sandy_77
04-24 03:01 PM
I think, getting my visa re-stamped has become the most inhuman experience. I received my visa renewal I-797 in January 2008 and since I was visiting India in Feb 2008, I decided to get the remaining period (2 years) of my H1B visa stamped. I was not expecting any trouble since I had received my 2nd visa stamp just last year in March 2007. I thought it was impossible for the visa officer's to not have my information since I have been through the drill two times before. Unfortunately, on the Feb 11th, when I went to get my passport stamped, the Visa Officer started giving out blue handouts (this one is not even listed on the New Delhi embassy website) one after the other and sure enough to me too. She wanted to know what I did (Quality Engineer in a biotech company) and even while I was explaining she started chit chatting and laughing with her superior (I assume). Then she wanted to know about my experience of over 4 years in just three words. I was completely shocked. How could I sum up my experience in 3 words. I gave her my answer but was bluntly told to take the blue handout and send the questionnaire and resume as listed to a given email ID. I did that the next day, having no idea what I was getting into. It has been over 2 and a half months now and till date I have no idea what exactly is my fault and what is happening with my visa. The visa officer kept my and my wife's passports and I-797 form and around march 11th asked for my i-129 and other documents which I promptly gave at the embassy. Every time i have called the embassy or the DOS, I get the same response that the application is pending security check and no more details can be given. They refuse to understand that I have a life and home there and i have to pay my bills. I have lived in US for 8 years now and have also completed my master's there. Every month I have to call the utility companies, insurance company, post office and phone company to know what my bills are and have to pay them. Every two months I have to spend close to Rs 1800 to fedex checks to my friends so that they can pay my rent. I have had to cancel my flight tickets and suffered losses there. I have not even filed my tax returns for the year. My life is thrown completely out of gear and i have no idea how i will pay my rent and bills if my company decides to put me on unpaid leave or just terminates my employment. The consulates refuse to issue even a visitor visa so that we can go to US and dispose off our properties. How inhuman and arrogant can the get? How could we possibly become criminals overnight? How can they expect our employer's to retain us after such long delays (so guys have been stuck for 8 or more months)? Aren't they forcing unemployment unjustly on us without any reason if they cannot find anything wrong with our background later? What national security secrets act is preventing the phone visa specialists from disclosing exactly where we are in the process and what is stopping the progress? There are so many questions that need answers and all of us feel helpless as we continue to witness DOS destroy our credibility, careers, our credit history...almost everything that we have worked so hard to earn. How can they expect to build bridges with the world when they are hurting unjustly so many people (29 pages worth of numbers at delhi website and some 59 pages worth of numbers at the chennai website and God knows how many on other consulates worldwide. I have heard people spending some $5000 every month in Canada. This is horrible and some community organizations and law firms must talk to the DOS/Whitehouse about this issue. National Security is must but there must be better way than playing with the future of so many innocent people (99% most likely of which will have acceptable backgrounds).
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optimystic
10-24 03:44 PM
I really don't understand, what can be RFE about, as you have been with the same company all these years. You really deserve a Greencard straight away without a single question after such a Long wait. I hope your RFE is very simple to answer and I wish that you get your Greencard soon. Good Luck.
Thanks for the good luck . I really need it !
I am hoping that it would be something simple as well.
- I am guessing it might be about employment verification (since its been a long time),
OR
- Current job description (probably they want to make sure I am in the same job role or going to be in the same job role for which GC was applied) . Which is more or less the case. My law-firm/company did a good job of declaring a generic (still O*net compliant) job title/description which luckily encompasses the range of roles (compliant with the job description) I have been doing over the last 8 years. And if required, at this point, I am at a stage where I am willing to take a demotion or something if required to work on the job role that matches the GC temporarily, if thats what it takes. And I am sure my company will fully support me. There is no dearth of requirement for fresh coders/developers at our team/company. They would probably be happy to oblige :D . But I hope it doesn't come to that. I think there is some leniency allowed in the growth of job scope/promotion etc over the course of years it takes to get the GC. Gurus any comments ?
OR
- some clarification about overall H1B status or something across all these years (although I know for sure my H1B status, I-94 etc has been perfectly clean so far)
OR
- Medical checkups may have expired and they need new ones? (my medical reports are from June 2007)
OR
- Ability to pay ! I don't think this would be the case. My company is a well reputed/respected Fortune 50 company. So hopefully USCIS IOs are also aware that my company would not have ability to pay issues! But who knows, in these economic crisis, they probably doubt every company !
OR
- Questions about Mergers/aquisitions/layoff announcements at my company?? I don't think these events by themselves matter/affect my I-485 case after the I-140 stage. My lawyer had clarified to the same effect. But they might trigger a request for employement verification.
What could be other reasons that you guys can think off?
Thanks for the good luck . I really need it !
I am hoping that it would be something simple as well.
- I am guessing it might be about employment verification (since its been a long time),
OR
- Current job description (probably they want to make sure I am in the same job role or going to be in the same job role for which GC was applied) . Which is more or less the case. My law-firm/company did a good job of declaring a generic (still O*net compliant) job title/description which luckily encompasses the range of roles (compliant with the job description) I have been doing over the last 8 years. And if required, at this point, I am at a stage where I am willing to take a demotion or something if required to work on the job role that matches the GC temporarily, if thats what it takes. And I am sure my company will fully support me. There is no dearth of requirement for fresh coders/developers at our team/company. They would probably be happy to oblige :D . But I hope it doesn't come to that. I think there is some leniency allowed in the growth of job scope/promotion etc over the course of years it takes to get the GC. Gurus any comments ?
