Kama Of Kingstone

The FOIA request takes around 18 months to get some answer even if your request is easy.

joeshmoe,
Congratulations on your GC approval. Enjoy the freedom.

Your approval gives us hope in a way that USCIS is approving I-485 cases even though the PD is not current. Am I right?

You must be right ... I was not anticipating this turn of events whatsoever as I knew what the current PD is in the September Visa Bulletin but maybe they assign me a visa number when they got my application in June.... who knows...

Yes, looks like they removed the timeframe hopefully it is for good. but lets see. May be after the bi-specialization case transfers they removed.

Because the goal of this contest is to have circles move around in clever and interesting ways, you must only use circles. No other shapes or images will be allowed.

What about the gradient in the background of your sample entry?

Happy diwali to every one.
May the festival of lights fill your hearts with hope, peace and serenity

We are able to get the OCI for our minor kid back in 2006 when there was no restriction on at least one parent to be non-Indian.

We were able to use the OCI card for couple of visits to India – no issues at the immigration ports.

Now it is time to apply for misc. services (due to the renewal of US passport). New rules imply that my kid is not eligible to renew the OCI card. CGI Chicago doesn’t have any information on this and they are not responding to emails and phones. After researching a while, I found the following from the the CGI – Edinburgh: “Minor PIO children whose both parents are Indian nationals or if one parent is an Indian national and the other is ineligible for OCI, are not eligible for registration as OCI. Such minor OCIs who are already issued with OCI cards are not eligible for services under OCI Miscellaneous services. “

I would like to know if anyone had a similar experience. Appreciate your inputs.
Project_A

Below is the answer that i got from Chicago Indian Embassy

" OCI new/renewal will NOT be issued for US born children whose parents are of Indian Origin"

So had to go with PIO for my baby.

To me it sounds more like a battery problem. Either making a poor contact or the battery itself is bad. There could be something preventing good contact, either the battery or the contacts inside the camera.

I know with Canon cameras, there is always some sort of hidden switch that shuts off the camera when a door is opened. Maybe Nikon has this too and the switch is messed up?

I like your profile image ........ explains every back logged immigrant's situation!

read this:

Congressional Dems Say No Immigration Bill Anytime Soon - The Gaggle Blog - Newsweek.com (http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2010/04/26/congressional-dems-say-no-immigration-bill-anytime-soon.aspx?hpid=topnews)

So what this means is twofold: that immigration is both the most tantalizing and the most dangerous demographic political issue on the American horizon. There now are 45 million Hispanics in America, 10 million to 11 million of whom have no legal permission to be here. The Hispanic vote is rising in importance, but there is still 9 percent unemployment (12 percent among Latinos) and citizen-workers feel under siege

Both Reps and Dems want their votes, but don't have the guts to do it!

Here is the link.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCR D&vgnextchannel=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1 RCRD

Thanks. I still don't see it. It's definitely my cache issue. I even tried firefox but still see the last update of 08/02/2007.

August, 2007


USCIS Urges H-2B Employers to Continue to Identify "Returning Workers" on Petitions for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Start Dates (46KB PDF)
08/02/2007

Fact Sheet: Naturalization Through Military Service (44KB PDF)
08/01/2007


Never mind...it must be something wierd in my machine.

Guys and Gals,

It's all speculation... Wait and see... we will all be fine... if you have your papers ready then file it.......

I'am staying positive..... Want y'all to do it too....

All the best....

It's election time guys- they are working on 2008 run. They will not like to come in lime light helping the immigrants. Clinton is the most crooked candidate in this run when it comes to Indians and India. See her voting record from last year or so.

It's complicated. An employer cannot ask you to repay any of the Training Fee ($1500 or $750 if under 25 employees). You cannot pay any of the rest of the costs if paying those costs brings your salary below the "prevailing wage" or "actual wage" for the position.

As regards whether a reimbursement agreement is enforceable - it depends on state law.
By "Training" did you mean "Filing"?
Otherwise it does not make any sense.

I would like to clarify one thing....

Are these Certifications from Sun Microsystems, Oracle and IBM consider as supporting documents for 4 year degree or equivalent to any educational qualifications or experience?
I mean, people are doing these certifications even with out a job or while on bench....

I do not want to degrade or project these certifications in low profile or so, I do know the value of these certifications while searching for a job, but could not understand how they will help you in education or experience with USCIS.

Correct me if I am wrong.....

- B+ve

Somebody recently gave me a red dot for one of my posts, which is alright, but the person qualified it with a highly offensive Hindi expletive. The words are too obscene to be posted in open forum so I will refrain from reproducing them.

I want IV to reveal the name of the culprit, and ban him/her immediately. Failing which, I will have to evaluate other options to seek redress.

Needless to say, this whole dot mongering is seriously flawed and needs rethinking.

I would like to participate. Let's see if there are any solutions to the historic backlogs in EB3 IND...

EB3 IND folks, this is your time to join and ask your questions.

http://www.reason.com/images/07cf533ddb1d06350cf1ddb5942ef5ad.jpg

Enjoy

Good one - Nice find

If you have your I 140 approved already. A# will appear on the approval notice.

just one more Qn:
My L1 ends Sep 3rd week.
If I decide not to do extension, is it ok to stay in US for those 2 weeks until Oct1. so I can start working under H1 ?
those 14 days out-of-status : How bad is it ?

thanks.

I wouldnt do that. You can arrive 10 days early, but not sure if it would be applicable here. Even then you have more than 10 days to account for. You will not accumulate much out of status period. It should be 180 days of out of status before it gets ugly, but why invite trouble.

I think attorney would advise to file another non immigrant visa , generally a B1 ( tourist visa) for the interim period.

Thre is grace period for OPT - H1 for similar scenario. I dont think its applicable for L1B

Does anyone knows if Person eligible for AC21 porting is eligible for unemployment benefit?

I would not recommend , in fact I would say DO NOT even attempt to thing about these benefits while your AOS is still pending.

Thanks again for the reply and wishes!!

Also sorry for another question as I forgot to mention this earlier.

My new H1B has more than 6 months of validity period.

One thing which I forgot to mention earlier is that when new Employer "B" did the H1B transfer (June 2007) from Employer "A" - the I-797 receipt # of Employer "B" came out of to be different from I-797 receipt # of Employer "A"?
Shouldn't the I-797 receipt #'s for Employer "A" and Employer "B" should be SAME as it's just an H1B transfer???

Employer "A" I-797 receipt #:
EAC - XXX-XXXX
I-797 valid : 0ct' 2009

Employer "B" I-797 receipt #:
WAC - XXX-XXXX
I-797 valid: June' 2010

As I-797 receipt # gets printed on the H1B visa in the Passport, does having a different I-797 receipt # (of Employer "B") affects anything at port of entry?

Appreciate your help!

I received my 140 and 485 denial letters on Mar 19th. The reason cited for the 140 denial letter was "effect of failure to respond to a RFE". I received the RFE on my 140 dated Feb 8th on Feb 15th and my law firm sent out the response to the RFE that reached TSC on Mar 11th as per the Fedex receipt.

What are my options going forth:

(1) File a MTR? should I file this myself or work with my law firm on this? What is the effort involved in filing the MTR as I understand from the denial letter that I have until Apr 14th to file the MTR?

(2)Is there any other means to communicate with TSC that my RFE response was received at TSC within the 33 day time limit and hence there is no basis for this denial?

(3) Re-file a new 140 petition?

Any inputs and other suggestions are appreciated