i dont know....mine is Oct 22 2007... not sure when but this FY for sure atleast to apply for EAD and AP...Originally Posted by soggadufan
i dont know....mine is Oct 22 2007... not sure when but this FY for sure atleast to apply for EAD and AP...
Some interesting news from Ron Gotcher.
http://www.imminfo.com/News/Newslett...-comments.html
http://www.imminfo.com/News/Newslett...ed-effort.html
Basically he makes 3 points:
1. UCSIS may ask people to file amended H1B if they switch jobs. This is quite scary.
2. USCIS confirmed that H1 extension beyond 6 years continues to remain valid even if 140-485 gets rejected.
3. The whole PERM stoppage in last 2 months turned out a wasted exercise.
On the 3rd point - Surprise Surprise!! We keep telling you guys that the way backlog is eliminated is policy driven. note- As per 2012 this doesn't impact predictions. The PERM approvals throughput will remain the same its the timing of approval that will be affected.
needid, thanks for kind words. We were lucky that people like respectful and helpful environment. In terms of knowledge and intelligence, I think there already are people on this forum who are more intelligent and knowledgeable than me
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Thanks for sharing.
For point 3, do you mean our backlog will be reduced quicker because of the pause of PERM?
How much impact can it cause? I remember the pause was from June 30th to September, right?
Some interesting news from Ron Gotcher.
http://www.imminfo.com/News/Newslett...-comments.html
http://www.imminfo.com/News/Newslett...ed-effort.html
Basically he makes 3 points:
1. UCSIS may ask people to file amended H1B if they switch jobs. This is quite scary.
2. USCIS confirmed that H1 extension beyond 6 years continues to remain valid even if 140-485 gets rejected.
3. The whole PERM stoppage in last 2 months turned out a wasted exercise.
On the 3rd point - Surprise Surprise!! We keep telling you guys that the way backlog is eliminated is policy driven. note- As per 2012 this doesn't impact predictions. The PERM approvals throughput will remain the same its the timing of approval that will be affected.
needid, thanks for kind words. We were lucky that people like respectful and helpful environment. In terms of knowledge and intelligence, I think there already are people on this forum who are more intelligent and knowledgeable than me
qbf, i think there should be no impact of #3. It only impacts EB2ROW from SOFAD perspective. And since the numbers are relatively small ... 2 months impact is next to nothing.
LoL! So true!
I am not sure but I think amendment would be revalidation rather than just saying this is same job different employer.
I do not know if that is true. But I wouldn't be surprised if it is. That would be yet another roadblock for legal immigrants.
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I really like your username: codesmith
This is so True, and it is happening
Source:-http://www.ilw.com/articles/2011,0927-algase.shtm
According to another Headline in the same ID issue, nativist groups are now ramping up their attacks on authorized ("legal", "documented") immigrants by trying to make them scapegoats for the bad economy and high unemployment. When have we heard this before? Open up a book about almost any period in American history.
What does this mean for the current administration and President Obama's re-election chances?Only one thing - no matter how many non-criminal immigrants he continues to deport, families he breaks up, American children he leaves without a parent or breadwinner; no matter how many skilled foreign professionals are denied approval of petitions or visas for no good reason or have them held up by meritless, politically motivated RFE's, the anti-immigrant right will never vote to re-elect Obama. There will always be a more extreme anti-immigrant position that the demagogues and hate groups will try to exploit.
I am not even mentioning the right wing nuts who think that Obama himself is America's "Illegal Immigrant In Chief". As the president himself says, even if he built a fence, the antis would want a moat. Even if he built a moat, they would want to put alligators in it. Then why is the president himself continuing to build a fence separating his Department of Homeland Security from any actions that would show real fairness, justice or compassion to minority immigrants? Why is he still throwing them in a moat with the twin alligators of deportation and unjustified petition and visa denials?
AC21 removed the country limit in quarter basis. Any leftover in each quarter should go to EB2-IC, but in the past the leftover didn't go to EB2-CI until each end of fiscal year. Here is a quote from this document:
"The American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act (AC21) removed
the per-country limit in any calendar quarter in which overall applicant
demand for Employment-based visa numbers is less than the total of such
numbers available."
Basically Mr.CO should have assigned visa numbers to EB2-CI on a quarter basis, but he didn't follow the rule.
I found the official link from USCIS:
http://www.travel.state.gov/pdf/Immi...ation%20of.pdf
I think, nothing is going to happen, until economy is up and the unemployment goes back to 6% or 5 %, until that EB immigrants will be the political football!! that is the sad Truth everyone of us should accept, no amount of online petitions, nothing is going to work, Even though all these so called authorities knows what is the reality. they don't give any value to that.. that means our frustrations about GC will remain Until economy gorws and unemployment rates comes down. or we all join the Indian companies and apply on EB1 international manager category!!!
I can feel you my friend. I know what you are saying.
About the investment part I agree, US is right now trying to literally sell the EB5 GC like a car salesman to a "bakra" (meaning unknowing, literally translates to a male goat
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Kingcaesar
AC-21 Memo
http://www.uscis.gov/USCIS/Laws/Memo...ntrm122705.pdf
Just to add to the information.
1.AC-21 can be invoked after your 485 has been pending after 180 days .Rule says you must be granted the EAD before that.
2.It is not be intrepreted as waiting for 180 days after EAD has been received.
3.Your friend might not have been confused.He might have filed concurrently his I-40 and I-485 and in his case 180 days from either I-40 or I-485 would be same.However still I-140 approval would be necessary to invoke AC-21.
