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@Jackolantern: Thanks for your quick reply. So to answer the question "33. Are you a male who lived in the United States at any time between your 18th and 26th birthdays in any status except as a lawful nonimmigrant?" in my case would be "No", correct?

Hi everyone: Judging by the sticky post this selective service must be coming up a lot on this site. I wish they formulated that question on the N-400 form a little bit better. Unfortunately I've done my green card application quite a long time ago and I don't remember all the terminology all...

Hi everyone: I'd appreciate if someone could give me an advice here. I am currently on the 6th year of H1B. It is expiring on Jan 31, 2008. Technically I will need a 7th year extension. My Labor Certification for Green Card (EB2, PD: Dec, 2002) was approved back in July, 07 and I filed...

Here's my example. My recruitment period ended on Apr. 30th and my employer got the RRI package on May. 15th, so it may take all this time. In some cases it takes less time though. Don't know why?

What he meant to say is that the immigration bill did not pass preliminary hearing and was slowed down, but it was not dismissed yet since there are still some senators that advocate for it. I agree with psgupta9 in that we should not drop the ball now and continue to push this bill off the...

Wow! Almost as much releif as being certified :D ... well, I guess so... Not perfectly off the docket, but hopefully close to it. I'm sure we all will squeeze in now. Good news sakiv_us!

You may extend your h1b status without a passport if you're not planning on leaving the country (i.e., no visa). I think you can do it no more than 6 months prior to expiration.

BEC is supposed to send Recruitment Report Instructions (RRI) with all the resumes received and instructions of what to do next right after recruitment period of one month is over. After that employer/lawyer must interview all the applicants and submit final report back to BEC. The question...

You can still use the same "crappy law firm" with the exception that now they won't be able to shut you up since you'll be paying the bill. Trust me, it's gonna be oh so different :)

The case is automatically closed if BEC does not process it within a certain period of time (I'd guess it's a month). Make your lawyer/employer call them to find out more.

If "the candidate seems overqualified" then he "matches the position" way too much. Between you and me, your lawyer needs to find something on him to turn him down. I would also assume that your company doesn't want to hire him instead of you, right? Because if they do, it is pretty much futile...

Yes, that should be part of RRI (Recruitment Report Instructions). If a candidate qualifies for your position the LC will be denied. How closely does that person match for your position? Also what is you priority date, state you filed from and when did your lawyer receive Recruitment...

Thank you. I wish you to get out of that situation soon too.

Well, you still have time. Mine is expiring on 2-1-08. If my LCA is denied I plan on filing PERM, but in my case I need to do it with another company.

Yes, I get that way too sometimes. I waited for almost 5 years myself and my H1B will have to go to the 7th year pretty soon as well. But you see, getting frustrated is not really gonna help you much. No. But that process works differently and should not have such a long waiting times. Maybe, I...

Man, don't get too much worked up over it. Quite possibly it won't be resolved on Tue. or even before next Sat. As I told you those folks at BECs are very slow and it may take them some time to respond. In any case, even if they say no, you will have an answer (which is 10 times better than no...

Listen, don't hold me up to it. I'm not saying it won't be nerve wrecking and may take a month or more to accomplish, but I've seen some people here that have gone through this. Look at signatures of people who post and ask them directly via private messaging. I've never dealt with a closed case...

Welcome aboard to the boat of government incompetence :) It's a normal thing for the DOL to bungle cases and put people through the hoops, so you're not alone. Since 45-day letter was not responded your case is most certainly closed. To get the case number you need 45-day letter. One can use...

Well, J, you seem to be missing the point. No one is talking about how fast they should approve or deny cases. This is not the point. I agree with you, they should check everyone, but they should do this in order those cases were received. The department has implemented the so called priority...

I fully support you. If there's a class action or a simple law suit I will issue my full support for it! I also thought that maybe we can nail them some other way, say thru some higher standing organization, or through some senators that can possibly bring it up. If anyone knows, with access to...