Vexir
06-04 08:11 PM
Chunk thats a nice one but it looks unnatural. Something about the white on the front...
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GCard_Dream
01-31 12:57 PM
This is a subscription page. If anyone has access to this story, can you please post the whole story. Thanks.
Rumor of the Day: Is the Regulation Eliminating Substitutions Imminent?
There is a rumor afoot that the final rule from DOL eliminating substitutions is imminent. Not quite---here�s the story. AILA Doc. No. 07013170.
It is at http://www.aila.org/RecentPosting/RecentPostingList.aspx
Rumor of the Day: Is the Regulation Eliminating Substitutions Imminent?
There is a rumor afoot that the final rule from DOL eliminating substitutions is imminent. Not quite---here�s the story. AILA Doc. No. 07013170.
It is at http://www.aila.org/RecentPosting/RecentPostingList.aspx
MeraNaamJoker
08-25 09:59 AM
With my very best wishes to those of you waiting for your GC, this thread is created for the lucky among us who received it recently. I am putting together a list of things to do, and not do, to maintain our freshly minted PR status, which should also help during future citizenship application. The list is mostly about little things that others have learned from experience (and I am learning from their experience, by reading in immigration-related forums such as IV). The more obvious things that can be found for example in USCIS handbook (http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/M-618.pdf) are not included here. Below is a snapshot of what I have gleaned from Internet so far, and please add your own input(s):
LIST of DO's :
[This is an evolving list thanks to valuable inputs from folks here and elsewhere, so keep checking back.]
Cheers,
Stuck(no more)InTheMuck
Thanks for the detailed information.
I have a unique situation here. My original GC sponsor (a multi billion dollar industry leader) laid me off after 6 months of I485 due to lack of position in the company.
I ported my GC using AC 21 and joined another small consulting company. Now my GC is approved and I have an offer in hand from another company.
Will it be a good idea to move or do I have to wait for 6 months or 1 year before I make an employment switch.
My most important consideration is that there is chance of potential loss of job (may god forbid) with the current position. I may be able to save myself by switiching job right now. And of course there is more money on the table.
LIST of DO's :
[This is an evolving list thanks to valuable inputs from folks here and elsewhere, so keep checking back.]
Cheers,
Stuck(no more)InTheMuck
Thanks for the detailed information.
I have a unique situation here. My original GC sponsor (a multi billion dollar industry leader) laid me off after 6 months of I485 due to lack of position in the company.
I ported my GC using AC 21 and joined another small consulting company. Now my GC is approved and I have an offer in hand from another company.
Will it be a good idea to move or do I have to wait for 6 months or 1 year before I make an employment switch.
My most important consideration is that there is chance of potential loss of job (may god forbid) with the current position. I may be able to save myself by switiching job right now. And of course there is more money on the table.
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optimist
06-17 04:10 PM
not sure how to do this. can some one in this thread create a poll just for eb3-India just to see a ball park number of people waiting in eb3 india and for how long they are waiting (may be we can start from jan 2001 all the way till jun 2008). This atleast would give us an idea of how many IVers are waiting in eb3 queue..pls discard if you did not like this idea. thanks.
There is a similar poll already existing- pls participate if you haven't...
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=6203&page=13
There is a similar poll already existing- pls participate if you haven't...
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=6203&page=13
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nrk
10-29 05:53 PM
Also for me as well
caliguy
Could you please send me the letter that you sent to Sec. NAPOLITANO-. My e-mail address is rongch60@gmail.com.
Thank you.
Ron
caliguy
Could you please send me the letter that you sent to Sec. NAPOLITANO-. My e-mail address is rongch60@gmail.com.
Thank you.
Ron
freedom_fighter
10-31 01:48 AM
can someone explain to me how to get to a service center ? what is this POJ technique?
thanks.
thanks.
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akv123
07-14 11:40 PM
We may be angry, but let us not use bad word for him. He is doing his job and earning his bread and butter! I have heard him using very strong language against government and administration - I don't think he is against anything but he has to do certain things to maintain the popularity of his show among middle class Americans (after all it is all business!).
