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My project got over 2 weeks back and I have an EAD. I am looking for jobs and the market is very tight.

So my suggestion - just don't relax because U can safely move jobs on EAD. Keep trying hard. AFAIK there is no difference in the interviewing process so keep trying hard for jobs

Hi ,

I am planning to use AP for re-enter to USA. Could someone please let me know the list the documents that I should carry ?

Thanks

My EAD is approved for 2 years last week, Today my attorney sent me I-140 reference answered is due by 1st Nov,

I will really appreciate your advise. My I-140 is filed for Accounting analyst.

My PD date is in Dec. 2006

As per Reference:

1) Please provide evidence (in the form of official academic transcript) of any additional education the beneficiary has obtained prior to Dec. 2006

2)The other one is for Company 's ability to pay and for my payroll records after PD to current. (This is not an issue as my firm is financially sound)

My I-140 is filed under skilled category, with 3 years eqiuvalent Bachelors degree, evaluated by degreepeople.

I have additional 2 years certification corses in business adminstration not considered by my attorney.

I will appreciate if some one can provide me better attorney to handle this case.

for h1b status...they only tell the status to the petitioner which is your employer/lawyer .....You are the beneficiary....they will not tell u the status on phone or e-mail...but no harm in trying. . if u have a receipt number then u can check online and setup an automatic notification. Hopefully u will be ok...

Before answering something like this, you should know what you are answering.

could you please explain?


UPDATED my original post: also, im on my 7th yr extension and it will expire on FEB2010... will I have problems with my extension?

You can contact either of the 2 senators of your state. But need to contact representative corresponding to your district.

But understand that, just because you contact a congressman doesn't mean you miraculously would get your GC. its going to be a long process. Add 3-4 months from the day you contact if the congressional liaison pulls your case for review. If there is a problem with your case they would inform you about it after they review. Note congressman's office cannot tell a federal agency(CIS) what they need to do, they can only inquire on your behalf whats causing the delay. Nothing to do with who is how much powerful.

Well, I just wanted to throw this out there, since I did not get any definite answer from any forums.

When in need for I-485 issues, who is better to contact - Congressman or Senator.

I just want to know the pros and cons of each and maybe this analysis will help others down the line.

Points to note are:
1. There are more congressman in a particular state than senators. There are only 2 senators in a state.

2. Senators are more powerful than congressman (not sure that this power applies for talking to USCIS or not)

3. Senators and congressman have different terms in office. Hence is it better to contact someone who is going to stay longer, or someone who is up for election soon and hence may help.

4. For a particular USCIS case, can we contact both congressman and senator at the same time. Is this good.

Can members throw some light on this based on their prior experience and based on their knowledge.

Thanks in advance.

Attorney Reddy will be on IV chat today at 9.30 PM , members can ask immigration related questions

Converting to PERM is safe, does cost money and advantageous only to get 3 year extensions of H-1B which will save your company the money for extensions. (H-1B). It does not expedite your GC processing time and does not fetch you even EAD.

My company's attorney converted 4 EB2 cases with PD March 2005 to PERM and successfully got approved all the 4 cases with in two months. On all the four cases they have not got the 45 days letters.

In your case since you are in 8th year extension it may be better to either convert exisitng EB3 to PERM or file a new EB2 for a different position in same company and get I140 approved. Evaluate based on which one costs you less money.

Hi Mike,

I am with same company since I came (since 2000) and my current LC (RIR, EB3-India) pendng at PEBC, my PD is 06/16/03, I am about to file 8th H1 Ext, My Lawyer is not advising me to convert into PERM, can you suggest/refferer your lawyer?

Thanks

My wife is in a similar situation. I-94 validity matches passport expiry (Dec 2008) , but H1 visa stamp is until Mar 2010. She has a new passport, but we are not sure if she will be out of status if she does not get a new I-94 and stays in the country beyond Dec 2008.

EAD has nothing to do with status. He is in legal status as long as his I-485 is filed and waiting to be decided by USCIS, even if his non immigrant visa expired. EAD is work permit and he can't work based on EAD filing but only on approved ead.

Thanks

What is the basis for the answers? Please provide some reference.

