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Pegasus503 said:
I purchased my first house when I arrived in the summer of 1999, even with my H1B only just being issued, it was an obvious financial investment. There is nothing legally wrong with buying property, and at the time my budget to rent was the same as my mortgage payment, except ownership had the chance to appreciate in value.

I sold my home back home and used the equity to assist funding the purchase, getting the mortgage wasn't difficult. Also my credit rating got better very quickly by showing I could manage a loan.

Living in Southern California the property cycle was almost predictable, I sold that home in 2003. I don't want to appear boastful, that’s not my point, and there were lots of profitable property transactions. The house I originally bought for $289k sold for $545k. I purchased my second house in 2003 and based on current sales in my street I estimate the appreciation to be some 60%.

I am a little older than many of you and over the years I have built equity and invested.

Here's my point, as of today 3 years, 8 months and 5 days have passed since my PD.

Since I arrived in 1999, my 3 year old baby twin daughters are now 10 year old young ladies and my 8 year old boy is now a high school sophomore. The whole LC and GD thing is a terrible ordeal, but I can't have my life put on hold nor have my children freeze while papers are being processed.

If all goes well eventually we will move forward, if not we will do something else. That’s not to say I don’t think the whole DoL isn’t a farce. But the evidence shows there is very little we can do about it. In recent weeks I have stopped worrying about things I can’t change.

So my advice is to live as normally as you can, and do the best that you can, let God sort everything else out. There are opportunities out there and if they are right for you then take them.
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Very nice advice, Pegasus503!!
 
We bought a house a 1.5 years ago. In hindsight, we should have bought it as soon as we arrived in CA in 2001. Though I filed later than many of you I've decided to go the Sch. A group 2 way and file concurrent I-140/485
 
makes lot of sense

Pegasus503 said:
I purchased my first house when I arrived in the summer of 1999, even with my H1B only just being issued, it was an obvious financial investment. There is nothing legally wrong with buying property, and at the time my budget to rent was the same as my mortgage payment, except ownership had the chance to appreciate in value.

I sold my home back home and used the equity to assist funding the purchase, getting the mortgage wasn't difficult. Also my credit rating got better very quickly by showing I could manage a loan.

Living in Southern California the property cycle was almost predictable, I sold that home in 2003. I don't want to appear boastful, that’s not my point, and there were lots of profitable property transactions. The house I originally bought for $289k sold for $545k. I purchased my second house in 2003 and based on current sales in my street I estimate the appreciation to be some 60%.

I am a little older than many of you and over the years I have built equity and invested.

Here's my point, as of today 3 years, 8 months and 5 days have passed since my PD.

Since I arrived in 1999, my 3 year old baby twin daughters are now 10 year old young ladies and my 8 year old boy is now a high school sophomore. The whole LC and GD thing is a terrible ordeal, but I can't have my life put on hold nor have my children freeze while papers are being processed.

If all goes well eventually we will move forward, if not we will do something else. That’s not to say I don’t think the whole DoL isn’t a farce. But the evidence shows there is very little we can do about it. In recent weeks I have stopped worrying about things I can’t change.

So my advice is to live as normally as you can, and do the best that you can, let God sort everything else out. There are opportunities out there and if they are right for you then take them.
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Yes,what u said here makes a lot of sense. now i am convinced to do the same.I am only looking at moving to reasonable places like OH,PA,TX were mortgage will be moderate as more or less near to rent paid.
 
Latest DBEC Status

No, I am not talking about I bought home or not here, but want to give you some info on what DBEC is doing.

I had my Manager call 202 number and left a VM yesterday. Some one returned his call and asked for the ETA number. Since my Manager did not had my ETA number handy, he told him that he will call back again. After getting the ETA number from me, my Manager called the 202 number again. They could not pull up my case by ETA number (Wiered, huh!) but from the name, they pulled the case. They said they recd 45DL on 2/9/05 and some analyst worked on 2/6/06 and again it was assigned to some other analyst on 6/6/06. Hope this helps a bit to scratch our head to determine what they do in adjudicating a case.
 
What is 202 number?

My PD is July 2003, but I have not heard anything from DBEC. I would appreciate if you give me the phone number. Thanks in advance.


jhegde said:
No, I am not talking about I bought home or not here, but want to give you some info on what DBEC is doing.

I had my Manager call 202 number and left a VM yesterday. Some one returned his call and asked for the ETA number. Since my Manager did not had my ETA number handy, he told him that he will call back again. After getting the ETA number from me, my Manager called the 202 number again. They could not pull up my case by ETA number (Wiered, huh!) but from the name, they pulled the case. They said they recd 45DL on 2/9/05 and some analyst worked on 2/6/06 and again it was assigned to some other analyst on 6/6/06. Hope this helps a bit to scratch our head to determine what they do in adjudicating a case.
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45 day letter submitted today

My lawyer sent me a mail saying that she is submitting 45 day letter today to Dept of Labor. What will be next? I tryied to call my lawyer today but could not get her.

PD 03/2005
45 day letter received June 2006
45 day submitted June 2006
 
Thanks for sharing your experience...

Thank you all very much for sharing your experiences about your decision of buying a house. Our leasing is also as high as we may pay for a mortgage, so we will probably start the house hunting. Thank you again, and hope all of us get over this stage soon.
For now, have a great weekend!
Isor


Pegasus503 said:
I purchased my first house when I arrived in the summer of 1999, even with my H1B only just being issued, it was an obvious financial investment. There is nothing legally wrong with buying property, and at the time my budget to rent was the same as my mortgage payment, except ownership had the chance to appreciate in value.

