revoke decision!!! Now its your turn to help them by contributing so that they can help you in future for action items like
recapture of visas wasted last few years
remove country based quota for employment based GC

and many more. Also remember it is non-profit and run by people like us stuck in this process.

Cheers and for confirmation check the article below from business week,
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http://businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnfl...eek+exclusives

Use the reply from Ombudsman's office and do an inquiry via your local senators office. Also call up central customer service and open a service request. (Get the number and info of the call like the timings and officers name). Finally if you date is current and is not getting picked up for adjudication. File a WOM.

Called up USCIS customer service. SR was not opened as they cannot open SR on wrong info on response letter. Writing letter to service center is the only option.
I sent off another Ombudsman case sheet requesting PD fix.