chanduv23
04-03 11:23 AM
IV community is noting but you and me. IV is a friend. IV is there to help people.
Folks - one must also realize that talking to administration and getting things dione costs a lot of money through advocacy and IV needs a lot of money.
So please be generous enough to contribute to IV - we need a lot of funds in these times when we really needs help
Folks - one must also realize that talking to administration and getting things dione costs a lot of money through advocacy and IV needs a lot of money.
So please be generous enough to contribute to IV - we need a lot of funds in these times when we really needs help
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Canadian_Dream
01-24 05:56 PM
Government dictates the rule for granting F1 non-immigrant visa and eligibility of a school or its programs to admit students under such provisions. When a student is at the school, the school/department has full control on what are the conditions for an international student to be on a valid visa. For example, some schools enforce 9 credit requirements per semester while other requires 12 (so yes school dictates these details) or some have no such requirements such as Kaplan/Language schools etc. There are other details too like duration of completion and criteria for expulsion. In violation of any of these conditions each school can cancel F1 status based on its own rules. Government doesn't dictate on what criteria can a school expel a student and thereby voiding his/her F1 visa status.
As for intent, merely showing an intent is different from actually changing visa status. F1 with a pending AOS is a gray area for precisely the same reason. The best thing an F1 student could do is to complete the course meeting the F1 criteria of possible and/or switch to EAD by formally taking up an employment and filing I-9 which will be same as changing status explicitly.
As for previous non-immigrant status it remains so until one uses EAD regardless of what that status was. There is no ambiguity in it, that's why people obtain EAD and never use it to maintain their previous non-immigrant status. If you maintain a valid F1 status and say your I-485 is denied you are still safe because your F1 status is still valid, it didn't go away just because you showed an intent to immigrate by filing I-485. That's what I was suggesting to original poster, if for some reason you prefer to maintain non-immigrant status you should keep either F1 or H4 whichever is convenient to you.
The school policies does not determine whether someone can be on F1 status or not. Government has laid down the rules for F1 status. School cant say that one has to take so many credit hrs for that person to be on F1. The rule is that to maintain F1 status, one has to be a full time student with minimum 3 courses , thats 9 credit hrs, but the exception is the final semester where that student can have less then 9 credit hrs.
Plus since the F1 is not a dual intent visa type , when someone applies for 485 , the F1 status is forfitted. what you are mentioning about the previous non-immigrant visa status continues even after obtaining EAD and remain so until EAD is used only applies to the non-immigrant status like H1 , H4 , L1 etc which are dual intent visa types. For F1 your statement does not apply.
As for intent, merely showing an intent is different from actually changing visa status. F1 with a pending AOS is a gray area for precisely the same reason. The best thing an F1 student could do is to complete the course meeting the F1 criteria of possible and/or switch to EAD by formally taking up an employment and filing I-9 which will be same as changing status explicitly.
As for previous non-immigrant status it remains so until one uses EAD regardless of what that status was. There is no ambiguity in it, that's why people obtain EAD and never use it to maintain their previous non-immigrant status. If you maintain a valid F1 status and say your I-485 is denied you are still safe because your F1 status is still valid, it didn't go away just because you showed an intent to immigrate by filing I-485. That's what I was suggesting to original poster, if for some reason you prefer to maintain non-immigrant status you should keep either F1 or H4 whichever is convenient to you.
The school policies does not determine whether someone can be on F1 status or not. Government has laid down the rules for F1 status. School cant say that one has to take so many credit hrs for that person to be on F1. The rule is that to maintain F1 status, one has to be a full time student with minimum 3 courses , thats 9 credit hrs, but the exception is the final semester where that student can have less then 9 credit hrs.
Plus since the F1 is not a dual intent visa type , when someone applies for 485 , the F1 status is forfitted. what you are mentioning about the previous non-immigrant visa status continues even after obtaining EAD and remain so until EAD is used only applies to the non-immigrant status like H1 , H4 , L1 etc which are dual intent visa types. For F1 your statement does not apply.
eastindia
04-19 01:19 PM
I understand that your intention is to get heard. I appreciate your effort at writing letter. However writing to the president will not help us much. Here is why:
In the USA, infact for that matter in most democracies, Laws are made by elected representatives unless it is an executive order to grant an immediate relief.
