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Happy Diwali to every one here in IV...

H1b extensions can be done based on approved Labor alone. You need i140 only if you need 3 year extensions.

You mentioned the extension filed is based on approved labor. You I140 status does not matter for 1 year renewals. This is my own experience.

Best of luck on your 140




Cheeers !

why would address change delay processing ur 485? This is the most ridiculous question ever asked. Inviting panic, for the heck of it....

just make sure u have some overlap where u can receive mail on both addresses just to account for uscis delays in address update....they r not going to penalize u for moving.
Well, I read someone said if you change address, USCIS might think you changed the job and give you a REF. That might casue delay... Since I don't know how the process work, just want to make sure this will not happen.

You don't sign I-140, your employer does. Only exception - self-petitions.

Anybody knows how USCIS will process un signed I-140 Petition? I filed for Labor substituion and I-140. I forgot to sign the I-140 petition.

May I know the implications of this? What all are the possibilities ? Will they reject the application?

When AP is approved, you get 3 copies. I went twice on intl trips and each time they took a copy. I am left with 1 copy of the AP.

Now I need to go on one last intl trip (I have applied for renewal). I just have one copy of AP with me.

How does it work? Will the officer just stamp the AP and make a copy?

Inform POE officer - s/he will make a copy and return the original to you.

^That's a good idea glosrfc, AS3 only should be added to the guidelines.

jk/ing... actually not, but it would sound mean if I wasn't

Here is what I am going through.
On November 17th night I received the news that my father died. Since I did not have AP, I had submitted the AP applicatoin online that night and called the USCIS the next day morning. They bumped up the request to extreme emergency and said that some one will contact me. Since I didnt receive any call for a couple of hours I tried followup a couple of times with USCIS and no one was ready to help except for the standard statement that some one will contact me in 5 days. Then I went to the local office in Chicago, where they said that since the people who who work on AP have already left(it was 3 PM), they will give the AP the next day. I went the next day morninig but the front desk person called the Nebraska office and spoke to them for a while and said that the supervisor has my case infront of him and he will make a decision very soon and I was asked have some patience. It is December 2nd now and I am still waitng for their decision.

I have not seen my father in 5 years and couldnt see him for the last time because my stupidity in not applying for the AP in advance and the USICS's apathy.

Please take this as a lesson and have the AP applied ASAP.


I understand how tough it is to go through what you are going through. I know how it feels when a parent passes away and we are miles away from them.

I wish you had got your document before. But try calling the congressman/woman for more help on this. I understand the time has passed when your presence was desperately needed, but you still can visit home and be that pillar of support or a shoulder to cry on for your family members.

Take Care.

Thanks Mats!

That's great info as a starting point. What I can safely say is that my panning technique is non-existent, so I'm probably safer with shorter shutter times. If the weather improves a bit I'll try it at tomorrow evening's practice session.