xela
07-15 11:25 AM
We have an interview opportunity with a national TV channel. If you/anyone you know is interested, please contact Immigration voice.
could we talk about this rather than keeping on talking about Mr eastindia?
I would but I am not sure my story is the most compelling since EB3 ROW is by far not as bad off as EB3I or EB3C.
Whoever goes would have to leave anger at home though, I dont think anger will help us get through to people, emotion yes though?
Maybe we can figure out whos story would make the biggest impact and who is good at speaking, some might not feel comfortable doing thsi?
Thanks Pappu!
could we talk about this rather than keeping on talking about Mr eastindia?
I would but I am not sure my story is the most compelling since EB3 ROW is by far not as bad off as EB3I or EB3C.
Whoever goes would have to leave anger at home though, I dont think anger will help us get through to people, emotion yes though?
Maybe we can figure out whos story would make the biggest impact and who is good at speaking, some might not feel comfortable doing thsi?
Thanks Pappu!
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willigetgc?
01-14 12:23 PM
A lot can be achieved, if all members honestly contact and meet and talk with the staff of the lawmakers in their town.
The problem with the EB Community/ IV members is that we think that going and talking with our lawmakers is not going to help. Or, we are under the impression that all politicians generally know everything about us and are just unwilling to do anything about it for political reasons.
The truth is that 90% of lawmakers and their staff have no clue that there are thousands backlogged and stuck in this process for a decade.
It is our job to educate, bring our issues to light and keep pressure on them to bring/cosponsor or vote for a meaningful bill that will allievate our problems.
When I visited my local congresswoman's office the first time in 2007- The staff was actually shocked to hear that I have done all the right paperwork and being employed and stuck for 5 years.
Over the years, I have met them many times and educated them about the issues and build a relationship. And yet, many times the staff wonders if there are really thousands of people like me affected, how is it that there is just me that is visiting them and talking about it.
Remember there are 435 house representatives and 100 senators. Each one of you are within driving distance (40 minutes) to a office of a rep.
You are absolutely right!
Many lawmakers are not aware of the problems with high skilled legal immigrants. It happened with my Rep. To them, fixing immigration means - doing something about illegal immigrants - whether it is to send them back or to give them a path to gc/citizenship.
They asked me about how many legal high skilled immigrants are stuck in the state, and why is it that they are not voicing their concerns. As I did not have the statistics of how many legal hs immigrants were in the state, I told them that they were in a better position to get the information from the USCIS than I was. They nodded, and I have met with them many more times after that, and I ask if they have the statistic - they are yet to seek it from the USCIS. Its just me and my spouse visiting this office, so there is no urgency, or need for them to push themselves to find or act on it.......
Unless, there is united messaging throughout the country, our voices will only be feeble and gets drowned out by others who are speaking loud.
I started a thread about making meeting with lawmakers a priority this year, just a couple posted about meeting. That shows where we are in terms of advocating for the changes that will benefit us........
Just my thoughts..
The problem with the EB Community/ IV members is that we think that going and talking with our lawmakers is not going to help. Or, we are under the impression that all politicians generally know everything about us and are just unwilling to do anything about it for political reasons.
The truth is that 90% of lawmakers and their staff have no clue that there are thousands backlogged and stuck in this process for a decade.
It is our job to educate, bring our issues to light and keep pressure on them to bring/cosponsor or vote for a meaningful bill that will allievate our problems.
When I visited my local congresswoman's office the first time in 2007- The staff was actually shocked to hear that I have done all the right paperwork and being employed and stuck for 5 years.
Over the years, I have met them many times and educated them about the issues and build a relationship. And yet, many times the staff wonders if there are really thousands of people like me affected, how is it that there is just me that is visiting them and talking about it.
Remember there are 435 house representatives and 100 senators. Each one of you are within driving distance (40 minutes) to a office of a rep.
You are absolutely right!
Many lawmakers are not aware of the problems with high skilled legal immigrants. It happened with my Rep. To them, fixing immigration means - doing something about illegal immigrants - whether it is to send them back or to give them a path to gc/citizenship.
They asked me about how many legal high skilled immigrants are stuck in the state, and why is it that they are not voicing their concerns. As I did not have the statistics of how many legal hs immigrants were in the state, I told them that they were in a better position to get the information from the USCIS than I was. They nodded, and I have met with them many more times after that, and I ask if they have the statistic - they are yet to seek it from the USCIS. Its just me and my spouse visiting this office, so there is no urgency, or need for them to push themselves to find or act on it.......
Unless, there is united messaging throughout the country, our voices will only be feeble and gets drowned out by others who are speaking loud.
I started a thread about making meeting with lawmakers a priority this year, just a couple posted about meeting. That shows where we are in terms of advocating for the changes that will benefit us........
