legalimmigrant
08-09 12:14 PM
Sir/Madam,
Thank you for contacting the Office of the 21st Century Workforce regarding your concerns about applications for labor certification and legal immigrant status. You may want to contact the Employments Standards Administration at 202-693-0051.
Thanks again for contacting us.
Office of the 21st Century Workforce
Thank you for contacting the Office of the 21st Century Workforce regarding your concerns about applications for labor certification and legal immigrant status. You may want to contact the Employments Standards Administration at 202-693-0051.
Thanks again for contacting us.
Office of the 21st Century Workforce
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smuggymba
09-29 09:18 PM
dupe post...deleting
tonyHK12
09-28 07:17 PM
Immigration voice is actively involved in advocacy, campaign efforts in Washington DC.
we need members all over the country to meet or call local Senators and house Reps, about Employment Visa issues regularly and ask them to sponsor, support Bills for our concerns.
This will ensure our voice is heard during meetings of each Chamber - Senate and Congress.
Legal Immigration reform is the core goal of Immigration voice.
This thread will discuss any bill introduced for Legal immigration, including employment and family based.
The advantages being:
1. CIR will not happen for the next 2 years with a republican house majority.
2. This will be a much smaller Bill and a larger percentage of people would support this.
3. We should distinguish ourselves from illegals for a path to the GC
4. We have a big lobby ourselves, with hundreds of thousands pending, to up to 10 million GCs, citizens involved.
5. We deserve preference for following all rules
6. Illegals have a major point lacking - they did not use a H-2A visa and instead broke the law. Due to this there is popular discontent which may doom their legalization, or drag it on for many more years.
7. Legals directly add benefit to the society and tax receipts. Many of us have paid close to 100K in 5 years to IRS. Taxation = fair representation. 5 years = 10 billion from all of us at least, if you assume only 100K immigrants.
Please add points supporting or refuting this.
I have no Ill-will towards illegals, this is just my opinion on what is better for the long term future of this country.
I have the highest compassion for all the poor and needy of the world, but it is irrespective of race, religion, color.
Please support our current effort for pre-filing I-485 http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/forum14-members-forum/1599353-want-to-file-485-gather-here.html#post1974292
we need members all over the country to meet or call local Senators and house Reps, about Employment Visa issues regularly and ask them to sponsor, support Bills for our concerns.
This will ensure our voice is heard during meetings of each Chamber - Senate and Congress.
Legal Immigration reform is the core goal of Immigration voice.
This thread will discuss any bill introduced for Legal immigration, including employment and family based.
The advantages being:
1. CIR will not happen for the next 2 years with a republican house majority.
2. This will be a much smaller Bill and a larger percentage of people would support this.
3. We should distinguish ourselves from illegals for a path to the GC
4. We have a big lobby ourselves, with hundreds of thousands pending, to up to 10 million GCs, citizens involved.
5. We deserve preference for following all rules
6. Illegals have a major point lacking - they did not use a H-2A visa and instead broke the law. Due to this there is popular discontent which may doom their legalization, or drag it on for many more years.
7. Legals directly add benefit to the society and tax receipts. Many of us have paid close to 100K in 5 years to IRS. Taxation = fair representation. 5 years = 10 billion from all of us at least, if you assume only 100K immigrants.
Please add points supporting or refuting this.
I have no Ill-will towards illegals, this is just my opinion on what is better for the long term future of this country.
I have the highest compassion for all the poor and needy of the world, but it is irrespective of race, religion, color.
Please support our current effort for pre-filing I-485 http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/forum14-members-forum/1599353-want-to-file-485-gather-here.html#post1974292
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marlon2006
06-08 03:07 PM
Here
I don�t know what is so hard about this deadlock. Don�t they know that if:
1. Illegals are given temporary visas for them to return after a number of years, no-body would come forward. The illegals would see this as shooting themselves in the foot. They would prefer to remain in the dark and live here permanently. Purpose defeated.
>>>> If you enforce common laws which require a certain documentation, most people would not get a job here. Many would go home. There are lots of people here who does have a job back home. Between having a very bad condition here and an low paying job back home, many people with a choice would pick the latter, because at least back home you have freedom.
2. A tough enforcement only bill is passed, with the hope that there would be attrition after a while: How long would it take for all 12 million illegals to finally leave? 1 million per year? 500K per year? 24 years? Yeah right! Ok assuming they leave at a rate of 500K per year (which I know wouldn�t happen) what would be the rate of inflow of more illegals?? What would be the balance of illegals after say 10 years? Think about it.
