gcwait2007
03-13 04:58 PM
Well...I am one of us stuck in EB3. I do qualify for EB2 but my employer choose to file it under EB3. I recently invoked AC21 and moved over to a new employer on my EAD. Is there a way I can ask my new employer if they can file new I140 under EB2 and change my category to EB2?
I am also like you. As I have been searching this forum, I understand that you can ask your new employer to process a new EB-2 PERM, once it is approved, the new employer can submit for I-140 with interfiling of old PD of EB-3.
I am also like you. As I have been searching this forum, I understand that you can ask your new employer to process a new EB-2 PERM, once it is approved, the new employer can submit for I-140 with interfiling of old PD of EB-3.
santb1975
06-24 03:29 PM
Let us keep this going
a1b2c3
01-13 02:02 PM
Is there a way I can ask my new employer if they can file new I140 under EB2 and change my category to EB2?
Does someone has answer for this?
If your job profile demands seniority (which it must be - going by your EB3-2003 PD), you are better off refiling under EB2, instead of *just* (read just) spending couple of thousands on IV campaigns and beating up on people who are not contributing as much you have done to IV. That is not to say we stop contributing for the general cause. Don't misunderstand and start flaming at me, won't do any good.
I have not done this myself with the same employer, I changed my employer for a senior job position and I had also acquired a masters degree in comp engg from a reputed university before I became eligibile for EB2. But as a fellow IVian, who understands the EB3-I issue, I would surely advocate this not only to you but to all other EB3's with older PDs.
Does someone has answer for this?
If your job profile demands seniority (which it must be - going by your EB3-2003 PD), you are better off refiling under EB2, instead of *just* (read just) spending couple of thousands on IV campaigns and beating up on people who are not contributing as much you have done to IV. That is not to say we stop contributing for the general cause. Don't misunderstand and start flaming at me, won't do any good.
I have not done this myself with the same employer, I changed my employer for a senior job position and I had also acquired a masters degree in comp engg from a reputed university before I became eligibile for EB2. But as a fellow IVian, who understands the EB3-I issue, I would surely advocate this not only to you but to all other EB3's with older PDs.
Macaca
09-20 01:38 PM
Macaca
This is a very biggg thread.can you give me the page nos or a range from this page to this.. so It would be easy to read..! being in office I cant scroll thro so many pages !thanks
We have been tracking this thread for 2+ weeks with little (may be no) success.
You can start from page 285 which is rally day
This is a very biggg thread.can you give me the page nos or a range from this page to this.. so It would be easy to read..! being in office I cant scroll thro so many pages !thanks
We have been tracking this thread for 2+ weeks with little (may be no) success.
You can start from page 285 which is rally day
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delhiguy79
07-21 08:47 AM
I filed I-140 on July 5, and was hoping to get the receipt by this week because as per the press release ( dated 7/13), NSC was supposed to be time complaint with regards to I-140 receipt date by 7/18/2007. But they again changed to 8/1/2007. You never know they will NOT change it again!
hey its more than 15 days for u now...did u try toi call USCIS and ask them the receipt number ???
hey its more than 15 days for u now...did u try toi call USCIS and ask them the receipt number ???
eastindia
01-13 10:44 AM
he should ask his daughter to return to india first...practice what you preach.
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geesee
07-24 10:19 PM
Pappu - Thanks for removing the ban!
OP - I honestly feel very sorry for all the people out there who are stuck at PBEC... Its the most unfortunate thing in the whole GC process. And I truly believe that IV Core should treat labor backlog issue as one of their top priority items.
I had filed 2 labor apps in 2004. One from NJ in Jun 2004 and other one from IL in Nov. 2004.. I consider myself lucky to get my IL labor approval. Dont know the status of NJ labor.. I think it might be stuck in backlog too!
OP - I honestly feel very sorry for all the people out there who are stuck at PBEC... Its the most unfortunate thing in the whole GC process. And I truly believe that IV Core should treat labor backlog issue as one of their top priority items.
I had filed 2 labor apps in 2004. One from NJ in Jun 2004 and other one from IL in Nov. 2004.. I consider myself lucky to get my IL labor approval. Dont know the status of NJ labor.. I think it might be stuck in backlog too!
go_guy123
08-08 11:53 PM
why didnt ur friend apply for MBA in canada?....i think a lot of people have misconceptions and pre-conceived notions about canada.......they think of US as the best and canada does not even figure in their list of options......i have got fooled once into h1b to US unaware of the broken immigration system.......wont happen again......i believe the ones in US on h1b visa from india should spread the word about the pathetic EB 2/EB3 india scenario so that no one else gets lured into US by h1b candy
Yes it was his first lesson. Yes US is good but not for EB2-I/EB3-I. I was also fooled when I came for my MS before. Not anymore.
