wizard
04-24 10:58 PM
You're right, it is ugly. ;P
I'm only joking... don't hurt me. :ne:
Eh, I kind of like it.
I'm only joking... don't hurt me. :ne:
Eh, I kind of like it.
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MatsP
June 5th, 2007, 05:54 AM
From this (http://www.cameraquest.com/adapt_olyE1.htm) I take it that the answer to your questions is:
It doesn't detract from the image quality.
It doesn't change the aperture (speed) of the lens.
However, you only get manual focusing, manual exposoure and manual aperture settings. So you don't get any of the fancy features that the camera offers.
Considering that the above site is asking a rather large amount of money for the adapter itself, I'd say that it's probably only worth it if you find some good old manual Nikon lenses [it's no point in getting fancy AF, VR lenses, as either of those features will not work anyways].
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Mats
It doesn't detract from the image quality.
It doesn't change the aperture (speed) of the lens.
However, you only get manual focusing, manual exposoure and manual aperture settings. So you don't get any of the fancy features that the camera offers.
Considering that the above site is asking a rather large amount of money for the adapter itself, I'd say that it's probably only worth it if you find some good old manual Nikon lenses [it's no point in getting fancy AF, VR lenses, as either of those features will not work anyways].
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Mats
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05-14 04:00 PM
The American Immigration Policy Center issued an excellent Fact Sheet about H2A farm orkers and the need for reform.
The Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security (AgJOBS) Act has long served as a blueprint for comprehensive immigration reform. AgJOBS, which combines an earned legalization program for farmworkers with a reform of the H-2A temporary foreign agricultural worker program demonstrates a successful model for compromise where workers and employers have come together to resolve their differences. The dysfunctional U.S. immigration system is currently standing in the way of addressing deeper structural problems that impact U.S. workers and U.S. competitiveness in a globalized market. As Congress proceeds, here are a few facts about the current challenges at the intersection of immigration policy and agriculture, and why addressing these issues is critical to the nation�s economy.
Here is an interesting fact :Most farmworkers are not authorized to work legally in the U.S.
According to the National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS), conducted biannually by the Department of Labor, the share of seasonal agricultural workers who reported that they were unauthorized has increased dramatically in the last two decades, rising from 7% in Fiscal Year (FY) 1989, to 16% in FY 1990-91, to 28% in FY 1992-93. In the most recently published NAWS survey from FY 2001-02, 53% of all seasonal agricultural workers admitted they were not authorized to work in the U.S. However, many experts suggest that the number may actually be closer to 75%.
Read the Fact-sheet here (http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/images/File/factcheck/Farmworkers%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf)
More... (http://www.visalawyerblog.com/2009/05/h2a_visas_facts_about_farmwork.html)
The Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security (AgJOBS) Act has long served as a blueprint for comprehensive immigration reform. AgJOBS, which combines an earned legalization program for farmworkers with a reform of the H-2A temporary foreign agricultural worker program demonstrates a successful model for compromise where workers and employers have come together to resolve their differences. The dysfunctional U.S. immigration system is currently standing in the way of addressing deeper structural problems that impact U.S. workers and U.S. competitiveness in a globalized market. As Congress proceeds, here are a few facts about the current challenges at the intersection of immigration policy and agriculture, and why addressing these issues is critical to the nation�s economy.
Here is an interesting fact :Most farmworkers are not authorized to work legally in the U.S.
According to the National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS), conducted biannually by the Department of Labor, the share of seasonal agricultural workers who reported that they were unauthorized has increased dramatically in the last two decades, rising from 7% in Fiscal Year (FY) 1989, to 16% in FY 1990-91, to 28% in FY 1992-93. In the most recently published NAWS survey from FY 2001-02, 53% of all seasonal agricultural workers admitted they were not authorized to work in the U.S. However, many experts suggest that the number may actually be closer to 75%.
Read the Fact-sheet here (http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/images/File/factcheck/Farmworkers%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf)
More... (http://www.visalawyerblog.com/2009/05/h2a_visas_facts_about_farmwork.html)
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benbear
10-03 08:18 PM
http://www.lewslaw.com/US_Immigration_Updates.htm#10022007a
At a recent AILA Conference, Michael Ayetes (USCIS Associate Director, Operations) announced, that during the months of July - August 2007, USCIS had received approximately 800,000 employment based adjustment applications (I-485s): 40,000 concurrently filed with I-140 petitions, 320,000 stand alone applications, and 400,000 dependent applications.
Of the 140,000 annual employment-based immigrant visas available, second and third preference categories are allocated 57.2%. If most of the employment based cases filed in July-August 2007 were second and third preferences, it could take approximately ten years of allocation to complete all these cases.
