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12-11 10:00 PM
It's been several years since the employment-based preference categories developed huge backlogs. However, no one was prepared for today's announcement from the State Department that most of the family-based categories will retrogress between one and three years beginning on January 1, 2011. Consider the worldwide categories: Beginning in January 1, the 1st preference category (unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens) goes from a 5-year to a 6-year wait. The story is much, much worse in the 2A category (spouses and children of permanent residents) where the wait expands from a mere 4 months to 3 years, a 9-fold increase....
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blog30
12-14 07:11 AM
Hello,
I have just got my green card and I am filling out I-130 form for my older son who was 21 when I submitted my I-140.
My question goes to point 16, "Has your relative ever been under immigration proceedings?" as I am not sure what to check over not knowing the terms (Removal, Exclusion/Deportation, Rescission and Judicial Proceedings).
I am asking that as my son has been denied admission in the US last summer. He had an F-1 visa (through 2014) but changed schools, got another I-20, went to the US Embassy in my country, the Embassy denied him a new F-1 visa but they didn't stamp with "Cancelled" the F-1 visa in his passport so he thought the visa is still valid, returned to the US but in airport he was not admitted entrance and had to fly back to our country.
Sorry for my long explanation I just want to find out if what happened to him falls under one of the 4 Immigration proceedings under article 16 in I-130 form.
I want to get him here not have him banned for ever for not knowing correctly the terms.
Thanks in advance
I have just got my green card and I am filling out I-130 form for my older son who was 21 when I submitted my I-140.
My question goes to point 16, "Has your relative ever been under immigration proceedings?" as I am not sure what to check over not knowing the terms (Removal, Exclusion/Deportation, Rescission and Judicial Proceedings).
I am asking that as my son has been denied admission in the US last summer. He had an F-1 visa (through 2014) but changed schools, got another I-20, went to the US Embassy in my country, the Embassy denied him a new F-1 visa but they didn't stamp with "Cancelled" the F-1 visa in his passport so he thought the visa is still valid, returned to the US but in airport he was not admitted entrance and had to fly back to our country.
Sorry for my long explanation I just want to find out if what happened to him falls under one of the 4 Immigration proceedings under article 16 in I-130 form.
I want to get him here not have him banned for ever for not knowing correctly the terms.
Thanks in advance
BharatPremi
03-14 02:31 PM
How abt creating voting device? 1) Move till 2004 end 2) move till 2005 3) move till 2006 4) will not move at all 5) will reverse back to 2002
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TeddyKoochu
12-28 12:14 PM
Please let me know!!
I think you can log on to uscis.gov and check the case status for receipt number, always good to add this receipt number to your account (User Account) where you can track your portfolio.
I think you can log on to uscis.gov and check the case status for receipt number, always good to add this receipt number to your account (User Account) where you can track your portfolio.
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02-05 06:40 PM
One of the stumbling blocks in the behind the scenes negotiations to craft a bipartisan immigration reform bill that also has the support of business and labor unions has been a proposal to create a commission that would basically determine quotas for all employment-based immigration categories. The business community and many Republicans have expressed concerns that the commission would be politicized. Labor unions have not been compromising on this issue and that has caused delays in working out a final deal that will allow Senator Schumer to introduce his bill. According to journalist Jeffrey Kaye, however, a compromise may be...
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Macaca
11-24 09:21 PM
In Bush’s Last Year, Modest Domestic Aims (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/24/washington/24bush.html) By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG | New York Times, November 24, 2007
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 — As President Bush looks toward his final year in office, with Democrats controlling Congress and his major domestic initiatives dead on Capitol Hill, he is shifting his agenda to what aides call “kitchen table issues” — small ideas that affect ordinary people’s lives and do not take an act of Congress to put in place.
Over the past few months, Mr. Bush has sounded more like the national Mr. Fix-It than the man who began his second term with a sweeping domestic policy agenda of overhauling Social Security, remaking the tax code and revamping immigration law. Now, with little political capital left, Mr. Bush, like President Bill Clinton before him, is using his executive powers — and his presidential platform — to make little plans sound big.
He traveled to the shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland to announce federal protection for two coveted species of game fish, the striped bass and the red drum. He appeared in the Rose Garden to call on lenders to help struggling homeowners refinance. He came out in favor of giving the Food and Drug Administration new authority to recall unsafe foods.
