Just watching the 2008 olympics opening ceremony, where athletes from all over the world are marching. On NBC they are showing country name, population and number of athletes, at the bottom of the screen.
Let’s see how india and china fare, against each other:
China
Population: 1.3B
Athletes: 639
Medals won so far : 286
India
Population: 1.1B
Athletes: 56
Medals won so [...]

Dear readers,
Many of you have been anxiously waiting for the confirmation that your application has been selected in lottery and you are on your way to getting h1b approved. There were lots of delays and took lot more time than expected for USCIS to process all applications. Last week USCIS announced that it had sent [...]

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that beginning on June 30, 2008 it will issue Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) valid for two years.The new two-year EAD is only available to individuals who have filed to become a lawful permanent resident (LPR) using a Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence [...]

Recently there has been some discussion about USCIS issuing multi-year EADs to applicants that are waiting on Adjustment of Status. Particularly keeping in view a huge number of applicants that filed last summer. You can read more regarding this question asked by attorneys in this document released by USCIS. USCIS hasn’t committed any dates in [...]

I have been receiving lots of emails (92 emails yesterday alone) asking why they haven’t received any notification from USCIS and how long they need to wait to get any confirmation. Some even getting suspicious about their employers that they are not telling them any truth about the whole processing. This prompted me to write [...]