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    OCI Tips

    Undoubtedly one of the worst - if not the very worst - forms I have had the displeasure of filling out was the darned OCI form. Seemingly created by imbeciles who dropped out (or were kicked out) of the 8th grade, this artifact is repetitive, often contradictory, and seldom clear. But I guess...
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    Secondary evidence

    As a naturalized parent of a kid born in India, I applied for the kid's US passport. The birth certificate that was submitted contained the name of the parents, the address and the date, but as it is common in India, no name of the child. Now the passport office wants secondary evidence that the...
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    Steps to citizenship, with a foreign-born child

    Fellow travelers, I am applying for US Citizenship and wonder if my steps are correct, specially because of my India-born daughter, who just turned 16: 1. Parents applying using N-400 form 2. Parents go through the procedure, culminating in an oath ceremony, and obtain US passports 3...
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    GC Renewal upon turning 14

    My kid turned 14. I applied via I-90 for a renewal of her GC. The GC expiration date is more than 2 years away and when she turns 16, the expiration date would still not have arrived. USCIS site says "apply within 30 days of turning 14" and there are no fees associated with this renewal in...
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    Off topic --- Giving back, ideas?

    This is off-topic, so please forgive the intrusion. Recently, a colleague of mine initiated a fund-raiser for benches in a school in India. His daughter, a US-born kid, never educated in India, got together with some friends and hosted a fund-raiser. The collection was around $4000. With the...
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    This is what we wait for ..

    This morning, saw an email notification by CRIS in my Inbox: On November 8, 2006, after approving your application, we ordered you a new card. Your card will be mailed to you as soon as it is ready. I guess this is it then. Yes, I ave seen a lot of turmoil: - RFE upon RFE (tech...
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    *Light reading* IMAGINE .. (Can it get any worse?)

    As weeks turn into months and months into years, we poor souls, hardened by years of waiting for the green light have morphed into relics of time, shadows of grey on our sideburns, and perhaps on our rational psyche too. Only if we could end this wait and reach the holy grail .. pure NIRVANA...
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    What do you think?

    You ask a lawyer a question and the response comes: We can provide consultation for XX minutes for $YYY on your case under the following conditions: - You prepay $YYY, non-refundable - You make an appointment and talk to us, if you fail to come to this talk, no fallback - No follow-ups...
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    Any experience with INFOPASS?

    Hi, Does any one have experience with INFOPASS to share? I am considering getting an INFOPASS appointment and go see an immigration officer. Wonder if it is any better than calling USCIS helpdesk on their published 1-800 number or is it similar. My previous experience with USCIS helpdesk has...
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    Out of the blue and into the black?

    Folks, As a long time lurker on these threads, this would be my first posting. I feel the pain for most of us stuck in the timeless quagmire of waiting. After 5 years in this Q, the EB2 retrogression made my 485 eligible to be adjusted .. as of Feb 1, 2006. Except that it has not...
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