Kama Of Kingstone

if there is demand for some skill it will be given 50 times the salary of others.. if somebody wants to migrate he will find ways.. now being IT worker is best way to migrate to developed countries. He is trying to set expectation right but in wane.. people will go where they get best value for their time.

I hope it doesn't retrogress in future.

I still don't understand why is EB-2 not moving forward especially that EB-1 is current.

Too many people converted to perm-EB2 when EB3 retrogression hit. Also, excess EB2 RoW are not flowing to EB2-India but to EB3 instead.

Pixel art is <i>hard</i>. :smirk:

Eilsoe and Soul are neck and neck at the moment. Gripping! :beam:

to all senators.

Thanks, I have an info pass appointment will find out and let you know.

The service request is usually a waste of time. They will send a generic response to everyone when case is pending w/o visa numbers. I and almost all of my friends received a response that additional information was needed for processing your case and hence additional delay blah blah.. I think this guy just decided to use security message for your responses. I wouldn't worry about it. If you want to really check this, you can definitely make an appointment at local office and talk to the IO there. But it was even a bigger waste of time in my case. The IO at local office looked at his system/systems and told me that if it is a green card application its faster(just another month or so) and if it is a h visa there is a few month delay:confused: Go figure..

It's a desi company. I was under the impression that my 485 was filed and the lawyer is not willing to talk to me as well. Somehow I found out this yesterday.

ABC News:

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=3526093&page=1

link does not work for me

Thanks, but seems like this is not what i was looking for. I was looking for the Jun 16/17th memo about initial evidence. Do you have that one?

Note sure what you're looking for. The memo I cited went into effect on June 16th. If that's not what you're looking for, you can try "press room" at USCIS's website where all memos are listed by date.

The application finally goes to the service center who has adjudiciated the 140, if one's 140 is LIN the AOS 485 will go finally to NSC, it will stay pending over there untill the visa bulletin becomes current for that Priority Date.

Can we have some update at 11 AM ?

Looks like they are talking about unemployment now ....

I guess it is 11 am EST, correct?

The first thing I would do is call the IRS and ask them for advice. You may call the IRS at 1-800-829-1040. Have the employer name and federal ID ready when you make the call.

You can also file Form 4852 with the IRS which is a Substitute for Form W-2. Please check http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4852.pdf

IRS is usually very helpful. Call them up, they will help you.

Two from our family.
Called up the 202... .... number. Got fwded to Senator Boxter's office. Although she isn't a supporter yet, but talked to her office and left a message for the Senator asking for her support.

thx

Pls. forward the link to your family and friends..

Excue me for misspelling your name.."MICOFROST"
RV

Do not decide your long term life with short term outlook. Give enough confidence to your would be wife that she is in your future plans. As many have said, if she can be brought here immediately, try H and L visa. Or get a reentry permit and move to India for 1-2 years and then try for H or L visa. However H & L visa are at the mercy of the company and I dont really think that is an option unless there is a project on radar.

Since your situation is aggravated, your wife can apply for F1 visa and come here. How you want to answer visa questions on DS-156 or date your marriage cert is upto you. But all said and done and whatever the morale police on this board have recommended is not really valid because you will be going through all of this and not these people who are giving other suggestions. I really want to ask all these people who say dont backdate marriage cert or dont get her on F1, are you guys angels and have done nothing wrong in your lives or are you just preaching others not to sin?

But think about it, 5 years is a very long time and you might want to just give up GC if nothing else works. I would not have given up a girl ;) I wanted to marry for the sake of GC. Remember your life is not about GC or living in america, its just a tool to make your life better.

Tomm is Veterans Day holiday and as usual person who responsible might have left in noon without posting it.

I know its rotten joke, please bear with me.

We need the numbers to make anything happen - if something as simple as cutting and pasting a letter cannot generate more than 20 participants when priority dates have become Unavailable again atleast for EB3I - I dont expect anything anymore to happen in the future. JUST BEING REALISTIC!!!



Guys,

Pls do not lose heart.
speaking for myself, i have tried to remain active, but suddenly got swamped with a huge work-load.
in this economy, performance is a matter of survival. Not to say that we should accept immigration to be a luxury.

It is a pity i had to miss the donor's telecon last week, simply as i was still working.

So bottom line: there are still people who are willing to participate and active, but it is a matter of immediate priorities.

Let us keep up the spirit and keep working....

the best to do is ignore him. Why do you guys even see his show (I never do and and so am blissfuly unaware of this). But now that I know I feel irritated and then I realize there is no point to my irritation. Of course if he is speaking lies, I only feel sorry for those morons who dont know a thing about H-1Bs and
fell for his lies and for others who know about H-1Bs, well they understood this idiot's story.

