Resource for new immigrants

For most H1B visa holders, they will then apply green card. After you became permanent resident, you might want to know what to do with your kid education, health case, jobs, and so on. You can now use USCIS resource for new immigrants which written in different languages, to know more about what to expect after you get green card. Green card is not only for you to stay in USA longer but get to enjoy some benefit.

USCIS to issue 2 years EAD

Usually people will file EAD along with their I 485 and it is only good for one year. No more, if you are qulified (ie, read the whole press release), you might get 2 years EAD so you do not need to renew every year!

Premium Processing Service for Certain Form I-140 Petitions

If your H1B visa is going to expired (in your 6th year), you might qualified to have Premium processing service for I -140. This is a great news for H1B visa holder who are also applying green card. Please check here for official press release.

Poll Result: How much did you pay for Attorney fee?

First I would like to thank all the people who participate this first H1Bdata blog poll. There are total 34 people who share their info with us. Most people fall into category of $500-1,000 (38%) and more than $1,500 (41%). When you are talking about immigrants economic contribution, these 34 people contribute about $37,250 or more(250*1+750*13+1250*5+1500*14). If one pay 500 and the other pay 1500, there is a huge 1,000 dollar gap between attorney fee. Just 34 people! If you can get the same quality of service for 500 or less, why pay more?

There must be a way for fellow H1B applicants find a way to find better service with awesome price...maybe a website? any programmer out there? Do not hesitate to leave your comments!