I thought that answer to
Q1: Yes they need to re do I-140
Q2 : Regular timeframe


Guru's can some one give your thoughts to my 2 question (here I am posting my 1st post again for the reference):

My employer filed my I 485 last year during July visa bulletin under EB3. My I 140 is already approved from the same employer. Now my employer is planning to apply for EB2 labor. My queries are

1) Once my EB2 labor gets approved, Do they have to file new I 140 again (OR) can they use the approved I 140 (EB3) to port my PD to EB2 application

2) If they apply for new EB2 140...does this invalidate my approved EB3 140 ???

3) If they have to file I 140 again for EB2...is this I 140 goes through the regular time frames (12months) (OR) since my EB3 140 is already approved my EB2 140 gets approved faster.

- Pre-approved labor dated 03/2004
- Filed 140 in 04/2007 and filed 485 in 08/2007. Got EADs as well
- RFE on 140 after 2 years waiting (in fact it was on the last day of 2nd year. In between, it was passed thru all the 4 centers and came back to same place where it was filed). Education mismatch and other stuff. Employer responded in 21 days
- 2nd RFE on 140 after 30 days - Education mismatch - Again responded
- There was no response even after 60 days, so we called and created a service request.
- Finally the 140 has been denied today. I did not get the notice yet. I'm thinking, it is because of Education mismatch

The labor was for 4years degree and I have 3 years degree + 1 year post graduate diploma with 8 years experience by the time filing 140. And I did my masters in US, but I got this after couple of months of I filed my 140.

Please advice what are options available for me.

Hi,

I came to US in 2004, my H1 visa was sponsored by cognizant technology solutions. H1 was valid from Nov 04 to Dec 06. later on my I 94 was extended from Dec 06 to July 09 .
I changed company and joined wipro in Aug 08 and now my I 94 is now valid till July 2010.

I have never gone back to India for a visit ever since I landed in US (2004)..I now want to go to India for few months and have read that i'll have to get my visa stamped before reentering US...

My question is if i'll have any problems with visa stamping because I was originally working with cognizant and am now working with wipro?..Am I out of status since my original visa expired in 2006 ?...pls help

Please update the tracker

Unfortunately, your new wife cannot file the I-485 until your PD becomes current. Because she cannot file her I-485, she will not be entitled to an EAD based on having a pending I-485. If your new wife's country of birth is not the same as yours, you both may benefit from quota cross-chargeability rules.

Say if the PD is current, what is the process to file papers for the second wife.?

And as mentioned above is it necessary to inform USCIS about divorce. If yes, how?

Thanks

As long as you have money and Good Credit, you should get Mortgage. I did it on EAD last year and they did came back and ask for H1B. Fortunately me and my wife both had valid H1bs and they approved the loan. I guess the problem stems from the fact that very few loan officers understand immigration.

But I can assure you if you fight with them you can get it. I didn't had H1b visa stamp in my passport and I gave them I94 and it worked after making them understand. They cannot discriminate against you because you are an immigrant.(even though they do on back end without us knowing :()

Also make sure that loan payments are not more than 42% of both of your Total Gross Salaries. They may deny your loan in that case.

Loans are getting harder to get day by day even with Good Credit.

Good Luck
USDream2Dust

I do not support this campaign. As someone famously said if house is burning no point in rearranging furniture.
IV level campaign should be focused on administrative and legislative fixes.

Juz curious if there is an option to get a Visitor visa without attesting the interview at consulate.

some Travel agents have told My brother in law that they can arrange for Visitor visa without going to consulate. To my knowledge its not possible. one have to attend an Interview at the consulate and do finger prints to get a visa.

Anybody have any similar experience / information ?

Don't trust the travel agents. All visitors to the U.S (with a few exceptions) have to appear for the interview.

Wow! That should save me a bunch. I smell immigrationvoice is getting another donation soon :).

Now what aranya said would be wrong right? I just want to confirm as quite a few employers follow this practice. As mine is a govt. agency if it is a law I assume they will follow it. But just wanted to confirm..

Thanks!!

"date of actual move"

I understand the 10-day rule, but when does the clock start?
The date of lease starting or the date of actual move.....ideally these shouldnt be too far apart, but in my case they will be, hence the confusion.

LT

My attorney is taking his sweet ass time.. so mine will be around 10th..