EB2 Predictions (Rather Calculations) - 2012

[leo07]

ooouch...I tried to jump and it really hurts. I'm not Chinese either

It is very ridiculous! Many of them got GC in 1 year or less, we are getting GC in 5 years. Now they are complaining............

In the same industry, the competition is unfair. In the same company, one Korean guy got his GC in several months and jumped to a better company. one Indian/Chinese guy has to stick to a low pay job for 5 years or more before advancing in careers.

It's like a Chinese guy has a rope attached to his testicles and the Korean guy has no rope attached and these two guys are boxing on the stage. The Chinese guy can't jump because he feels the pain whenever he jumps. Now the Chinese guy asks the judge to release this rope to have a fair competition with the Korean guy. The Korean guy complains to the judge: don't release the rope, let his testicle pain continue.......

[leo07]

Check with your attorney if he is submitting tax docs. Not every attorney is submitting them. I guess it depends on case by case or the size/reputation of the organization filing GC. The last part is just my conclusion, by seeing so many other posts, of course

Hi Guru's,

Do we need to have all the tax return copies when filing I-485 ? if so how many years copies do we need ?

[vizcard]

Check with your attorney if he is submitting tax docs. Not every attorney is submitting them. I guess it depends on case by case or the size/reputation of the organization filing GC. The last part is just my conclusion, by seeing so many other posts, of course

Fragomen hasn't asked me for tax returns.

[vchirakala]

She just replied that she needs only Pay stubs and W2. Not the tax return copies.

Check with your attorney if he is submitting tax docs. Not every attorney is submitting them. I guess it depends on case by case or the size/reputation of the organization filing GC. The last part is just my conclusion, by seeing so many other posts, of course

[natvyas]

Fragomen hasn't asked me for tax returns.

vizcard

Is Fragomen preparing your paperwork. I see your PD is Aug 08 however my company uses the same law firm and they arent moving forward.

Regards
Nat

[sandeep11]

I was asked for the recent W2/Tax Returns/Latest Pay Stubs. Again it depeneds from lawyer to lawyer. Go by what your attorney is comfortable with.

Fragomen hasn't asked me for tax returns.

[ChampU]

Champu bhai.... on this one, please dont listen to anyone other than your immigration lawyer experienced in these situations... i wish you all the best and darne ka nahi....even with DUI, lot/almost all get their GC's....just need a good eligible experienced lawyer....galtiyan sabse hoti hein bhai... tension nahi lena ka....

Soggadu.. Thanks a lot, bhai..

I had spoken to my company's immigration lawyer after the incident and when I went for my visa stamping. His take was "no criminal offense" was a HUGE plus in my case.. Hopefully everything should be ok..
The whole experience was a nightmare when it happened. Tab g**d fati thi, lekin uski wajah se kaafi positive changes hue life mein.. I had stopped thinking about it, but when I'm preparing the docs for filing I-485, yeh gadaa murda ukhad aaya.. Dimaakh mein Jagjit Singh ki ek ghazal (main chahta bhi yehi tha, woh bewafa nikale) ka ek sher constantly chal raha hain..

"Kitaab-e-maazi ke panne ulat ke dekh jara..
Na jaane kaun sa panna muda hua nikale"..

[soggadu]

Soggadu.. Thanks a lot, bhai..

I had spoken to my company's immigration lawyer after the incident and when I went for my visa stamping. His take was "no criminal offense" was a HUGE plus in my case.. Hopefully everything should be ok..
The whole experience was a nightmare when it happened. Tab g**d fati thi, lekin uski wajah se kaafi positive changes hue life mein.. I had stopped thinking about it, but when I'm preparing the docs for filing I-485, yeh gadaa murda ukhad aaya.. Dimaakh mein Jagjit Singh ki ek ghazal (main chahta bhi yehi tha, woh bewafa nikale) ka ek sher constantly chal raha hain..

"Kitaab-e-maazi ke panne ulat ke dekh jara..
Na jaane kaun sa panna muda hua nikale"..

champu bhai...even earth was formed after an explosion, so look into the bright side of it...i have full confidence that you will go thru...

[ChampU]

Champu bhai.... on this one, please dont listen to anyone other than your immigration lawyer experienced in these situations... i wish you all the best and darne ka nahi....even with DUI, lot/almost all get their GC's....just need a good eligible experienced lawyer.....aur jagah dekh ke darru peene ka

Just kidding.....no offense meant

Bhai.. jab yeh locha life mein hua tab to temporarily pina chod diya tha..Ab to bhaiyaa ek rule banaaya hain..

wahi jagah tabiyat se daaru piyenge jaha aaram se raat guzaar sake..
Raat na guzaar paaye to theek samay ke liye ruke..

