helcrase
04-08 07:41 PM
Hi,
I was on F1 visa and graduated with Masters degree in Electrical Engineering on Aug22,2008 and had applied for OPT with a start date of Aug25, 2008. But my OPT application was rejected on Sep26 as I had already filed for H1-b(in general quota) and my H1-b was starting from Oct1,2008.
Now I am on H1-b and intend to do an second masters degree. I know that OPT is given only once for one level of degree.
Will I be eligible to get OPT for my Second Masters Degree ?
Also I am on H1-b visa for 6 months now and intend to go to F1 starting August, 2009. Will I be eligible to file for H1-b after my second Masters Degree ?
Thank you very much for your help.
I was on F1 visa and graduated with Masters degree in Electrical Engineering on Aug22,2008 and had applied for OPT with a start date of Aug25, 2008. But my OPT application was rejected on Sep26 as I had already filed for H1-b(in general quota) and my H1-b was starting from Oct1,2008.
Now I am on H1-b and intend to do an second masters degree. I know that OPT is given only once for one level of degree.
Will I be eligible to get OPT for my Second Masters Degree ?
Also I am on H1-b visa for 6 months now and intend to go to F1 starting August, 2009. Will I be eligible to file for H1-b after my second Masters Degree ?
Thank you very much for your help.
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insomnia
07-17 06:50 PM
Hello All,
I will be appearing for L1 individual visa extension in chennai in a few days from now.
One the questions that would be asked by the VO would be "where and who do you work for". The second part is easy since i work for the petitioning employer rendering my services for their client. However for the first part of the question what appropriate answer can be given?
Can i mention the client name location in US since that is where i currently work although i am controlled by the petitioning employer. I would not be working from the petitioning employer work location in US. I believe the L1 Visa reform act of June 2005, tells that you can work from offsite location provided you are controlled/managed by petitioner.
Please advise as it would help me in responding with correct answer. Thanks.
I will be appearing for L1 individual visa extension in chennai in a few days from now.
One the questions that would be asked by the VO would be "where and who do you work for". The second part is easy since i work for the petitioning employer rendering my services for their client. However for the first part of the question what appropriate answer can be given?
Can i mention the client name location in US since that is where i currently work although i am controlled by the petitioning employer. I would not be working from the petitioning employer work location in US. I believe the L1 Visa reform act of June 2005, tells that you can work from offsite location provided you are controlled/managed by petitioner.
Please advise as it would help me in responding with correct answer. Thanks.
wonderlust
07-10 01:48 PM
Dear All,
Based on the lessons and experience gained from last Saturday demonstration in San Jose, we are organizing another protest this Saturday. A newly established yahoo group is working actively on preparing for this week's event.
We have been impressed with the participation from IV members. Please join the Yahoo group if you are in or near the San Jose area. Every bit of support and help is immensely valuable!
Yahoo group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/immigration_right_2007
Thank you!
Wonderlust
Based on the lessons and experience gained from last Saturday demonstration in San Jose, we are organizing another protest this Saturday. A newly established yahoo group is working actively on preparing for this week's event.
We have been impressed with the participation from IV members. Please join the Yahoo group if you are in or near the San Jose area. Every bit of support and help is immensely valuable!
Yahoo group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/immigration_right_2007
Thank you!
Wonderlust
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Dhundhun
06-16 05:23 PM
I started my life on EAD. So wanted to have some business card as well. Any guidelines for -
Business name:
Position:
This is to keep some professional expenses seperate, if possible to be used for tax filing.
Business name:
Position:
This is to keep some professional expenses seperate, if possible to be used for tax filing.
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Blog Feeds
07-02 04:40 PM
I just had a consultation this week with an engineer working on an H-1B for several years with one of America's best known companies. He's got an unusual skill set that makes him highly valuable to the company and he is a good candidate for eventually getting a green card, something he and his company both want to see happen. Unfortunately, he's in a green card category that will be backlogged for several yaers. But this fellow is facing a real problem. He has three teenage children and is facing paying out of state tuition costs for the universities in...
More... (http://blogs.ilw.com/gregsiskind/2009/06/wa.html)
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05-08 06:26 AM
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vallabhu
08-05 10:43 AM
Guys, My appeal "I290B" for a denied I140 under EB3 category was submitted on March 5th 2008 to TEXAS service center AAO.
