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No news yet. No checks cashed. I'm getting really worried now. Anyone else with similar delivery info please post any updates on the status of your application here.

Thanx!

Mine was signed my "R. William" ... there you go again with R sequence.

guys, i had a petition going a few months back..where i was literelly begging people to sign - for I140 problems..and got about 100+ only...now I am hearing from people that tehy have 140 problems...many told me..oh..i don want to support u because my PD is 2005/2006 and i will get 140 b4 my PD is current..strange are the ways of the USCIS..but if we had gathered together as a group and sent 1000 signatures and generated 1000 phone calls to follow up...we wud be in a better shape...

Same here.MTR approved NOV 2008 but online still showing Denied.It's strange feeling when you see denied status online..........Just live with it

Its been 2 years but my I-485 still shows denied although my MTR got approved and i have renewed 2 EADs and 2 APs etc.

Don't know for sure but i sent a letter to whitehouse and they sent a response couple of months later indicating my case is waiting for VISA number and everything else is alright.

And since my EADs and APs are approved in 2 years i am not that worried about online showing denied.

Business week MBA forums had a big conversation about this topic with some MBA graduates saying they ere affected. May be someone can post this on there.

You might be denied based on the 365 days rule. When was your labor filed?

OP's 140 was approved in Aug 2008 and whereas the extension was filed in Feb 2009. It rules out the denial based on 365 day rule.

I transfered last week, I got msg saying it has been remitted today. No issues.

Just transferred via SBI gls and it went through nicely.

Thank you very much for the Information...

We need like you people who help others...

i will do this once coming back from india.

Thank you again

How about some green dots guys for sharing such a inspirational story...

Good Story will really be given a green, here you go green from me !!!!

I agree that we desperately need media attention. No one knows our story, about people living in this country for 10-15 years legally without any GC relief.

Should we organize a rally or contact the media for interviews ?

Pappu/Admin, any ideas ?

Here is a EB2-I poll for 2005 taken last month or so

http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=20725

We filed I-140 on july 16th thru labour substitution. Expecting a receipt by july ending.Now I have a very serious concern regarding I-485 filing before Aug 17 2007, pls advice !!

My spouse is in india from August 17 2006 after already staying in US on H1B for 6 years.He's planning to come back here on dependant visa(L2) after 1 year out of country stay as he wants to reset his H1B clock (He plans to apply H1B in April 2008 quota).

If we want to apply for I-485 he needs to come here atleast by Aug 10 2007- to fulfill the medicals & sign the documents, to file by Aug 17th 2007 deadline. We are afraid to take chances this time, that if he just enters US before 1 year out of country stay, he may not be eligible for new H1B in 2008, if somthing happens to current filing.

Pls sincerely advice if he can still apply for H1B in April 2008, if he just missed 365 days out of country rule by 6 or 7 days (incase he comes back on Aug 10th 2007 for filing, he would fulfill 360 days out of country and not 365 as needed) ?

You do understand that he can only file for his visa in Apr 2008. The visa become valid only in Oct 2008 and he doesn't have to be in this country on the date of filing for H1-B. So why worry about 365 day count?

Just a thought.... Don't waste your time with dishonest employers. I have wasted 2 years on my previous employer. I would have my PD 2001. My friend wasted 3 years. Now and me and my friend work for different companies, with very good relationship, having no problem interacting with lawyers or having our employers sign any paper CIS might ask. I had victim mentality until I realized that it's a market economy. You sell, your employer buys. If you don't like to deal with him, start looking for another "buyer". Don't rush. Find a good job, transfer your H1, and start everything afresh - I know it's hard, but that's a way to go. Don't be stuck to your employer for 5 years and later cry "my employer didn't want to apply for I-140, didn't give me latter for I-485", "my lawyer didn't respond to RFE, now I'm in trouble", etc. etc. CIS/DOL will give you enough headache even without employer's "assistance".

And, btw, I have waited 9 months for my PERM to be approved. No RFE, no nothing - just 9 freaking months.

I fully agree. Its a market economy. Everything depends on demand and supply, your SKILLS and value to the employer.

My attorney tells me they don't give employees copies of labor applications.

Is this normal? Would I need it in future - if I switch jobs 180 days after 485 etc?

Letter to USA Today (Published today)
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Unlike illegal immigrants, our family, including two teenage girls, followed the legal way to come into the USA. My husband, an IT specialist, was asked to come by a U.S. employer. We are from Holland, where some have had a weak spot for the USA since World War II; we took the step of moving to America in 2001.

After a visa, heaps of paperwork and an extension of the visa after three years � the employer still needs my husband's skills. He also offers his skills to U.S. workers via training. No other experts are available. So, we decided we wanted to stay. Despite legal hurdles, we like it here.

But, for the past year and a half or so, the Department of Labor has stacked applicants in backlog centers to see whether it is true that no U.S. citizen is available for the job. Officials promise a lot, but we are all waiting and waiting.

If the immigration legislation adds some millions of guest workers to that stack, what will happen to us legals?

That's why I was glad to see the commentary �Stingy immigration policy stifles U.S. innovation.� I hope it raises awareness. But couldn't we legal immigrants get the front page for once?

Betty Innemee

Livingston, N.J.
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Web Link:

http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20060502/letad02.art.htm

Looks like another potential IV member, if she could be contacted.

I applied recently for refinancing on H1B (1 yr extensions) and did not face any issues. I had to provide additional documentation like the 485 receipt, apart from that no issues.

If one is in their say 5th or 6th yr of H1 and has an Approved I-140 (copy) from a company A, does that mean:

1. that he can transfer his H1b to a company B and get 3 yr ext.

2. Again in the 8th or 9th year, can he move to another company C and get a 3 ext (upto 12th year).

So can one get infinite 3 yr extenstions just because once upon a time he/she had an approved I 140 from one of his ex-employers (and not his immediate previous emplyer). :)

Hi All,
Thanks in Advance...
I got an email from USCIS that my and my wife's I-485 got RFE''s
I files my 485 through lawyer,I recently moved to new location...
Will the rfe notice come to me or my lawyer...
I updated the old address on the day i got RFE notice?
Please advise...


It should go to your attorney for whom you signed G-28.

... there are always idiots in any group.

I wouldn't be worried if there were some idiots in this Chinese group. The reason I'm worried is because the entire group is idiot. These Chinese are knowing shooting themselves in the foot. They are ok as long as Indians are getting shot too. If this is not dumb then I don't know what is.