[Reader]

When the attorney asks for the tax returns, is it only the Federal returns that we have to provide??? Is my understanding correct or do we have to give the state returns as well? I can ask questions to the attorney only after my date is current.

[H1GC140]

Hello Gurus,

I have a same problem with my wife's H4 Visa. My employer's name is miss-typed on her H4 visa.(ie. instead of "ABC", they wrote "ABNC"). Do we have to correct it? My concern is if we go to consulate they will give us 221(G) and then we don’t know when we will get her passport back. FYI, she already has her returned ticket.

Should it create any problem in future immigration process or port of entry? Please advise.

Sorry for cluttering the forum - Q - please remove this later to appropriate location.

As I had posted, I am in India with my wife for Diwali. We went to New Delhi Embassy for our H1B stamping - our interview was fine and quick (I work for a large Univ in Business School and she works for a large bank). We got our visas back in 3-4 days - all fine - except - they had printed our Employer Names wrong - wrong campus in my case and National Association in her case instead of North America (for HSBC N A). They asked her to submit the passports back for visa correction to VFS with a cover letter. We did that. No response for a week and finally today we got an email saying that the passport is for 221(g) administrative processing.

This is such a shock to us. We are on H1B for more than 3 years and this was just a reissue of the visa. There is nothing in our background that will inspire suspicion. We even had the visa - it was their mistake that they printed our employer name wrong (BOTH OF THEM!) - and now we are stuck.

PLEASE if anyone has any thoughts on the way forward - please let me know. This is the first time I have ever had any immigration problem and don't know what to do. Please help.

[nishant2200]

Nishant, just my 2c of brotherly advice. You are way over invested and over obsessed about this bulletin - I would say to the point of being unhealthy. It will arrive in due course and it won't change anything that matters in your life - your family, your friends, your self-worth, your memories etc.

point taken kd. Its difficult to do so though when 8 days from last cut off, but I see where you are coming from.

Just ordered a pizza hut pizza in all its glory. I have been sick with cold and fever, glad right now, so that doesn't impede me during the 485 running around.

Now for the cheese and to indulge.

[vizcard]

vizcard

Is Fragomen preparing your paperwork. I see your PD is Aug 08 however my company uses the same law firm and they arent moving forward.

Regards
Nat

They haven't started doing my paperwork yet. They sent me the doc list so that I can start to gather my stuff.

[ChampU]

Haal -e- Dil..

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...RY5TRpcqVhMmOb

[longgcque]

QBF, This was a good one and speaks of our pain.

It is very ridiculous! Many of them got GC in 1 year or less, we are getting GC in 5 years. Now they are complaining............

In the same industry, the competition is unfair. In the same company, one Korean guy got his GC in several months and jumped to a better company. one Indian/Chinese guy has to stick to a low pay job for 5 years or more before advancing in careers.

It's like a Chinese guy has a rope attached to his testicles and the Korean guy has no rope attached and these two guys are boxing on the stage. The Chinese guy can't jump because he feels the pain whenever he jumps. Now the Chinese guy asks the judge to release this rope to have a fair competition with the Korean guy. The Korean guy complains to the judge: don't release the rope, let his testicle pain continue.......

[qblogfan]

haha, I am glad you guys like this joke.

We have been waiting for GC for too long. I hope all of us will get freedom soon!

QBF, This was a good one and speaks of our pain.

[Eb2_Dec07]

Thanks Pedro. Except for that one blip , I dont think I have had any issues with my immigration. Are you supplying all of your spouses visa approvals or 797s or just the current one. It gives me some confidence since they had approved my h4 despite the delay. If I'm so unlucky that they zero in on that specific scenario , then not sure what kind of proof I can get possibly . I'm hoping they will breeze through . Yes I do have an attorney so let's see how it goes.

I've been following Guru Nishant's advice and have been preparing my paperwork for my I485 submission and I haven't seen anything here that requires docs from my wife (i'm the primary) to prove that she's been in status throughout. Correct me if I'm wrong, anyone. Amongst the list of items my lawyer had asked me to keep ready, the most painful was all docs required (I90s, 94s, 797s, etc) to prove that I was in status all the way from when I first came here in 2003 (not for submission I believe, just to satisfy her and have it ready in case of an RFE), and when I asked if she needed this stuff for my wife too, she said she didn't. So, I think you should be fine unless something else in your history triggers an RFE. Still, I'd recommend a consultation with a good lawyer (if you don't already have one), to ask them about this. Amortize the $500 it would cost you over the rest of your life, and it's probably come out to less than $1 per month. Money well spent, I think.

