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  • Canadian_Dream
    11-25 01:36 PM
    Two Words:
    Supply and Demand. (and its affect on pricing)
    Cyclic Nature of Real Estate

    The same reason why mine and your 401K is 100K lower than what is was in Oct last year. The same reason why Intel will be selling fewer chips, why people will not drink as many grande latte at Starfucks as they did last year and ....

    This is not the first time.

    Yes, I do agree that we should have some sense of personal responsibility and that is why the middle way is to rent out the house (probably at a bit lower price than your monthly mortgage) and pay the difference from your pocket - if you have to absolutely move out from the house. But, can somebody answer my question above..........why is the same house (not even a brick changed) being appraised at around 100k lower than it was done 2 years back, by the same bank??





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  • chanduv23
    01-14 10:52 AM
    People go by "how the wind flows" - when they just see a few of us stressing out they think they must not do anything - simply because they think wind is not blowing. Unless people believe in themselves and have the capabilities to make right choices and independent decisions, they will always be influenced by "negative flow". This is something we have always been facing in the community.

    Every member and a guest must take these efforts seriously. Make your own wise judgement and not get influenced by negative flow. The negative community can pull you down big time, they have the capacity to destroy themselves and the entire community. Laziness seems to be the major cause for the negative energy and it will be interesting if people have any other excuses





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  • Caliber
    06-17 12:59 PM
    L-1A
    L-1B
    Blanket L1s

    L-1A - Managers (lucky ones eligible for EB1), offlate not abused much as L-1A visa petitions are scrutinized well by USCIS (lot of RFEs). L-1B - Speciality Skilled ones.. MOST ABUSED category of L visa... Blanket L1s - Blanket petition for a large group of resources from a company ...

    ALL THE ABOVE VISA categories are banned from either

    1. Working on a client managed project (staff augmentation purpose).
    2. On any technical skilled projects other than the specific internal tools/products mentioned in their petitions (both when client/their own company manages the project).

    Dear L1Fraud,

    Great job. I could not do this as I was afraid of Personal attacks and pulling down by the Free raiders. I was lazy too. Hope you read my PM reply.

    Thanks for your commitment.

    Once again request you to please contribute to IV.

    Good luck.





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  • chanduv23
    06-16 10:38 AM
    To the Original poster -

    As you are charged up on this issue, can you post a detailed blog on this issue? You can post a very detailed blog right from A to Z on IV blogs so that people read and understand this issue. You do not have to reveal your identity to do this.

    You can also update IV wiki - but a wiki must have links to proper sources and must not look like a "Point of View" article



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  • pamposh
    06-28 12:03 AM
    Do we send the 485 forms for dependents and petitioner in the same envelope or different?
    Do we send one check for applicable fees for both?
    what should be answer to question for dependent and petitioner? PART 2: applicant information I am applying for an adjustment to permanent resident status because:





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  • NKR
    08-07 10:26 AM
    But what if it is successful... What will happen then...

    Then you will get GC faster though you had cut the GC line. What else...



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  • sunny1000
    07-09 09:19 PM
    why do you keep parroting the pro USCIS, pro -antiimmigrant line all the time?
    there are times when your realism makes sense, then there are others when it's plain silly.
    this was not a mistake. this was not an accident.
    civil servants do not show up on weekends by accidents. and they do not do 6 mnths of work in 15 days by mistake.
    it was intentional, directed and planned.
    you can believe whatever motives you want and you can sympathize with uscis till kingdom come. but pleaaasee don't tell me it was a random event, some act of god that is our destiny or such crap. please!

    well said.





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  • satyasaich
    02-01 11:16 AM
    But seems to be just laid on table and waiting for action. Specially S.1033/H.R.2330 and S.1916-1919 has a provision to exempt the immidiate family members from Employment based visa numbers which is Good.
    S1438 is also some what for a tiny releif as it asks for recapture of unused visas from past years

    http://www.competeamerica.org/hill/legislation/chart_reform_bill_comparison.pdf



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  • gc_us
    09-14 11:21 PM
    I am in the same boat.

    My case was received at NSC by J. Barrett @ 10:25 AM
    140 approved from TSC

    I had LUD on my I-140 as 7/28/2007

    485 Receipt notice / EAD / FP - pending





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  • mhathi
    01-10 11:43 AM
    It is not popular to say so but I have this doubt too.
    Currently at least there is no requirement to notify and you only need to prove you still have a similar job OFFER (not necessarily working) if and when there is an RFE.

    Only good thing happened to us in last decade, as far as I can remember, is AC21 and concurrent filing.

    All these immigration laws are designed to keep us indebted/bonded to the employer. They might see this as a liberating provision and try to chain us back. This may or may not happen, but just my paranoid reaction,.

    Hope AC21 don't go away like labor substitution has. :(

    That is naive... AC21 is not an administrative decision of USCIS... It is a law... AC21 = American Competitiveness in the 21st Century act!! It was passed by congress and the only body that can revoke it is congress.

