santb1975
04-07 03:54 PM
If you want to pick an event close to you and get a few MI IV'ans participate that would be great. We will be happy to make you guys part of Team IV and send you T-Shirts to wear at these events.
IV Professional Network is a great idea. Count me in.
Would've joined Team IV too. But distance is a factor stopping me. I can't participate in any of the marathons listed. My moral support is with you guys.
IV Professional Network is a great idea. Count me in.
Would've joined Team IV too. But distance is a factor stopping me. I can't participate in any of the marathons listed. My moral support is with you guys.
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waitnwatch
02-01 07:46 PM
My apologies to everyone:
SA180 contains the interesting provision but I donot know its status. On the other hand SA 187 which has nothing to do with us passed.
If any of you can please try to find out what happened to SA180.
SA180 contains the interesting provision but I donot know its status. On the other hand SA 187 which has nothing to do with us passed.
If any of you can please try to find out what happened to SA180.
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GoneSouth
01-22 04:54 PM
There is a handy web site that tracks processing times for the various stages of the immigration process: http://www..com
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rbharol
08-28 04:41 PM
If someone is responsible for the current state of affairs in the H1B area , It is Indian firms . The H1B1 was started in 'GOOD FAITH ' by United States to help people from "all over the world" to come in and work in the US , but large Indian IT houses have overexploited these loopholes so much that we are currently in this sorry state of affairs . In their greed for higher and higher profits(every Indian firm hits 30% profits every quarter ) they have spoiled a perfectly working program a few years ago to such a state that now getting an H1B has got less nothing to do with talent but has become like buying a supperlotto ticket .Below is a very good article from the "Economic Policy Institute " that highlights the fact that 2 well known Indian firms have single handedly lapped up 65% of H1B visas last year and have applied for just 69 green cards . Thats a GC application rate of 0.0004%. i Cannot help agree with the facts in this article. I totally agree that firms like these which abuse the system ought to be severely punished and blacklisted, so that geniunine US companies can get their required workers , when they need them . The link is as below.
http://www.sharedprosperity.org/bp187.html
You are saying what Ron Hira and IEEE-USA is saying.
How can an Indian company apply for H1B? It must be a company registered in USA.
There is a group of loosers who are scaret to compete with Dynamic young
Engineers coming to USA and giving them a tough competetion...
Ron Hira is spokes man for such people.
Green Card is for permanent position and H1B is a temporary VISA.
What is the problem if company thinks a position is temporary and they dont need
to file for green card?
It is incorrect to say that 'INDIAN' companies are spoiling the H1B system.
It is a myth spread by RON HIRA and his followers.
http://www.sharedprosperity.org/bp187.html
You are saying what Ron Hira and IEEE-USA is saying.
How can an Indian company apply for H1B? It must be a company registered in USA.
There is a group of loosers who are scaret to compete with Dynamic young
Engineers coming to USA and giving them a tough competetion...
Ron Hira is spokes man for such people.
Green Card is for permanent position and H1B is a temporary VISA.
What is the problem if company thinks a position is temporary and they dont need
to file for green card?
It is incorrect to say that 'INDIAN' companies are spoiling the H1B system.
It is a myth spread by RON HIRA and his followers.
Pineapple
05-20 10:35 PM
Called them all.
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buddyinsd
08-04 01:37 PM
I'm also a Feb 06 applicant.
Lets have a race and c who gets it first...jus kiddin...:)
When did u mail ur application?
The slowness in the approval rate has me a little worried. In July many people got approved at within the first few days - that does not seem to have happened for the first 3 days of August so far. I'm hoping that this is just a blip and the trend picks up shortly.
Lets have a race and c who gets it first...jus kiddin...:)
When did u mail ur application?
The slowness in the approval rate has me a little worried. In July many people got approved at within the first few days - that does not seem to have happened for the first 3 days of August so far. I'm hoping that this is just a blip and the trend picks up shortly.
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maheshf
05-09 09:27 AM
When did you submit your SR? I have done the same as well and awaiting a reply on it.