The composition and powers of the House and the Senate are established in Article One of the Constitution. The major power of the House is to pass federal legislation that affects the entire country, although its bills must also be passed by the Senate and further agreed to by the President before becoming law (unless both the House and Senate re-pass the legislation with a two-thirds majority in each chamber). The total number of voting representatives is fixed by law at no more than 435.[1] (United States congressional apportionment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_congressional_apportionment))
So, In our case, the president at the most can sympathise with our cause and the hardships we face because of the limbo, But he cannot really help until there is a bill that passes both the house and the senate.
So, Can I suggest that it will be even more worthwhile if you contact your congressman/woman and go meet them. We need them to understand our plight and anguish.
We all need to go meet our lawmakers, educate them.
They already are educated. Do you think they do not know about us?
They fully know about us. But they will not help us because we are not voters and cannot contribute.
A better idea is to have our employers contact them. People working in large companies can do this. I am surprised why the big companies have not taken up this issue for us. Why cannot we have big companies issues statements in our favor?
In the USA, infact for that matter in most democracies, Laws are made by elected representatives unless it is an executive order to grant an immediate relief.
The composition and powers of the House and the Senate are established in Article One of the Constitution. The major power of the House is to pass federal legislation that affects the entire country, although its bills must also be passed by the Senate and further agreed to by the President before becoming law (unless both the House and Senate re-pass the legislation with a two-thirds majority in each chamber). The total number of voting representatives is fixed by law at no more than 435.[1] (United States congressional apportionment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_congressional_apportionment))
So, In our case, the president at the most can sympathise with our cause and the hardships we face because of the limbo, But he cannot really help until there is a bill that passes both the house and the senate.
So, Can I suggest that it will be even more worthwhile if you contact your congressman/woman and go meet them. We need them to understand our plight and anguish.
We all need to go meet our lawmakers, educate them.
They already are educated. Do you think they do not know about us?
They fully know about us. But they will not help us because we are not voters and cannot contribute.
A better idea is to have our employers contact them. People working in large companies can do this. I am surprised why the big companies have not taken up this issue for us. Why cannot we have big companies issues statements in our favor?
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pd_recapturing
10-19 11:17 AM
when my lawyer applied my 2nd I-140, he clearly asked PD to be ported so I got the PD ported but since, I already applied I-485 a few days ago, so I could not include my new I-140 with that. Now, my attorney is going to request USCIS, to update my I-485 file with the new I-140.
I am not sure if this case has anything to do with PD needs to be current.
I am not sure if this case has anything to do with PD needs to be current.
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vdesai_8
03-31 03:33 PM
Done.
walking_dude
11-24 05:33 PM
Let bygones be bygones. No point in beating the dead horse. Nothing will be achieved by opening old wounds.
Let us be united from now on for all our sakes ( both Eb2 and Eb3)
Agreed but this should be from both the side.
Most of us talk about unity till it suits us ( and i dont mean walking_dude, i am aware of the great service has done, including the fight to ammend the drivers license issue).
Let us be united from now on for all our sakes ( both Eb2 and Eb3)
Agreed but this should be from both the side.
Most of us talk about unity till it suits us ( and i dont mean walking_dude, i am aware of the great service has done, including the fight to ammend the drivers license issue).
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abhishek101
06-25 12:55 PM
Sub: Legal Immigration and CIR
Body:
I am here to talk about LEGAL immigration. In all the noise about illegal immigration and their path to legalization a very important subject is lost and that is LEGAL immigration, and delays and problems they are facing.
I came to US in 2000 with a perfect business plan and dream to start a company and spread prosperity, but the path I had to take was H1B visa. After coming here my last 9 years have been spent on getting Green Card ( I have recently filed for my 10th year H1B Extension), and my GC application with a priority date of 2003 March is still waiting in Backlog.
While there is some opposition for illegal immigration more than 90% of people I meet support the improvement in process for LEGAL immigrants. I hope in this CIR while looking at illegal immigration you pay special attention to LEGAL immigration.
Together we can build a happy and prosperous America for future generations.
Sincerely
Body:
I am here to talk about LEGAL immigration. In all the noise about illegal immigration and their path to legalization a very important subject is lost and that is LEGAL immigration, and delays and problems they are facing.
I came to US in 2000 with a perfect business plan and dream to start a company and spread prosperity, but the path I had to take was H1B visa. After coming here my last 9 years have been spent on getting Green Card ( I have recently filed for my 10th year H1B Extension), and my GC application with a priority date of 2003 March is still waiting in Backlog.
While there is some opposition for illegal immigration more than 90% of people I meet support the improvement in process for LEGAL immigrants. I hope in this CIR while looking at illegal immigration you pay special attention to LEGAL immigration.