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Waitnwait
12-02 12:05 PM
pansworld,
Its not IV I am worried about ... I trust them completely.
Its the the big bad wolves out there :) .... they might use such info to their advantage ....(call me paranoid)
I believe, the best and safest way to disseminate such important information is through state chapters. I know what you are getting at when suggesting that we should be open about our needs and goals .... The strategic vision is pretty much laid out by the core and is clear enough for the general public (I think) ...
monetary needs... thats a different ball game ...
I agree that posting the monetary figures might not be a good idea. But we need to find a way to make everyone who visits the site part of the bigger picture. I see that happening if we have a Percentage Ticker on the site which shows how much of the target is met and how much is left.
Its not IV I am worried about ... I trust them completely.
Its the the big bad wolves out there :) .... they might use such info to their advantage ....(call me paranoid)
I believe, the best and safest way to disseminate such important information is through state chapters. I know what you are getting at when suggesting that we should be open about our needs and goals .... The strategic vision is pretty much laid out by the core and is clear enough for the general public (I think) ...
monetary needs... thats a different ball game ...
I agree that posting the monetary figures might not be a good idea. But we need to find a way to make everyone who visits the site part of the bigger picture. I see that happening if we have a Percentage Ticker on the site which shows how much of the target is met and how much is left.
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raju123
05-24 03:50 PM
Although problem is genuine, no body (media, lawmakers, and US citizens) noticed our problem and recognize out contribution. We need to do something non-traditional to draw the attention of media. DC meet is one good chance, if we can gather significant quality heads. I am scared that only around 1000 members (may be less) are active at the peak of depression. And I don't know how many will show up to DC.
Immigration is not our right but at least, world should know the injustice.
Immigration is not our right but at least, world should know the injustice.
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waitingGC
01-31 10:46 AM
From what I understand, once the law comes in to affect, labor substitution will no longer be allowed so desi companies can't sell labors anymore. But the 2nd part of the puzzle was that approved labor will only be valid for X number of days (like 45 days as originally proposed) and I am not sure if this impacts the existing labors or not. 45 days expiration may only apply to new labors but no details has emerged yet so we'll have wait and see when the details come out. If it also applies to existing labors then we are home free because after the expiry date, all labors will automatically be canceled. Well, let's wait the for the fine details to come out first.
If this law does not apply to existing labors, we will still be in the same situation. BTW, what is a desi company. How come it can sell labors? Is selling labor legal?
If this law does not apply to existing labors, we will still be in the same situation. BTW, what is a desi company. How come it can sell labors? Is selling labor legal?
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jamesbond007
09-17 01:39 PM
If today its approved in the house..we are done..it goes the Prez for signing and we all add another card to our wallets:o
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=21442
The above thread helps understand the legislation process.
HR5882 is currently going thru step B.
A little ways to go after that step, before it becomes law.
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=21442
The above thread helps understand the legislation process.
HR5882 is currently going thru step B.
A little ways to go after that step, before it becomes law.
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p1234
10-03 12:09 PM
Sensible people,
I need some greens here. :P
EB2 I/C retrogression 10-03-2008 11:11 AM Here you go again.
EB2 I/C retrogression 10-03-2008 08:17 AM Kutte
EB2 I/C retrogression 10-03-2008 08:16 AM Saale
EB2 I/C retrogression 10-03-2008 01:23 AM disapprov
Dude, I'm not flaming at you (it was gctest not you) but you also made really demeaning statements and then tried to retract them when you started getting reds, I think. Its not good to trash others.
I need some greens here. :P
EB2 I/C retrogression 10-03-2008 11:11 AM Here you go again.
EB2 I/C retrogression 10-03-2008 08:17 AM Kutte
EB2 I/C retrogression 10-03-2008 08:16 AM Saale
EB2 I/C retrogression 10-03-2008 01:23 AM disapprov
Dude, I'm not flaming at you (it was gctest not you) but you also made really demeaning statements and then tried to retract them when you started getting reds, I think. Its not good to trash others.
