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WASHINGTON The U-S Senate is crafting legislation that would require employers to check the Social Security numbers and the immigration status of all new hires.

Employers who don't and who hire illegal immigrants would be subjected to fines of two hundred- to six thousand dollars per violation.

And once an electronic system is up and running, fines can jump to as much as 20 thousand dollars, along with the spectre of actual prison time.

In the immigration law of 1986, Congress left it to employers to ensure they were hiring legal workers, but the law was not strictly enforced and the market has become swamped with fraudulent documents.




Reported on http://www.immigration-law.com/.
Here is the Linnk for the news article.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060510/...tion_employers

This looks good.If the Employers stop hiring Illegals, the Problem of Illiegal Immigrants would be solved to a very large extent.

We have Illiegal Immigrants coming from all over the World, because they are assured of an hourly salary of 5$/Hr(which is very handsome, compared to the situation in their respective countries).

If they stop getting employment,they would not have any incentive to take the risk of coming in here as an illegal immigrant.Ofcourse, there will still be people crossing over but that would be just a trickle as compared to the Thousands who cross over every single day.

This move is logical and more practical.If the internal mechanism is strengthened, there is no need spend Billions of $ to try to seal the Southern Borders through a wall or fence.

Take my word, your case will be approved soon. I had the same wording when my I-140 application was transferred fro CSC to TSC and I received the approval notice in one month. Relax.

My I-140 case status (NSE) used to say 150-180 days, now no more time line words in the status. Just they say they will notify you when decision is made, I thought that was because I 140 premium is coming soon, they changed the wording.

This has been discussed umpteen times , about the effective date stuff.. Look at archieve threads and keep visiting IV ...

Okay thanks for you advice.. Well, before I got married my wife was on an exchange school visa and after school she had an extra year to find work. Not exactly sure the types of visa. But we got married while she was still on one of her visas. Her visa just recently expired, but is there a need to file an I-130 along with the other green card applications? I understand k1's and k2's don't need to.

It is not illegal to sell applications. It is illegal to work without authorization. Please note the semantics and the technicality.

If you create an app for the iPhone, you should be able to put it on the apple store and derive income from it, as long as you have not worked for someone (or yourself) deriving compensation financially, without authorization.

In short ... go ahead and do it. As sac-r-ten says go ahead and live your dream .. develop your apps, create wealth and dont worry about stupid man-made rules to encumber people ... :-)

PS : Please recommend a good objective - C / Cocoa book for Mac/iPhone programming..

It is illegal to derive income by selling iphone apps.
For F1 students, any off campus employment must be related to their area of study and must be authorized by your school's designated official...

see: USCIS - Students and Employment (http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=e34c83453d4a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCR D&vgnextchannel=e34c83453d4a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60a RCRD)

Again, you are not supposed to derive any income by selling iphone apps.

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. Please do not take this as a legal advice.

I took an appointment on friday and its working fine. May be because of the week end some issues with the website. try with IE . by the way VFS/USICS visa procedure is far better than extending your passport . ...

Even though you wanted to file a lawsuit against EB3( I am EB3 2004, with US Masters and Indian Bachelors both in Computer Science) I will still go ahead give you some suggestions.

1) I am guessing since you are working for consulting company, you might have worked at client places here in US. Nowadays everyone is in the fashion of opening their own India office like Target, BOA etc. So if you have worked with these clients and have good references from a PM or VP then you might be able to get in India office fairly easily and with really good pay. You could try for managerial roles.

2)As someone suggested Real Estate is another option

3) Otherthing to look in to is opening a school, this will help serve the community and also make money for you. Schools in India are going nowhere, so very less risk.

Hope this helps you...but what I am not sure from your statements is, are you frustrated with the wait for GC or are you frustrated with making less than what you should be making or are you frustrated in general?

Do not know your age, could be mid life crisis :D think about it....take a vacation....






I am almost there and expecting green card approval anytime. But now I am having second thoughts now. The desi consulting company I work for had eight people a year ago and two of them now going back (and one more is negotiating) at salaries 20-35 lacs. Has anyone explored Indian job market, if yes then what is hot?