Just this weekend, thanks to an executive order by Mr. Bush, the military is opening up additional air space — the White House calls it a “Thanksgiving express lane” — to lessen congestion in the skies. And Mr. Bush’s aides say more announcements are in the works, including another initiative, likely to be announced soon, intended to ease the mortgage lending crisis.
With a Mideast peace conference planned for the coming week and a war in Iraq to prosecute, Mr. Bush is, of course, deeply engaged in the most pressing foreign policy matters of the day. The “kitchen table” agenda is part of a broader domestic political strategy — which some Republicans close to the White House attribute to Mr. Bush’s new counselor, Ed Gillespie — for the president to find new and more creative ways of engaging the public as his days in office dwindle and his clout with Congress lessens.
“These are issues that don’t tend to be at the center of the political debate but actually are of paramount importance to a lot of Americans,” said Joel Kaplan, the deputy White House chief of staff.
One Republican close to the White House, who has been briefed on the strategy, said the aim was to talk to Americans about issues beyond Iraq and terrorism, so that Mr. Bush’s hand will be stronger on issues that matter to him, like vetoing spending bills or urging Congress to pay for the war.
“It’s a ticket to relevance, if you will, because right now Bush’s connection, even with the Republican base, is all related to terrorism and the fighting or prosecution of the Iraq war,” this Republican said. “It’s a way to keep his hand in the game, because you’re only relevant if you’re relevant to people on issues that they talk about in their daily lives.”
Mr. Bush often says he wants to “sprint to the finish,” and senior White House officials say this is a way for him to do so. The president has also expressed concerns that Congress has left him out of the loop; in a recent press conference, he said he was exercising his veto power because “that’s one way to ensure that I am relevant.” The kitchen table initiatives are another.
Yet for a president accustomed to dealing in the big picture, talking about airline baggage handling or uniform standards for high-risk foods requires a surprising dip into the realm of minutiae — a realm that, until recently, Mr. Bush’s aides have viewed with disdain.
After Republicans lost control of Congress a year ago, Tony Snow, then the White House press secretary, told reporters: “The president is going to be very aggressive. He’s not going to play small ball.”
It was a veiled dig at Mr. Bush’s predecessor, Mr. Clinton, who, along with his adviser Dick Morris, developed a similar — and surprisingly effective — strategy in 1996 after Republicans took control of Congress. That approach included what Mr. Clinton’s critics called “small-ball” initiatives, like school uniforms, curfews for teenagers and a crackdown on deadbeat dads, as well as the use of executive powers to impose clean air rules, establish national monuments and address medical privacy.
“People in Washington laughed when Mr. Clinton would talk about car seats or school uniforms,” said John Podesta, Mr. Clinton’s former chief of staff. “But I don’t think the public laughed.”
Nor does the public appear to be laughing at Mr. Bush.
When the president sat down at a rustic wooden desk on the shores of the Chesapeake last month to sign an executive order that made permanent a ban on commercial fishing of striped bass and red drum in federal waters, people in the capital barely took notice.
But it was big news on the southwest coast of Louisiana, where Chris Harbuck, a 45-year-old independent financial planner and recreational angler, likes to fish with his wife and teenage children. Mr. Harbuck is also the president of the Louisiana chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association, a nonprofit group dedicated to conserving marine resources; Mr. Bush’s order is splashed all over his latest newsletter.
“We were very thrilled with what he did,” Mr. Harbuck said.
That is exactly the outside-the-Beltway reaction the White House is hoping for. Mr. Bush’s aides are calculating that the public, numbed by what Mr. Kaplan called “esoteric budget battles” and other Washington conflicts, will respond to issues like long airline delays or tainted toys from China. They were especially pleased with the air congestion initiative.
“You could just tell from the coverage how it did strike a chord,” said Kevin Sullivan, Mr. Bush’s communications counselor.
Yet some of Mr. Bush’s new initiatives have had little practical effect. Fishing for red drum and striped bass, for instance, is already prohibited in federal waters; Mr. Bush’s action will take effect only if the existing ban is lifted. And the Federal Aviation Administration can already open military airspace on its own, without presidential action.