OR
- some clarification about overall H1B status or something across all these years (although I know for sure my H1B status, I-94 etc has been perfectly clean so far)
OR
- Medical checkups may have expired and they need new ones? (my medical reports are from June 2007)
OR
- Ability to pay ! I don't think this would be the case. My company is a well reputed/respected Fortune 50 company. So hopefully USCIS IOs are also aware that my company would not have ability to pay issues! But who knows, in these economic crisis, they probably doubt every company !
OR
- Questions about Mergers/aquisitions/layoff announcements at my company?? I don't think these events by themselves matter/affect my I-485 case after the I-140 stage. My lawyer had clarified to the same effect. But they might trigger a request for employement verification.
What could be other reasons that you guys can think off?
addsf345
07-13 04:37 PM
Congratulations !
To others,
How about if IV publishes his brief story( off course with his permission), congratulating him on IV behalf, in all national news paper ( with or w.o his name ) Date of entry, profession, long time wait- reasons and all opportunities he may have missed, couldn't buy house, collage-tution probelms etc and all struggles he has his family might have faced. point by point.
Money would come from special campaign. NY TIMES, USA TODAY, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Miami Herald etc. News paper industry is struggling so won't cost much to buy a half/quarter page with a title - " An untold story of legal immigration" Or similar kind of eye catching title. Not more than 10-12 lines stating thousands others are waiting in line...
There won't be difficult to get more his kind of cases to run it on regular basis in future.
Any one ?
Good idea, I support this.
To others,
How about if IV publishes his brief story( off course with his permission), congratulating him on IV behalf, in all national news paper ( with or w.o his name ) Date of entry, profession, long time wait- reasons and all opportunities he may have missed, couldn't buy house, collage-tution probelms etc and all struggles he has his family might have faced. point by point.
Money would come from special campaign. NY TIMES, USA TODAY, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Miami Herald etc. News paper industry is struggling so won't cost much to buy a half/quarter page with a title - " An untold story of legal immigration" Or similar kind of eye catching title. Not more than 10-12 lines stating thousands others are waiting in line...
There won't be difficult to get more his kind of cases to run it on regular basis in future.
Any one ?
Good idea, I support this.
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willgetgc2005
06-26 12:26 PM
Hello All,
I finally got my GC. Here are the details.
PD May 2002
EB3/India
I got welcome letter and then the card. I did not get approval notice.
People who got apporvals recently, can you share your experience.
Thank You.
I finally got my GC. Here are the details.
PD May 2002
EB3/India
I got welcome letter and then the card. I did not get approval notice.
People who got apporvals recently, can you share your experience.
Thank You.
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Shirdibaba
11-11 12:44 PM
Hi folks,
We had the appt wt infopass the other day.I guess it was just like others,some kinda error and that happened opening the SR wt TSC.They said our case is preadjudicated.and said we may want to check on the case by making an appt wt the center but maybe NOT calling and opening a service request.What a waste of time n energy, all the agony we had to go through!!
NOW guys i have some other issue/question to ask u all.
After the EAD is approved do u necessarily have to be working for the same employer who sponsored for you? Ours is like future appointment.The USCIS wanted some docs from us this June re the appontment/work related.And yesterday when we asked that officer she said our case is preadjuticated as of Oct 2009.So far we have taken couple of paychecks frm the sponsoring company.But then we have our own small business also that has kept us going.And we were thinking of taking more paychecks after the GC is approved.Does that make sense to you guys? or are we at fault?
PLS Suggest??
We had the appt wt infopass the other day.I guess it was just like others,some kinda error and that happened opening the SR wt TSC.They said our case is preadjudicated.and said we may want to check on the case by making an appt wt the center but maybe NOT calling and opening a service request.What a waste of time n energy, all the agony we had to go through!!
NOW guys i have some other issue/question to ask u all.
After the EAD is approved do u necessarily have to be working for the same employer who sponsored for you? Ours is like future appointment.The USCIS wanted some docs from us this June re the appontment/work related.And yesterday when we asked that officer she said our case is preadjuticated as of Oct 2009.So far we have taken couple of paychecks frm the sponsoring company.But then we have our own small business also that has kept us going.And we were thinking of taking more paychecks after the GC is approved.Does that make sense to you guys? or are we at fault?
PLS Suggest??
gc_mania_03
06-26 11:57 AM
I am not saying Thanks and Good bye, As you see even after my GC I am still responding to your message. I am fully supporting the VI initiative. but the problem is that USCIS will do only what they think it is right and not what is really right. Me being in the Q for so long , I will never forget the Horrors of waiting for GC, even after getting the GC.
We as indians are divided lots in every area, we are like CRABS. certainly I am not one of those CRABS, My friends will give a ample proof about that.