May 3rd 2011. When did you do yours?
May 3rd 2011. When did you do yours?
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pappu
12-15 08:17 AM
Placed an Invite in www.greatandhra.com (another popular website that telugu folks visit).
Thanks. Others, pls visit immigration forums (if you google immigration forums you will find several forums) and post messages. There are also several yahoo, msn, and google groups on immigration. If all of us can post messages in them, it will be a huge publicity for us. pls post messages on this thread if you have done any such task.
Thanks. Others, pls visit immigration forums (if you google immigration forums you will find several forums) and post messages. There are also several yahoo, msn, and google groups on immigration. If all of us can post messages in them, it will be a huge publicity for us. pls post messages on this thread if you have done any such task.
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sdeshpan
09-30 09:01 AM
Every time someone comes up with something new they get shot down here by "certain" other members. They try to find reasons to say it was a bad idea rather than saying something constructive. Give this guy a chance.
Fair enough...I'll wait to see what "constructive" ideas you have to offer regarding this topic. I have seen this beaten to death with discussions and polls and countless posts on analysis, but absolutely ZERO talk of advocacy and/or steps for getting anything in action. If you were to give people something worthwhile to act on or even something that shows your commitment to the cause, I would have no issue.
Anyway, good luck! :)
Fair enough...I'll wait to see what "constructive" ideas you have to offer regarding this topic. I have seen this beaten to death with discussions and polls and countless posts on analysis, but absolutely ZERO talk of advocacy and/or steps for getting anything in action. If you were to give people something worthwhile to act on or even something that shows your commitment to the cause, I would have no issue.
Anyway, good luck! :)
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Karthikthiru
03-31 05:05 PM
Great job
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02-01 09:34 PM
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sanju
04-07 11:37 AM
This is actually a very good idea. Maybe not 10% even 25% is fine.
This way microsoft, oracle etc. can get their workers.
Even Deloitte, PWC they hire americans and pay you when you're on bench.
Unlike most indian consulting companies, which don't pay you when you're on bench and make you lie on your resume.
Why to you want to discriminate between one set of companies from another set of companies? In effect, discriminate between employees of one set of companies with the employee of other set of companies? Let me guess, you do not work for one set of companies but may possible work for another set of companies, right? I see some posts on the forum want to change the system as to best suitable their individual situation and they don't care if rest of the world is screwed.
With the green card backlogs, a lot of companies have many employees on H-1B status, waiting for their green card. As such the ratio of people on H1 to green card is increasing. Why do you want to punish the employee on H1, waiting for the green card for many years, because of retrogression? I am not able to understand the objective and rationale of your suggestion?
This bill is not just about limiting the % of employees on H1. It also says that employers will be "investigated" and "audited". "Investigation" is done when there is an allegation of a wrong-doing. So in essence, the bill says that as soon as you employ someone on H1, you have done something wrong. Even after listing the job on DOL website for 30 days and going through all the other stringent requirements, is that how it should be? When an employer hire an employee on H1, the employer is paying filing fee, lawyer’s fee and 8-10% taxes for hiring each employee. This "Investigation" and other stringent provisions to make it impractical to file H1 is simply to destroy H1 program. For now you may see the bill as to how it best suits your individual situation and then you may suggest how it further fit exactly into your situation before coming with an idea, like the one you suggested, but the bottom line is, this bill makes entire H1 program "non-workable" as mentioned by the administrator. And it applies to Oracle & IBM Consulting, PWC, Deloitte and every other employer.
This way microsoft, oracle etc. can get their workers.
Even Deloitte, PWC they hire americans and pay you when you're on bench.
Unlike most indian consulting companies, which don't pay you when you're on bench and make you lie on your resume.
Why to you want to discriminate between one set of companies from another set of companies? In effect, discriminate between employees of one set of companies with the employee of other set of companies? Let me guess, you do not work for one set of companies but may possible work for another set of companies, right? I see some posts on the forum want to change the system as to best suitable their individual situation and they don't care if rest of the world is screwed.
