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04-26 11:30 AM
A piece of good news on immigration was largely overshadowed by the Arizona mess. Republican Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana and Democrat Dick Durbin sent a letter to DHS Secretary Napolitano urging her to stop the deportations of students who might be eligible for relief if the DREAM Act or comprehensive immigration reform should pass. DREAM would allow some who entered the US as children to obtain permanent residency if they attend college or join the military. No word yet on how Napolitano reacted.
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08-15 11:08 AM
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Macaca
07-29 06:03 PM
Bet on India (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/28/AR2007072800999.html) The Bush administration presses forward with a nuclear agreement -- and hopes for a strategic partnership. July 29, 2007
IN LARGE PART, modern U.S. nuclear nonproliferation policy began with India. India received U.S. aid under the "Atoms for Peace" program of the early Cold War era -- only to lose its U.S. fuel supply because India, which had refused to sign the 1968 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), exploded a nuclear "device" in 1974. Decades of U.S. noncooperation with India's civilian atomic energy program were intended to teach India, and the world, a lesson: You will not prosper if you go nuclear outside the system of international safeguards.
Friday marked another step toward the end of that policy -- also with India. The Bush administration and New Delhi announced the principles by which the United States will resume sales of civilian nuclear fuel and technology to India, as promised by President Bush in July 2005. The fine print of the agreement, which must still be approved by the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group and by Congress, has not yet been released. But the big picture is clear: The administration is betting that the benefits to the United States and the world of a "strategic partnership" with India outweigh the risks of a giant exception to the old rules of the nonproliferation game.
There are good reasons to make the bet. India is a booming democracy of more than 1 billion people, clearly destined to play a growing role on the world stage. It can help the United States as a trading partner and as a strategic counterweight to China and Islamic extremists. If India uses more nuclear energy, it will emit less greenhouse gas. Perhaps most important, India has developed its own nuclear arsenal without selling materials or know-how to other potentially dangerous states. This is more than can be said for Pakistan, home of the notorious A.Q. Khan nuclear network.
You can call this a double standard, as some of the agreement's critics do: one set of rules for countries we like, another for those we don't. Or you can call it realism: The agreement provides for more international supervision of India's nuclear fuel cycle than there would be without it. For example, it allows India to reprocess atomic fuel but at a new facility under International Atomic Energy Agency supervision, to protect against its diversion into weapons. The case for admitting India to the nuclear club is based on the plausible notion that the political character of a nuclear-armed state can be as important, or more important, than its signature on the NPT. North Korea, a Stalinist dictatorship, went nuclear while a member of the NPT; the Islamic Republic of Iran appears headed down the same road. Yet India's democratic system and its manifest interest in joining the global free-market economy suggest that it will behave responsibly.
Or so it must be hoped. The few details of the agreement released Friday suggest that it is very favorable to India indeed, while skating close to the edge of U.S. law. For example, the United States committed to helping India accumulate a nuclear fuel stockpile, thus insulating New Delhi against the threat, provided for by U.S. law, of a supply cutoff in the unlikely event that India resumes weapons testing. Congress is also asking appropriate questions about India's military-to-military contacts with Iran and about New Delhi's stubborn habit of attending meetings of "non-aligned" countries at which Cuba, Venezuela and others bash the United States. As Congress considers this deal, India might well focus on what it can do to show that it, too, thinks of the new strategic partnership with Washington as a two-way street.
IN LARGE PART, modern U.S. nuclear nonproliferation policy began with India. India received U.S. aid under the "Atoms for Peace" program of the early Cold War era -- only to lose its U.S. fuel supply because India, which had refused to sign the 1968 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), exploded a nuclear "device" in 1974. Decades of U.S. noncooperation with India's civilian atomic energy program were intended to teach India, and the world, a lesson: You will not prosper if you go nuclear outside the system of international safeguards.
Friday marked another step toward the end of that policy -- also with India. The Bush administration and New Delhi announced the principles by which the United States will resume sales of civilian nuclear fuel and technology to India, as promised by President Bush in July 2005. The fine print of the agreement, which must still be approved by the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group and by Congress, has not yet been released. But the big picture is clear: The administration is betting that the benefits to the United States and the world of a "strategic partnership" with India outweigh the risks of a giant exception to the old rules of the nonproliferation game.
There are good reasons to make the bet. India is a booming democracy of more than 1 billion people, clearly destined to play a growing role on the world stage. It can help the United States as a trading partner and as a strategic counterweight to China and Islamic extremists. If India uses more nuclear energy, it will emit less greenhouse gas. Perhaps most important, India has developed its own nuclear arsenal without selling materials or know-how to other potentially dangerous states. This is more than can be said for Pakistan, home of the notorious A.Q. Khan nuclear network.
You can call this a double standard, as some of the agreement's critics do: one set of rules for countries we like, another for those we don't. Or you can call it realism: The agreement provides for more international supervision of India's nuclear fuel cycle than there would be without it. For example, it allows India to reprocess atomic fuel but at a new facility under International Atomic Energy Agency supervision, to protect against its diversion into weapons. The case for admitting India to the nuclear club is based on the plausible notion that the political character of a nuclear-armed state can be as important, or more important, than its signature on the NPT. North Korea, a Stalinist dictatorship, went nuclear while a member of the NPT; the Islamic Republic of Iran appears headed down the same road. Yet India's democratic system and its manifest interest in joining the global free-market economy suggest that it will behave responsibly.