>>> It is known that the illegal alien population is reduced naturally at 400K/year. If you add random deportations to this, yes, it is safe to assume that you can reduce the illegal population at 800K/year. That's not bad.
3. Give them a path to citizenship. Well they are here anyways but this idea might jeopardize the bill.
So my proposal is: Since �a path to citizenship� is the major road block to this bill, make a law that gives the Illegals an opportunity for GC but include in the law that �Anybody that ever comes into the country illegally CAN NOT become a citizen�. i.e they can get a green card but they can never be eligible for citizenship. I am sure this is a reasonable middle ground�. a path to PR but not citizenship. I am sure those illegals don�t care about citizenship anyways. They just want to be free and be mobile.
>> Well, that is problem. That will send the message to the world that as usual, the US is rewarding those who come here illegally. People will quadruple the efforts to get in illegally. Physical barriers become very inefficient when policies encourage people to come here.
Just my thots.
I don�t know what is so hard about this deadlock. Don�t they know that if:
1. Illegals are given temporary visas for them to return after a number of years, no-body would come forward. The illegals would see this as shooting themselves in the foot. They would prefer to remain in the dark and live here permanently. Purpose defeated.
>>>> If you enforce common laws which require a certain documentation, most people would not get a job here. Many would go home. There are lots of people here who does have a job back home. Between having a very bad condition here and an low paying job back home, many people with a choice would pick the latter, because at least back home you have freedom.
2. A tough enforcement only bill is passed, with the hope that there would be attrition after a while: How long would it take for all 12 million illegals to finally leave? 1 million per year? 500K per year? 24 years? Yeah right! Ok assuming they leave at a rate of 500K per year (which I know wouldn�t happen) what would be the rate of inflow of more illegals?? What would be the balance of illegals after say 10 years? Think about it.
>>> It is known that the illegal alien population is reduced naturally at 400K/year. If you add random deportations to this, yes, it is safe to assume that you can reduce the illegal population at 800K/year. That's not bad.
3. Give them a path to citizenship. Well they are here anyways but this idea might jeopardize the bill.
So my proposal is: Since �a path to citizenship� is the major road block to this bill, make a law that gives the Illegals an opportunity for GC but include in the law that �Anybody that ever comes into the country illegally CAN NOT become a citizen�. i.e they can get a green card but they can never be eligible for citizenship. I am sure this is a reasonable middle ground�. a path to PR but not citizenship. I am sure those illegals don�t care about citizenship anyways. They just want to be free and be mobile.
>> Well, that is problem. That will send the message to the world that as usual, the US is rewarding those who come here illegally. People will quadruple the efforts to get in illegally. Physical barriers become very inefficient when policies encourage people to come here.
Just my thots.
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crazy_gc
02-01 07:34 PM
this still has to go thru the house right...correct me if i am wrong
hellomms
05-02 11:00 AM
if you look at the data at carefully, you won't get that conclusion--india EB2 is not the only victim!
Perm is not based on nationality. All people with their perm audit are the victim of slowing Atlanta!
voice!
That is exactly my point that Perm Audit is not focused on Nationality, Field or EB category. If most people are from India, China, Philippines then automatically most audit cases are going to be from these countries.
Are you also being audited?
Perm is not based on nationality. All people with their perm audit are the victim of slowing Atlanta!
voice!
That is exactly my point that Perm Audit is not focused on Nationality, Field or EB category. If most people are from India, China, Philippines then automatically most audit cases are going to be from these countries.
Are you also being audited?
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indian111
08-11 01:52 PM
Not sure why people who e-filed in May and June are still waiting their approvals while people in July are seeing approvals.
Folks, do you think it has anything to do with the priority date .Can people waiting post their PDs
My etails :
I 765 E-filed May 22
FP done 07/16
PD Mar 06 EB2
Folks, do you think it has anything to do with the priority date .Can people waiting post their PDs
My etails :
I 765 E-filed May 22
FP done 07/16
PD Mar 06 EB2
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santb1975
04-09 12:09 PM
Thanks WD, Akhil
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Macaca
09-20 09:00 PM
It was great meeting and working with everyone especiallyJay,Aman,Himanshu,Vandana,Prateek,Nilli, Vandana,Mark,Tamsen,Puneet (yes- I am being nice to you inspite of the lawyer jokes u crack at my expense!!!),Anil,Sanjeev,Rajesh, Macaca (yes I was a bit too hard on you :) but it was all in good spirit) and of course my friend Meenal. I just want to thank a few volunteers who worked on lobby day meetings with me but could not attend the lobby day or the rally day-Fora,Vasu and Payal. We are all so glad the lobby day meetings and the Rally went well. It really shows what we can do when we all get together. Kudos to IV and its members!