I have 2 questions in tracking the application
1) Are all I290B's processed initially where I140 is denied and then later sent to DC office, or completely processed by TSC.
2) If the applications are sent to DC after review by TSC. how long does TSC take to review the application before forwarding to DC and how long will DC require to process the application to close the case (I know total is 14 months for EB3)
I have 2 questions in tracking the application
1) Are all I290B's processed initially where I140 is denied and then later sent to DC office, or completely processed by TSC.
2) If the applications are sent to DC after review by TSC. how long does TSC take to review the application before forwarding to DC and how long will DC require to process the application to close the case (I know total is 14 months for EB3)
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kirupa
10-27 10:36 PM
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easygoer
08-17 07:37 PM
Aruben,
thank you for your reply. I wanted to confirm beofre I leave for Canada.
thank you for your reply. I wanted to confirm beofre I leave for Canada.
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schumy_micheal
06-02 08:54 PM
Found this article in Huff Post. Looks like GOP is waking up and IV should support this initiative. First time hearing "Legal Immigration" not being mixed with other "Types".:)
House GOP Hints At Immigration Reform For Skilled Workers (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/02/republicans-house-immigration-reform-skilled-workers_n_870600.html)
House GOP Hints At Immigration Reform For Skilled Workers (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/02/republicans-house-immigration-reform-skilled-workers_n_870600.html)
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10-28 09:00 AM
1500 H-1Bs were claimed in the last week and just over 20,000 remain for the fiscal year. Based on a four week rolling average (1175), I am projecting the target will be exhausted in 17 weeks which will be February 23, 2011. Previously, I had been projecting March, but the overall usage of H-1Bs has been somewhat busier in the last month than in previous months. The masters cap usage this past week was 500 and the monthly average is 450. There are 3,800 H-1Bs left of 20,000 and I am projecting that cap will be exhausted in late December,...
More... (http://blogs.ilw.com/gregsiskind/2010/10/h-1b-exhaustion-target-moves-up-to-february-2011.html)
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texasdesi
01-10 12:25 AM
If i have labor and 140 approved with previous employer, can i go back to join them on H1B and continue GC process? Appreciate any advise. The new company is unable to start GC process due to economic conditions and capout date is Sept 2010.
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Raj2006
06-07 04:04 PM
got CPO emails and text messages for both cases. its approved in 42 days, no biometrics. thanks.
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Macaca
07-22 05:33 PM
For Real Drama, Senate Should Engage In a True Filibuster (http://www.rollcall.com/issues/53_8/ornstein/19415-1.html) By Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at American Enterprise Institute, July 18, 2007
For many Senators, this week will take them back to their college years - they'll pull an all-nighter, but this time with no final exam to follow.
To dramatize Republican obstructionism, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has decided to hold a mini-version of a real, old-time filibuster. In the old days, i.e., the 1950s, a real filibuster meant the Senate would drop everything, bring the place to a screeching halt, haul cots into the corridors and go around the clock with debate until one side would crack - either the intense minority or the frustrated majority. The former would be under pressure from a public that took notice of the obstructionism thanks to the drama of the repeated round-the-clock sessions.
It is a reflection of our times that the most the Senate can stand of such drama is 24 hours, maybe stretched to 48. But it also is a reflection of the dynamic of the Senate this year that Reid feels compelled to try this kind of extraordinary tactic.
This is a very different year, one on a record-shattering pace for cloture votes, one where the threat of filibuster has become routinized in a way we have not seen before. As Congressional Quarterly pointed out last week, we already have had 40 cloture votes in six-plus months; the record for a whole two-year Congress is 61.
For Reid, the past six months have been especially frustrating because the minority Republicans have adopted a tactic of refusing to negotiate time agreements on a wide range of legislation, something normally done in the Senate via unanimous consent, with the two parties setting a structure for debate and amendments. Of course, many of the breakdowns have been on votes related to the Iraq War, the subject of the all-night debate and the overwhelming focus of the 110th Congress. On Iraq, the Republican leaders long ago decided to try to block the Democrats at every turn to negate any edge the majority might have to seize the agenda, force the issue and put President Bush on the defensive.
But the obstructionist tactics have gone well beyond Iraq, to include things such as the 9/11 commission recommendations and the increase in the minimum wage, intelligence authorization, prescription drugs and many other issues.