When AP is approved, you get 3 copies. I went twice on intl trips and each time they took a copy. I am left with 1 copy of the AP.

Now I need to go on one last intl trip (I have applied for renewal). I just have one copy of AP with me.

How does it work? Will the officer just stamp the AP and make a copy?

Inform POE officer - s/he will make a copy and return the original to you.

what can i do with my EAD then?
what are my options
so is it risker to work on ead
i am completely confused
can anybody answer my question?
current h1 with vsginc
i-140 with axiom

I would like to share my I485 experience.

1.Brief History and Denial reason.

Did I485 interview at local office in Jan 2009.
Got Denial notice stating that I485 filed when dates are not current.
This is not true. Filed I 485 in 2007 July Fiasco.
Immigration office recived application in AUg 2007, well before deadline Aug 17'2007.
Got I485 receipt in October.

it was denied due to clear error.

2. Filed Service MTR with out filing Fee ( as this is service error)
Did not get any communication for 3 months.
In between took info pass couple of times and it did not help.

Wrote letter seeking help of senator explaining situation.

Immediately got reply that case was reopened and I797 Notice of action was mailed to me stating that case was reopend and finger prints expired.

Did finger printing in May.

Since dates are not current, I am not expecting any approval.
AT least I am happy that. case was reopened.

I heard that some 485 was denied ( 2007 July Fiasco) due to same error. I posted this experience as it would be helpfull for any other denials cases.


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Good thing. Please let me know if you are interested in helping IV in a new campaign addressing issues similar to this? Send me a private message with your contact info and I will contact you.

Monday, June 4, 2007

2:30 p.m.: Convene and begin a period of morning business.(Morning business at 2:30pm :cool: )



Thereafter, resume consideration of S. 1348, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act.

I just checked my transfered h1b petition. It says reciepient date as aug, 23rd and work permit starting august 28. My previous company (A) fired me on 23rd. So, this is my case. I also would like to remind you that after shifting to Company B I got my H1b visa stamped. This is the second time I am going for stamping for visa renewal.

Given that my h1 transfer recipient date is aug 23rd (same day I got laid off),am I still safe?

Please also let me know if I could use adv. parole if some worst happens and get my h1 renewal visa gets rejected. Please respond me as soon as possible. Thanks.


You should be fine. From these details, it seems you were not out of status.

Even if you were out of status for 7 days, this can not ground for visa denial. If visa is not issued (or rejected), AP can be used for re-entry.

Good Luck.

____________________
Not a legal advice.
US Citizen of Indian Origin

On the application for renewal for EAD (online) there is question

Current Immigration Status:

IF a person is working on EAD so what should be selected.
There is nothing that is close to saying (Pending I-485 or AOS)