Just my thoughts..
subba
06-17 07:47 AM
Assuming CIR is dead, is there anything we can look forward to (other than the monthly Visa bulletins for the eternally optimistic) now?
What are the chances SKIL or something similar making progress as a separate bill (or part of some other bill)?
What are the chances SKIL or something similar making progress as a separate bill (or part of some other bill)?
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GCNeophyte
07-16 05:21 PM
Ombudsman Report: reference - Page 47
Finally, considering the data contained in the December
11, 2009 I-485 Inventory Report, the Ombudsman notes
that out of 141,019 EB-3 green card cases queued-up
worldwide, approximately 43 percent are chargeable to
India, and 64 percent of the cases with priority dates
before 2004 similarly are chargeable to India. Without
attempting to predict future EB-3 wait times, based on the
high percentage of applicants from India in queue, the data
suggest that many thousands of green card applicants of Indian nationality will be waiting years, if not decades, for
the approval of their green card cases.
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/forum5-all-other-green-card-issues/1598941-uscis-ombudsman-annual-report-2010-a.html
Finally, considering the data contained in the December
11, 2009 I-485 Inventory Report, the Ombudsman notes
that out of 141,019 EB-3 green card cases queued-up
worldwide, approximately 43 percent are chargeable to
India, and 64 percent of the cases with priority dates
before 2004 similarly are chargeable to India. Without
attempting to predict future EB-3 wait times, based on the
high percentage of applicants from India in queue, the data
suggest that many thousands of green card applicants of Indian nationality will be waiting years, if not decades, for
the approval of their green card cases.
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/forum5-all-other-green-card-issues/1598941-uscis-ombudsman-annual-report-2010-a.html
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mohanty999
09-01 09:57 AM
Any EB2 India approvals yet?
for_gc
06-07 09:44 AM
Nelson favors his immigration plan over Senate's
By Robert Pore
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With President Bush in Omaha today pushing for immigration reform, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., said his approach to immigration reform has more of a chance of becoming law than the Senate version he voted against.
Nelson spoke to reporters during a telephone conference Tuesday.Last month, he voted against a Senate immigration bill that went on to be approved, saying the legislation accomplished nothing and left the borders wide open.
At the time, Nelson said the Senate plan to provide amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants in the United States would ultimately stall.
He said the Senate amnesty plan will allow more than 66 million immigrants into the United States and cost $100 billion.
Nelson has proposed his own bipartisan border security first bill that would strengthen U.S. borders by increasing border patrol agents, increasing detention facilities for those caught crossing the border illegally, adding court resources, building a border barrier, and cracking down on employers who knowingly hire illegal workers.
Nelson said Nebraskans will warmly greet Bush, but said most agree with his position about the importance of securing the border first.
With such a wide gap of agreement between the House and Senate immigration bills, Nelson is not optimistic that a compromise can be reached in conference committee.
But Nelson said his position bridges the gap between the House and Senate bills and could lead to compromise legislation that could pass this year.
He said after first securing the border, lawmakers can then look at solutions concerning the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants currently in the country, "...instead of cobbling together in the middle of the night an amnesty."
Nelson said there has been some discussion among lawmakers that the House/Senate conference committee on reconciling the House and Senate immigration bills "will never meet."
"If the conference committee doesn't meet, then the two bills are left in limbo because they can't square it," Nelson said.
If an immigration reform package doesn't pass this year, Nelson said, an unsecured border will become even more of a pathway for undocumented immigrants.
"You will have people coming across the border because they have heard comments that others have made that they can't get everybody back," Nelson said. "The result of this, even with the good intentions of my colleagues, is that we'll have more people coming across the border at a larger rate than we have had in the past. That's happening right now."
And Nelson is concerned that will lead to more deaths with people illegally crossing the border in the desert during the heat of summer.
"It is a sad situation and we have to stop this border bleeding," he said. "If we don't do that, the problem will get so big that it will be harder to deal with."
By Robert Pore
robert.pore@theindependent.com
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"Nebraska is way too behind in time as far as broadband internet service is concerned. Personally, I pay high prices for DSL internet service in comparison to the locations that offer multiple broadband services."
- Posted by witsend, in our Forum topic Broadband
With President Bush in Omaha today pushing for immigration reform, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., said his approach to immigration reform has more of a chance of becoming law than the Senate version he voted against.
Nelson spoke to reporters during a telephone conference Tuesday.Last month, he voted against a Senate immigration bill that went on to be approved, saying the legislation accomplished nothing and left the borders wide open.
At the time, Nelson said the Senate plan to provide amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants in the United States would ultimately stall.
He said the Senate amnesty plan will allow more than 66 million immigrants into the United States and cost $100 billion.
Nelson has proposed his own bipartisan border security first bill that would strengthen U.S. borders by increasing border patrol agents, increasing detention facilities for those caught crossing the border illegally, adding court resources, building a border barrier, and cracking down on employers who knowingly hire illegal workers.