[nayekal]

I've been following Guru Nishant's advice and have been preparing my paperwork for my I485 submission and I haven't seen anything here that requires docs from my wife (i'm the primary) to prove that she's been in status throughout. Correct me if I'm wrong, anyone. Amongst the list of items my lawyer had asked me to keep ready, the most painful was all docs required (I90s, 94s, 797s, etc) to prove that I was in status all the way from when I first came here in 2003 (not for submission I believe, just to satisfy her and have it ready in case of an RFE), and when I asked if she needed this stuff for my wife too, she said she didn't. So, I think you should be fine unless something else in your history triggers an RFE. Still, I'd recommend a consultation with a good lawyer (if you don't already have one), to ask them about this. Amortize the $500 it would cost you over the rest of your life, and it's probably come out to less than $1 per month. Money well spent, I think.

True. My Attorney asked me to submit only the most recent copies of I94, I797 and Biographic pages for my wife (I am the primary applicant).
I read some where that, if some one is out of status, they can go out and get the Visa stamped. This will resolve their out of status issue.
Moreover the back ground check revolves around the primary applicant, but it doesn't mean that they will not check the legal status of dependents.

[SmileBaba]

They haven't started doing my paperwork yet. They sent me the doc list so that I can start to gather my stuff.

Hi buddy! Can you please share the list of documents that Fragomen firm asks for filing I485? Thanks!

[vchirakala]

vizcard what is your PD ?? Mine is 04/18/2008 and I haven't received anything from them.

[ggk189]

gurus,
I have a question.My H1 elapsed last month(could not extend it because of lack of ead /6 year completion/ my GC did not advance until I140 ) hence applied for H4 visa. All I have is a receipt for H4 that it is applied. My spouse priority date is feb 2008 under EB2I. In case if the dates become current for applying for 485 should I need to have H4 approval or does the receipt suffice.

[ChampU]

gurus,
I have a question.My H1 elapsed last month(could not extend it because of lack of ead /6 year completion/ my GC did not advance until I140 ) hence applied for H4 visa. All I have is a receipt for H4 that it is applied. My spouse priority date is feb 2008 under EB2I. In case if the dates become current for applying for 485 should I need to have H4 approval or does the receipt suffice.

A friend of mine was in a similar position back in August 2007.. He had applied for H1 extension and it was in process while his PD became current.. his lawyer submitted the receipt as a proof of his current status.. His H1 was approved about 15 days after he submitted the I-485 application. When he went for the biometrics, he carried his approved H1 and a copy of it and told the officer about it. He handed over the copy to the officer, at the time of biometrics.

He was expecting a RFE about the current status, but didn't receive any. His GC was approved recently. The officer must have updated something in the system or he could have received an RFE for a different reason (that I'm not aware of) and he updated it in the system.

I guess your situation is similar to his, so you should be fine.

[qblogfan]

I think the Dec VB may be released tomorrow or next Monday.

nishant bhai, are you ready for tomorrow's VB?

I hope good luck to both of us.

point taken kd. Its difficult to do so though when 8 days from last cut off, but I see where you are coming from.

Just ordered a pizza hut pizza in all its glory. I have been sick with cold and fever, glad right now, so that doesn't impede me during the 485 running around.

Now for the cheese and to indulge.

[leo07]

I'm thinking if VB were to come tomorrow they would have released Demand Data by now. Likely, it's tuesday of next week?

I think the Dec VB may be released tomorrow or next Monday.

nishant bhai, are you ready for tomorrow's VB?

I hope good luck to both of us.

[iatiam]

Stepping in to Nishant's shoes, I can very well understand the situation. My PD is several years from being current, still when the VB comes out, its like my whole life depends on it. Now take that and exponentially increase it and see how it feels like when you are 8 days away.

I wish good luck to Nishant and all others whose PD is getting near.

point taken kd. Its difficult to do so though when 8 days from last cut off, but I see where you are coming from.

Just ordered a pizza hut pizza in all its glory. I have been sick with cold and fever, glad right now, so that doesn't impede me during the 485 running around.

Now for the cheese and to indulge.