Although USCIS has posted on its website that I-485 cases received on or before August 9, 2007 have been entered into the system, a number of attorneys have not yet received receipt notices for cases filed at the end of June and July 2007. Moreover, some cases initially filed in Nebraska and transferred to Texas have now been forwarded to the Vermont or California Service Centers for faster processing of receipts.
USCIS is making every effort to process EAD applications within 90 days of receipt. The processing of Advance Parole applications may be delayed due to the number of cases filed.
A Biometrics notice will be issued even if a visa number is not available at the time.
At a recent AILA Conference, Michael Ayetes (USCIS Associate Director, Operations) announced, that during the months of July - August 2007, USCIS had received approximately 800,000 employment based adjustment applications (I-485s): 40,000 concurrently filed with I-140 petitions, 320,000 stand alone applications, and 400,000 dependent applications.
Of the 140,000 annual employment-based immigrant visas available, second and third preference categories are allocated 57.2%. If most of the employment based cases filed in July-August 2007 were second and third preferences, it could take approximately ten years of allocation to complete all these cases.
Although USCIS has posted on its website that I-485 cases received on or before August 9, 2007 have been entered into the system, a number of attorneys have not yet received receipt notices for cases filed at the end of June and July 2007. Moreover, some cases initially filed in Nebraska and transferred to Texas have now been forwarded to the Vermont or California Service Centers for faster processing of receipts.
USCIS is making every effort to process EAD applications within 90 days of receipt. The processing of Advance Parole applications may be delayed due to the number of cases filed.
A Biometrics notice will be issued even if a visa number is not available at the time.
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07-09 12:30 PM
AILA Leadership Has Just Posted the Following:
The Senators are coming, the Senators are coming! That's right, the Senate is debating the DHS Appropriations bill right now, and immigration amendments are being offered. I blogged about the Sessions E-Verify proposal yesterday. Well bill, that passed by voice vote this morning, but not before the Senate voted down a proposal from Senator Schumer to table the Sessions proposal. Senator Leahy, in an astute move prior to the vote on Sessions' E-Verify bill, amended that bill to include a permanent extension of the EB-5 Regional Pilot Program. So, Leahy's amendment permanently extending the EB-5 Regional Pilot Program was approved too!
Senator DeMint from South Carolina threw in a bill to mandate the construction of actual fences along 700 miles of the Southern Border, taking away the right of DHS/CBP to decide how best to protect that border. That has also passed.
Senator Hatch has now introduced a bill which includes positive changes including undoing the Widow Penalty, and a religious worker extension and a rural doctors program extension. You can still call the Senate Switchboard to voice your support for this latter bill, and your disgust with the Senate passage of laws without debate that will affect millions of lives and cost billions of dollars. You can reach your Senator by calling 202-224-3121.
All of these amendments, of course, must now go back to a conference committee with the House, and there is no guarantee that any of them will become law. But, lest you thought your time to relax from calling your Congressman was over, it has now started again. Get on the phone and start demanding REAL Immigration Reform, rather than this piecemeal junk.https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/186823568153827945-7232301415393625463?l=ailaleadership.blogspot.com
More... (http://ailaleadership.blogspot.com/2009/07/senate-is-at-it-again-hold-onto-your.html)
The Senators are coming, the Senators are coming! That's right, the Senate is debating the DHS Appropriations bill right now, and immigration amendments are being offered. I blogged about the Sessions E-Verify proposal yesterday. Well bill, that passed by voice vote this morning, but not before the Senate voted down a proposal from Senator Schumer to table the Sessions proposal. Senator Leahy, in an astute move prior to the vote on Sessions' E-Verify bill, amended that bill to include a permanent extension of the EB-5 Regional Pilot Program. So, Leahy's amendment permanently extending the EB-5 Regional Pilot Program was approved too!
Senator DeMint from South Carolina threw in a bill to mandate the construction of actual fences along 700 miles of the Southern Border, taking away the right of DHS/CBP to decide how best to protect that border. That has also passed.
Senator Hatch has now introduced a bill which includes positive changes including undoing the Widow Penalty, and a religious worker extension and a rural doctors program extension. You can still call the Senate Switchboard to voice your support for this latter bill, and your disgust with the Senate passage of laws without debate that will affect millions of lives and cost billions of dollars. You can reach your Senator by calling 202-224-3121.
