texancanadian said:The majority of 245(i) cases I believe were Regular (not RIR) and these cases from more populated states like California, Texas etc havent even cleared BEC Labor stage.
On what basis are you making the assumption that we are over the hump on the 245(i) cases.
puerthoughts said:If you ask me, i am still positive on the GC process though there are some problems with it. I can tell you guys that the end is in sight if your PD is in 2001. Here is why i think so :
If you see the past two visa bulletin, you can surely say that they are stuck in the last bunch of the 245(i) cases. How many of them, i do not know but it is pure logical that since the PD has not been retrogressed heavily, the number must be less than we are afraid of. So if that logic stands, we can see some real good progress by the november-december of this year. As soon as the fiscal year of 2007 will start from october, the last glut of the 245(i) will be processed first and we all know how much releif it will give us.
DO NOT COUNT ON ANY NEW IMMIGRATION BILLS. It is a political football for the midterm election. It is the same as they did with the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Till this day they do not have thier house in order. So even if a bill is passed, it will not show any immediate releif to all of us. May be our friends with the PD of 2002-2003 will be greatly happy with the passage of any bills at this time.
So i would say to all of you that sit tight, and just wait for the ride to end. Do not jump from the ride, you may get hurt since the grass always looks greener on the other side !!
Best of luck to all of us.....
puerthoughts said:If you ask me, i am still positive on the GC process though there are some problems with it. I can tell you guys that the end is in sight if your PD is in 2001. Here is why i think so :
If you see the past two visa bulletin, you can surely say that they are stuck in the last bunch of the 245(i) cases. How many of them, i do not know but it is pure logical that since the PD has not been retrogressed heavily, the number must be less than we are afraid of. So if that logic stands, we can see some real good progress by the november-december of this year. As soon as the fiscal year of 2007 will start from october, the last glut of the 245(i) will be processed first and we all know how much releif it will give us.
DO NOT COUNT ON ANY NEW IMMIGRATION BILLS. It is a political football for the midterm election. It is the same as they did with the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Till this day they do not have thier house in order. So even if a bill is passed, it will not show any immediate releif to all of us. May be our friends with the PD of 2002-2003 will be greatly happy with the passage of any bills at this time.
So i would say to all of you that sit tight, and just wait for the ride to end. Do not jump from the ride, you may get hurt since the grass always looks greener on the other side !!
Best of luck to all of us.....
guldukan said:This thread is to discuss stratergies and not for counting
so please do not post me too, count me in (did'nt meant to be rude)
back to the topic,
for myself I used AC-21 and did a consulting directly to the end client (made a good deal of money), and again joined the client did not submit AC-21 yet,
but now I am thinking again probably to take another consulting job where I can make more money in another couple of years or so and save as much as I can and really not worrry about getting GC, infact I am really cool if these guys keep renewing and let me work here.
I kick myself everyday for not using AC-21 an year before, I also have plans to open a small company and do a direct contract instead of going thru middle man
so if anybody can share some ideas about opening a company with EAD I really appreciate.
guldukan said:well, It is very important to be in good terms with your GC sponsered employer
I still maintain contact with my old employer and he is co-operative with my GC .
I should say I was in a better position, I have good relation with my client and also I will be conducting interviews for new consultants, so my consulting firm did'nt want to mess up with me.
so they let me go easily, besides they made a hell-lot-of money all these years.
make sure, you play well
StillAlive said:Thanks guldukan and techy2468 for your words of help.