Tuesday, July 5, 2011

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  • techskill
    01-03 10:09 AM
    Guys,

    I am planning to go to india in July. After seeing all your posts i am thinking of getting stamped in canada.
    Any idea how long it takes to get back the PP in canada?





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  • gdhiren
    07-12 03:04 PM
    Although much older anouncements and news are still there.
    Apparently they want everybody to forget about this ASAP, let alone attract any further interest or god forbid inquiries. I don't know who in the world can still beleive that they are a "service" and we are "customers".

    I pity Gonzales now, may be Chertoff called him up and said why on the earth is he responding to flower campaign? Or may be Walter Reed Soldiers refused to accept mourning flowers. LOL....

    I smell something fishy... is it just me???





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  • polapragada
    09-10 11:23 PM
    I just read DICE
    http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?threadID=9965&tstart=0
    They are very active when compared to us to stop this bill

    I think we need to act more. Rather than calling then again and again and irritate them,

    I think we should start the flowers campain again
    1. Where ever possible we need to educate our american fellow workes and people in these forums that this bill is about
    a. People already working in US
    b. They is no possibility to they will loose their jobs
    c. We already live here
    d. By increasing H1B is the real trouble for the American Citizens not GC





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  • gravi98
    06-21 11:36 AM
    Thanks for the FAQ.

    Quick question:
    I have a EB2 approved I-140 with PD 2006. Another EB2 I-140 from BEC with PD 2005 is still pending and might take another 6 months to get approval.

    Will it be a better a strategy to file based on approved 140 (pd 2006) and later on capture pd 2005, once the BEC based 140 gets approved? Not sure whether interfiling applies for same category.

    Thanks in advance for your suggestions



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  • satyasaich
    01-11 11:18 AM
    The text is at the link below.

    http://www.immigrationforum.org/documents/PolicyWire/Legislation/SpecterChairmanMark.pdf

    Section 501 and 503 would help retrogression a lot.


    Section 503 will do more harm and add fuel to retrogression. Either it shall be redrafted or we shall oppose without any doubt





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  • akela_topchi
    08-07 11:19 AM
    Then why the heck are you still spending your time here..
    Go somewhere else.. where your interests are better aligned..

    Don't divide us.. We've enough problems already.

    if NumbersUSA unites us.. and you divide us.. then I am sorry to say.. but I hate you more than I hate NumbersUSA.



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  • kondur_007
    10-01 11:19 AM
    According to Ron Gotcher:

    "There shouldn't be any debate, as the statute is explicit:"

    EB2 INDIA future for fiscal year 2010 - Page 2 - Immigration Information Discussion Forum (http://www.immigration-information.com/forums/general-immigration-questions/9181-eb2-india-future-for-fiscal-year-2010-a-2.html)

    Let's see if DOS follows the law as the USCIS pending numbers clearly demonstrate that spill over to oversubscribed countries will be required(by law) in the first quarter, moreso with the new "Pending I485 numbers" report that will be released by USCIS hopefully in a month or two (since Aug25, 2009 report didn't reflect the EB2I approvals in Sepetember 2009).

    So December 2009 Visa Bulletin Dates should include spillover visas. Hoping for the best.

    He is right, but the problem is, USCIS and DOS has always done spill over only at the end of fiscal year and not quarterly.
    Now who will go and tell them to read their own statute again and reinterprete?? (like the spill over that was done vertical for several years until they realize, "it needs to be horizontal by our statute!!")





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  • justin150377
    07-09 10:29 PM
    This is just a message to 2005/2006/2007 PD guys. Please don't think that some miracle will happen and dates will be current soon, it will take its own time. Mostly for EB2 & EB3June 2006- June 2007 guys, it will be like a lottery if the PD becomes current somewhere in 2007 Oct-Nov time. Right??
    So life is not always easy. There are people waiting since 2002-03-04.
    Don't think that life is not a FIFO always.

    Why some of the guys became violent when I said, INDIA IS GREAT???
    Guys.. do you know why I always feel like this???

    As my parents,in laws and most of my relatives stay there. Not only mine, allmost all guys who are in the IV, they must have parents and relatives in India for sure. There is no other reason why I said India is great.

    Someone asked me to pack up... YES, I will if nothing happens;however, I will be waiting to see the progress for sure. This is July. Let's have a look over OCT bulletin after 2 months and for sure dates will move atleast 4-6 months for EB2 guys and 1 year for EB3 guys. So wait, be patient, instead of doing all this.
    Anyway, our turn will come sooner or later, so why to become impatient just seeing the JULY bulletin CURRENT and then "U".

    Mainly this is the message for 2005-2006-2007 PD guys. Please don't take it otherwise.

    Hey Smitha, if you have some extra cash, it sure sounds like you do given the fact you can afford to file multiple I-485s, feel free to donate some to IV.



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  • gapala
    09-02 06:57 PM
    mr whydidntufileurgc,

    U completely understood me, my point was Vonage may start charging such as 1c per min after few months once they have got most of the new customers.

