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Since now as per USCIS notice of receipt status as of Sep 7, TSC is also finished with July 2 filings. All filings of July 2, no matter where you filed, should have been receipted. Allowing a few days for mail, all July 2 filers should have their receipts in their hands. NSC is way ahead of course.

another reporter contacted me today. so this campaign is working. lets continue this good work.

A little checklist to encourage other IV members to work on action items.

1) Funding Drive
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4618
Just made paypal contribution for $100.

2) Media Drive
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4290
Sent IV press release (http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?p=66341) to major Newspapers/Magazines/Television Networks/News Services using AILA site http://capwiz.com/aila2/dbq/media/

3) Email to Senators
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4619
Sent to all senators in list by visiting their sites.

4) IV Fax
http://immigrationvoice.org/index.php?option=com_iv_webfax&task=getContactDetails&Itemid=46
Sent.

Will work on (5) Phone Campaign (http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4581) as soon as I get chance at work.

How do I start a new Thread?

I think the grace period is 90 days from the date of start of H1B written in the approval notice. After that your H1B is void. But I think you need to inform USCIS that you wish to continue on H4. Otherwise it can create problems on out of status when you apply for green card.

If you got a I94 with approval, then technically you have been converted to H1B. Having a visa on passport is just a formality for travel. But you can stay in the country on H1B as long as it is valid and you continue to hold the job of the sponsor. If you do not hold the job of the sponsor and you could not transfer the visa on time, you become illegal. At the time of re-entry, you can be denied and barred for 10 years if it is found that you stayed illegally.

Also remember, once you accept the job on H1B and you are on H1B and you lose your job... then you have to leave the country in 15 days. This is kind of a grey area as I have not seen 15 days in black and white anywhere but have read that it is 15 days and am not sure how strictly it is enforced. But do not think you can stay for month/s illegally because that will hurt you in your GC application. But staying out of status can create problems in greencard application. If that happens you must immediately petition to revert back to H4. In your case, have you worked for a single day on H1B? Have you pad any taxes on H1B? Do you take insurance from your employer? Are you technically on Bench? Remember 'Bench' is not defined in law and being on bench also means you are employed.

So you need to see which scenarios fit in your case and act accordingly.

who knows?
My friend sent her package on may 18th and she saw on uscis that they dated the receipt as june 1st... so that can give you an idea.
I sent mine on June 1st....nothing yet.
on june 6th the immigration.com breaking new claims there is a backlog of receipt for up to 45 days.
I am expecting to get mine at least by june 30th because with the flood of applications on july first....whoi knows

Hi Techbuyer77, do you know when your friend got her receipt notice. I also applied in may and still waiting

Usually how long it takes to get a response to SR?...I have opened one at local office on 8/10 but not response to that yet.

Any solid prediction on EB-3 I

I think EB-3 I are hopless. Looks like everybody excited in EB-2 Jump and we are left to suffer ..:(

Called two weeks ago as per my post above. No FP yet. At this point I don't even care anymore... :(

Use web based contact forms provided on each senator's website.

You can find senator's contact info from this page.
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Hi,
Can someone copy paste the email ids of senators. I have limited access to internet at my work place.

Thanks and Regards,
Krish

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..

Please see my answers in BOLD. Please do not assume I am mad to put in BOLD. This is just to make my point more VISIBLE.

Finally one question to ALL.
If we see a good action plan from IV Core and a date, how much are you willing to contribute.I am now ready to do $2000.00 instead of $500.00 as I said before. I am not very well-off to do this much (my friends are, though). But this looks to be nothing when compared to the loss many faced waiting 5-10- years. So I will do.
Feel free. Remember how it feels like if you get it. and dont forget how much you are spending now for different immigration related issues. How much are you ready to contribute to IV.

Ok. Time out suriajay12.

Tell me one thing - Why do you expect IV core to spoonfeed everything to you and your friends. If you and your friends are raring to go and do something for the retrogressed community, why not come forward with ideas and show some efforts, instead of just harping on a forum with a bundle of dollars in your hand! Remember, IV is made up of you and me, and it's you and me who can make all the difference. It's very easy to sit on the sidelines and talk. And one more thing - "Have a positive attitude" about everything (life, IV, GC etc) and you will notice how much your point of view will change for better.

