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Entries for September, 2009


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59,404 Indians are waiting ahead of me under the EB3 category!

I reported about the new USCIS website launched September 22 yesterday. Looks like that wasn’t all.
A friend and fellow endlesswaiter forwarded me this piece that you’ve got to read -Q&A on pending I-485 applications. The report at the bottom of this page shows the exact number of EB3 immigrant applicants from India that are waiting [...]

Peter Schiff talks about Outsourcing among other things

This guy, founder of Euro Pacific Capital, speaks with TheStreet.com’s Gregg Greenberg about the dollar, US economy and outsourcing. This guy’s views make sense to me.
Regarding outsourcing, one of the key things he points out is around 3-4 minutes into the video. He says “Outsourcing is not about low cost labor alone. Germany has higher [...]

New USCIS.gov site launched with improved features

The new USCIS Directory, , announced the launch of the new http://www.uscis.gov website today.
Today our agency took a major step forward to put these ideas into action. After much hard work, including substantial feedback from the public, we launched a new and vastly improved USCIS.gov website. This new one-stop-shop will provide a range of tools [...]

Things to think about while we endlessly wait

********* THIS POST WAS WRITTEN AND CONTRIBUTED BY LISAKI ***********
I’m about to apply for H1B extension, as I’m in the EB3, “endlesswait” category, and my 6 year H1B is going to expire next year.  I’d like to know how this new H1B extension is different from my previous H1B.  For instance, am I able to change [...]

Visa Bulletin October 2009

********* THIS POST WAS WRITTEN AND CONTRIBUTED BY LISAKI ***********
Have you all checked the current visa bulletin for October 2009?  It says that the cut-off date for EB3 is now JUNE 2002!  Does this mean these people have waited for 7 years?  Here is another question: The last year’s bulletin for the same month (October [...]

U.S. government sues NJ IT firm for $5M in H-1B fraud case

ComputerWorld reported today that the US govt. sued Vision Systems, an IT firm based in New Jersey for $5 million on 18 accounts of H1-B fraud. The charges appear solid and it is likely that the firm will have to pay, even though their defense attorney disputes all charges on grounds that they believe they [...]