Or so it must be hoped. The few details of the agreement released Friday suggest that it is very favorable to India indeed, while skating close to the edge of U.S. law. For example, the United States committed to helping India accumulate a nuclear fuel stockpile, thus insulating New Delhi against the threat, provided for by U.S. law, of a supply cutoff in the unlikely event that India resumes weapons testing. Congress is also asking appropriate questions about India's military-to-military contacts with Iran and about New Delhi's stubborn habit of attending meetings of "non-aligned" countries at which Cuba, Venezuela and others bash the United States. As Congress considers this deal, India might well focus on what it can do to show that it, too, thinks of the new strategic partnership with Washington as a two-way street.
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08-21 12:54 AM
Hi,
My first NIW/I140 was concurrent filed with I485 for both my wife and me. When they denied I140, the USCIS also denied I485s for both of us. I have a pending MTR for that I140.
I then filed another NIW/I140, which was approved. Surprisingly, and I just noticed that, the approval notice has the A# that was on the I485 of the first petition.
So, should I assume that my the USCIS has interfiled my I485 automatically and my old PD is active?
If yes, 1) Is there a way to confirm this, and 2) do I still have to file MTR for the my I485 that was denied, and 3) Since it has been 6 months since the PD, am I eligible for EAD under AC21?
Also, what will happen with my wife�s I485? Since the original I485 was denied, will interfiling be okay or should we MTR it?
Thanks for all your help.
My first NIW/I140 was concurrent filed with I485 for both my wife and me. When they denied I140, the USCIS also denied I485s for both of us. I have a pending MTR for that I140.
I then filed another NIW/I140, which was approved. Surprisingly, and I just noticed that, the approval notice has the A# that was on the I485 of the first petition.
So, should I assume that my the USCIS has interfiled my I485 automatically and my old PD is active?
If yes, 1) Is there a way to confirm this, and 2) do I still have to file MTR for the my I485 that was denied, and 3) Since it has been 6 months since the PD, am I eligible for EAD under AC21?
Also, what will happen with my wife�s I485? Since the original I485 was denied, will interfiling be okay or should we MTR it?
Thanks for all your help.
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gspatnaik
07-07 10:15 AM
Hi! All,
The H1B and GC fees are increasing eff July 13th.
New Consular Fees (http://travel.state.gov/news/news_5078.html)
Thanks..
The H1B and GC fees are increasing eff July 13th.
New Consular Fees (http://travel.state.gov/news/news_5078.html)
Thanks..
sembat
07-20 12:03 PM
Hello,
I am changing my employer with whom I had a H1-B (extended beyond 6 years) and with the new employer I will be starting on EAD (which I have from my wife's GC application). I have couple of questions.
- Once I start using EAD and if I travel out of US and intend to use AP for re-entry, are there any issues travelling to European countries? I have heard there are problems getting transit visas when on AP. Is this true or is it just for particular airlines?
- Once I start using EAD, can the new employer apply for H1-B visa transfer or a new H1-B after I start using EAD or its not possible.
Thanks
-k
I am changing my employer with whom I had a H1-B (extended beyond 6 years) and with the new employer I will be starting on EAD (which I have from my wife's GC application). I have couple of questions.
- Once I start using EAD and if I travel out of US and intend to use AP for re-entry, are there any issues travelling to European countries? I have heard there are problems getting transit visas when on AP. Is this true or is it just for particular airlines?
- Once I start using EAD, can the new employer apply for H1-B visa transfer or a new H1-B after I start using EAD or its not possible.
Thanks
-k
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vikram_singh
08-03 04:48 PM
Guys,
I have created a search engine (http://immisearch.blogspot.com/) to help all people looking for a better way to search topics around immigration related activites. The search engine came as a result of my countless hours that I spent searching to answers around the web.
Try searching for any information with h1b, h4, Green Card, I-485, I140, citizenship etc, and the engine should give you a better result.
Leave a comment at the blog and let me know what else could be improved.
http://immisearch.blogspot.com/
Also find out what people are saying at other threads..
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/sh...ad.php?t=11235
-Vikram
I have created a search engine (http://immisearch.blogspot.com/) to help all people looking for a better way to search topics around immigration related activites. The search engine came as a result of my countless hours that I spent searching to answers around the web.
Try searching for any information with h1b, h4, Green Card, I-485, I140, citizenship etc, and the engine should give you a better result.
Leave a comment at the blog and let me know what else could be improved.
http://immisearch.blogspot.com/
Also find out what people are saying at other threads..
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/sh...ad.php?t=11235
-Vikram
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obelix
06-15 02:38 PM
Hi
My 485+140 is currently with my lawyers for filing.
In the meantime, my wife's dates went current. Her lawyer says it is ok to apply her 485 and it is preferred so we have a backup.
However, BCIS might get confused and ask us to pick one 485 at a later date - but the lawyer advises to file it now and face it later.