Democrats, like Senator Byron L. Dorgan of North Dakota, who runs the Senate’s Democratic Policy Committee, dismiss the actions as window dressing. “It’s more words than substance,” said Mr. Dorgan said, adding he was surprised to see a president who has often seemed averse to federal regulation using his regulatory authority.
“He’s kind of a late bloomer,” Mr. Dorgan said.
Mr. Bush, for his part, has been using the kitchen table announcements to tweak Democrats, by calling on them to pass legislation he has proposed, such as a bill modernizing the aviation administration. The message, in Mr. Sullivan’s words, is, “We’re not going to just sit back because they’re obstructing things the president wants to accomplish. We are trying to find other ways to do things that are meaningful to regular people out there.”
Gillespie: Bush Shifts Approach As Legislative Window Closes (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/30/AR2007113000836.html) By Peter Baker | Washington Post, November 30, 2007
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 — As President Bush looks toward his final year in office, with Democrats controlling Congress and his major domestic initiatives dead on Capitol Hill, he is shifting his agenda to what aides call “kitchen table issues” — small ideas that affect ordinary people’s lives and do not take an act of Congress to put in place.
Over the past few months, Mr. Bush has sounded more like the national Mr. Fix-It than the man who began his second term with a sweeping domestic policy agenda of overhauling Social Security, remaking the tax code and revamping immigration law. Now, with little political capital left, Mr. Bush, like President Bill Clinton before him, is using his executive powers — and his presidential platform — to make little plans sound big.
He traveled to the shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland to announce federal protection for two coveted species of game fish, the striped bass and the red drum. He appeared in the Rose Garden to call on lenders to help struggling homeowners refinance. He came out in favor of giving the Food and Drug Administration new authority to recall unsafe foods.
Just this weekend, thanks to an executive order by Mr. Bush, the military is opening up additional air space — the White House calls it a “Thanksgiving express lane” — to lessen congestion in the skies. And Mr. Bush’s aides say more announcements are in the works, including another initiative, likely to be announced soon, intended to ease the mortgage lending crisis.
With a Mideast peace conference planned for the coming week and a war in Iraq to prosecute, Mr. Bush is, of course, deeply engaged in the most pressing foreign policy matters of the day. The “kitchen table” agenda is part of a broader domestic political strategy — which some Republicans close to the White House attribute to Mr. Bush’s new counselor, Ed Gillespie — for the president to find new and more creative ways of engaging the public as his days in office dwindle and his clout with Congress lessens.
“These are issues that don’t tend to be at the center of the political debate but actually are of paramount importance to a lot of Americans,” said Joel Kaplan, the deputy White House chief of staff.
One Republican close to the White House, who has been briefed on the strategy, said the aim was to talk to Americans about issues beyond Iraq and terrorism, so that Mr. Bush’s hand will be stronger on issues that matter to him, like vetoing spending bills or urging Congress to pay for the war.
“It’s a ticket to relevance, if you will, because right now Bush’s connection, even with the Republican base, is all related to terrorism and the fighting or prosecution of the Iraq war,” this Republican said. “It’s a way to keep his hand in the game, because you’re only relevant if you’re relevant to people on issues that they talk about in their daily lives.”
Mr. Bush often says he wants to “sprint to the finish,” and senior White House officials say this is a way for him to do so. The president has also expressed concerns that Congress has left him out of the loop; in a recent press conference, he said he was exercising his veto power because “that’s one way to ensure that I am relevant.” The kitchen table initiatives are another.
Yet for a president accustomed to dealing in the big picture, talking about airline baggage handling or uniform standards for high-risk foods requires a surprising dip into the realm of minutiae — a realm that, until recently, Mr. Bush’s aides have viewed with disdain.
After Republicans lost control of Congress a year ago, Tony Snow, then the White House press secretary, told reporters: “The president is going to be very aggressive. He’s not going to play small ball.”
It was a veiled dig at Mr. Bush’s predecessor, Mr. Clinton, who, along with his adviser Dick Morris, developed a similar — and surprisingly effective — strategy in 1996 after Republicans took control of Congress. That approach included what Mr. Clinton’s critics called “small-ball” initiatives, like school uniforms, curfews for teenagers and a crackdown on deadbeat dads, as well as the use of executive powers to impose clean air rules, establish national monuments and address medical privacy.