The best advice I have for you is to join your state chapter because IV does lot of its planning and strategy implementation behind the scenes. That way you will know more about IV's current and future plans, and will be able to contribute in a positive manner.

It is possible that check depositing staff also has there own back log. Once, application and checks are accepted, EAD can be issued, but check depositing staff may be slow in their work.

I hope that is the case. I just checked my account and still the checks have not been cashed..... I will keep you posted if there is any change

I am in

I have sent my contacts ..

That's why I said before;some people are pretty sure that if democrats win, we will be alright. In my view it may turn out to be the opposite. Democrats favor illegal immigration. I think they are less inclined to pass our SKULL bill alone. I strongly believe that that democrats would rather attach our bill to the CIR/illegal alien amnesty bill, which still will be controversial to pass. Even if Sen. Specter and his team manage to flood America with illegal aliens, then we may take a hit from the collateral effects caused by millions of applications at USCIS.

If Republicans win, we are problably in a better shape.




Did anyone see Byron Dorgan's (Democratic Senator from North Dakota)interview on Stephen Colbert last night? This guy just wrote an anit-outsourcing book (http://www.amazon.com/Take-This-Job-Ship-Brain-Dead/dp/031235522X --no I am not plugging his book!) and he is full of 'they stole our jobs' rhetoric. This is typical outsourcing/globalization-bashing democratic mentality and it's disturbing to seeit still persists 2 years after Presedential elections.

Am I the only one who thinks that if Democratics takes over the House, we are screwed?

Well said!. It is simply a sign of immaturity that some people will just complain but are not willing to do the work , not willing to understand the issue and not willing to understaing the constraints.

If any changes need to be made it upto the individuals to take the intiatives.




DO NOT post such baseless allegations.

IV core is very much aware of the problems as we ourselves face them, and working within our limited means and time. If you are interested, join us and give your helping hand.

The guy Affirmatively said "It will be June 2002" and gave me red because the dates i gave were behind , Ithought it was funny because we are all playing the prediction game.....

I am thinking if I should i start a game to predict the dates, and who ever gets closest date will get few greens..... ;)
:D

What is ur PD? My prediction is by end of 2008 EB3 will touch 2003.

Are we just supposed to enter our infomation on the form? or name, email etc? how does it go to our local congress men?

:D it depends on whom you want to send to ?

When you send flowers EB2-I gets retrogressed No will care if ever we have to send flowers as a united group... Are you going to address that as Eb2-India Retrogressed campaign ?

are you guys going on the same trail if dates move back and forth ... one month to send and one month to predict "EB2 will be current" and again one month back to worried...

Support IV dudes... :) and may be you can even update your profile...

My intention is to say united we stand, divided we fall, which we almost did when everyone discussing here thought of earlier that EB3-I is the only group going to have problems...

Some one tell where and how to send flowers?:confused:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomers/about-pr.asp

"Your permanent resident status allows you to live in Canada, but there is also a time limit on how long you can live outside the country. To keep your status as a permanent resident, you must live in Canada for at least two years within a five-year period."

Looks like you landed just a month after me. So we have the same time lines.


Hi Lasantha,

Not that i want to question your input but would greatly appreciate if you could point me to the official ruling or link where i can find this information. I tried to search for this on official canadian immigration web site but could not find one.

Thanks again !!

I got "the letter" too...
It is just a letter recognizing that there was a SR made etc...
There really is no substance to it. You should get your letter before 45 days of creating the SR. I got mine on the 45th day.
Once again, the letter says nothing. What should happen is that your FP appointment should be made during the 45 days after you create a SR. If it is not made, you get "the letter." After the letter, I was told to wait 60 days from when I received the letter to get FP appointment and if I didn't get them within those days to call back.

Last week I called USCIS regarding FP and Customer Representative told me that they have sent me a letter on 21st of Oct regarding SR I opened in the month of OCT (I haven't received that letter yet. Do not know where they sent it). I asked her about the content of the letter but she said she doesn't have that information and I have to wait till 19th Dec to open new SR. She suggested visiting local USCIS through Infopass. I have taken infopass appointment for this coming Friday. I will update you on Friday about the appointment.