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  • Jimi_Hendrix
    11-20 09:49 PM
    Got legal immigration?

    Joe Adams holds on to his coffee cup while he anxiously reads the immigration news headlines on Google. The democrats have just won control in Washington and like all immigrants; Joe is hopeful that some immigration reform will emerge.

    Joe, a native of United Kingdom first came to the United States in 1998. After graduating from Harvard Business School with an MBA he got his dream job in supply chain management. It was not long after that Joe’s company filed for his permanent residency. Life moved on and soon Joe and his wife Kathy had their first child. “The year was 2003” reminisces Joe, “I was really beginning to understand the U.S. immigration process. I was getting a handle on the numerous loops that lay ahead. It was soon apparent to me that immigration was no walk in the garden”.

    Of the 940,000 legal immigrants in 2004, only 16% were skilled employment-based immigrants. About 40% of these skilled immigrants had advanced degrees, or 5 or more years of experience after a baccalaureate degree. The impact of these workers’ contributions to American competitiveness belies their small number. They add to the process of scientific discovery, technology development, and innovation, which in turn leads to greater productivity growth. Current immigration policy is abetting brain drain and forcing many of these immigrants to leave for countries like Canada and United Kingdom where skilled immigrants are given priority over undocumented and family-based immigrants.

    Legal Immigration, Rewarding?
    “Most importantly legal immigration has to be rewarding for legal residents and create a shining example for all other immigrants”, remarks Joe Adams. In the United States, all immigration reform for highly skilled immigrants is bundled with reform for undocumented workers. This phenomenon is representative of the apathy of U.S. immigration policy towards highly skilled legal immigrants. Many of them have advanced degrees in science and technology. They have trained and honed their skills while working in U.S. companies.
    Currently permanent residency applications for skilled, employment based immigrants are backed 5-8 years. In the interim applicants are unable to change jobs, get promotions or make any major financial decisions. Highly skilled, legal immigrants need immigration reforms that will reduce massive process backlogs, improve processing by government agencies and better the quality of life while the application is pending.

    Legal Immigration Myths
    Extremist, anti-immigration advocacy groups have aggressively publicized myths about legal, skilled immigrants. Let us expound some of the common myths about employment based immigration.
    Myth: Increasing green cards will enable more new immigrants to enter the country
    Fact: Most immigrants who are caught in the employment-based immigration backlog have already spent 5-10 years in the United States. They have integrated socially and culturally. Companies have spent thousands of dollars on training these workers.

    Myth: Employment based immigrants do not pay taxes and are a social burden
    Fact: Employment based immigrants are required by law to file for federal and state tax returns each year. They pay social security taxes, medicare taxes, payroll taxes and all other applicable taxes. Employment based immigrants are not eligible to receive social security benefits unless their permanent residency applications are approved or unless they have worked in the U.S. for several years.
    Myth: Employment based immigrants take away local jobs
    Fact: Most progressive Americans realize that educated immigrant workers play a crucial role in stimulating the local economy. Highly skilled immigration fills the gaps in availability and makes the U.S. economy competitive and resilient. A recent study concludes that immigrants have fueled the US entrepreneurial economy, starting one in four venture-backed companies since 1990 and two in five in high technology. This is according to a study released by the National Venture Capital Association trade group to the U.S. Congress in November 2006.

    Myth: H1B quota increase will result in more green cards
    Fact: H1B has a separate quota from green card quotas. Even after an individual has approved security check, labor certification and employment eligibility; a visa number must be available for him to receive a green card. This quota is subject to annual numerical limits. Based on the current annual visa limit, applications are backlogged 6 years.

    Future of Legal Immigration
    It is presumed that legal immigration process works efficiently and in a clockwork fashion. However when you consider that legal applicants have to wait 5-8 years for a green card; this statement is false. In the current political environment pro and anti immigrant extremism exist side by side. A rational, middle of the road approach is largely missing. Such an approach would prioritize immigration based on the contribution of immigrants towards economic growth, the reduction of job outsourcing and most importantly rewarding those who chose to enter and continue to reside legally in USA.
    Americans largely supports legal immigration. This year, the Secure Knowledge, Innovation and Leadership Bill was introduced in Senate and in the House of Representatives. This bill provides the much needed immigration reforms for highly skilled immigrants. However the democrat leadership has not yet declared immigration on their agenda for the first 100 hours of work. Unless congress collectively passes immigration relief for skilled workers, political considerations for the 2008 presidential elections will put this issue on the back burner again.




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  • indyanguy
    11-30 06:43 PM
    Inline..

    Hi All,

    This is a nice thread. Found all the answers I was looking for. Still some lingering doubts in my head::)))

    So, has anyone started working on EAD for their/or spouse's LLC?

    Don't know

    Why cant I work on my H1B instead( for my spouse's company )? That would take away some risk. Wouldnt it??

