leo2606
09-23 02:57 PM
It's nothing compared to 2,800 miles 1 way from CA.:)
There are just too many fond memories to share in one post... but I do want to specially thank leo2606 who drove 70 miles to pick up myself, venkygct, vsraja and punjabi at the Dulles airport and then took us out for breakfast, then to the rally venue, then for lunch, finally to a hotel room we had booked for a quick shower, basically... like a shadow he was with us wherever we wanted to go! And... whenever we thanked him (and gdhiren who co-ordinated pickups/dropoffs for many others like the 4 of us) these guys, instead of saying something like "You are welcome", would profusely thank us for flying in!
Its people... like leo2606 and gdhiren.. and many others are the true strength of IV!
There are just too many fond memories to share in one post... but I do want to specially thank leo2606 who drove 70 miles to pick up myself, venkygct, vsraja and punjabi at the Dulles airport and then took us out for breakfast, then to the rally venue, then for lunch, finally to a hotel room we had booked for a quick shower, basically... like a shadow he was with us wherever we wanted to go! And... whenever we thanked him (and gdhiren who co-ordinated pickups/dropoffs for many others like the 4 of us) these guys, instead of saying something like "You are welcome", would profusely thank us for flying in!
Its people... like leo2606 and gdhiren.. and many others are the true strength of IV!
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chandarc
07-16 01:08 PM
I am with you Sanhari. I will do the same..
I am writing to the local congressmen, to request USCIS to apply the spillover visas to EB cases with older priority date first (irrespective of it's category or country). I hope this will help, if lot of these local congressmen/women contact USCIS to handle this spillover in a fair manner, allocating to older priority date cases first irrespective of category or country. All EB3 folks please take some time and do the same writing to your congressmen about this issue.
I am writing to the local congressmen, to request USCIS to apply the spillover visas to EB cases with older priority date first (irrespective of it's category or country). I hope this will help, if lot of these local congressmen/women contact USCIS to handle this spillover in a fair manner, allocating to older priority date cases first irrespective of category or country. All EB3 folks please take some time and do the same writing to your congressmen about this issue.
indianabacklog
10-12 10:03 AM
I am in the same boat. I see 4 or 5 people postings of this messages.
None one else this forum in this situation. Why not we gather how many of us are affected? Then it will be easier for us to plan and request our case to be included on IV agenda.
anjs
Please feel free to send me a PM, whoever is in my situation. You are right we can have more effect if we work together. Certainly not got much done on my own during the past couple of years. Just keep getting standard letters from senators and congressman.
None one else this forum in this situation. Why not we gather how many of us are affected? Then it will be easier for us to plan and request our case to be included on IV agenda.
anjs
Please feel free to send me a PM, whoever is in my situation. You are right we can have more effect if we work together. Certainly not got much done on my own during the past couple of years. Just keep getting standard letters from senators and congressman.
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ravi98
03-25 12:04 AM
I like the food from a particular restaurant.
- I go there often, enjoy the food, and recommend it to my friends.
I don't like the food from a particular restaurant.
- I don't go there at all, even when I am hungry and I will tell my bad food experience to my friends - either convince them not to go there or let them decide on their choice.
Reasonable? Logical? Practical?
I like what IV has done, what IV is doing currently.
- I will visit the site often, get the information I want/need and recommend it to my friends
I don't like what IV has done, or what it is doing currently.
- I will not visit the site, as it is a waste of time and I will tell my bad experience to my friends - either convince them to leave IV or let them decide on their choice.
Reasonable? Logical? Practical?
Now, I don't like a particular restaurant, they serve bad food, bad customer service, waste of money, time - BUT I still go to the restaurant, eat the bad food, complain of the customer service, spend money knowing very well I am not getting its worth, and then stand up in the middle of this same restaurant floor and tell people this restaurant is not good (while eating) and tell my friends not to go to this restaurant (while I continue to go).
Reasonable? Logical? Practical? Or Unreasonable? Illogical? Impractical? - I would say second choice.