Some thing that is a bit too hard for samay will hit you like a Tsunami!
:D:D:D
Some thing that is a bit too hard for samay will hit you like a Tsunami!
:D:D:D
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TeddyKoochu
05-15 07:27 PM
Just got the CPO mail.
Thank you IV for all the efforts.
Special thanks to 'Q' (who started original EB2/EB3 Predictions rather calculations thread), Teddy, Vdlrao and everybody who are contributing here. Your predictions gave me hope when I was really lost. Hope you will also get it this year.
My best wishes to all who are still waiting.
Many congratulations and thanks for your kind words. Enjoy your green life it's good to know that people find the predictions and calculations blog useful.
Thank you IV for all the efforts.
Special thanks to 'Q' (who started original EB2/EB3 Predictions rather calculations thread), Teddy, Vdlrao and everybody who are contributing here. Your predictions gave me hope when I was really lost. Hope you will also get it this year.
My best wishes to all who are still waiting.
Many congratulations and thanks for your kind words. Enjoy your green life it's good to know that people find the predictions and calculations blog useful.
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frostrated
05-13 01:10 PM
Are fingerprints required for all EAD renewals? I am travelling on projects across the country and will not be at home to attend the fingerprint appointment if any. Is it possible to get a fingerprint appointment in another location. My address is in Texas, but my project is in Wisconsin.
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rsayed
01-18 07:57 AM
...recurring contribution.
Good Luck to IV - Hope this year turns things around for us!
Good Luck to IV - Hope this year turns things around for us!
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nixstor
01-13 10:21 AM
chintu25,
I did not ask you to explain any thing to me. You needed to make a good argument on why this idea can channelize negative energy into positive and what are the risks involved. What can any one infer when you end your post with "Now lets play"? You might not have intended what it meant but it can mean different things to different people and I guess you would agree that there are people who think as I do about day trading. Please do not guess my knowledge of day trading and what it is limited to. Your initial post does not underscore the risks significantly. IMHO, Day trading fits a specific set of people who can not only handle the risk but also can handle the stress. Your feelings might be different. How ever, some one else pointed out the research done on day trading.
While I appreciate your noble intention to channelize the negative energy, the potential risk of getting a double whammy (immigration + stocks) needed to be underscored and I think did that. I will leave it there and do not want to take this discussion further on my opinions about day trading and it's nitty gritty.
I did not ask you to explain any thing to me. You needed to make a good argument on why this idea can channelize negative energy into positive and what are the risks involved. What can any one infer when you end your post with "Now lets play"? You might not have intended what it meant but it can mean different things to different people and I guess you would agree that there are people who think as I do about day trading. Please do not guess my knowledge of day trading and what it is limited to. Your initial post does not underscore the risks significantly. IMHO, Day trading fits a specific set of people who can not only handle the risk but also can handle the stress. Your feelings might be different. How ever, some one else pointed out the research done on day trading.
While I appreciate your noble intention to channelize the negative energy, the potential risk of getting a double whammy (immigration + stocks) needed to be underscored and I think did that. I will leave it there and do not want to take this discussion further on my opinions about day trading and it's nitty gritty.
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amitjoey
07-11 07:39 PM
Why is this thread acting up? not going to the top?
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akred
04-07 12:35 PM
Very true.
I think Americans have to decide.
Do they want to work with Indians/Chinese in America?
Or do they want to work with Indians/Chinese in India/China?
Their choice :)
Protect everything. Protect all the jobs. Drive all the high-tech jobs out of America.
And then either become a lawyer, or go look for a job in India/China.
I came across this article. Note how hard it will be to define what is a US company in the future.
Accenture India to surpass US operations in headcount (http://www.rxpgnews.com/business/Accenture-India-to-surpass-US-operations-in-headcount_13509.shtml)
I think Americans have to decide.
Do they want to work with Indians/Chinese in America?
Or do they want to work with Indians/Chinese in India/China?
Their choice :)
Protect everything. Protect all the jobs. Drive all the high-tech jobs out of America.
And then either become a lawyer, or go look for a job in India/China.
