newbee7
07-04 11:50 PM
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118359095890657571.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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kumarc123
07-16 03:55 PM
Relax. Take it easy. What makes you so angry. People are just expressing their views.
I apologize, I got carried away,
It is just some people posting such negative views, it breaks everyones spirits.
I apologize, I got carried away,
It is just some people posting such negative views, it breaks everyones spirits.
dupedinjuly
07-05 01:16 AM
Hi Miriam,
I appreciate your efforts in highlighting this issue. It is a high stakes issue for would be future americans who respect the law, abide by it and wait patiently for their turn in line to apply for
green card, while maintaining legal non-immigrant working status during years of wait, paying taxes and contributing to social security. I would also like to highlight that in H1B status if one loses the job, he or she needs to leave the country in 10 days.
I am glad you are bringing the issue of legal immigration to light. After all, thats what everybody wants, immigration to be orderly and legal, but is it workable ? and why people trying to follow the law feel cheated and duped by the government, after waiting patiently for years and abiding to
the laws.
The Dept of State and Dept of Homeland Security(USCIS) acted against the interests of immigrants who are trying to immigrate legally. Legal immigration is the real issue. If it works, there
will not be a need to grant amnesty to millons of illegal alilens. The real solution to stop
illegal immigration is to make legal immigration work. Unfortunately, the government is going
in the opposite direction as evident by the actions of DOS and DOHS on July 2, 2007.
Is government sending the message to people trying to follow the law that, Following the law is
going to get tougher, just break it, become illegal aliens and we are working on an amnesty.
I would request you to get to the bottom of this and find out whether right procedures and laws were followed in using the visa numbers ? If not, then the conclusion is, government of United States failed in respecting and following its own laws. Is it not a travesty, that law breakers are
probably going to be rewarded with an amnesty and govenment is not respecting them either ?
We are resepecting it, following it and are getting the door slammed on us. I never thought, I
would see this in America. My impression of America has changed, forever.
Regards,
( Priority Date Dec 16,2003 , EB3 India
Applied for I-485 Adjustment of Status on June 30
Application Reached USCIS-Nebraska at 10:25 am on July 2. )
I have already written to her asking for more reports in this matter. Here is the email I sent her:
Hello Ms. Miriam:
As a long time subscriber to the WSJ and one of the victims of the "bait and switch" by the USCIS and Department of State, I would like to thank you for covering the article in the WSJ. I would like to kindly direct your attention to the stand taken by AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Assoc.) and Immigration Voice (a non profit organization representing skilled immigrants). I feel it is necessary that the impact and the behind the scenes maneuvering at DOS be covered by a respectable publication such as the WSJ. May I point you to some of the links on the internet. Some are yet-unverified rumors. I hope that you will use your journalistic discretion and power to bring more light to this issue
http://lofgren.house.gov/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=1808 -- Congresswoman Lofgren's response
http://blogs.ilw.com/gregsiskind/2007/07/full-blown-scan.html Mr. Siskind is a respected lawyer in the immigration field.
http://www.aila.org/ -- AILA website and potential class action lawsuit against USCIS
Sincerely
Kalyan.
I appreciate your efforts in highlighting this issue. It is a high stakes issue for would be future americans who respect the law, abide by it and wait patiently for their turn in line to apply for
green card, while maintaining legal non-immigrant working status during years of wait, paying taxes and contributing to social security. I would also like to highlight that in H1B status if one loses the job, he or she needs to leave the country in 10 days.
I am glad you are bringing the issue of legal immigration to light. After all, thats what everybody wants, immigration to be orderly and legal, but is it workable ? and why people trying to follow the law feel cheated and duped by the government, after waiting patiently for years and abiding to
the laws.
The Dept of State and Dept of Homeland Security(USCIS) acted against the interests of immigrants who are trying to immigrate legally. Legal immigration is the real issue. If it works, there
will not be a need to grant amnesty to millons of illegal alilens. The real solution to stop
illegal immigration is to make legal immigration work. Unfortunately, the government is going
in the opposite direction as evident by the actions of DOS and DOHS on July 2, 2007.
Is government sending the message to people trying to follow the law that, Following the law is
going to get tougher, just break it, become illegal aliens and we are working on an amnesty.
I would request you to get to the bottom of this and find out whether right procedures and laws were followed in using the visa numbers ? If not, then the conclusion is, government of United States failed in respecting and following its own laws. Is it not a travesty, that law breakers are
probably going to be rewarded with an amnesty and govenment is not respecting them either ?
