unseenguy
11-30 10:36 PM
Thanks for the comment!
I've done the entire process on my own untill today. I also did not have any lawyers involved in any of the misdemeanors. I do have documentation of all the cases. All cases are closed and I'm just paying the fines and have to put up with the probation. I spoke to a lawyer (first time I met with him) today and he advise me to pay him $600 to accompany me to the interview.
Any take on the lawyer's advice? Or can I take the challenge on my own?
Better to take a lawyer with you. He knows immigration law better than you do. At the most you stand to lose 600 bucks that way.
I've done the entire process on my own untill today. I also did not have any lawyers involved in any of the misdemeanors. I do have documentation of all the cases. All cases are closed and I'm just paying the fines and have to put up with the probation. I spoke to a lawyer (first time I met with him) today and he advise me to pay him $600 to accompany me to the interview.
Any take on the lawyer's advice? Or can I take the challenge on my own?
Better to take a lawyer with you. He knows immigration law better than you do. At the most you stand to lose 600 bucks that way.
msyedy
12-13 11:02 AM
I hope CIR will become hot soon. This is just a spark.
They will soon make a decision on the strategy to be followed in Iraq, appropriation in Jan and CIR.
Praying
They will soon make a decision on the strategy to be followed in Iraq, appropriation in Jan and CIR.
Praying
cdeneo
03-27 12:50 PM
No real evidence but when I had looked into doing this for my parents this is what I found out -
You can apply for an extension - but would need to give a valid reason with proof along with a confirmed return air ticket for a later date. Some reasons that get accepted with the correct proof:
1. More travels planned within the US - provide itinerary with dates and reservations of where the travels are planned for. And a confirmed return ticket to India later on.
2. Medical - maybe a letter from the doctor may suffice but they would need to still have good explaination and this may not fly for a 6 month extension.
3. Marriage of a family member in the US with wedding invitation and a confirmed return ticket to India after the wedding has occured.
4. Any other valid reason with proof...
I had consulted an immigration attorney and he said that he could prep the paperwork for me - the form itself is very simple, you need to attach an explaination for why you are asking for an extension and this needs to be done properly.
Another thing the attorney told me was - USCIS had become more stringent than before on giving the extensions (not sure how stringent though as he said that one could get an extension with the right documentation provided). Also one needs to provide proof of funds to support your parents while they will be here - you can provide your bank statements, pay slips, etc for them...
Also the attorney had mentioned that if they did grant an extension one time - most likely they would not do this again in the future (once in a life time thing sort of deal). Best bet is to go back and save your extension for a later time when you would utmost need it.
Traveling out of the country and returning in one month used to happen a lot in past years - officers at POE have become more strict and may see that you were just here for 6 months and are back this quickly. The officer at POE would ask you the reason for a visit this quickly and may grant you a one month or a three month stay - completely in the hands of the officer at the POE (you may still get six months but it's all luck at this point).
Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
Hi Everyone,
I learnt recently that my parents have started showing early signs of Alzheimers. They have a 10 year multiple visa. For now I have them staying with me and their 1-94 date is coming up next month.
I wanted to know what options do i have and what would be the repurcursions.
1. extend thier stay. if so, whats the process.
2. let them fly back to India. stay for month and revisit for anothe 6 months. any catch or restriction on this.
Its just that they have no one in india to take care of them and people are cheating on them due to thier medical condition.
Your opinions and suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
You can apply for an extension - but would need to give a valid reason with proof along with a confirmed return air ticket for a later date. Some reasons that get accepted with the correct proof:
1. More travels planned within the US - provide itinerary with dates and reservations of where the travels are planned for. And a confirmed return ticket to India later on.
2. Medical - maybe a letter from the doctor may suffice but they would need to still have good explaination and this may not fly for a 6 month extension.
3. Marriage of a family member in the US with wedding invitation and a confirmed return ticket to India after the wedding has occured.
4. Any other valid reason with proof...
I had consulted an immigration attorney and he said that he could prep the paperwork for me - the form itself is very simple, you need to attach an explaination for why you are asking for an extension and this needs to be done properly.
Another thing the attorney told me was - USCIS had become more stringent than before on giving the extensions (not sure how stringent though as he said that one could get an extension with the right documentation provided). Also one needs to provide proof of funds to support your parents while they will be here - you can provide your bank statements, pay slips, etc for them...
Also the attorney had mentioned that if they did grant an extension one time - most likely they would not do this again in the future (once in a life time thing sort of deal). Best bet is to go back and save your extension for a later time when you would utmost need it.
Traveling out of the country and returning in one month used to happen a lot in past years - officers at POE have become more strict and may see that you were just here for 6 months and are back this quickly. The officer at POE would ask you the reason for a visit this quickly and may grant you a one month or a three month stay - completely in the hands of the officer at the POE (you may still get six months but it's all luck at this point).
Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
Hi Everyone,
I learnt recently that my parents have started showing early signs of Alzheimers. They have a 10 year multiple visa. For now I have them staying with me and their 1-94 date is coming up next month.
