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A passport is provided to an individual as a sign of his citizenship.

I wonder why they are doing 1 year passports.

21. The Department Of Homeland Security And The Department Of Labor Will Study And Report On Potential
Administrative Reforms To Visa Programs For Highly Skilled Workers.

http://immigrationvoice.org/media/Flyer_Formated.pdf


Thanks for the flyer link - that takes out any excuse from anybody who is still on the fringe.

I am in the same situation as yours. Any update after the infopass appointment.

You'd have to wait for PD to become current to add spouse.

Furthermore, if you get married before I-485 is approved, spouse may be added once PD becomes current, even though by then you have your GC.

can you please make sure that some one can add spouse once the PD is current after the GC got approved and if some one is married before I-485 approval

I have the exact same question for the original poster. Do you know someone or have heard from several people who were scrutinized about intent after leaving the employer upon GC approval ? I know folks who left with in few months and completed naturalization without any issues, but that's an anecdotal evidence and doesn't prove anything. Please let us know your source of information.

You have seen applications being scrutinized for employment history at the time of naturalization?. can you please provide elaborate and provide examples?. Otherwise dont scare people unnecessarily.:mad:

i am not sure if my lawyer has the receipts. my case was sent on 6.29.2007 and received on july 2nd.
i got my FP notice (for my wife also) yesterday in mail for 9/25 appt.
from the receipt number on FP notice i checked it on USCIS website. it says that they received the 485 app on 30 aug. and the LUD on 485 is 9/3.

Did your 485 get transferred to another center?

I am asking because my 485 was filed in NSC, went to CSC (along with my EAD and AP) and I got a transfer notice from CSC that my 485 has gone to NSC and the RD is 28th (I am a July 2nd NSC filer). Trying to gauge if my 485 receipt notice will have Aug 30th or July 2nd date.

TIA

Common sense is not so common.

There definitely is a chance to participate in Q & A and put forth/ highlight the sufferings

poorslumdog,

I do appologize. I have made some donations today, will be making in the future.
i will be more active in the posts and compaigns.

will you please encourage others to respond to my questions?

Thanks for giving me a wake -up call.

Greencardfever5, first of all I don't think you needed to apologize. Everyone has their own schedules and priorities, and just because you did not spend enough time on IV, does not mean you are not welcome here.

Now to your question - I was in similar situation last year , may be even more complicated than yours. First I got promoted (developer to Architect) in my GC sponsoring company in 2007 and then in 2008, I changed employer and took another promotion (Architect to Manager). In the first case, my GC employer filed an amended H1-B and in the second case, I used EAD to switch employer.

I got RFE last month for employment verification letter. My current employer responded with my current position, salary (more than 50% higher than LCA), and job responsibilities. The USCIS accepted that response and my case has resumed processing. So if I were you, I would have no problem taking the Engineering Manager title.

Hope this helps.

Had they not wasted all those VISAs in the past due to their inefficiency, there wouldn't be this much backlog. If they have reallocated all the unused VISAs at the end of each fiscal year to the over subscribed countries, there wouldn't be this big problem.

This backlog was created by incompetent leadership at USCIS and lack of vision in the congress. Politics and bureaucracy rule the immigration, not logic or the interests of the country.

God help us. Given the poor economy since last year and lots of RFEs and strict PERM audits, in coming years, the demand for GCs will go away. Things should stabilize and we should see some significant movement to the EB2 by end of this year. EB3 is more tricky since many countries are over subscribed compare to EB2, where India and china are the primary over subscribers.

Recapture bill should put an end to this retrogression and if the CIR and strict criteria goes into effect, this will make EB1 and EB2 qualification all the more difficult in future. Not bright days ahead for immigrants in this country.

for your quick responses!

I am not SURE that my 140 will be rejected, but historically the attorney/paralegal has made mistakes in almost every stage-- which is why I would not want to take chances.

The best option right now seems to be to premium process the I-140, and see what happens to it before applying for the 485. There can be issues doing this for ME, bcos of the thing I said here:
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=5199

Doea anyone have any advice on the situation I tried to explain in the above thread?

As a general rule, I am beginning to think that the idea of concurrent filing is a bit misleading. Your 485 can be rejected bcos of your 140 being denied. This is not well understood by people (it was not by me) when the think about concurrent filing.

Thanks!

You should be fine. My passport was expiring in April and I re-entered US in March. I think as long as your VISA and Passport dates have not expired you should be able to re-enter.

I am in the same boat too. Only difference is that I have formally accepted the offer and it's in the same corporation (but different legal entity).

My lawyer recommended that I have three options

1) Start over and recapture your PD. She mentioned that this is the cleanest option.

2) Apply for 485 from your old job and then move to the other job after six months

3) Move to the new job but apply for your 485 from your old job.However, you will need to move back to your old job once you get your Green Card.

I believe Option 3 is the best for all of you. Try contacting your old employers to see if they can file for your 485. That said, once your complete your six months after applying for 485, you can technically move. Now I am not sure if this will work, but can we not move into another company at more apparent time before the actual receipt of the Green Card. Also, given the severe retrogression expected, it may be a long wait and this move may potentially not have to happen for a while.

Please note the above is my opinion and you will need to consult your own lawyers.


How come option 1 will work if the law passes? First you have to apply for the labour and then only u can capture the old pd.
But we even can't apply for the labour so there is no point in capturing the old pd. Am I making the valid point here? Correct me if I am wrong.

Thank you all for their replies, this helped

Consult with your current company immigration attorney and find out why your current job will not qualify for EB2.

Just in case start your EB3 GC and port your PD to this new GC I-140. That will help you with the H1B renewal for 3 years. You have got 14 more months. you should be able to get I-140 filed by then, do a premium for I-140 to get it approved by the time you renew your H1B.

Renewing your H1B based on the revoked I-140 would be risky.
Did USCIS sent you any notice that your 485 is not valid ?

Primary and secondary applications are totally independent once its receipted. I got my EAD 3 weeks ago but nothing for my wife. The status says 'Received and pending'. After FP, my LUD got updated but again nothing for my wife.
Go figure...:confused:

Almost all threads I see indicate that NSC is behind far more than others.

^^Who do we contact ....?
Anyways, it looks like it will be very difficult to do this for people who were forced back into Universities - to do this the current I-20 must be invalidated and a new one issued by the original institution from which the candidate graduated and got the OPT
Any ideas....?:confused:

Anyway there still might be some hope in the H1 lottery....

Its a report from your employer saying how many people responded, how many were INTERVIEWED and why were citizens not given your position, if they applied for it , based on the recruitment drive. If there were responses, company has no choice but to conduct interviews and come with a legitimate reason for turnig down citizens. So your lawyer is right.

Pay your lawyer after the work is done, not before, or pay in installments. That keeps the pressure on them.

Hello,

My PERM ad was placed and the lawyer said there are responses and company will have to take recruitment steps before he can file.

Company say he has done recruitment and sent report to lawyer. Lawyer says no, I have not received recruitment report. What is this recruitment report ? Is the PERM application not strong if there are responses.

I am really struggling between lawyer and company. Any thoughts. They seem to be dodging me after taking money. If i have some details from experinced gurus, I can talk to them. Else, they just delay after taking legal fee.

Please help

Received a mail for myself and my wife. welcome to USA. But no email from CRIS.
:):):):):):)

Congrats and Best Wishes , After a Long wait !!

horrific....... um...... ok...... if you say so :P

Alright dude, I gotta go now. I can't spam anymore. My girlfriend awaits :)