seahawks
09-20 04:10 PM
that ride was just hilarious...for the record it was vijay who told me "i don't know how i got here...i can't remember", he had lefts and rights nicely mixed up! pratik was in the same car and told me later that vijay did not believe that machine could beat him so he constantly challenged the directions :D
as for sumita (samay)...besides working very hard...she provided great entertainment...don't know what we would have done without her. i'm going to remember her waiving her car keys at me and asking me to drive and then even before the car moved...she announed "not so fast" , took you and me a moment to realize she was saying it to vijay on the phone not to poor me who had not yet moved!!!!! i will also not forget her walking upto the registration desk on rally day and someone said good morning...sending sumita into a real tizzy as her morning "had begun at 5 am" which is absolutely true...since she had one of aman's lost bags and was given no choice but to drive to VA to return it...
yeah and that "tom-tom"...wish she would learn to program it :D
(ok now we are guaranteed to get a response! if not let's make a lawyer joke!)
Okay for the record from my side (Vijay's side of the story). The GPS girl had a sweet voice and she wouldn't talk to me unless I made a wrong turn. Finally I loved listening to her "Recalculating" and I could go on, until Puneet and Sumita interrupted. :p I was in fact contemplating on giving flowers to the GPS girl if not for logiclife's sweet reminder that only he had the rights to be "flowery" :D
May be that is the reason he did not accept flowers from needhelp! Well the bottom line counts, we all had food after long drive on a supposedly short route.
On a side note, someone told me D.C is was very nice to see at night, so was trying my level best to make Pratik, Jay and Vandana enjoyed sight seeing enroute to the restaurant!:)
as for sumita (samay)...besides working very hard...she provided great entertainment...don't know what we would have done without her. i'm going to remember her waiving her car keys at me and asking me to drive and then even before the car moved...she announed "not so fast" , took you and me a moment to realize she was saying it to vijay on the phone not to poor me who had not yet moved!!!!! i will also not forget her walking upto the registration desk on rally day and someone said good morning...sending sumita into a real tizzy as her morning "had begun at 5 am" which is absolutely true...since she had one of aman's lost bags and was given no choice but to drive to VA to return it...
yeah and that "tom-tom"...wish she would learn to program it :D
(ok now we are guaranteed to get a response! if not let's make a lawyer joke!)
Okay for the record from my side (Vijay's side of the story). The GPS girl had a sweet voice and she wouldn't talk to me unless I made a wrong turn. Finally I loved listening to her "Recalculating" and I could go on, until Puneet and Sumita interrupted. :p I was in fact contemplating on giving flowers to the GPS girl if not for logiclife's sweet reminder that only he had the rights to be "flowery" :D
May be that is the reason he did not accept flowers from needhelp! Well the bottom line counts, we all had food after long drive on a supposedly short route.
On a side note, someone told me D.C is was very nice to see at night, so was trying my level best to make Pratik, Jay and Vandana enjoyed sight seeing enroute to the restaurant!:)
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X-Wing
08-03 09:07 AM
Today I received 'Card Production' ordered emails for both my spouse and me...
Transpass, congratulations!
You give me hope amidst my fear :)
Transpass, congratulations!
You give me hope amidst my fear :)
dummgelauft
09-29 08:51 AM
well maybe, but our goals should be to convince a small group of just law makers, who are generally well educated, intelligent.
Try writing about supporting legislative relief for EB community, to your local congress man/woman.
After that post the reply that yuo get from them, on this forum.
your doubts will be cleared.
Try writing about supporting legislative relief for EB community, to your local congress man/woman.
After that post the reply that yuo get from them, on this forum.
your doubts will be cleared.
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kartikiran
07-13 04:00 PM
To Answer you.
I do not intend to become a Citizen of USA nor want to be part of IV CORE.
GCPerm, Good answers. I commend you for that.
Otherwise, I sincerely believe even after I get my green card, we should focus on resolving this green card backlog mess and if we can get green card holders and US Citizens to support this cause it woule be better.
Maybe you are not able to relate to what EB3 candidates go through. Yes it is a choice we made to wait in this country. A lot of EB3 people qualify for EB2 based on their qualifications and experience but were put into EB3 due to company's choice or attorney's mistake.