    I am not talking abt 5000 min fineprint here.

    yes I do have a job :)

    This is not an offer but a plan... and there is an underlying agreement which is legally binding between vonage and customers. If they want to make a change to the plan, they will have to inform customers well in advance and customers have rights to agree/disagree with the changes to plan and may stay with them or opt out.. This is not so simple to just start charging one fine morning 1c per minute to existing customers..

    There is a possibility that they may discontinue enrollment into world plan and stop taking in new customers.. But existing customers will get the benifit of this plan as long as there is no change in governing agreement and if there is, customers may opt out at the expense of service providers..

    It seems you are confused with "Offers", something that dish and comcast does..where they offer low rate to get you in for 6 months with a 12 months contract and they bump up the rates after offer period.. you can see these changes in rates in fine print of the offer any way..





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  • ironduke
    01-08 09:57 AM
    I'll send my 2 letters asap.
    Support IV campaign !!!



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  • ram_ram
    01-11 01:33 PM
    ITAA President Quits, May Run For Senate

    Harris Miller all but declares run for Virginia seat held by Republican George Allen.

    By Eric Chabrow
    InformationWeek

    Jan 5, 2006 04:05 PM

    The chief voice for American IT vendors in Washington is seeking to switch sides and become a target of Capitol Hill lobbyists.

    Harris Miller, 54, this week quit his job for the past 10� years as president of the Information Technology Association of America�the lobbying arm of the IT industry�to run for the U.S. Senate from Virginia. A Democrat, Miller is eying the seat held by Republican George Allen. Miller says he'll make an official announcement on whether he'll run next week. But in a telephone interview, Miller sounded like a candidate. He already reserved a domain name for his campaign: miller2006.org.

    Miller says top Virginia political leaders, including the retiring and popular Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, a former high-tech executive who's mulling a run for president, urged him to run for the Senate.

    As head of the ITAA, Miller has lobbied Congress to liberalize laws such as the H-1B visa program to allow a greater number of foreign IT workers to be employed in the United States, as well as opposed efforts to penalize American businesses from outsourcing work overseas. Miller's positions on these matters have been attacked by some members of the liberal wing of the Democrat Party who seek to limit the importing of IT workers and the exporting of IT jobs as a way to protect American jobs.

    But Miller suggests his views have been misinterpreted by critics, saying he isn't pro- or anti-outsourcing, but recognizes that American businesses operate worldwide and have the right to hire workers in countries where they conduct business. Placing limits on outsourcing could hurt efforts to open foreign markets to American IT wares, he contends.

    Instead, government should back programs that encourage the creation of new IT jobs in the United States. For instance, he says he's a long-time advocate of programs to bring broadband and other high technologies to American rural areas as a way to attract IT jobs to those areas. He cites a Warner administration program to create hundreds of high-tech jobs by providing broadband Internet connections to businesses in southwest Virginia. "Five years ago, it was not an option, the area didn't have access to the Internet and technology, and those jobs might have gone to Mexico, India, or China," Miller says.

    Miller says the United States isn't investing enough in education and worker retraining, as well as IT research and development and broadband, adding that America has fallen behind some other countries. If elected, he says he'd push for increased investments in these areas. "We have to figure out how to run faster, jump higher than our competitors," he says.

    Before joining the ITAA, Miller ran a consulting and lobbying firm in Washington, and served as deputy director of personnel management for Congressional relations in the Carter administration.

    Replacing Miller as interim ITAA president is Robert Laurence, who had been Sybase VP of public sector.





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  • dwhuser
    10-06 04:34 PM
    Congratulations SOP for your wife's GC approval !!! I'm sorry to hear she was ill... Hope she is feeling better now. I have a couple of quick questions, did she give her biometrics before tha approval like the IO mentioned or did she get the straight approval...Also did she have any loft LUD's. Curious because I'm in the same boat and had a soft LUD on 9/24/2009 and no update on status though...still shows as initial review.



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  • sri1309
    03-12 06:12 PM
    Pappu or any active IV Core members, we are waiting for your answer. How we can go on this?:confused:

    Dont wait too long.. Just keep going.. No waiting..
    Imagine you are waiting for a bus.. that would not come.. then what do you do.. keep walking towards your destination.. And if there are others who want to come along with you in your safar, then it makes it more pleasant and less painful.. You all have contributed with your ideas.. Spread them and keep going..
    Now I am going home.. Will send this letter to other sources also.. i will get some more contact info tomorrow.. But Always write to change.gov. No president in the past has created such an option in the past to hear us.. Don't overlook it. I made small changes in my original letter. So in case anyone copied it before 5 min, you want to take the current one..





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  • franklin
    07-09 07:24 PM
    I think the blood drive is a great idea...draws media attention and serves a just cause!!!

    Calling IV leadership to organize this all across the country!!!

    I would love to donate blood, however I am illegible because of Mad Cow disease. In addition, if you've traveled anywhere with Malaria, I believe you can't within 1 year. If you've lived in a Malaria area, you can't for 3 years.



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  • akela_topchi
    08-07 11:46 AM
    So what are you waiting for.. run to a good law-firm and file a lawsuit or class-action or whatever.. Stop looking at the screen.. run... Your GC is in peril!


    Good for you..

    People yet another case who is going to crossover to the EB2 line...





