deba
09-05 01:40 PM
There is no definitive answer to this question. It is upto debate and ultimately upto you to make a reasonable choice. While this issue has been debated endlessly in many forums, the views expressed are varied.
If you search the forums you will find that Rajiv Khanna in his posts mention that a 6 months timeframe is ok for changing jobs. According to him 4-5 months or less might raise questions later as to your original intent of working for your petitioning employer permanently after receiving your GC.
On the other hand Ron Gotcher's opinion is that there should be no problem in changing jobs but it should be the same type of job, same category etc. His reasoning is that your GC was based on a purported shortage/demand for a particular type of employment skill and your job after GC should reflect that, atleast for a reasonable amount of time. Again, what is reasonable is upto you.
Still others have mentioned the 30-60-90 day criteria in the absence of any definitive rules. The logic here is that if you took an action contrary to your original intent in 30 days or less, you never intended to work for the petitioning employer in the first place. Would 60/90 days be enough in terms of establishing your original intent? Again, upto debate.
It is interesting to note however, that all the lawyers have mentioned that they have yet to come across any case where naturalization was denied due to change in employment after GC.
desi3933 has mentioned that he was questioned about his change in employment during citizenship interview. It would be interesting to know the facts of his case, nature of questions by IO, his answers etc.
If you search the forums you will find that Rajiv Khanna in his posts mention that a 6 months timeframe is ok for changing jobs. According to him 4-5 months or less might raise questions later as to your original intent of working for your petitioning employer permanently after receiving your GC.
On the other hand Ron Gotcher's opinion is that there should be no problem in changing jobs but it should be the same type of job, same category etc. His reasoning is that your GC was based on a purported shortage/demand for a particular type of employment skill and your job after GC should reflect that, atleast for a reasonable amount of time. Again, what is reasonable is upto you.
Still others have mentioned the 30-60-90 day criteria in the absence of any definitive rules. The logic here is that if you took an action contrary to your original intent in 30 days or less, you never intended to work for the petitioning employer in the first place. Would 60/90 days be enough in terms of establishing your original intent? Again, upto debate.
It is interesting to note however, that all the lawyers have mentioned that they have yet to come across any case where naturalization was denied due to change in employment after GC.
desi3933 has mentioned that he was questioned about his change in employment during citizenship interview. It would be interesting to know the facts of his case, nature of questions by IO, his answers etc.
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Desertfox
03-30 05:00 PM
Gurus,
I tried searching the forums for similar questions with no luck. I am
filing tax for 2007 and have following questions:
1. Can I use SSN (instead of ITIN ) for my spouse. She has EAD, SSN and is NOT working.
2. She attended a course last year in a community college and they sent a
TAX form. Can I use the fees I paid for my spouse's course as TAX EXEMPTION?
Sorry if this is a repeat post. But I was filing tax and got stuck as I was unable to find answers for the above 2 questions.
thanks in advance
Iad
To answer your second question:
You will probably use standard deduction instead of an itemized deduction on your tax return if you dont own a house. Unless you own a house or sepnd more than 10 grand or so in medical bills, your standard deduction is way more than your itemized deduction amount, and in that scenario you probably dont need that tax doc from the community college. However, you should check with your accountant.
I tried searching the forums for similar questions with no luck. I am
filing tax for 2007 and have following questions:
1. Can I use SSN (instead of ITIN ) for my spouse. She has EAD, SSN and is NOT working.
2. She attended a course last year in a community college and they sent a
TAX form. Can I use the fees I paid for my spouse's course as TAX EXEMPTION?
Sorry if this is a repeat post. But I was filing tax and got stuck as I was unable to find answers for the above 2 questions.
thanks in advance
Iad
To answer your second question:
You will probably use standard deduction instead of an itemized deduction on your tax return if you dont own a house. Unless you own a house or sepnd more than 10 grand or so in medical bills, your standard deduction is way more than your itemized deduction amount, and in that scenario you probably dont need that tax doc from the community college. However, you should check with your accountant.
lonedesi
11-28 01:36 PM
But won't the drivers license have the same validity as that of EAD now? Also which state are you from?