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his deputy, Minority Whip Trent Lott (R-Miss.), have instead decided to create a very different standard in the Senate than we have seen before, with 60 votes now the norm for nearly all issues, instead of the exception. In our highly polarized environment, where finding the center is a desirable outcome, that is not necessarily a bad thing. But a closer examination of the way this process has worked so far suggests that more often than not, the goal of the Republican leaders is to kill legislation or delay it interminably, not find a middle and bipartisan ground.
If Bush were any stronger, and were genuinely determined to burnish his legacy by enacting legislation in areas such as health, education and the environment, we might see a different dynamic and different outcomes. But the president's embarrassing failure on immigration reform - securing only 12 of 49 Senators from his party for his top domestic priority - has pretty much put the kibosh on a presidentially led bipartisan approach to policy action.
Republican leaders have responded to any criticism of their tactics by accusing Reid and his deputy, Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), of trying to squelch debate and kill off their amendments by filing premature cloture motions, designed to pre-empt the process and foreclose many amendments. There is some truth to this; early on, especially, Reid wanted to get the Senate jump-started and pushed sometimes prematurely to resolve issues.
But the fact is that on many of the issues mentioned above, Reid has been quite willing to allow Republican amendments and quite willing to negotiate a deal with McConnell to move business along. That has not been enough. As Roll Call noted last week, on both the intelligence bill and the Medicare prescription drug measure, Republicans were fundamentally opposed to the underlying bills and wanted simply to kill them.
The problem actually goes beyond the sustained effort to raise the bar routinely to 60 votes. The fact is that obstructionist tactics have been applied successfully to many bills that have far more than 60 Senators supporting them. The most visible issue in this category has been the lobbying and ethics reform bill that passed the Senate early in the year by overwhelming margins.
Every time Reid has moved to appoint conferees to get to the final stages on the issue, a Republican Senator has objected. After months of dispute over who was really behind the blockage, Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina emerged as the bte noire. But Republican leaders have been more than willing to carry DeMint's water to keep that bill from coming up.
The problem Reid faces on this issue is that to supersede the unanimous consent denial, he would have to go through three separate cloture fights, each one allowing substantial sustained debate, including 30 hours worth after cloture is invoked. In the meantime, a badly needed reform is blocked, and the minority can blame the majority for failing to fulfill its promise to reform the culture of corruption. It may work politically, but the institution and the country both suffer along the way.
Is this obstructionism? Yes, indeed - according to none other than Lott. The Minority Whip told Roll Call, "The strategy of being obstructionist can work or fail. For [former Senate Minority Leader Tom] Daschle, it failed. For Reid it succeeded, and so far it's working for us." Lott's point was that a minority party can push as far as it wants until the public blames them for the problem, and so far that has not happened.
The war is a different issue from any other. McConnell's offer to Reid to set the bar at 60 for all amendments related to Iraq, thereby avoiding many of the time-consuming procedural hurdles, is actually a fair one - nothing is going to be done, realistically, to change policy on the war without a bipartisan, 60-vote-plus coalition. But other issues should not be routinely subject to a supermajority hurdle.
What can Reid do? An all-nighter might help a little. But the then-majority Republicans tried the faux-filibuster approach a couple of years ago when they wanted to stop minority Democrats from blocking Bush's judicial nominees, and it went nowhere. The real answer here is probably one Senate Democrats don't want to face: longer hours, fewer recesses and a couple of real filibusters - days and nights and maybe weeks of nonstop, round-the-clock debate, bringing back the cots and bringing the rest of the agenda to a halt to show the implications of the new tactics.
At the moment, I don't see enough battle-hardened veterans in the Senate willing to take on that pain.
For many Senators, this week will take them back to their college years - they'll pull an all-nighter, but this time with no final exam to follow.
To dramatize Republican obstructionism, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has decided to hold a mini-version of a real, old-time filibuster. In the old days, i.e., the 1950s, a real filibuster meant the Senate would drop everything, bring the place to a screeching halt, haul cots into the corridors and go around the clock with debate until one side would crack - either the intense minority or the frustrated majority. The former would be under pressure from a public that took notice of the obstructionism thanks to the drama of the repeated round-the-clock sessions.
