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dg_247
07-14 08:49 PM
Hi,
I�m currently on H1B, I'm planning to go back to my country for an extended period.
Few queries
1) Can my employer keep my H1B open and show that the job is available for me? If so, for how long can employer do that?
I may go for six months, year or more, depending on circumstances.
2) If after a year a new H1B is filled, by the same employer (given that old H1B cannot be opened for long) will I be able to utilize the old quota or would have to file in new quota.
3) If I come back after a year, does the 6 year counter restarted? ie. the limit of working for six years on H1B.
4) If my employer cancels my H1B, and after six-months or a year, a different company files a petition for H1B, will the petition fall in old quota? Or will have to wait to be filed in new quota for that financial year?
If someone could answer my queries and help me decide, it will be very helpful.
Thank you.
I�m currently on H1B, I'm planning to go back to my country for an extended period.
Few queries
1) Can my employer keep my H1B open and show that the job is available for me? If so, for how long can employer do that?
I may go for six months, year or more, depending on circumstances.
2) If after a year a new H1B is filled, by the same employer (given that old H1B cannot be opened for long) will I be able to utilize the old quota or would have to file in new quota.
3) If I come back after a year, does the 6 year counter restarted? ie. the limit of working for six years on H1B.
4) If my employer cancels my H1B, and after six-months or a year, a different company files a petition for H1B, will the petition fall in old quota? Or will have to wait to be filed in new quota for that financial year?
If someone could answer my queries and help me decide, it will be very helpful.
Thank you.
Tortoise
09-02 12:07 PM
I have applied for AP (I131) on 8/14/09 and my I-485 got approved on 9/01/09. Is USCIS is going to return my I131 fee or is there anything I have to initiate from my end to get the refund?.
Pls do let me know.
Thanks in advance.
Pls do let me know.
Thanks in advance.
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stevensjd
10-13 07:11 AM
I think Yes. My wife did same thing after she received her EAD.
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Macaca
10-29 07:57 AM
Maryland's Senator Fix-It (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/28/AR2007102801153.html) By Fred Hiatt (fredhiatt@washpost.com) | Washington Post, October 29, 2007
Against the prevailing dismay over partisanship and dysfunction in the U.S. Senate, consider the testimony of one happy senator.
Ben Cardin, freshman Democrat of Maryland, says he has been surprised since his election almost a year ago at how possible it is to make progress in the Senate. It is easier to form bipartisan alliances than it was in the House, he says. Senators who strike deals stick to them and will not be pulled away by pressure from party leaders. And, even despite the 60-vote barrier, real legislative accomplishments are within reach.
Cardin is part of an impressive Senate class of nine Democratic rookies (including Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats), others of whom have gotten more attention than he has during their first year. Virginia's Jim Webb, to name one, has proved more compelling to the national party and media, with his military past, literary achievements and quotable economic populism.
Consider, by contrast, the first sentence of the " About Ben" biography on Cardin's official Web site: "Benjamin L. Cardin has been a national leader on health care, retirement security and fiscal issues since coming to Congress in 1987." No wonder the Democrats chose Webb to respond to President Bush's State of the Union address in January.
No one would accuse Cardin of putting charisma over substance. A legislator's legislator, he served in the Maryland House of Delegates for 20 years, as speaker from 1979 to 1986, and then represented a part of Baltimore and surrounding suburbs in the House of Representatives for 20 more. Now he's delightedly burrowing into the Senate.
During a visit to The Post last week, he ticked off a series of what he called medium-level issues on which he believes something can be achieved: providing incentives for good teachers to work in the neediest schools, getting the Army Corps of Engineers involved in Chesapeake Bay cleanup, establishing a commission to chart a path to energy independence within 10 years and reauthorizing (for the first time in decades) the federal program that provides lawyers for those who can't afford them.
Cardin acknowledged that prospects for progress on the biggest issues are dimmer, but even there he's not discouraged. "Social Security is easy to solve," he says, and achieving energy independence within 10 years is quite doable; both just require more leadership from the White House, which he hopes a new (Democratic) president will provide. He's signed on to the Lieberman-Warner bill on climate change and thinks it could get 60 votes, too, with a little prodding from on high.
