Those in EB3-IND with PD 2001

Nope


USCIS_GC_ APPRO,

Unfortunately there has been no good news this whole fiscal year and I realistically don't see any good news in the near term. I am afraid we have to start believing in miracles now :) :)

regards,

sars
 
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.....
 
purethoughts

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.
 
I am not sure but I know a lot of people here in chicago and Florida who applied under 245(I) and they are done for about 2 years. They have their families here now.
This is a messed up situation and really hard to predict anything with the data that we have.



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.
 
Hope...

I was under the impression that USCIS is anticipating the approvals of 245(i) labor. USCIS will hold the PD in April 1st 2001 until BECs approve all those cases.

But according to your message it shows that USCIS is already processing the 245(i)'s I485.

I am not sure which is true....

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.....
 
purethoughts, you could be optimastic and what you are saying also makes some logic sense to some extent

But in my experiance USCIS is the wrong place to look for logic, look what happend in 2005, they moved PD upto june 2002 and I expected dates to only go forward, but 2006 october was a shocker to move the dates back all the way to 98, now we are april 2001, how many cases do think they approved during this period not many.

so I am not suprised if they move the dates again back to 1998, so that they are not floded with BEC cleared 245i cases

Again I sincerily wish that you are right and I am wrong
 
I am agreed to your logic. Lets see whats gonna happen. I personally know 245(i) people who got approved in 2003 and one in early 2005. They all have their families here now.



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.....
 
EB3 India here with PD 2002.

I heard from somebody that once you attain 10yrs of exp you will be qualified for EB1.

I will have 10yrs of exp this Dec. If i find an employer who will support my cause, what is the best course of action for me...

--> Apply for EB1 and port my PD (Can i do this?)
--> Apply for EB2 and port my PD (What good is it?)
--> Stay EB3 and enjoy higher pay and wait for my turn ... (When will it be?)


Appreciate your suggestions.
 
Hi guldukan,

That is a nice way of making money. I am also trying to join end client directly. But I have a non-competitive agreement for not to join client for 6 months after termination with current employer who placed me to this end client.
How serious this type of non-competitive agreements, If I ditch my employer.

Thanks for your advice in advance. Others welcome there suggestions.

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.
 
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......some employers will just threaten a lawsuit to the company who hires you......and it will be enough to break the deal........it happened to one of my friend....and he had to go through a nightmare for few months till they settled it..
 
Problem here is this project is never ending, my contract is keep getting renewed with this employer and same client, it has been 4th year a row now. I am currently in delima to join this client to break non-competive agreement or to find a new one (Even then I need to give a proper reason to quit to be in good term)

Dam I hate this GC process, BTB I just renewed 2nd EAD (still not using).

Any suggestions :(

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
 
Stilalive

Remember, your client is the key person here, if he supports you, you can workout with your employer, try to do it in a nice way.

Also, keep in mind, sometimes your manager (if he is a desi), will have some deals with consulting firm, it happens in lot of places, especially in government contracts.

Then I suggest not to join the client, you will be jeopardizing your GC, you can try to join some other company

yaa I know GC sucks,
 
Similar situation

StillAlive said:
Thanks guldukan and techy2468 for your words of help.

I had a similar situation and requested my client to broker a deal with the consultancy I worked with. Initially the consultancy was reluctant to let me go, but when I talked to them that I will walk off from this job if they don't agree, they agreed to this plan.

I am now with my client in the permanent job. I also got both my original labor and I-140 approved with my consultancy, and got another substitute labor from my client :)

It depends on how you play this game.

Thanks
 
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