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venky08
11-10 03:46 AM
:D
right on money!!!- you stole my thoughts dude...thats exactly how i think...
Using H1B makes one safe. but how many years we want to do the safe job. If I-485 gets denied do u have enough patiences to file another green card. One thing is believe is "We are here to make money, most of us are in our thirties and we have short time remaining to reach our goals. I think we all have one year EAD. wait for 6 months then go on job hopping, learn whatever you can, get into whatever you want. Start a business, do something.... Anything you do will help you in future. Sitting with H1B in pocket may take 4 years cream of your life.
If you have the talent you can get great salaries anywhere in the world. Because of your talents and hard work you guys are here. World is not small.
right on money!!!- you stole my thoughts dude...thats exactly how i think...
Using H1B makes one safe. but how many years we want to do the safe job. If I-485 gets denied do u have enough patiences to file another green card. One thing is believe is "We are here to make money, most of us are in our thirties and we have short time remaining to reach our goals. I think we all have one year EAD. wait for 6 months then go on job hopping, learn whatever you can, get into whatever you want. Start a business, do something.... Anything you do will help you in future. Sitting with H1B in pocket may take 4 years cream of your life.
If you have the talent you can get great salaries anywhere in the world. Because of your talents and hard work you guys are here. World is not small.
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bobzibub
11-02 03:25 PM
Dude.
You already got freedom. You should thank America for letting you come here and work and earn dollars probably more than their citizens.
Got freedom? That is a very American notion that freedom is a US trait. Personally I've sacrificed so much freedom in coming here. Freedom to work for whom I choose is principally amongst them. Freedom to have a say in the government that rules over me. If we look to the future, the US is busy throwing away her freedoms almost as fast as Burma--and that is a dangerous direction. All those US WWII vets must be rolling over in their graves. "Freedom" in the US is more of a slogan than anything else, much like Eastern European countries used to have "Democratic" in part of their name. The US government has picked up a knack of kidnapping, arbitrary imprisonment, illegally spying, sabre rattling, suppressing rights generally with politically based "no-fly" lists and arrests. All the hallmarks of a tin-pot state. Plus it can't seem to get anything done right. Iraq is a mess. Deficit, mess. Sub prime loans: mess. Health care: mess. Social Security: mess. Plus the GOP is currently trying to avoid ratification of the Law of the Sea. How backward can you get??
Personally, I've watched the US dollar devaluate against my currency by around 40%, while salaries have not changed. Is my purchasing power higher here still? Five years ago, it was a no-brainer. Now, I'd have to add it up.
The main reason that I stay here is that I already have a life here. Objects that are stationary tend to remain so, as Newton would say. Unfortunately, that is the best reason I have to stay.
Now I'm not going to leave the US in a huff. It'll be for greener pastures though. Americans should not kid themselves into thinking that they are the only game in town. Those days are over.
Freedom. Good one.
You already got freedom. You should thank America for letting you come here and work and earn dollars probably more than their citizens.
Got freedom? That is a very American notion that freedom is a US trait. Personally I've sacrificed so much freedom in coming here. Freedom to work for whom I choose is principally amongst them. Freedom to have a say in the government that rules over me. If we look to the future, the US is busy throwing away her freedoms almost as fast as Burma--and that is a dangerous direction. All those US WWII vets must be rolling over in their graves. "Freedom" in the US is more of a slogan than anything else, much like Eastern European countries used to have "Democratic" in part of their name. The US government has picked up a knack of kidnapping, arbitrary imprisonment, illegally spying, sabre rattling, suppressing rights generally with politically based "no-fly" lists and arrests. All the hallmarks of a tin-pot state. Plus it can't seem to get anything done right. Iraq is a mess. Deficit, mess. Sub prime loans: mess. Health care: mess. Social Security: mess. Plus the GOP is currently trying to avoid ratification of the Law of the Sea. How backward can you get??
