Recent content by MagnaHoy

Why bother becoming an Indian citizen? Just go live there and no one will be any the wiser. Give some chai/paani when you need to get passport... ask the millions of illegal Bong immigrants that do the same.

Parking: Just park in the Government Center garage. Yes, you'll be out 30 bucks, but you will spare yourself aggravation. Also, given the thousands you've already spent getting to this point, another 30 is a drop in the ocean :) When you go, make sure to have some proof of all your tickets. I...

Assuming you're an Indian, if you start now, for EB3 then absent any immigration reform it may take you well over a decade or two to see any movement. Is that really what you want? In the spirit of making a suggestion, I will say this: if immigrating is important to you, maybe you can try...

Too few visa numbers and per country limits that do not take into account the population of the country. It may also be that USCIS has suddenly started processing a lot more I-485 applications, leading to heavy demand for the few (3000 or so) visa numbers that are available each year under EB-2...

Your beef is with Congress, not USCIS I'm not making excuses for USCIS. In my day, I waited over five years to get my green card. However, friends, the current issue has less to do with USCIS than it has to do with immigration quotas. These are laid down by acts of Congress. The problem...

I know your question is almost a year old, but I figured I'd reply in the hopes it would forewarn other aspirants. The consulting company is illegally charging you for your visa paperwork. It would appear that the company is a storefront operation, the kind of which get red flagged. Plus...

As far as cost of parking is concerned, you've already shelled out big bucks for your immigration adventure, starting from F1/H1. Just bite the bullet and pay the additional 30 bucks to save yourself aggravation :). Its probably less than 1% of your total cost of immigration in getting to this...

It is in the JFK Building in Gov't Center. Wear business casual to the interview, and you should be fine. Many people showed up wearing jeans, and some rather skimpy clothing for some but I would respect the occasion and wear something presentable, though not necessarily formal. Get off I-93...

Discrimination? The only discrimination happening is the congressional cap on visas for categories and countries within them. This is not based on race, but on nationality. USCIS may be slow as heck, but I doubt strongly that it is doing anything akin to discrimination. Certainly not in this...

Parking There is street parking, if you are lucky and have a vehicle that can be parallel parked without much trouble. There's also paid parking at the government center garage for $30 or so.

OCI Photo problem solved I used a plain color blanket taped to the wall as a background (a pink kid's blanket works superbly), and took photos with the digital camera. I then edited the photo using PassportPhoto from www.onthegosoft.com, to get a mask in the dimensions required for OCI (35mm...

Reference point for tracking: Applied 3/4/09 at Prudential Ctr Boston Received 4/6/09 by priority mail Regular processing

Not sure how frequently they schedule oath ceremonies... given that they are moving heaven and earth to speed up naturalization processing, it should be relatively quick. For those with oaths in spring/summer, one parting shot, this time from the Dept. of State... you may end up waiting a...

Different links to check passport status This link does not work travel.state.gov/passport/get/status/status_2567.html This link DOES work passportstatus.state.gov/opss/OPSS_Status_ip.asp Looks like its taking 6 weeks minimum to get it. Of course for us veterans of many years of waiting...

You will not get same day oath in Boston. They have these large ceremonies conducted every so often, and you will be slotted into the next available one. With some luck, you will get the oath letter on the day of the interview. Mine was held up due to a document they needed, but they were quite...