Let's do the same comparison:
I don't like what IV has done, nor what it is doing currently, I don't believe in anything and therefore will not participate, volunteer or contribute - BUT, I still come to IV, surf the threads, get the information I need, complain about undemocratic ways of the IV while having never made an attempt to find out more details, yet, coming on to the forums to post about why I cannot participate, volunteer and contribute. Demanding/Questioning about democratic principles while not understanding the very basis of democracy - PARTICIPATION.
Reasonable? Logical? Practical? Or Unreasonable? Illogical? Impractical? - I would say second choice.
What do you as a reasonable, logical and practical person think?
- I go there often, enjoy the food, and recommend it to my friends.
I don't like the food from a particular restaurant.
- I don't go there at all, even when I am hungry and I will tell my bad food experience to my friends - either convince them not to go there or let them decide on their choice.
Reasonable? Logical? Practical?
I like what IV has done, what IV is doing currently.
- I will visit the site often, get the information I want/need and recommend it to my friends
I don't like what IV has done, or what it is doing currently.
- I will not visit the site, as it is a waste of time and I will tell my bad experience to my friends - either convince them to leave IV or let them decide on their choice.
Reasonable? Logical? Practical?
Now, I don't like a particular restaurant, they serve bad food, bad customer service, waste of money, time - BUT I still go to the restaurant, eat the bad food, complain of the customer service, spend money knowing very well I am not getting its worth, and then stand up in the middle of this same restaurant floor and tell people this restaurant is not good (while eating) and tell my friends not to go to this restaurant (while I continue to go).
Reasonable? Logical? Practical? Or Unreasonable? Illogical? Impractical? - I would say second choice.
Let's do the same comparison:
I don't like what IV has done, nor what it is doing currently, I don't believe in anything and therefore will not participate, volunteer or contribute - BUT, I still come to IV, surf the threads, get the information I need, complain about undemocratic ways of the IV while having never made an attempt to find out more details, yet, coming on to the forums to post about why I cannot participate, volunteer and contribute. Demanding/Questioning about democratic principles while not understanding the very basis of democracy - PARTICIPATION.
Reasonable? Logical? Practical? Or Unreasonable? Illogical? Impractical? - I would say second choice.
What do you as a reasonable, logical and practical person think?
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karl65
05-17 11:14 AM
Pls post this information on other websites and forums as well so that people can start calling
We do not enough people calling as per the poll above
Hi Pappu and Administrators:
I am not sure if you still need people call to the CHC. I think you need to make Hispanic call a lot. I will be glad to transmit this information but I am not sure if this bill already passes yesterday. You probably know the philosophy about why they do not want support this bill but if they realized that besides non legal residents, there are a lot of Hispanic people looking for GC throug H1Bs, and they are suffering as many of us, they can change their minds......You should contact other members of IV who are Hispanics and make them to spread the voice.....Let me know if we need more calls.......
We do not enough people calling as per the poll above
Hi Pappu and Administrators:
I am not sure if you still need people call to the CHC. I think you need to make Hispanic call a lot. I will be glad to transmit this information but I am not sure if this bill already passes yesterday. You probably know the philosophy about why they do not want support this bill but if they realized that besides non legal residents, there are a lot of Hispanic people looking for GC throug H1Bs, and they are suffering as many of us, they can change their minds......You should contact other members of IV who are Hispanics and make them to spread the voice.....Let me know if we need more calls.......
Munna Bhai
01-22 03:42 PM
it took 9 months for me only for labour
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Edison99
05-26 02:50 PM
Yes, I think so sparky_jones....
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Munna Bhai
04-06 06:28 PM
NolaIndian, Good work, thank you for your efforts on this.
Nor. Cal. members there is an event during August '08, lets start training early, I am excited about this. Sign me up.
Great work and great initiative. Let's support this efforts. All the best.
Nor. Cal. members there is an event during August '08, lets start training early, I am excited about this. Sign me up.
Great work and great initiative. Let's support this efforts. All the best.
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billu
04-28 09:49 PM
I applied my wife's passport for extension. She has 6 more months on that one. I got the renewal exactly after 3 weeks from CGI-Houston. But the problem is, they gave only 1yr extension. In effect, I got only 6 months extension. I'm glad, atleast they sent it because we already booked the ticket to India in May. I'm not sure why they've given like that. Anyone has any ideas on that one?