We are resepecting it, following it and are getting the door slammed on us. I never thought, I
would see this in America. My impression of America has changed, forever.
Regards,
( Priority Date Dec 16,2003 , EB3 India
Applied for I-485 Adjustment of Status on June 30
Application Reached USCIS-Nebraska at 10:25 am on July 2. )
I have already written to her asking for more reports in this matter. Here is the email I sent her:
Hello Ms. Miriam:
As a long time subscriber to the WSJ and one of the victims of the "bait and switch" by the USCIS and Department of State, I would like to thank you for covering the article in the WSJ. I would like to kindly direct your attention to the stand taken by AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Assoc.) and Immigration Voice (a non profit organization representing skilled immigrants). I feel it is necessary that the impact and the behind the scenes maneuvering at DOS be covered by a respectable publication such as the WSJ. May I point you to some of the links on the internet. Some are yet-unverified rumors. I hope that you will use your journalistic discretion and power to bring more light to this issue
http://lofgren.house.gov/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=1808 -- Congresswoman Lofgren's response
http://blogs.ilw.com/gregsiskind/2007/07/full-blown-scan.html Mr. Siskind is a respected lawyer in the immigration field.
http://www.aila.org/ -- AILA website and potential class action lawsuit against USCIS
Sincerely
Kalyan.
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Karthikthiru
02-07 11:27 AM
H1 Extension applied on 11/21/2007 and H4 for my wife on the same day
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nixstor
07-16 09:59 AM
What is Ron basing his prediction on... I am not sure the trend says so... Can anyone please share his logic?
2 months before, IV has learned from CA/VO at the State Dept that 80-85% of all the visa numbers have been allocated for the fiscal year. I am sure that the actual usage by now is probably more than the 85%. If I am not mistaken, DOS considered 95% utilization as best in the past. It seems to me that they want to get close to the 100%. If you look at the last few bulletins, the cut off dates moved by one month and not by leaps and bounds. Clearly there was demand. I can see EB-2 I & C with PD's of 2002 getting approvals. The demand for EB-2 I & C still exists. DOS just gave USCIS an opportunity to USCIS to utilize the visa numbers. We all know that there is no such thing called FIFO with CIS. I have said this before and will say again one more time.
In the last 2 months, Some one with a PD of Jan 06 might get approved and some one with Jun 02 will be sulking. Just because EB-2 I & C dates have moved to 06 for a brief time does not mean that EB-3 I & C are the only ones that will be left sulking for ever. EB-2 I & C will join the lines in no time. The comparative pain & wait time for EB-3 I & C is more, but what difference does it make if it takes 6 years vs 10 years. Any solutions or thoughts to our issues that are designed entirely on a EB category basis, IMO are not good.
2 months before, IV has learned from CA/VO at the State Dept that 80-85% of all the visa numbers have been allocated for the fiscal year. I am sure that the actual usage by now is probably more than the 85%. If I am not mistaken, DOS considered 95% utilization as best in the past. It seems to me that they want to get close to the 100%. If you look at the last few bulletins, the cut off dates moved by one month and not by leaps and bounds. Clearly there was demand. I can see EB-2 I & C with PD's of 2002 getting approvals. The demand for EB-2 I & C still exists. DOS just gave USCIS an opportunity to USCIS to utilize the visa numbers. We all know that there is no such thing called FIFO with CIS. I have said this before and will say again one more time.
In the last 2 months, Some one with a PD of Jan 06 might get approved and some one with Jun 02 will be sulking. Just because EB-2 I & C dates have moved to 06 for a brief time does not mean that EB-3 I & C are the only ones that will be left sulking for ever. EB-2 I & C will join the lines in no time. The comparative pain & wait time for EB-3 I & C is more, but what difference does it make if it takes 6 years vs 10 years. Any solutions or thoughts to our issues that are designed entirely on a EB category basis, IMO are not good.
Iamin
05-28 09:04 AM
Same thing with me. I have mailed my EAD renewal application to phoenix lockbox on 19-May. Checks not cashed and no email from USCIS yet. Not sure what's happening and why the delay.
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texcan
08-24 09:55 PM
Hello -
As a Primary Applicant my GC was approved (EB-1) but for my wife's application I got an RFE. RFE - USCIS is asking for a VALID wedding certificate showing proof of a hindu wedding under hindu act (dont ask what I was doing or what my lawyer was doing while submitting 485)
Now I have about 28 days (total is 30) to respond to it. I have not rcvd. my GC but it has been approved and has been sent to production. My lawyer told me that as my GC has been approved my VISA is not good anymore. My wife was on dependent visa and so is my kid.
