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Response from Mr.David Ghee

Dear All,

I've sent out an email yesterday to Mr.David Ghee as text tailored by SmallRiver and here's his reply today.

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The law forbids contact between Foreign Labor Certification staff and the foreign worker. Any information exchanged must be between the employer or the employer's attorney and Foreign Labor Certification staff.
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We need to make an arrangement to employer(s) and/or lawer somehow. Any idea ? Thanks.
 
I got the same message from Mr. Ghee

The law prohibits contact between Foreign Labor Certification staff and the foreign worker. All contact must be between Foreign Labor Certification staff and the employer or the employer's attorney.



> Dear Sir,
>
> I am sending you this email for the Labor Certificate timing in Maryland.
> Comparing with other states, our processing time is way slow and virtually
> stopped at April 2001, while some other states are processing cases for
> mid-late of 2002.
>
> We understand that the staff number may be a problem for us, and we have a
> lot of cases and we need to do some other works also. I have a suggestion
> for this, I do not know if it is possible. That is charging reasonable
> amount of fee for processing each case. If the fee charge is reasonable, it
> will not incur discrimination on people who can not afford it, plus for
> Labor certificate cases, applicants should have a decent job and reasonable
> income. By doing this, we may add more staff and expediate the processing?
>
> I appreciate your consideration.
>
> Have a nice day ...
>
> Sincerely
>
 
Folks its not that bad

I was reading through the post they have progressed followingly

April 16 - mar 5
April 17 - mar 17
April 18 - mar 20
April 19/20 - mar 29
April 23 - may 2
April 24 - july 2
April 25/26 - Aug 14

I am pretty sure that they have almost completed the 26th, they started it on Aug 14 which gives them almost 2 months.

Remaining 2 days shuld be done in next 5-6 months. After that its a breeze.

So folks lets not panic. We will have our day of joy...:) when we have a greenest of green card(we went through the hardest path!!!!!!)

Relax!!!! and smile:) you will have your labor approved........:)
 
News: H-1B won't expire after 6 years - new regulation

http://www.wenxuecity.com/BBSview.asp?SubID=newsdirect&MsgID=14153
 
I can't find the English version of it

It basically says that the new regulation will allow H-1 holders to stay legally after 6 years if they're still waiting for LC or Green Card approval.
 
Re: I can't find the English version of it

Originally posted by elen
It basically says that the new regulation will allow H-1 holders to stay legally after 6 years if they're still waiting for LC or Green Card approval.
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Hey Elen,

thanks for translation, but what stage one should be in, I am sure it wont be valid for the person whose GC just filed (say one month before his 6 year tenure getting over), it should be some stage like Federal labor or say One year after Labor filed.

Can you please clarify :confused:
 
Positive news on LC's

Hello Folks,

I subscribe to Sheela murthy's immigration bulletin.. It says there is a legislation pending for H-1B 7th year extensions if the LC was filed a year before the request and is still pending approval..

This will need to be signed by President after Senate approval.. to become a law.

Let's pray this gets passed soon..

Cheers !
 
H1 B 7th year extension

This is the extract from Sheela murthy bulletin.. Read on

2. Important New Legislation Pending

The Department of Justice Authorization Bill, which passed the House of Representatives on
September 26, 2002, contained a number of very important immigration provisions. At this point,
this bill is not law. In order for the bill to become law, it will need to pass the Senate and
gain the President's signature, which is expected in this case. (See our August 02, 2002
article, "Legislative Process: How a Bill Becomes a Law" <http://www.murthy.com/UDlegpro.html>,
available on MurthyDotCom.)

Conrad State 20

The provisions of the bill will extend the Conrad State 20 program, which provides a method for
J-1 physicians to obtain a waiver of the two-year foreign residency requirement based on
practice in a medically underserved area. The bill would extend the program until 2004 and would
raise the number of allowed positions from 20 to 30 per state.

H1B "Seventh-Year" Extensions

The bill would expand the provision allowing for the extension of the H1B status beyond the
six-year limit by one-year increments so that a person can qualify, even if just the Application
for Labor Certification that has been pending at least one year and the I-140 has not yet been
filed. This would be a very favorable change to the current AC21 law, which allows for such
extensions only if the Application for Labor Certification was filed at least one year prior to
the request and an I-140 has also been filed. The I-140 cannot be filed until the Application
for Labor Certification has been approved. So the lengthy adjudication times for labor
certification cases are quite problematic.
 
Everybody gone back to their shell

no body initated petition????? Only talk:D :D

Ya its good to pump your blood sometime. My lawayer says it will be about 5/6 months to finish april. Mine petition filed on nov 1. So by that time it will be about 18 months. not bad huh.:D :D
 
6 to 8 weeks for april 26

I was checking the status on the phone, the lady picked it up. She told me that it will take additional 6 to 8 weeks for April 26 to process.........:mad:
 
Thanks for the update

Thanks for the update. It's good to have the thread alive. Anybody has new information. Please post.

Thanks Buys, and nice to be friends with you ...
 
let us try to keep this alve

I guess no news/updates.... Still 4/26. Since Aug 8 :-(
Sol.
 
I'm still here

I've got less than 10 responses, not yet a majority that would raise attention. We need more people in the pool. Again, the email address is : md_lc2000@yahoo.com
Please post your:
Name:
Position:
H-1 Expiration date:
LC filing date:
Phone number:
Email:

On the other hand, we need to explore more ways for our voices to be heard. The response from labor dept. is that it's illeagal for them to talk to the H-1 applicants directly. But our employers / lawyers probably won't bother the petition.
 
Question & Answer

Mdgc: Good afternoon! When are you likely to start processing Apr 27 cases?

SESA: Probably January or February.

Mdgc: Thank You.:(
 
Re: I'm still here

Originally posted by elen
But our employers / lawyers probably won't bother the petition.
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if needed my employer will sign petition, do anybody else's willing to do it?
 
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