I still do not have EAD & AP for my wife, so cannot use that option as yet.
Take ur ead or ap which has ur new name (husbands name as last name)
and tell them to correct the name.
i had issue with dmv so i got the license initially as it was in passport but now since i got ead i took that to dmv and explained them to correct it.
they issued a new license with same validiity and with the name mentioned in ead.
I still do not have EAD & AP for my wife, so cannot use that option as yet.
Take ur ead or ap which has ur new name (husbands name as last name)
and tell them to correct the name.
i had issue with dmv so i got the license initially as it was in passport but now since i got ead i took that to dmv and explained them to correct it.
they issued a new license with same validiity and with the name mentioned in ead.
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pappu
02-16 02:43 PM
American people needs to be educated about H1B and GC retrogression. The only way to reach out them is with American news papers and TV channels. CNBC(bus) is followed closely by those people who are interested in economic affairs, both global and local.
We need as much support from these channels when you have the likes of lou dobbs going all over the negativity of H1B program when the benefits of H1 program far outweighs its disadvantages.
- Everything you do in life seems insignificant at that time, but it is important that you do it. Mahatma Gandhi
yes we wanted our members to help us in media drive and posted a thread for a week. 10-12 people signed up and when we organized a conf. call 5 people showed up.
In order to make something happen in the media, we need to make efforts and contact newspapers and TV stations. If each one of us can help in such effort, it will become a huge issue in the media and will generate much needed awareness.
We need as much support from these channels when you have the likes of lou dobbs going all over the negativity of H1B program when the benefits of H1 program far outweighs its disadvantages.
- Everything you do in life seems insignificant at that time, but it is important that you do it. Mahatma Gandhi
yes we wanted our members to help us in media drive and posted a thread for a week. 10-12 people signed up and when we organized a conf. call 5 people showed up.
In order to make something happen in the media, we need to make efforts and contact newspapers and TV stations. If each one of us can help in such effort, it will become a huge issue in the media and will generate much needed awareness.
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The7zen
07-16 12:43 PM
Thanks guys for the quick reply.
va_dude
03-24 03:04 PM
I think if you switch from H1 to an F1 and then want to get back to an H1, you will be counted towards the 65K cap.
It will be a brand new H1 application, so it has to be under the cap. So think twice about switching to F1, it's not easy to just switch back and forth.
Make sure you get confirmation from an attorney though, don't assume everything on a forum as perfect legal advice.
-va_dude
It will be a brand new H1 application, so it has to be under the cap. So think twice about switching to F1, it's not easy to just switch back and forth.
Make sure you get confirmation from an attorney though, don't assume everything on a forum as perfect legal advice.
-va_dude
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ChainReaction
04-06 12:17 PM
There is a new posting on
http://workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/foreign/
which states that the backlog will be cleared by 9/30/2007, I just hope this time they stick to their word
http://workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/foreign/
which states that the backlog will be cleared by 9/30/2007, I just hope this time they stick to their word
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sunny1000
08-13 06:52 PM
congrats gcard_dream!
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frostrated
08-19 12:47 PM
I did some analysis for EB2 and EB3 India using as well as IV data. It provides a rough estimate of the approved and pending 485 applicants for India.
Reading through the excel sheets, you can easily understand what approach I have used to come up with these numbers. Of course, I have made a lots of assumptions and the analysis may not be correct. I did it anyway :) .
Here are the links:
For EB2:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AvK4GEQtIPLqdFJ5VXFOeFNJSzcxSE40Um1nQXZlQ mc&hl=en
For EB3:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AvK4GEQtIPLqdE5sQ2prMXIwaVR4ejZzWlRUemtRU 0E&hl=en
the effort you put in is great. i thought of doing something similar, but i gave up as there is no true indicator regarding the overlap between the two sites. I have my information on both the sites, but under two totally different userids. There is no telling how many others have their information in both places. All in all, if you consider the two data to be independent of each other, then it will have a degree of pessimism that will give us a worst case scenario.
congrats.
Reading through the excel sheets, you can easily understand what approach I have used to come up with these numbers. Of course, I have made a lots of assumptions and the analysis may not be correct. I did it anyway :) .
