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Please email me your details, I may be able to get you an observership spot. I do not promise, but I will try

Can you please let me know if you received my email.

Thanks

I have mailed the Rfe reply they received it on June 5

I have seen LUD today sunday June 7

Instead of starting a new thread. I would appreciate if someone answers a few questions regarding Check details that we send out to USCIS.

Went to lawyers office last week and signed all the applications. I made out onc check in the amount of $745 ($395 I-485 + $170 I-131 (AP) + $180 I-765 (EAD)) Payble to U.S Citizenship and Immigration Service. Now when I see the forms online it says the checks should be payable to Department of Homeland Security. Should I ask the lawyer to hold on to the application and send new checks.

Also , should I write three separate checks for $395 $170 $180. Just to make sure if there is an error in say Advanced payroll application, USCIS will keep the two check and send me back the Advanced Parol application.

Hi Folks,

What is the fastest and perhaps a little economic way to get documents over to chennai (Tamil Nadu) or Calicut (Kerala) from here in San Jose, ca.

USPS has this service called Express Mail ($27.95) or Priority Mail ($12.95)
I guess USPS is claiming 6-10 days (guess no gurantee) to india.

Other couriers seems to be $70+ (FedEx, UPS, DHL)..

Anyone has had good luck with USPS ? or do you suggest the couriers mentioned above ?

Need to get docs for an interview for parents on Feb 26th in Chennai...

Thanks in Advance for your reply !!

USPS is cheap and best...


There is one more thing even cheaper...

put it in a water tight bottle and throw it to the pacific ocean...and pray it will reach chennai.:D

please add year 05, 06, 07 and 08 too.

HOW??????????

I have 6 IV T- Shirts and I am wearing them already.

When ever I go to distribute the flyers I wear them, it will make others look at you.

Folks Don't wait till last minute, buy them now

Hello all IV members,

I was wondering, the 7% green card allotment for each country, can than be considered as racial discrimination? I mean a law suit against USCIS for discriminating against skilled workers.

A question for all you, what do you think is going to happen? will EB2 move fast in next few months, I don't understand how can U.S govt play will all our lives? We all have some personal decisions on hold,


Lastly i feel, we should contact some high profile politicians in India, so they can put a question or make some time of arrangement for Indians who are stuck over here, we all know unites states is interested in nuclear deal, if some type of provision is put in there to help Indians in this country

how about holding another DC rally?

We have to do some big about all this crap!

I am not sure it can be argued as discrimination. All countries equally have the 7% cap. UK, Norway, Germany, Sweden, China, India, South Africa.....Just so happens that lot more applicants from India, China, Mexico, philipines.

Wherever you go for stamping, there will be someone on the counter before interview is conducted by visa officer who reviews the documents.

In Chennai, there will be a counter after appointment letter is shown. This is where the documents will be verified. When you reach this point, inform about the discrepancies and they will take care.

My parents went to Chennai with wrong DOB. This was rectified by someone on the counter themselfs and no problems in the interview as well.:)

I think they have started Receipting Delays at NSC. By the way, did you have any RFE on your I-485 in Aug/Sept. 08.

Nope, i did not receive any RFE's so far.However, there has been a soft LUD on our I185 cases on 9/17.

5 Years should be fine.

The best would be something like " As soon as some one paid a net $50000 as federal taxes over the years" can get the GC.

Or

As soon some one pays the federal tax for half a million dollars will be eligible for GC.

With a minimum of 5 years of stay in the US and on any employment visa.

All this employer sponsorship, labor, 140, 485 are BS.

This is how it is all over Europe.

In your sim city you can make these rule. However for the real world support IV initiatives for the best results.

You should be perfectly fine as your joining date is 11/27. The first payday could take more than 30 days in many organizations and its a common practice.


For USCIS: It is perfectly fine argument that your first pay day falls in 2008 because of account/payroll setup.

For IRS: Their calculation starts when employer issues a pay check (pay day) with in same month they need to receive their (cut) taxes reagardless of what was the pay period.

I run payroll for my company and can provide insight, PM me if you have more questions.

Take it easy & Enjoy your weekend :D




I started work on 11/27 and that has been reported as the official start date. We will be talking to the lawyers next week to clarify all these issues. To my knowledge, I should not get a W2 as I did not get paid in 2007. Those wages should appear on my 2008 W2.

Outside of this topic, I have a question. Will I be eligible for the economic stimulus for 2007 if I did not get my W2 ? My husband will be filing the tax return (as joint) but he will not be able to enter my W2 information.