I came across this article. Note how hard it will be to define what is a US company in the future.
Accenture India to surpass US operations in headcount (http://www.rxpgnews.com/business/Accenture-India-to-surpass-US-operations-in-headcount_13509.shtml)
dresses Michael McDonald at Mid-America Center 9/21/08
pdakwala
09-20 04:20 PM
Everyone please three cheers for these girls.
Kanika: She was working with her one year old or may be less than a year kid in one hand. By the way her kid was helping her to to hold the phone and her another hand was holding the apointment document and pen.
Niloufer: She came to IV situation room for the first time. Her daughter was with her husband. We were running short of people and had lot of things to do. I was the one who did not even ask whether she is ok to do some work on that day. Sorry for that Niloufer but you are wonderful person.
Meenal: After working for three whole days, she was without even thinking about herself kept looking for my laptop. My company would have fired me if they would have found that I have some company data in the laptop which is lost. But fortunately I found my laptop. You were on the top of it and were very determined to find my laptop. Thanks for all your help
Sumita: Oh man, she speaks a lot. But let me tell you one thing. Without her help we would not have the successfull "Meet the Lawmaker day". We had 100+ meetings arranged on Monday. She made sure that our members attend each of these meetings.
Nili: She had a broken ankle but was on her feet from day one. She took care of each of the CA members and made sure that they meet each of the CA lawmakers in DC.
Tamsen: I think she have never said "NO" in her life. I think in her dictationary there is the word "NO" is not listed. We kept assigning lot of the task to her and she kept doing it.
Your dedication to IV is the real strength of IV.
Kanika: She was working with her one year old or may be less than a year kid in one hand. By the way her kid was helping her to to hold the phone and her another hand was holding the apointment document and pen.
Niloufer: She came to IV situation room for the first time. Her daughter was with her husband. We were running short of people and had lot of things to do. I was the one who did not even ask whether she is ok to do some work on that day. Sorry for that Niloufer but you are wonderful person.
Meenal: After working for three whole days, she was without even thinking about herself kept looking for my laptop. My company would have fired me if they would have found that I have some company data in the laptop which is lost. But fortunately I found my laptop. You were on the top of it and were very determined to find my laptop. Thanks for all your help
Sumita: Oh man, she speaks a lot. But let me tell you one thing. Without her help we would not have the successfull "Meet the Lawmaker day". We had 100+ meetings arranged on Monday. She made sure that our members attend each of these meetings.
Nili: She had a broken ankle but was on her feet from day one. She took care of each of the CA members and made sure that they meet each of the CA lawmakers in DC.
Tamsen: I think she have never said "NO" in her life. I think in her dictationary there is the word "NO" is not listed. We kept assigning lot of the task to her and she kept doing it.
Your dedication to IV is the real strength of IV.
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pd052009
04-11 11:44 AM
Countdown: 20 More days to go (Incl. today)
Required Yes Votes : 5000
Read from the below link for more details
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/2243885-post2.html (Support Thread for "I485 filing w/o Curr. PD" initiative)
Required Yes Votes : 5000
Read from the below link for more details
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/2243885-post2.html (Support Thread for "I485 filing w/o Curr. PD" initiative)
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camarasa
07-11 06:24 PM
"those who have been living in this country -- working and paying taxes -- should be given an opportunity to embark on a lengthy and hard-earned path to citizenship"
Well he got the lengthy and hard-earned bit right.
Well he got the lengthy and hard-earned bit right.
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WillIBLucky
02-02 07:26 AM
So was the billed passed or not? Logiclife said "NO", but certain members still say its passed.
Shall we now leave this aside and continue working on our goals or should we take a little time off to celebrate yet?
If at all the bill is passed yesterday then we should congratulate ourself for this wondeful job by IV.
Shall we now leave this aside and continue working on our goals or should we take a little time off to celebrate yet?
If at all the bill is passed yesterday then we should congratulate ourself for this wondeful job by IV.
natrajs
09-04 10:01 AM
Call them. For some it was approved and didnt trigger the e-mail.
called twice and opened a SR
Hoping for the best
Thanks
called twice and opened a SR
Hoping for the best
Thanks
ak27
02-01 10:49 PM
Folks,
Go to sleep.. Immigration-law is getting cheap publicity with such posts. It is irresponsible on thier part to post a news which can not ber varified..
Go to sleep.. Immigration-law is getting cheap publicity with such posts. It is irresponsible on thier part to post a news which can not ber varified..