I would not recommend doing an AC-21 even after 180 days in the current economy with so many questions nowadays being raised about portability and occupational classification codes etc.Just wait till the whole thing is over.
Exactly. I read in murthy.com that even after getting your GC, it is better to stick with the same employer for 6 months to 1 year to avoid any issues during naturalization process, if anyone wishes to get that far.
My friend took a paid phone consultation with murthy firm and was advised same thing.
The root of all these things is: a re-balance between developed countries and developing countries.
People in developing countries have been working hard for many years and they deserve more. The wealth is going to the developing countries now.
In US I found many people are very lazy and don't do much work, but they are making thousands of dollars. Do you think this will last forever?
If you are getting a good opportunity then talk to your current employer and tell him that you will be interested in filing the 485 with them. If your employer agrees, then transfer H1, and while working with the new employer you can file 485 with your old employer
(when your PD gets current).
Now if your 485 gets approved before 180 days of filing then you must join your old employer after GC approval. Or else, if your 485 doesn't get approved for 180+ days, then you can file AC21 and continue to work with new employer even after getting GC approval (with old employer).
Hope I am making sense here.
Gurus: What could be the risks involved in this scenario?
Apologies for being off topic on this but saw an interesting article in the news today and couldn't resist sharing with the group.
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-mone...gration-reform
Call me an (overly) optimistic if you want but I feel like relief for folks like us is on the way. Within a year there will be some major changes to the legal immigration system and there will not be any retrogression within EB2 category. I am seeing appetite building on both sides of the isle to make changes to legal immigration system.
Thanks!
ssvp you don't seem to be interested in any fruitful discussion. You are quite frustrated with EB1C and I understand that and I respect your opinion. But you initially attacked me and even after I gently responding you are doing the same again by saying this is my forum. I repeat, I have always opposed any ill talk about any EB or FB category even when I didn't have a GC.
You are damn right about one thing though. This is my forum and one thing that I have always gone long lenths is preserving the freedom of speech. However, if you care to trace my behavior I am not one shy for fight because there many such scumbags like you on some of the other forums and people on this forum are sick of that culture and that is why they come here.
I just hate that you have just wasted precious few minutes of such readers who will end up reading my response to you. And I don't want that to happen again. So good luck to you and I say without any regrets that you are not welcome to post here to even visit here. Go figure your GC path yourself. You seem to have pretty good handle on it.
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Oh wow Q! Never saw you worked up so much. Seems like the guy got to you. Just ignore him (easier said than done, especially after a tiring work day). Most of us spend so much time here that we love you and don't want to see you get upset.
I think i am more kind of pessimist on legal immigration... I read such articles everyday and i lost confidence if anyone is really intrested in legal immigration. But i will the happiest person if something good can happen to us..
Leo; EB2I; PD: 11/01/2008; NSC; MD: 01/03/2012; RD: 01/04/2012; ND: 1/12/2012; FP Scheduled: 02/22; EAD/AP: 02/22; CPO email: 03/09/2012; GC 3/15/2012; what next???? India Trip????
me too. These proposals have been discussed since 2007, but nothing happened in the past four years. I hope they can do something to help out the legal immigrants with late PDs. Many families need a huge relief!
What blows me away is this! If I had $500K to invist in a business in US, roughly translated 2.5 crores in Inidan Rupees liquid assets or free cash, I would setup the same business in a growing economy like India and also I will live a lavish life there with helpers and handy-man's at disposal than coming over to US and working on the logistics on my own. So the EB5 is for someone who made and saved that much money while in US and then planning to go indepenent. And I guess my the time someone saves that much, they would have alredy been greened. So EB5 would not make sense - my thoughts.
I can feel you my friend. I know what you are saying.
About the investment part I agree, US is right now trying to literally sell the EB5 GC like a car salesman to a "bakra" (meaning unknowing, literally translates to a male goat
i see the expectations rising again like mercury during indian summer... chil out bro's and sister's of those bro's... every time expectations are high, the VB is going bad...
Srimurthy
Definetly your perspective makes sense for many of us . Q had posted an article from msnbc which talked about the desire of many rich chinese and europeans who had made a lot of money but desired the explore the life in a western society for its appeal of an open culture and were using the EB5 to immigrate to the US.
EB5 makes huge sense for these people.Also this trend will increase with the increase of wealth in Asia .
From the Time magazine.
http://www.time.com/time/world/artic...077139,00.html
I also keep thinking aboutthe same logic you laid out below. But then sometimes I think people really value the peace, freedom and openness after they have attained a minimum stability in life.
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I agree. I know the US agencies are promoting this EB5 program in China. Many rich people moved here for the less crowded environment. It is very crowded in China especially in big cities. Usually it's difficult to find a seat in McDonalds and the speed on local roads with serious traffic jam is less than 20MPH in Beijing. The parking facilities are also very limited. A tiny 1000 sqft apartment in Beijing can cost 300k-400k USD. I heard many rich people really want to drive on the American highway and buy fancy houses in USA, which are much nicer. Because they are rich, so they can spend 6 months in US and 6 months back home, really enjoy themselves and don't feel lonely. Small guys like myself have to keep working and enjoy one month vacation under employer's mercy. Life is boring and lonely.
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Got it, any idea if we have stats that break up EB5 Approval numbers on Country basis! Also I grew up with the notion that Europe is also a western society, also heard its more beautiful. never got a chance to travel there.. and hoping to do so after getting greened.
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