Personally, I've watched the US dollar devaluate against my currency by around 40%, while salaries have not changed. Is my purchasing power higher here still? Five years ago, it was a no-brainer. Now, I'd have to add it up.
The main reason that I stay here is that I already have a life here. Objects that are stationary tend to remain so, as Newton would say. Unfortunately, that is the best reason I have to stay.
Now I'm not going to leave the US in a huff. It'll be for greener pastures though. Americans should not kid themselves into thinking that they are the only game in town. Those days are over.
Freedom. Good one.
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puddonhead
07-31 12:39 PM
For all the non-financial enginners who are trying to make sense of financial jargons (like myself - no financial enginnering degree for me but I have worked as a quant for some time in between):
Any time you are trading something - you are betting on the direction of "something". Smisachu - with his statistical arbitrage background - would probably like to vehemently disagree at this point. But please hear me out first.
If you are buying a stock - you are betting that the price of the stock will increase. If you are not sure whether prices will increase or decrease - but still sense some bubble forming, then you know that at the top of the bubble and duing the bust phase - the volatility goes through the roof. Maybe it is time for some option trading to trade on the volatility. So you are now trading on the volatility instead of the price.
If you become even more of a pro option trader - and you think that the market always undervalues out of money options (because human brain is not capable of anticipating the "black swan" events) - then you will buy out of the money options for pennies and will hope that you "poo like a chicken and eat like an elephant". The directional bet you are taking in this case is again on the vol increasing over a longer period of time.
If you are into statistical arbitrage - you have your own gold standard, usually some mathematical model, of how a specific market should be priced. If the market price differs from this - then you enter into a trade to make money when eventually this anomaly reverses.
Volatility is the second order "statistical moment" of the price. These, and other derived quantities (are usually termed as greeks in the trading perlance) - but if you are good in statistics - then you could think of all of them as statistical moments and formulate your whole mathematical model on that. There are ways you can formulate strateties to trade even higher order derivatives.
The basic fact that you are betting on the direction of "something" is often lost on even some professional traders - leading to some wonderful illusions of risk free return (like perpetual motion machine).
To be fair - there are some trading strategies which appear very simple and intuitively appealing - yet produce extremely complex mathematical results when you try to find out exactly which "something" you are taking a directional bet on.
So if you want to trade - I think a good idea is to first find out what is this "something" that you will like to bet on. Alternatively, if you have any strategy - please first understand what kind of direction bet you are taking - and the risks associated with it.
Any thoughts?
P.S.: "Directional bet" is a dirty work in trading perlance. I used it intentionally for effect.
Any time you are trading something - you are betting on the direction of "something". Smisachu - with his statistical arbitrage background - would probably like to vehemently disagree at this point. But please hear me out first.
If you are buying a stock - you are betting that the price of the stock will increase. If you are not sure whether prices will increase or decrease - but still sense some bubble forming, then you know that at the top of the bubble and duing the bust phase - the volatility goes through the roof. Maybe it is time for some option trading to trade on the volatility. So you are now trading on the volatility instead of the price.
If you become even more of a pro option trader - and you think that the market always undervalues out of money options (because human brain is not capable of anticipating the "black swan" events) - then you will buy out of the money options for pennies and will hope that you "poo like a chicken and eat like an elephant". The directional bet you are taking in this case is again on the vol increasing over a longer period of time.
If you are into statistical arbitrage - you have your own gold standard, usually some mathematical model, of how a specific market should be priced. If the market price differs from this - then you enter into a trade to make money when eventually this anomaly reverses.
Volatility is the second order "statistical moment" of the price. These, and other derived quantities (are usually termed as greeks in the trading perlance) - but if you are good in statistics - then you could think of all of them as statistical moments and formulate your whole mathematical model on that. There are ways you can formulate strateties to trade even higher order derivatives.
The basic fact that you are betting on the direction of "something" is often lost on even some professional traders - leading to some wonderful illusions of risk free return (like perpetual motion machine).