Now as my GC got approved.......my visa got cancelled...........my wife's & kids visa is invalid.............and we did not file for Advance Parole so we cant travel. On top of all this we dont have a wedding certificate.
Any suggestion to address this situation? I cant get a certificate without going back to India and I cant leave the country as If I do so I wont get to enter the country again. Even if somehow (on some legal basis) I can re enter I dont think my wife and kid will be able to re enter US.
If I dont produce evidence then my wife's application will be rejected putting her out of status.............gosh what a mess.....
ANY SUGGESTIONS FROM ANYONE WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED. Murali please respond with any possibility which I can explore upon.
Thanks
Ask you lawyer or read RFE there are other ways to prove marriage i.e. marriage certificates, relative affidevits. Also you must have shown some proof of marriage when your wife was getting visa ( if she came on dependent visa).
Or ask your parents/friends in india to get certificate from registrar. Not sure if this will work for you now, one of my friends had gone to church in US and got marrried ( even though they had been married for 2 years but had not registered for marriage in India).
As a Primary Applicant my GC was approved (EB-1) but for my wife's application I got an RFE. RFE - USCIS is asking for a VALID wedding certificate showing proof of a hindu wedding under hindu act (dont ask what I was doing or what my lawyer was doing while submitting 485)
Now I have about 28 days (total is 30) to respond to it. I have not rcvd. my GC but it has been approved and has been sent to production. My lawyer told me that as my GC has been approved my VISA is not good anymore. My wife was on dependent visa and so is my kid.
Now as my GC got approved.......my visa got cancelled...........my wife's & kids visa is invalid.............and we did not file for Advance Parole so we cant travel. On top of all this we dont have a wedding certificate.
Any suggestion to address this situation? I cant get a certificate without going back to India and I cant leave the country as If I do so I wont get to enter the country again. Even if somehow (on some legal basis) I can re enter I dont think my wife and kid will be able to re enter US.
If I dont produce evidence then my wife's application will be rejected putting her out of status.............gosh what a mess.....
ANY SUGGESTIONS FROM ANYONE WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED. Murali please respond with any possibility which I can explore upon.
Thanks
Ask you lawyer or read RFE there are other ways to prove marriage i.e. marriage certificates, relative affidevits. Also you must have shown some proof of marriage when your wife was getting visa ( if she came on dependent visa).
Or ask your parents/friends in india to get certificate from registrar. Not sure if this will work for you now, one of my friends had gone to church in US and got marrried ( even though they had been married for 2 years but had not registered for marriage in India).
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nrk
07-20 11:15 AM
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GCNaseeb
09-29 08:29 PM
We received all four I-485 Transfer Notices today which says they transferred our cases to LIN. My I-140 was approved from LIN, so this is ok.
But the strange thing is both the Receipt Date and the Notice Date is September 26, 2007. Should I be worried?:confused:
I also applied EAD and AP. Would that means CSC is sill holding back my EAD and AP applications for adjudication?
Thanks for the advise friends.
But the strange thing is both the Receipt Date and the Notice Date is September 26, 2007. Should I be worried?:confused:
I also applied EAD and AP. Would that means CSC is sill holding back my EAD and AP applications for adjudication?
Thanks for the advise friends.
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visshy
07-15 07:44 PM
registering myself
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slayerment
04-18 12:27 AM
Dude, you're wrong.
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pm1010
08-07 04:31 PM
US - 8th year H1 , Approved I-140 , EB3 RIR PD April 2003 waiting for visa numbers.
Canada - I had PR Document (no PR Card in those days) , i am assuming i might have lost the status now. Tired to establish in Canada while working in US during Year 2000, couldn't do it for long.
Coming to Detriot -Windsor , i olny did it for a few weeks , Here's my Exp -
toomuch hassle everyday, extensive questioning in the border, delays and issue with Income /property tax / on both the sides, etc etc..
So i thought for a while and decided it doesn't worth the pain.
Stayed back in the US with a hope to get GC (before i have to get a sponsorship from my US born kid) and never been to canada since then.
Canada - I had PR Document (no PR Card in those days) , i am assuming i might have lost the status now. Tired to establish in Canada while working in US during Year 2000, couldn't do it for long.
Coming to Detriot -Windsor , i olny did it for a few weeks , Here's my Exp -
toomuch hassle everyday, extensive questioning in the border, delays and issue with Income /property tax / on both the sides, etc etc..
So i thought for a while and decided it doesn't worth the pain.
Stayed back in the US with a hope to get GC (before i have to get a sponsorship from my US born kid) and never been to canada since then.