What I am seeing is that since USCIS fiasco people are now more and more agitated. We all share the pain, but we need to divert our energies to something positive. Taking Lou Dobb down, will give rise to another Dou Lobb, so where does it leave us ?

Listen dude, these companies doesn�t have financials like Microsoft so no point talking microsoft. I have a friend who runs a very small consulting company. Another friend of mine wanted an H1 for his younger brother He made 100 promises to this guy , like please bring him here he�ll work for you for atleast 1 year blah blah. I requested this friend of mine and he sponsored my other friend�s brother�s H1B.. Now this guy sponsored his H1B spend $3000 on fees etc. $1000 for air ticket etc. This brother guy came in and disappeared in 2 months for more money. He was on project!! he jumped in the middle for more money. Now you tell me what should these people do. It�s all same people just in different roles. So I would say there is a stiff competition between consultant and these companies about who screw who.

You have 2 H1s, can you do that. Are you working full time on both H1b visas. Please eloborate on that.

Thanks!

Two H-1B's are possible if you can do two jobs. Most of the ppl file a concurrent H-1B for a part time job so you have one H-1B for full time job and the other for a part time job. The US CIS will approve a concurent H-1B for part time job for as little as 15 hours a week. Now if you want to file the second H-1B too for a full time job and have the physical ability to work for 80 hours a weeks then US CIS won't have any problems with that.

It all depends how much confidence you have in your application packet. mine had problem and was returned back after 7 weeks.

tomorrow is the last day to file, for many the window will close for a long time.......

Read the two stories for break.

THE BEST LAWYER STORY SO FAR

One afternoon a lawyer was riding in his limousine
when he saw two men along the roadside eating grass.
Disturbed, he ordered his driver to stop and he got
out to investigate.

He asked one man, "Why are you eating grass?"

"We don't have any money for food," the poor man
replied. "We have to eat grass."

"Well, then, you can come with me to my house and I'll
feed you," the lawyer said.

"But sir, I have a wife and two children with me. They
are over there, under that tree."

"Bring them along," the lawyer replied. Turning to the
other poor man he stated,

"You come with us, too."

The second man, in a pitiful voice, then said, "But
sir, I also have a wife and SIX children with me!"

"Bring them all, as well," the lawyer answered.

They all entered the car, which was no easy task, even
for a car as large as the limousine was.

Once underway, one of the poor fellows turned to the
lawyer and said, "Sir, you are too kind. Thank you for
taking all of us with you."

The lawyer replied, "Glad to do it. You'll really love
my place. The grass is almost a foot high


STORY 2:

Mom comes to visit her son Kumar for dinner.....who lives with a girl
roommate Sunita. During the course of the meal, his mother couldn't
help but notice how pretty Kumar's roommate was. She had long been
suspicious of a relationship between the two, and this had only made her more
curious.

Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she
started to wonder if there was more between Kumar and his roommate than
met the eye.

Reading his mom's thoughts, Kumar volunteered, "I know what you must be
thinking, but I assure you, Sunita and I are just roommates." About a
week later, Sunita came to Kumar saying, "Ever since your mother came to
dinner, I've been unable to find the silver plate. You don't suppose
she took it, do you?" Kumar said,"Well, I doubt it, but I'll email her, just to be sure."


So he sat down and wrote :

Dear Mother:

I'm not saying that you 'did' take the silver plate from my house, I'm
not saying that you 'did not' take the silver plate.. But the fact remains
that it has been missing ever since you were here for dinner.

Love, Kumar


Several days later, Kumar received an email from his Mother which read



Dear Son:

I'm not saying that you 'do' sleep with Sunita, and I'm not saying that
you 'do not' sleep with Sunita. But the fact remains that if she was
sleeping in her OWN bed, she would have found the silver plate by now
under the pillow...

Love,
Mom.



Lesson of the day:
Don't Lie to Your Mother...........especially if she is Indian !

This is my first post so forgive if I am not in the right place,
But I have situation where in I need your inputs to decide.
I am working at a clients place and they willing offer me a full time position.
My Labor is approved Oct 2007 and Filed for I-140 receipt pending.
In this situation should I change my job or should I wait for I 140 to be approved or wait till I apply for I 485 , but as you know the priority dates have retrogressed for EB2 and I heard that they will be unavailable shortly.
I always wanted to get a full time right from my Masters but ended up as a consultant as I had to get my H1 done.
Please Advice!

You cannot change employer and keep I-140 if you have not filed I-485 yet. You will have to start the GC process anew if you change the jobs now. So wait untill you apply for I-485. Wait 180 more days after that and you are free to change jobs if your new job is same or similar to your current job.