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June 16, 2006. Post OPT for a recent college graduate

18 years ago By Chief Editor

On the 90th day, I make an appointment. The earliest day on infopass is 5 days later on Friday, so I make that appointment, and print out the sheet confirmation with the barcode.
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On Friday
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I went to the line at 10:00am for my 10:30 appointment. The guy at the door says you can't come in yet, come back 15 minutes later. That means even if you come really early before your appointment it is pointless. It is best to come 15 min before.

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Guestbook Entry for L. Pan , United States

18 years ago By Chief Editor
Name
L. Pan
Country
United States
State
New Jersey
Comment

Great job done by Rajiv Khanna's Law Office. Got my Perm certified in 35 days in EB2 category. Thanks to Amrita and Seema for their excellent work. I always got reply from them within a few hours. I am sure Mr. Khanna's team will continue their excellent work on next steps toward my Green Card.

I strongly recommend their services.

Guestbook Entry for Alexander S., United States

12 years ago By Anonymous (not verified)
Name
Alexander S.
Country
United States
State
IL
Comment

I'd like to thank Law Offices of Rajiv S. Khanna, for all the assistance with my case. The whole GC process through your offices was a real pleasant experience. As I am mentioning below, it took USCIS 6 years to adjudicate this case, when it was transferred from my former company, but it was possible only because of prompt intervention from your side and finding the correct resolution for this problem. I couldn't say that it happened by itself - it was truly a collaborative effort between Mr. Khanna and all other people of Law Offices of R.S.Khanna, my current company, my former employer, and last but not least, support from my family. Unfortunately, it showed how inefficient the government could be in certain aspects, and only diligence and persistence turned this into a success.
There was a complex RFE for I-485 AOS based on employment 2 years ago, which involved a H1-b denial of extension for former employer, handling status during that period, new H1-b, and travel to home country for visa stamping.
I’d like to thank Mathew Chacko for handling my case and all aspects of it.
I'd like to mention the diligence of Bharathi for answering to my emails almost instantenousely.
I'd like to thank Mr. Iqbal for stepping in and making sure about timely communication with USCIS NSC.
I'd like to thank Leslie and Prernaji for helping with other matters.
If you need your complex case done right, don’t hesitate to contact Mr. Khanna and his wonderful team.

DHS Announces Re-designation and 18-Month Extension of Designation of Somalia for Temporary Protected Status

12 years ago By Chief Editor

WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has re-designated Somalia for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and has extended the existing TPS designation for Somalia from Sept. 18, 2012 through March 17, 2014, allowing eligible nationals of Somalia to register or re-register for TPS in accordance with the Federal Register notice.

Guestbook Entry for Debdas Pal , United States

18 years ago By Chief Editor
Name
Debdas Pal
Country
United States
State
Pennsylvania
Comment

I would like to thank Diana, Kumuda, Rita, Mr. Rajiv S Khanna for their services from the bottom of my heart. I always got reply from them so quickly that I cannot imagine. Particularly Diana, She is always faster than me. Mr. khanna,s firm ask less fees than any other law firms I contacted before processing the case. Finally I got my green card within 9 months, which I can not believe. I am extremely grateful to all of them.

My experience!

12 years ago By Chief Editor

Appointment: 9:40am

Arrived around 9:15am, there were about 50people in the waiting area, checked in with the receptionist, and sat down for my interview. 30mins, 45mins, 60mins, 90MINS went by still no one called my name. Finally someone around 11am called me, so walked all the way down to the other end of the hallway.

After the formalities, I was asked if I had brought anything that I hadn't already submitted, I handed him proof of selective service registration.

I was asked the following questions:

Citizenship and Naturalization

Finally!

12 years ago By Chief Editor

Just wanted to share my timeline and some lessons learned. The whole process took a little over 6 months and now I'm a citizen of the United States of America.

Final Timeline:

Using Advanced Search on Immigration.Com

12 years ago By Rajiv S. Khanna

Immigration.com

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You can use Immigration.Com "Advanced Search" feature to locate information more intelligently than just through a "word match," a literal search.  Note that we are FOREVER working to get this better and better.  So, each time you visit, you may find new items and improvement.

Using "Advanced Search" on Immigration.Com

Hello, everyone.  This is Rajiv S. Khanna for immigration.com, the Law Offices of Rajiv S. Khanna, P.C.

I wanted to show you the “Advanced Search” feature on immigration.com.  I enjoy it because it does focus your search considerably.  We have a lot of information.  It can be hard to parse through the information.

Every day we do something new and try to get better and better and better.  I still have a lot of work to do on the website.  The team has a lot of work to do on the website.  But we have enough information at least to get you going and keep you in the right direction.

Let me start with the “Advanced Search” feature.

If you press on the “Search” button with nothing in it, just search.  It brings you to this button, where you have “Advanced Search.”  So you go into “Advanced Search.”  The top portion is “Search,” but the bottom portion is “Advanced Search.”  Click on “Advanced Search.”

You can search by putting in a search term which contains any of the words, contains a specific phrase, for example, “Adjustment of Status”--that phrase should be there; or containing none of the words.  Some words you may not want. 

