Olympic and Immigrants

2008 Olympic Games ended in Beijing and U.S.A. won 110 medals. Some of the medalists are immigrants. Lopez Lomong, Nastia Liukin, Benard Lagat, and Henry Cejudo, son of undocumented worker from Mexico.

What will it be if there is no more immigrants in U.S.A Olympic Team? Above list is just for 2008 team, what will the list be if we count all Olympic Teams in the history? U.S.A. is used to be the country of immigrants because it is the land of opportunity. No more. It is so hard to immigrant here because I have seen many.


Immigration issue is never easy and sometimes emotional.

Use correct form for EAD application

USCIS sometimes will update forms and if you are DIY your H1B or Green Card application, please pay special attention to those changes. Always download forms directly from USCIS web site instead of from lawyer's site, who know how long those private webiste have not been updated.

USCIS remind EAD( Employment Authorization Document) I 765 applicants use correct and updated form. The form should dated at lower right hand corner as “Form I-765 (Rev. 05/27/08) N" If you use the old form, you will be rejected.

Nebraska Center requires more RFE

There are four process center process green card application, California, Texas, Nebraska and Vermont. Often time when I came cross some news published by law firm, they indicate Nebraska center has longer processing time and have more RFE(Require for Evidence). Not sure the reason why. You can check processing time for each center here.

Pay H1B visa fee online

A lot of people now manage their money online including their checking , saving, CD, stock accounts, etc. Now you can pay your visa fee online at National Visa Center . Usually you pay visa fee while you apply visa and H1B is one of the visa type so this should also applied. I paid my H1B visa fee with cashier's check and I have to ask my family in my home country to do that. With this new service should make payment process easier.

Projected Naturalization Processing Times

Naturalization processing times are shorten to be 10-12 months. It depends on your local office. To see processing times about your local office please check here.

Visa Bulletin for September 2008

U.S. Department of State announce September Visa Bulletin. Again, China and India born visa availability is still the focus. EB2 for these tow countries are all current but EB3 is not. for more detail please check here.