In matter of fact, As a community, we are not PROUD about OURSELVES and our HINDU CULTURE, we cannot make any DHARMIC efforts to come under ONE UMBRELLA and fight for our cause. IV is one initiative, which is good but not enough, because do we get any help from our Indian Embassy or any Indian Organisation in America to support us, NEVER. this is because we DONOT LOOK UPTO OUR INNER VOICE AS HINDUS. I am not saying this to you in particular, I am referencing this as an INDIAN COMMUNITY. SO PLEASE NOTHING PERSONAL.
every one of us is a GOOD PRACTISING HINDU BECAUSE WE LIVE LIFE WITH OUR DHARMIC VALUES AND PRINCIPLES. IT IS TIME TO COME TOGATHER AND IMPLEMENT THOSE VALUES AS A HINDU SOCIETY.
thanks for your suggestion i really appreciate that.
:)
Ok all this Dharmic moralistic talk was highly unwanted.
Congrats on the news and thanks for trying to be united.
We as indians are divided lots in every area, we are like CRABS. certainly I am not one of those CRABS, My friends will give a ample proof about that.
In matter of fact, As a community, we are not PROUD about OURSELVES and our HINDU CULTURE, we cannot make any DHARMIC efforts to come under ONE UMBRELLA and fight for our cause. IV is one initiative, which is good but not enough, because do we get any help from our Indian Embassy or any Indian Organisation in America to support us, NEVER. this is because we DONOT LOOK UPTO OUR INNER VOICE AS HINDUS. I am not saying this to you in particular, I am referencing this as an INDIAN COMMUNITY. SO PLEASE NOTHING PERSONAL.
every one of us is a GOOD PRACTISING HINDU BECAUSE WE LIVE LIFE WITH OUR DHARMIC VALUES AND PRINCIPLES. IT IS TIME TO COME TOGATHER AND IMPLEMENT THOSE VALUES AS A HINDU SOCIETY.
thanks for your suggestion i really appreciate that.
:)
Ok all this Dharmic moralistic talk was highly unwanted.
Congrats on the news and thanks for trying to be united.
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It's one up in Gloucestershire... I used to visit it a lot when I went on holiday with my parents when I was young. Can't remember the name of it though.
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optimystic
10-24 02:32 PM
Ignore the IOs, just talk to your Senator or Congressman. They will be able to help you out. I was stuck in name check for more than 3 years. My congressman did not help but the senators office had a namecheck cell and they help out with genuine cases. The person there helped me clear my name check in 2-3 months (talk, dont email, send certified letter with details after talking to them). Had i known this earlier I would have had contacted them earlier and would have gotten my GC in June 07. My lawyer sdid not allow us to contact the IOs for information and i suffered big time because of that. Based on my experience all i can say is be proactive.
Thanks for the pointers.
In my case I don't even know if it is namecheck that is blocking my case. So far my guess is that it was just the huge deluge of July 2 applications under which my application got stuck. But now that they have opened my application and mailed an RFE on Oct 22, at least I know that some IO is processing my case. Right now I am eagerly waiting for the RFE details. My law firm(FDBL) has not received it yet. I am pinging them every other day.
To answer another question from another poster, yes, I have been with the same company since 2001.
Thanks for the pointers.
In my case I don't even know if it is namecheck that is blocking my case. So far my guess is that it was just the huge deluge of July 2 applications under which my application got stuck. But now that they have opened my application and mailed an RFE on Oct 22, at least I know that some IO is processing my case. Right now I am eagerly waiting for the RFE details. My law firm(FDBL) has not received it yet. I am pinging them every other day.
To answer another question from another poster, yes, I have been with the same company since 2001.
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logiclife
05-22 02:19 PM
Here is what you do if the bill passes without amendments:
Get some sun-tan. Wear a baseball cap. Put in jeans with oil stains and bad quality collarless t-shirt. Grow an untrimmed mustache. Lose the dress shoes and wear cheap jogging shoes.
Go to the nearest USCIS office (after this bill passes) and say that you have been working off-books illegally at a nearby restaurant since 5 years and now you would like to apply for Z visa.
They will give you a probationary that will work like an EAD card (maybe better quality than EAD with it being tamper proof and wear proof). In the meantime, once the borders are closed and certain benchmarks are met, you will get Z visa with Advanced parole to replace your probationary card. With that advanced parole you can travel outside and come back in guaranteed (Guaranteed return due to AP). When outside you can file for GC, visit your parents and relatives, spend a few days in vacation and come back with full freedom to work anywhere without LCA restrictions and enjoy the Z visa that you can renew on your own (no need for employer sponsor).
They will give GC to all Z visa applicants within 5 years thru supplemental increase in GC (based on survey done by DHS). The annual cap will be total Z visa holders divided by 20%. If there are 11 million illegals who end up getting Z visa, the annual cap will be 2.2 million.
That 2.2 million beats the hell out of the 140,000 we have today for legal skilled immigrants or the 90,000 we will have with this new bill.
Advantages:
1. No need to comply to speciality occupation. Work in any line of work.
2. No need to get labor cert for GC.
3. No need to depend on employer for temp visas like H1B and GC sponsorship.
4. More travel flexibility due to advanced parole that comes with Z visa.
Get some sun-tan. Wear a baseball cap. Put in jeans with oil stains and bad quality collarless t-shirt. Grow an untrimmed mustache. Lose the dress shoes and wear cheap jogging shoes.
Go to the nearest USCIS office (after this bill passes) and say that you have been working off-books illegally at a nearby restaurant since 5 years and now you would like to apply for Z visa.
