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  • delhirocks
    07-21 03:25 PM
    exactly...

    My interpretation: the vote was not on Cornyn's amendment; in response to a Point of Order raised, there was a motion to waive the Budget Act for Cornyn's amendment (the Budget Act requires 60 "Yes" votes to bring to the floor amendments to appropriation bills); if 60 senators had voted "Yes" (and agreed to waive the Budget Act requirement for Cornyn's amendment), then a vote on the actual amendment would only have required a simple majority. But because only 55 voted "Yes", the amendment failed to obtain the waiver; it was out of order because it did not qualify as an amendment to this bill.

    Because 40 Dems voted no on the waiver does not mean they are opposed to the amendment; they just did not want to vote on this amendment on this bill.





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  • pappu
    04-02 12:54 PM
    So here come the thing. Thats why i asked in my original post is IV just for people who have applied for Green card ? I wanted to know if they could address these issues as well . Regarding inability to work and self esteem , just stay in home for few days and then feel how much you loose. Man , its 21st century and ability to work is basic right.

    Please do not misinterpret IV.
    If tomorrow there is a bill to stop all H1B from coming to USA or to make life difficult for H1B, do you really think we will keep quiet just because we have filed our greencards?

    Do you know IV worked hard for decoupling of H4 time from H1 in 2006 and we thought nothing may happen and started to focus on next action item. Then few months later it was changed. That was the first small step.

    I would appreciate if you ask your spouse if she/he can volunteer time for IV. You both can get more involved. Send us an email if you are interested. We are always interested in people who can volunteer more time than us (We do full time jobs too. A couple of us also are enrolled in a part time degree program). We are willing to have such an H4 be a leader in IV.

    IV is a platform that will allow you voice your plight. But you will need to come forward and be willing to actively work on it with others. If the strategy is right, you are committed and have right intentions there is no reason why IV will not help.





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  • qplearn
    10-10 03:26 PM
    http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_3046.html

    Movt is not very bad for EB-2 India, but EB-3 India does not move!!





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  • PhysicianAssistant
    05-24 04:59 PM
    Does the bill make any special provisions for health care workers? nurses? Is schedule A a thing of the past?



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  • belmontboy
    03-15 09:47 PM
    Yes, I do agree with you but he asked a specific question related to travelling, and this case expungementg will help and he need not to declare at the POE about his case but as you said he will have the side effects of this case in various other stages till he is admitted as PR.



    RV

    Dude, I am telling you again. Expungement will not help him w.r.t immigration matters (which includes entering USA).

    Even when he gets his criminal record expunged, for all immigration matters, he needs to provide information about his conviction and an explanation.





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  • getgreened2010
    10-14 10:57 AM
    I recently applied (08/30) for advance parole as a new application (not renewal) at TSC, will I get a finger printing appointment from USCIS. The last update on my application was on 09/13 and no updates after that. I have travel in december I wanted to know how I can create an service request or Infopass? Thanks in advance.


    Service Center - Texas
    Method of filing - efile
    Filing date - 08/30/2010
    Received date - 08/30/2010
    Documents Sent - 09/3/2010
    Documents Received- 09/5/2010
    LUD - 09/13/2010
    RFE if any - None
    Approved / denial - None



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  • kopguy
    03-04 01:13 PM
    NK2006 thanks for the post my family and I recently entered US using AP and fortunately we were not questioned at POE. I am in similar situation waiting for 485 and filed AC21 when I changed jobs after six months.

    That is not to say that we will not have problem in future. You mention your wife showed them a copy of rules pertaining to AC21. Can you post a link or post them here.

    My lawyer never advised me to carry any such documents.

    Thanks for taking this up IV.





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  • 21stIcon
    07-14 12:33 PM
    Few things to add:
    3) To protect your familiy, think of the 3 areas: Death, disability and illness. Dying is the easy part...you die, your family gets a lump sum. The worst is that you DON'T die, but have a terminal illness (e.g. cancer), have no job and then incur substantial medical bills. Remember to cover all areas.

    Fittan

    Fittan,

    Do you know any best long term disability insurance for reasonable price to cover income?



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  • bbenhill
    12-31 03:27 PM
    You create your own luck, my friend!! God is not working against you or anybody else.

    Very unexpectedly, just last year in a hospital, the doctor told me that unless I get operated ASAP, there is not much chance for me to live. As I was still trying to digest that news, I was thinking...

    ***k the Green card. ***k my job. I just want to live few more years until my son grows to at least 18 (he was just 1-and-a-half at that time).