Together we can build a happy and prosperous America for future generations.
Sincerely
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Better_Days
09-19 03:08 PM
The Process of giving Birthright citizenship is a law called Jus Soli(14th Amendment) which was implemented in 1900's . Numbersusa and others are fighting to change the Jus soli to jus sanguinis which gives citizenship based on the child's parents Status to reduce the "Numbers".India Abolished Jus Soli in 1987 and dosent offer Birthright citizenship. I think going this Route to discuss the possibility to fight for parents naturalisation based on child's status will make us no different from Illegal Immigrants.
belive it or not, I knew that. I mean the part about the US, not the part about India as I don't hail from there.
The point that I was trying to make but did not state clearly enough was that I feel that when one has a political agenda whether it is pro or anti immigration, children should be kept out of it. Labeling children like anchor babies is dehumanizing. I believe that when kids are involved, as human beings, everyone should always be concerned about their best interest rather than what our political view.
This is why I hate the term anchor babies. The antis are willing to even dehumanize kids if it fits with their political view.
belive it or not, I knew that. I mean the part about the US, not the part about India as I don't hail from there.
The point that I was trying to make but did not state clearly enough was that I feel that when one has a political agenda whether it is pro or anti immigration, children should be kept out of it. Labeling children like anchor babies is dehumanizing. I believe that when kids are involved, as human beings, everyone should always be concerned about their best interest rather than what our political view.
This is why I hate the term anchor babies. The antis are willing to even dehumanize kids if it fits with their political view.
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02-08 07:40 AM
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02-19 06:04 PM
Go through forum there are some links ..
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chintainfogc
08-31 04:04 PM
I am in the same boat, My I-485 was approved on Aug 5th, so far no cards received.
Also, i received SR (which i opened on 8/3) response 2 weeks back "saying my I-485 was approved and my application is waiting for bio-metrics for whichi will receive an ASC appointment later" so far i have not received bio-metrics appointment either.
I guess, i should wait for 30 days and take an info pass or open a SR.
Thanks
chintainfogc
Also, i received SR (which i opened on 8/3) response 2 weeks back "saying my I-485 was approved and my application is waiting for bio-metrics for whichi will receive an ASC appointment later" so far i have not received bio-metrics appointment either.
I guess, i should wait for 30 days and take an info pass or open a SR.
Thanks
chintainfogc
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nrk
07-20 10:43 AM
What is EB2-I please can you clarify. I am thinking EB2 is single entity.
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scribbles
05-24 12:07 PM
Great thread! By the way, you can't join the illegal queue anymore since you had to be illegal by the beginning of this year, and longer you have been illegal the better! Haha! So with your less than 1 year illegal status, you'd probably be still left at the end of the queue along with the legals. And if you've only been without status for a few days, you're probably screwed the worst!
This law is a testament to how poorly the Congress understands what they are doing. Instead of fixing the broken law, which needs to be cleaned up, simplified GREATLY, streamlined and made consistent with both itself and other laws, they're just adding more of the same on the top. This will make the law even more complex and even more people will fall in between the cracks in the future.
This proposal needs to be trashed completely, forget the small measures of raising the caps, etc... You're only putting a bandaid on a gun shot wound. They seriously need to go back to the drawing board and REFORM the ORIGINAL law.
This law is a testament to how poorly the Congress understands what they are doing. Instead of fixing the broken law, which needs to be cleaned up, simplified GREATLY, streamlined and made consistent with both itself and other laws, they're just adding more of the same on the top. This will make the law even more complex and even more people will fall in between the cracks in the future.
This proposal needs to be trashed completely, forget the small measures of raising the caps, etc... You're only putting a bandaid on a gun shot wound. They seriously need to go back to the drawing board and REFORM the ORIGINAL law.
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WeShallOvercome
07-19 03:04 PM
It is in the bottom of the first page of I-485 application form. It says "Fill in box if G-28 is attached to represent the applicant"
Your employer or lawyer can certainly fill it in but they would need your signatures on the G-28 form. Without your signatures, no one can represent you as it is YOUR application.
I filled the 485 forms my self.
Where is the box in the right bottom in 485 which says I will be represented by attorney?? In 485 I see two locations for signature (one for applicant) and other for representative?
Can my employer sign it now (without me sending G-28??)
Your employer or lawyer can certainly fill it in but they would need your signatures on the G-28 form. Without your signatures, no one can represent you as it is YOUR application.
