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Not much choice for people with business plans I agree Different People Different Plans. I have met many people on H1 who have business plans & talk about getting into business venture once their GC comes. There is not much choice for all those people who have business ideas that they...

Noretro - very well written article. where did u get it from ? Yes having such articles in media will definitely draw attention & keep our issues in forefront.

Here is more Here is a sample of what i was suggesting for slide 7 in ppt If we could also include a one liner with URL link, it may make URL more attractive. What do u guys think ? • www.competeamerica.org Compete America is a coalition of over 200 corporations, universities, research...

Thanks Nozdam. 1) I am wondering if we can also include the following statement in slide 2 ( H1-B versus EB slide ) - will not displace existing American workers in the market Maybe right after 1st point i.e EB Visa (Green card) - Permanent Legal Immigrant skilled workers - will...

Excellent work !!! Excellent work Nozdam. Keep it up. If it is okay can you please post your presentation.

Sunjoshi Yes i second that. To me too it did not sound very impressive when i read it.

Is it a good idea ? I see the PPT is going through many rounds of changes, wondering if we can also put it on a website & provide a link to it in PPT itself. This way whenever someone wants to refer to it, he /she also gets to see the latest version as it may not be practical...

Awareness seems to be a major problem!! I spoke to 3 of my friends (GC aspirants) today, two of them were aware of this website but had not been here since months, 1 was not aware of this website & none was aware of this forum thread. I feel there is a strong need to make all GC aspirants...

Here is more There was a reference to it in USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2005-11-15-inner-cities-usat_x.htm?csp=26 An important statement it makes is "Immigrants and rundown urban neighborhoods are seen by some as a drain on the U.S. economy. But in his study...

Immigrants Fueling Job Growth in U.S. Inner Cities, Study Finds Sunjoshi here is an interesting article which says " Immigrants Fueling Job Growth in U.S. Inner Cities, Study Finds ", by The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) , a national not-for-profit organization founded...

Awesome !!! That was awesome Sunjoshi ! You have done a commendable job. I am sure this would be a source of inspiration for many & i hope we will see many more initiatives like this.

I agree having similar articles in other publications would give good media coverage & bring the issue to the forefront. But i hope if someone is analysing the article he/she is not biased & anti-immigrant.

I agree. Also if we could get articles ( similar to the one published in WSJ http://www.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=197462 ) published in other publications/journals it may have a forceful impact & bring the issue to the forefront. Any opinions or ideas on how we can achieve this ?

Just e-mailed i also just e-mailed, let's hope something works out & we get out of this H1B prison sooooooon!

212 337 2193 not working Has anybody been able to check status by calling 212 337 2193 ? or is there another number that we can call to get automated response? Seems like upgradation to their automated response system has also been backlogged :D