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Hello,

My brother-in-law and sister are both Indian Doctors, having a private practice in INDIA. They would like to apply for visitor's visa.

Any suggestion about the problems they may encounter? Do they have to go on two differrent dates for getting the visa stampped at Chennai?

Thanks in Advance,

my votes for bat. reflections are my fav :beam:

Literally, windsor(Canada) and Detroit (USA) are seperated by river, so keeping GC and PR is like riding in two boats ... not possible. While Canadians are liberal in allowing their immigrants to travel daily into US to conduct their jobs ( that brings easy tax $$), it would be inconvienent to track daily movements out of country for GC. Remember at US citizenship, you will be asked to provide detailed log of trvels outside the country. So trip to Windsor is technically outside the country.

I had Canadian PR and am giving it up, because I finally got GC. With GCI can trvel freely into Canada. Plus even before Canadian PR, I never lived in Canada nor do I plan to in future. So why bother.

Did you hand over PR Cards to canadian govt or nothing has to be done.

We are legal immigrants and most importantly - tax payers, shouldn't that be enough??

:) May be you are caught on Name Check process.. Call USCIS and get your namecheck status.

Also USCIS process is a complete mess, if someone entered you under CHN quota then 2020. I hope that may not be the case as they have accepted your application even your PD 2007. You should be fine, have patience Use AC21 if you are not happy with your employeer. 6 months from approval of I-140 count that and move on.

Please reply someone..
take care
manish

While thousands of Indians are trying their best to make a cut into citizenship club, here is one Indian-origin Doctor bringing bad name by commiting immigration fraud.

Psychiatrist gets 10 months, gave fake citizenship waivers to 492 | Detroit Free Press | Freep.com (http://www.freep.com/article/20090818/NEWS03/90818074/1318/Psychiatrist-gets-10-months--gave-fake-citizenship-waivers-to-492)

Dr. Chikamarri Ramesh got 10 months imprisonment. He should have been deported.

it looks like you have been distracted lately and not following USCIS updates.

first Ap and EAD have nothing to do with each other and USCIS has stated that they are working hard to get EADs out as the law requires them too. Some people get their EADs a day or two before their receipts.

The priority is issuing EAD and USCIS ha been working hard at it, so dont fret

If your I-485 EAD comes through you have to use that and not the F1 EAD.

Where did you get this information from? Can you please show a source?

Hello,

I have filed for conversion and have been waiting since march 28th. It has been over 4 months and I am yet to hear anything. If you work for large organization then Atterney is going to scare you about possible fallout from denial. My Atterney did scare me but my job description remained exactly same so I am confident case will not be denied. However, it is painful wait but it may be worth it if there is going to be any retro relief in near future. I will post as and when I hear about my case.

Congrats guys,
I am still waiting I Applied my 8th year Extn on Jan 9th almost 5 Months
Hope i will get this week ..


Raj.

Submitted on July 2 nd received by R. Mickels and case transfer to TSC.

EB 2 PD Nov 2005
I140 Approved May 2006
EAD : Cards mailed on Sept 5th and Approved on Sept 10th
FP Sept 24th

Cngrats vempati:)..is your 140 approved from NSC or TSC?
and at what time is your application signed by R. Mickels ?

Your I-94 SHOULD have the same number as the old one!

Whether they give you a new white and stamped or the printed I-797 I-94 is a moot point. The validity date and the number is what matters.

I was once given a new I-94 after visa stamping in Canada at the Derby Line border post in VT with the same I-94 # as the old (and printed I-797 I-94) for a $6 charge.

You saved $6. Go buy nice milkshakes for the family and be cool.

It is a non-issue.

The thing is it is kind of strange that they are working on Sundays to reopen cases.
I hope things work out for good for everyone.

In my wife's case it is just a soft LUD. She is not even using that H1-B anymore.

Thank you so much nefrateedi,

I feel a little bit relieved now.
I read now about Direct Filing....and I understood that if you apply after july 30...you can send the application either to Nebraska or Texas. Hopefully I'm right in this matter.

Thanks again

Actually it was before July 30 that you could send it to either service center, but like I said earlier, with all the internal transfering that's going on, hopefully you'll be ok.

I had a similar experience a long time ago with Madras consulate. At that time, the Officer returned all my documents back without an explanation and hardly asked me a questions. After 2 weeks or so - they send me a letter asking for copies of the all certificates to be submitted along with a letter saying that the case was being reffered to a AFU - Anti Fraud Unit. I send all my education certificates.

It then took them around 3.5 months to clear the application. They asked me to send the passport back with the application copy and I received it with a week with my H1 B stamp. Applied first in June first week and received the Visa around Sept.

This is obviously a traumatic experience for you. But you will be alright once they verify.

In my case, the educations documents were correct and true and it was verified - I do not know how they did it. It is a slow process and you ask for help from a local senator or your company to send a request letter to expedite the case and constantly follow-up with your lawyer who filed the H1 petition.

Also I had a valid B1 visa but I decided it was better to wait for the process to complete before I returned.

Hope this helps. You just need to patient. Best of luck

First of all, Congrats !!

You should talk to a lawyer to get this clarified.

You will get your GC before your AP and EAD for sure. You missed the 2 year EAD and AP man. ;)

You mean , if we renew our EAD will they will give for 2 Years?? confused..

Thaks,
Pal

Hi All,
I used to commute across the border from Canada to work(on h1b) between 2004 and 2006. My passport was stamped just the first time and never after that.

In 2006 we moved to US by road and started living here. Haven't left States since then. Our passports were checked as usual but not stamped at the border although the U-Haul I was driving was inspected and our luggage and other stuff was inspected too.

Now I have received a RFE from USCIS on our pending I- 485's that were filed last August. They want us to prove that our last date of entry was indeed what we have entered in the I-485 form.

Any suggestions on how to respond to this RFE.

Thanks

I did my three years diploma (polytechnic) and three years engineering degree (B.E.) after that and I had @ eight years of experience while I had applied for GC through EB2 category. I had no problem in getting my I-140 approval; so far I have not received single rfe.

I had same situation as vactorboy but I had US masters. I had no problem with labor or I-140. My I-140 was approved in a month.

My brother is a Physical Therapist. His employer filed I485/I140 concurrently last week. His I140 was not filed under premium processing as the employer said that it is a waste of money as the GC will not come in a months time ( as the retrogression took place from Nov 2006). But then would he get his EAD or not? Any thoughts please?