    USCIS cannot revoke AC21.. only congress can. Please dont be paranoid. The most USCIS can do is refuse to change their current stance on same/similar job.

    Gurus, correct me if I am wrong.



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  • nsabavala
    01-04 04:18 AM
    :confused::mad:

    I read on the murthy.com website that the UCSIS needs to go through the Kentucky Consular Center to obtain the PIMS verification. The number for the KCC is 606-526-7500. I am going to try and call them to see if they can give me any information on timelines.

    For those people that have not left the US yet, it might be worth it to talk to your lawyers and see if there is any way you can have your names added to this database before you travel - that should eliminate any hassles once you leave the country. Much easier to try and do it from there rather than from here.

    There is no number to call here to check on status - I have been sending emails to mumbaiNIV@state.gov but have not received any response from them yet. Not really a surprise. If anyone tries the number above and gets some response please let the rest of us know.





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  • gc28262
    06-18 12:20 PM
    If companies could survive with GCs and Citizens alone, they would have done it already. The fact is there aren't enough quality resources to be picked from GC/Citizen pool. That is the reason companies are willing to deal with complex immigration laws for hiring a non-immigrant worker.

    Of course companies will look for cheaper and easier ways of doing things.( outsourcing route) I agree with puddonhead that threshold for outsourcing is low in these times. Vast majority of outsourcing was initiated during the last recession ( 2000- 2001).



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  • chanduv23
    11-06 05:10 PM
    Sorry to hear that. Hope that will not effect your I-485 application processing.

    For me, I have not seen any status change to my 140. After a series of LUDs to both 485 and 140 at last today I see my 485 status has changed. It says RFE sent. Good that I have not received any NOID or Denial. This is the best case scenario that I was hoping for. I have yet to receive the RFE to see the actual cause. But hoping this is due to 140 withdrawal. I thank the IO who is working on my case as he/she is quite knowledgeable and issued a RFE not NOID or denial.

    So people please keep sending letters.

    Well this is what I understand - difference between RFE and NOID
    If it is an RFE - you can withdraw your 485 petition and apply for a new 485 petition (if you are current) and that is not possible in NOID. So if you are retrogressed - it is almost the same.

    Also remember that technically both are same - some IOs update status message to "Request sent ..." some do not. When I got to know something happened to my 140 and 485 I called customer service and they explained that "We have sent letter requesting information, so please do not panic" when I received the letter it was NOID.

    Good luck, atleast you got a good IO.

    Lets keep sending letters until we stop seeing denials and start seeing posts like this





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  • mrsr
    06-19 09:34 AM
    why do we need all the past w2 forms ?



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  • mail2me_Ds
    08-12 12:57 PM
    Is USCIS following any pattern while approving I485 cases when the dates are current?.





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  • pappu
    01-07 07:12 PM
    LETTER TEMPLATE #4


    Dear Mr. President:

    I came to America in pursuit of opportunities, educational and economic. I have stayed here <<<NUMBER OF YEARS>>> years, received a graduate degree in <<<FIELD OF EDUCATION>>>, contributed positively to the <<<INDUSTRY OF WORK>>> industry, bought a home and become a part of the society I live in. I have found that the US economy yearns for my skills as a <<<JOB TITLE>>> and would like me to stay and contribute as a permanent resident. Yet the US immigration system has failed to reconcile with this need. I stand in line to become a permanent resident in the US and face a decade long wait before my turn will appear. The specter of such a wait poses a question I have to answer soon. Do I chase my dreams as an innovator in another economy, unburdened by the indignity of a decade long wait? Or do I shackle my aspirations for the future promise of a life in America?

    Mr.President, I believe you can remove the burden of difficult choices these questions impose by helping me believe that America welcomes and values my skills, talent and aspirations. You can help rekindle the hope that that I can wait for my turn without compromising on my right to a fair and dignified immigration process. Mr.President, you can restore my faith in the immigration system and in America by implementing administrative reforms to:


    * Recapture administratively the unused visas for permanent residency to fulfill the congressional mandate of 140,000 green cards per year.
    * Revise the administrative definition of "same or similar" to allow slight additional job flexibility for legal immigrants awaiting adjudication of adjustment of status (I-485) petitions.
    * Allow filing of Adjustment of Status (Form I-485) when a visa number is not available.
    * Implement the existing interim rule to allow issuance of multi-year Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) and Advance Parole.
    * Allow visa revalidation in the United States.
    * Reinstate premium processing of Immigrant Petitions.


    The above reforms are simple and yet can have far-reaching effects on my life along with those of a half million others. These are urgently needed to fulfill your stated goal of attracting and retaining highly-skilled legal immigrants from around the world, eliminating bureaucratic inefficiency, and improving the lives of future Americans already living and working legally in the United States.


    I thank you for you attention to this matter.