Yes it was his first lesson. Yes US is good but not for EB2-I/EB3-I. I was also fooled when I came for my MS before. Not anymore.
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vdlrao
07-14 11:56 AM
Singhsha,
Please see the below.
Employment-based preferences 162,176
First: Priority workers 26,697
Second: advanced degrees or aliens of exceptional ability 44,162
Third: Skilled workers, professionals, and needed unskilled workers 85,030
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/yearbook/2007/table07d.xls
So from now on in EB2 there would be around 100k approvals where as in EB3 it would be around 50k approvals due to the chage of vertical fall out to horizontal fall out of visa numbers.
Please see the below.
Employment-based preferences 162,176
First: Priority workers 26,697
Second: advanced degrees or aliens of exceptional ability 44,162
Third: Skilled workers, professionals, and needed unskilled workers 85,030
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/yearbook/2007/table07d.xls
So from now on in EB2 there would be around 100k approvals where as in EB3 it would be around 50k approvals due to the chage of vertical fall out to horizontal fall out of visa numbers.
anilsal
02-12 02:59 AM
Based on last week's BusinessWeek article, I have a feeling that we will see an effort to restrict initial H1B applications in some way. That would be a good opportunity to push for allowing naturalization applications for people who have been on work visas for a long time (say 8-10 yrs?). Fighting for citizenship would have a stronger emotional dimension and may connect better with the American public. A direct filing for citizenship will work around retrogression by providing an avenue for people to move out of the GC queue.
That would be nice. Citizenship for people who have been on visa and been in the country legally for a number of years. But I doubt it will happen anytime soon.
That would be nice. Citizenship for people who have been on visa and been in the country legally for a number of years. But I doubt it will happen anytime soon.
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gc_coming
01-12 06:19 PM
Hi All,
I got a notice from uscis on sept 24th stating that my 485 has been withdrawn as my previous employer withdrew my 140. I filed in july 2007 , and ported to a new job in April 2008. I filed an MTR on 24th Sept, but the status of the MTR is still received and pending. Its going to be 180 days since my 485 has been withdrawn on march 9th. And my lawyer is saying that i have to leave this country if we dont get the MTR accepted before 180 days.
Gurus could you please suggest some ideas on all possible steps that can be taken..
Thanks
I got a notice from uscis on sept 24th stating that my 485 has been withdrawn as my previous employer withdrew my 140. I filed in july 2007 , and ported to a new job in April 2008. I filed an MTR on 24th Sept, but the status of the MTR is still received and pending. Its going to be 180 days since my 485 has been withdrawn on march 9th. And my lawyer is saying that i have to leave this country if we dont get the MTR accepted before 180 days.
Gurus could you please suggest some ideas on all possible steps that can be taken..
Thanks
chanduv23
10-03 05:25 PM
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walking_dude
09-20 03:20 PM
It's not a secret society. I saw them all at DC. May not know the names fully, but have seen them all. No ma'am I never thought they were aliens invading earth :p
I'm not anti-IV or anti-Core. I appreciate the work being done. I just posted my feelings on the way things work here, with the sincere hope that things can be improved. Definitely not for nitpicking.
Coming back to my point - you have answered it yourself. I think... I think... Here I think... I don't think..... It's a guessing game for us.
I'm not asking IV to post every financial transactions over here. It wouldn't hurt to publish summaries - xxx grands spent on yyyy action item. We collected xxxx amount, we need yyyy more.
Even Know-Nothing organizations like NumbersUSA do that. We know how much they spent last year and how much they're spending this year. There's a reason for it. Lobbying firms need to declare how much money they received from their clients each quarter.
There's a website called OpenSecrets.org where you can find out how much each organization spent on lobbying, including IV. So the figures are not so secret at all. In fact 'open secrets' after the next quarter.
Coming back to NumbersUSA, you'll find their views of every frigging piece of legislation in Senate and the House. Where's the IV analysis of STRIVE act? SKIL Bill? NU has a scorecard for every Congressman, what all they did etc. And here we are afraid to talk about what the lawmakers said , as if each one of them will be sponsoring a separate new bill to increase GC numbers for EB immigrants, and it will hurt if anti-immigrants learn of this plan!
We live in an open society. Each legislation, each ammendment gets posted on Thomas way before it comes up for discussion. NumbersUSA and other anti-immigrant organizations need not look here for what's coming up for discussion. They have their sources in Congressional staff/aides. In fact, most of us learn about upcoming legislations browsing NumbersUSA website, instead of on IV - as it should be! The kind of unneccessarily high secrecy, seen here, is self-defeating.
