Recent content by GCWallaBaba

Mumbai sucks big time man. I was in Bombay/Mumbai for over 2 years. To have a good lifestyle in Mumbaim U need to be seriously rich. Not 1 crore a year rich, but much much richer! I know a lot of guys who are multi-crorepati in Mumbai but still have to travel by locals! Plan to stay in...

Guys- Now that many of us are past the ordeal of going through the GC process (the ones still not thru - hang in there, your day will come soon), I am wondering how a typical desi IT professional can break through salary sealing. Does anyone have an idea how a desi GC holder like myself make a...

A remarkable success story Guys I was not significantly overweight but I did manage to get completely rid of my love handles in three months! I struck to a very regulat diet (No carb/ low fat) and rigorous exercise. Here is the deal, I stopped completely eating chapatis, rice, potatos and any...

Ric, Chutya is right! It is like Marie Antoinette saying to the protestor to eat cake if they cannot get bread! Now I know that its not a good analogy, but I tried my utmost to relax before getting my GC, but couldn't. And compared to most of the folks posting here I have had a relatively...

Surprised to see no comments on such a sensitive issue.

Lay off baba is prophet of doom But still in prevailing circumstances I would still stick around for at least six months with current employer after GC approval. That way you establish an intent to work for the job that you were approved for. Rememer, all said and done, your GC was processed...

Guys, The Bush administration has decided to rename the operation that each qualified and deserving immigrant candidate has to undergo with the INS. Henceforth the "Operation Infinite Injustice" has been renamed as "Operation Enduring Pain". The recent I485 freeze, which has been in effect...

Journey5year- are you from Pune? Because if you are I probably know you.

Take my advise about what NOT to do while waiting for GC (waited 14 months for approal) 1. Do not worry. Eventually you will get it. 2. Do not lose focus. Things wont change drastically when you get it. 3. Do something to get the stress out of your system. If you are into firearms go to the...

Your first H1B stamped in your passport is for company X. In your passport the date of entry is marked as Sep 97, not Dec 97 as you had mentioned on your application. I think the INS does look at the date of entry in the passport. My own attorney had me photocopy the date of entry in passport...

Didn't you get approved already ranniedv? Why torment the poor guys further???? ??? RD 8/17 AD 10/17

Philly takes 10 months to a year Its really a very sorry state of affairs after having waited this long. I also used to be a fellow suferer, since my case took a very long time for approval. In any case last week when I went to Philly for PP stamping there was a gentleman I overheard talking...

Stamped in Philly last week Went there at 7:45 AM. Got ticket in about 20 minutes. There were 5 GC cases ahead of us. The first guy just walked out as I walked in, about 8:00 o'clock! We were called in at 9:30. Stamped by 9:40 AM! Whole thing was over in less than 2 hours. I guess its just...

Unless your case is over three months late. This is from my personal experience. I and a couuleague from the same company had our cases filed withing 3 days of each other he being the later filer. All throuout his EAC, EAD & FP was about 1 or 2 weeks behind mine. However I called the IIO 5...

Actually this was suppossed to be a reply to CSC transfers query. !!!