I particularly like the fact that you can search in particular categories.  These are categories, which are like tags.  When you have tags, like a tag cloud.  So these categories that are much more specific.  And then, on top of that, you have types.  There are content types.  For example, let’s say I want to know if there’s a Community Story—you know, people’s experience.  We tried to data mine some of these from our own forums. 

If there’s a particular Community Story for citizenship.  Find and click on the category, “Citizenship” under “Citizenship and Naturalization.”  I know what specific story we’re looking for.  Let’s put in the word “Detroit.”  So I want somebody’s Community Story of what happened during Citizenship/Naturalization in Detroit.

And, after that, when I hit the “Advanced Search” button, I’m led right to the story, “Interview in Detroit.”  This is somebody’s story about what happened in Detroit.

Another neat thing that we have is that, if you look at the bottom, we have these tags dimmed.  The reason they are dimmed is because I’m not quite happy with the way we have cross-referenced information.  But this is just the beginning.  I’ve been doing this for the last several years.  I’m still not happy, and we’re going to do more, a lot more, making information easily accessible to all of you. 

So, let’s look at this.  If I click on one of these tags, it will actually bring up the content, all the content, that has been tagged with that particular tag.  So, if you look at this, all the particular content that has been tagged.  If I look at any content.  Let’s say, for example, if I go to “H-1.”  I click on “Work Visa,” I go to “H Visa,” and I go to “H Visas for Nurses,” for example.  If there’s any tags at the bottom of this and there should be.  There’s not going to be a lot of information, but whatever information that we have will be all there for you.  Every piece of information that was tagged with that came up. 

So, I think this should help you find your way around immigration.com.  And I love doing this, and I thank you for being here.

Guestbook Entry for Marites de Luna, United States

12 years ago By Anonymous (not verified)
Name
Marites de Luna
Country
United States
State
NC
Comment

I am not just happy with the way the law firm of Atty. Rajiv took care of my case. I am more than satisfied that no adjective is deserving enough to describe the way they handled an impossible case like mine. After countless denials that I have received from my previous lawyers, I only got approvals from Atty. Rajiv. My family and I are just waiting for our greencards, which might come before the end of this year. This law firm deserves more than what they ask for their fees. And no monetary compensation could ever pay nor match the excellent job they have done for me. They saved my children's future, the primary reason why I want to be in America. Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart! :)

EB2 Approval for Physical Therapist

12 years ago By Rajiv S. Khanna

We have recently received an EB2 approval for a Physical Therapist.  EB2 classification has become especially important now that EB3 category cases for severely backlogged countries are delayed so much.  The good news with PT’s is that they do not have to go through the PERM process.  But the bad news is that USCIS seems to question whether or not truly a Master’s degree or BS+5 years level job is being offered.  The I-140 approval took 1.5 months in regular processing.

 

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Guestbook Entry for Hima , United States

18 years ago By Chief Editor
Name
Hima
Country
United States
Comment

I would like to thank my case manager Pramita and Roopa for getting my labor approved in EB2 Category. They prepared my labor certification perfectly and it got approved within a week after they applied my petition. I am quite thankful to Roopa and Pramita for their patience in answering my questions, and getting things done quickly from my employer. They had shown keen interest in my case and followed up with my employer with patience to get things done promptly.I once again thankful to the law office of Rajiv Khanna for getting my labor petition approved.

The United States and Canada Announce Plans to Increase NEXUS Benefits

12 years ago By Editor

(Tuesday, May 08, 2012)

Washington— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced today they are delivering on key commitments under the U.S.-Canada Beyond the Border Action Plan for Perimeter Security and Economic Competiveness—increasing benefits to NEXUS members, streamlining the NEXUS membership renewal process and launching a plan to increase NEXUS membership. ( NEXUS Program )

Family Based F4 GC

12 years ago By Chief Editor
Question details

Currently on my third year of H1B visa. If my sibling were to begin a family based F4 GC petition for me now, and the priority date is 12 years away, is there any way for me to continue to stay in the US until the GC is approved after I have used up my 6 years maximum of H1B? Are there any extensions possible based on the pending GC application? Or do I have to go back to India after the 6 years of H1B and wait there until the GC is approved?
Also, I should add that the above scenario is assuming that I don't have an employer-sponsored GC petition.

Unfortunately, the law does not permit you to wait the 12 years in USA just because you have a GC pending. No H-1B extensions are available on this basis. You will have to wait outside USA. Of course, you can come back on H-1 once you have reset the time by staying outside for one year. By the way, it is permissible for a person to apply for green cards through multiple categories simultaneously.

F-2 to H-4 Visa

12 years ago By Chief Editor
Question details

I am on F-2 visa and it is valid up to 1 July 2012. My wife already filed H-1B in Apr 1st week.I am also planning to file my H-1B. So can I directly apply H-1B or fist apply H-4 and then after apply H-1B. How will it work?

If you are subject to H-1 quota, to get status within USA, you must maintain status till September 30. So, it appears you may have to apply for H-4 as well as H-1. Your lawyers can help you figure out the timing. Applying for H-4 now should not be an issue. But move quickly. You can file for H-4 online. Fairly easy.

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