All of these amendments, of course, must now go back to a conference committee with the House, and there is no guarantee that any of them will become law. But, lest you thought your time to relax from calling your Congressman was over, it has now started again. Get on the phone and start demanding REAL Immigration Reform, rather than this piecemeal junk.https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/186823568153827945-7232301415393625463?l=ailaleadership.blogspot.com
More... (http://ailaleadership.blogspot.com/2009/07/senate-is-at-it-again-hold-onto-your.html)
go_guy123
12-22 03:20 PM
Gordon's America COMPETES reauthorized | tennessean.com | The Tennessean (http://www.tennessean.com/article/D4/20101221/NEWS01/101221015/Gordon+s+America+COMPETES+reauthorized)
The U.S. House of Representatives concurred today with the Senate Amendment to H.R. 5116, America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 by a bipartisan vote of 228 to 130.
The bill aims to maintain national economic and scientific leadership by: supporting basic research; improving science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education; and fostering innovation, especially the development of new energy technologies.
Nothing much or anything significant....a broad high level to do things...like science and technology education to be improved...
The U.S. House of Representatives concurred today with the Senate Amendment to H.R. 5116, America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 by a bipartisan vote of 228 to 130.
The bill aims to maintain national economic and scientific leadership by: supporting basic research; improving science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education; and fostering innovation, especially the development of new energy technologies.
Nothing much or anything significant....a broad high level to do things...like science and technology education to be improved...
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vikramy
02-15 10:22 AM
Will see how it works out for me
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485Mbe4001
03-28 12:40 AM
No movement for EB3 in May...damn..damn...damn... well atleast i have nothing to look forward to for a change.
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karlita
01-01 07:58 PM
Hello,
I am a US Citizen who applied through I-130 form for my married daughter since 2001. She and her husband came here with a tourist visa in 2003 and they overstayed it for a period of 6 years. In the meatime, they had 2 americam kids. They are still in the USA.
I am starting to receiving document from NVC to pay $70 for Affidavit of Support for their cases. I would like to know if an Adjustment of Status can be made for them here in the USA as the immigration does not know where they are right now. I presumed also that they can't return back to their country of origin cause they've been here for so long that they could get caught and get penalized. They have never been employed but received support from the family members and their kids received welfare aids.
What can be done if I want to Adjust their status here? Thank you already for your answers.
I am a US Citizen who applied through I-130 form for my married daughter since 2001. She and her husband came here with a tourist visa in 2003 and they overstayed it for a period of 6 years. In the meatime, they had 2 americam kids. They are still in the USA.
I am starting to receiving document from NVC to pay $70 for Affidavit of Support for their cases. I would like to know if an Adjustment of Status can be made for them here in the USA as the immigration does not know where they are right now. I presumed also that they can't return back to their country of origin cause they've been here for so long that they could get caught and get penalized. They have never been employed but received support from the family members and their kids received welfare aids.
What can be done if I want to Adjust their status here? Thank you already for your answers.
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Ramba
07-27 05:29 PM
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The answer should be "yes". The job should be offered to foreign national for processing his/her PERM or GC. However, the job can be accepted by FN, only after USCIS authorization. That authorization can be either H1 or EAD or GC itself. In other words, you can accept the job even after getting GC; however, in order to process your GC, there should be always a job offer for you from sponser right from begining(PERM LC).
The answer should be "yes". The job should be offered to foreign national for processing his/her PERM or GC. However, the job can be accepted by FN, only after USCIS authorization. That authorization can be either H1 or EAD or GC itself. In other words, you can accept the job even after getting GC; however, in order to process your GC, there should be always a job offer for you from sponser right from begining(PERM LC).
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kaisersose
08-03 06:44 PM
Today, I received an email from USCIS that my EAD application got approved. My receipt date is on the 3rd week of May of 2007. What I don't understand is that the current processing time at NSC for I-765(EAD) for pending I-485 is March 26th, 2007.....
They are not always up to date on their processing times.
They are not always up to date on their processing times.
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javadeveloper
07-26 05:08 PM
I guess you should wait for reciept # , it may take upto 6 weeks,once you get reciept# you can apply for EAD/AP on your own.
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tabletpc
11-27 09:44 AM
Guys i have few questions and would really apprecite if you could help me the best of your knowledge.
1. I saw my 3 years extension of h1b has been approved. I am now thinking of going for stamping. Earlier i had been to canada for stamping as at that time getting appointment at indian consualte was difficult. How soon can i get at chennai consualte?? I heard for NRI's they give diferent priority ..is it true..???
Whats the website to schedule the appointment at indian consulate..???Is it dizyy to get stamping in chenna..???I have a US MS degree in CS.
2. My online status says H1B is approved and aproval notice sent. I shoudl also get an new I94 right..???there were few conserns for my attorney when we filed application..so want to make sure everything is proper before i start thinking of next step..(stamping and all).
I would really apprecite if you get share your views on my concern.
Thanks ina dvance...
