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  • sri1309
    03-11 11:38 AM
    My company is checking with some contacts how to push the idea. Recently we contacted competeamerica.org.

    Nil,
    Look at my reds. I gave you green and I used to have 2 greens at that time. Man, these guys dont want us to give any ideas. They just want us to wait till economy picks up..
    With these two reds, I cannoit continue on this forum site anymore.. good bye guys..

    OR.......

    I dont care.. who cares these reds anyways.. Do the right thing.. We get reds all the time at work, game and everyhere.. I failed in two subjects in my 8th grade and lost a year.. Now I did my PhD from a top school in US.. Dont get cowed down..
    These reds are sometimes to discourage efforts by some people whose interests differ from ours. I am not mad at anyone..
    "Aage bado"..
    But please someone give me some greens.. looks like I cannot green anyone unless I have some myself..

    u r not bad... read your previous posts to give you a green..





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  • nrk
    10-26 12:08 PM
    Congrats

    Got my CPO email few minutes back... Thank you all for your support and ALL THE BEST!!!
    HOPE FULLY, ALL OF YOU GET IT ASAP...

    NO LUD after Feb 2009 when i did my second finger printing.

    Created SR thru NCSC, did not help.

    Went to Infopass, no help from ppl i spoke with there.

    Did congress man enquiry, not sure if this helped. (as of yday, they had not received a response from uscis and were still waiting for a reply)

    Sent letter to Ombudsman, they told me they were checking with USCIS...

    No Idea which one worked... Good Luck to all of you...

    PD JAN 15, 2005
    case was transferred to NSC from TSC
    NO LUD after Feb 2009
    Had applied AC 21 on Aug 2008





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  • helpful_leo
    01-02 12:10 PM
    Hey guys

    I was a mostly passive observer during the S 1932 battle, and really admire all of your perseverance. I think all of you did very well with the limited time and zero funds that you had. A little bit about myself: I am a physician from India currently doing medical research here. I am currently busy interviewing for the medical residency Match 2006 (for those of you who know or care) and therefore will not be able to spend as much time here as I would like. I myself am not a GC applicant yet but am extremely interested in the cause you guys are taking up and want to see this thing being worked through. I believe our demands are just and fair, and perfectly in line with the American tradition of fairness. Our demands are just waiting to be intelligently articulated and brought to wider public attention, and will resonate well with all lawmakers irrespective of ideology. We will have to be careful about distinguishing our requirements from competing and confusing interests like illegal aliens, security issues and even H1B visa seekers.

    No American, from the most socially conservative Republican to the scared-about-job-loss Democrat will grudge a legal immigrant -who has played by all the rules all the time and pays all taxes- to reduce his immigration wait period from 7 years to 2 years! We have to play on this sense of American fairness (which exists btw to those who are skeptical) and spread the news about our legit demands (and indeed our existence) to the wider American audience. We have to carry this issue from the arena of policy debate to the personal - tell Americans how it feels like for spouses to waste their time and hope, to not be able to buy a home or plan any kind of life beyond the wait period for the green card. We have to tell them that we are not just potentially controversial legislation, but real people, with dreams, hopes, fears and sensitivities- just like them. After all, we are a significant number among their physicians and software engineers, scientists and nurses, professors and graduate students.

    But we should present these facts well to our audience, and not let communication glitches convert a no-brainer into a close contest. We should not let bad English or an unprofessional approach towards lawmakers/ media feed into stereotypes of “cheap labor” class peddled by the anti-immigrant groups. We have to be savvy and creative about our PR. We have to collect funds and organize the enormous mass of people affected by this issue. Among other things, we have to be politically sensitive and not pass judgments on illegal aliens or protectionist Democrats or anti-immigrant groups in our dialogue amongst ourselves or with others.

    I am aware all of this is tall order, but if we can manage this, I think America will give us what we ask for inside of 6 months. I will contribute as much as I can, as will be allowed by my current pressured situation ; ) Like many others here, I can put forth ideas and suggestions. I think I am politically aware and because I (used to) closely follow the general political media, I will probably be able to provide the American perspective on things, which again many others here regularly do.

    Thanks for your time and may 2006 have the very best for us!





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  • grupak
    03-26 11:39 AM
    Right but the here problem is that how to come up with written evidence of discrimination? These jerks do not send you an email "Hey, we do not consider EAD". Their pattern is generally as under.


    I understand. For an analogy consider theft. You might not know who did it but you lodge a complaint with the police. Its their job to investigate. Sometimes they are successful, sometimes they are not.

    In this case if the govt gets lot of complaints, and find a pattern they will investigate and find the dirt.

    All I and a few others are saying, discriminating EADs is illegal, and there is a govt. agency to deal with these things. So, if anybody is a victim contact the govt. agency. By being quite we are not helping ourselves.



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  • mallu
    08-16 11:46 PM
    http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/CISOmbudsman_AnnualReport_2006_II-F-Name_Checks.pdf

    Has anything happened so far by recommendation of USCIS Ombudsman ? The position looks like a 'toothless tiger' .