They will give you a probationary that will work like an EAD card (maybe better quality than EAD with it being tamper proof and wear proof). In the meantime, once the borders are closed and certain benchmarks are met, you will get Z visa with Advanced parole to replace your probationary card. With that advanced parole you can travel outside and come back in guaranteed (Guaranteed return due to AP). When outside you can file for GC, visit your parents and relatives, spend a few days in vacation and come back with full freedom to work anywhere without LCA restrictions and enjoy the Z visa that you can renew on your own (no need for employer sponsor).
They will give GC to all Z visa applicants within 5 years thru supplemental increase in GC (based on survey done by DHS). The annual cap will be total Z visa holders divided by 20%. If there are 11 million illegals who end up getting Z visa, the annual cap will be 2.2 million.
That 2.2 million beats the hell out of the 140,000 we have today for legal skilled immigrants or the 90,000 we will have with this new bill.
Advantages:
1. No need to comply to speciality occupation. Work in any line of work.
2. No need to get labor cert for GC.
3. No need to depend on employer for temp visas like H1B and GC sponsorship.
4. More travel flexibility due to advanced parole that comes with Z visa.
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vinabath
06-20 09:12 AM
I do not think there 100K people in 2006+2007 PD. Thats a wild assumption. There is only 65k quota. I think 30K or 40K labor approvals during 2 years makes more sense to me.
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rockstart
02-13 09:44 AM
I received a soft lud on my H1B approved in Nov 2007. All other cases do not have any LUD. I guess it is just the system touching these records as routine maintainence.
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sujan_vatrapu
11-03 11:15 AM
Dug the hole for 8 years, expect prosperity in 18 months!!!!
we can argue both ways, democratic party was not rejected because of the economic mess, even today lot of voters are angry at bush for the mess, the issue here is WH is completely out of touch with the main street, why spend 2 years on health care when ppl dont have jobs to afford basic necessities, the less we talk about stimulus the better, ppl dont like someone who don't listen and arrogantly say what ever they do is for the good without showing any progress (hmmm, reminds me of bush but hell dint we vote for change?) or say voters are ignorant,
bush is not the whole problem, democrats are in the majority since 2006 and look at the deficits since then, wars costed US trillion dollars which is less than annual deficits under the current president, i agree he does not own the deficit problem completely but he dint help to fix it either, bush dint sign "glass-seagall" act which caused the whole mess in the first place, clinton was the one who pushed the initiative "housing to minorities" and his administration wanted to push it through freddie and fannie and the rest is history,
point is demonizing one of the parties is not going to help, both contributed to the mess and neither of them has bigger share
we can argue both ways, democratic party was not rejected because of the economic mess, even today lot of voters are angry at bush for the mess, the issue here is WH is completely out of touch with the main street, why spend 2 years on health care when ppl dont have jobs to afford basic necessities, the less we talk about stimulus the better, ppl dont like someone who don't listen and arrogantly say what ever they do is for the good without showing any progress (hmmm, reminds me of bush but hell dint we vote for change?) or say voters are ignorant,
bush is not the whole problem, democrats are in the majority since 2006 and look at the deficits since then, wars costed US trillion dollars which is less than annual deficits under the current president, i agree he does not own the deficit problem completely but he dint help to fix it either, bush dint sign "glass-seagall" act which caused the whole mess in the first place, clinton was the one who pushed the initiative "housing to minorities" and his administration wanted to push it through freddie and fannie and the rest is history,
point is demonizing one of the parties is not going to help, both contributed to the mess and neither of them has bigger share
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anilsal
07-27 06:08 PM
Man u guys are faaaaaaaaaaaast!!!!
BTW, talking abt F5...I have lost the white ink on the F5 key..its all blank now.....seriously not kidding, and also some dead skin on my index finger.......cheeeeeeeers!!!
I would love to see your contribution trail in your signature.
BTW, talking abt F5...I have lost the white ink on the F5 key..its all blank now.....seriously not kidding, and also some dead skin on my index finger.......cheeeeeeeers!!!
I would love to see your contribution trail in your signature.
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wellwishergc
04-10 09:19 PM
Agreed in principle!!! You guys have done the homework. I am just narrating my wishes:); and the wish-list keeps growing!:); man, cannot wait to just get done with this process.
Good luck and nite!!!
Guys, let us not get carried away. The Immigration and Nationality Act clearly says that the Attorney General shall give Employment Authorization to people with pending Adjustment of Status. It is just the duration of the EAD that is left with the discretion of USCIS.
People keep throwing around the phrase "Administrative solution". In this country, just about everything is codified by law. Some things, like the EAD duration, can be tackled Administratively. However, USCIS isn't going to give up a cash cow, viz. the fees from yearly EAD renewals, easily. It is a lot easier to have Congress mandate three year EAD extensions than to convince USCIS to do it.
I guess the argument that BKarnik is trying to make is that USCIS should be administratively mandated to give Employment Authorizations to people with approved immigrant petitions. However, in the last few months, I have been looking at INA on a regular basis. Most immigration practices are codified in INA, and I would be really hesitant to even ask for an administrative fiat to this effect. Remember, an anti-immigrationist can equally easily have it removed. When Congress passes something, however, it has the force of law.
I do not agree with statements like "Most USCIS practices are regulations, not law". Not true. INA codifies what USCIS should do.
Good luck and nite!!!
