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These are 2 unrelated things. With a Labor Sub, the new person inherits the PD of the original LCA filing. But the new person is always subject to their OWN country of birth when it comes to visa availability (as per the monthly bulletins). So you will inherit an older PD, but you will still be...

Just a minor comment on this part. My company's lawyer shared with us that the number of dependants per EB case averages at 1.5. This means that 2.5 visa numbers are used on average per EB case (I am assuming that many are 1 + spouse, and a mix of 1-2 kids). So even just this minor portion (not...

Pls add me to the tracker Hello, Please add me to tracker as well, details below

The bill does have some positive provisions for legals Hello, I personally believe that forums like these benefit more when people exchange information & facts (from their attorneys & trusted news sources). Personal views, negative comments and bad language benefits no one. So let's all be...

June Visa Bulletin is here June Visa Bulletin is here, some fwd movement, link below: http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_2924.html

Update Hello, I wanted to pass on some info I received from the company lawyers. I work for a Fortune 50 company. Their update on retrogression was: "the PD dates are unlikely to move forward for the rest of 2005, they will begin to move slowly in 2006. They (as well as other lawyers)...

For freebird901 Hi freebird901, As far as I know: a) cross-changeability DOES apply irrespective of H1 or H4 b) Technically you CAN file for your 140/485 now and file your wife's application after December. However, if you have filed and then your country retrogresses, this may prevent your...

6 year limit on "H" visa So bottom line is: Assume a person is married, person A is on H1, spouse B is on H4 (dependant): 1) person A has 6 yrs on H1 2) spouse B also has 6 yrs on H1 or H4 toal i.e. spouse B does NOT get a new 6 yrs by changing between H4 to H1 or vice versa 3) If person...

Hi prashratta, I am not sure about your first question. My understanding was that extension can be filed based on LC pending 365 days or 140 filed, I didn't think it is realted to CP or 485 - but your lawyer probably has better info. I DO know about your second question. There is a 6 year...

Hello Guys, I agree with Juntha, people need to chill out. If you have a PD after Jun 1 2002, you weren't able to apply for 485 anyway. Plus most of us in 2003, 2004 have over 1 year left before we even hope to see an LC approval. So why the bru-ha-ha over the Visa numbers for EB3 being...

Any info about approval timeframes? Hi Guys, We already know that 45-day letter / data entry is not going as fast as DOL had planned. I was wondering if anyone's lawyer ventured to estimate how long we are looking at for approval? My lawyer said 1-1.5 yrs more, so just wanted to compare & get...

Hi Some_GreenCard, Nope, no 45-day letter here yet also. I think they are going backwards with 45-day letters, hopefully we woud get ours soon also! - Dru

Hi Helen, Yes I saw that today as well. Atleast retrogression seems to be moving 1 month at a time, hopefully sometime after summer they will jump up by couple months at a time! :) - Dru

Some info from my lawyer Hey Guys, I had a tele-conference with my lawyer today regarding GC status. Here are some things he said. Again I am just passing on info I have received, please use your discretion to accept/reject :) - He said that he checked on my LCA app (ATL DOL RD July 7...

Ouch - they said end Summer for data entry. They say AFTER all data entry is complete, they will begin processing cases. Sound like we won't see any approvals until July/Aug or whatever they mean by "end summer"!