1. I saw my 3 years extension of h1b has been approved. I am now thinking of going for stamping. Earlier i had been to canada for stamping as at that time getting appointment at indian consualte was difficult. How soon can i get at chennai consualte?? I heard for NRI's they give diferent priority ..is it true..???
Whats the website to schedule the appointment at indian consulate..???Is it dizyy to get stamping in chenna..???I have a US MS degree in CS.
2. My online status says H1B is approved and aproval notice sent. I shoudl also get an new I94 right..???there were few conserns for my attorney when we filed application..so want to make sure everything is proper before i start thinking of next step..(stamping and all).
I would really apprecite if you get share your views on my concern.
Thanks ina dvance...
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gc_check
06-25 07:01 AM
Also in NC, the DMV rules are changes to issue DL untill the Visa Stamp validity in PP, This will be an issue, if you extended your H1, but no valid visa in PP. Would recommend getting this done via internet.
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dealsnet
03-28 08:08 AM
Good to know. Thanks.:D
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Ann Ruben
03-11 10:29 AM
Sundarpn,
You are correct that if you do not maintain valid H-1 status your wife will lose legal status in the US. If she pursues a degree as a FULL TIME student she can file for a COS to F-1. As part of that application she will have to document her valid H-4 status by proving that you are in valid H-1 status with current paystubs and/or letter confirming your employment from your H-1 employer. So it would be safest to file the COS while you are still employed.
Hope this helps,
Ann
You are correct that if you do not maintain valid H-1 status your wife will lose legal status in the US. If she pursues a degree as a FULL TIME student she can file for a COS to F-1. As part of that application she will have to document her valid H-4 status by proving that you are in valid H-1 status with current paystubs and/or letter confirming your employment from your H-1 employer. So it would be safest to file the COS while you are still employed.
Hope this helps,
Ann
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hydubadi
07-23 07:55 PM
Gurus,
I am in a process of getting name change for my wife on pending I485. This is because her first name is given as 'FNU' by USCIS on the I485 file, EAD and A.P. As she did not have first name in passport.
We recently got her name change on passport by adding my(husbands name) as SURNAME. Now we want to refelect this change on EAD and 485.
For this amendment my lawyer is charging $400.
I want to know, if we can do this amendment on our own and avoid lawyer. Do any one on this forum know how to deal with this situation. Please let me know.
Your answers are highly appriciated.
Thanks,
hydubadi
I am in a process of getting name change for my wife on pending I485. This is because her first name is given as 'FNU' by USCIS on the I485 file, EAD and A.P. As she did not have first name in passport.
We recently got her name change on passport by adding my(husbands name) as SURNAME. Now we want to refelect this change on EAD and 485.
For this amendment my lawyer is charging $400.
I want to know, if we can do this amendment on our own and avoid lawyer. Do any one on this forum know how to deal with this situation. Please let me know.
Your answers are highly appriciated.
Thanks,
hydubadi
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pmandappa
10-25 10:54 AM
I have a PD of April 2008 in the EB2-I category, but am exploring the option of switching to EB1 if possible. I am a clinical psychologist, working in a not-for-profit agency. What are my chances? Does it depend more on the case itself or a really good lawyer who can present your case in the best way it can be presented? This is a really stressful situation because my husband's H1-B runs out next summer and we cannot live here on just my income. Any feedback?
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paskal
09-04 11:41 PM
i know you are coming - that's why i was reminding you :D
by updating the profile you will get lobby day announcements etc
btw i sent you a pm....
by updating the profile you will get lobby day announcements etc
btw i sent you a pm....
thakkarbhav
02-09 10:17 AM
For I485, you and your lawyer (name on current G28) will get copy of the RFE. If you are planning to continue with the new lawyer then pls complete G28. Thanks.
loku
07-23 10:27 AM
Hi,
I am on H1b visa and it is expiring in sep 2009 in 2 months. I need some information incase i dont get a project in mean time. I already got RFE for the extension.
Is it better to convert to H4 visa? How much it costs? and how long it takes to convert? Also do we get any kinds of problems in converting to h4 visa?
Also if we converted to h4 visa, can we easily get f1 visa if we want to study later or can we go back to h1b from h4 visa.? what all things are required.
Please let me know.
Thanks in advance!!
I am on H1b visa and it is expiring in sep 2009 in 2 months. I need some information incase i dont get a project in mean time. I already got RFE for the extension.
Is it better to convert to H4 visa? How much it costs? and how long it takes to convert? Also do we get any kinds of problems in converting to h4 visa?
Also if we converted to h4 visa, can we easily get f1 visa if we want to study later or can we go back to h1b from h4 visa.? what all things are required.
Please let me know.
Thanks in advance!!