Trust is bi-directional. If you don't trust others, they won't trust you. It's easier to participate in things you know and understand, than following things you're instructed to trust blindly[ as in 'I won't tell you anything. I'm doing all I can to help you. You have to trust me on that']. Why do you think 'Know-Nothings' lost to Whigs?
I got a feeling that some members feel that IV run a secret community with-in IV (I am not sure how many watched the movie "The Stepford Wives" ).
I think that core members and volunters knows strategy and action plan well before others. I think there would be hierarchy within that also.
I dont see anything wrong in that.
Here I think what goes on internally.. If you are more active in the threads you would sure get a message from IV moderators about ur willingness to volunteer. IV core seriously does not have the ability to read the psyches of each individaul member and invite them int to the secret soceity(?). Only possible way to know for them is how much active you are for a while. i dont think there are any specific paramters for that , it is a matter IV core getting convinced that u r serious enough. Not a day or two.. How long .. and how serious you are with ur ideas...
About funds .. none of the organizations declare their monetory dealings openly. There is a youtube video by logiclife on this. see it if u have not laready seen it.
Keep up the good work.. Sure you would become the member of secret soceity soon :).
I read sometime back nixtor became IV core member recently..
I'm not anti-IV or anti-Core. I appreciate the work being done. I just posted my feelings on the way things work here, with the sincere hope that things can be improved. Definitely not for nitpicking.
Coming back to my point - you have answered it yourself. I think... I think... Here I think... I don't think..... It's a guessing game for us.
I'm not asking IV to post every financial transactions over here. It wouldn't hurt to publish summaries - xxx grands spent on yyyy action item. We collected xxxx amount, we need yyyy more.
Even Know-Nothing organizations like NumbersUSA do that. We know how much they spent last year and how much they're spending this year. There's a reason for it. Lobbying firms need to declare how much money they received from their clients each quarter.
There's a website called OpenSecrets.org where you can find out how much each organization spent on lobbying, including IV. So the figures are not so secret at all. In fact 'open secrets' after the next quarter.
Coming back to NumbersUSA, you'll find their views of every frigging piece of legislation in Senate and the House. Where's the IV analysis of STRIVE act? SKIL Bill? NU has a scorecard for every Congressman, what all they did etc. And here we are afraid to talk about what the lawmakers said , as if each one of them will be sponsoring a separate new bill to increase GC numbers for EB immigrants, and it will hurt if anti-immigrants learn of this plan!
We live in an open society. Each legislation, each ammendment gets posted on Thomas way before it comes up for discussion. NumbersUSA and other anti-immigrant organizations need not look here for what's coming up for discussion. They have their sources in Congressional staff/aides. In fact, most of us learn about upcoming legislations browsing NumbersUSA website, instead of on IV - as it should be! The kind of unneccessarily high secrecy, seen here, is self-defeating.
Trust is bi-directional. If you don't trust others, they won't trust you. It's easier to participate in things you know and understand, than following things you're instructed to trust blindly[ as in 'I won't tell you anything. I'm doing all I can to help you. You have to trust me on that']. Why do you think 'Know-Nothings' lost to Whigs?
I got a feeling that some members feel that IV run a secret community with-in IV (I am not sure how many watched the movie "The Stepford Wives" ).
I think that core members and volunters knows strategy and action plan well before others. I think there would be hierarchy within that also.
I dont see anything wrong in that.
Here I think what goes on internally.. If you are more active in the threads you would sure get a message from IV moderators about ur willingness to volunteer. IV core seriously does not have the ability to read the psyches of each individaul member and invite them int to the secret soceity(?). Only possible way to know for them is how much active you are for a while. i dont think there are any specific paramters for that , it is a matter IV core getting convinced that u r serious enough. Not a day or two.. How long .. and how serious you are with ur ideas...
About funds .. none of the organizations declare their monetory dealings openly. There is a youtube video by logiclife on this. see it if u have not laready seen it.
Keep up the good work.. Sure you would become the member of secret soceity soon :).
I read sometime back nixtor became IV core member recently..
insbaby
01-14 10:18 PM
If they are going to work in US, then consulates will ask "super technical" questions at the H4s, like "Who will be your client?, Show us the contract!" etc.
May be the reason is not to scare the H4s right after their marriage.
May be the reason is not to scare the H4s right after their marriage.
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mshelat
05-06 02:52 PM
As I was explained SSA do not classify Economic Stimumus Package as a Federal Benefit. For them Federal benefit is a recurring payment of certain amount and the Stimulus package is just one off.