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vbkris77
08-20 03:13 PM
I Still think we have a good chance atleast all those with priority date before today.
The economy is not improving and I doubt if it will in next 4-5 years. Even though there is slight improvent the jobless claims went up
U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose by 15,000 to 576,000 (Update1) - Bloomberg.com (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aMhGnVzXaSfM)
No way nurses and EB1 would count more than 5-6k per year....
Even out of the 30-40k like I said before about 50% would be from india and china (mostley Eb3) with later priority dates which puts them behind us
Eb2 Filings have drasticaally gone down because of the USCIS rule
Even after giving away all spill over visas to EB2 india and china they will have a lot of visas pending and If USCIS has made the decision that no Visa will go wasted period then we definitely have a great chance
Again my assumption is based on the FACT that USCIS has a policy that all employment Visa numebrs must be used
Lets keep it simple. In the next 4 years there will be 140k * 4 = 560K visas and I would say out of that the only ones with priority before Eb3 india and China are
Eb1 ROW +india & china
EB2 ROW
EB2 India + china (very limited new cases)
and I don't think the above categories would count more than 150k which should leave a lot of pending visas for Eb3
Which would leave a lot of Visa numbers for Eb3 India/china and ROW
EB1 historically filled and this year CIS said, they may have to retro the India dates, but didn't finally. EB2 in best case got 15K visas. There are lot of EB3 to EB2 porting that will happen if the dates don't move. So EB2 it self will take 4 years to corss 2007 (I only added 25% of the porting). EB3 I God only knows..
Remember there are only 40K visas for EB2. EB3 will use their own 40K visas. 10K from this is reserved to otherworkers. So these dates won't move unless Recapture happens and per country limits are removed atleast till the backlog is cleared.
The economy is not improving and I doubt if it will in next 4-5 years. Even though there is slight improvent the jobless claims went up
U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose by 15,000 to 576,000 (Update1) - Bloomberg.com (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aMhGnVzXaSfM)
No way nurses and EB1 would count more than 5-6k per year....
Even out of the 30-40k like I said before about 50% would be from india and china (mostley Eb3) with later priority dates which puts them behind us
Eb2 Filings have drasticaally gone down because of the USCIS rule
Even after giving away all spill over visas to EB2 india and china they will have a lot of visas pending and If USCIS has made the decision that no Visa will go wasted period then we definitely have a great chance
Again my assumption is based on the FACT that USCIS has a policy that all employment Visa numebrs must be used
Lets keep it simple. In the next 4 years there will be 140k * 4 = 560K visas and I would say out of that the only ones with priority before Eb3 india and China are
Eb1 ROW +india & china
EB2 ROW
EB2 India + china (very limited new cases)
and I don't think the above categories would count more than 150k which should leave a lot of pending visas for Eb3
Which would leave a lot of Visa numbers for Eb3 India/china and ROW
EB1 historically filled and this year CIS said, they may have to retro the India dates, but didn't finally. EB2 in best case got 15K visas. There are lot of EB3 to EB2 porting that will happen if the dates don't move. So EB2 it self will take 4 years to corss 2007 (I only added 25% of the porting). EB3 I God only knows..
Remember there are only 40K visas for EB2. EB3 will use their own 40K visas. 10K from this is reserved to otherworkers. So these dates won't move unless Recapture happens and per country limits are removed atleast till the backlog is cleared.
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skd
08-20 01:28 PM
that you will attend the DC rally... I won't tell you if I got the receipt notice;)
(I filed my AOS on July 2 at TSC)
TSC has officially progressed to 6/30 so the July filers should now start receiving their receipt notices! But the question is, what do we do after we get them, or in the worst case, if our AOS got rejected? There is nothing you or I can do at this time... the deadline to re-submit is over on August 17th.
The root cause of the whole problem is retrogression & country caps, and unless we speak up about it in one voice, no one will do anything to fix that root cause!
So keep looking at the road as you drive, but also take a moment to look beyond the next 1 mile... where there is a traffic jam in which you and I will get stuck for the next 5 to 10 years... unless we do something about it.. together!
So, please take a break from tracking receipts, and decide how long you are willing to renew EADs and worry about following the complex AC21 rules & regulations. If you are like me and not willing to do that forever, then make up your mind and attend the DC rally!
If you attend the rally, you can travel to DC for free/ a fraction of the cost, please look at these threads:
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=12566
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=12441
Thanks!