Nelson said Nebraskans will warmly greet Bush, but said most agree with his position about the importance of securing the border first.
With such a wide gap of agreement between the House and Senate immigration bills, Nelson is not optimistic that a compromise can be reached in conference committee.
But Nelson said his position bridges the gap between the House and Senate bills and could lead to compromise legislation that could pass this year.
He said after first securing the border, lawmakers can then look at solutions concerning the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants currently in the country, "...instead of cobbling together in the middle of the night an amnesty."
Nelson said there has been some discussion among lawmakers that the House/Senate conference committee on reconciling the House and Senate immigration bills "will never meet."
"If the conference committee doesn't meet, then the two bills are left in limbo because they can't square it," Nelson said.
If an immigration reform package doesn't pass this year, Nelson said, an unsecured border will become even more of a pathway for undocumented immigrants.
"You will have people coming across the border because they have heard comments that others have made that they can't get everybody back," Nelson said. "The result of this, even with the good intentions of my colleagues, is that we'll have more people coming across the border at a larger rate than we have had in the past. That's happening right now."
And Nelson is concerned that will lead to more deaths with people illegally crossing the border in the desert during the heat of summer.
"It is a sad situation and we have to stop this border bleeding," he said. "If we don't do that, the problem will get so big that it will be harder to deal with."
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houston_TX
07-19 02:32 PM
Guys,
Thanks for the quick response, much appreciated. I think I have the answer to my question.
Essentially:
1. RD will determine sequence in which AOS are looked at by case officers at USCIS. So July applicants with 2006 PD will geat EAD/AP, etc sooner than October applicants with 2002 PD.
2. In the event of retrogression (say to 2005), only those applications which have a current PD at the time of visa approval will get the green card. So 2002 PD will get GC before 2006 PD.
I hope I understood correctly?
Thanks for the quick response, much appreciated. I think I have the answer to my question.
Essentially:
1. RD will determine sequence in which AOS are looked at by case officers at USCIS. So July applicants with 2006 PD will geat EAD/AP, etc sooner than October applicants with 2002 PD.
2. In the event of retrogression (say to 2005), only those applications which have a current PD at the time of visa approval will get the green card. So 2002 PD will get GC before 2006 PD.
I hope I understood correctly?
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cdrumeva
09-14 11:36 PM
Hi all,
I have an approved H1B visa and was planing to start working for the new sponsor company 10/01/08. It turned out my current employer bought the company I was going to. My position is slightly different but in same line of business and industry. mY question is:
Do i need to file an h1b amendment for both position and company?
I appreciate your insight.
Regards,
I have an approved H1B visa and was planing to start working for the new sponsor company 10/01/08. It turned out my current employer bought the company I was going to. My position is slightly different but in same line of business and industry. mY question is:
Do i need to file an h1b amendment for both position and company?
I appreciate your insight.
Regards,
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gc_on_demand
06-09 12:04 PM
Come on guys .. can't you spare minutes to call CHC for our own cause.
This is very important to call CHC now. They will not let these bill to move forward.
I had call CHC and it will not take more time..
This is very important to call CHC now. They will not let these bill to move forward.
I had call CHC and it will not take more time..
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new_horizon
05-16 06:23 PM
I called the offices of all the congressman/women listed here. I could speak to the office staff of only one congressman. I left a voicemail for the rest of them.
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sgupta33
09-20 03:17 PM
I just wanted to say that the rally, all the pre-rally prep, and meeting with lawmakers was such an intense and exhilarating experience! I feel so priviledged to have met some of the core IV people - I felt like a groupie meeting superstars! They are truly inspiring... There were so many other wonderful people I had the chance to meet who now make my wait more meaningful. It was such fun getting to know all of you and sharing the experience. I have wonderful memories of the entire event...
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gclongwaytogo
09-01 11:11 PM
Dont know how long its gonna take....I will be pissed off if it happens like sep 2008...:mad:
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Worked_10_Years
08-05 07:25 AM
:)
Finally, I received much awaited approval /CPO emails. No matter what it certainly is a relief moment both financially ( savings in EAD/AP renewals) and emotionally.
I have been working since 2008 and know the unexpressed pain that everyone go thru while waiting for ever.
Here are my details
Type:EB2
PD: Feb 2006
Center : TSC
I-485 Filed date : 07/02/2007 Notice Date 9/5/2007
Finally, I received much awaited approval /CPO emails. No matter what it certainly is a relief moment both financially ( savings in EAD/AP renewals) and emotionally.
I have been working since 2008 and know the unexpressed pain that everyone go thru while waiting for ever.
Here are my details
Type:EB2
PD: Feb 2006
Center : TSC
I-485 Filed date : 07/02/2007 Notice Date 9/5/2007
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usirit
05-20 04:22 PM
Stuck in Chicago....!!! Let me know if there is something that I can do.