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  • gc_chahiye
    06-25 01:02 AM
    cannot locate my wife's OPT card from 2003
    all other documents for status are available
    how important is that card?
    any way to get a duplicate/copy??

    you might be able to get a duplicate by contacting the college/university.

    my case is somewhat similar, but I dont have that option: I was on L2-EAD and I cannot find that damn EAD card (needed for filing EAD based on I485). However I do have the older I-797 so can atleast prove status...



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  • eb3_nepa
    07-09 06:54 PM
    What you guys are talking about ... Walter reed is the best place for the flowers to go, with all what is going on in there ... the media will eat this news . DO not Cancel whatever you Do do not cancel instead call the media and let them know........... This is even better.

    Can we do a blood drive next as protest! seriously. Donate blood as protest and for media attention.


    Sure lets donate our KIDNEYS next!! This whole campaign sounds more and more ridiculous!!





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  • gc28262
    06-14 05:49 PM
    I am not saying that we are reporting fraud just for the sake of not tolerating it. This is effecting our GC. Earlier the effect was related to the job being taken away now it is effecting our GC too.

    Initially L1s were sponsored only by large offshore companies like TCS, WIPRO etc.. The effect was that the jobs were taken away. But it did not have much effect on the GC side as most of these large offshore companies do not process GC for their employees.

    But nowadays lots of small Offshore companies started doing L1As. These companies do not have lots of clients like TCS or WIPRo but they have a handfull of clients. So to make sure they have their clients they started bringing people in L1As and processing GC under EB1 for them. Although many of these people are developers and should be in EB3 and should be behind in the line. But as they are in L1A and are appling in Eb1 they are getting GC in no time and also taking the visa#s away. There are hunderes of these small offshore companies started getting people in L1As. Thus these EB1 Visa #s are not overflowing to EB2. This is effecting our GC.

    Now we have :
    1. Large offshore companies sponsored L1s taking the jobs
    2. The small offshore companies sponsored L1s taking the GC visa #s.

    If the L1As are indeed senior Manager then no problem, but the Developers/Business Analyst/ Project Manager without hire-fire authority are getting GC under EB1.

    Thus these frauds should be reported so that at least the # of EB1 visas are not taken by fraud.

    So you too can see how this fraud is effecting us all.

    Do you know why we are having GC delays ?

    1. Country cap for visa numbers
    2. Visa numbers wasted by USCIS by their inefficiency

    EB1 visa never belonged to EB2 or EB3 category. What if there were enough genuine EB1 people to claim all the EB1 visas. There won't be any spillovers. Spillovers are bonuses. It is never our right to claim those.

    If you want your GC faster, work with IV for country cap removal and recapture.

    Have you donated a single dime for IV's cause ?
    We always find it easy to go against fellow immigrants than fighting the injustice at root.

    Look at the following thread to see how easy it is to resolve GC issues if country caps are removed.

    http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=26465





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  • nk2006
    07-11 01:01 PM
    Core,
    Some one from Al Jazeera is requesting for more info. Please contact him (if its not done yet) for a story on the flower drive. Other members who participated in the drive please call and talk a few details.


    His request is pasted from another thread:
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    I'm a producerfor Al Jazeera English, the international TV network. I'm hoping to talk with some of the people involved in the flower campaign. If you have time to contact me it would be great- 202-496-4519 or 202-651-1613. Many thanks,
    Kelly Rockwell
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    angelfire76
    04-24 06:34 PM
    Forget about it impacting desi companies, do you know how many companies will be impacted if the "no contracting" clause is retained in the H1B/L1 bill. It essentially means that no company can "purchase" the services of another company and use a H1B worker to work on the project at it's site. We are talking about biggies like IBM Consulting (where about 10% of it's workforce is on H1B) , Oracle consulting etc. who's clients depend on the expertise of the techies to help their teams by working with them onsite.
    Oracle and IBM are rich by software support and consulting services, not just by their product lines.
    Do business working on non-govt or non-defense apps care whether their contractor is on H1B or not? No they care about 2 things 1. Price 2. Can the contractor help get their system working?
    It's pretty obvious that neither of these senators have any business experience.





    optimystic
    03-26 02:10 PM
    Just a silly question popped up in my mind...

    Doesn't DOL have a directive telling employers, they have to try to recruit US Citizens first, and only if they do not find properly qualified US Citizens they can go on to search for people having 'other work authorizations' . Isn't that the whole basis for the approval of our Labor certifications in the first place???

    So can the employers not use that directive as a legal loophole and try to prescreen the candidates and ask them whether they are US Citizens or GC or EAD or H1 and so on... as a hidden ploy to figure out whether you are GC or EAD while externally they can still put on a facade that they are just strictly following the legal directives that DOL has laid out?

    Doesn't this 'Try to hire US Citizens first' policy of DOL in total contradiction with the I9 statement of 'no discrimination based on work authorization' ???? I am a bit confused here :confused:

    If this indeed is a legal loophole that employers/recruiters can use in their favor, then admins please delete this post so that the yet unaware recruiter/employer perusing our forums may not get wind of this deadly legal weapon !! :)



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