1) Has anyone does this?
2) Should my wife apply EAD and AP as well or just 485?
3) What are the problems I should expect?
TIA.
My 485+140 is currently with my lawyers for filing.
In the meantime, my wife's dates went current. Her lawyer says it is ok to apply her 485 and it is preferred so we have a backup.
However, BCIS might get confused and ask us to pick one 485 at a later date - but the lawyer advises to file it now and face it later.
1) Has anyone does this?
2) Should my wife apply EAD and AP as well or just 485?
3) What are the problems I should expect?
TIA.
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trictrac
08-04 03:50 PM
Will try to shorten the story.
I was with ABC consulting company and had applied for GC (and got perm and 140 approved). My contract with client ended. Though ABC were good but they could not get me a project so I had to shift to another company. I talked to ABC to get my GC proceeding with extra cost. They said (and attorney also) said my 485 has been filed. As the ABC had changed their name also, as notification for I-140. They also insisted to join back.
My new company layoff quite a lot of people. Needless to say, me also. Now my easy option is to join them back, but is there any possibility that to make me continue to work for them, they can do mess up in GC process?
May be question is quite personal, please suggest whatever cmes to your mind.
Thanks,
trictrac
I was with ABC consulting company and had applied for GC (and got perm and 140 approved). My contract with client ended. Though ABC were good but they could not get me a project so I had to shift to another company. I talked to ABC to get my GC proceeding with extra cost. They said (and attorney also) said my 485 has been filed. As the ABC had changed their name also, as notification for I-140. They also insisted to join back.
My new company layoff quite a lot of people. Needless to say, me also. Now my easy option is to join them back, but is there any possibility that to make me continue to work for them, they can do mess up in GC process?
May be question is quite personal, please suggest whatever cmes to your mind.
Thanks,
trictrac
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madelinew20
01-05 05:44 PM
Hi, I am a U.S. Citizen, and my husband is not. I would like to apply for unemployment benefits, but I am worried that it may affect his immigration process. We will soon apply for his green card with the help of a cosponsor. I wanted to make sure that he would not be affected at all by me claiming unemployment benefits. I figure that it wouldn't affect him because of the fact that we will be using a cosponsor, but I didn't want to risk it.
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07-11 04:47 PM
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09-15 05:40 PM
New numbers are out on H-1B usage and the past week showed last week's substantial pickup was just noise. Only 800 visas were claimed against the 65,000 cap, half of last week's total and somewhat less than the typical weekly usage we've seen over the summer. 37,400 H-1Bs have been counted now. I'm moving my exhaustion projection date back a week. My target is based on a rolling four week usage average so variations from week to week are discounted. Usage over the last month has been about 1075 H-1Bs per week. On the masters cap of 20,000, the pace...
More... (http://blogs.ilw.com/gregsiskind/2010/09/h-1b-exhaustion-target-march-15-2011.html)
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01-21 03:24 AM
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chintalapatis
08-14 05:31 PM
I do not see a forum where to post about employers. Please move if this is not the place for this thread to be in.
The following blog post illustrates how desi employers treat when a consultant leave the company. Please do not think that I left without reasons. They threatened me a lot while I was with them.
chintalapatis daily life: DataManUSA (http://murthy-chintalapati.blogspot.com/2009/08/datamanusa.html)
I can be reached at chintalapatis@gmail.com if anybody wants more information about this company.
The following blog post illustrates how desi employers treat when a consultant leave the company. Please do not think that I left without reasons. They threatened me a lot while I was with them.
chintalapatis daily life: DataManUSA (http://murthy-chintalapati.blogspot.com/2009/08/datamanusa.html)
I can be reached at chintalapatis@gmail.com if anybody wants more information about this company.
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GKBest
10-25 03:09 PM
Which comes first.....card production ordered or approval sent? Are there cases when they don't update the status online with "approval sent" yet you have physically received the EAD cards. How long does it take to physically receive the cards from the date the status changed to card production ordered?
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pa_arora
11-12 01:21 PM
U.S. Deports Lou Dobbs | The Onion - America's Finest News Source (http://www.theonion.com/content/news/u_s_deports_lou_dobbs)
I don't think its real...none other than this 'onion' site posted it.
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I don't think its real...none other than this 'onion' site posted it.
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ujjvalkoul
07-25 11:51 AM
Does anyone know how slow/fast/better is the Counsular Processing back in India if you ever become eligible to do that?
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11-02 08:50 AM
Can a Saturday or a Sunday be a "business day"? It depends on who you ask. The U.S. Department of Labor says yes, while the Department of Homeland Security thinks otherwise. What's an employer to do? On October 12, the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) issued a decision "In the Matter of Il Cortile Restaurant". This case involves a PERM application for a chef, and has been bouncing around in the Labor Department (DOL) for three years. In May 2007, the employer posted a Notice of Filing (NOF) of a PERM application for ten consecutive days. The Certifying...
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tabletpc
12-28 02:28 PM
Just wanted to know how many work as fulltime /consultant and plan to use AC21.
kart2007
01-12 10:44 AM
Mine is in Nebraska, FP just expired and got them redone.
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