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05-21 08:40 AM
I was listening to BBC News last night and heard an interview with a scientist described as one of the world's leading experts on climate change. That scientist is Indian-born Ram Ramanathan, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric and Climate Sciences at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California in San Diego. He recently won the Tyler Prize which is awarded to the top environmental scientist in the world. UCSD describes Ramanathan: One of the world's leading atmospheric scientists, Ramanathan was the first to show that ozone-depleting aerosols could aggravate the greenhouse effect. In 1980, he correctly predicted that...
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pappu
08-21 03:58 PM
http://www.petitiononline.com/legalimm/petition.html
yes it was done by someone and this link was posted on a thread too. Many people signed but dont know what became of that.
several people signed as Anil Ambani , Amitabh Bachhan etc..
I am cynical about such online petitions and their usefulness.
yes it was done by someone and this link was posted on a thread too. Many people signed but dont know what became of that.
several people signed as Anil Ambani , Amitabh Bachhan etc..
I am cynical about such online petitions and their usefulness.
atul779
04-10 10:55 AM
Hi folks,
I've applied for I 140 at TSC and my reciept date is Dec. 15, 2007 Under EB1,
Can i apply for I 485 while my I 140 is pending or should i wait for the approval first.
Thanks
Atul
I've applied for I 140 at TSC and my reciept date is Dec. 15, 2007 Under EB1,
Can i apply for I 485 while my I 140 is pending or should i wait for the approval first.
Thanks
Atul
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vishaal
05-11 01:31 PM
How did you go about with this new position?
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polapragada
09-24 12:40 AM
HI
Should I do AOS or CP?
Which one would get me the green card faster?
Thanks
CP would be quick
Should I do AOS or CP?
Which one would get me the green card faster?
Thanks
CP would be quick
cdeneo
05-14 04:25 PM
Valid AP is enough to travel - no one should care about your EAD if you are entering based on your AP. Ofcourse, always carry a copy of the I-485 and your wife can say that you are the primary applicant if they ask for her work status, etc...
Traveling with an AP (w/o EAD) should not be an issue. Good luck!
Traveling with an AP (w/o EAD) should not be an issue. Good luck!
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Macaca
07-23 07:32 PM
Reid's Anti-Reform Maneuvers (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/22/AR2007072200881.html?nav=hcmodule) By Robert D. Novak (http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/email/robert+d.+novak/) Washington Post, July 23, 2007
When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid picked up his ball and went home after his staged all-night session last week, he saved from possible embarrassment one of the least regular members of his Democratic caucus: Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Reform Republican Tom Coburn had ready an amendment to the defense authorization bill removing Nelson's earmark funding a Nebraska-based company whose officials include Nelson's son. Such an effort became impossible when Reid pulled the bill.
That Reid's action had this effect was mere coincidence. He knew that Sen. Carl Levin's amendment to the defense bill mandating a troop withdrawal from Iraq would fall short of the 60 votes needed to cut off debate, and Reid planned from the start to pull the bill after the all-night session, designed to satisfy antiwar zealots, was completed. But Reid is also working behind the scenes with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to undermine earmark transparency and prevent open debate on spending proposals such as Nelson's.
These antics fit the continuing decline of the Senate, including an unwritten rules change requiring 60 votes to pass any meaningful bill. When I arrived on Capitol Hill 50 years ago, Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson (like Reid today) had a slim Democratic majority and faced a Republican president, but he was not burdened with the 60-vote rule. While Johnson did use chicanery, Reid resorts to brute force that shatters the Senate's facade of civilized discourse. Reid is plotting to strip anti-earmark transparency from the final version of ethics legislation passed by the Senate and House, with tacit support from Republican senators and the GOP leadership.
At stake is the fate of Coburn's "Reid amendment," previously passed by the Senate and so called because it would bar earmarks benefiting a senator's family members such as Reid's four lobbyist sons and son-in-law. Nelson's current $7.5 million earmark for software helps 21st Century Systems Inc. (21CSI), which employs the senator's son, Patrick Nelson, as its marketing director. The company gets 80 percent of its funds from federal grants, mostly through earmarks. With nine offices scattered among states represented by appropriators in Congress, the company has in recent years spent $1.1 million to lobby Congress and $160,000 in congressional campaign contributions. "As of April," the Omaha World-Herald reported, "only one piece of [the company's] software has been used -- to help guard a single Marine camp in Iraq -- and it was no longer in use."
In requesting the 21CSI earmark, Nelson did not disclose his son's employment. "There's no requirement that he disclose that," a Nelson spokesman told this column. "But frankly, in this case, we didn't disclose it because it's so public." An April 24 letter from Levin giving senators instructions on how to request an earmark made no mention of the "Reid amendment" that had been passed by the Senate three months earlier but that required only certification that no senator's spouse would benefit from an earmark. Inclusion of Nelson's son, however, would be required if the ethics bill provision passes.
When the defense authorization bill came up last week, Coburn prepared amendments to eliminate the Nelson earmark and the most notorious earmark pending in Congress: Democratic Rep. John Murtha's proposed $23 million for the National Drug Intelligence Center in his Pennsylvania district. Reid's plan to satisfy antiwar activists with an all-night debate averted debate, for now, on those two earmarks.
