Kama Of Kingstone

This one was posted by one of the IV members, sreedhar in other section of the forum. Don't know how much truth to it...:rolleyes:

If anyone has seen this already, my apologies...

http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?p=285637#post285637



Hello All,

I am giving this information after my cousin complete the interview with USCIS on 09/03/2008. Please take a look at the detail conversation bellow.

IO: Immigration Officer
MC: My Cousin
MCL: My Cousin Lawyer

IO: We are not able to verify your finger prints. That�s the reason we called you for the personal interview.

MC: I am ready to give right away.

IO: No your finger print images not at all visible. There is no way we can check your Criminal background.

MC: Is there any other alternate solution for this �? If so please advice.

IO: Yes�You have to submit local county police clearance certificates from past 3 years with in 30 days.

MC: Can you increase the time�? 30 days might be not sufficient for me to collect all the information

IO: Sure�Make sure you submit with in 45 days. Thank you.

MC: Can I ask one question�?

IO: Sure�.

MC: I applied my GC in 2003. Almost 5 years completed�Now I have problems with my finger prints. What else I need to do for the getting the approval on GC

IO: Don�t worry�Submit the Police clearance certificates�We will approve your GC soon. With out verifying I can�t approve...If I approve� I will loose my Job�

MCL: Well �.My Client PD is Dec 2003 EB3-INDIA. Visa numbers are not available at this time why you are asking to submit police clearance certificates with 45 days�? And once we submit how you will approve my Client GC without VISA numbers available�?

IO: Good question�.All EB Visa Numbers will current in coming 2 months. That�s all I can say. There is some process going on to collect some unused visa numbers�.I don�t know what exactly going on�But I can say with in 2 months EB Visa numbers will current.

MCL: Oh that�s great�

IO: Yes it is�

MC & MCL: Ok thank you for your time and we will submit police clearance certificates with in 45 days.

IO: That�s good�You are all set to go now. Thank you.

Based on above conversations I am saying�Please do not abuse me if it�s not going to be happened in 2 months. I am just sharing my cousin Interview details. I am also EB3-I 2004. I wish and Pray to GOD to make IO comment come true. Thank you.

-Sree

I'm in a similar predicament as well. I'm on EAD and 485 is pending, can I claim unemployment benefits?

The problem is most of the visas are taken by indian bodyshops such as infosys, TCS, LT to bring underskilled computer operators to the US. Intel, MS and other good companies that hire from reputed US universities have hard time getting the visas due to the cap. The cap should work the other way round. 20K for bodyshops and 65K for people from US universities.

You mean those passing from the likes of TVU and ITU or those from Harvard/MIT ?? How do you define "reputed" US University ? And why do you think clients engage "underskilled" operators and not "skilled" US graduates ? Lower rate ? But then we see so many US graduates languishing in EB 3 ???

BTW, why are you still having a hard time getting visa --- the quota was wide open till January at least .

There is no point blaming on non-US students when US students are making a beeline to desi consultants for H1. May be the law should be -- no consulting job for US graduates.

what if your wife has a B1/B2 status.......can you still file for I-485?...Has anyone encountered a similar situations?

thanks,

My ETA is P-### .... I used the link and my status is IN PROCESS

Circumvent a visa does not = with the fact that one's H1 visa petition is pending for long and uses AP to re-enter. There is nothing wrong with this. Entering on AP instead on H1 is not 'circumventing visa.' Once he receives an email that his H1 can be issued, he can go back, get h1 and re-enter without any issues.

Please go through the following thread. This is recent:
http://murthyforum.atinfopop.com/4/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=1024039761&f=4724019812&m=1571077951

Please note ravel's experience with consulate in regards to travel on AP in case H1b visa is pending. This is coming straight from VO at the consulate.

This sustain act is total BS. They want to increase H1-B numbers without reforming the EB system. They do not want to increase EB numbers. They do not want to do away with country quotas. They don't have country quotas in H1-B. This just creates more and more backlogs for everyone. I HOPE THIS BILL DOESN'T PASS. The companies and lawmakers just want cheap labor without "paying" for it. Just a bunch of self-serving bigots !

Seems like this bill has some EB provisions as well - like exempting PhD holders from visa numbers. Ofcourse thats too little but something is better than nothing.