I wanted to know what options do i have and what would be the repurcursions.
1. extend thier stay. if so, whats the process.
2. let them fly back to India. stay for month and revisit for anothe 6 months. any catch or restriction on this.
Its just that they have no one in india to take care of them and people are cheating on them due to thier medical condition.
Your opinions and suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
amitjoey
01-26 01:38 PM
If only we take our concerns our problems to the elected reps of this country.
If we sincerely talk to them and tell them that we face this- and other issues, we can make some headway.
If we sincerely talk to them and tell them that we face this- and other issues, we can make some headway.
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reddymjm
02-10 03:16 PM
Guys --
I got 485 Card production order and welcome notice email yesterday . I am assuming that means I got PR . my company has filed for H1 -B extension last week itself . what will happen to that extension , do we need to revoke/withdraw that petition ?
has anyone being in this situation ?
Thanks,
gandalf
Can u update ur profile
I got 485 Card production order and welcome notice email yesterday . I am assuming that means I got PR . my company has filed for H1 -B extension last week itself . what will happen to that extension , do we need to revoke/withdraw that petition ?
has anyone being in this situation ?
Thanks,
gandalf
Can u update ur profile
whiteStallion
06-02 07:03 PM
Yes, the return ticket have to be *within* 6 months rather than after 6 months.
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hope_4_best
05-03 10:08 AM
Other option is to get Personal Line of Credit from a local credit union or bank.
With good credit score it is possible to get line up to 25K.
Interest rate is high, around 8.75% to 11.00%..
Money can be withdrwan whenever needed.
With good credit score it is possible to get line up to 25K.
Interest rate is high, around 8.75% to 11.00%..
Money can be withdrwan whenever needed.
krajani2007
02-11 11:01 AM
That's not true.. you H1b may also get approved. But I think that should not be a problem.
I have a friend with the same situation, he got GC and his H1b got approved after 3 months
I have a friend with the same situation, he got GC and his H1b got approved after 3 months
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sertasheep
08-26 10:09 AM
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Nankin & Verma PLLC
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T: (240) 456-0000
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Procedure to send in your questions:
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Country of citizenship: (Makes it more relevant)
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REQUEST: In the interest of everyone, we request you to run a spellcheck on your questions before you email it to us as it takes us significant time and effort to clean up the language and format before we send it to the immigration attorney.
Also, it provides a professional touch if we use formal, business English. (ie, refrain from using slang, shorthand, abbreviations, all capitals, all lowercase, colloquialism, et-al). Microsoft Word among other Word Processors provide excellent spellcheckers and thesaurus options to help you with this.
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Please bear with us while we continually evolve and enhance to make this effort a success, and beneficial for everyone.
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Thank you, and have a good weekend,
We welcome questions for subsequent conference calls with immigration attorney Ms. Sonal Mehta Verma. At this time, we are ACTIVELY working with Ms. Mehta Verma to plan upcoming conference call schedules.
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You can find more information about Ms.Mehta Verma on her firm's website at
http://www.nankin.com/mehtaverma.html
Sonal J. Mehta Verma, Esq.
Nankin & Verma PLLC
11 North Washington Street
Suite 360
Rockville, MD 20850
T: (240) 456-0000
www.nankin.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Procedure to send in your questions:
Email us at legal_advise@immigrationvoice.org
Please provide us with the following information, preferably in the following format, and keep it CRISP and CONSISE:
Name(Nickname or handle):
City/Area/Country of current residence:
Country of citizenship: (Makes it more relevant)
Question:
REQUEST: In the interest of everyone, we request you to run a spellcheck on your questions before you email it to us as it takes us significant time and effort to clean up the language and format before we send it to the immigration attorney.
Also, it provides a professional touch if we use formal, business English. (ie, refrain from using slang, shorthand, abbreviations, all capitals, all lowercase, colloquialism, et-al). Microsoft Word among other Word Processors provide excellent spellcheckers and thesaurus options to help you with this.
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Once you send in your questions to the email address mentioned above, you will be provided a unique Question ID that will help us as well as you to track the question through its lifecycle.
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Please bear with us while we continually evolve and enhance to make this effort a success, and beneficial for everyone.
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Thank you, and have a good weekend,
div_bell_2003
01-12 02:32 PM
If your I-485 was filed in that mad rush on July 2007, you *have* to pay renewal fees for EAD/AP every single time. Remember, USCIS had extended July 07 filings acceptance date till August 17,2007 due to their own screw up. Here on or before 30th July 2007 means 17th August, 2007. FYI, my I-485 was filed on 17th August, 2007.
But if you have filed your I-485 after that and the filing fee for that was around $1000 ($1010 I believe ), then you get free renewal of EAD/AP. When I e-filed the EAD for my wife, it made the fee calculation for me, so it's hard to go wrong there.