I sold my home back home and used the equity to assist funding the purchase, getting the mortgage wasn't difficult. Also my credit rating got better very quickly by showing I could manage a loan.

Living in Southern California the property cycle was almost predictable, I sold that home in 2003. I don't want to appear boastful, that’s not my point, and there were lots of profitable property transactions. The house I originally bought for $289k sold for $545k. I purchased my second house in 2003 and based on current sales in my street I estimate the appreciation to be some 60%.

I am a little older than many of you and over the years I have built equity and invested.

Here's my point, as of today 3 years, 8 months and 5 days have passed since my PD.

Since I arrived in 1999, my 3 year old baby twin daughters are now 10 year old young ladies and my 8 year old boy is now a high school sophomore. The whole LC and GD thing is a terrible ordeal, but I can't have my life put on hold nor have my children freeze while papers are being processed.

If all goes well eventually we will move forward, if not we will do something else. That’s not to say I don’t think the whole DoL isn’t a farce. But the evidence shows there is very little we can do about it. In recent weeks I have stopped worrying about things I can’t change.

So my advice is to live as normally as you can, and do the best that you can, let God sort everything else out. There are opportunities out there and if they are right for you then take them.
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Its a DOL phone number

TXU2003 said:
My PD is July 2003, but I have not heard anything from DBEC. I would appreciate if you give me the phone number. Thanks in advance.
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Its a DOL phone number and not a BEC phone Number. But at least they can look at the computer screen and can able to tell your HR or Manager, that its still alive or dead. So the number to call is 202-693-3010 (Shhh...).
 
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FINALLY got application back from DBEC

Just got a call from my lawyer, they received my application back from Dallas BEC.

Hang on everyone, seems like things are starting to move!

Almost forgot - could someone please:)-)) point me to the right forum here or tell me about next steps (e.g. concurrect 140 and 485)? I don't trust my lawyer and would like to learn more before I meet him (...imagine that I educated him about new Premium Processing Service...)

Here are my details:
PD - Dec 2004
SWA - ILL
45 day letter received - mid May 2006
45 day letter replied - next day
Approval Date - not sure, have not seen paperwork yet
 
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Guys, don't stress out with the house thing. The fact that you buy house doesn't mean you are going to be there all your life. You can sell it withing 3 months in most of the US cities. Just go ahead and buy it. As long as you are able to live in a house a minimum of 3 years, you will likely make some money when you sell it. What make no sense whatsover is to live renting for 5 years, it is a total waste of money.

kakakiki said:
Buying a house is a big thing and it is always a risk. We bought ours half a year ago although I will start my 7th year H1-B soon (next Febuary). Living in a house is comfortable, but that make me more worry about this GC thing.
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Some info

mamtegodosc said:
Just got a call from my lawyer, they received my application back from Dallas BEC.

Hang on everyone, seems like things are starting to move!

Almost forgot - could someone please:)-)) point me to the right forum here or tell me about next steps (e.g. concurrect 140 and 485)? I don't trust my lawyer and would like to learn more before I meet him (...imagine that I educated him about new Premium Processing Service...)

Here are my details:
PD - Dec 2004
SWA - ILL
45 day letter received - mid May 2006
45 day letter replied - next day
Approval Date - not sure, have not seen paperwork yet
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Did you get your labor approval ?congrats .Can you post your Case number?
 
Chocolate,
I don't have that number handy right now but my (partial) Case Number has already been put in the Tracker spreadsheet.
M.
 
some info

mamtegodosc said:
Chocolate,
I don't have that number handy right now but my (partial) Case Number has already been put in the Tracker spreadsheet.
M.
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Thanks i will look into it.Meanwhile enjoy your 1st victory in path of GC.Is your case Eb3/EB2?
 
Hi all,

I have been a silent observer. I recieved my 45 day letter today. My info is as follows,

CA RIR/EB2
ETA Case: T-05216-xxxxx
Priority Date: 01/05/2005
Case Status: blank
Case Source: STATE
45 Day Letter Received: 6/30/2006
 
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jhegde said:
No, I am not talking about I bought home or not here, but want to give you some info on what DBEC is doing.

I had my Manager call 202 number and left a VM yesterday. Some one returned his call and asked for the ETA number. Since my Manager did not had my ETA number handy, he told him that he will call back again. After getting the ETA number from me, my Manager called the 202 number again. They could not pull up my case by ETA number (Wiered, huh!) but from the name, they pulled the case. They said they recd 45DL on 2/9/05 and some analyst worked on 2/6/06 and again it was assigned to some other analyst on 6/6/06. Hope this helps a bit to scratch our head to determine what they do in adjudicating a case.
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Could you give us the number to call? That would be very helpful to a lot of us where the employers are at the mercy of lawyer's whims and fancies. My manager wont have any problem calling but my lawyer does!!!
 
LC in limbo...

I've got my first screenshot last December 2005 thus my signature below. I sent around 4 requests already for new screenshots to both DBEC and PBEC inorder for me to be updated but to no avail. I'm always watching the mailman when he delivers our mail normally at lunch time at the office hoping a big envelope will arrive. I think I still have many more lunch times of waiting...

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IL/RIR
PD: 11/30/2004
Received by DBEC: 7/2005
Case Source: Region
Case Number: T-XXXXXXXX
Case Status: BLANK
45-day Letter: ANXIOUSLY WAITING DURING LUNCH TIME!
 
What's difference b/w ETA Case Number Starting with letter 'D' or 'T'?

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IL RIR/EB?
ETA Case: D-05208-xxxxx
Priority Date: 12/04
45 Day Letter Received: 6/30/2006
 
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