The options are

A1"A1: AMBASSADOR, DIPLOMAT
A2"A2: OTHER DIPLOMATIC OFFICIALS
A3"A3: ATTENDANTS OF A-1, A-2
AS"AS: ASYLUM
ASD"ASD: ASYLUM STATUS DENIED
AW"AW: RAW APPLIED FOR AT A PORT
B1"B1: TEMPORARY VISITOR FOR BUSINESS
B2"B2: TEMPORARY VISITOR FOR PLEASURE
BE"BE: BERING STRAIT ENTRIES
C1"C1: ALIEN IN TRANSIT THROUGH U.S.
C2"C2: ALIEN IN TRANSIT TO UN HQ
C3"C3: FRN GOV OFF IN TRANSIT THRU US
C4"C4: TRANSIT WITHOUT A VISA
CC"CC: CUBAN MASS MIGRATION PROJECT
CH"CH: PAROLEE (HUMANITARIAN/HQ AUTH)
CP"CP: PAROLEE (PUBLIC INT/HQ AUTH)
D1"D1: ALIEN CREW DEPART SAME VESSEL
D2"D2: ALIEN CREW DEPART OTHER VESSEL
DA"DA: ADVANCE PAROLE (DISTRICT AUTH)
DE"DE: PAROLEE (DEFERRED INSPECTION)
DT"DT: PAROLEE (DISTRICT/POE AUTH)
E-1 Dependent"E-1 Dependent: SPOUSE/CHILD of E-1
E-2 Dependent"E-2 Dependent: Spouse/Child of E-2
E1"E1: TREATY TRADER/SPOUSE/CHILDREN
E2"E2: TREATY INVESTOR/SPOUSE/CHILD
EAO"EAO: EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY OPTION
EWI"EWI: ENTRY WITHOUT INSPECTION
F1"F1: STUDENT - ACADEMIC
F2"F2: SPOUSE/CHILD OF F-1
FUG"FUG: FAMILY UNITY GRANTED
G1"G1: PRINCIPAL REP. FOREIGN GOVT
G2"G2: OTHER REP FOREIGN GOVT
G3"G3: REP NON-RECOGNIZED FOREIGN GOV
G4"G4: OFFICER/EMPLOYEE INTL. ORG.
G5"G5: ATTENDANTS OF G1, G2, G3, G4
GB"GB: VISITOR WITHOUT A VISA 15 DAYS
GT"GT: VISITOR WITHOUT A VISA 15 DAYS
H1"H1: ALIEN OF DIST MERIT & ABILITY
H1A"H1A: REGISTERED NURSE
H1B"H1B: SPECIALITY OCCUPATION
H1C"H1C: Nurse Relief
H2"H2: TEMPORARY LABOR CERTIFICATION
H2A"H2A: TEMPORARY AGRICULTURAL WORKER
H2B"H2B: TEMPORARY NON-AG WORKER
H3"H3: ALIEN TRAINEE
H3A"H3A: TRAINEE
H3B"H3B: SPECIAL EDUCATION TRAINING
H4"H4: SPOUSE/CHILD OF H-1 THRU H-3
I"I: FOREIGN PRESS
IMM"IMM: IMMIGRANT
IN"IN: INDEFINITE PAROLE
J1"J1: EXCHANGE VISITOR
J2"J2: SPOUSE/CHILD OF J-1
K1"K1: ALIEN FIANCE(E) OF USC
K2"K2: CHILD OF K1
K3"K3: SPOUSE OF USC
K4"K4: CHILD OF USC
L1"L1: INTRA-COMPANY TRANSFEREE
L1A"L1A: MANAGER OR EXECUTIVE
L1B"L1B: SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE ALIEN
L2"L2: SPOUSE/CHILD OF L-1
LZ"LZ: BLANKET L PETITION
M1"M1: STUDENT - VOCATIONAL/NON-ACAD.
M2"M2: SPOUSE/CHILD OF M-1
ML"ML: PAROLEE-MEDICAL, LEGAL, HUMAN
N8"N8: PARENT OF SPEC IMMIGRANT CHILD
N9"N9: SPOUSE/CHILD OF N8
NATO-1"NATO-1: PRINCIPAL REP. OF NATO MEMBER
NATO-2"NATO-2: OTHER REP. OF NATO MEMBER
NATO-3"NATO-3: CLERICAL STAFF FOR N-1, N-2
NATO-4"NATO-4: OFFICIALS OF NATO_ION
NATO-5"NATO-5: EXPERTS EMPLOYED BY NATO
NATO-6"NATO-6: CIVILIAN COMPONENT OF NATO
NATO-7"NATO-7: ATTENDANTS OF N-1 THROUGH N-6
O1"O1: ALIEN W/EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY
O1A"O1A: EXTRAORDINARY ALIEN - NON-ARTS
O1B"O1B: EXTRAORDINARY ALIEN IN ARTS
O2"O2: ACCOMPANYING ALIEN TO O1
O3"O3: SPOUSE/CHILD OF O-1, O-2
OP"OP: PAROLEE (OVERSEAS AUTHORIZED)
P1"P1: ATHLETE OR ENTERTAINER
P1A"P1A: ALIEN WITH ATHLETIC EVENT
P1B"P1B: ALIEN WITH ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
P1S"P1S: SUPPORT PERSON OF P-1
P2"P2: EXHANGE ARTIST/ENTERTAINER
P2S"P2S: SUPPORT PERSON OF P-2
P3"P3: UNIQUE PGM ARTIST/ENTERTAINER
P3S"P3S: SUPPORT PERSON OF P-3
P4"P4: SPOUSE/CHILD OF P-1, P-2, P-3
PAR"PAR: PAROLEE
PI"PI: PACIFIC ISLANDER
Q1"Q1: INTL CULTURAL XCHG VISITORS
Q2"Q2: IRISH PEACE PROCESS PARTICPNTS
Q3"Q3: SPOUSE/CHILD OF Q2
R1"R1: RELIGIOUS OCCUPATION
R2"R2: SPOUSE/CHILD OF R-1
RE"RE: REFUGEE
RE5"RE5: HAITIAN W/GRANTED REFUGEE STAT
RW"RW: RAW APPLIED FOR AT A US CO
S1"S1: SPECIAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER
S2"S2: SPECIAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER
S5"S5: INFORMANT OF CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION INFORMATION
S6"S6: INFORMANT OF TERRORISM INFORMATION
S9"S9: EMERGENCY FARM WORKER
SDF"SDF: SUSPECTED DOCUMENT FRAUD
ST"ST: STOWAWAY
T1"T1: VICTIM OF SEVERE FORM OF TRAFK
T2"T2: SPOUSE OF T1
T3"T3: CHILD OF T1
T4"T4: PARENT OF T1
TB"TB: SPOUSE OR CHILD OF CAN. FR
TC"TC: CANADIAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
TD"TD: NAFTA DEPENDENT
TN1"TN1: NAFTA PRINCIPAL (CANADA)
TN2"TN2: NAFTA PRINCIPAL (MEXICO)
TPS A-12"TPS A-12: APPROVED FOR TPS ON FORM I-821
TWO"TWO: TRANSIT WITHOUT A VISA
U1"U1: VICTIM OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
U2"U2: SPOUSE OF U1
U3"U3: CHILD OF U1
U4"U4: PARENT OF U1
UN"UN: UNKNOWN
V1"V1: SPOUSE OF LPR
V2"V2: CHILD OF LPR
V3"V3: DEPENDANTS OF V1 OR V2
WB"WB: VISITOR FOR BUSINESS - VWPP
WD"WD: WITHDRAWL (I-275)
WI"WI: WITHOUT INSPECTION
WT"WT: VISITOR FOR PLEASURE - VWPP