Thanks.

see Greg Siskind's blog :
http://blogs.ilw.com/gregsiskind/

An alert reader sent me the following this morning. Miriam Jordan of the WSJ is reporting


do you know for sure? NO, then please close thread, its just a speculation and title is misleading.

hyderabad,
My file is moved to atlanta and my lawyer is from there as well. Where as i'm from virginia. It's been 8 months and I still haven't been called for an interview. Should I be proactive and do something about it or just wait for the interview letter?

Appreciate your response.


Hi mhssatya,

Better to hire local attorney, you guys can go at one time for an interview. Please do keep me posted after the interview.

I had interview on Mar 30th on I-485 Interview,

Earlier we got an denial on I-485 bcz of withdrawn my approved I-140 from Previous Employer.

Before itself I moved new employer uncer AC 21 portability.
We applied MTR on I-485 and thet is approved.
After that we recieved interview letter. The interview was Good, end of the interview, the officer told us, that will review again, if any docs needed will let you know with in 2 weeks.
Still didnt recive any response. Can you guys please do advice on my case, can i call to customer care on my case or better to go take an info pass.

Thanks

Another issue that I think people like me mght face is if we are already in our 7th year H1B. If we want to invoke AC21 without having EAD in hand, we have to apply for H1 transfer. Now if our employer does not gove I-485 RN or I-140 approval notice, how can we apply for H1B extension?

I think that is their strategy,

don't give I-485 RN, don't give I-140 Approval notice, Don't let them apply EAD/AP.........Is there any way out of this if we want to invoke Ac21 in this case?

3) If I invoke AC21 using my EAD and in the worst case scenario, if my 140 and 485 is rejected, can I then transfer my H1B to an other company (I still have some years left) or will that be a problem because I was not on H-1b at that time?

I think you can still re-capture any year left in your 6 your term on your H1B. That is, even after going to EAD you can revert back to H1B in case of any issues. As always, this is just my understanding and could be wrong even.

My friend's wife got a job. company didn't ask for ead card so far. she filed the employment applicaiton where they asked her if she is a citizen or green card, she filled everything correct, they made an offer and did the background check, she is supposed to start in 2 weeks.
Question, does she need to disclose about EAD now or wait until start give the information while filling I-9 Form. Does employeer right to not hire people on EAD?
Please clarify.

This yr for H1B's whoever applies from more than one employer then his application will not be considered in the random pick.

http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=16188

Which is the best place(Kinkos,Sears,Ritz) to take photos for I-485?

I think timesofindia has a right to report news. They are not a lobby group ..they are a newspaper. Give them a break.

Although I do agree It is a poor quality newspaper, You can clearly see cheap shots on its main webpage.and the news selection for headlines is extremly british tabloid kind...flashy and worthless .

They also run "economictimes" for business news, which is considered premier business newspaper in india... I feel really disappointed when
I compare its quality with "wall street journal" or "businessweek".

What's the big deal, if it is not this year may be in next few years another bill will be introduced. Bills will kept being introduced and some day one of those bill will pass.

Why should I worry about it? Do you really think you can make a difference?

Even the answer is yes, people with late priority dates should be more worried as they are the ones who will get their GC in several years. If they are not worried, why are you?

You know there is a saying that goes in my country, you can bring horse to water but you can't make him drink.

So dude take it easy... Even though in 5-10 years but folks will get their GC (of course assuming other things remain constant)

I was in a consulting field with employer taking 30% and me getting 70%.

He supposed to deduct $400 for medical insurance from my paycheck -biweekly, instead deduction was only $200. I never knew that.

My question is why not he acted immediately after knowing the error?
Why should I pay for somebody's mistake?


Things getting more critcal, since this is on your medical insurance. In small companies employer takes responsibility for employee only not for his family. You sign papers for your family if you want to go with the employer so you agree to pay $SSS towards the insurance, also you agree that it would be taken from your pay every month or every two weeks.

If they did not dedect the right amount, it may not be his responsibility, of course it is a account management mistake happens everywhere in small companies, sometimes insurance companies do this and collect from you after that.

If the amount he paid extra is in your SALARY PART, then your arguments are correct. It is his responsibility to make sure how much he should pay you.

You have to check with experts, whether this additional benefits are employer's responsibility.

As one suggested above, if your salary is almost equval or less than the amount, you can think of just leave it.

All you are missing is just two pay checks (1 month), it won't make much difference in your H1 transfer, assuming you have applied your H1 transfer earlier and you have already sent your pay checks to prove your employment.

Just go with a decision that benefits you without much trouble.