I’m currently sponsoring my parents for permanent residency and the process has been very slow. We filed I-130 and I-485 concurrently back in February, 2013. Seven months later it appears that we have to wait a few more months to get the green cards. Since parents of a U.S. citizen don’t need visa numbers, this … Read more
Section 6: Access from Smartphone If you have set up port forwarding and DDNS, you will now be able to install a mobile app and view your camera directly on your smart phone. This is a great feature that offers ultimate convenience: You can check on your house anytime, even when you are on the … Read more
Section 5: Remote Access At this point your Foscam camera can do virtually everything a surveillance system requires: It can stream live video to any computer on your home network. It can trigger on motion alarm and send images to your email, or record videos to a device attached to your LAN. It is even … Read more
Section 4: Motion Detection and Image/Video Recording Now that your Foscam camera is fully functional, you can enable motion detection and have the camera automatically capture images and email them to you when motion alarm is triggered. Log into your camera’s configuration page. Go to Device Management and then Mail Service Settings. Using Gmail as … Read more
Section 3: Wireless Connection Both Foscam cameras offer IEEE 802.11b/g connectivity. If your router has wireless N, it is backward compatible to B/G. Newer generations of 8910 models provide B/G/N connectivity, which is even better. In order to establish wireless connection to the Foscam cameras, you must first find some key information about your wireless … Read more
Section 2: Basic Configurations The Foscam cameras rely on a web-based interface to change basic configurations and it is fairly easy to use. Although there may seem to be many steps, most of them are straight forward. Fundamental security measures are implemented here. This is also the place to fully test your camera before installation. … Read more
Section 1: Overview After two homes in our quiet, suburban neighborhood were broken into recently, I decided to install a few cameras around the house to scare burglars away (hopefully). I already have a home alarm system, which is apparently not enough: In my neighbors’ cases it took more than 30 minutes for the police … Read more
Growing up in a country where my vote meant nothing, I was indifferent to politics. I watched political drama unfolding in front of my eyes, but only from a distance. I felted there was little I could do and hoped time would eventually take care the problems. My belief came with me to the United … Read more
The Department of State’s Visa Office today released the Visa Bulletin for September, 2013. Being the last month for the current fiscal year, it carries special weight because all visa numbers must be allocated before they are wasted. All retrogressed EB categories, with the only exception being China EB-2, advanced for September. EB-2 India, benefiting … Read more
USCIS today released their pending EB I-485 inventory with data as of July 17, 2013. Our green card tracker has now been updated with the new inventory data. More details to follow. If you have questions about the data or how the tracker works, please visit our FAQ section and/or leave a comment below.