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  • kewlchap
    10-06 04:01 PM
    Anyone tried Ombudsman for the recent EB2 approval issues? Any point in trying that avenue?



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  • vinabath
    07-10 09:42 AM
    USCIS and DOS should respond to their irresponsible and negligent behavior. They are going to do that to Federal Courts for sure because of the Law Suit. I would want them to answer to Congress because they wasted law abiding tax payers money.

    Remember this site name is called 'IMMIGRATION VOICE'. Please do not stop the people who are sending flowers. This will get media attention. This will not force USCIS to accept applications but it will give a chance to Congress to become a more vigilant watchdog of USCIS. As long as immigration is in Congress agenda, atleast all the numbers will be used rather than get wasted from now on. I am pretty sure and confident that Oct 2007 bulletin will move forward and high demand countries will be given more than 7% rather than wasting the numbers.

    Before I tell this My PD Feb 2003. What is wrong if a person who has a PD 2007 would DREAM of applying for 485??. I do not support retrogression, even though I am the victim of it. I do not want everyone to be in line like me. Please be progressive in your thinking so that future immigrants who play by book does not get in to waiting line like us.


    Hello all
    I am a silent visitor of this website.
    Just my 2 cents... Don't think USA is like India where you can do something forcefully. Why don't you guys understand the real problem of USCIS.
    Do you think that by sending flower to USCIS will force them to make EB2/EB3 current for 2005/2006/2007 guys??

    Please try to understand their problem.
    Also India is the great. Why don't you guys just think that India is your home country where you are born and brought up. Why you people can't just wait and watch?? If nothing happens to the so called GC, then why don't you think to pack up and go back to India???????

    My sincere request, please don't do rally, you might be arrested......you never know what they can do..... Don't you think that, it is better to go back to India rather than being embarrassed here in US???

    Isn't it a shame on us to go for Rally to get GC?????:D

    Just think that you will get it when time comes, otherwise pack up.

    Please don't take much tension as life is very short. I am assuring you all, nothing will happen with law suit and flower campaign.Don't irritate USCIS by doing all this please.

    EB2 India
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  • walking_dude
    11-19 02:52 PM
    Ditto here. We need to give them specific case# to look into in the next phase of the campaign.

    I received the same thing. A canned reply asking to use their phone lines for inquiries. They returned my original envelope as well as my letter :rolleyes:
    No responses from anyone else.



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  • waiting_4_gc
    01-24 02:07 PM
    You dont get Air miles with Singapore airlines, right??

    Fly from SFO --> HongKong --> Singapore --> India . No transit visa needed anywhere. Inflight desi food available. Ticket is pricey.





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  • feedfront
    09-13 11:42 PM
    Smile or ..., I preferred 1st one..



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  • akhilmahajan
    05-16 02:36 PM
    Yes there is a clause. So i think that covers us consultants.

    Thanks.





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  • aquarianf
    05-24 08:38 AM
    Get your xray done.

    I Got Positive Skin Test. What Should I Do Now? Please Inform Me.

    Thanks
    Chhaya.



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  • DallasBlue
    09-13 01:33 PM
    All those 320,000 and counting families who are struck in the namecheck-blackhole should join the rally for bringing a meaningful resolution to this 'Struck-in-NAMECHECK-ForEver'/blackhole issue.

    When IV is giving you the platform to reach out and voice out your problems please come out, meet the lawmakers , attend the rally and help your families and your self.

    There will not be another rally organized, so all of us will be left to ourself stagnating in these backlogs.

    Please stepup, beleive yourself and make your voice herd loud and clear in 'The Pursuit of Happyness' AmericanDream.





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  • drona
    07-10 01:43 AM
    Several immigration lawyers have also reported on the Flower Campaign on their websites. Matthew Oh reported on his site. So did Bender's Immigration Bulletin. Here is the latest from Greg Siskind's Blog. He shows great support by mentioning Immigration Voice and providing a link to the Flower Campaign.


    http://blogs.ilw.com/gregsiskind/



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  • logiclife
    06-15 01:52 PM
    I have a question regarding this whole idea of filing on your own:
    Whats the reason for doing this? Is it because:
    1. Attorneys will be busy during this time
    2. Employer will not file 485
    3. Bad Experience with Attorneys
    4. Anything else please explain

    If 2, whats the guarantee that he will not cancel your LC/140 once he knows that you are filing on your own?

    Sorry about bringing this up. My employer is ready to file 485 but not EAD and AP. He says if we don't renew our EADs on time then we will be out of status and hez seen lot of such cases. Can I file EAD and AP on my own and let my employer file 485?

    Thank you all for the patience!!!

    For me, its 1 and 3. I am sick of my company's lawfirm. They are slow and they always end up filing things late. I almost lost my driver's licence renewal in April due to their procrastination and slowness in apply for H1 extension. If they do the same thing in this, then dates can retrogress and window of opportunity closes.