With the green card backlogs, a lot of companies have many employees on H-1B status, waiting for their green card. As such the ratio of people on H1 to green card is increasing. Why do you want to punish the employee on H1, waiting for the green card for many years, because of retrogression? I am not able to understand the objective and rationale of your suggestion?
This bill is not just about limiting the % of employees on H1. It also says that employers will be "investigated" and "audited". "Investigation" is done when there is an allegation of a wrong-doing. So in essence, the bill says that as soon as you employ someone on H1, you have done something wrong. Even after listing the job on DOL website for 30 days and going through all the other stringent requirements, is that how it should be? When an employer hire an employee on H1, the employer is paying filing fee, lawyer’s fee and 8-10% taxes for hiring each employee. This "Investigation" and other stringent provisions to make it impractical to file H1 is simply to destroy H1 program. For now you may see the bill as to how it best suits your individual situation and then you may suggest how it further fit exactly into your situation before coming with an idea, like the one you suggested, but the bottom line is, this bill makes entire H1 program "non-workable" as mentioned by the administrator. And it applies to Oracle & IBM Consulting, PWC, Deloitte and every other employer.
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Sachin_Stock
06-29 05:16 PM
The AILF is an affiliate of the AILA and its litigation arm. They are seeking the victims who would participate as plaintiffs in the lawsuit by the organization against the government agencies relating to the outrageous and lawlessness of the agencies involving the management of immigrant visa numbers and implementing the visa bulletin in compliance with the law. Please contact your attorneys if you are willing to participate in the lawsuit. :confused:
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sve0390
07-11 07:03 PM
BREAKING NEWS: LOFGREN GIVES USCIS THREE DAYS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
http://blogs.ilw.com/gregsiskind/
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), chair of the House Immigration Subcommittee, sent Secretary Chertoff a list of questions and a request for documents from USCIS to get to the bottom of the whole Visa Bulletin fiasco. The letter is very interesting not just because it puts a heck of a lot of pressure on DHS right now, but also because Lofgren's folks imply from the questions that USCIS was short circuiting established security clearance procedures to "pre-request" visa numbers from DOS. If it turns out full security clearances were not carried out, USCIS will either need to say that they had the legal justification (which would be a public relations disaster for the agency) or that they intended to complete the checks after the fact (which would be a direct violation of their own regulations). The only way to avoid answering the questions and to make this go away would be to eat crow and start working the case July cases.
This letter is posted on her today's press release July 11, 2007 (http://lofgren.house.gov/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=1810)
http://blogs.ilw.com/gregsiskind/
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), chair of the House Immigration Subcommittee, sent Secretary Chertoff a list of questions and a request for documents from USCIS to get to the bottom of the whole Visa Bulletin fiasco. The letter is very interesting not just because it puts a heck of a lot of pressure on DHS right now, but also because Lofgren's folks imply from the questions that USCIS was short circuiting established security clearance procedures to "pre-request" visa numbers from DOS. If it turns out full security clearances were not carried out, USCIS will either need to say that they had the legal justification (which would be a public relations disaster for the agency) or that they intended to complete the checks after the fact (which would be a direct violation of their own regulations). The only way to avoid answering the questions and to make this go away would be to eat crow and start working the case July cases.
