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I entered US last december 2007 with a visitors visa,allowed me to stay for 6 mos.,last march 2008 I married my fiance who has a H1b visa and is working right now here in the US and last May 2008 I Applied for a change of status from visitors to H4 dependent..Until now the case is pending but right now we had a family crisis back home and I have to go back home asap...what will happen with my application if I go home...Will I still be able to come back here and will I be out of status if I leave my pending application here???

Here is the thread for people who filed AOS between July 17 and Aug. 17. You might find people in your situation.

http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=12765

I just got my receipt notice today.

Get involved with collective movement and the DC rally on Sept. 18. I can't attend, but am contributing $ toward someone else attending the rally.

The next set of people who decide to write to the President should send him flowers as well. Also there is a DC based org called SAALT who wants to hear our stories + struggles and working to effect policy change on a national level.

Tell Us Your Immigration Story (http://www.saalt.org/pages/Tell-Us-Your-Immigration-Story.html)

Lets participate in this too.

Thank you so much for the clarification...

can you please tell me how much time now takes to H1b renewal?
I am in 6th year of H1b.

"Cutting off the nose to spite the face" -- So true.

Thank you. :)

It is still pending. Already 7 weeks. Any input guys?
Thank you

My employer sent the documents for my H1b extension today to USCIS and they applied it through premium process, can anyone please let me know how many days it will take to get the Receipt notice both in Email and hardcopy?

My H1b expires on Dec 15th 2010 and if I wont get my receipt notice by than can I stay in US legally or should I have to leave US?

Please let me know your suggestion.

H1b extension Receipt Notice issue time in PP

You will get the acknowledgment within 3 to 4 days of receipt.
If you do not get receipt, then you are out of status and will have to leave the country. But don't worry you will have the receipt before Dec 15. BTW which center did you apply to?

My I140 was sent to LIN too and approved promptly!

Dallas-Fort Worth Immigration Lawyer Has Just Posted the Following:
For the second time, a federal judge has declared a Farmers Branch ordinance banning illegal immigrants from renting in the city to be unconstitutional. Here are excerpts from a Dallas Morning News (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-FBsuit_25met.ART.Central.Edition1.4c77c2c.html) article reporting this decision:

U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle of Dallas ruled Wednesday that the ordinance was an attempt to enforce U.S. immigration laws – something the judge said only the federal government can do.

The judge also issued a permanent injunction to stop Farmers Branch from enforcing Ordinance 2952.

Mayor Tim O'Hare, the driving force behind the ordinances, said he wants to appeal.

"The American people are tired of judges legislating from the bench," he said. "This decision is not unexpected but welcomed, because it allows us to get closer to this ordinance becoming reality."

But O'Hare said the City Council would have to vote on whether to continue a fight that has cost the city nearly $3.2 million since September 2006. And the city may need to spend an additional $623,000 in legal fees in the year ahead, city finance director Charles Cox said Wednesday.

About one-quarter of the estimated 30,000 people who live in Farmers Branch were born outside the United States. About 47 percent of the city's population is Hispanic.

In the past four years, the city has proposed a series of ordinances that would make it illegal for landlords to rent to illegal immigrants. A version approved by the council in 2006 was repealed in early 2007 to make way for another ordinance.

That ordinance, No. 2903, was approved by two-thirds of voters in 2007 but later declared unconstitutional by U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay. The city abandoned an appeal of that ordinance in favor of Ordinance 2952. No. 2952 added all rental units, including houses, to the ban on renting to illegal immigrants.





More... (http://dfwimmigrationlaw.clarislaw.com/immigration-news/another-judge-rules-farmers-branch-rental-ban-is-unconstitutional.php)

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Since your I-140 is already approved, you will get a 3 year extension....

I agree - hiring your own attorney would be the best option if money is not an issue.

read the approach called 'bridging' (last paragraph) here:
http://www.murthy.com/news/n_yath1b.html
it literally describes your case (H1 transfer to C when a transfer to B is pending).

My Case:
Company A applied for GC citing future employment.
Got the EAD.
Currently I am in the pay roll of Company B(sister concern of A) in H1.
What are the things I have to do if I have to work in EAD? Can I use AC21 and move on? Do I have to work for Company A atleast for sometime?

If A sponsored you for your future employment, and still stands to it, there is no AC21. You can continue to work for B on EAD, and join A when you get your GC. If in the meantime, you can find another job offer same/simllar to what A offerred, and prefer to work that one you can join that company as per AC21 provisions

well.. relatively.. you can

importing a swf into flash will appear like a simple frame by frame animation.. no actionscript or movie clips will be imported as such.. lol (hope you get the point)

but an animation made by swift doesn't have problems because there's no actionscript or movie clips involved.. so you can edit it.

but I'd use swft format if you have swift 3d v3.

Hi,
Should I go to Canada or Mexico and re-enter US with EAD/AP before my AP expires to start working on EAD and avoid any "out of status" issues ?

Does Canada Mexico ask for valid VISA and I-94 to get a visitor visa?
Should I go to India(my home country) and re-enter US before my AP expires to keep my status ?

It doesn't seem to me that you need to leave the US at all. You are authorized to stay here because you have a 485 pending. You can work using your EAD. The company should have reverified your I-9 form when the H-1B expired, assuming that you showed the H-1B paperwork to complete the I-9. However, since you have an EAD, you were not working without authorization.

However, you have a lawyer who has reviewed all your paperwork and presumably s/he knows something that I don't.

Whatever you do, you should NOT try to enter the US as a visitor when you really want to work here and be a permanent resident. That would be fraud.

What a special stamps group!!! :thumb: My favorites are the second and the third stamps because have a non-conventional environment or something. Good

I recieved a letter from USCIS saying "we have forwarded your inquiry to Sec 245 Unit. You will be notified by mail at later date".

What exactly this means?

Do I need to worry about this Sec 245 Unit. Is it good or bad?

btw I am on EB2 priority date Aug 2005 and still waiting for GC.......:mad:

thanks,

I shall be able to join..

is you will be paying double fees.USCIS will automatically deny 1 case when the other one is approved.

I am in the same situation (but my PD is 1 year earlier than my wife) but I am just filing my case and holding of my wife's I-140.