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I would like IV and this members here to try and verify this report

http://www.zazona.com/ShameH1B/Library/Archives/SaveSS.htm

This appears to be complete propoganda by anit-immigrants, I would like to know if there are any legal way to challenge these guys not spread false information.

can we sue this guys, I myself has paid Social security for 9 years since I came to US

This report is full of rubbish. It tries to present facts carefully, and then purposely distorts them in the end. It says India is expemt from that treaty, which means Indians have to pay SS taxes. Then it goes on say the exact opposite. I am quite sure we don't have the money to sue them, but it will be nice to find the roots of the Hudson institute.

But on a side note, here is what is not smart about talking to lawmakers' offices about SS taxes; I have tried and failed. They hear lots of complaints about SS tax from citizens because there is a general feeling (fear) that the SS system will go bankrupt. So even citizens may find that their SS taxes have come to nothing. Also, if you raise the issue of general taxes, they are surprised to hear that we would actually raise that as an issue. I have been told that every batch of legal immigrants has paid taxes before becoming citizens. (BTW, I don't think like an anti-immigrant :))

caliguy,

i sent you a PM for letter.

Vikki,

my case is similar to yours. RD august 3rd 2007. PD Nov 19th 2004.

I recently found that my case is pending review again. It was assigned to IO on sept 17th, got a FP notice, then it went back to storage again.

I called last week and opened SR. today called POJ twice and asked them to send a request to assign to IO, both times IO said, will do it. Not sure, if they are really doing it. Because, they dont give you any tracking number. I will keep calling them.

And now Mr.King has another amendment to the amendment...to the amendment...to the amendment...to the amendment...to the amendment...to the amendment...to the amendment...to the amendment...to the amendment...to the amendment...
Sorry..Jus venting....

Thats all he does !

Zoom, thanks for the initiative. Just wanted to make sure if there are any legality issues behind core accessing the IV funds for administrative costs. Because once we donate it to IV funds(unless there is a provision for them to access that money as reimbursement administrative cost) it may not serve the intended purpose.

WE ARE WAITING FOR THE RESPONSE FROM CORE TEAM ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.

Guys I am ready to pay my dues to core....If you want I can start a thread to track the payment only for the core members. Lemme know what do you think.

Thanks to the four members for volunteering. Need three more to round this up.
If you are on the East coat that is even better. Please PM me your e-mail address if you want to
help call people and inform them about this San Jose Rally.

looks like the bills hit the floor with a crash;)

Are the bills hitting the floor next week?

I can trust this guy because of his recent past blogs which turned true.

Can i celebrate? I want to.

Mailed: June 29th
Service Center: NSC
Delivered: July 2, 7:55 am (Signed: R. Williams)
Mode of shipping: Fedex
Check Cashed?: no
Receipt: not yet.

Completely agree with you.

The bad news is.... I can only find the Mandarin link! It was broadcast in English too

This was set up by another Bay Area organization that primarily has Chinese members. They invited us to speak as well, which was incredibly nice of them.

http://www.ktsf.com/share/news/today_m1.html :D

6020
ammendment #7 proposed by Mr Smith; this is to the ammedmnet proposed by Lofgren....:rolleyes:

Awesome,

"...impose a new $8,500 surcharge on employers for each H-1B petition filed...."

I wonder how many companies would sponsor H1B instead of outsourcing work if the USCIS/Legal fees of one H1B would be $15,000.


http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199701809

I called all the reps listed and Rep. Issa, Darrell [R], District 49, phone: 202-225-3906 because i live in his congressional district.

Are you asking to show courage from him? Hmmm in previous post he claimed to have the courage to ask these stupid questions but he was anonymous.

Anonymous persons are not qualified to talk anything about courage. If you(anands26) are so courageous, then why dont you unveil your identity.

Look at his post several months back. He had full faith in IV as a free rider visitor. He believed something will get passed due to some chunk of insane contributors. When his beleif of free riding ended up in failure as feb 15th is nearing, he bursted himself.

http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showpost.php?p=4437&postcount=88



Show some Courage Dude. Take up a role in your state chapter, go meet the lawmaker, Educate them on the difficulties we face, write to the reporters & highlight our issues. Contact the Core and ask for responsibilities. I am sure the Core would be happy to delegate some of the responsibilities to you.

Why dont you do all of this, before criticizing everyone who is involved in the noble effort?

Although we cite the cost savings (from renewal of EAD) most people if not all who prefer to keep H1 status will definitely renew their EAD/AP just to be safe. On the AP case, I got 3 copies of multiple entry APs. My attorney told me to make copies of it and give only copies at the POE and point out that it is a multiple entry document if the officer wants to keep the original, so that the original stays with you.


This is interesting. I am trying to understand the reason why we should give copies. If you have three copies, and at POE they take one and return two, how does that harm you. I mean what is the point of keeping all three if there eligibility is 1 year and you don't expect to go out of the country a second time.

On March 30, we all 3 received soft LUDs and on March 31, my wife was issued a RFE. This is about her incomplete TB test. We have till May 1st to submit the evidence.

Hello IVians,
As we all await our GCs, I thot we can explore some investment vehicles.

Does anyone here have experience with commodity trading?
Can we trade in commodities on H1 or L1 status?
Is it too risky like forex trading?
Who are the online brokers offer commodity trading?
Is there a minimum account balance / trade required every month or so?

Pls share your experience. Thanks!

This is not related in any way to Immigration.

I had a question for all on the eb3 to eb2 porting - once the new EB2 labor gets approved and one applies for I-140 lets say in premium processing with the interfiling letter - does one need to reapply for I-485 once the I-140 is approved for the Eb2 application? This is for many EB3 folks that have been waiting after having applied for for I-485 in 2007. Any insight will be appreciated.

Thanks!

can IV put in advertisements from other professionals. for eg if ad's are allowed then I would think that lawyers, builders, insurance agents would flock to put their ads on this site for a fee.

Looking at the table in immigration-law.com, it appears that 33% have been certified and 33% have been closed/denied of the present 67% that have been processed. Those are absolute numbers (it is not 33% of 67% closed, it is 33% of the total 330K). Hence of the 220K cases processed, 110K have been certified and 110K closed/denied.

If the same trend holds, it will be 165K certified (out of a total of 330K). Add the 1.1 multiplying factor and we are looking at 346K total GCs. This is 2.5 years total. But USCIS seems to be sending off excess EB 1-2 visas to EB3 ROW so retrogression will continue for EB2 India and China.

Agreed that this will throw out all the crappy body shoppers. This is what we need in future not to make it difficult for future h1-b or other people. We should infact support this bill as this will weed out many Indian Body shoppers and benefit everyone.

This is nothing new but most of it is just implementing what is already in low. Thats my take on it.

Throw your GC and become H1...then you will understand the meaning of this bill