I filled the 485 forms my self.
Where is the box in the right bottom in 485 which says I will be represented by attorney?? In 485 I see two locations for signature (one for applicant) and other for representative?
Can my employer sign it now (without me sending G-28??)
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krishna
02-04 07:59 PM
I was in Chennai for a visa stamping on Dec 20th. The process both outside and inside the consulate has improved a lot. This was my 5th visit to get a H1 stamp. This time the experience was a little bit different in that they sent me back saying the photos i had were unacceptable. It is not a big deal to get the passport photos outside the consulate but does create a tense situation which can be avoided. I took photos from here (picture people - told them it was for US visa) and it was unacceptable in Chennai. Please make sure that you have the photos as per the VFS specs mentioned on the website. Other than the photos the only thing i was asked was the most recent W2. No questions. Hope this info helps.
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rbharol
08-30 06:23 PM
Folks in or around Dallas, TX - this is an opportunity for you to go and attend this hearing
"U.S. Visa Policy: Competition for International Scholars, Scientists and Skilled Workers "
DATE: August 31, 2006
TIME: 09:00 AM
Location: University of Texas at Dallas, The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science, Building ECSS, TI Foundation Auditorium, Richardson, Texas.
Contact: 202-224-5225
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=1801
I think they have live webcast... It will be good idea to check online when hearing is going on.
"U.S. Visa Policy: Competition for International Scholars, Scientists and Skilled Workers "
DATE: August 31, 2006
TIME: 09:00 AM
Location: University of Texas at Dallas, The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science, Building ECSS, TI Foundation Auditorium, Richardson, Texas.
Contact: 202-224-5225
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=1801
I think they have live webcast... It will be good idea to check online when hearing is going on.
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loudobbs
08-24 02:34 PM
Sorry typo Labor date should be 8/13/2003
Your Labor Approval date is 8/13/2007 and you had already applied for 485 on June 29th, how is that possible?
Your Labor Approval date is 8/13/2007 and you had already applied for 485 on June 29th, how is that possible?
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05-24 12:22 PM
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05-24 12:32 PM
Done... Now hoping for something good to happen
gc_chahiye
12-18 04:28 PM
With so many people changing jobs using AC21, not only IO, everyone in USCIS will be aware of it. Let's discuss something other interesting topic rather when 180days start/end.
IOs will see your I-485, use some calculator/software to find out of 180days and then say pass/fail. End of the game.
:) true, a LOT of people are going to be getting very familiar with AC-21/AP/EAD.
Back when the July VB was first published, even the birth registrar in my hometown knew about the dates becoming current (when tons of parents all landed up in his office within a day or two, trying to get certificates for their children here :)
Airline folks who used to see a few APs here and there, are now going to be seeing a lot more people APs.
HR folks are going to be more familar with AC-21 and EAD...
IOs will see your I-485, use some calculator/software to find out of 180days and then say pass/fail. End of the game.
:) true, a LOT of people are going to be getting very familiar with AC-21/AP/EAD.
Back when the July VB was first published, even the birth registrar in my hometown knew about the dates becoming current (when tons of parents all landed up in his office within a day or two, trying to get certificates for their children here :)
Airline folks who used to see a few APs here and there, are now going to be seeing a lot more people APs.
HR folks are going to be more familar with AC-21 and EAD...
bsbawa10
05-27 04:53 AM
op seems to have just lost it!
(no offense please)
dis is wat happens 2 normal beings one-by-one.. can't blame anyone.
Years and years of wait, fear, desperation, being deceived and finally followed by series of shocks called visa bulletins --> end result "it all ends-up this way".
My apologies, I thought I was making a point. The point was trying to see and realize that if USCIS was behaving with us this way it is, what would happen if it was a product selling company ? Could it do the same to its customers ? Could customers tolerate it ? Could USCIS have survived ?
But if I could not show it just ignore my thread or Admin , please delete it.
(no offense please)
dis is wat happens 2 normal beings one-by-one.. can't blame anyone.
Years and years of wait, fear, desperation, being deceived and finally followed by series of shocks called visa bulletins --> end result "it all ends-up this way".
My apologies, I thought I was making a point. The point was trying to see and realize that if USCIS was behaving with us this way it is, what would happen if it was a product selling company ? Could it do the same to its customers ? Could customers tolerate it ? Could USCIS have survived ?
But if I could not show it just ignore my thread or Admin , please delete it.