    Respectfully,


    <<< FIRST AND LAST NAME >>>
    <<< ADDRESS >>>
    <<< PHONE NUMBER >>



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  • Alabaman
    01-05 10:20 AM
    Hello every one,

    1. If they are legally here for 10 years (With approved I-140 and waiting for Adjustment of Status without current date).
    2. If they have earned full 40 points in Social Security
    3. If they have paid the tax continuously for 10 years
    4. If they own a house and paying Mortgage (adding weightage to the Economy boost)
    and
    5. If they do not have any criminal records in these 10 years.



    You know some people meet all these conditions with the exception of approved i-40 and don't even have a pending Green Card application because their employers are just waiting for their H1 to be used up and then "kick them out".

    I think if you meet all the conditions enumerated above, u should be automatically given a Green Card.





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  • illinois_alum
    08-12 11:28 AM
    I have the same situation. CPO change date on 5th, email on 6th. Since then, no LUD, status changes, email, or snail mail.

    No need to worry...I got my physical cards yesterday in the mail - about 7 business days after CPO update. You will get the cards soon...





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  • apnair2002
    02-04 04:10 PM
    Since January 2006, the nation's Capital has been fairly quite on immigration news for a number of reasons. Firstly, the comprehensive immigration reform legislative bills were planned to be tabled in February 2006, but reportedly this has been pushed off until March 27, 2006. Secondly, the New Director of Citizenship and Immigration Services took office last months. Additionally, the career immigration benefits leader, William Yates, retired and new acting director took over the immigration benefits management responsibility. Understandably, when the heads of the organization change, pending review of the policies and directions, the organization's activities on policy making usually remain on halt.
    As opposed to the immigration benefits issues, there have been flurry of news coming out of all sources throughout the country relating to the immigration enfocement and border security initiatives. There are sporatic and increasing reports that ICE has swifted the enforcement policy from leniency to reinforcement over the illegal aliens despite its inability to keep up with expanding detenion facilities to house the detained illegal aliens. The ICE has just announced that it will cease the practice of arrest and return of the border crossers and enforce detention of such border crossers. There were reports that ICE officials stopped certain traffics in certain locations in Minnesota to demand legal documents and enforced illegal immigration action against the detected illegal aliens.
    Until the immigration legislative activities are recharged and energized and the new CIS Director has a handle on the immigration benefits policy and management direction, it is expected that the nation's capital may remain in low key for a while when it comes to the employment-based immigration.
    source http://www.immigration-law.com/





    fatjoe
    10-05 03:23 PM
    I m Aug-04, TSC, EB-2 .....still waiting!
    Opened SR 9/5/2009...got letter from CRIS...wait 6 months.
    For my wife , we got 60 days wait letter.
    I m the primary applicant!
    Has anyone ,tried to contact Congressman/Senetor's office?
    How can i do it?
    I m in Orange county, CA.
    I don't think calling Senator's office is going to be of great help. At least it didn't help in my case.
    You may google to find out the senator(s) for your state. Every senator must be having their own web-site. Get the phone # from their web site. Call them and tell them that you need help in Immigration and explaing them briefly. They will take your SRC # and contact TSC on behalf of you.





    optimystic
    03-24 03:43 PM
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    Based on the criteria above I dont see how it is illegal to ask what type of work authorization one has, and if EAD , how long it is valid. It may be illegal to disqualify a candidate who has EAD with validity for the required amount of time. But I sure can ask about the details within legal limits, can't I?
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    It is illegal... On I-9 it clearly says that an employer can not deny employment because of an expiry date on a valid work authorization document. This makes sense, since the employer does not have any authority to check for this candidate's ability to renew the authorization, neither the candidate is obligated to share that information. Per DHS & DOL once you have valid EAD, you are good to go! I am curious though who should be responsible for educating these employers!:confused:

    Good to know. As to who should be responsible to educate the employers....there's no doubt in my mind ! It should be us - prospective employees - applying for job. If we don't raise the issue, then who else will do it for us !!!

    People can follow a polite plan of action for such questions...
    - Be aware of the law
    - Be prepared to respond back politely - giving the bare minimum info that would be sufficient
    - Point politely to the law during interviews if pressed hard to divulge details.
    - If you see the interview going no where, without having to divulge the details, then at that point its a matter of consience....If you had EAD with enough validity, and you think/guess, that the employer is only concerned with people with soon expiring EADs, and if you want the job bad, then may be you can give it a shot and divulge your details. But as much as possible one should shirk the issue politely until you pass the interview process and they are ready to hire... Divulging at that point is beneficial since you know if you get rejected at the point, it was purely because of EAD issue and can take them for a task. If you divulged too early then they could hide behind other reasons for not hiring you.....(unless the employer is CapitolOne, and the HR guy sends out an email blatantly providing proof of discrimination and leaving themselves at your mercy to be sued :) )



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