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We have a wealth of information from A to Z on US Immigration, why dont we ourselves write articles and editorials and get them published in the News Papers, Journals, etc?

Why are we waiting for some one to come to us and take information to write articles on us. Does Newspapers check the background of authors to verify if they are citizens/non-citizens/green card holders/ H1B's. What all matters to them is quality and authenticity of the articles.

Do you folks think this a good option to pursue?

Is anybody stopping you from doing so?
"TALK LESS, WORK MORE".

I would be willing to join your chapter too - good we are doing something in Oklahoma. I will email you at raydhan@hotmail.com

I agree that TANA & ATA are big organizations. But their focus is entertainment. And I heard that there is a lot of corruption. There are some allegations that people spend lot of money to become the president(or some other highest post). Who ever is competing for the highest post, they spend lot of money towards new membership program. they register all new members and ask them to vote for them. This happens just before the elections for the post. I do not think, people spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for new member registration with out expecting some thing back. Probably, there may be lot of corruption involved. I do not think, it is good idea of joining such kind of organizations. More over, there may be more organizations for each indian language in USA. Are we going to attach with all of them?

This is my opinion. If you do not like, you can remove it.

depends on how you filed it, if its premium processing, you get a decision in 4 to 6 days.. amazing what an extra 1000 dollars can do. I waited 4 years to get my labor approved and I-140 in 14 days with premium processing.

I believe consular processing can be used only if the dates are current. It might take a long time for 2003 April EB3 India to be current. Since Green Card is for future employment, is there anyway to continue the Green Card process while in India ??

This link shows which senators supported and which ones opposed the bill.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00266

This motion was defeated by a very narrow margin (5 votes)... and you can see that exactly 5 senators abstained.

So, what this implies that some effort needs to go to contacting fence sitters and apprise them of our views and hopefully, get them to support us.

Would appreciate guidance from core team on this....

I am one of the July 2 filers. I need to go to India on 1st November. I was hoping that AP will come by that time. But there has been no progress on that. Just spoke to my Attorney. She said that USCIS does not have any facility to issue AP for an emergency.
Then I called USCIS. I was told the same thing. The Customer Service representative said - I should go wherever I need to go. On arrival contact the local US Embassy and tell them that you need AP to travel back. They will "guide you".
On this forum I have read about INFOPASS many times. I was hoping to use that facility if I did not get AP in time. I am trying to find out if anybody actually used INFOPASS to meet a local Immigration Officer and got AP on an emergency basis.
No theoretical guesses please.
Thanks

Yes she not current visa status :-( Thats why I am worried about her travel plan.

If that is the case she should NOT travel without advanced parole in hand. If she chooses to do so she has NO valid immigration status on which to re enter the United States and will have abandoned her adjustment of status application.

If she needs to travel for urgent family medical reasons if you can obtain medical notes etc you can go to your local office on an infopass appointment and try to expedite the process.

I contributed once in the past for (100 Bucks). I am feeling the pinch lately because of all these I-485 filing expenses ( i know, it does sound like a lame excuse :p ). Rest assured, will be contributing in the future..

I would suggest to stay with your employer and get your I-140 done through premium processing . Once I-140 done then transfer H1B with new employer and start new GC processing too.

I highly appreciate your advice. It sads that you had to go throught GC process so many times. In fact this is my third I-140 too. The first two never got approved due to silly administartive errors on employers part ( old check and job notice at wrong site) and I had to abandon them.

One of the other fix I have is : if I should leave my present job or not , as my fear of loosing job might just be in mind. I am wondering, if worse comes to worse and if I loose job with an approved I-140, will I be able to secure job with another employer and use this I-140 to get an extension. I am a Physical Therapist and EB-2 positions are hard to come by in the state I am in. I want to take the risk to stay with this employer and take my chances. But I also want to have a back plan ( premium processing I-140).I dont know if it can work. Please share your thoughts.

Hi Leoindiano:

What is meant by Pre-Adjudication and how do we know that, our case is Pre-Adjudicated. Sorry to ask you this qn. specifically, as I amnot seeing any LUDs on my case, and my para-legal says, dont worry.

my case details are PD10/05 EB2 I, RD 07/02/07 and ND 08/30/07 at TSC.

Can you enlighten us little bit more.

From , it appears that most people got their GC's without any LUD's. May be most cases are preadjucated and there will be only one final status change.

As far as I know, NO he cannot.

That's correct. I clarified it with my attorney in past. Primary applicant has to maintain H-1 status to support H-4 for the spouse and he cannot use EAD to work.

Even one of your reputed member (Rajiv Khanna @ immigration.com) posted in his website that chance of winning the law suit is very minimum.

He posted in his website as follows: "Please note folks, I don�t think this class will be easily approved by courts. CIS could argue a lot of things against it, which I don�t wish to publish in an open forum."


Corrections.

1. RK is no longer a member of AILA.

2. Also, in this specific quote, RK is not talking about the outcome of the law suit. He's only talking about the chance of the court accepting the defined "class".

On a separate note, RK has mentioned on several occasions, winning the lawsuit is a long shot. You can even hear his recorded conference call from last week.

Thanks,
Jayant

Even I have got same message yester day. But now it shows the package was delivered when i checked today morning.

I have one more question here. The I-765 and I-131 are two different post box numbers. we can send both applications to the same P.O.BOX or different. If we send two different P.O.BOX then both will reach to same P.O. BOX or different P.O.BOXs.


I-765

USCIS
Texas Service Center
P.O. Box 851041
Mesquite, TX 75185-1041

I-131

USCIS Texas Service Center
P.O. Box 851182
Mesquite, TX 75185-1182

Thanks

Send them in a different packet to separate post box numbers. Do NOT send in the same package. They will get another reason to delay your application processing.
On a separate note. This morning the USPS tracking says its delivered and signed for at 6:00 am this morning. :-)

After 6 months of EAD a person can change jobs, but his hiring company should give him the same title in which his application for a GC is filed.
(Same title and should be able to show that the company can pay him the pw)

So working for your own company after 6 months of EAD is kind of risk.You can work for a friend's company who can support you.

Please consult your lawyer.....

always seek legal advice.

LOL...similar to yours?( except that you have chargeability:India)
I'm sure you've a valid reason..just could not resist the post.
You profile has no information...

If issue arises with I485 while i EAD, that would a big headache of replying RFE or opening MTR etc in timely fashion. EAD/AP stand cancelled if 485 is denied.

I came back to US on Mar 30 2008 using advance parole. The officer wrote on I-94 , paroled until Mar 29, 2008 (I am assuming its an oversight).

I didnt detect the oversight till yesterday. What my current status and what actions should I take to rectify the error.

I am still working for my employer that sponsored the H1B which is valid till Feb 2009, although the stamp on the passport was valid only till Feb 2008

Thanks

For I-485 Applicant, it is not of much significance.
At POE, AP is stamped for one year (with I-94), but when it expires, it does not matter. One can continue working on H1 or EAD. And if someone is in USA on H4 (and not working on EAD) also remains in vaild status.

So there should not be any reason to worry, however, as suggested by "kshitijnt" better to get in touch with USCIS and let them do corrective action as required.

Please post your experience afterwards.

Where are the new members? what do you want ? Do you want GC to contribute? WHy dont you sign up for minimum recurring contribution?

I think of refiling because I have filed without lawyar (due to Friday 06/29 rumor). I understand frustrations of fews guyes..as I am also in same boat.

I'm not from India, can I come ???

:confused:

Come to india, trust me you will enjoy the life...easy to get work visa.