EB3, From: Venezuela. Residence: Indiana
Field of Work: IT
LC PERM - Chicago PD: 06/2007: "In Process"
LC Auditted and Denied: 12/2007 (Missing the date portion of the Ad)
Required document submitted: 12/2007
LC PERM back to "In Process": 01/2008
EB3, From: Venezuela. Residence: Indiana
Field of Work: IT
LC PERM - Chicago PD: 06/2007: "In Process"
LC Auditted and Denied: 12/2007 (Missing the date portion of the Ad)
Required document submitted: 12/2007
LC PERM back to "In Process": 01/2008
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Lasantha
04-16 05:46 PM
Guys,
I received the card in the mail today. It was mailed in Texas on 04/14.
So here is the events from 04/10 when I received the Welcome email.
04/10 - Welcome Email
04/10 - Card Production Email
04/15 - Case approved Email (Shouldn' this be the first one they should have sent? Anyways I'm not complaining :D)
04/16 - Card received.
It felt so good have it finally in my hands!!!!
I received the card in the mail today. It was mailed in Texas on 04/14.
So here is the events from 04/10 when I received the Welcome email.
04/10 - Welcome Email
04/10 - Card Production Email
04/15 - Case approved Email (Shouldn' this be the first one they should have sent? Anyways I'm not complaining :D)
04/16 - Card received.
It felt so good have it finally in my hands!!!!
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logiclife
02-01 09:04 PM
It was introduced by Kennedy to amend an unfriendly amendment from Jeff Sessions, but its only registered on Thomas. It has not passed and its not a part of the bill that passed the Senate today. It was not even debated.
This is what happened:
Kennedy submitted SA 180(about immigration) in response to amendment SA 143(text unavailable) introduced by Jeff Sessions. Its a parliamentary spat (tit for tat) and eventually both were left untouched. So it can be on thomas, but it has not passed.
Thanks for being alert, but please be careful about such things. Not everything that is on Thomas becomes law or is even debated.
This is what happened:
Kennedy submitted SA 180(about immigration) in response to amendment SA 143(text unavailable) introduced by Jeff Sessions. Its a parliamentary spat (tit for tat) and eventually both were left untouched. So it can be on thomas, but it has not passed.
Thanks for being alert, but please be careful about such things. Not everything that is on Thomas becomes law or is even debated.
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akhilmahajan
08-06 08:18 PM
Im still waiting too. e-filed may 23rd. fp done on June 17th.
Expedite request denied, have an infopass appointment on August 14th. I will see what they will say
Getting too worried as my current ead is going to expire on Sep 19th.
Looking at the tracking it looks like TSC has started to work on all these pending cases. Hopefully our petitions get approved soon too
Will keep you posted
Can you tell what reasons you had given for the Expedite Request?
Expedite request denied, have an infopass appointment on August 14th. I will see what they will say
Getting too worried as my current ead is going to expire on Sep 19th.
Looking at the tracking it looks like TSC has started to work on all these pending cases. Hopefully our petitions get approved soon too
Will keep you posted
Can you tell what reasons you had given for the Expedite Request?
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hellomms
05-27 01:08 AM
Hi All,
please work with hellomms for the signature as already he has all the details and user names.
Hey snathan,
Thanks for all your hard work with Ron and keeping this forum alive. I apologies for not being actively involved in the past couple weeks, I was not feeling well and whenever I felt better I had to work - to keep my job :)
Anyhow, I see a lot has changes, we have a lot more people now with the Audit issues, since the last time I posted the list. I will be posting one very soon - before the end of the day tomorrow (Tuesday).
please work with hellomms for the signature as already he has all the details and user names.
Hey snathan,
Thanks for all your hard work with Ron and keeping this forum alive. I apologies for not being actively involved in the past couple weeks, I was not feeling well and whenever I felt better I had to work - to keep my job :)
Anyhow, I see a lot has changes, we have a lot more people now with the Audit issues, since the last time I posted the list. I will be posting one very soon - before the end of the day tomorrow (Tuesday).
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braindrain
05-23 07:40 PM
I called the Senetars last week. Left VM for few and was able to speak with assistants on other occasions.But, missed voting on the IV poll.....
Just wanted to let people know, if we are still counting the total number of calls....Count me in...
Just wanted to let people know, if we are still counting the total number of calls....Count me in...
neoneo
05-11 11:52 PM
Over last 5 years, good to see IV getting stronger and better in articulating it's ideas and raising awareness with USCIS.
Keep you the good work. Best wishes to all !
Keep you the good work. Best wishes to all !
guyfromsg
06-26 06:41 PM
Thank you. Our company promised to file before 23rd July and I was worried about the rumors. Thanks for clarifying you saved one panic email to the lawyer and HR :)