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Earlier today, New Zealand

JAWAD

05-03 09:33 AM

Mine has a priority date of October 2002.
Got the 45-day letter last January (2005) and responded - It's been 15 months since......and NOTHING.

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hopefulgc

03-04 09:06 PM

noticed soft lud on my spouse's case .. dated feb 27th.. something is up ppl


I checked the online status of our 485 application after long time..i totally lost hope on our 485 applications that USCIS ever bothered to work on them..but strange thing is i have noticed a soft LUD on my wifes case..this gives me some hope..:D

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gene77

04-12 01:32 PM

...nothing yet.

Did anyone else get any update?


Nothing yet, RFE response received is all. Waiting ..

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gova123

08-02 05:27 PM

I am sorry for posting in here, but I was wondering if someone actually went in person to the Houston Consulate to get their passport renewed. Also, do we need to have any reason to attend in person at the Consulate such as emergency, etc.

I am from India and my passport is expiring on Aug 17. I read before in the forum that it is better to go in person to renew the passport. Any experiences please let me know.

Thanks a bunch

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gc28262

03-11 01:49 PM

My application was finally approved yesterday after almost 7 years in queue. Here is the sequence of events right before the approval.

RFE email on 02/13/09
2nd Biometrics Notice received on 02/17/09
Lawyer receives RFE for EVL, EAD cards and Marriage Certificate on 02/24/09
Completed Code 3 Biometrics on 02/26/09
Soft LUD immediately after Biometrics on 02/26/09
USCIS receives RFE reply on 02/27/09, Hard LUD and email on the same day
Another soft LUD on 03/02/09
CPO email on 03/10/09
Welcome email on 03/10/09

My PD has been current for a long time, but my application had not been touched and then suddenly USCIS became a model of efficiency. I am sure they are opening applications and approving or RFE'ing all they can. Hang in there guys.

Congrats !
Happy to see another free bird flying off USCIS cage.

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Jelena

07-18 08:23 PM

Contributed 100$. Thanks, IV!

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09-12 04:04 PM

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TO BE OR NO TO BE

10-18 04:07 PM

Here are some facts:

My I-140 was approved in April 2007 and I-485 was filed in August 2007. My H-1B expired on October 14, 2010 and my employer filed (using an attorney) for an extension last month. I have original H-1B filing receipt and copy for I-485 with me. I also had EAD which was scheduled to expire on October 15, 2010 and I filed myself for renewal of EAD and AP.

I lost my driving license with my wallet yesterday.

I checked NJ DMV website and in their 6 point ID verification they accept EAD and valid I-94 (which comes with H-1B approval, but I don't have either on me right now). Does anyone know what is the process in NJ. Do they accept filing receipts as valid document?

Without license I can't drive and go to work.

Any recent experience? I would really appreciate an answer.

Thank you

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FinalGC

12-18 11:00 AM

I would suggest, if we have 4-5 people per day for 31 days do the hunger strike. This will have a greater impact than just 1 day of hunger strike. The day should be strategized to match with the opening of the Congress session in 2007.

Are there 150 people ready to do that.

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msp1976

04-26 12:31 PM

Guys ,

We have to stick to immigration reform..
Let's not get into the medicare/social security/income tax issues.
That would open a complete new front on which the immigration refrom opponents can attack you...

Our organization has to steer clear of the landmine issues like Medicare, Social Security reform. Those issues have sank many political careers in washington...These issues are tar pits..swamps...

We are threading a needle here...the thicker your thread gets..the less likely it would get through the needle hole..
We have to maintain focus and not get carried away.

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ganguteli

06-11 03:39 PM

As far as I know, I am pretty aggressive in investment and I am getting @15% right now.. which too in a very unconventional ways.. by investing in forex and start ups with a risk of loosing nearly 80% of the investment in a day. when you 100K-200K and get returns like 100k.. dude that 100%-50% investment.. please let me know where can I do that.

I promise I gonna leave everything and go back with my money make investment in that and live the rest sipping feni by goa beach.

