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Bad thing I didn’t care about property investment
Why I spend so much time fine-tuning this scheme? Because without these tools we tend to lose insights, information ..
Beware the growing dependency on WordPress !
http://www.alllaw.com/articles/nolo/us-immigration/visa-expires-leave-wait-for-green-card.html explains the basics of adjust-of-status:
Most GC applicants (probably family-based) are required to apply for the actual GC in an consulate, outside US….
Some lucky people are allowed to stay in the United States and apply for their green card here, using a procedure called “Adjustment of Status.” You’d know you’ve applied for Adjustment of Status if the primary form you filled out was an I-485.
My i-140 approval notice (i-797 document) clearly states the petition indicates the alien is in U.S. and will apply for Adj of Status.
i-485 application is a process (not a milestone, not a document or a stamp) i.e. the 3rd stage of GC. It means applying for the actual green card.
In contrast, the previous 2 stages are preparing for the actual application.
“file your green card application (I-485 Application)”
Try to put password security tips in other posts
See also upload contact+pw and translating letters to (and also from) numbers and Password recovery/hint questions
I never let browsers remember my password. Rather I always type the passwords by hand as refresher. Furthermore, I practice logging in periodically – a necessary cost of maintenance, just like workout.
—-wordpress email: Use wordpress post-by-email but change the number? These strings are naturally easy to remember.
—-open passwords to share with wife or others — Don’t share your personal stock passwords !
—-stock passwords (se8, 100 jokes, London, Boy’s cert, T133…)
By using the same stock password on 5 sites, we might remember it more easily. However, when we change password on one of these sites, we have to remember which site
xp: If you already came up with a unique password for a site and use it long enough to build a lasting association, then you can stick to that forever. However, there’s a risk of theft.
As a widely useful stock password, there should be numbers and letters (not asdf….) I’d put no caps and no meta characters.
Good passwords are easier for you to remember, hard for hackers to guess.
—-Classify the sites :
* Those sites with 2-factor: ok to have a stock password.
* xp: Some sites are fragile/vigilant — would lock you out after very few failures. I’d avoid caps.
* A few (like 10) sites I access frequently. Easy to commit to memory. Better work out a solution for those infrequent sites.
* Obviously some accounts are essential. I tend to feel a large number (like 30) of sites are critical, but I had better pick no more than 10 as really critical, and think carefully about them. Some really critical sites have a 24-hour hotline but they may not be able to authenticate you over phone
** hsbc site is notoriously difficult, so I would use the simplest password, without caps.
To post source code in WordPress, need to switch to Text rather than Visual editor.
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See also
When your PD falls BEFORE the moving cutoff date you can file application for EAD + AP and become “free” to change job. There are 2 cutoff dates in the visa bulletin (like Jan 2012 and Dec 2013), so which one to look at?
Which one do you wish to be the cutoff date? The Later date i.e. the date closer to now! (To figure out, just imagine your PD happens to be between the two cutoff dates.)
Yes. The change by Obama (might be removed by Trump?) is helping the foreigner. So the later date, so-called filing date, is the cutoff date to look at. If you PD falls Before that, you can “file” you application for EAD card.
Note in the Dec 2016 visa bulletin, China-born EB3 has a better (Later) cutoff date than EB2, so perhaps the EB3 backlog is now shorter.
🙂 Trump is determined to cut the backlog, by hiring more judges, but Deepak believes the real bottleneck is the 9000/country/year quota
— my experience: In Oct 2020, DateForFiling cutoff moved quickly to mid 2018. My priority date is Nov 2017 and is now current.
— explanation of two cutoff dates
FinalActionDate cutoff is the one to track, according to Sean Wang, but I think DateForFiling cutoff is more relevant. http://lhscimmigration.com/immigration-news/news/date-for-filing-vs-final-action-date-the-department-of-states-new-two-tiered-visa-bulletin/ shows:
After a case is submitted (“filed”), it can be many months before USCIS can start processing it.
Suppose the moving DateForFiling cutoff is now before your PD, so you can file your case immediately. There are two main “benefits of a pending adjustment”.. see EAD/AP(documents) #basics
A few months later your case will be picked up and processed by USCIS as a visa number becomes available. Without an available immigrant visa number, USCIS can’t process your case.
http://www.alllaw.com/articles/nolo/us-immigration/must-you-leave-wait-green-card.html says
“Unless you already have a visa or status that allows you to remain in the U.S. legally, you must (as a preference beneficiary whose Priority Date isn’t current) leave the U.S. and wait to apply for your green card. If you don’t leave, and you spend time in the U.S. unlawfully, you put your very right to receive the green card at risk.”
So it’s fine (at least for family-based) to wait for GC outside the US, but the employment basis of the EB2 process might be broken. However, https://www.quora.com/What-happens-to-your-green-card-priority-date-if-you-leave-the-US-for-a-few-years says
If it is an employment-based petition with a non-current priority date then you will maintain your eligibility for permanent residency if both you and your employer/petitioner intend for you to resume your US employment upon the granting of your permanent residency.
——-I asked on Avvo:
* I received my H1b (not H1b1) visa stamp in early 2017. My Singapore passport expires in Sep 2019, and my H1b visa expires at the same time.
* I first used it to enter U.S. in Apr 2017. Now I’m in the early stages of GC. I hope to get my PERM approved in mid-2018, under my current employer P. Once I get my priority date, I plan to relocate to Singapore for 2 to 3 years, where I will get a new passport. I will need a new visa stamp — is it hard? I assume it’s not hard in Singapore.
* When I re-enter U.S. to work, perhaps 2021, on the new H1b visa stamp, I will probably work for the same employer P, or possibly a different employer. Will I keep my priority date? Friends tell me to beware of risks and complications. Are there?
Here’s one answer:
The company’s immigration lawyer should be able to help you get a new visa stamp.
Yes, there are risks/complications … the biggest one being that, if you don’t come back to work for company P … the PERM will be no good and a new employer will need to spend thousands of dollars trying to get a new PERM and have the Priority Date transferred.
PROFESSOR OF IMMIGRATION LAW for 10+ years
my blog titles are becoming too long…
The problem: Look at gzRealXp, US^SG etc .. These categories really feel like tags. However, some of the posts (call them “chocolate posts”) under them have no category.
Choice – If very few chocolate posts, then put these chocolate posts into some misc category
Choice – if more than 10 chocolate posts, then convert the tag to a category. Can keep the “t_” prefix and allow multiple categories on one post. If you look the meaning, some categories are clearly tag-like.
rule 2 — Fewer than 1% of the posts should have more than one category that’s not tag-like. All of them should have obvious reasons such as
rule 3 — I don’t too many t_* categories
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