“People in Washington laughed when Mr. Clinton would talk about car seats or school uniforms,” said John Podesta, Mr. Clinton’s former chief of staff. “But I don’t think the public laughed.”
Nor does the public appear to be laughing at Mr. Bush.
When the president sat down at a rustic wooden desk on the shores of the Chesapeake last month to sign an executive order that made permanent a ban on commercial fishing of striped bass and red drum in federal waters, people in the capital barely took notice.
But it was big news on the southwest coast of Louisiana, where Chris Harbuck, a 45-year-old independent financial planner and recreational angler, likes to fish with his wife and teenage children. Mr. Harbuck is also the president of the Louisiana chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association, a nonprofit group dedicated to conserving marine resources; Mr. Bush’s order is splashed all over his latest newsletter.
“We were very thrilled with what he did,” Mr. Harbuck said.
That is exactly the outside-the-Beltway reaction the White House is hoping for. Mr. Bush’s aides are calculating that the public, numbed by what Mr. Kaplan called “esoteric budget battles” and other Washington conflicts, will respond to issues like long airline delays or tainted toys from China. They were especially pleased with the air congestion initiative.
“You could just tell from the coverage how it did strike a chord,” said Kevin Sullivan, Mr. Bush’s communications counselor.
Yet some of Mr. Bush’s new initiatives have had little practical effect. Fishing for red drum and striped bass, for instance, is already prohibited in federal waters; Mr. Bush’s action will take effect only if the existing ban is lifted. And the Federal Aviation Administration can already open military airspace on its own, without presidential action.
Democrats, like Senator Byron L. Dorgan of North Dakota, who runs the Senate’s Democratic Policy Committee, dismiss the actions as window dressing. “It’s more words than substance,” said Mr. Dorgan said, adding he was surprised to see a president who has often seemed averse to federal regulation using his regulatory authority.
“He’s kind of a late bloomer,” Mr. Dorgan said.
Mr. Bush, for his part, has been using the kitchen table announcements to tweak Democrats, by calling on them to pass legislation he has proposed, such as a bill modernizing the aviation administration. The message, in Mr. Sullivan’s words, is, “We’re not going to just sit back because they’re obstructing things the president wants to accomplish. We are trying to find other ways to do things that are meaningful to regular people out there.”
Gillespie: Bush Shifts Approach As Legislative Window Closes (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/30/AR2007113000836.html) By Peter Baker | Washington Post, November 30, 2007
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felix31
01-16 10:11 PM
if you already have a prospective employer who will sponsor you, just fill out everything and have your lawyer ship the application april 1st.
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vallabhu
07-18 09:07 AM
Did Amit(WaldenPond) get his GC , I have not seen any posts from him in recent past
I think we should remember and thank him for starting this effort.
Sorry for creating new thread for asking this question I tried asking in other thread which totally got lost and never answered.
I think we should remember and thank him for starting this effort.
Sorry for creating new thread for asking this question I tried asking in other thread which totally got lost and never answered.
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02-16 12:20 PM
Daily Kos reports on a hearing in Kansas regarding repealing a law that allows all residents to seek in state tuition at the state's universities. Really, there's no need to even comment on this - it's obviously appalling and should make people in Kansas immediately donate money to whoever is running against this guy. REP. O�BRIEN: My son who�s a Kansas resident, born here, raised here, didn�t qualify for any financial aid. Yet this girl was going to get financial aid. My son was kinda upset about it because he works and pays for his own schooling and his books...
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eastindia
04-26 02:59 PM
What is stopping you from leaving this job?
There is something called AC21 that protects you like blanket on a baby.
There is something called AC21 that protects you like blanket on a baby.
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andy.thorne
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This is my first stamp...
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braindrain
11-13 02:16 PM
As long as the Master Program in UK is equivalent to Masters in US, you should be good.
You can get your credentials evaluated in US and see if its a Masters equivalent.
You can get your credentials evaluated in US and see if its a Masters equivalent.
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10-19 09:10 AM
The Los Angeles Times addresses the case the Supreme Court heard this week regarding the right of an immigrant defendant to competent legal counsel: The right to counsel is one of the glories of this nation's legal system, but it means little if a client can't depend on his lawyer to provide an accurate account of his legal options. This week, the U.S. Supreme Court confronted a compelling case of what can happen when a defendant relies on inaccurate legal advice. Jose Padilla, a legal U.S. resident and a Vietnam veteran, asked the justices to overturn his guilty plea to...
