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Here is a summary of what happened: My I485 (EB3; PD Sept 02) was transferred to local office in Philadelphia. Was called for an interview on 6/23/08 and brought along my lawyer (which cost me $$$$). Before the interview, I had confirmed with the lawyer that the July's EB 3 retrogression...

Here is a summary of what happened: My I485 (EB3; PD Sept 02) was transferred to local office in Philadelphia. Was called for an interview on 6/23/08 and brought along my lawyer (which cost me $$$$). Before the interview, I had confirmed with the lawyer that the July's EB 3 retrogression...

Here is a summary of what happened: My I485 (EB3; PD Sept 02) was transffered to local office in Philadelphia. Was called for an interview on 6/23/08 and brought along my lawyer (which cost me $$$$). Before the interview, I had confirmed with the lawyer that the July's EB 3 retrogression...

Dear all I called the Nebraska center last week and the lady was nice enough to tell me my case was cleared from the background check. And since I submitted mine around May 4 2007 and the USCIS's processing time is at April 14, 2007, so my case should be approved pretty soon but it depends...

Dear all It looks like I might soon be laid off by my company, so in preparation for this "tragic event", I hope some of u guys can help me out..by giving me advice and suggestions. Here are my questions: 1) My I485 Receipt Date is 5/1/07 (or they go by the notice date 5/4/07???), so...

Dear all Just called Nebraska office and officer (he is a customer rep...maybe he is different from an immigration officer? not sure..) said my case is "pending for internal review/investigation". I asked him if my case has gone through the FBI NAME CHECK, he said they don't break it down to...

Dear all.. Can someone tell me how can I find out if I am in the NAME CHECK stage? Or we won't know until it says so in our Online Status portfolio? :confused: Or people that "names" are fine will not be stuck in NAMECHECK and breeze through it and get an approval? Thanks in advance

I140 Premium Processing submitted, but no recepit or news? Dear all Wonder how many of us here have recently submitted I-140 (EB2) Premium Processing? My lawyer submitted Sept 26, and up to now, we didn't get any receipt and even the online status doesn't shows any change in the STATUS...

Dear all.. Can someone help me to understanding approximately how long will it takes for one to get i485 approved (my GC details are in my signature)? 3 months? 6 months? 9 months? I know it's always hard to predict, but i need to get a rough idea on the duration of time. Looking at the...

Dear all... I need some advice here... Here is my current status: I140 is currently pending (filed 6/2006) - http://www.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?p=1475016#post1475016 On 7th yr H1B ext - expires 3/2007 My questions are: 1) I am considering quiting the current...

Dear all My wife and I plan to sell some stuff in ebay or have a website that sell some beads jewelries. All payments will be done through paypal. Are we allowed to do that under USCIS's laws? It's more like a personal hobby thing rather than a busines venture, so I hope this will not have...

Dear all.. I am in my 7th yr of my H1B, recently gotten my labor cert and filling I140. I recently asked my lawyer ...say IF I get a job offer from another company (similar job title or same scope of work), I can still take the new job with the new company and continue to extent my H1B...

Dear all.. Not sure if i post this under Labor Cert forum or I140 forum, feel free to move if this is not the right forum for this post. :) After the crazy wait for 3++ yrs, I finally got my labor cert (RIR, PD: 9/24/2002;EB2), but just got an email from my lawyer saying that she is...

Dear All, Just like alot of people here, I am still stucked with the Labor Cert. My lawyer submitted my application around Oct 2002 using RIR, and up to now i still haven't heard anything at all. Of course, it went to the Backlog center in Philadelphia (in Dec 2004). After 4 months now, I...

Dear all, After reading brieftly about this new thingy PERM, I found something quite frustrating...! Now, PERM is introduced to speed up the Labor Cert process and avoid applicants from waiting years just for that Labor Cert stage! But when they introduce this, shouldn't them be "clearing"...

My lawyer filed my NJ LC on Sept 23, 2002. But I never got receipt or any form of tracking number from Labor Dept, and my lawyer told me it's not uncommon that they don't give any kind of "confirmation" upon receiving my application, is that true? Lawyer said he used FEDEX, so Labor Dept...

I am about to renew my Malaysian Passport which expires this October. My questions are: 1) Would it be safe to send my renewal application (passport, certified letters, cert birthcert..etc) to Malaysia Consulate in NYC? I live in Philadelphia, it's just too far, time-consuming to commute to...

My wife came to the US with B2 Tourist visa, we then got married and she got her H4 approval. I plan to bring her to Canada to get her H4 stamping, is that a good choice? Or should we go back to our home country - Malaysia to do it? Please advise. p/s: To any Malaysians who are reading...

Dear All, After the renewal of my second "3-year H1B" early next year, I plan to bring my wife (on H4) and myself to Canada (don't know which part of Canada is better though! :rolleyes: ) to get H1B and H4 stamps on our passports. I just wonder if we are still allowed to do that? And how...

Hi All, My wife just got her H4 and I wanted to include her into my company's health insurance (Blue Cross Blueshield), but I was told by my company that she needs to show some kind of identification like Social Security card in order to Blue Shield to cover her, but I know H4 is not eligible...