The h4 or h1(whichever visa she is on)visa in your wife's passport would have expired and the I-797 approval notice must have less than one year from now. Heres the note from NY consulate website
"Important Note: In certain cases of an old passports issued by an office other than the Consulate General of New York, a passport is issued for one year. In such cases, applicants have to apply for extension of the passport any time after 45 days. A passport is also issued for one year in cases of expiry of valid U.S. residence visa. In such cases, applicants have to apply for extension of validity as soon as valid U.S. Residence visa is approved. There is no fee for extension of validity of passport."
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If such is not the case,then you can e-mail the CGI houston and they will let you know why they did that. Apparently,they are more prompt with e-mail than with phone.
The h4 or h1(whichever visa she is on)visa in your wife's passport would have expired and the I-797 approval notice must have less than one year from now. Heres the note from NY consulate website
"Important Note: In certain cases of an old passports issued by an office other than the Consulate General of New York, a passport is issued for one year. In such cases, applicants have to apply for extension of the passport any time after 45 days. A passport is also issued for one year in cases of expiry of valid U.S. residence visa. In such cases, applicants have to apply for extension of validity as soon as valid U.S. Residence visa is approved. There is no fee for extension of validity of passport."
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If such is not the case,then you can e-mail the CGI houston and they will let you know why they did that. Apparently,they are more prompt with e-mail than with phone.
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smuggymba
05-07 01:22 PM
once ur PERM is approved and ur new company is good, everything shud be smooth except for the wait.
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fingerscrossed
05-08 03:31 PM
PERM Filed : September, 2007
Audit date : November, 2007
Reply Date : November, 2007
Category: EB2
Status: Pending
Field: IT (Software)
Country : Myanmar
hope everyone is ok back home, prayers are with your relatives!
Audit date : November, 2007
Reply Date : November, 2007
Category: EB2
Status: Pending
Field: IT (Software)
Country : Myanmar
hope everyone is ok back home, prayers are with your relatives!
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StuckInTheMuck
07-30 10:56 AM
I called them and they say now it was a hurricane issue. Texas was not working for few days.
Ahh - now we know. If it is not GOD, it must be Dolly :)
Ahh - now we know. If it is not GOD, it must be Dolly :)
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vasa
09-20 07:24 AM
you guys must have seen me with my 3 kids in a stroller and my wife handing out flowers and holding a placard...
it was an experience in itself, a good one
with lasting memories
cheers
vasa
it was an experience in itself, a good one
with lasting memories
cheers
vasa
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perm2gc
01-05 08:30 PM
Guys we had 115 new members today.It was great to see so many new members on the same day.It is all due to the hard work of many members.If we continue ,we will make our 10,000 mark
Thank You
Thank You
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vrkgali
03-20 12:03 PM
I have received messages from people who have been here around 10 years without a GC. I wonder how common this is. What do you think about proposing a "fast track" for people who have been here legally for more than a certain amount of time?
totoro ..Very good initiative.
My situation is like this.
I am here in usa for the past 10 years.my I140 got denied last year and the MTR wait time is 20months. The RFE before denial was "ability to pay" . Even after producing all the documents requested by USCIS the I-140 got denied.
I started my GC process again by joining other company but Since My I140 is denied I am in the queue again from the first step the labor process, losing , sept2002 -EB2 priority date.
The get the status of MTR we need to wait for 20 months. 13 months more for me.
1.If you are able to get fast track for MTR s for I140, that is great.Justice delayed is justice denied.
2.Is there any way getting the priority date irrespective of I140 status.
3.what about automatic conversion of EB3 into EB2 if the application is at AOS is pending for 3 years.
totoro ..Very good initiative.
My situation is like this.
I am here in usa for the past 10 years.my I140 got denied last year and the MTR wait time is 20months. The RFE before denial was "ability to pay" . Even after producing all the documents requested by USCIS the I-140 got denied.