Here are the links:
For EB2:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AvK4GEQtIPLqdFJ5VXFOeFNJSzcxSE40Um1nQXZlQ mc&hl=en
For EB3:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AvK4GEQtIPLqdE5sQ2prMXIwaVR4ejZzWlRUemtRU 0E&hl=en
the effort you put in is great. i thought of doing something similar, but i gave up as there is no true indicator regarding the overlap between the two sites. I have my information on both the sites, but under two totally different userids. There is no telling how many others have their information in both places. All in all, if you consider the two data to be independent of each other, then it will have a degree of pessimism that will give us a worst case scenario.
congrats.
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matreen
07-17 09:34 AM
I received my EAD card today and it is for one year, I am EB3 and Jan, 2007 is my priority date. Last time I have received two years card but this time got only one year? this is redicilous? IV can someone find out what is happning with this? we cannot efford to pour thousands of dollors every with pain on renewal waiting times?
Matt.
I have no idea why they didn't issue me for 2 year.
Matt.
I have no idea why they didn't issue me for 2 year.
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yabadaba
09-10 03:00 PM
...but I would rather retire early with enough money to do what I want in India (or any other country of the world) in the sunset of my life. For that GC is an absolute necessity. Thanks for the nice ad, but I was already hooked about attending that rally even before I could visualize my descendants thanking me, Bollywood ishtyle. :D
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08-16 05:47 PM
Amen ...:)
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gcdreamer05
11-18 02:13 PM
I researched about PIMS delay and I wanted to confirm that the next step would be H-1B visa stamping once my wife submits her passport.Is there something that can go wrong other then the delay
Nothing will go wrong, only issue is the pain and headache of delay and anxiety and not able to fly back using earlier booked flight tickets, other than that she should be fine.
This pims thing exists ever since feb 2007, god only knows when they are gonna fix it causing headaches for everyone....
Plz do share your experience when its over with the details of the time delay so that it helps others.
Nothing will go wrong, only issue is the pain and headache of delay and anxiety and not able to fly back using earlier booked flight tickets, other than that she should be fine.
This pims thing exists ever since feb 2007, god only knows when they are gonna fix it causing headaches for everyone....
Plz do share your experience when its over with the details of the time delay so that it helps others.
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GreenLantern
05-17 08:18 AM
For God's sake man, I put darth maul's mug on the woman! What more do you want?
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11-22 09:34 AM
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Pagal
04-28 10:50 PM
Hello,
I remember in one of the earlier threads a possible option (please do search IV forums for the source and run by your attorney)...
If your GC sponsor is ready to keep the sponsorship, then you can change jobs (as the GC is for a 'future' job and not for the 'current' job) to any occupation using EAD.
Once your GC is approved, you need to report for your new job and at that time, your sponsor can say that the job is no longer available. Legally, you are free to take up another job with same employer or any other employer.
As you can see, the whole situation depends on the willingness of your sponsoring organization (that also a few years down the line)...tricky, but possible!
IMHO, GC is not worth enough to compromise a good career, as a good career will provide you significantly higher financial and personal opportunities that GC may never be able to...of course, easier said than done...
I remember in one of the earlier threads a possible option (please do search IV forums for the source and run by your attorney)...
If your GC sponsor is ready to keep the sponsorship, then you can change jobs (as the GC is for a 'future' job and not for the 'current' job) to any occupation using EAD.
Once your GC is approved, you need to report for your new job and at that time, your sponsor can say that the job is no longer available. Legally, you are free to take up another job with same employer or any other employer.
As you can see, the whole situation depends on the willingness of your sponsoring organization (that also a few years down the line)...tricky, but possible!
IMHO, GC is not worth enough to compromise a good career, as a good career will provide you significantly higher financial and personal opportunities that GC may never be able to...of course, easier said than done...
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karthkc
07-13 10:41 AM
I have the same question. My Priority date is Current (May 2005) I-140 Approved, What next?
IMHO, we just wait. Since processing on August bulletin will not start until August 1st, there is nothing we can really do.