    And I really laugh about the whole incident now. And when I see others vent or getting upset about something, I can't help but get a smile. Because I learnt the hard way that we never appreciate what we have got and always complains about what we haven't got.

    It's New Year time!! Enjoy and cherish your presence. And forget about the job/visa for a day or two.

    I agree with you Punjabi, I just got an car accident awhile back and thought the same thing like you. even a NORMAL situation is a blessing. we should always appreciate everything that we have and then from there maybe all the things that we always want will come by themselves.

    Happy New years All ... Let's enjoy and appreciate whatever that we have :)

    Hopefully next year will be better that this year.

    Regards,





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  • gapala
    02-15 02:26 PM
    If you really look at who is paying less and misusing the H1-B and L1 to manipulate the job market, its the big offshore companies who bring the less experienced folks from India/China and other asian countries into US. These biggies pay way too less (52 to 57K) to these folks than what the conultants who work for local consulting companies make.

    They apply for 1000's of H1B's and L1's showing the positions in US but 60% of the folks works back in their offshore centers in China or India with H1B/L1 stamped on their passport. Question is, if they applied for H1B / L1 based on an existing position in US and gets approved, why is that folks are still working in India or China center? Doesn't that mean they faked the position?

    When we consolidated the vendors and excluded all the local consulting companies to include only two of the big offshore companies, we have seen their consultants brought onsite leaving them after few months at our group to join local consulting companies for better pay.

    To me, they manipulate the job market displace americans much more than the local consulting companies.

    I truely hope CIS look deep into these manipulations and frauds as well.



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  • GC_ASP
    10-25 08:08 AM
    Vkkkk,

    Look at this thread...He got the RFE on I-140(NSC) in august and the I-140 approved in sept. You never know with USCIS..I know few guys who got lucky with their I-140s. i don't think he was planning to play with our feelings since septemebr...Do you?

    http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=12905




    You signature shows like

    Labor approved May 06
    I-140 Applied Feb 8, 2007 (Approved Sep 18, 2007)
    I-485 Applied Jun 29,2007...Received Receipt on July 31, 2007
    Status - Pending


    but how it is possible
    I-140 Applied Feb 8, 2007 (Approved Sep 18, 2007).
    currently 140 processing dates around Nov/dec-06.

    Are you trying to play with people feelings?





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  • styrum
    02-08 12:40 PM
    On a second thought, though, why then DOL said that I required 5 when I had MS plus 5 yrs of exp.? Did they interpret my 5 as including the 4 yrs attributed to getting MS?



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  • BharatPremi
    10-05 10:31 AM
    Those are lolipop to kids. Do not keep much hopes. It seems to be the strategy to cover more election fund from corporate America.. I see this as political game for funding. On first link only honest statement I could locate was from Ms Lofgren "Some names on there have never been allies on immigration reform," Lofgren said. "I'm glad to be surprised."





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  • anna
    06-28 01:58 PM
    my pd is march 07. my agency told me they converted my I 140 into premium on june 18.But my case status still hasn changed from 'RECIEVED N PENDING". Is there any delay by the uscis usually in changing the status?
    Can somebody please clarify?



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  • PavanV
    10-11 01:01 AM
    BharatPremi,

    Looks like we are in minority :), I guess people need to be educated about legalities of the immigration system, just because one applies for a green card , or one gets a Green card, he/she does not become part of the country.
    Please remember this folks, till you become citizens you are still representing your home country :), and BharatPremi mentioned US of A only expects that you don't indulge in any activities that the government lists as against the US of A, after all we are all here only because the country allowed us in because they perceive there is a need for high skilled labor, letting us contribute and at the same time benefit from this huge economy,we are at their discretion legally, and they can show us the door just as the way it was opened to let us in, just because you are here does not mean you can demand rights :) and call this your home country, that is what the illegals do. I am sorry for sounding so depressing, I witnessed a mass layoff at my company and a lot of my friends (Americans) who are very senior folks were let go, I was spared, somehow that is hurting my conscience, and I am not in a position either to voluntarily give up my job.I want everybody to be happy, and prosper, layoffs reflect the ugly side of capitalism, the weak and old are exploited.

    All the best in your immigration process folks, you will need all the luck to stay here.
    Sarve jano sukhino bava (Let everybody be happy)



    Can you please provide us any link or legal constitutional document from any legal organization in India and USA which states that Patriotic Indian ( For the sake of argument Indian) should not apply for US Green Card ( Permanent residency)? Or for that matter can you legally proove that not applying for US GC is the barometer of patriotism towards India for an Indian?

