Recent content by chitti007

There seems to be a broad consensus (lawyers and applicants) that the AP needs to be approved when the applicant is in the US before it can be used. Does anyone know why they have e and f on the I131 application? http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-131.pdf e. I am outside the United States...

I do not think this will cause more retrogression. They did not say if the 5K per year are going to be part of the 226K / 140K annual limits. They said that any of the 5K that are not used in one year, will carry over to the next year; I believe it is as a result of the lesson learnt from...

Sorry to hear about the potential 2 month loss of pay. Try to talk to the end client and have them pay you directly for any services that have been rendered so far, but not billed yet. Maybe something good will come out of this bad experience for you : Talk to the end client and try to work...

Can anyone think of a sane reason why they would extend only "some" EADs by two years? Other than them not getting the application fees, I do not see any benefit. Rather by doing multi year EADs, they will reduce the stress on the applicants part; and will reduce the workload on the USCIS...

For anyone thinking of using the AC21 rule and changing jobs 180 days after filing 485, please try to keep in mind the receipt date on your receipt notice. Due to the volume of applications received in July 2007, some applications got receipted as late as November 2007. It might be advisable to...

She can continue her studies while on H4, but I don't think she can get a stipend or any financial support from the university while she is in that status.

They only need the latest I-94 to record your exit and verify that you did not overstay your visit. Don't worry about the rest of them, just put them away in a safe place. If I were you, I will not bring it up at the POE. Also, if you had noticed, all your renewed I-94s would have the same...

http://www.hatefreezone.org/documents/Immigrants%20Wages%20and%20Economy.pdf

When my title changed due to an org change, I asked my company's immigration lawyers if we need to file a new labor etc. Their response was that as long as the job responsibilities remained the same, no need to file a new LC just because the title changed. Another time my work location...

If you are planning to get married in the next couple of years, going by the current approval rate, you seem to be in a good shape. Your PD could become current a couple of years from now, and you ought to be able to apply for your future spouse's AOS. If you plan to get married two years...

I agree that diversity is very much needed. But for EB GCs, the way the diversity is applied at approval time is a total sham. Someone mentioned above that they do not want to see people from one region/country hoarding up the system. When the system is allowing all the work visas...

So you think me being from a retrogressed country made me say what I said above? I will not attempt to change your thinking on that. (For the record, it is not relevant.) :) What is your opinion on the subject at hand? If you want 5000 people to come and work for you, do you want the...

I don't see a problem with it as long as the job offer is valid, the employer is held accountable for the job offer, and USCIS processes the applications FIFO. Pretty soon it will make those companies that were not willing to file in EB2 to turn around and start posting their requirements to...

Someone pointed out that the last time some visas were recaptured (early years of this century), USCIS did not even use up all of those re-captured visas. So they basically wasted some of them by not using them. I hope this new re-capture happens; and all the re-captured numbers are properly...

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