Come August 1st, call your Service Center and ask for an update on your case and that should give you information about next steps.
For those who have used AC21 without filing for it, or have special circumstances in your case, my suggestion would be to get in touch with your attorney to see if there is anything you would need to do.
Thoughts?
IMHO, we just wait. Since processing on August bulletin will not start until August 1st, there is nothing we can really do.
Come August 1st, call your Service Center and ask for an update on your case and that should give you information about next steps.
For those who have used AC21 without filing for it, or have special circumstances in your case, my suggestion would be to get in touch with your attorney to see if there is anything you would need to do.
Thoughts?
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sam_hoosier
11-28 03:10 PM
Hi Guys - had a quick question and wanted to put to out to the forum guys for inputs...
I am with company A on H1B and filed my GC through company B ( Labor approved EB2 2006/I-140 approved in june2007) filed for my I-485/EAD thru company B on July 2nd ,received my EAD last week.
Since my H1B is expiring soon I wanted to work with company A on my EAD,would this cause any issue's,my title with company A is different from what I filed for my GC through company B.
I do understand that I am not obliged to join company B untill I receive my GC as it if filed as future employee,my question is do I need to file for any AC21,or am I fine working on my EAD for company A now.
Thanks
MSS
You can work with Co.A on EAD, but its safer to wait 180 days after I-485 receipt date. Just let USCIS know that you are using AC21, so that there are no issues later.
I am with company A on H1B and filed my GC through company B ( Labor approved EB2 2006/I-140 approved in june2007) filed for my I-485/EAD thru company B on July 2nd ,received my EAD last week.
Since my H1B is expiring soon I wanted to work with company A on my EAD,would this cause any issue's,my title with company A is different from what I filed for my GC through company B.
I do understand that I am not obliged to join company B untill I receive my GC as it if filed as future employee,my question is do I need to file for any AC21,or am I fine working on my EAD for company A now.
Thanks
MSS
You can work with Co.A on EAD, but its safer to wait 180 days after I-485 receipt date. Just let USCIS know that you are using AC21, so that there are no issues later.
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cagedcactus
09-11 02:09 PM
I had no intention to go the rally when the thought was presented two months ago.....
Now I have my tickets booked, and trying to tag some friends along.
If I go down, I want to go down fighting. We are from the land of Gandhi.
We cant just sit on our comfy behinds and wait for the jokers at Washington to manipuate our lives.... NO SIR.
Now I have my tickets booked, and trying to tag some friends along.
If I go down, I want to go down fighting. We are from the land of Gandhi.
We cant just sit on our comfy behinds and wait for the jokers at Washington to manipuate our lives.... NO SIR.
mdubbaka
03-12 01:04 AM
Please refer to the following related thread:
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=17660
I just spoke to Mike Swift of mercury news and he wants to talk to the people who fits the following profile from "Bay Area"
a) Having an advance degree
b) Going through green card process for sometime
c) Postponing major investment decisions (like buying new car, house etc) due to the uncertainity in the green card process.
Please send me a private message or contact me at singhsa3@yahoo.com ASAP. Please come forward as this may be the big break we were waiting for.
I am ready to help.I have an advance degree in computer science and waiting for GC since last 5 years
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=17660
I just spoke to Mike Swift of mercury news and he wants to talk to the people who fits the following profile from "Bay Area"
a) Having an advance degree
b) Going through green card process for sometime
c) Postponing major investment decisions (like buying new car, house etc) due to the uncertainity in the green card process.
Please send me a private message or contact me at singhsa3@yahoo.com ASAP. Please come forward as this may be the big break we were waiting for.
I am ready to help.I have an advance degree in computer science and waiting for GC since last 5 years
nixstor
03-19 02:56 PM
The exact number is exactly the sort of thing they are very cloak and dagger about. My best efforts to get the number from DOS has not been successful but whatever the exact figure is, they are not on course to use up the quota. This is also confirmed by Gotcher (go read his forums).
Sent you a PM with my contact info to discuss this further. Please contact me at your earliest convenience.
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Sent you a PM with my contact info to discuss this further. Please contact me at your earliest convenience.
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