It is a reflection of our times that the most the Senate can stand of such drama is 24 hours, maybe stretched to 48. But it also is a reflection of the dynamic of the Senate this year that Reid feels compelled to try this kind of extraordinary tactic.
This is a very different year, one on a record-shattering pace for cloture votes, one where the threat of filibuster has become routinized in a way we have not seen before. As Congressional Quarterly pointed out last week, we already have had 40 cloture votes in six-plus months; the record for a whole two-year Congress is 61.
For Reid, the past six months have been especially frustrating because the minority Republicans have adopted a tactic of refusing to negotiate time agreements on a wide range of legislation, something normally done in the Senate via unanimous consent, with the two parties setting a structure for debate and amendments. Of course, many of the breakdowns have been on votes related to the Iraq War, the subject of the all-night debate and the overwhelming focus of the 110th Congress. On Iraq, the Republican leaders long ago decided to try to block the Democrats at every turn to negate any edge the majority might have to seize the agenda, force the issue and put President Bush on the defensive.
But the obstructionist tactics have gone well beyond Iraq, to include things such as the 9/11 commission recommendations and the increase in the minimum wage, intelligence authorization, prescription drugs and many other issues.
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his deputy, Minority Whip Trent Lott (R-Miss.), have instead decided to create a very different standard in the Senate than we have seen before, with 60 votes now the norm for nearly all issues, instead of the exception. In our highly polarized environment, where finding the center is a desirable outcome, that is not necessarily a bad thing. But a closer examination of the way this process has worked so far suggests that more often than not, the goal of the Republican leaders is to kill legislation or delay it interminably, not find a middle and bipartisan ground.
If Bush were any stronger, and were genuinely determined to burnish his legacy by enacting legislation in areas such as health, education and the environment, we might see a different dynamic and different outcomes. But the president's embarrassing failure on immigration reform - securing only 12 of 49 Senators from his party for his top domestic priority - has pretty much put the kibosh on a presidentially led bipartisan approach to policy action.
Republican leaders have responded to any criticism of their tactics by accusing Reid and his deputy, Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), of trying to squelch debate and kill off their amendments by filing premature cloture motions, designed to pre-empt the process and foreclose many amendments. There is some truth to this; early on, especially, Reid wanted to get the Senate jump-started and pushed sometimes prematurely to resolve issues.
But the fact is that on many of the issues mentioned above, Reid has been quite willing to allow Republican amendments and quite willing to negotiate a deal with McConnell to move business along. That has not been enough. As Roll Call noted last week, on both the intelligence bill and the Medicare prescription drug measure, Republicans were fundamentally opposed to the underlying bills and wanted simply to kill them.
The problem actually goes beyond the sustained effort to raise the bar routinely to 60 votes. The fact is that obstructionist tactics have been applied successfully to many bills that have far more than 60 Senators supporting them. The most visible issue in this category has been the lobbying and ethics reform bill that passed the Senate early in the year by overwhelming margins.
Every time Reid has moved to appoint conferees to get to the final stages on the issue, a Republican Senator has objected. After months of dispute over who was really behind the blockage, Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina emerged as the bte noire. But Republican leaders have been more than willing to carry DeMint's water to keep that bill from coming up.
The problem Reid faces on this issue is that to supersede the unanimous consent denial, he would have to go through three separate cloture fights, each one allowing substantial sustained debate, including 30 hours worth after cloture is invoked. In the meantime, a badly needed reform is blocked, and the minority can blame the majority for failing to fulfill its promise to reform the culture of corruption. It may work politically, but the institution and the country both suffer along the way.
Is this obstructionism? Yes, indeed - according to none other than Lott. The Minority Whip told Roll Call, "The strategy of being obstructionist can work or fail. For [former Senate Minority Leader Tom] Daschle, it failed. For Reid it succeeded, and so far it's working for us." Lott's point was that a minority party can push as far as it wants until the public blames them for the problem, and so far that has not happened.
The war is a different issue from any other. McConnell's offer to Reid to set the bar at 60 for all amendments related to Iraq, thereby avoiding many of the time-consuming procedural hurdles, is actually a fair one - nothing is going to be done, realistically, to change policy on the war without a bipartisan, 60-vote-plus coalition. But other issues should not be routinely subject to a supermajority hurdle.