Nice of you abhijitp, I amd northwest part of country won't be able to make it , But I am telling my friends in Tri-State and VA to attend that
(I filed my AOS on July 2 at TSC)
TSC has officially progressed to 6/30 so the July filers should now start receiving their receipt notices! But the question is, what do we do after we get them, or in the worst case, if our AOS got rejected? There is nothing you or I can do at this time... the deadline to re-submit is over on August 17th.
The root cause of the whole problem is retrogression & country caps, and unless we speak up about it in one voice, no one will do anything to fix that root cause!
So keep looking at the road as you drive, but also take a moment to look beyond the next 1 mile... where there is a traffic jam in which you and I will get stuck for the next 5 to 10 years... unless we do something about it.. together!
So, please take a break from tracking receipts, and decide how long you are willing to renew EADs and worry about following the complex AC21 rules & regulations. If you are like me and not willing to do that forever, then make up your mind and attend the DC rally!
If you attend the rally, you can travel to DC for free/ a fraction of the cost, please look at these threads:
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=12566
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=12441
Thanks!
Nice of you abhijitp, I amd northwest part of country won't be able to make it , But I am telling my friends in Tri-State and VA to attend that
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piyu7444
08-18 12:42 PM
Right now my parents in India are trying to seek help from local authority so as to say the ADM office - to get the certificate. I dont know how much this will work.........I will keep everyone posted.
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gcformeornot
10-19 09:13 AM
There were about 600,000 AOS applications including the July and August filers. So that number less 60,000...roughly about 540,000 applications still pending with USCIS....
applications pending before July/Aug applications, why did they make all CURRENT? I don't think this number is correct. They maybe stuck in FBI Namecheck.
applications pending before July/Aug applications, why did they make all CURRENT? I don't think this number is correct. They maybe stuck in FBI Namecheck.
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Totoro
05-07 08:29 AM
I know this isn't a solution to your problem, but some people may consider sending their kids to Canada to study. Canada's universities are en par with the best US schools and the international student tuition is often less than in-state tuition, although the declining US dollar has made it less the case these days.
Many Americans I know are considering Canadian universities for their children, even though they can get in-state tuition.
Many Americans I know are considering Canadian universities for their children, even though they can get in-state tuition.
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sw33t
05-01 04:30 PM
Yes. The malicious code did not download any virus or inject any virus in anyone's system. All it did was to redirect the user via a popup to a malicious website. Antivirus scanners pick this up as a virus alert, but it is not. It is more of an annoyance than a virus attack.
I honestly cannot vouch for the millions of hackers and script kiddies out there that this won't happen but use a good Anti-virus scanner especially if you have kids at home.
Winner,
Yes I am the lazy blog owner who hasn't updated the site in a while.
:)
I honestly cannot vouch for the millions of hackers and script kiddies out there that this won't happen but use a good Anti-virus scanner especially if you have kids at home.
Winner,
Yes I am the lazy blog owner who hasn't updated the site in a while.
:)
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pointlesswait
05-31 08:49 AM
what abt all the positive remakes given..??
You are also on the radar.
Here are some of your sample messages to other members.
IV has better things to do to help its members and this cause then tolerate members who are disrespectful to others and do not bother about this effort.
Let other IV members judge for themselves what is right and what is wrong.
You are also on the radar.
Here are some of your sample messages to other members.
IV has better things to do to help its members and this cause then tolerate members who are disrespectful to others and do not bother about this effort.
Let other IV members judge for themselves what is right and what is wrong.
chintainfogc
08-31 04:04 PM
I am in the same boat, My I-485 was approved on Aug 5th, so far no cards received.
Also, i received SR (which i opened on 8/3) response 2 weeks back "saying my I-485 was approved and my application is waiting for bio-metrics for whichi will receive an ASC appointment later" so far i have not received bio-metrics appointment either.
I guess, i should wait for 30 days and take an info pass or open a SR.
Thanks
chintainfogc
Also, i received SR (which i opened on 8/3) response 2 weeks back "saying my I-485 was approved and my application is waiting for bio-metrics for whichi will receive an ASC appointment later" so far i have not received bio-metrics appointment either.
I guess, i should wait for 30 days and take an info pass or open a SR.
Thanks
chintainfogc
pd_recapturing
10-19 11:17 AM
when my lawyer applied my 2nd I-140, he clearly asked PD to be ported so I got the PD ported but since, I already applied I-485 a few days ago, so I could not include my new I-140 with that. Now, my attorney is going to request USCIS, to update my I-485 file with the new I-140.
I am not sure if this case has anything to do with PD needs to be current.
I am not sure if this case has anything to do with PD needs to be current.
