Comments on: Travails of Getting an OPT/EAD card

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:39:00 +0000

Thanks a lot for sharing!

By: alex

alex — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:56:23 +0000

Every day they are so many people(legal immigrant with no criminal nor immigration offense ) who are unlawfully put in removal proceeding because an IO didnt feel like applying the law and misused his/her discretionary power to ruin someone’s life without any real legal basis,or just purposely sent a letter to the wrong address or the day the appointment was due, on top of that so many are detained in horrible conditions in DHS (ICE) jails and are refused basic medical care which leads to so many horrible deaths per year , just google those ever-pending federal lawsuit against DHS for their shameless federally protected negligent/intentional murders.. and go check out your local (at least closest to your city) immigration court, (most of hearings are open to public) to realize that even when you got your green card(which most likely a long way ahead for some of you) even if you do nothing wrong in this country, you are nothing but a sub-human with no rights ready to be lynch by DHS,CIS,ICE and EOIR for any reason they can make up or most of the time for no reason, how many times I went to immigration court and saw young legal immigrant put in removal proceeding and the IJ and TA couldnt answer his/her simple question: Why am I in removal proceeding? why they took my status away? I havent done anything wrong, then the IJ ask the TA , the NTA is empty why ? TA we dont know yet we havent decided what to do with this case !! then the court tell them to show up in 6 month to find out, man your EAD story is nothing unusual and you should be thankful, looks like you dont know who you are dealing with talking about venting your frustration on here, or ”I lost nearly a month and half worthâ€™s of salary” haha let me laugh, wake up buddy you are dealing with a federal agencies who commit murders, ruin innocent’s people life who committed no criminal nor immigration offenses on a daily basis with no oversight and are almost legal action proof. in this country until you are not a citizen you are a victim or a potential victim, never forget that and let those long speech of justice and equal rights for Boston legal and other Hollywood production, the reality for most of you is hidden and when you find out about it, its when Its almost too late, you got a huge legal battle coming at you with no fair bargaining position. good luck

By: Patrix

Patrix — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:27:17 +0000

Theoretically I would agree with you about the Republican and Democratic differences in terms of legal immigration but realistically, it is a largely ignored policy area by both parties. Simply because, it poses no political benefits. Currently, the atmosphere in U.S. politics is less about governing and more about populism so regardless of who the President is, we are prone to merely hope for the best. If you recall, it was a Republican Senator (Grassley) and the socialist from Vermont (Sanders) who put that ban on H1-B visas for banks benefiting from stimulus clause. No one from either party objected.

By: Ashwin

Ashwin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:01:40 +0000

Welcome to the post-Student Visa (F1) world.

>>But then nothing ever works out that smoothly for me.

In the world of US Immigration – H1Bs, OPTs and Green Cards, it never easily works out for ANYONE :). Trust me.
During last years election tamasha, the only detail I checked out on McCain and Obama was their Immigration agenda. Mccain, surprisingly, had a detailed agenda – citing relevant sections from the CIR bill and outlining some very solid steps towards immigration reform (easier processes for legal immigrants etc etc).
Obama’s agenda was all of 2 small paragraphs. Gives you an idea of what we can expect from him on this subject.

By: Patrix

Patrix — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:19:03 +0000

I’m not a STEM major so it is just 12 months for me. And strangely although my start date was the date it was approved i.e. June 25th, the end date is still my originally requested start date i.e. May 17th. Dunno why.

But yeah, I’m going to stretch my OPT status as long as I can.

By: Supremus

Supremus — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:55:42 +0000

Oh yeah, university is exempt from quota. Why do u want to go for it this early then ;) enjoy the 29 months of OPT & extra income of not paying social security taxes….

By: Patrix

Patrix — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:05:41 +0000

And risk being arrested for sending bio-hazard threats to the federal government? No, thank you! :)

And, thanks.

By: Amit

Amit — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:02:48 +0000

Have you tried Gandhi-giri by sending flowers and/or chocolates to the local USCIS office? :)
Might want to give it a try for H-1 and then write about it.
And, congrats!!

By: Patrix

Patrix — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:44:53 +0000

Knowing my luck, it isn’t going to be easy. But at least I have one thing going for me. Being employed in the university exempts me from the quota and the lottery system. But my HR has promised to start the process early and even go the premium processing route, if need be.

I wish OPT had a premium processing option too. I was willing to shell out. I lost nearly a month and half worth’s of salary.

By: Patrix

Patrix — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:42:31 +0000

Thanks for letting me know. I’ve added the tip on GetHuman now.

By: Supremus

Supremus — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:14:28 +0000

Betta get your H1 going while there is time and lots of spots remaining…. u don’t want to be a part of the H1 lottery circus, trust me. Not only it is demoralizing, but also terribly unfair. Not to mention all the desis who apply through 5 different companies to get through (and I know people who H1s got approved thrice through 3 diff companies in lottery.)

So just get it in my opinion :D

By: Kapil

Kapil — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:52:35 +0000

I have not checked gethuman.com for USCIS, but if the USCIS customer service and menu options you mentioned are not on the website yet, it may be useful to add them there.

Kapil