But no person should be made to wait for an answer of whether their application is going to be approved for 8-10 years.
The pre-adjudication in my opinion is a farce as it was more done to get their(USCIS) inventory calculated properly than ensuring the person is clear from all angles. Because, I know of about 5 people who are in EB2 who are sent RFE's now, after their dates have become current. They were supposedly pre-adjudicated as per the IO during the interview at the local office. some of them were fingerprints, some of them just to verify whether the husband and wife are still married etc.
Coming back to my point, there are EB3 applicants now who have a priority date of 2006, 2008 2009 etc. Can we accept a process which asks people to wait for 20 years to get a Yay or Nay for their application is the question. I think it is unacceptable. I believe more green card holders and US Citizens who are deciding to put their roots in USA should help the country to better the legal immigration system first before anything else.
Regarding citizenship as I mentioned before if you think you will not bail out after starting a campaign, then go ahead and lead it.
I do not intend to become a Citizen of USA nor want to be part of IV CORE.
GCPerm, Good answers. I commend you for that.
Otherwise, I sincerely believe even after I get my green card, we should focus on resolving this green card backlog mess and if we can get green card holders and US Citizens to support this cause it woule be better.
Maybe you are not able to relate to what EB3 candidates go through. Yes it is a choice we made to wait in this country. A lot of EB3 people qualify for EB2 based on their qualifications and experience but were put into EB3 due to company's choice or attorney's mistake.
But no person should be made to wait for an answer of whether their application is going to be approved for 8-10 years.
The pre-adjudication in my opinion is a farce as it was more done to get their(USCIS) inventory calculated properly than ensuring the person is clear from all angles. Because, I know of about 5 people who are in EB2 who are sent RFE's now, after their dates have become current. They were supposedly pre-adjudicated as per the IO during the interview at the local office. some of them were fingerprints, some of them just to verify whether the husband and wife are still married etc.
Coming back to my point, there are EB3 applicants now who have a priority date of 2006, 2008 2009 etc. Can we accept a process which asks people to wait for 20 years to get a Yay or Nay for their application is the question. I think it is unacceptable. I believe more green card holders and US Citizens who are deciding to put their roots in USA should help the country to better the legal immigration system first before anything else.
Regarding citizenship as I mentioned before if you think you will not bail out after starting a campaign, then go ahead and lead it.
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pappu
04-10 08:55 PM
I have gotten my lawyer to agree to be Lawyer number 4
been trying to contact StarSun who may be a bit busy...is there anyone else who also helps to co-ordinate the lawyer conference call on thursdays?
Please send an email or a private message to starsun
been trying to contact StarSun who may be a bit busy...is there anyone else who also helps to co-ordinate the lawyer conference call on thursdays?
Please send an email or a private message to starsun
Legal
07-11 09:11 PM
Is this because of the strong condemnation from the US congress women Ms Zof that prompted it to do this to cover their tracks? Did some people miss their chance because of this?
lofgren's first letter was on July 3rd
lofgren's first letter was on July 3rd
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waitingGC
01-18 01:31 PM
I am also from the Chinese community and just have signed for a $20 monthly contribution.
I do urge people who have not made any contributions to act now!
If we don't contribute at this time, IV may have great difficulty in operating and may even be closed one day. At that time, no one organization would stand up to speak for us!
I have a PD of August 2005. Luckily, I have filed my 140/485 in Sept. 2005. I do believe that, in this forum, I am among the luckiest ones who have more freedom to change jobs and travel outside US. If you are in a situation worse than mine, for example, if you have not get your LC/PERM approved or if you have not file your 485 because of retrogression, don't you think you should be more motivated than me to contribute?
I would change my contribution to $50 monthly if we have 1000+ members to sign up for the monthly contribution. Meanwhile, I would cancel my contribution if this goal cannot be achieved by all our 8400 members within the next two months. I cannot see any point if most people who suffer from the possibility of waiting for years would not contribute while I, who might be one of the least painful ones, contribute.
I do urge people who have not made any contributions to act now!
If we don't contribute at this time, IV may have great difficulty in operating and may even be closed one day. At that time, no one organization would stand up to speak for us!