Gurus,
Here is what I found on USCIS website for renewal I765
*****
If you are filing for an extension of your Employment Authorization and your Form I-485, Application for Permanent Residence, was filed before July 30, 2007, then you must pay the $340 filing fee.
*****
I filled my EAD with I485 on August 2007. I got my EAD on 10/21/2007 which
is expired and want to renew it.
Do I need to pay the filing fee? Here it says any one filed I765 before July 30th 2007, they need to pay the renewal fee but nothing is mentioned for those who filed afterJuly 30th 2007?
Does any one has any idea?
But if you have filed your I-485 after that and the filing fee for that was around $1000 ($1010 I believe ), then you get free renewal of EAD/AP. When I e-filed the EAD for my wife, it made the fee calculation for me, so it's hard to go wrong there.
Gurus,
Here is what I found on USCIS website for renewal I765
*****
If you are filing for an extension of your Employment Authorization and your Form I-485, Application for Permanent Residence, was filed before July 30, 2007, then you must pay the $340 filing fee.
*****
I filled my EAD with I485 on August 2007. I got my EAD on 10/21/2007 which
is expired and want to renew it.
Do I need to pay the filing fee? Here it says any one filed I765 before July 30th 2007, they need to pay the renewal fee but nothing is mentioned for those who filed afterJuly 30th 2007?
Does any one has any idea?
more...
JuneBut2ndJuly
09-06 04:51 PM
my employer messed it up. originally filed on June 14th and application returned due to wrong check included and mailed again on June 29th .
SunnySurya
06-13 10:33 AM
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Hi All,
We are devastated. We got robbed last weekend. We lost everything including our green cards. After 6 years of wait, we got the cards in May. Unfortunately, we did not make any photocopies. We applied for replacement of cards using I-90 forms. Has anyone been in such a situation ?
Please help us with any suggestions.
Thanking you all.
Hi All,
We are devastated. We got robbed last weekend. We lost everything including our green cards. After 6 years of wait, we got the cards in May. Unfortunately, we did not make any photocopies. We applied for replacement of cards using I-90 forms. Has anyone been in such a situation ?
Please help us with any suggestions.
Thanking you all.
more...
pappu
09-02 06:50 AM
Its wonderful to see appreciation for core team here. Many of us work hard behind the scenes and are not regular on forums. Thank you all for your continued support and confidence in IV.
maverick_joe
11-16 01:03 PM
same situation here, never received the EAD and the IO asks us to re apply with the new filing fee of 340$ even for the replacment EAD.
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girishvar
02-26 12:46 PM
You have to use only H4. Under the last action taken rule B1/B2 is automatically invalid. Again H4 allows you to have dual intention for filing green card.
jtad
07-25 04:53 PM
This idea is ridiculous. Blood donation is a sign of protest????? If you think giving blood is so bad and you want to protest in that way, you will not gain sympathy.
THIS IS A BAD IDEA FOR A PROTEST!
Saying that the idea is rediculous is what is ridiculous. Respect others way of thinking, agreeing or disagreeing is different. Criticize polietly...
Where did you get the idea that to protest means to do something "bad"?...
THIS IS A BAD IDEA FOR A PROTEST!
Saying that the idea is rediculous is what is ridiculous. Respect others way of thinking, agreeing or disagreeing is different. Criticize polietly...
Where did you get the idea that to protest means to do something "bad"?...
more...
cjagtap
11-17 07:53 AM
I received my AP for the entire family thru' my lawyer and USCIS webpage is still showing that my 131 is in progress and case pending???
Hope it should not happen to the final GC!
Anyone like me?
Hope it should not happen to the final GC!
Anyone like me?
Hinglish
03-05 03:04 PM
No worries ... this bill aint going no where .... it is just a political ploy to corner Dems and force them to take a harder stance on immigration
kriskris
04-07 05:07 PM
Thanks for sharing. Some good news in these times.
gc_chahiye
01-08 01:23 PM
My employer has not provided copy of labor or I-140.
I am not planning to use AC-21 as my employer and work profile is good. But say if there is some thing unplanned happens, and if I need to change jobs, what can I do?
not having copy of labor or I-140 is an issue for AC21?
Does the cover-letter you included while filing your 485 include your job duties?
thats basically what you need, to make sure your new duties/position are inline with what was decribed in the LC.
I am not planning to use AC-21 as my employer and work profile is good. But say if there is some thing unplanned happens, and if I need to change jobs, what can I do?
not having copy of labor or I-140 is an issue for AC21?
Does the cover-letter you included while filing your 485 include your job duties?
thats basically what you need, to make sure your new duties/position are inline with what was decribed in the LC.
sandy_anand
10-04 01:31 PM
I am having some trouble understanding it. In 2010, they have only allocated 2400 visas to China EB3? That is a wastage of 3300-2400 = 900 visas ??
Not necessarily, this data is 3 months old I think. The last quarter allocations could have closed the gap.
Not necessarily, this data is 3 months old I think. The last quarter allocations could have closed the gap.
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