Guys, let us not get carried away. The Immigration and Nationality Act clearly says that the Attorney General shall give Employment Authorization to people with pending Adjustment of Status. It is just the duration of the EAD that is left with the discretion of USCIS.
People keep throwing around the phrase "Administrative solution". In this country, just about everything is codified by law. Some things, like the EAD duration, can be tackled Administratively. However, USCIS isn't going to give up a cash cow, viz. the fees from yearly EAD renewals, easily. It is a lot easier to have Congress mandate three year EAD extensions than to convince USCIS to do it.
I guess the argument that BKarnik is trying to make is that USCIS should be administratively mandated to give Employment Authorizations to people with approved immigrant petitions. However, in the last few months, I have been looking at INA on a regular basis. Most immigration practices are codified in INA, and I would be really hesitant to even ask for an administrative fiat to this effect. Remember, an anti-immigrationist can equally easily have it removed. When Congress passes something, however, it has the force of law.
I do not agree with statements like "Most USCIS practices are regulations, not law". Not true. INA codifies what USCIS should do.
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perm2gc
12-20 06:21 PM
Does USCIS provide any clear documentation regarding the Visa Allocations?
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09-24 11:30 AM
YOu can surrender your GC letting know the USCICS that, it got approved when the PD was not current. I had read this on murthy.com. Browse the website to learn more about it or contact murthy.com attorney's.
How am I so sure...?? Even I am one amoung them praying for 485 not getting approved untill I get married. My PD is 2006, so I guess I don't have to worry too much.
Thanks for the reply tabletpc, but my GC was approved when the PD was current. i was wondering about the options i've to get my future wife to USA.
Thanks again
How am I so sure...?? Even I am one amoung them praying for 485 not getting approved untill I get married. My PD is 2006, so I guess I don't have to worry too much.
Thanks for the reply tabletpc, but my GC was approved when the PD was current. i was wondering about the options i've to get my future wife to USA.
Thanks again
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12-12 02:06 PM
Can you calculate for september 2004 :)
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El_Guapo
04-13 06:28 PM
While it seems like a great initiative - lets take a step back and examine the "materiality" of the $5MM number........
1. Annual budget of a typical State Univ is upwards of $1Bn.
2. $5MM can pay for college education of say, 100 kids (only about 50 if you include living expenses)
So, what the message that would go out in media would actually read like is the following:
"100,000 green card applicants trying to buy their way to US Residency by sponsoring 100 kids' college education and/or contributing 0.2% of Ohio State University's Annual Budget"
To the average American worker who has lost his/her job or knows someone close who has - this would, in my mind, seem like a bribe........and make them anti-EB if they already were not.........
All immigrant and non-immigrant workers do their fair share for this country by paying their taxes and abiding by the laws of the land + they pay significant fees during their entire H1 and GC process- a proposal that involves them shelling out any more $$s would only create a sense that we are trying to buy our way in plus its not really fair on the applicants in any way.
Well, you are missing the most important point - Illegal immigrant's probably don't care about the future of the country's educational direction. Family based immigrants don't care either. However WE are EB immigrants and we value education and that is exactly what we demonstrate by doing this. We should not be looking to fund hundreds of thousands of student's college education - heck even the mighty US government cannot do that. We are not a political organization. The way this will go out in the media is - these guys could have used the money to lobby with senators or other congressmen, instead, they choose to use it for a good cause. This is highly symbolic. And the key here is to involve the first lady. The moment you involve the first lady, it become apolitical.
Oh, and btw, we are not buying our way into a GC. Nowhere did I mention that. We, EB immigrants value education and hence want to donate for an educational charity/cause. We don't expect a GC by doing this - this is highly symbolic; however if the Obama administration takes up CIR this year and we start this campaign and this happens to go to the first lady and gain media attention at the right time, perhaps the administration would include legal immigration in the CIR which would have otherwise not been included.
Timing is critical to this. If we gain media attention a few weeks before CIR comes up for debate, we might have Legal, EB Immigration included into it. And CIR this year is our only chance and hope and if EB immigration is not considered parts of CIR, then we might as well kiss our GCs good bye.
1. Annual budget of a typical State Univ is upwards of $1Bn.
2. $5MM can pay for college education of say, 100 kids (only about 50 if you include living expenses)
So, what the message that would go out in media would actually read like is the following:
"100,000 green card applicants trying to buy their way to US Residency by sponsoring 100 kids' college education and/or contributing 0.2% of Ohio State University's Annual Budget"
To the average American worker who has lost his/her job or knows someone close who has - this would, in my mind, seem like a bribe........and make them anti-EB if they already were not.........
All immigrant and non-immigrant workers do their fair share for this country by paying their taxes and abiding by the laws of the land + they pay significant fees during their entire H1 and GC process- a proposal that involves them shelling out any more $$s would only create a sense that we are trying to buy our way in plus its not really fair on the applicants in any way.
Well, you are missing the most important point - Illegal immigrant's probably don't care about the future of the country's educational direction. Family based immigrants don't care either. However WE are EB immigrants and we value education and that is exactly what we demonstrate by doing this. We should not be looking to fund hundreds of thousands of student's college education - heck even the mighty US government cannot do that. We are not a political organization. The way this will go out in the media is - these guys could have used the money to lobby with senators or other congressmen, instead, they choose to use it for a good cause. This is highly symbolic. And the key here is to involve the first lady. The moment you involve the first lady, it become apolitical.
