“Do I have to carry my green card with me?”
Many people ask this question after becoming a permanent resident. The official answer is: Yes, you do. In fact, Form I-797 that came with your fresh new green card says:
When you receive your card you must carry it with you at all times if you are 18 or older. It is the law.
So there you go. The perfect answer.
USCIS began accepting H-1B petitions on April 1, 2010. If approved, beneficiaries of these petitions may start working in H-1B status on or after October 1, 2010 – the first day of FY 2011 cap season. The following table includes every cap count released by USCIS. The table will be updated on a regular basis … Read more
[AF, 04/01/2010] United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced at a news conference today that it has changed its name…to Google!. The change takes effect immediately.
The surprising move is part of a campaign to bring Google’s 1GB ultra speedy broadband Internet into the Agency. Alejandro Mayorkas, USCIS Director, explained during the formal proclamation:
In order to provide high-speed immigration services, we must have high-speed internet services.
USCIS has recently launched The BEACON – the official USCIS blog. Unlike the DHS Leadership Journal, this one is all about immigration. It is also open for comments, which is a great way for readers (you) to get involved. For what it is worth, your comments will be read by someone at USCIS, because they have to review all of them.
However, it doesn’t mean you should vent your frustration on whatever post they publish, although we understand your urge to do so. What is a better way than posting on their own blog if you are unhappy with their services? But it doesn’t help anyone if most comments left by immigrants are essentially “USCIS sucks!” or something of that nature. In my personal opinion, we should give USCIS credit for starting a blog in the first place. And we want to encourage them to continue opening up more communication channels in the future. So if at all possible, please try to comment on relevant posts only, and offer constructive suggestions rather than simply demand for better services.
Ok, now that the official April 2010 Visa Bulletin is out, my theory of predicting the cutoff dates turned out to be off by two months for China EB2. So I won’t bother you with my calculations. In short, I tried to use the data provided by the Visa Office and did rather straight math; … Read more
For the upcoming April 2010 Visa Bulletin, we predict that cut-off date for China EB-2 to be October 15 or 22, of 2005. This is based on the newly released DOS Visa Office explanation of how cutoff dates are established. Well, the offical April VB should arrive within a couple days, so we will see … Read more
Senators John Kerry and Richard Lugar introduced legislation today that is going to reward immigrant entrepreneurs who can create jobs with green cards.
Titled “Startup Visa Act of 2010,” the bill will grant a two-year conditional visa to an entrepreneur who can secure $250,000 or more for his/her start-up venture from a qualified U.S. investor. After two years, if the company has generated at least five full-time jobs in the U.S., attracted additional $1 million, or achieved at least $1 million in revenue, the immigrant founder will be able to remove the conditions and become permanent resident (green card).
Google aired a cute commercial during today’s Super Bowl game and the story goes like this: a guy was looking for information about studying in Paris, later met a French girl, learned online how to impress her, thought about the long-distance relationship but decided to find a job in Paris, and before you know it, … Read more
You may have noticed that I haven’t posted anything for the past month. The main reason was laziness, but taking on a new project at work didn’t help either. In addition, I was also looking around the neighborhood, debating whether we should be “moving up” while the housing market is still “down.” Oh boy, was … Read more
From all of us at ImmigrationRoad.com, we wish you a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year! May 2010 bring you success and the good news you have been waiting for. Happy new year, everybody!