Also, we should try and get our message across to IRS about dependents who can not have SSN due to the nature of visas issued (H4). IRS should update their system so that if first person filing the return has valid SSN, payment should be calculated as it would be if everyone has SSN. This would be lot more easy then issuing SSN and then filing 2008 returns with those SSNs.
Any thoughts/ feedback?
Also, we should try and get our message across to IRS about dependents who can not have SSN due to the nature of visas issued (H4). IRS should update their system so that if first person filing the return has valid SSN, payment should be calculated as it would be if everyone has SSN. This would be lot more easy then issuing SSN and then filing 2008 returns with those SSNs.
Any thoughts/ feedback?
neerajkandhari
06-30 05:49 PM
And the worst thing is they approve it from the date tey approve it to 1 year after..My EAD which was expiring on 2th Sep'2008 was approved until Jun 20th 2009. Basically I got a 9 months extension...What a plan...
I got my card today
the old ead was expiring on sept 2008
the new is expiring on sept 2009
I got my card today
the old ead was expiring on sept 2008
the new is expiring on sept 2009
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coopheal
03-14 12:18 PM
People with EB3-India may not expect any kind of fast movement in near future, unless law changes. It will be in snail phase. It is waste discussion to analyze howmany people filled EB3 LC from India in 2002,2003 etc. Generally EB3 is very high demand catagory from all accross the world. EB3 contains skilled worker catagory including cooks, nurses, and so many many non-professional occupations. All the discusion are focussed on demand by Indian IT folks, by ignoring other spectrum of the demand by other group of peoples. Therfore no matter what; EB3-India will get only 3000 EB3 GC per year (Approxmatly 1500 primary).
1500 LC per year EB3 India is a tiny fraction of the demand by EB3 India. Therefore best advise in EB3 India folks to convert into EB2 to get use of early PD like 2002 or 2003.
I agree porting to EB2 will be much faster.
1500 LC per year EB3 India is a tiny fraction of the demand by EB3 India. Therefore best advise in EB3 India folks to convert into EB2 to get use of early PD like 2002 or 2003.
I agree porting to EB2 will be much faster.
grupak
06-26 09:28 AM
Is the efforts of EB3 (I) volunteers being exploited (indirectly, ofcourse)? What are they fighting for?
I don't see how. If the bills pass, then everybody in queue benefits. Simply switching to EB2 is not going to work because it is also retro. The people impacted by retrogression should take the lead in fixing the mess.
I don't see how. If the bills pass, then everybody in queue benefits. Simply switching to EB2 is not going to work because it is also retro. The people impacted by retrogression should take the lead in fixing the mess.
cleo76
09-30 12:07 AM
Has anyone flown on Etihad airways recently to and from India (Mumbai/Hyd to Chi or NY)? Would appreciate it if anyone who has to please post their experience or review.
Thanks
Thanks
iris0726
06-14 12:50 PM
Congratulations for all that fight for so long. I just can�t believe all EB categories are current.
Sorry for my inexperience of GC process. I am a newbie and have couples questions.
1. My husband�s LC is approved. Attorney is preparing I-140 (may submit it already), since the date is current. Does that mean we can apply for I-485 at the same time too?
2. Once submitting I-485, can we leave the country? We have to go back to home country for my husband�s dad pass away 1 year memorial. We have to make that trip, so should we wait until after the trip to submit I-485?
Thank you thank you.
Sorry for my inexperience of GC process. I am a newbie and have couples questions.
1. My husband�s LC is approved. Attorney is preparing I-140 (may submit it already), since the date is current. Does that mean we can apply for I-485 at the same time too?
2. Once submitting I-485, can we leave the country? We have to go back to home country for my husband�s dad pass away 1 year memorial. We have to make that trip, so should we wait until after the trip to submit I-485?
Thank you thank you.
EkAurAaya
07-17 11:36 PM
Please and i'm begging you that please read the entire post and think for a moment before replying. I'm not in BEC, already filed my 485. I'm aware of the IV efforts towards getting relief for BEC people, I never disputed that. My point has been that the system and July bulletin is unfair (at least from one angle) and that calling it unfair/unjust should not upset others. I don't know what words were used by Bigtime and banning him was fair or unfair.
You want everyone else to suffer just because you suffered? or because older pd's suffered? life is not fair so get over with it... the sheer fact that you are in this country is a god's gift to you! So dont be judgmental about things...
btw my pd is feb 2003 and i'm very happy for everyone who will get the opportunity to get in the door!
You want everyone else to suffer just because you suffered? or because older pd's suffered? life is not fair so get over with it... the sheer fact that you are in this country is a god's gift to you! So dont be judgmental about things...
btw my pd is feb 2003 and i'm very happy for everyone who will get the opportunity to get in the door!
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