Kama Of Kingstone

I thought so. Life's never simple with USCIS in it :) If at that time my spouse (my beneficiary) has not used EAD and is still on a non immigrant visa (H1 or L1), can I switch to dependent status?

Yes, you can switch to a dependant status if your spouse has a valid non-immigrant visa.

THANKS !!!


When her both I140s were approved before the July/07 485 application, why didn't she use PD Porting at the time of applying 485 app in July/07. That is one of the easiest way to port PDs. It would have been straight forward and she may have received the GC by now. I know, lawyers can make one's GC Journey much more harder than it should be.

Nothing happens to your current "Adjustee" status if you interfile. But, I can understand the apprehension duw to either lack of information or plethora of wrong information present in the open.

As her EB2 PD is becoming current from Aug/08, she need not do anything now, maybe 4-5 months ago she should have done interfiling when EB2 started to come out of Unavailability. On Aug/1st, she can call USCIS and if they let her, open a Service Request on behalf of her case saying that her PD is current and her RD is July/07. If everything on her app is complete, she may get the approval in August only. Best of luck to you and her. May you guys get it soon too.

Hope this helps.

Her RD is July 28, 2007 at Nebraska but her case status shows that it been transferred to TSC. :(

485 receipt issued only in october 2007.

TSC processing dates are still stuck at JULY 16, 2007 and there will be thousands & thousands applications filed between July 17 and Aug 17 when the visa gate was re-opened. No end in sight of this GC journey suffering for the unlucky people born in retrogressed countries.

Recently saw few of our members receiving green cards..... Congratulations to all of you.

I hope that you will continue to come to the IV site, and help us folks still stuck in the process.

In the meanwhile, please do share the reality that is still a dream to many of us...

Sent mine right now to senators of FL.

Hi,
I have got a job offer & this employer has few pre-approved labors which he offered me if I join him.

I am on H1B visa since 3.5+ years & I am looking for the company to get my GC as soon as possible. I have BS + 10 years of IT experience in India/ USA/ UK, as Software Engineer/ Solution Architect / Project Lead/ Project Manager / Sr. PM etc.

I want to know :

1. Is it possible to use this pre-approved labor for me... if I have all matching skills & experiences to show in my resume (experiences/skills gained before that approval date of that labor)...? This approved labor shows the name of their previous consultant.

2. Is it necessary to file the labor substitution by the employer...if I want to use that approved labor...?

3. Is it possible for this employer to directly file my I-140 against this approved labor...?

4. What are the info/proofs to verify that this employer is really filling my I-140 against this labor... ? (This employer has their attorney & I could not have better communication with their attorney)

5. This employer is a consulting company...(desi) & they asked me to sign a financial agreement to repay their expenses on labor substitution/I-140/I-485...if I will leave them early. ...Is it legal to ask for such kind of agreement...?

Please let me know as much as info/ guidance you can provide to me.

Great thanks in advance for all of your help.

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My friend, it is easy to say: "don't worry, be happy".
You seem indeed to be in a very enviable situation. Maybe many are like you.
Good for you guys. Now, think a little bit about the others.
I am sure that we are also many stuck in a job/company that we hate and the only practical way out is the GC. Sad and frustrating as it is, it is also the truth for many of us.

unity can work -
let us all unite and file on July 2, the first day. those that lag do so by choice.

please don't say people are selfish and will sell you for a buck etc. the point is, people here are being very helpful to each other. thanks for all the great posts here folks. definitely people here are more responsive than my corporate lawyers right now. and they are sharing formats, links, responses from their lawyers etc. i think everyone is happy to help others as long as there is no loss to themselves.

you have to see the incentive structure and then construct the unity argument. people have no incentive to wait. however, they will unite if they have something to gain. that is why forums such as these are popular.

again, thanks everyone for their help and encouragement.

PS - us filing fewer applications probably does not help. as i have posted elsewhere on this forum, USCIS thought that they were unable to use up all the visa numbers for FY 2007. this comes out of the 485 processing they have been doing till date. they are trying to fill up the 485 filing pipe for the next FY and further out. so, if the USCIS folks see enough 485 filings to fill up the next FEW years expected quotas they will shut it down. not sure how many filers that will take.

I wish they invested in R and D and innovation and products instead of services. Service industry is mainly governed by dealing with cost efficient labor. These companies reach out to IITs IIMs get the best and brightest and dump them into the service sector and start earning on them.

If they changed their business modal and started investing in products and Rand D, it may not give them quick money, but the results will be beneficial on the long run.

