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Recently, I made my own PP photos using http://www.epassportphoto.com/

This is a great service - It creates a jpeg file from a picture that you upload, and you can choose the "free" option in which you can save the jpeg file with 4-6 pictures in one frame (A 4" x 6" photo can yield 6 pp photos of 2" x 2"), and take it to Walgreens/Costco/Kinkos for a printout for $0.25 each. Otherwise you pay about $8-$12 for 2 photos at the same stores!!

For a family of 4, this equates to savings of ~ $40!!!

The site has all the tools for meeting various types of visa/pp/etc photo requirements for various countries.

LUD on my I-140 is 8/5/2007.

Notice date is April 26

Sincere request to all the retrogression victims from the great State of Oklahoma.

Please post your willingness or send me a PM if you are interested in working for IV's cause.

Lets go guys!!!
Make some noise. The timing has never been better.

are you dumb or something????

this has been out for weeks...we are waiting for the september bulletin

what a moron!

Relax guys...sorry ..

do you need to use these kind of words for posting a thread which I did by mistake?

Thanks so much for your quick response. Yes, I am planning to start EB2 from scratch since there is no relief in EB3. So, I will have to convince the company to bear the cost :(

Well, if you go according to the Lawyer of this forum with which guys had a conference call (you can hear the recording thats on the home page of this site)

Then its advisable to apply in EB3 category and her reasoning was that with her experience she has seen lots of EB2 application in the past few years and very less EB3 apps and hence chances of EB3 being processed earlier than EB2 are quiet high.

Also, consider the job satisfaction/career growth you will get by taking up this new job which you said is better than your current one.....Keeping in view the current trend, it will be atleast 5-6 yrs for Eb-2 to come to Oct 2007....Ask yourself if you want to be doing what you are doing right now for that long......I would move on.....

Hello fellow IV members,

I am hoping to port to a new job using AC21. I contacted my attorney with various questions about the process, but she told me that she can not respond to my questions because she represents me as well as the current company I work for. For those of you who are looking to port or have already done so, did you face a similar situation - where your attorney could not advise and assist you through the process of porting? How did you resolve this situation? Did you have to find another attorney to help you with porting to a new job?

Thanks for your help.

What kind of help are you looking for?? Its all in the IV forums about AC21... You need nothing... If you think your employer may revoke your approved I-140.. then you need to inform USCIS of your using AC21 to do a job change... If your I-140 is not approved yet.. you need to wait...

All the needed details would be in AC21 threads...

Copy of 485 receipt
Copy Front and back of current EAD
Photos with A# and name in the back (With Pencil/Felt Pen)
Check for 340 Payable to US Department of Homeland Security" (with A#/Name in the memo section) -- Separate checks



Thanks for encouragement,
It's always scary the first time. : )

Re. Check caching - just FYI, now-a-days, they copy the check, convert it to EFT and destroy the original so getting case number from copy may not work.

Also do I write A# on back of photos or something else? Any idea if there are restrictions for using pen or pencil or such?

thanks again,
NS

Thanks for your prompt reply.

My I-94 has already expired .So should I put that validity date??

I-94 was for H1B and it is already expired.Working on EAD and didn't travle out of USA so doen't have new I-94.

Thanks again

If you don't have a valid I-94 then you could add your AP expiration date as the validity date

THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH FOR PRECISE REPLY BUEHLER but am I not within my legal right to work for any hospital branch because they are all with one name.


My final question would be YES I was told that I will have a new ID and new payroll number and a separate paycheck but what can be done to rectify this situation. Like do they have to amend the H1B petition(mine is a non-cap hospital--- a charity hospital).

My H1B stipulates that I am a full-timer with 40 hrs per week but starting from next week it is going to be 32 sometimes and 40 hrs some weeks as we are not seeing many patients into our hospital due to the economy,jobs etc.

What is the solution. Do I have to move to a different job or can there be a solution to work for the same company (in different branches)

Jut get a notorized letter from a ex-employee preferable lead and manager. Also it would be nice if she/he gives it in letter head

you mean ex-employee on his current employer's letter head? does it work?

I sumited my wife's & my I140 and I485 together in this July 2nd, 2007. I already got receipt and the requesting for fingerprinting. If i file a divorce now does it going to have any effect on my processing?

this is very important.

Depends on who is primary and who is secondary. I asssume its an EB case because you mention 140.

Even if he sue, all you may need to pay is the expenses (lets say, at the worst 10K ) according to ur contract.

if u find a new job with 10k hike, you can pay off this from first years salary ... remaining 3-4 year's(until ur GC) 10K is for you to keep :)



After 180 days (AC21), I want to change my employer. In the above scenario, can my present Employer sue me if I leave him? Please suggest�

Thanks in advance,
Ashok...

November's visa bulletin is a wild card. Can expect anything.
Something or Nothing...:D:D:D:D

No it is the same company

Excellent. I am new in this cage..but I am proud to be here. I will definetly donate generously for 4 core for future lobbying. Also I would think..we need 2 avoid anti-immigration media such as CNN etc. I saw WSJ, Business Week, CNBC(Brian William news at 6.30), CNBC Maria, Washington post, New york time and some other local news paper helping us with covergae on this issue. We shouldn't be helping Lou dobb's kind of guys to boost his ratings. I decided to stay away from that chap!! and CNN. I know many of my friends regulary watch CNN and I advised everyone to switch to other channel..what u guys think. Once again congts all.. sleep well and enjoy..

I am July 2 filer and have EAD card for myself and mywife. We are planning to go to INDIA for 30 days. I have H1B extended until 2010 but H1B STAMP is expired in passport. I have following questions:

1. Should I apply for AP for both of us?
2. If we have AP documents for both of us, Do we need to have NEW H1B STAMP in passport?
3. When you aboard in flight from INDIA, do they question for expired H1B VISA stamp in the passport? What document we need to show them at that time?

Your help is greatly appericated.

Thank you.

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Afsandyar, your link provides text that has existed for at least 3 months.

Where have you seen tha it is under discussion in the house. If this is true, it is great news, but I just hope it is true.

In this scenario, you can apply for H1 extension with Company B using approved I140 of company A.

So hypothetically:
person has approved 140 from comp-A but moves to comp-B
A revokes the H-visa and 140.
The person can still extend for 3 years, through B using the approved 140 (from A).
This can continue till the day the persons PD becomes current?

It makes sence because once the 140 is approved and 485 is not yet applied for, there is essentially "no application pending" for this person on which they can issue and RFE, right?

However, when he tries to extend using the older (comp-A) 140, cant the CIS issue and RFE for evidence from comp A that they still intend to hire this person in future??

Hi everyone,

Today i got an alert form USCIS that the pending 485s (for my wife and myself) have been transferred from NSC to TSC. Wanted to see if others with 485s pending at NSC have seen similar action.

My priority date is Oct 2005 and my 485 has been pending at NSC since July 2007.

Did you move to a different state after filing at NSC ??