I have a PD of August 2005. Luckily, I have filed my 140/485 in Sept. 2005. I do believe that, in this forum, I am among the luckiest ones who have more freedom to change jobs and travel outside US. If you are in a situation worse than mine, for example, if you have not get your LC/PERM approved or if you have not file your 485 because of retrogression, don't you think you should be more motivated than me to contribute?
I would change my contribution to $50 monthly if we have 1000+ members to sign up for the monthly contribution. Meanwhile, I would cancel my contribution if this goal cannot be achieved by all our 8400 members within the next two months. I cannot see any point if most people who suffer from the possibility of waiting for years would not contribute while I, who might be one of the least painful ones, contribute.
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Macaca
06-29 03:18 PM
� The requestor has verified that the current VB indicates that a visa number is available for the country and classification involved, and that the current bulletin has not been superseded by an advisory from the Visa Control Office.
Thanks Andy for something authentic. What is VCO advisory? Does this advisory reset dates in VB?
Thanks Andy for something authentic. What is VCO advisory? Does this advisory reset dates in VB?
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dummgelauft
05-04 11:37 PM
Finally, done
PD: June 7th 2006
SC: Texas
I-485 Status: Card Production Ordered
LUID: 05/04/2011
Thank you all IV friends.
One question,
Yesterday I sent my EAD renewel application. should put stop payment on check or should I call USCIS.
Thanks
MC
Good deal MC. Sleep tight. Please stay active on these fora. Your posts are a breath of fresh air ( to me, at least)...
PD: June 7th 2006
SC: Texas
I-485 Status: Card Production Ordered
LUID: 05/04/2011
Thank you all IV friends.
One question,
Yesterday I sent my EAD renewel application. should put stop payment on check or should I call USCIS.
Thanks
MC
Good deal MC. Sleep tight. Please stay active on these fora. Your posts are a breath of fresh air ( to me, at least)...
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askbz1
04-08 05:42 PM
May I know in what respect multi-national execs are inferior to researchers?
Well, may be they are not inferior. But, the people who are getting treated as multinational execs for GC purpose are no way close to being one. I have seen two of my colleagues working with me got their GC's through EB1... and seriously these guys don't even do typical day to day project management job. Documents are cooked up for them as managers... like they do yearly appraisals for others (which I definately know they don't), like they do recruitment (again the guys I know don't), like they are PMP certified... and seriously, both the guys I know are certified :-) But, you know how the certifications work... come no way closer to doing some research :-). I am giving you a first hand experience...anything else?
Well, may be they are not inferior. But, the people who are getting treated as multinational execs for GC purpose are no way close to being one. I have seen two of my colleagues working with me got their GC's through EB1... and seriously these guys don't even do typical day to day project management job. Documents are cooked up for them as managers... like they do yearly appraisals for others (which I definately know they don't), like they do recruitment (again the guys I know don't), like they are PMP certified... and seriously, both the guys I know are certified :-) But, you know how the certifications work... come no way closer to doing some research :-). I am giving you a first hand experience...anything else?
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tonyHK12
11-03 03:42 PM
Senate Bill S 1085 is active, Senator Menendez from New jersey.
Please meet or call your Senators office to support, co-sponsor this Bill.
The lame duck Session until end of 2010 is a good time to bring Piece meal Bills.
I see we have 274 members who are interested, This is a good time to get into action, all others please join too!
Original note from member Rajeev:
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/forum107-interesting-topics/1686304-no-house-for-democrats-no-cir-2.html#post2080154
"It seems that the bill S 1085 (the Reuniting Families Act (RFA) has become active again. I received e-mails from Senator Menedez and Senator Lautenberg talking about the bill. Senator Menendex mentioned the recapture employment-based visas that haven't been used in past years so that they may be used in future years. Among other things, he also mentioned that he will continue to address the concerns of employment-based visas in the context of comprehensive immigration reform. He is the sponsor of the S 1085 bill."
Please meet or call your Senators office to support, co-sponsor this Bill.
The lame duck Session until end of 2010 is a good time to bring Piece meal Bills.
I see we have 274 members who are interested, This is a good time to get into action, all others please join too!