The failure of comprehensive immigration reform, he grants, was "an embarrassment." Senators were not prepared for the force and single-mindedness of the opposition to what was perceived as amnesty for illegal immigrants.
"It is an explosive issue," Cardin said. "It crippled our office's ability to get anything else done." The letters he received were well written, not part of an organized campaign, from all corners of the state -- and unequivocal. "They said, 'This is not America. America is the rule of law. How can you let people sneak into the country? If you vote for this, I'll never vote for you again' " -- an argument that tends to seize a politician's attention.
Cardin did not and still does not believe that the bill provided amnesty. It insisted that illegal immigrants atone in a number of ways, including anteing up back taxes, learning English and paying a fine. "If you go much further, people aren't going to come forward" and out of the shadows, he says. "I don't think it makes a lot of sense to be sending troops after them."
But even here, he has faith that the Senate eventually can pass immigration reform. It was a mistake to craft the bill in closed meetings, he said; next time, open debate would create less anxiety. Reform advocates have to communicate better what requirements they're imposing in exchange for legalization. But ultimately, "you can't hide from what needs to be done. You have to deal with the 12 million, with border security and with the fairness issue" for immigrants and would-be immigrants who have played by the rules.
Cardin is not naive about the political obstacles to progress. But unusually for Washington, he seems less focused on blaming the other side for gridlock than on avoiding gridlock in the first place.
"Quite frankly, the solution on immigration is easy, even if it won't be easy to accomplish," he says cheerfully. "You just have to get a bipartisan coalition and get it done."
Against the prevailing dismay over partisanship and dysfunction in the U.S. Senate, consider the testimony of one happy senator.
Ben Cardin, freshman Democrat of Maryland, says he has been surprised since his election almost a year ago at how possible it is to make progress in the Senate. It is easier to form bipartisan alliances than it was in the House, he says. Senators who strike deals stick to them and will not be pulled away by pressure from party leaders. And, even despite the 60-vote barrier, real legislative accomplishments are within reach.
Cardin is part of an impressive Senate class of nine Democratic rookies (including Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats), others of whom have gotten more attention than he has during their first year. Virginia's Jim Webb, to name one, has proved more compelling to the national party and media, with his military past, literary achievements and quotable economic populism.
Consider, by contrast, the first sentence of the " About Ben" biography on Cardin's official Web site: "Benjamin L. Cardin has been a national leader on health care, retirement security and fiscal issues since coming to Congress in 1987." No wonder the Democrats chose Webb to respond to President Bush's State of the Union address in January.
No one would accuse Cardin of putting charisma over substance. A legislator's legislator, he served in the Maryland House of Delegates for 20 years, as speaker from 1979 to 1986, and then represented a part of Baltimore and surrounding suburbs in the House of Representatives for 20 more. Now he's delightedly burrowing into the Senate.
During a visit to The Post last week, he ticked off a series of what he called medium-level issues on which he believes something can be achieved: providing incentives for good teachers to work in the neediest schools, getting the Army Corps of Engineers involved in Chesapeake Bay cleanup, establishing a commission to chart a path to energy independence within 10 years and reauthorizing (for the first time in decades) the federal program that provides lawyers for those who can't afford them.
Cardin acknowledged that prospects for progress on the biggest issues are dimmer, but even there he's not discouraged. "Social Security is easy to solve," he says, and achieving energy independence within 10 years is quite doable; both just require more leadership from the White House, which he hopes a new (Democratic) president will provide. He's signed on to the Lieberman-Warner bill on climate change and thinks it could get 60 votes, too, with a little prodding from on high.
The failure of comprehensive immigration reform, he grants, was "an embarrassment." Senators were not prepared for the force and single-mindedness of the opposition to what was perceived as amnesty for illegal immigrants.
