Kama Of Kingstone

Medical: 200
Photos: 25
Lawer: 2500
Fees (if app accepted): 1450 (Fees later if not accepted now but later: 2500)
Travel + Certificates + photocopies: 150

Total: 2875+(1450 or 2500)

It is correct that a MBA will prepare one for mutiple fields, however the question being asked is specific for IT professionals who are trying to jump into management.

I believe the confusion is there between MBA and PMP, because some of the folks are at a juncture where they want to make a quick buck and are also thinking of career advancement.

Yes for a quick buck you can get a PMP and move up the ladder, but for long term sustainance you need MBA for senior management posts.

After I heard from the Infopass IO that my case is all set and it is sitting in the NSC examination room, I have been trying my best to get my file to the attention of an IO at NSC. This is what I have done till now. Don't know if this would work. If not, what the heck?

1. Wrote to my state's senators
2. Wrote to Ombudsman
3. Wrote to my Congressman
4. Wrote to the President
5. Have opened a SR
6. My attorney is taking an Infopass appointment to see why it is stuck.

We 2004 guys are really out of luck. First BEC, then all these LC substitutions, July 2nd fiasco, and now this. Can't believe we got screwed in all the steps.

this thread is useless. Please delete!

I copied your content to post on the whitehouse.gov website. Thank you.

Emailed the same also to my local Congresswomen.

Posted the letter to whitehouse address with the following contents:

"I am writing to inform you of how the country based quotas imposed on Employment Based green cards are unfair and illogical. I came to the US with the belief that this country is a meritocracy where you are judged based on your abilities and qualities. These country based quotas judge people based on their place of birth. This causes people from India and China to wait over a decade to get a green card whereas someone from another country with similar or lesser abilities can obtain permanent residence in a fraction of that time. Lack of permanent residency has made me hesitant to buy a house or to do any long term investments in US and I want to get out of this limbo at the earliest.

My requests to you are:
1. Eliminate country level quota on Green Cards (to reduce the backlog of permanent resident applicants)
2. Recapture unused permanent visa numbers from the past (to allow USCIS to issue permanent visas to eligible applicants whose applications have been processed and pre-adjudicated)
3. Issue 5-year EAD cards (to reduce workload on USCIS of administrative renewals)
4. Issue 5-year Advanced Parole document (to allow people like me stuck in the backlog to travel back and forth from USA without having to renew AP every year)

I believe in President's slogan "Yes, we can!"."

Realistically ... What if they retrogress enuf to a date when v ver a British colony (rather than sovereign nation) and we change our country to chargeability :confused:?

good one. :)

You BET. I really hope for all our spouses sakes that the Congress DOES increase H1Bs as well

I hope too, school districts hire teachers between june-sept and judging by the speed last years quota was gobbled up, I can hardly hope to get a job as a teacher 10 months in advance...

THis is great news however as I hope to graduate in a year and than I can take advantage of the Masters quota

you can get medicals in 2 hours.

Not sure if this is chicago/pittsburgh.

your only option is to find out by calling all numbers in chicago and pittsburgs.

People have flown in from various locations into chicago and got medicals in 2 hours.

also, ask your wife to get the immunization record of mmr and tetanus.

that will make your life easier.

x-ray is mandatory.

people, this is a fact.


x-ray is not a must and it's need only if the skin test result is +ve.

Any recent updates on that case? Do we know what happened after that person filed the MTR the 2nd time?

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Member Texas IV


As I explained here

http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showpost.php?p=210490&postcount=26

AC-21 is just an illusion of freedom - even if 180 days have passed, even if I-140 is approved.

My advice: DON"T CHANGE EMPLOYERS UNLESS YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST.

I think these memos might have been dissected a thousand times, but here they are:

Continuing validity of I-140: http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/I140_AC21_8403.pdf
AC21 guidelines: http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/AC21intrm051205.pdf

It's clear that the stress is on "intent". If at the filing of I-485, both the employer and the employee had the intent, it's fine. The only restriction is, one may not be looking for "same or similar" job at the time of I-485 adjudication. Why this restriction is even there is beyond me. It doesn't clearly state how much time after the adjudication, you should not be looking.

Of course, the lawyers seem to be on the cautious side. Read the last sentence under intent in the following site (AC21: Changing employer while waiting for pending adjustment of status (http://www..com/greencard/adjustmentofstatus/changing-employer.html) ). It says that ...theoretically, USCIS might be able to revisit the adjudication of I-485 and initiate revocation processing.
This inference is without any attribution.

Then again, I couldn't find a single case where the I-485 was revoked because of suspected fraud in "Intent". We do need clarification from USCIS on this.

Same thing happened with one of my friends. He went to India immediately got married and brought his wife to US, the GC status would not update at the port of entry system that quick so he took a chance. You can give a try to schedule an appointment at the Chennai embassy for dependent visa (through your H1B). My friend spoke with a reputed law firm (I dont want to mention the name here but you all know 'her') who advised this and he got lucky.