Reid, the soft-spoken trial lawyer from Searchlight, Nev., has tended to suppress free expression in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body in his tumultuous 6 1/2 months as majority leader. Last week, he cut off an attempt by Sen. Arlen Specter, the veteran moderate Republican, to respond to him with an abruptness that I had not witnessed in a half-century of Senate watching. When Specter finally got the floor, he declared: "Nothing is done here until the majority leader decides to exercise his power to keep the Senate in all night on a meaningless, insulting session. . . . Last night's performance made us the laughingstock of the world." It may get worse if plans to eviscerate ethics legislation are pursued.
When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid picked up his ball and went home after his staged all-night session last week, he saved from possible embarrassment one of the least regular members of his Democratic caucus: Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Reform Republican Tom Coburn had ready an amendment to the defense authorization bill removing Nelson's earmark funding a Nebraska-based company whose officials include Nelson's son. Such an effort became impossible when Reid pulled the bill.
That Reid's action had this effect was mere coincidence. He knew that Sen. Carl Levin's amendment to the defense bill mandating a troop withdrawal from Iraq would fall short of the 60 votes needed to cut off debate, and Reid planned from the start to pull the bill after the all-night session, designed to satisfy antiwar zealots, was completed. But Reid is also working behind the scenes with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to undermine earmark transparency and prevent open debate on spending proposals such as Nelson's.
These antics fit the continuing decline of the Senate, including an unwritten rules change requiring 60 votes to pass any meaningful bill. When I arrived on Capitol Hill 50 years ago, Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson (like Reid today) had a slim Democratic majority and faced a Republican president, but he was not burdened with the 60-vote rule. While Johnson did use chicanery, Reid resorts to brute force that shatters the Senate's facade of civilized discourse. Reid is plotting to strip anti-earmark transparency from the final version of ethics legislation passed by the Senate and House, with tacit support from Republican senators and the GOP leadership.
At stake is the fate of Coburn's "Reid amendment," previously passed by the Senate and so called because it would bar earmarks benefiting a senator's family members such as Reid's four lobbyist sons and son-in-law. Nelson's current $7.5 million earmark for software helps 21st Century Systems Inc. (21CSI), which employs the senator's son, Patrick Nelson, as its marketing director. The company gets 80 percent of its funds from federal grants, mostly through earmarks. With nine offices scattered among states represented by appropriators in Congress, the company has in recent years spent $1.1 million to lobby Congress and $160,000 in congressional campaign contributions. "As of April," the Omaha World-Herald reported, "only one piece of [the company's] software has been used -- to help guard a single Marine camp in Iraq -- and it was no longer in use."
In requesting the 21CSI earmark, Nelson did not disclose his son's employment. "There's no requirement that he disclose that," a Nelson spokesman told this column. "But frankly, in this case, we didn't disclose it because it's so public." An April 24 letter from Levin giving senators instructions on how to request an earmark made no mention of the "Reid amendment" that had been passed by the Senate three months earlier but that required only certification that no senator's spouse would benefit from an earmark. Inclusion of Nelson's son, however, would be required if the ethics bill provision passes.
When the defense authorization bill came up last week, Coburn prepared amendments to eliminate the Nelson earmark and the most notorious earmark pending in Congress: Democratic Rep. John Murtha's proposed $23 million for the National Drug Intelligence Center in his Pennsylvania district. Reid's plan to satisfy antiwar activists with an all-night debate averted debate, for now, on those two earmarks.
Reid, the soft-spoken trial lawyer from Searchlight, Nev., has tended to suppress free expression in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body in his tumultuous 6 1/2 months as majority leader. Last week, he cut off an attempt by Sen. Arlen Specter, the veteran moderate Republican, to respond to him with an abruptness that I had not witnessed in a half-century of Senate watching. When Specter finally got the floor, he declared: "Nothing is done here until the majority leader decides to exercise his power to keep the Senate in all night on a meaningless, insulting session. . . . Last night's performance made us the laughingstock of the world." It may get worse if plans to eviscerate ethics legislation are pursued.
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adham_a
04-16 11:29 AM
muahahahaha....goldorak.....that's how i used to call him....!!!! haha, good, but the guy is a bit too stretched....
thanks frost they guy is called dukefleed :p
bye
thanks frost they guy is called dukefleed :p
bye
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varinder
06-07 02:09 PM
Thank you so much.
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voidy
07-26 07:39 PM
7/8/2010 but then mine went back to approved and is at approved.
Today I received my card ..what a relief..
Today I received my card ..what a relief..
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gnutin
05-04 11:37 AM
No, you only pay the visa application fees. India has a visa agreement with US so issuance fee is no longer required. You should check the US consulate website for more details.
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bharanisel
07-20 11:14 AM
Hi,
I am in US in L1 Blanket visa and is expiring on November 26th 2009.
I am planning to go back to India for renewal.
Suggest me the best option is to extend the status in US or to travel back to India for visa renewal.