    USCIS scrutinizes H1s from startups/small companies. They might ask you to prove Ability to pay and if the company is still in it's infant stage, this might be difficult.

    Do we need to submit any tax docs( for the new company I would be moving to) when we apply for the AC21 or at any later stage??

    AFAIK, they don't ask for any tax docs when you apply for AC21.

    Can someone please answer?

    -Thanks in advance




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  • sparky_jones
    03-12 10:18 PM
    Dude
    Interesting case, did you port your PD or??
    I think this person was indeed trying to port to EB2 some time back, but even the EB2 had a PD of Nov 2005. So even if the port succeeded, even that would not explain the out-of-turn approval.




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  • meminime
    11-30 02:47 PM
    Thanks for all the info about interfilling guys, very useful .

    I have EB3 Nob/04 with I40 approved and AOS in progress.

    Apllied EB2 10 months ago and got labor (6 months prep + 3 months in filling) + I140 approved (in 2 days)
    with prem processing.

    I'm also in the same boat as others, not clear as to what one has to do for porting/interfilling, I will let the attorney decide if he/she needs to submit a request or it will be automatically linked to the current 485.

    Please keep us updated on your progress which is more helpful than attorneys and SOPs followed by USCIS, thanks.

    SM.



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  • gc_kaavaali
    07-11 11:45 AM
    I don't think so. Eventhough they make U in september bulletin. They have to move dates in October bulletin because of new visa numbers.

    I can understand the excitement. I am also in EB2 2005 PD. But the fact is that, this seems like a temporary movement only...i don't think dates can stay at 2006, going by simple math.

    PPl can give me those red marks, but i think dates will retrogress again by Oct.




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  • hpandey
    07-06 10:32 AM
    Most leaders are actually volunteers in IV. They have a regular full time job.

    What you are saying: "who can take a flight to Washington DC on Monday morning, change the law by noon to issue GC to every EB category, have a lunch at Olive Garden, come back monday evening" :

    For this you need to hire full time lobbyist which costs a lot
    of money. IV budget is nowhere close to that the Hispanic lobby group:
    National council of La Raza whose budget is
    $40 million or $1.3 billion including its �affiliates� network.
    IV is a tiny organization in front of La Raza. Thats....a BILLION with which they hire full time lobbyist.

    I strongly suggest you listen to the audio interview to understand how big the hispanic
    lobby is and get some reality check of how things work in US politics.

    Raul Yzaguirre on Past and Future of La Raza : NPR (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4229605)

    Even with such power also they cant pass CIR. But at least they ensure that no
    EB or illegal immigration reform will pass unless there is something for illegals.

    I agree with you . In fact I commend the IV leadership for at least giving us a platform. If someone believes that by a budget of 50 K to 100K a year IV can do some miracle then I guess they are deluding themselves.

    I don't know much about behind the scenes IV leadership but I respect them for taking time off and doing something for the EB community .

    Money talks in this country. Maybe IV people had good ideas or bad ideas but without money I don;t think anyone is going to hear our voice OR we need mass involvement - even that is not there . Although 30,000 people are IV members but when you need them except a couple of hundred you don't see anyone.

    How can an organiation work which can't even collect 5K a month from its members . We all are willing to spend hundreds ( sometimes thousands ) of dollars on EAD, AP , H1, labor, I-140, I-485, lawyers etc etc and don't even spend 100$ a year ( yes not month - a year ) .

    Most of the people come here to check forums or get free advice.

    For this reason alone I cannot fault IV leadership and I respect them .



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  • pankajkakkar
    08-08 12:08 PM
    I sent you one in a PM a few minutes ago.

    Pankaj




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  • leoindiano
    06-25 12:40 PM
    For every one person returning to their homeland, America is loosing 10 jobs to other countries.

    You can cite some of the international CEO names, who returned from US and made fotune in their native land. Also, how the companies setup by them can take the US jobs.



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  • badluck
    07-06 12:59 PM
    My lawyer told me that they are working on something to accept all applications which reached on july ... lets hope he is right.




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  • jfredr
    07-24 12:11 PM
    Is it a credit card or Green card?

    both are good enjoy.



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  • Milind123
    09-12 12:13 AM
    This is specifically for those people who have never contributed but feel like contributing but for some reason hesitate to pull the trigger. For all such people who start a monthly contribution of $50 and promise (not to me or anyone else but themselves) to keep contributing for at least the next 6 months, I am going to make a one-time contribution of $50 for every such person. I have a modest upper limit, which I will disclose after the first 10 new contributors.

    So people, Sept 18th is approaching fast and IV needs your contribution. Now is the time.

    The only requirement is that the member has never contributed before and starts a $50 dollar recurring contribution. For every two new contributors I will make a $100 one-time contribution. Moderators may verify my contribution.