This letter is posted on her today's press release July 11, 2007 (http://lofgren.house.gov/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=1810)
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battineni
07-13 04:07 PM
I read that there are 2800 EB3-I visas a year, or about 233 visas per month. Assuming there are about 700 numbers available for the rest of the year 2010, using the data in the latest May-2010 I485 inventory, the calculation is pretty straight n easy with no spillover calculations involved ... here is a possible progress of the PD:
Sep-2010 : 10-Dec-2001
Sep-2011 : 31-May-2002
Sep-2012 : 15-Sep-2002
Sep-2013 : 01-Jan-2003
Sep-2014 : 01-Apr-2003
From there on the numbers are huge per month - about thousand pending 485 per month ... it'll continue at less than snail pace :D
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/5790/india485pending.jpg
As per Pending Employment-Based I-485 Inventory
EB2 India
Year 8/28/2009 12/11/2009 3/8/2010 5/27/2010
1998 1 0 0 0
1999 3 2 2 2
2000 16 4 5 3
2001 71 40 25 13
2002 189 103 70 29
2003 440 229 144 68
2004 6324 611 307 199
2005 10791 10256 10121 10061
2006 19240 18847 18595 18551
Total 37075 30092 29269 28926
EB3 INDIA
Year 8/28/2009 12/11/2009 3/8/2010 5/27/2010
1997 1 11 2 0
1998 25 18 19 4
1999 19 15 5 1
2000 50 21 14 3
2001 1630 1511 1169 996
2002 8313 8155 8155 7899
2003 12503 12422 12070 12264
2004 14734 14237 14061 14191
2005 9059 8782 8669 8613
2006 11067 10883 10698 10587
2007 4819 4819 4774 4267
Total 62220 60874 59636 58825
Total Move in EB3 from Aug 28th 2009 to May 27th 2010.... is just 3,400...out of that
250 from 2003,
540 from 2004,
445 from 2005,
480 from 2006,
550 from 2007
Total 2,265 from 2003 to 2007 that means those are Eb3->EB2/some other category moves...not the actual Approvals.
so looklike from Aug 28th 2009 to May 27th 2010...in EB3 we are having only around 1,140 aprovals....which is very very less, compared to 8,200+ approvals in EB2....
I'm not saying anything for the EB2 people...I'm saying EB3 is not moving compare to EB2.
Looking at the above table....I'm windering why we are not getting many approvals for EB3 as compared to EB2???
I can Understand why EB3 is in 2001 and EB2 in 2006... but we should get atleast same number of approvals right????
In that very less decrease in EB3 numbers, most of them are because of EB3->EB2 move,,,,,,
If this is the case, then Whencan i expect GC with EB3.... I may stop thinking about GC in near future.
Sep-2010 : 10-Dec-2001
Sep-2011 : 31-May-2002
Sep-2012 : 15-Sep-2002
Sep-2013 : 01-Jan-2003
Sep-2014 : 01-Apr-2003
From there on the numbers are huge per month - about thousand pending 485 per month ... it'll continue at less than snail pace :D
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/5790/india485pending.jpg
As per Pending Employment-Based I-485 Inventory
EB2 India
Year 8/28/2009 12/11/2009 3/8/2010 5/27/2010
1998 1 0 0 0
1999 3 2 2 2
2000 16 4 5 3
2001 71 40 25 13
2002 189 103 70 29
2003 440 229 144 68
2004 6324 611 307 199
2005 10791 10256 10121 10061
2006 19240 18847 18595 18551
Total 37075 30092 29269 28926
EB3 INDIA
Year 8/28/2009 12/11/2009 3/8/2010 5/27/2010
1997 1 11 2 0
1998 25 18 19 4
1999 19 15 5 1
2000 50 21 14 3
2001 1630 1511 1169 996
2002 8313 8155 8155 7899
2003 12503 12422 12070 12264
2004 14734 14237 14061 14191
2005 9059 8782 8669 8613
2006 11067 10883 10698 10587
2007 4819 4819 4774 4267
Total 62220 60874 59636 58825
Total Move in EB3 from Aug 28th 2009 to May 27th 2010.... is just 3,400...out of that
250 from 2003,
540 from 2004,
445 from 2005,
480 from 2006,
550 from 2007
Total 2,265 from 2003 to 2007 that means those are Eb3->EB2/some other category moves...not the actual Approvals.
so looklike from Aug 28th 2009 to May 27th 2010...in EB3 we are having only around 1,140 aprovals....which is very very less, compared to 8,200+ approvals in EB2....
I'm not saying anything for the EB2 people...I'm saying EB3 is not moving compare to EB2.
Looking at the above table....I'm windering why we are not getting many approvals for EB3 as compared to EB2???
