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I just got a job that will start in a few months. I have used up my OPT, and need to/want to apply for H1-B. 1. Has the quota for 2008 been used up? If so, what are my options at this point? 2. Should I consider a J-1 option? If I should, then what does my employer have to do to get me a...

Wow, as expected, I have gotten very good advice. Thank you for your responses and for the links--I will go study them now :) . Quite honestly, I just wasn't even sure about the mechanics of the residency requirement, and your information has given me a lot to learn my education process...

First of all, THANK YOU TO THE MODERATORS AND ALL for this site. It took me years to get my GC, and you were all my support system here. THANK YOU. NOW MY QUESTION: I got my GC a year ago--through my employer. Now I am a professor whose one year sabbatical has been approved, starting in...

Dear friends, THANK YOU for this wonderful site--which kept me sane during the four years I struggled in I-485 hell. Now, it has been a year since I got my green card. I have read the USCIS pages on residency requirements, but maybe I am dumb, because I am confused. If you will be patient with...

Friends: I got my green card about 4 months ago--and now I hear that I needed to get my passport stamped. Nowhere on the approval form was there any indication of my passport needing to be stamped. Can someone tell me what I need to do. I intend to travel after 7 years of domestic stay, and I...

Friends: After being stuck in "Name Check" hell for years, I finally got my name check cleared last week, and this morning got an email from USCIS informing me that my application has been approved. My information: EB1 I-485 ND March 2003 First fingerprinting: April 2003 2nd...

My story Per name check--my security was pending since April 2003 or so--I understand how you feel. My advice: 1. Get at least two different congressmen or senators to send enquiries on your behalf--AND DO IT regularly. I have sent in requests for information every 30 days, month after...

Hi lulxco: If I am understanding this right, Biometrics is the same as fingerprinting--but Biometrics can also include photography--which is why it is NOT called just notice for fingerprinting. I think that's the difference. Also the codes seem to indicate which level you're on? Sounds like...

Freedom4ever: Thank you for your very encouraging and nice note, but my FP code is 2!!! What does that mean? It sounds like it just means that I am just back to square one?

I am completely confused I just posted a new thread...but this thread seems to have some answers. My 1-485 application has been pending since March 2003. I have had my biometrics done twice already--the last time was November 2004. My application --according to responses I got to...

Friends: I am an EB-1 from a non-retrogessed country. My ND is March 2003. Until last week, I have had NO INFORMATION on my case. I did my first set of biometrics in April 2003 and my second set in November 2004. I have had a congressman's and a senator's aides do inquiries on my behalf since...

March 2003 Still waiting. No news at all. Am in the same boat with you all.

just need some clarification So what you are saying is that IF I USE THE AP TO ENTER THE U.S. (WITHOUT AN HI-B STAMPED IN MY PASSPORT, I CANNOT WORK ON MY H1-B UNTIL I GET AN EAD? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT--WHICH IS WHY I APPLIED FOR AN EAD--BUT THAT WAS IN DECEMBER OF 2003, BUT NEBRASKA WON'T...

I have no advice, but I send you my sympathies Dear Chiron: I can't help you much because I don't understand the details of your case. When I applied as EB1, I had to do a RFE because apparently I wasn't proving that I had done anything worthwhile to qualify me as EB1. I sent in some...

I have noticed that a lot of people on this site are EB3s. I am an EB1. I am curious to know if EB1s processing dates are different from those with EB3? Also, I applied for an EAD in December because a lawyer told me that I needed it to leave the country on AP because I don't have a HIB visa...

If you look through the website you will see that a lot of people have been stuck in name check for years. For others it can be a matter of months.

I am just sick of the BS I am getting from USCIS. My application has been pending for 27 months now, and I cannot even get a response from anyone. This while the borders are open to thousands of illegal immigrants because they pick the onions in the gruelling heat (I am in an area where there...

I am a March 2003 still waiting Hi: You're not alone. I am with you. My application is stuck in name check. I can't get USCIS to even respond to Senator's queries. Let's keep each other company. EB-2 ND: March 2003 FP1: April 2003, FP2: Nov 2004.

March 2003 Filer Here Hello: Count me in this boat. I have not heard back from USCIS at all. I made inquiries in December and was told that I am stuck at name check. My friends with ND after mine are getting approvals. I think there are clearly racist decisions being made--for sure. My...

March 17, 2003, Filer Hi: I am EB1. Filed for I-485 in March, 2003. FP1: April 2003, FP2: Nov 2004. No word AT ALL on my I-485.