Oh, and btw, we are not buying our way into a GC. Nowhere did I mention that. We, EB immigrants value education and hence want to donate for an educational charity/cause. We don't expect a GC by doing this - this is highly symbolic; however if the Obama administration takes up CIR this year and we start this campaign and this happens to go to the first lady and gain media attention at the right time, perhaps the administration would include legal immigration in the CIR which would have otherwise not been included.
Timing is critical to this. If we gain media attention a few weeks before CIR comes up for debate, we might have Legal, EB Immigration included into it. And CIR this year is our only chance and hope and if EB immigration is not considered parts of CIR, then we might as well kiss our GCs good bye.
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11-21 12:26 PM
Interestingly, on our last visit to DC two congressional offices asked the very same question. They were actually surprised to hear that there is a problem.
The baby that cries the most gets the milk first...
The question I was asked my the Congressional staff repeatedly was - 'If so many thousands are impacted, why are we seeing just 4-5 coming to DC asking for help?
The baby that cries the most gets the milk first...
The question I was asked my the Congressional staff repeatedly was - 'If so many thousands are impacted, why are we seeing just 4-5 coming to DC asking for help?
saimrathi
07-06 02:14 PM
Thanks.. WIll def watch...
ramreddy
01-31 05:08 AM
Ms Su of TVU....why would someone stoop so low and looks like she became a convenient scapegoat for the students ..? not sure what'd you think. She has a Phd from UC Berkley and a patent on her name ....several publications.
I dug up her resume...
Dr. Susan Xiao-Ping Su
President of Tri-Valley University
Tri-Valley University TVU (http://trivalleyuniversity.org)
E-mail: ssu@trivalleyuniversity.org, su123@sbcglobal.net
EDUCATION
Ph .D. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 2001.
Major: Design; Minor I: Microscale Heat Transfer; Minor II: Integrated Circuit Technology.
Dissertation: Compliant Microleverage Mechanism Design for MEMS Application
Dissertation Advisors: Prof. Alice M. Agogino; Prof. Tsu-Jae King, Prof. Dennise K. Lieu
M. S. Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California at Davis, 1997. Major: Design
Thesis: Computer-Aided Kinematic and Dynamic Analysis of Spatial Mechanisms
Thesis Advisors: Prof. Harry H. Cheng; Prof. Bahram Ravani; Prof. An T. Yang (Emeritus)
B. S. Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, China, 1991.
Major Field of Study: Fluid Mechanics
WORK EXPERIENCE
1. President and Founder, Semiconductor System Integration, Pleasanton, 2003-present
� Consultant for Phosistor Technology, Pleasanton, on Semiconductor Device Fabrication, Development of photonic component (laser and OPM) process, Oxford Plasmalab DRIE and ICP etching of SiO2 for Optical MEMS devices.
� Consultant for California Micro Device on Chip-Scale-Packaging strengthen mechanism;
� Consultant for NASA on nano chemical sensor fabrication.
� High-density Magnetic Random Access Memory Development
2. Lecturer, HerGuan University, Sunnyvale, 2007
EE537 Analog IC Design, EE515 & 516 VLSI I & II
3. Lecturer, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, Fall 2004-2006
EE178 Digital System Design with FPGA, ME 101 Dynamic
4. Lecturer, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, 2004-2005;
ENGR 890 Design of MEMS; Design of CMOS Memory Circuit
ENGR 356 Computer Architecture; ENGR378 Digital System Design with Verilog.
5. Lecturer, International Technological University, Santa Clara, CA, 2004-2007
EEN967 Analog IC Design; EE 519 CMOS Memory Circuit Design; EE 511 VlSI I, II;
EEN 923 & 910 Semiconductor Physics & Devices; EEN 918 IC Fabrication Technology.
6. Lecturer, Northwestern Polytechnic University, Fremont, CA, 9/2002 -2004
EE 507 Analog IC Design; EE 520 CMOS Memory Circuit Design;
EE 506 VLSI II; EE 624 IC Fabrication Technology; EE 581 MEMS/NEMS Design;
Developing MEMS and nanotechnology concentration area curriculum.
7. Member of Technical Staff, Project manager, PicoNetics Inc., Fremont, 9/2000-9/2002.
� 256K 100MHz (TSMC 0.25m) and 4M 200MHz SRAM design (0.13m G logic process); RLC circuit for on-chip sin wave generation, sense amplifier fro SRAM, DRAM, Bandgap reference, voltage regulator, PLL circuit design, standard cell library design.
� Supervision of two layout engineers for a 256K SRAM circuit including all technical file set-up, layout optimization for minimum coupling and RC delay, Dracula LVS and Arcadia extraction, LVS and Extraction tools evaluation and memory compliers; UMC and TSMC 0.25, 0.18, 0.15 and 0.13 m process evaluation for SRAM.
8. Graduate Researcher, Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center (BSAC), and Berkeley Expert Technology System Lab (BEST), U. C. Berkeley, 1996-2000.
� Design, fabrication and testing of a resonant accelerometer (RXL) with on-chip amplifier and two-stage leverage mechanism by the SOI-MEMS integrated process.