Thank you very much for your quick response. That is very sad though I would ask my lawyer to resubmit the application. My original document is with me in order to apply for H1 Visa at the Consular. At this point, I would send the original document back to my lawyer and ask him to do the premium process on my application. Another issue is that he refused to pay for the premium filing fee. He said that he would suggest me to find another lawyer in the case that he had to pay for my premium filing fee. He did not show any responsibilities on anything. Pls advise what I should do.

Hi all,
I started working with a company in July 2006 and applied for I-140 in Nov 2006 with an existing labor of Nov 2004. My company is in losses all the time but I am getting more than proffered wage since I joined. Recently I received Intent to deny notice as there is no evidence that company can pay my in 2005. My attorney has replied for Intent to Deny notice and also applied for new I -140 using my own labor.
New I-140 got approved. I send a request for Interfiling to take out old I-140 from my 485 and use the approved I-140. when I checked the status of my case yesterday - both my old I-40 and 485 got denied. I didn't receive Denial notice yet.
Please suggest my any options I have for not losing I-485 and EAD.

Your kid is eligible to apply for SSN and you can apply because SSN not only meant for work, it is also for tax purposes. FYI - If you are residing in California or Chicago, No restrictive text will be printed on SSN card. Hope this helps!

VFS website for booking H1B stamping appointments in India seems to have added a new question when booking a H1B appointment.
The question is "Are you applying for same visa class that expired in the last 12 months?*" and they have defined the Visa renewal criteria (which I have pasted below) in order to answer this question. Yes- means you are seeking a appointment for visa renewal and No - means your appt is NOT for visa renewal.