I can Understand why EB3 is in 2001 and EB2 in 2006... but we should get atleast same number of approvals right????
In that very less decrease in EB3 numbers, most of them are because of EB3->EB2 move,,,,,,
If this is the case, then Whencan i expect GC with EB3.... I may stop thinking about GC in near future.
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snathan
03-26 09:47 PM
People have various reasons for not participating ...its simple basic PR...IV as an organisation needs to frequently remind them of the good work IV has accomplished in maybe a regular newsletter...list out various needs that need attention and require volunteers for clearly defined roles...and be positive and coherent when replying to member's queries. Lashing out at members for asking simple questions is huge "no-no" for any organisation.
Means you have never received the IV news letter? Which planet are you from?
Means you have never received the IV news letter? Which planet are you from?
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GCFever007
05-17 01:20 PM
1) Is it possible to file derivative I 485 for my wife myself withoug going thru attorney as I dont have any attorney currently.
Yes you can!
2)If my I 485 is approved before I file my spouse I 485, is it Okay to file I 485 for the spouse as normal case ?
No you cannot, if your case gets approved, your wife will loose H4 status.
-GCFever007.
Suggestions are of my own but they are not legal advices.
Yes you can!
2)If my I 485 is approved before I file my spouse I 485, is it Okay to file I 485 for the spouse as normal case ?
No you cannot, if your case gets approved, your wife will loose H4 status.
-GCFever007.
Suggestions are of my own but they are not legal advices.
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chanduy9
07-11 04:34 PM
So, do they need to respond by tomorrow...:D :D :D
makemygc
06-14 03:13 PM
GC is moving target, looks like some drunkard wakes up one fine morning and randomly moves the priority date value/importance. I know those in such situation may be relatively less in number but I know many who are and repurcussions for this look horrible for people who have not made past this luck test. I was one of the unlucky ones :(. good luck to guys who have moved forward hope you still help rest of us still stuck.
I don't think it's an end of fight for IV or for that matter for us. Ability to file for I485 is just like getting out from one queue and standing in another big one. Once the folks who are stuck in backlog gets their labor will be in front of this big line as you know the priority date counts. Only advantage for the people filing 485 is an EAD, which I know is a big one. With thousands of people filing I485 in July, I believe EAD itself is going to be retrogressed.
So, we should continue to fight for increasing the Visa number and removing the country quota or similar provisions. Now, we might need to re-state our goals as asking to remove retrogression cannot be the one. I know IV core might be thinking in the same line but currently just busy collecting their 485 documents ;) . So hold tight and we should see some plan once this excitement dies down.
FYI, i'm one of those who will be filing 485 in July but really apprehensive about getting EAD in next few months.
So, lets get united and re-organize our priorities and fight for the same cause.
I don't think it's an end of fight for IV or for that matter for us. Ability to file for I485 is just like getting out from one queue and standing in another big one. Once the folks who are stuck in backlog gets their labor will be in front of this big line as you know the priority date counts. Only advantage for the people filing 485 is an EAD, which I know is a big one. With thousands of people filing I485 in July, I believe EAD itself is going to be retrogressed.
So, we should continue to fight for increasing the Visa number and removing the country quota or similar provisions. Now, we might need to re-state our goals as asking to remove retrogression cannot be the one. I know IV core might be thinking in the same line but currently just busy collecting their 485 documents ;) . So hold tight and we should see some plan once this excitement dies down.
FYI, i'm one of those who will be filing 485 in July but really apprehensive about getting EAD in next few months.
So, lets get united and re-organize our priorities and fight for the same cause.
gccovet
08-08 10:28 AM
Updates on anybody's case.........
GO IV GO.
Akhil,
You had mentioned in your earlier post that reports EAD approvals are moving. How to check that? also, would you mind checking again whenever you get a chance, no rush.
Thanks.
GCCOvet
GO IV GO.
Akhil,
You had mentioned in your earlier post that reports EAD approvals are moving. How to check that? also, would you mind checking again whenever you get a chance, no rush.
Thanks.
GCCOvet