Original note from member Rajeev:
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/forum107-interesting-topics/1686304-no-house-for-democrats-no-cir-2.html#post2080154
"It seems that the bill S 1085 (the Reuniting Families Act (RFA) has become active again. I received e-mails from Senator Menedez and Senator Lautenberg talking about the bill. Senator Menendex mentioned the recapture employment-based visas that haven't been used in past years so that they may be used in future years. Among other things, he also mentioned that he will continue to address the concerns of employment-based visas in the context of comprehensive immigration reform. He is the sponsor of the S 1085 bill."
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insearch
05-07 12:06 PM
Can you also tell ,if this will have any effect on my present employment and H1 b status .
Can the present employer ("if the h1 is not transferred ) cancel my H1b ..
Thanks .
Can the present employer ("if the h1 is not transferred ) cancel my H1b ..
Thanks .
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conchshell
05-16 11:49 AM
He wrote back to me saying that soon he will place a link to this campaign on the main section of his website. Can someone ask Ms Sheela Murthy and Mr Rajiv Khanna to add this campaign link on their websites too?
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aa_ke_phas_gaya
03-20 07:29 AM
- Grant option to have citizenship or green card to those who have been working for US for 10years or more without getting out of status.
- Issue one time executive order to grant green cards to those who have Priority Dates older than 7 years.
- Visa re capture if above two are not issued.
- Count primary applicant as a visa number and not dependents.
- If none of above are done at least deny/approve I-485 application as soon as possible and issue green cards later so that applicants know what they should do with their lives.
- If none of the above are possible, please shut the immigration.
- Issue one time executive order to grant green cards to those who have Priority Dates older than 7 years.
- Visa re capture if above two are not issued.
- Count primary applicant as a visa number and not dependents.
- If none of above are done at least deny/approve I-485 application as soon as possible and issue green cards later so that applicants know what they should do with their lives.
- If none of the above are possible, please shut the immigration.
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slammer
04-03 11:45 AM
Slammer, if you got visa number last year you should have gotten an interview months back, UNLESS your consulate appoinment schedule is backlogged.
Good luck
We called the NVC 2 days ago about the status of our application and the guy on the phone (who was, BTW, very polite and patient) told me that everything was processed and as soon as our PD was current we would get an interview appointment very soon.
We also sent an email-inquiry to the NVC last week and just today we got the reply :
"Unfortunately, this case no longer has a visa number available. This is
because the applicant' visa category is oversubscribed, meaning that
the available numerical limit of visas able to be issued was reached.
Upon reaching the numerical limit of visas able to be issued, only
beneficiaries who have a priority date earlier than listed in the current
Visa Bulletin may be allotted a visa number in this visa category. "
So, that must mean that they had a visa number for us back in August 2007 when they sent us the DS230-I and the bills for the visa fees although according to the VB for August/September 2007 EB3 ROW was "U" ?
Hmm, I have to admit that I have kind of given up on understanding how this all works. I'm just looking forward to that day when we finally receive our GC and are able to move to the States.
Good luck to all of you and even more patience !
Good luck
We called the NVC 2 days ago about the status of our application and the guy on the phone (who was, BTW, very polite and patient) told me that everything was processed and as soon as our PD was current we would get an interview appointment very soon.
We also sent an email-inquiry to the NVC last week and just today we got the reply :
"Unfortunately, this case no longer has a visa number available. This is
because the applicant' visa category is oversubscribed, meaning that
the available numerical limit of visas able to be issued was reached.
Upon reaching the numerical limit of visas able to be issued, only
beneficiaries who have a priority date earlier than listed in the current
Visa Bulletin may be allotted a visa number in this visa category. "
So, that must mean that they had a visa number for us back in August 2007 when they sent us the DS230-I and the bills for the visa fees although according to the VB for August/September 2007 EB3 ROW was "U" ?
Hmm, I have to admit that I have kind of given up on understanding how this all works. I'm just looking forward to that day when we finally receive our GC and are able to move to the States.
Good luck to all of you and even more patience !
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Lasantha
04-01 12:12 PM
Hassan, How did you create this poll?
Can someone please create a poll for ROW RDs. It should be monthly banded
between May to Aug 2007.
