Venkat Padmanabhan
New Member
Hello.
I have read the messages in this thread and looks like the best and most-likely-to-happen solution is passage of Senate Bill s.2045. As many of you may be aware, this bill has a section in it (Sec VI) that says that if a person has initiated GC and 365 or more days have passed since the filing (not approval) of their Labor Certification, then they can extend their H1-B visa beyond the 6yr term by a period of 1yr at a time.
Example: My PD is Dec 4, 1998 and my LC was filed for at Atlanta, GA in regular category. It has been close to 2yrs as you can see and LC has not been taken up for processing yet (backlog in Atlanta is 24mo). My H1-B 6yr term expires Jan 31st, 2001.
If this bill were to be passed in the Senate, House and were to be signed by the President and become law, I would not have to leave the US but could extend my H1-B visa till Jan 30th, 2002 and then again till 2003 until such time I file for my 485 and get EAD.
This bill is scheduled to be voted on in the Senate this Tuesday ( Sep 26th) at 10:30am EST. But keeping in mind that Oct 4th is the final date for this, the 106th Congress and that this bill has yet to be taken up in the House and has to be signed by the President, I would advise you all to call / e-mail your State Senators and urge them to pass this bill as soon as possible.
The problem in passing this bill, that has widespread support from the Republicans as well as the Democrats, is that the Democrats are trying to club the Latino Amnesty deal to this H1-B bill ( main aim of this bill is actually to increase H1-B quota) and the Republicans are not too keen on doing this. Basically, election year politics.
For more info...visit "http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d106:s.02045:"
or www.senate.gov or www.isn.org or www.shusterman.com
Good Luck my fellow soon-to-expire H1-B\'ers.
I have read the messages in this thread and looks like the best and most-likely-to-happen solution is passage of Senate Bill s.2045. As many of you may be aware, this bill has a section in it (Sec VI) that says that if a person has initiated GC and 365 or more days have passed since the filing (not approval) of their Labor Certification, then they can extend their H1-B visa beyond the 6yr term by a period of 1yr at a time.
Example: My PD is Dec 4, 1998 and my LC was filed for at Atlanta, GA in regular category. It has been close to 2yrs as you can see and LC has not been taken up for processing yet (backlog in Atlanta is 24mo). My H1-B 6yr term expires Jan 31st, 2001.
If this bill were to be passed in the Senate, House and were to be signed by the President and become law, I would not have to leave the US but could extend my H1-B visa till Jan 30th, 2002 and then again till 2003 until such time I file for my 485 and get EAD.
This bill is scheduled to be voted on in the Senate this Tuesday ( Sep 26th) at 10:30am EST. But keeping in mind that Oct 4th is the final date for this, the 106th Congress and that this bill has yet to be taken up in the House and has to be signed by the President, I would advise you all to call / e-mail your State Senators and urge them to pass this bill as soon as possible.
The problem in passing this bill, that has widespread support from the Republicans as well as the Democrats, is that the Democrats are trying to club the Latino Amnesty deal to this H1-B bill ( main aim of this bill is actually to increase H1-B quota) and the Republicans are not too keen on doing this. Basically, election year politics.
For more info...visit "http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d106:s.02045:"
or www.senate.gov or www.isn.org or www.shusterman.com
Good Luck my fellow soon-to-expire H1-B\'ers.