� Compliant micro-leverage mechanism design and analysis, FEM analysis and simulation with ABAQUS and SUGAR; Design of the mechanism for force and displacement amplification in other MEMS devices including a micro-valve, an electrostatic actuator and the suspension of the disk drive.
9. Internship, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, EETD, 6/1999-12/1999.
� Optics programming; SEM and TEM measurements of glass samples.
10. Graduate Researcher, Integrated Engineering and Mechatronics Lab, Dept. of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, UC Davis, 1994-1996
� With Ch program, analysis of velocity and acceleration for 32 spatial mechanisms (4-bar, 5-bar, 6-bar and 7-bar); force and torque analysis of RCCC & RCRCR mechanisms;
� Designed a data acquisition system for PAS machine by communication of an AT-MIO-16F board in Labview.
GRADUATE THESIS ADVISING:
� Yaosong Tao, International Technological University, Ph.D. Thesis: RF MEMS Components for Communication Systems, 2004.
� Leo Huang, Northwestern Polytechnic University, M.S. Thesis, Contacting Printing Lithography for Polymeric Organic Light-Emitting Diode, 2005;
� Sam Shi, International Technological University, M.S. Thesis, A 8-bit Energy Recover Adder, 2005;
� Parthiv Pandya, International Technological University, M.S. Thesis: MRAM Core Cell Design and Optimization, 2004;
� Paisit Sriprataks, International Technological University, M.S. Thesis: MRAM Sensing Circuit Design, 2004;
� Balajee Premraj, International Technological University, M.S. Thesis: Design of an 8M MRAM, 2004;
� Raul Gali, Northwestern Polytechnic University, M.S. Thesis: Signal Process Circuit Design for a Resonant Accelerometer, 2003;
AWARDS and HONORS
� John H. Latoures Scholarship, Mechanical Engineering Department,U.C. Berkeley, 2001.
� Lankershim Awards, U.C. Berkeley, 2000
� National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (1996-1999);
� American Associated University Woman (AAUW) Selected Professional Fellowship ,1995;
� University Fee Grant, UC Davis, 1994.
PUBLICATIONS
1. S. X. P. Su, H. S. Yang, Alice M Agogino, Resonant Accelerometer with a Two-Stage Microleverage Mechanism Fabricated by SOI-MEMS Technology, IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol.5, No.6 December 2005, p.1214-1223
2. An Sang Hou, Susan X. P. Su, Design of a Capacitive-Sensor Signal Processing System with High Accuracy and Short Conversion Time, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Volume 119, Issue 1, 28 March 2005, P.113-119
3. X-P S. Su, H. S. Yang, Analytical Modeling and FEM Simulation of Single-Stage Microleverage Mechanism, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 44, 2217-2238, 2002.
4. X-P. S. Su, H. S. Yang, Two-Stage Microleverage Mechanism Optimization in a Resonant Accelerometer, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 22, 328-336, 2002.
5. X-P S. Su, H. S. Yang, Design of Compliant Microleverage Mechanism, Sensors and Actuators, A 87 146-156, 2001.
6. X-P S. Su, H. S. Yang, Single-Stage Microleverage Mechanism Optimization in a Resonant Accelerometer, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 21, 246-252, 2001
7. H. S. Yang, X-P S. Su and B. Bai, Strain Analysis in Uniaxial Tensile and Compression Testing of Anisotropic Materials, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 42 (2000) 2395-2415.
PATENTS
1. Susan X. P. Su, �A Folded-MTJ MRAM Cell� U.S. Patent No. US60/994941, 2007
I dug up her resume...
Dr. Susan Xiao-Ping Su
President of Tri-Valley University
Tri-Valley University TVU (http://trivalleyuniversity.org)
E-mail: ssu@trivalleyuniversity.org, su123@sbcglobal.net
EDUCATION
Ph .D. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 2001.
Major: Design; Minor I: Microscale Heat Transfer; Minor II: Integrated Circuit Technology.
Dissertation: Compliant Microleverage Mechanism Design for MEMS Application
Dissertation Advisors: Prof. Alice M. Agogino; Prof. Tsu-Jae King, Prof. Dennise K. Lieu
M. S. Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California at Davis, 1997. Major: Design
Thesis: Computer-Aided Kinematic and Dynamic Analysis of Spatial Mechanisms
Thesis Advisors: Prof. Harry H. Cheng; Prof. Bahram Ravani; Prof. An T. Yang (Emeritus)
B. S. Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, China, 1991.
Major Field of Study: Fluid Mechanics
WORK EXPERIENCE
1. President and Founder, Semiconductor System Integration, Pleasanton, 2003-present
� Consultant for Phosistor Technology, Pleasanton, on Semiconductor Device Fabrication, Development of photonic component (laser and OPM) process, Oxford Plasmalab DRIE and ICP etching of SiO2 for Optical MEMS devices.
� Consultant for California Micro Device on Chip-Scale-Packaging strengthen mechanism;
� Consultant for NASA on nano chemical sensor fabrication.
� High-density Magnetic Random Access Memory Development
2. Lecturer, HerGuan University, Sunnyvale, 2007
EE537 Analog IC Design, EE515 & 516 VLSI I & II
3. Lecturer, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, Fall 2004-2006
EE178 Digital System Design with FPGA, ME 101 Dynamic
4. Lecturer, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, 2004-2005;
ENGR 890 Design of MEMS; Design of CMOS Memory Circuit
ENGR 356 Computer Architecture; ENGR378 Digital System Design with Verilog.
