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Excellent news article.

Not sure why the below news did not get the required focus on IV. Pardon if already posted.


WSJ Key to Prosperity: Fix Immigration Policies, Says Dallas Fed - Key to Prosperity: Fix Immigration Policies, Says Dallas Fed - Real Time Economics - WSJ (http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/03/10/key-to-prosperity-fix-immigration-policies-says-dallas-fed/)

U.S. needs immigration boost of high-skilled workers
Report: U.S. needs immigration boost of high-skilled workers - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/09/texas.fed.immigration/index.html#)

not sure where you got taht info..i believe u still can...pl contact ur lawyer...or post question on immilaw website..

NIV Renewals - U.S. Diplomatic Mission Abuja, Nigeria (http://nigeria.usembassy.gov/niv_renewals.html) Check it out, it does not mention anything specific.

You cannot go to Mexico, it is out of picture (Visa Services (http://tijuana.usconsulate.gov/niv.html)).

Next option is for Canada, but if you do not have US education or experience in US as they clearly mention on consulate site of Canada (Visa Requirements • U.S. Consular Services in Canada (http://www.consular.canada.usembassy.gov/usa_visa.asp#ability)).

It is recommended to go to Home country for change of status or First time H1B visa stamping. The reason is, it is much easy to verify your education certificates, work related certificates etc if you are from your home country.

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.

This may sound strange but, here is my situation. I'm currently on EAD and my I-94 expired last year after i got my EAD. Does this have any impact on my EAD renewal????:confused:

My employer has asked me to take care of our office in India. I am on H1B that will expire in 2011. We have decided for me to spend 2 months in India and one month in US. The plan is to reenter US on H1B since it will still be valid.
I also have a pending 485 and i am going to let my EAD and AP timeout and stick to H1B.

Now, the question is: will this be a problem? Is there a limitation on how long an H1B holder stay outside the US while continuing to maintain status?

I am going to be travelling back to India soon but have already spent more than 5 months in india this year (onver three trips) and am wondering if there will be a problem when i come back in november.

I cant find anything on the net no this.

I have an employee who was a student and then got employment authorization. She asked me to begin the process of getting her an H1B; but then we determined that she really wanted a green card. Can I use the LCA I got for her H1B to apply for her I-i40?

hi,

In one of the recording, Attronery Rajeev kahana mentioned that we can work on H1B with Current employer and Part time job on EAD and also my attronery mentioned the same thing.
Pls let me know if anybody using both H1B and EAD.

regards,
chethan

Thanks for the response.

I do have some other questions as well :
1) So does it mean, if we apply for fresh h1 and once it's approved, we can stay for 3 years initially irrespective of L1 stay, for my case its' 13 months ? If not, how L1 stay affects initial h1 approval timings ?
2) If I apply for h1, let say in June'10, and once it's approved what could/should be my joining date with new employer ?

Thanks.

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I used last time and I show offcer only one and he return it to me.
LAst year I got 4 AP documents. This year I got only 2 PA docs.

You will say 'YES' for yourself and 'NO' for your dependents. Immigration petition is nothing but I-140, if any of your family members have filed I-140 then answer would be 'YES'

My 140 (filed concurrently with 485) was approved on Aug 17th. Ever since 08/17 I have been seeing LUD's on it everyday. In fact there was a LUP on 08/19 Sunday! Any ideas what's happening? I think something is going in CIS.

I got a LUD on my November 2005 approved I 140 on 03/13/08. My I 485 reciept date is August 7th, 2007. I got all reciepts, EAD and FP notices. I am in EB3 category. Need to know why LUD on I 140. :confused:

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Even I am very worried about the same as my filling for H1 extn is going to come soon and due to the recent denials, I am very worried. I don't have EAD also with me and my priority date is very late. I heard about 3 cases where H1 extn is denied.
If anyone knows more details about it, please let us know.

The employer asked one of my friend's wife to take off for 10 days when EAD got delayed for almost 10 days.

I don't think one can open a account from india in US bank. However i had visited a website which says that anyone in the world can do business from USA. I tried it but did not.

I am in H1B and i opened a business account in USA. The procedure is to get a fititcious businesss name from the citi and open a account in any of the banks. Later apply for a business license from the city. Every year you will have to file tax return (i do it on the month of december). It is very easy and consulars help over there. Additionally you have a advantage to talk to any of the SCORE/SBA members and improve your business.

Regarding opening a business account, Wells fargo charges $10/- every month and later if you talk to them about low activity account they will charge you $8/- per month. Citibank needs a lot of information and they charge $10/- a month. I had avoided citibank after spending 3 hours interacting with the teller. The best is Washington Mutual (which is Chase now). there is no charge and i think they need atleast one transaction every year.

Hope this helps.

Gurus,

I am in a process of getting name change for my wife on pending I485. This is because her first name is given as 'FNU' by USCIS on the I485 file, EAD and A.P. As she did not have first name in passport.

We recently got her name change on passport by adding my(husbands name) as SURNAME. Now we want to refelect this change on EAD and 485.

For this amendment my lawyer is charging $400.
I want to know, if we can do this amendment on our own and avoid lawyer. Do any one on this forum know how to deal with this situation. Please let me know.

Your answers are highly appriciated.

Thanks,
hydubadi

Apologies if I should have looked this up somewhere within IV .
Guess it is a simple question.

What does a soft LUD mean ? I have often read that term on the forum.

I at times see that something was updated on my case..."last updated date" but then there is no status update.....for example this happened on my I131 application on Feb 4, 2009

On the I485 I think it is just that they transferred it from one office to another as the status says.

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Last updated | Form number
2/4/2009 | I131
2/5/2009 | I485
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Why so quiet today?

Where is the holiday spirit?

Not even any joke?

Can anyone tell me after my 6th year of H1 i have a 3 year extension of h1 visa, can i go to india and come back on that visa or do i need to have AP. I got my 140 approved and i got my 485 receipt notices.

FATCA establishes a MINIMUM penalty of $10,000 for failure to report foreign ASSETS over $50,000 on your tax return. FATCA filing is required in addition to FBAR filing. Who ever filed FBAR, please be aware of this new law from next year onwards , since the penalty is so high.