I am not sure how much R & D is going on in india, but Adobe filed lots of patents from Adobe, india.

New members please fill in your contact information. Please help IV and help yourself. Spread the word of IV among your friends

Right now for all bills that Zoe proposed there are max 19 co sponser for this last bill. DID you check for STRIVE ACT 2007 which had 78 co-sponsers still could not make it to floor.

We need to call these lawmakers and educated them on these bills.

Chances are less but our investment is not that big. Few minutes in a day to call or write.

I have mailed asking for the meeting info. I will meet the local lawmakers.

Arun, I will PM you. I am ready to go with you. I am from Northern California.

Why not GC_sufferer do it for us

Please note that there are two webfaxes (10 & 11) to be sent...not just one.

logiclife,

Your logic is beyond me. On one hand you seem to disagree with the practice of labor substitution but on the other hand you are more than happy to provide the recipe for it. Are you for it or against it. Or may be you are just trying to help an IV member.

It may be legal but should be discouraged to say the least.


Other than that, you will find a lot of hatred from this forum as what you are doing is very much inflaming since you are cutting in line -- legally so -- but still, its cutting in line. So dont be surprised by that.

This bill is 13th most popular on the site... We should vote it right to the top.

I don't know anything else about these cases, was checking randomly and I see cases filed for 5th and 11th have updates.

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Receipt Number: lin0720051244

Application Type: I485, APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS

Current Status: Case received and pending.

On July 5, 2007, we received this I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS, and mailed you a notice describing how we will process your case. Please follow any instructions on this notice. We will notify you by mail when we make a decision or if we need something from you. If you move while this case is pending, call customer service. We process cases in the order we receive them. You can use our processing dates to estimate when yours will be done. This case is at our NEBRASKA SERVICE CENTER location. Follow the link below to check processing dates. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.


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Receipt Number: lin0720551216

Application Type: I485, APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS

Current Status: Case received and pending.

On July 11, 2007, we received this I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS, and mailed you a notice describing how we will process your case. Please follow any instructions on this notice. We will notify you by mail when we make a decision or if we need something from you. If you move while this case is pending, call customer service. We process cases in the order we receive them. You can use our processing dates to estimate when yours will be done. This case is at our NEBRASKA SERVICE CENTER location. Follow the link below to check processing dates. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.
it doesnt mean anything....u will see receipts from yesterday and today also..please see other threads on decoding the lin/src numbers

in the end it depends on when ur application was opened and entered into the system.

Hi,

Sent letters to WH and IV. Besides, I printed 100 copies of the original template and kept them in an Indian grocery store, with the permission from the store owner, although it took a long time to explain our situation to the owner of the shop.

Regards,
IK

EB2 India will move very fast till 01 JAN 06 as because based on June 2007 bulletin, just before the july fiasco,( http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bu...etin_3236.html ) the PD for China is 01 JAN 06. That means in EB2 Category except India and China every other country is current. So till India reaches 01 JAN 06 PD in EB2, all the spill overs will be moved to EB2 India. By the time India EB2 reaches 01 JAN 06, China PD in EB2 will move further from 01 JAN 06 by using its 7% quota. So Inidia PD for EB2 again moves fast till that changed China PD using the spill overs. After that India and China will share the spill overs based on the PD priority. All this happens if and only if the USCIS works effectively and uses all the available visa numbers for the present fiscal year. My prediction for EB2 India PD is it touch 2005 /even cross few months in 2005 by the end of this year if USCIS works effectively.
which VB are you quoting..link doesnt work...

I may have to read this 5 times before I understand ...Any lawyers on this forum who can give us the bottomline...:)

This thread is interesting... US is headed to a economic slowdown currently (everyone knows that), and Bernanke (the fed chairman) and others are working hard trying to guide this country to a "soft landing". Some foriegn banks/investment firms have already withdrawn US market from their investment lists/porfolios, and this will get worse for this country. Japan went through a major slowdown in the 90s and it took them more than a decade to recover. As funny as this post can be, but US will have to look at every angel to stablize their economy, even in a small scale. This does not isolated to housing only. Issing green cards to highly skilled immigrants can only better this country, not worse. After all we put greencard into good use and I believe most will agree on this.

all it matters is what individual members will vote if we have time we should go and meet our lawmakers who ever runs for president in 2012 will have this in his/her campaign.. but who ever becomes the president its the congress which does the voting and decides the fate of the bills.. only if we have more ppl meeting with each of lawmakers on regular basis we have some future either with CIR or w/o CIR via piecemeal