    Do you have any reading comprehension capabilities?

    Read the first sentence of following link and let me know what do you comprehend?

    Your lesson for US immigration starts from here.

    USCIS - Green Card (http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=ae853ad15c673210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCR D&vgnextchannel=ae853ad15c673210VgnVCM100000082ca60a RCRD)

    Best Luck.





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  • sunny1000
    02-01 04:48 PM
    Sent a Money Order for $50 yesterday. Thx to everyone for their efforts.:D



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  • gc4sk
    08-27 11:42 AM
    Hi rbkrao,
    Did you show them original receipt notice or photo copy? Was there problem in getting the renewal?

    Thanks,
    gc4sk





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  • marwan234
    07-21 10:05 PM
    Delivered July 2 At 10am. No Checks Cashed. No Receipt. No Noting...i Guess My Application is Sitting In A Pile On Someone's Desk Waiting It's Turn...my Guess Two More Weeks.





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  • ssdtm
    09-08 05:55 PM
    Most of the time, consultant works at a lower rate because he doesn’t know what is being paid to the vendor. If you know what is being paid to the primary/preferred vendor, and the difference is high, you just pick the phone and have a straight talk. Preferred vendors negotiate. You can squeeze them pretty hard. I had done to $5 margin in the past.
    No vendor wants someone to leave a job, tell the client that he is not being paid well because the vendors are keeping a lot of money.

    Preferred vendors are now occasionally working on small margins (believe me $10 is VERY good for them, if another middle layer is finding the candidate for them). They take high margin when they when you go by salary and if they think they can find cheaper guys easily.

    On the other hand, there are middle layers, who are suckers and will try to keep the high margin. But you can deal very assertively with these middle layers because these are small cos. Never sign non compete with them. You can even chnage them and in fact your final preferred vendors can sometimes do that with you.

    with vednros, go hourly instead of salary. I don’t think there is risk, because if you do not have the job at client, you will be fired any way.

    With Desi cos holding your H1, I think margin is not the issue. Just have a hourly rate negotiation (no salary negotiation) because in future you can command more rate. If you have EAD, desi co will be willing to work on very small margin because they know you are an unchained tiger now and can run anywhere.

    There is a cut for managers, but is not that cut and dry....generally in kind than in cash. Managers favor their favored vendors, but if you are a useful person in team, he will not come in a way. In fact, you can try to use his relationship with the vendor to your advantage. Relationship mgmt is the name of the game (not just plain performance).

    If you are billed $180 and paid $85k, here is the strategy:
    If I was you, I will set up a conference call with my manager and vendor rep, and tell both that I might leave because vendor is keeping a lions share. Believe me, no vendor and manager would like to have this dialogue in open and your vendor will increase your rate by calling you in advance.





    WeShallOvercome
    11-06 03:43 PM
    I agree, It's not worth investing in India and going through all the legal hassles when it comes to getting it back.

    I myself invested a small amount there 2 years ago, which has grown quite a bit but I'm not sure if and how I can get it here.

    One thing I'm doing is that whenever myself or my family goes to India, We don't take much money with us from here. We just spend from whatever we already have in India. My brother is a joint account holder in my savings account with HDFC. I just sell some stocks and transfer that money to our HDFC account, he withdraws money and hands it over to us when we reach there.

    Whatever you earn in India, spend in India :)





    sgorla
    04-17 02:08 PM
    Very well said, nozerd. Indians may keep dreaming about INR gaining value against USD. It might actually happen at some point of time, but without the proper infrastructure that it needs, its going nowhere in my opinion.
    What India needs is

    Transparent Government without any trace of corruption atleast in regular day-to-day life
    Clean drinking water, un-interrupted power supply
    Roads and neighborhoods without trash pile ups
    Change of people's attitude that Govt should do everything for them, but without having to have pay taxes, fee etc.

    Yes but in Canada you will breathe clean air and drink clean water. You will have electricity 24 hrs a day and water 24 hrs a day. You wont find trash on the street and you wont be considered second class citizen if you arent SC/ST/OBC due to reservations. You woint have to give "donations" to get your kid admitted to Class 1. You wont face a system where a simple court case drags to 50 yrs or a case where doctor will not treat if before police does a "Panchnama" if you had an accident. You wont have to bribe everyone from minucipality to police to start a business.