Can somebody advice if me and my wife would fall under the visa renewal category. The last US visa on my passport is F1. My H1b status started in May 2004 and I am now in my 4rth year of H1B. In between I changed employer and my H1 is now valid upto October 2008. But I have NOT travelled outside the country after my H1B status began in May 2004. Hence I am going to get my H1B stamped for the first time. In my wife's case also her last stamp is F1 and she went from F1 to H4 this year so she is also going to get her H4 stamped for the first time. Do we answer YES (appt for visa renewal) or NO(appt not for visa renewal). We are booking a appointment at the Mumbai consulate.

The below is the visa renewal criteria as defined on the website:
Visa renewal appointments are available to visa applicants who:
have a U.S. visa that has expired less than 12 months ago.
wish to apply for the same category visa (work, business, tourist, etc.)
are Indian nationals (hold Indian passports)
are resident in the New Delhi, Chennai, or Mumbai consular districts (this category is not available to Kolkata based applicants).

The following applicants do NOT qualify for appointments in the visa renewal category:
Applicants who have never had a US visa.
Applicants who have a U.S. visa that expired more than 12 months ago.
Applicants applying for a different category visa (e.g. had a student visa, now applying for a work visa).
Non Indian passport holders
Applicants applying at the U.S. Consulate in Kolkata.
First time H4 or L2 applicants under 18 years of age. (If you have recently married a H1b or L1 visa holder but have never had a visa interview for a visa in the H/L category, you may not schedule in the renewal category.)
Applicants applying for more than one visa at the same time (e.g. F and B1/B2).
Applicants applying for entertainment/performance visas(P3 category).
Applicants applying for unskilled worker visas (H2b category).

All visa renewal applicants should bring the following documents to the Embassy/Consulate Consular Section on the day of their appointment:
Current, valid passport
Passports containing previously issued U.S. visas
As applicable, I-797 (H and L), I-20 (F & M students), DS-2019 (J visa applicants)

You will get the approval notice letter mailed to your home address. Please read it word by word. If they mention about "any ADIT processing" then schedule an appointment and do the ADIT. Other wise sit cool and your GC will be on your Way to your home address by ordinary post:cool:.

We got the same exact Email or online status update but we also got the Aproval notice which didn't say about anything about ADIT so we didn't worry and got the GC card the next day.




OK.
I got the magic mail today welcoming the new permanent resident.
It talks about ADIT processing(see below).
What does this mean?

I haven't received "CARD PRODUCTION ORDERED" email.
It is normal?


Application Type: I485, APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS

Current Status: Notice mailed welcoming the new permanent resident.

On August 18, 2008, we mailed you a notice that we had registered this customer's new permanent resident status. Please follow any instructions on the notice. Your new permanent resident card should be mailed within 60 days following this registration or after you complete any ADIT processing referred to in the welcome notice, whichever is later. If you move before you get your new card call customer service. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.



(PD sep 2004, Nebraska, USCIS receipt date: 7/27/2007, notice date : Aug 20, 2007.)

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My I-485(with G-28) was filed by our company lawyer and company did not let us file EAD. I'm filing EAD on my own after USCIS made it clear with FAQ2 that they will accept EAD applications without the I-485 Receipt notice.

My questions is, Can I be sure the receipt notice for the EAD will come to me and not to the lawyer by any chance? I don't have any intention of using EAD but don't want my employer/lawyer know that I have filed it.

Thanks

do you know where ot send EAD application? do we need 485 RN? do we send EAD app to the same center we sent 485 to?

Why are you trusting your lawyer if they cannot even remember where the A# came from? Makes me wonder how they justify their existence if this the level of their competence. If I was that bad at my job I would have been on a plane out of the US within a week or arriving.

She's a good lawyer and I trust her and she has made a lot of successful H's, I140, Labor and GC cases. Very honest as well. So far in my case, we never had any problems and everything went smooth particularly when we were filing my PERM (which was very new during that time), she was really very cautious about it.

Regarding the A# which I pointed out to her, I actually confused her with my question. With the number of cases she's preparing right now, I think she just forgot where you could find the A#.