To be fair - there are some trading strategies which appear very simple and intuitively appealing - yet produce extremely complex mathematical results when you try to find out exactly which "something" you are taking a directional bet on.
So if you want to trade - I think a good idea is to first find out what is this "something" that you will like to bet on. Alternatively, if you have any strategy - please first understand what kind of direction bet you are taking - and the risks associated with it.
Any thoughts?
P.S.: "Directional bet" is a dirty work in trading perlance. I used it intentionally for effect.
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nandakumar
04-18 12:02 PM
For the past 2 weeks many times I emailed/called most of my friends with our situation, only couple of them made contributions. Looks like most of them wants free lunch:mad:
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srikondoji
07-10 11:12 AM
Do we have a confirmed news?
What are they going to do by holding the apps and doing nothing?
What are they going to do by holding the apps and doing nothing?
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n2b
07-18 01:07 PM
Pd: Oct 2005
Reached Nsc: 7/2 9:01 AM
Rejected: Don Know
Ck Cashed: Not Yet
Reached Nsc: 7/2 9:01 AM
Rejected: Don Know
Ck Cashed: Not Yet
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roseball
03-29 10:34 AM
@hpandey thanks for standing by me, and more so i will not bow down even if INS were tracking me down , what have i got to lose, its the time for the consultants to lose his business and his money, and i will not stop here as i said , i will make sure google search on him always opens the blacklist page before his company website.
@fide-champ i have tried options that could be open to me till the brink and believe u me if they were there i would be the first to grab it, i have tried attorneys, i have tried references, i have tried many options , given 15 interviews of companies and sat on that interview table from 9 to 5:30 PM , but only after realizing that it wasnt going anywhere and i had blown my dough i realized , its better that i leave.
@Robert Kumar yeah ofcourse, even if they were to what could possibly go wrong more than what it is right now, not afraid buddy not at all
If a company is willing to hire you for an available position, they can still hire you and file a I-129 with consular processing option, just like your current H1. Once thats approved, you will have to appear for a VISA interview again in your home country (at the consulate mentioned on your application). Whether you will be given a VISA or not will depend on the documentary evidence submitted and your H1 history. Be prepared to answer questions regarding your current H1 saga which will definitely raise some flags on your current company at the Consular post as well but unfortunately could have negative impact on all current genuine employees at the company, if your current employer is found guilty. You can claim ignorance, but there is a chance that you could be banned as well for VISA fraud (paying for H1).
@fide-champ i have tried options that could be open to me till the brink and believe u me if they were there i would be the first to grab it, i have tried attorneys, i have tried references, i have tried many options , given 15 interviews of companies and sat on that interview table from 9 to 5:30 PM , but only after realizing that it wasnt going anywhere and i had blown my dough i realized , its better that i leave.
@Robert Kumar yeah ofcourse, even if they were to what could possibly go wrong more than what it is right now, not afraid buddy not at all
If a company is willing to hire you for an available position, they can still hire you and file a I-129 with consular processing option, just like your current H1. Once thats approved, you will have to appear for a VISA interview again in your home country (at the consulate mentioned on your application). Whether you will be given a VISA or not will depend on the documentary evidence submitted and your H1 history. Be prepared to answer questions regarding your current H1 saga which will definitely raise some flags on your current company at the Consular post as well but unfortunately could have negative impact on all current genuine employees at the company, if your current employer is found guilty. You can claim ignorance, but there is a chance that you could be banned as well for VISA fraud (paying for H1).
bugsbunny
04-17 08:16 PM
The fact that he's asking whether he qualifies for one, on an online forum,shows his level of skill and education. Enough said :)
wow! you can't even ask your peers for honest feedback without being judged. :(
wow! you can't even ask your peers for honest feedback without being judged. :(
santb1975
06-06 11:07 AM
Rep. Linda Sanchez has decided to co-sponsor our bills HR 6039 and HR 5882. Thanks to our dedicated members efforts. I also got a call back from another Rep's office. Hopefully they will become our sponsors. Keeping fingers crossed for now