"It is an explosive issue," Cardin said. "It crippled our office's ability to get anything else done." The letters he received were well written, not part of an organized campaign, from all corners of the state -- and unequivocal. "They said, 'This is not America. America is the rule of law. How can you let people sneak into the country? If you vote for this, I'll never vote for you again' " -- an argument that tends to seize a politician's attention.
Cardin did not and still does not believe that the bill provided amnesty. It insisted that illegal immigrants atone in a number of ways, including anteing up back taxes, learning English and paying a fine. "If you go much further, people aren't going to come forward" and out of the shadows, he says. "I don't think it makes a lot of sense to be sending troops after them."
But even here, he has faith that the Senate eventually can pass immigration reform. It was a mistake to craft the bill in closed meetings, he said; next time, open debate would create less anxiety. Reform advocates have to communicate better what requirements they're imposing in exchange for legalization. But ultimately, "you can't hide from what needs to be done. You have to deal with the 12 million, with border security and with the fairness issue" for immigrants and would-be immigrants who have played by the rules.
Cardin is not naive about the political obstacles to progress. But unusually for Washington, he seems less focused on blaming the other side for gridlock than on avoiding gridlock in the first place.
"Quite frankly, the solution on immigration is easy, even if it won't be easy to accomplish," he says cheerfully. "You just have to get a bipartisan coalition and get it done."
fcres
07-29 11:11 AM
We filed for our 2nd AP on July 2nd. They received it on 8th and mine was approved on 22nd. Got my AP yesterday. No idea what happened to my spouse's. I got that RN from the back of the check and called USCIS. I entered the 10 digit RN and it said not enough numbers entered?? So i called again and said no RN and i got a cust service rep. I gave her the RN and she said they received it on 8th and is still processing it. She said it doesn't matter whether we filed together and asked us to wait 6 months.
Is this normal? I just hope the other AP is not lost.
Also since there is no expiry date on the AP, is it to be taken as its valid only for 1 year from the date of issue? We never had to use our 1st AP.
Is this normal? I just hope the other AP is not lost.
Also since there is no expiry date on the AP, is it to be taken as its valid only for 1 year from the date of issue? We never had to use our 1st AP.
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1528boyz
08-19 12:45 AM
Hi There,
I need some advice on my current situation.I am in the 4th year of my H1-B .I have my
I-140 approved from my current employer with PD of Aug'09.
I am planning to change my job, my concern is :
Assuming that my current employer do not revoke/recall my I-140
1. Do i need to have the same job responsibilities in my new job to transfer my PD?
2. Do i have to stick with my current employer for atleast 6 months to transfer my PD?
3. What will happen if i change employer within 6 months, can i still be able to get my PD?
4. Will employers provide approval of I-140 ?
Appreciate for your time,
Thanks
I need some advice on my current situation.I am in the 4th year of my H1-B .I have my
I-140 approved from my current employer with PD of Aug'09.
I am planning to change my job, my concern is :
Assuming that my current employer do not revoke/recall my I-140
1. Do i need to have the same job responsibilities in my new job to transfer my PD?
2. Do i have to stick with my current employer for atleast 6 months to transfer my PD?
3. What will happen if i change employer within 6 months, can i still be able to get my PD?
4. Will employers provide approval of I-140 ?
Appreciate for your time,
Thanks
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11-17 10:12 PM
If you live in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, and anywhere else in the Upstate NY region, please post here.
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USCIS has announced that it is working on a rule to create an electronic registration system for H-1B employers subject to the annual cap. Employers would first register an application and be allocated an H-1B cap number and then would file the case. The idea is that employers would need to register to claim an H-1B cap number first and then if they are selected, they then would prepare and file the case. Right now, employers have to go to all the trouble of preparing a case that may be rejected simply because the visa allocation is filled. I think...
More... (http://blogs.ilw.com/gregsiskind/2010/12/uscis-planning-to-move-to-pre-registration-process-for-h-1b-cap-cases.html)
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Kevin Sadler
May 14th, 2004, 04:35 PM
do rating guidelines exist somewhere?
actually i'd rather just give feedback and no rating. is that possible?
thx everyone. this is a great site and i hope to contribute.
actually i'd rather just give feedback and no rating. is that possible?
thx everyone. this is a great site and i hope to contribute.