I am in US in L1 Blanket visa and is expiring on November 26th 2009.
I am planning to go back to India for renewal.
Suggest me the best option is to extend the status in US or to travel back to India for visa renewal.
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tommui
06-24 09:43 PM
Hi
I jsut wondering which country/place got the strongest prospect for the multimedia industry... Australia/USA/Asia.......??
because I m thinking which places should I go to work if i want to work in this multimedia industry lets say for a couple of years..any suggestion??
(im just a very junior in this industry)
ThANKS
tOM
I jsut wondering which country/place got the strongest prospect for the multimedia industry... Australia/USA/Asia.......??
because I m thinking which places should I go to work if i want to work in this multimedia industry lets say for a couple of years..any suggestion??
(im just a very junior in this industry)
ThANKS
tOM
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leoindiano
06-26 10:33 AM
All i-140 apps will go to Nebraska. Then they will distribute randomly between NEB and TEXAS.
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07-21 01:10 PM
It has now been nearly two years since the Senate voted to kill an immigration reform package and the hopes of ever dealing with the mess that is our immigration system seemed over for the foreseeable future. But a lot has changed in 23 months. Most importantly, there was an election in 2008 that dramatically changed the politics on the issue. There are ten more Democrats in the Senate and nearly 30 more in the House. And there is a Democratic President that likely owes his win to Hispanic voters turning out in large numbers to deliver several states that...
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gconmymind
08-16 05:27 PM
I am currently working on H1B. My wife is currently in India with approved I797 for H1B (starting Oct 07). We are debating whether to get H1 or H4 stamped on passport. (H4 is totally our decision and for H1 we need to depend on her company's schedule).
- Can she come to the US on H4 (lets say next month) and if and when she finds a job (lets say next year), can she switch to H1? Is there a time limit before H1 will become invalid?
- If she comes to the US on H4, are there any issues changing status to H1?
- Are there issues when she goes to India again to get H1 stamped?
- Is there a difference between the I797 approval notice if a person is out of US vs. in US? (I have read something about I-94. I thought I-94 is always attached to 797 approval notice).
Thanks, I will appreciate any useful info.
- Can she come to the US on H4 (lets say next month) and if and when she finds a job (lets say next year), can she switch to H1? Is there a time limit before H1 will become invalid?
- If she comes to the US on H4, are there any issues changing status to H1?
- Are there issues when she goes to India again to get H1 stamped?
- Is there a difference between the I797 approval notice if a person is out of US vs. in US? (I have read something about I-94. I thought I-94 is always attached to 797 approval notice).
Thanks, I will appreciate any useful info.
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coolguy972
04-30 10:26 PM
Hi,
I'm in my 7th year of h-1b with approved I-140. planning India trip this summer and will have to go through painful h-1b stamping in Hyderabad.
I work full time for a big firm (10000 employees) and have masters in US.
Would be really helpful if you can share your h-1b stamping experience in recent months. Getting little paranoid reading about increase in 229g these days even after producing all docs.
Also is it fine to travel and get stamping when one is beyond 6 yrs of h-1b with GC underway.
Thanks!
I'm in my 7th year of h-1b with approved I-140. planning India trip this summer and will have to go through painful h-1b stamping in Hyderabad.
I work full time for a big firm (10000 employees) and have masters in US.
Would be really helpful if you can share your h-1b stamping experience in recent months. Getting little paranoid reading about increase in 229g these days even after producing all docs.
Also is it fine to travel and get stamping when one is beyond 6 yrs of h-1b with GC underway.
Thanks!
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senk1s
11-26 06:55 PM
no ...2 different set of tests
if the same Dr. is authorized for both - you may request a discount
if the same Dr. is authorized for both - you may request a discount
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justcurious
06-19 04:14 PM
Can i apply for 485 and not apply for EAD because i am not sure when i can get married.Is is possible to do so and apply for EAD after getting married.
nj4800
07-06 08:16 AM
Hello Folks,
I received a RFE of my I485, and was asked to declare my self-employment since Dec,31, 2006. I have been engaged in Market America Direct Sell business at part-time since August 26, 2005, and have claimed buinsess lost in my wife and my joint tax return since 2005. In 2006, I got a 1099 form that showed $600 income from Market America. After that I didn't have any income from the business.
My last entry into USA is 07/05/2008, but the I-94 was not replaced at Niagara Falls port. The last entry date on my passport is still Dec, 31, 2006. My EAD start date is 7/31/2008.
Does any have similar case? Please advise. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance
I received a RFE of my I485, and was asked to declare my self-employment since Dec,31, 2006. I have been engaged in Market America Direct Sell business at part-time since August 26, 2005, and have claimed buinsess lost in my wife and my joint tax return since 2005. In 2006, I got a 1099 form that showed $600 income from Market America. After that I didn't have any income from the business.
My last entry into USA is 07/05/2008, but the I-94 was not replaced at Niagara Falls port. The last entry date on my passport is still Dec, 31, 2006. My EAD start date is 7/31/2008.
Does any have similar case? Please advise. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance
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.