........And you have not contributed a dime yet to IV?

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pathiren

07-22 03:19 AM

I posted couple of posts, put down a database for everyone to enter their information and an interesting poll on our SoCal yahoo groups. Please join hands to make our voice louder. Here's the link again:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SC_Immigration_Voice/

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pappu

03-12 12:39 PM

With this model can IV still claim to be a non-profit organization? It seems you are exchanging information in return of cold hard cash? :p

Being a non-profit does not mean everything is free. Even some of our profession's organizations are non-profits and they want subscription to even login to their site. We are being very generous and providing everything for free and we will continue to do so to provide free access to immigrants on our site. Only a small donor area is for donors so that such members can have easy access to information and admins.

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cjagtap

08-10 09:51 PM

any TSC receipts??????? mine was TSC -2 nd July..

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ocpmachine

03-05 09:52 PM

My 485 had soft LUD on 2/27/09. Although, my husband's dependent application dint have one.

My PD is May'06 EB2 -I and got a soft lud on 2/27/09 for me/wifey case.

This makes me think that, USCIS is probably pulling all the cases systematically based on PD.

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9years

10-21 09:08 PM

You are correct, it took around 10 months. From prevailing wage to labor approval. 2 months I mean filing actual labor application to approval.

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adde72

07-05 11:35 PM

Dugg! and posted a comment...
Please also digg comments.


Dugg and posted comment ... this is great chance for US ( legal immigrants ) to solve our issues ...please participate activly ....I can see the light

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GCplease

03-13 12:33 PM

Received an email from CRIS yesterday. They have issued a FRE on my I-485. I can not think of anything. My immigration history is clean, no status issues, ever. I remember submitting all the docs during July fiasco. I am waiting for the actual RFE letter to arrive.

Only good part is - there is someone "OUT THERE" who looked at my file.

Hi,
I can see that your 485 recipt date should be around 7/25/07 which is around mine.

Was your 485 transferred to TSC or NSC ? If so, did the Transfer notice have a different Receipt date ?

I am just trying to figure out when they may get to my case. My 485 Recipt date was 7/31/09 and then it was transferred to TSC and the transfer notice had a receipt date of 10/1/09. Not sure if they'd consider the Receipt date in the 485 Receipt or the 485 Transfer Notice.

The reason for my my anxiety is, I provided a change of Address (more than 200 miles) to USCIS and am wondering if I'd get a rfe.

Thanks

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surabhi

09-09 01:03 PM

I think real estate will be attractive in 2-3 years time if atleast 2 of the following happen


Prices remain stagnant since all builders are factoring in the growth. A stagnant price means real loss of 12% every year ( inflation rate)

Interest rates have to come down to 6 - 7% level in India to make it affordable

Rupee has to depreciate further to make it attractive to transfer and invest


In current situation its foolhardy if someone is investing their 2nd /3rd home/plot in India. People seem to have lost bearing on decent diversification, asset allocation.

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knnmbd

04-25 02:42 PM

Learning01,

There is too much curbing of free speech, you admins are taking a heavy handed approach to discussions. Deleting posts at will, diverting topics at whims and fancies...

Let there be discussins, there is nothing wrong in floating ideas.. allow members to express. Not every idea needs to be implemented.

This sort of arrogance is not going help anybody's cause.

Just my two cents...
All these are good for chit chat any way. If we had the clout to implement laws that were based on figments of our imaginations, we probably would not be in line for a green card. Nothing wrong with ideas, except the potential for implementation of the amendment needs to go through IV core team and then sent across to any senators or the USCIS. We don�t want to look foolish be ridiculed for visionary ideas that will not see the light of the day.

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eb3_nepa

04-25 05:02 PM

1) Can somebody explain what the CORE objective of asking the UCSIS/DOL
to change the Priority date from the date of application of Labor to date of filing H1B is?

2) What is the proposed plan of action to deal with the 100K plus applications already applied for?

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