As the priority dates are current you can apply for 485 for your spouse. Good Luck!

Posting quick links::)

Panel I:

Edward Sweeney
Senior Vice President
Worldwide Human Resources
National Semiconductor Corporatio
http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/Sweeney080612.pdf


Lee Colby
Electrical Engineer
Lee Colby & associates and Past Chair of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Santa Clara Valley Section
http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/Colby080612.pdf


John Pearson
Director of the Bechtel International Center
Stanford University Association of International Educators
http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/Pearson080612.pdf


Yongjie Yang, Ph.D.
Legal Immigrant Association
http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/Yang080612.pdf



Mark Krikorian
Executive Director
Center for Immigration Studies
http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/Krikorian080612.pdf


Panel II:


Jana Stonestreet Ph.D., RN
Chief Nursing Executive
Baptist Health System
http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/Stonestreet080612.pdf

Cheryl A. Peterson, MSN, RN
Senior Policy Fellow
American Nurses Association
http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/Peterson080612.pdf


Steven Francy
Executive Director
RNs Working Together, AFL-CIO
http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/Francy080612.pdf

Unexpected big jump for EB3 ROW. But I will take it. :D

EB3:
it was moved with 1 (one) year from AUG-01-2002 to AUG-01 2003 - was it? Or they just entered wrongly???

What happens in case of people who obtain GC through marriage and then due to some reason have to divorse? Do they have to stay married for a certain period of time?? :D:D If so how much would that be?

I think, it is 2 years.

EB3 India: November 1, 2001

This shows .. EB3 India may not be moving forward for much of 2010. May be it will move to Apr 2002 by Oct. 2010. Very disappoiting :(. We really need Visa Recapture or CIR.

I will use it surely when I come across a good opportunity. This is a provision provided by USCIS just for the specific purpose of changing jobs, so why do you anticipate any issues with using AC21 with in the guidelines for using it. I would also consult some one (best one will be a lawyer in my view) who has done this and has good knowledge of this to make sure everything is in order. Best of luck and enjoy the little flexibility AC21 provides.

Well my friend, don't bring your pretentious "I'm-so-great-I'm-non-judgemental-oo-la-la" BS here. If we don't make it clear in our replies that we do not condone any actions that break the law, we are just making it easier for anti-immigration people to easily point fingers at us and claim we are all drug peddlers or criminal.

I would urge more members here to reply to the OP that we at IV do not have any sympathy for people breaking the law.

As for you, think before you type!

With your history of getting rammed here i would avoid saying that if i was you,

I agree with making it clear that we ( the forum members) condone actions breaking the law but there is a difference between telling the same to a person in a professional manner as against shoving our personal moralistic BS in their face.

Ask her to do all the immunizations and get a immunization record. Take an appointment here on Aug 15th. Go to the doctor, pay him more and tell me you need ASAP and get the report the same day.

I wanted to send message also.Do you recommend giving original deatils on the form when sending message to white house and senators.

Thanks
I just provided a legit email address and name....you don't have to provide address and phone number.

Yeah right!! buying houses is all hunky-dory when you have all cushy jobs and economy is booming. When economy slows down there will be some people who may lose their jobs with 3000$ mortgages sitting on their head!! And that builder /bank who lobbied for you GC will come knocking on your door asking for payment.
And believe there are defaulters among these highly qualified legal immigrants too!

So again, how did you solve the housing slump problem in the first place???
no body said about actually solving anything. the point is to use it as a lobbying factor. Greenspan said that the problem is around 200,000 to 300,000 houses. if they are knocked out of the inventory then there will be stablization else the bottom will fall out. now if the immigrant community was united (across national lines) and if we had one organization like IV or someone - who had leverage to talk to builders etc -something along the lines of a union - then this would have made a big difference - but of course the reality is that people get EAD and think their problems have been solved and run to buy a house - the fun part will begin if a recession actually happens

BTW, can you call and ask if you case is preadjudicated. In our case my #@$@ lawyer refuses call USCIS or allow us to initiate an SR (one of the reasons why we had no idea that we were stuck in namecheck)

ALIA post doesnt help India and China EB3's (i am EB3 too). Assuming that 50% of the people who pre adjudicated are from India with a 50-50 split between eb 2 &3. We cannot expect any movement because we have ~25k EB3's ready for approval with only 3-4k visas. Eb2's (I)could be in a slightly better situation by July '10 because of spillover from unused EB1's and EB2's. I am guessing that 12-15k EB 2's will benefit. The only sliver lining is that ROW's who had visa's available but were stuck due to processing delays will be relieved from the pain.


Hi 485Me and h1Tech,

I was trying to follow up on my RFE document submission. So, I called them up and said that the online status indicated that a decision would be made within 60 days and I am yet to receive any decision. THen she said that it's a standard message and that my case is pre-adjudicated ( meaning they have all the docs necessary to make a decision on my case ) and I should just wait for a Visa number. Hope this helps.