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arunsarun
11-29 02:09 PM
From twitter : whitehouse: 3:00 EST Live video chat on DREAM Act with Cecilia Mu�oz via Facebook
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06-14 07:41 PM
Hey Kiwi,
You cannot create keyframes in Swift 3D. You can arrange or move around keyframes, and that is only by adjusting the animation path. I'll try to check and see if there is some hidden way of inserting keyframes in Swift.
You cannot create keyframes in Swift 3D. You can arrange or move around keyframes, and that is only by adjusting the animation path. I'll try to check and see if there is some hidden way of inserting keyframes in Swift.
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07-02 08:45 PM
Edison residents, officials outraged by Time magazine column about Indian immigrants | NJ.com (http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2010/07/edison_residents_officials_out.html)
Do a satirical piece on hispanics first before picking on low skilled indian immigrants in Edison. Not only do hispanics breed like rabbits (just count the number of kids you see in a hispanic family) some of them act as if they own america.
Do a satirical piece on hispanics first before picking on low skilled indian immigrants in Edison. Not only do hispanics breed like rabbits (just count the number of kids you see in a hispanic family) some of them act as if they own america.
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bayoubengal
11-07 07:52 PM
With the new EB2 how much time does it take for Labor to get certified..I am applying in texas region in guess. I am from louisiana -mississippi area. Anyone there from this area ?.
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07-19 10:32 PM
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09-16 04:47 AM
Ask your brother to get a leave letter from his company. It should help.
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12-09 11:45 AM
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rajaryan
11-30 08:57 PM
Hi,
I got my H1b approved this year. My first name is set to FNU and my full name was added in last name. Now i have got it corrected in my passport as it was wrong in the first place. After my passport was corrected, I was advised to apply for H1B amendment. I have applied for H1B amendment in November. Also I was unable to get my SSN bcos of this name issue and SSN office is demanding to get I797 corrected before issuing the SSN. Now since I am waiting for my SSN and H1B amanedment. I am not paid. I want to know if I am still legal and I am in status? Please let me know the process I should follow if there are any?
This is extremely urgent and any help/advice in thsi regard wil lbe great.
Thanks in Advance,
Raj
I got my H1b approved this year. My first name is set to FNU and my full name was added in last name. Now i have got it corrected in my passport as it was wrong in the first place. After my passport was corrected, I was advised to apply for H1B amendment. I have applied for H1B amendment in November. Also I was unable to get my SSN bcos of this name issue and SSN office is demanding to get I797 corrected before issuing the SSN. Now since I am waiting for my SSN and H1B amanedment. I am not paid. I want to know if I am still legal and I am in status? Please let me know the process I should follow if there are any?
This is extremely urgent and any help/advice in thsi regard wil lbe great.
Thanks in Advance,
Raj
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aguy
09-19 07:43 PM
Hi,
I have received notice for I-485 FP, but my I-140 is still in process (not approved or anything). How is this possible? Is it because of concurrent filing?
Thanks.
I have received notice for I-485 FP, but my I-140 is still in process (not approved or anything). How is this possible? Is it because of concurrent filing?
Thanks.
hibworker
06-08 01:21 PM
No it will not be changed to reflect that they have accepted your response. If they don't like your response then you will get another RFE issued status.
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Iranian-born Omid Kordestani was Google's 12th employee and he is one of the key executives who has turned the firm in to one of the world's most successful companies. I just read an interesting article about Kordestani where he credits his immigrant background for much of his success and urges America's young people to adapt an immigrant mindset: �To keep an edge, I must think and act like an immigrant. There is a special optimism and drive that I benefited from and continue to rely on that I want all of you to find. Immigrants are inherently dreamers and fighters�...
More... (http://blogs.ilw.com/gregsiskind/2009/07/immigrant-of-the-day-omid-kordestani-it-pioneer.html)
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