    Besides, I somehow feel that errors on forms are more likely when paralegals do your paperwork rather than you doing your paperwork.

    I am planning to keep a backup of all paperwork to file on my own if the lawfirm fails to file it by the 7th or 8th July. I will fire them and tell them to back off and do this on my own. I think that if they cant burn the midnight oil and work overtime during such critical times, then they deserve to lose business and we deserve to take care of our problems.





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  • drona
    07-10 06:49 PM
    Immigration Voice Represents All Nationalities:

    Although the recent Reuters article mentions the flower campaign as an "Indian" effort, the flowers were sent by nationals of numerious countries to USCIS and this organization represents all nationals affected by visa backlogs and the visa bulletin fiasco. Immigration Voice recognizes and appreciates the contributions and participation of the members of all nationalities. This is not an "Indian" effort, its an effort supported and organized by all the legal skilled immigrants stuck in visa backlogs.

    From IV Core group.



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  • gcisadawg
    08-20 02:33 PM
    I'm at Oct 2004 (EB3-I), 35 years for me .... you don't say!

    No seriously guys, 'spatial' brings up a good point; the laws are up for interpretation by the USCIS.

    Man, believe me, I'd be happy to accept that my numbers are incorrect!

    Thanks,
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  • syedn
    09-09 09:04 AM
    I wanted to put down the various steps I undertook or have happened since my PD got current in hopes that it might help anybody...

    PD: Nov 2005 EB2 @ NSC got current in August.

    We were in India when my wife got a FP notice in July. Missed it completely but was lucky that the lawyer realized we were on vacation and requested a postponement of FP appointment.

    The original FP appointment notice was for July 7th and we never received a second appointment notice until Aug 20th.

    In the meanwhileI travelled back to USA and opened SRs, Infopass and sent emails to NSC, Opended an Ombudsman inquiry, contacted senators separately for myself and for my wife. I got GC approval on August 10th.

    My wife had her FP taken on Sept 3rd and today we received CPO email for her too. Good luck to all who are waiting and I suggest do everything you can like SRs, emails, contacting senators, ombudsman inquiry, infopass appts. Not sure what worked.

    My Main conern was that my AOS (principal applicant) would be stalled because my spouse (dependent) had expired FPs and we missed an appointment. Apparently this turned out not to be the case.

    Thanks IV for a lot of useful information. All the best to everybody.





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  • eb3_nepa
    07-09 06:54 PM
    What you guys are talking about ... Walter reed is the best place for the flowers to go, with all what is going on in there ... the media will eat this news . DO not Cancel whatever you Do do not cancel instead call the media and let them know........... This is even better.

    Can we do a blood drive next as protest! seriously. Donate blood as protest and for media attention.


    Sure lets donate our KIDNEYS next!! This whole campaign sounds more and more ridiculous!!





    k_usa
    06-28 07:13 AM
    Can anybody tell me what do i need to put on I-765 , Q11, as i am not able to rely on my company's attorney.


    11.Have you ever applied for employment authorization from USCIS?


    As per the following link - http://www.uga.edu/oie/ISSIS/form/Department/PR/Instructions%20for%20I-765.pdf

    it says that you need to put yes and have to attach all the previous 797's.

    But my attorney says that you need to put No. Only those who applied for EAD earlier have to put yes (Which i feel not correct).

    can anybody clarify please.

    Thanks in Advance.

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    Goodintentions
    03-29 03:02 PM
    Dear All,

    We need to expose the fraudulent EB1 filing by Indian companies! Under the circumstances, I think that this issue is much more relevant now! As such, I would once again like to share the information which I obtained about 6 weeks back from the local Congressman's office.

    I was pleasantly suprised to learn that many Indians have been quietly writing about the fraudulent EB1 filing by Indian IT companies to lawmakers! I was told that the local office had received about 50 or so signed (hard copy) letters and that they had subsequently spoken to the INS office about this. It is a good thing that some conscientous Indians are quietly working behind the scenes for the welfare of the community.

    Subsequently, I also made a letter on the subject and hand delivered the same the very next day, to the Congressman's office. I then also posted my letter to the Senators of my state.

    I once again plead with all fellow EB Indian friends to write letters (please do not Email) about the fraudulent EB1 filings by Indian IT companies (TCS, CTS, L&T-IT, Infosys, Vetri software, et al) to your local congressman / senators. Please also visit your lawmakers to follow up. Personally, I feel that this very very important. IV is there to help us, but all of us must also play a role to get results

    It is the strategy that will win the war, not always brute force! We should adopt a multi-pronged attack strategy, realising that each ever visa no. we get is important!

    Spending about an hour of your time to write, print, sign and post could save many atleast 2 years of wait time. Did your realize this?


    Imagine the impact of 1000s of covers getting dumped in your law makers' offices!

    Even lawmaker's offices feel that the impact of printed and signed hard copies is much higher than Emails!

    If we are united and focused, we can all win!

    GOD bless the EB Community!!!