5. Lecturer, International Technological University, Santa Clara, CA, 2004-2007
EEN967 Analog IC Design; EE 519 CMOS Memory Circuit Design; EE 511 VlSI I, II;
EEN 923 & 910 Semiconductor Physics & Devices; EEN 918 IC Fabrication Technology.
6. Lecturer, Northwestern Polytechnic University, Fremont, CA, 9/2002 -2004
EE 507 Analog IC Design; EE 520 CMOS Memory Circuit Design;
EE 506 VLSI II; EE 624 IC Fabrication Technology; EE 581 MEMS/NEMS Design;
Developing MEMS and nanotechnology concentration area curriculum.
7. Member of Technical Staff, Project manager, PicoNetics Inc., Fremont, 9/2000-9/2002.
� 256K 100MHz (TSMC 0.25m) and 4M 200MHz SRAM design (0.13m G logic process); RLC circuit for on-chip sin wave generation, sense amplifier fro SRAM, DRAM, Bandgap reference, voltage regulator, PLL circuit design, standard cell library design.
� Supervision of two layout engineers for a 256K SRAM circuit including all technical file set-up, layout optimization for minimum coupling and RC delay, Dracula LVS and Arcadia extraction, LVS and Extraction tools evaluation and memory compliers; UMC and TSMC 0.25, 0.18, 0.15 and 0.13 m process evaluation for SRAM.
8. Graduate Researcher, Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center (BSAC), and Berkeley Expert Technology System Lab (BEST), U. C. Berkeley, 1996-2000.
� Design, fabrication and testing of a resonant accelerometer (RXL) with on-chip amplifier and two-stage leverage mechanism by the SOI-MEMS integrated process.
� Compliant micro-leverage mechanism design and analysis, FEM analysis and simulation with ABAQUS and SUGAR; Design of the mechanism for force and displacement amplification in other MEMS devices including a micro-valve, an electrostatic actuator and the suspension of the disk drive.
9. Internship, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, EETD, 6/1999-12/1999.
� Optics programming; SEM and TEM measurements of glass samples.
10. Graduate Researcher, Integrated Engineering and Mechatronics Lab, Dept. of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, UC Davis, 1994-1996
� With Ch program, analysis of velocity and acceleration for 32 spatial mechanisms (4-bar, 5-bar, 6-bar and 7-bar); force and torque analysis of RCCC & RCRCR mechanisms;
� Designed a data acquisition system for PAS machine by communication of an AT-MIO-16F board in Labview.
GRADUATE THESIS ADVISING:
� Yaosong Tao, International Technological University, Ph.D. Thesis: RF MEMS Components for Communication Systems, 2004.
� Leo Huang, Northwestern Polytechnic University, M.S. Thesis, Contacting Printing Lithography for Polymeric Organic Light-Emitting Diode, 2005;
� Sam Shi, International Technological University, M.S. Thesis, A 8-bit Energy Recover Adder, 2005;
� Parthiv Pandya, International Technological University, M.S. Thesis: MRAM Core Cell Design and Optimization, 2004;
� Paisit Sriprataks, International Technological University, M.S. Thesis: MRAM Sensing Circuit Design, 2004;
� Balajee Premraj, International Technological University, M.S. Thesis: Design of an 8M MRAM, 2004;
� Raul Gali, Northwestern Polytechnic University, M.S. Thesis: Signal Process Circuit Design for a Resonant Accelerometer, 2003;
AWARDS and HONORS
� John H. Latoures Scholarship, Mechanical Engineering Department,U.C. Berkeley, 2001.
� Lankershim Awards, U.C. Berkeley, 2000
� National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (1996-1999);
� American Associated University Woman (AAUW) Selected Professional Fellowship ,1995;
� University Fee Grant, UC Davis, 1994.
PUBLICATIONS
1. S. X. P. Su, H. S. Yang, Alice M Agogino, Resonant Accelerometer with a Two-Stage Microleverage Mechanism Fabricated by SOI-MEMS Technology, IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol.5, No.6 December 2005, p.1214-1223
2. An Sang Hou, Susan X. P. Su, Design of a Capacitive-Sensor Signal Processing System with High Accuracy and Short Conversion Time, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Volume 119, Issue 1, 28 March 2005, P.113-119
3. X-P S. Su, H. S. Yang, Analytical Modeling and FEM Simulation of Single-Stage Microleverage Mechanism, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 44, 2217-2238, 2002.
4. X-P. S. Su, H. S. Yang, Two-Stage Microleverage Mechanism Optimization in a Resonant Accelerometer, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 22, 328-336, 2002.
5. X-P S. Su, H. S. Yang, Design of Compliant Microleverage Mechanism, Sensors and Actuators, A 87 146-156, 2001.
6. X-P S. Su, H. S. Yang, Single-Stage Microleverage Mechanism Optimization in a Resonant Accelerometer, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 21, 246-252, 2001
7. H. S. Yang, X-P S. Su and B. Bai, Strain Analysis in Uniaxial Tensile and Compression Testing of Anisotropic Materials, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 42 (2000) 2395-2415.
PATENTS
1. Susan X. P. Su, �A Folded-MTJ MRAM Cell� U.S. Patent No. US60/994941, 2007