I started my GC process again by joining other company but Since My I140 is denied I am in the queue again from the first step the labor process, losing , sept2002 -EB2 priority date.
The get the status of MTR we need to wait for 20 months. 13 months more for me.
1.If you are able to get fast track for MTR s for I140, that is great.Justice delayed is justice denied.
2.Is there any way getting the priority date irrespective of I140 status.
3.what about automatic conversion of EB3 into EB2 if the application is at AOS is pending for 3 years.
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pappu
08-03 04:00 PM
i got green today
Congrats.
Yours and illinois_alum were in the excel sheet and were current? Were there anyone else current in the sheet we sent to USCIS and waiting for EAD? We need to find out if they cleared the easy cases first and gave them GCs instead of processing EADs. As per our latest information, USCIS had been going through the scanned notices. The NSC issue fix was already set in motion last week. It remains to be seen how soon NSC EAD cases are cleared. It will not be overnight, and may take some time, but we have to monitor the improvements in NSC.
Congrats.
Yours and illinois_alum were in the excel sheet and were current? Were there anyone else current in the sheet we sent to USCIS and waiting for EAD? We need to find out if they cleared the easy cases first and gave them GCs instead of processing EADs. As per our latest information, USCIS had been going through the scanned notices. The NSC issue fix was already set in motion last week. It remains to be seen how soon NSC EAD cases are cleared. It will not be overnight, and may take some time, but we have to monitor the improvements in NSC.
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meena42
05-15 03:53 PM
Hi Edd,
Thanks fo rthe reply, in my case, it was not a mistake by the registrar, my grand parents just happened to give ' a name' and when my parents enrolled me at school, they gave my current name. I am not sure, if I hav a official govt doc saying my current name is the changed name from my old name, will this help as a valid document.
Thanks fo rthe reply, in my case, it was not a mistake by the registrar, my grand parents just happened to give ' a name' and when my parents enrolled me at school, they gave my current name. I am not sure, if I hav a official govt doc saying my current name is the changed name from my old name, will this help as a valid document.
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PMisYMMV
09-03 10:44 AM
My PD is 09/01/2004. I have got an LUD on both the cases, but the status is still pending.
I am worried, do you think some one opened but got lazy to approve it?
I am current twice by now, what a luck, I wonder when my next tun going to be? This sucks big time?
I am worried, do you think some one opened but got lazy to approve it?
I am current twice by now, what a luck, I wonder when my next tun going to be? This sucks big time?
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rameshvaid
05-07 08:51 AM
It is good to see the combined Immigration community efforts are bringing results. However, it appears that no attention is being paid to raise the issue of children ageing out because of visa t the benefit under CSPA.
I hope some one from Immigration Voice leadership team will take a lead to highlight such issues also before the law makers.
My elder son also aged out in 2005, and fortunately, we had Canadian PR Card by then and he had to move out of the country. He had completed his three years of college in US and when moved to Canada had to loose one and a half years of credits as Canada did not recognize all the classes he had taken in US..
What a waste of time and money due to this broken Immigration sytem..
RV
I hope some one from Immigration Voice leadership team will take a lead to highlight such issues also before the law makers.
My elder son also aged out in 2005, and fortunately, we had Canadian PR Card by then and he had to move out of the country. He had completed his three years of college in US and when moved to Canada had to loose one and a half years of credits as Canada did not recognize all the classes he had taken in US..
What a waste of time and money due to this broken Immigration sytem..
RV
rajsenthil
01-04 03:04 PM
The online application system gave me a date of Nov 27th. I go to consulate on the scheduled time to find that the office is closed. That's really bad. Luckily here in NYC, I went on the same day on Nov 27th and it was opened. The passport was sent to me by mail and received it in 10 days. I was surprised by the way the crowd was handled. I think it depends on the top person who is in-charge of the consulate.
akhilmahajan
08-01 09:03 AM
New day and hopefully lot of Indian/Chinese folks are going to get GC's.
ALL THE BEST TO THEM.
Hopefully they also kickstart the EAD approvals also.
GO IV GO.
ALL THE BEST TO THEM.
Hopefully they also kickstart the EAD approvals also.
GO IV GO.