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Babuji
07-18 11:24 AM
Primary applicant is on EAD, how much min amount primary applicant has to show on W-2s?
question related to Dependent RFE:
Please submit evidence to prove legal immigration status in the USA from Jul 01, 2003 to Jul 29, 2004(I485 Receipt Date).
As dependent I came to US on H4 in 2001 and applied for H1 and approved in Jan 2002 (approved from Jan'2002 to Feb'2004).
Then don't know lawyer applied for my H4 extension along with my spouse's H1 extension. But they sent my passport for H4 stamping (stamped from Dec 2003 to Dec 2005). ie. I have 2 statuses at the same time and also here note that during december I was working. One more thing here my lawyer applied for my H1 renewal and got extension from Feb 2004 to Dec 2006.
Which extension papers(H1 or H4 attached with I94), should the dependent need to send to show legal immigrant status for the above query?really scared situation.
Please give your valuable suggestions.
question related to Dependent RFE:
Please submit evidence to prove legal immigration status in the USA from Jul 01, 2003 to Jul 29, 2004(I485 Receipt Date).
As dependent I came to US on H4 in 2001 and applied for H1 and approved in Jan 2002 (approved from Jan'2002 to Feb'2004).
Then don't know lawyer applied for my H4 extension along with my spouse's H1 extension. But they sent my passport for H4 stamping (stamped from Dec 2003 to Dec 2005). ie. I have 2 statuses at the same time and also here note that during december I was working. One more thing here my lawyer applied for my H1 renewal and got extension from Feb 2004 to Dec 2006.
Which extension papers(H1 or H4 attached with I94), should the dependent need to send to show legal immigrant status for the above query?really scared situation.
Please give your valuable suggestions.
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kirupa
07-14 08:28 PM
Ah, clever :) I was about to suggest a hideously complex solution!
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pappu
02-01 11:31 AM
The thread is being closed. Do not start a new thread when there is already a thread on the same topic.
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senk1s
11-18 09:08 PM
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=14515
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genscn
10-28 02:03 AM
Do my employer need to file I-140 within 45 days of labor certification? Is this a law now?
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saddaypally
04-15 07:34 AM
Folks, I'm in the current sitation. In 6th year of H1B, aplied for PERM labor pending with ATL processing center for >15 mtonhs. Attorneys are filing for 7th year extension. I need to traval in the next 2 weeks but not confident enough to get everything right, I need my visa stamped aswell, which with the current H1B validity, would be onlyuntil 22nd Oct 2009. I did try to convince my Managers that they file the extension under premium processing and I could get extended visa until Oct 2010, but Attorney advised that it is not necessary and I should be fine to go, get my visa stamped and come back.
2 points I'm concerned about are,
1. Since I have < 6 months validty on current H1B is it safe to travel and I would hopefully have my extsntion reciept number when I go for stamping.
2. Heard lot about denial of entry at POE, I'm trying to avoid certain airports that I has problems (JFK, EWR etc). Not sure I'm doing enough to be safe.
Any advise is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Shrvan
2 points I'm concerned about are,
1. Since I have < 6 months validty on current H1B is it safe to travel and I would hopefully have my extsntion reciept number when I go for stamping.
2. Heard lot about denial of entry at POE, I'm trying to avoid certain airports that I has problems (JFK, EWR etc). Not sure I'm doing enough to be safe.
Any advise is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Shrvan
kirupa
03-27 01:30 AM
chrs - please break your entry into three separate threads instead of lumping multiple entries into one.
Thanks,
Kirupa
Thanks,
Kirupa
Macaca
02-17 04:52 PM
Bill
STRIVE Act H.R. 1645 (http://immigrationvoice.org/media/forums/STRIVE_Act_of_2007.pdf)
Media
Navigating immigration passage (http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/nationworld/washingtonbureau/article_1583663.php): U.S. legislators discuss what a successful immigration bill needs
STRIVE Act H.R. 1645 (http://immigrationvoice.org/media/forums/STRIVE_Act_of_2007.pdf)
Media
Navigating immigration passage (http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/nationworld/washingtonbureau/article_1583663.php): U.S. legislators discuss what a successful immigration bill needs
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