    Note: The following was added at 9:06 EST on 09/12/2007

    OR

    For every $100 one time contribution by first time contributors I will match $25.00




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  • eb3_nepa
    07-14 03:42 PM
    Done!!

    Done contributing or updating your signature :)?



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  • nivasch
    03-09 12:48 PM
    Thank you so much
    No. It is over. Will reconvene next Wednesday.




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  • gc_bulgaria
    01-05 11:12 PM
    To be fair - India definitely has a competitive K-12 system because they are not all public schools (for free) like here. So the people who do get into IITs and RECs already have an edge.

    Having said that - the Indian college education like Gayatri said is not as rigorous as it is here (and I am NOT talking about the IITs).

    People pay a lot to go to college in the US and hence are generally more serious about their education. Fact is, a plumber can also make a good living here without a college degree. Its only those who can pay and are interested go to college. Ethical issues like copyright/plagiarism are also taken more seriously here and students are trained in critical thinking.

    In all I think both nations have good and bad. I have to READ Wadhwa's report to understand what he is trying to convey. All I heard was 'apples and oranges and pineapples' from his talk.

    Have a good night!



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  • wizpal
    07-15 01:38 PM
    Contributed 25 dollars via bill pay...




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  • amits
    07-18 10:20 PM
    Good to see more and more people contributing.

    Come on people, now we are in the same boat.
    For many of us, GC journey is just started. All of us have seen how difficult it was to cross the first tide that shattered our lives for 15 full days - can we forget the 15 days of darkness (2nd-17th July)?... We've heard the agonizing stories of those who're on this boat for years now. With the backlogs and all, this journey is far from over from them too..

    This journey will have many more painful and frustrating tides...
    We have many adversaries who are united and resolved not to let us succeed.

    IV rescued us this time, it helped us in overcoming the first tide.
    Now we need to strengthen it for the future. Your small contributions made today will go long way.

    Just imagine, if we are successful in making a change that allows using 200000 wasted visa numbers, then it can shorten the wait time by, probably, an year or two. And this is just one example. Legal immigration system requires many more improvements. It will not happen unless we've some representation and unity. IV provided that platform to us.

    If we're not united and potent, then many bills are waiting to harm us. There are big-shot politicians, media people and groups who are doing whatever they can to harm us. We've witnessed and they've not stopped it. They are relentless..

    We cannot be a sitting duck for them.

    Lets contribute to strengthen IV - our group, our support and our united front in this tidy and turbulent GC journey.

    GUYS, PLEASE CONTRIBUTE GENEROUSLY!!

    Now, we have a VOICE - ie ImmigrationVoice ...
    Strengthen it, so that those making decisions can hear our problems - LOUD and CLEAR.

    FRIENDS, PLEASE CONTRIBUTE.... !!!

    You guys are awesome.. !!

    THANKS!!!



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  • skv
    06-22 11:18 AM
    Mine is filed on May 14th at Atlanta :-(. My employer told me that off late it's taking anywhere between 90 to 120 days.

    But I hope I can beat this time after 5 long years. :-)

    Cheer up guys, nothing to gain being sad. :-)




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  • justAnotherFile
    07-20 02:57 PM
    Revenue = 750K*200 = 150 million dollars.
    For that kind of money they should be able to hire more than 30 personnel I think.
    And also develop some systems to atomate the process.




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  • chanduv23
    07-11 12:01 PM
    I am not sure if I should be happy or sad with this news. I was laidoff recently and had applied for I-485 on July 17,2007 i.e. current processing date for TSC. Also with this bulletin I will be current (EB2 2006). I have not found a new job yet and my company has told me that they will be revoking my I-140 after 30 days. My company lawyers are not advising me much citing conflict of interest.

    What options do I have? Will sending a new G-28 form at this time raise any issues that I do not have job with original employer as my PD is current and it is quite possible that my case maybe adjudicated. In the meantime if I do not sent new G-28 form I am not sure how much my company attorney will co-operate

    Saileshdude - relax. Get a job ASAP. PM me your phone number and I will call you




    GCwaitforever
    06-30 01:30 PM
    Got my LC approved June 05 2006.
    Took only (!) 4 years from first application...

    DOL recevied: Dec 5, 2002.
    Got my 45 day letter in Feb 2005.
    EB3-RIR
    Filed in Philly DOL.
    3 others from the same company got theirs LC approved 2.5 years ago and 2 of them have their green card since a year ago. And Im the only one with a US masters degree. Great system...

    Congratulations and good luck with remaining stages in GC. Believe me, we need lots of luck not to get stuck in other stages. I am still waiting ever since filing labor petition in November 2001.




    eager_immi
    07-05 01:04 PM
    do u have the list of email addresses? I sent an email to all 100 senators, hopefully they will reply.



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