I don't find an option for me to create a poll.
Can someone please create a poll for ROW RDs. It should be monthly banded
between May to Aug 2007.
I don't find an option for me to create a poll.
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BharatPremi
10-15 08:32 PM
Thanks for the update! How about having two cases; a second LC under EB2. In that case can both prevail together (and EB2 and EB3)?
MANY attorneys STRONGLY ADVISE not to file MULTIPLE 485/CP simultaneously.
MANY attorneys STRONGLY ADVISE not to file MULTIPLE 485/CP simultaneously.
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voicerj
05-04 06:48 PM
I had observed this last summer also that most of the CPO emails are received at night. In my opinion, it is probably due to the fact that they run these external communications as batch jobs at night, which is usually the case in any high volume corporate type IT systems.
So guys, relax and check you emails at night :-)
We will be happy if it will have more volume
So guys, relax and check you emails at night :-)
We will be happy if it will have more volume
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chanduv23
09-19 01:27 AM
I am starting this thread for people to share some nice sweet memories about the rally.
This Part 1 is basically for "WHO MET WHO"
Most of us in these forums - we talked on phones for a long time and discussed a lot of topics - and we met each other in real at the rally.
I was excited - and I want to share some of my experiences.
Please post some experiences on this thread like mine below
I drove from New York with 5 other dedicated IV members ie tnite, tikka, siraviny, ps57002 and a new member Arun
At the Rally I met Niloufer(needhelp) and Vandana, drona and other volunteers at the registration desk and was nice to meet you all.
Then came paskal and gsc999 who stuck a badge on my shirt "chanduv23" and then I met Shivakanth, Vijay Anand and other folks.
After that I met Macaca - lovable guy, some core members like indio0617, ashish, tamsen.
Then I met pappu. As soon as I greeted him he stood up. I thought he was respecting me. I felt honored. But after a while - he was standing up to anyone who greets him. Then I figured out that was his habit - and no respect or whatever :D:D:D
Then met Abhijeet who was carrying his guiter and then jazzbythebay, janilsal and other folks and Jay and Aman and all core team members
Then I met all the Chinese friends in the NY chapter, Jane, Sophia and it was nice knowing them
I did miss out a few names - but overall I loved this experience of meeting you all the folks
This Part 1 is basically for "WHO MET WHO"
Most of us in these forums - we talked on phones for a long time and discussed a lot of topics - and we met each other in real at the rally.
I was excited - and I want to share some of my experiences.
Please post some experiences on this thread like mine below
I drove from New York with 5 other dedicated IV members ie tnite, tikka, siraviny, ps57002 and a new member Arun
At the Rally I met Niloufer(needhelp) and Vandana, drona and other volunteers at the registration desk and was nice to meet you all.
Then came paskal and gsc999 who stuck a badge on my shirt "chanduv23" and then I met Shivakanth, Vijay Anand and other folks.
After that I met Macaca - lovable guy, some core members like indio0617, ashish, tamsen.
Then I met pappu. As soon as I greeted him he stood up. I thought he was respecting me. I felt honored. But after a while - he was standing up to anyone who greets him. Then I figured out that was his habit - and no respect or whatever :D:D:D
Then met Abhijeet who was carrying his guiter and then jazzbythebay, janilsal and other folks and Jay and Aman and all core team members
Then I met all the Chinese friends in the NY chapter, Jane, Sophia and it was nice knowing them
I did miss out a few names - but overall I loved this experience of meeting you all the folks
mjadala
05-20 10:11 PM
called all of the offices.
gc_on_demand
04-16 12:22 PM
I just found Feb 08 Stats (http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/APPLICATIONS%20FOR%20IMMIGRATION%20BENEFITS_Februa ry08.pdf) and in Feb 08 there were 787,516 I-485 cases pending. So this might be good news that the backlog is reducing?
Those 197k ( approx ) reduction could be from family based AOS.. until we get data from FOIA , we cannot relay on their information.. Its so broad range of figures they post.
Again who knows when they send us FOAI response.
Those 197k ( approx ) reduction could be from family based AOS.. until we get data from FOIA , we cannot relay on their information.. Its so broad range of figures they post.
Again who knows when they send us FOAI response.