What can Reid do? An all-nighter might help a little. But the then-majority Republicans tried the faux-filibuster approach a couple of years ago when they wanted to stop minority Democrats from blocking Bush's judicial nominees, and it went nowhere. The real answer here is probably one Senate Democrats don't want to face: longer hours, fewer recesses and a couple of real filibusters - days and nights and maybe weeks of nonstop, round-the-clock debate, bringing back the cots and bringing the rest of the agenda to a halt to show the implications of the new tactics.
At the moment, I don't see enough battle-hardened veterans in the Senate willing to take on that pain.
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No_GC_Yet
07-25 10:01 AM
Hello:
I got two EAD extensions in past and applied for the same third time. Earlier, EAD Renewals took only 2 weeks time ( from VSC). But this time it is not the case. It is still pending for 4 weeks now.
Are there any recent EAD renewals from TSC for anyone? Please let me know if anybody has similar case?
PS: Since my case(I-485) was transferred from VSC to TSC, I applied for EAD renewal at TSC this time.
Thanks
I got two EAD extensions in past and applied for the same third time. Earlier, EAD Renewals took only 2 weeks time ( from VSC). But this time it is not the case. It is still pending for 4 weeks now.
Are there any recent EAD renewals from TSC for anyone? Please let me know if anybody has similar case?
PS: Since my case(I-485) was transferred from VSC to TSC, I applied for EAD renewal at TSC this time.
Thanks
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pa_arora
07-16 12:39 PM
Guys, we should have more rallies like the SJ one in bay area.. the next target can be San Francisco - Civic Center.
There are many official bulidings like City Hall here and we will definitely get heard again.
I always suggested for this type of gathering on roads so as to get heard. THIS WAS A JOB WELL DONE by people who attended and organized.
Finally to gsc and others, save banners and material from the the SJ rally so that we dont have to start from scrach.
For the people who didnt make it, please attend the next one no matter what.
What do u guys say for Aug 18 ?
There are many official bulidings like City Hall here and we will definitely get heard again.
I always suggested for this type of gathering on roads so as to get heard. THIS WAS A JOB WELL DONE by people who attended and organized.
Finally to gsc and others, save banners and material from the the SJ rally so that we dont have to start from scrach.
For the people who didnt make it, please attend the next one no matter what.
What do u guys say for Aug 18 ?
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02-06 07:13 AM
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raj2007
02-12 12:13 AM
This issue is discussed before.chk this
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=16969
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=16969
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ajju
08-29 12:51 PM
My spouse is on H4 currently. Have applied for H1 in April 2007 and got the H1 aproved. So the new H1 starts on Oct 2007. However, we applied for 485 and got our EAD's (No recept number, No finger printing etc).
Can my spouse use EAD to start job? we dont want use that new H1 currently. What are the implications if we use EAD? Will the H1 (and my H1) be effected?
Search and you'll find your answer...
Using EAD will invalidate H1/H4 status...
You may file for H1 transfer later to revive your H1 status if needed...
Can my spouse use EAD to start job? we dont want use that new H1 currently. What are the implications if we use EAD? Will the H1 (and my H1) be effected?
Search and you'll find your answer...
Using EAD will invalidate H1/H4 status...
You may file for H1 transfer later to revive your H1 status if needed...
tonyHK12
12-16 03:59 PM
EB5 might get a boost in Jan, according to this. Requirements may be relaxed to investing 100,000 and employing 5 in two years ..
Foreign Entrepreneurs Eye StartUp Visa Act - WSJ.com (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704694004576020001550357580.html?m od=WSJ_hpp_sections_smallbusiness)
Looks like HR 4259, another platform for Visa recapture?
H.R. 4259: Employment Benefit Act (GovTrack.us) (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-4259)
Foreign Entrepreneurs Eye StartUp Visa Act - WSJ.com (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704694004576020001550357580.html?m od=WSJ_hpp_sections_smallbusiness)
Looks like HR 4259, another platform for Visa recapture?
H.R. 4259: Employment Benefit Act (GovTrack.us) (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-4259)
AgentM
10-30 09:50 PM
My wife paper-filed her EAD and didn't have to do Biometrics.
Will she have to do her Biometrics when she paper-files or e-files her AP?
Anybody has any experience ?
Will she have to do her Biometrics when she paper-files or e-files her AP?
Anybody has any experience ?
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