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TODAY, DEMI LOVATO TURNS 19

TODAY, The "Sonny with a Chance" stunner, Demi Lovato turns 19-years-old who played coy to the cameras as she exited the famed entertainment center wearing a low-cute orange top, long black button down, cut-off jean shorts and pair of sky-high black and brown platform sandals.

After hitting the lanes, Demi made her way to the local 7-Eleven store, where she proceeded to stock up on her drink of choice - Red Bull.

Earlier in the week, Miss Lovato kicked off her birthday celebration by teaming up with Sober Is Sexy clothing designer Hanna Beth for a joint glam rock-inspired party at Beacher's Madhouse in Hollywood.

SHAHRUKH KHAN SUPPORTED ANNA HAZARE'S ANTI CORRUPTION MOVEMENT

Bollywood superstar, Shahrukh Khan has expressed his support for the anti-corruption movement by veteran social activist Anna Hazare, saying that it has helped bring the issue into focus.

Replying to a question on the campaign that has gripped India since the beginning of this week Khan, at a news conference said, 'I think the cause is fantastic and it has been brought to the forefront.'

"The implementation, the parliamentarian aspects, the constitutional rules and laws needs to be given a serious thought," he added.

Self-styled Gandhian Hazare has been on a hunger strike since Tuesday, protesting the government's 'weak' draft of the anti-graft Lokpal Bill and spent three nights jail before being bending the government to permit him take his fast public.

The movement, which Hazare calls India's second fight of Independence, has amassed thousands of supporters and put immense pressure on the government which has been severely flogged for its ham-handed handling of the issue.

TOMORROW KIM KARDASHIAN GETTING ENGAGED TO KRIS HUMPHRIES

One day, people. We are just one day away from the event of the century, the wedding of the decade, the money-making scheme to end all money-making schemes.

Kim Kardashian marrying Kris Humphries tomorrow. OM...Ca-ching!

What must you know heading into the big day? Consider this your official Kim Kardashian wedding primer:

- The ceremony will take place at a $29 million estate in Montecito, CA.
- Both the ceremony and the reception will take place under a giant tent, in order to maintain privacy from the paparazzi and ensure E! has the exclusive coverage.
- The bridesmaids will wear green.
- Kim will wear a $25,000 dress by designer Vera Wang.
- Fans will be asked to spend $100 on a nuptials-themed fragrance.
- Kim will wear platform heels and her hair will be up.
- The couple will put their honeymoon on hold so Kim can start shooting Kourtney & Kim Take New York.
- Kris Humphries will wonder: What the Hell have I done?!?

PAKISTANI ACTRESS, MEERA HONOURED WITH SITARA - I IMTIAZ IN PAKISTAN

The Pakistani actress, Meera who is less known for her no-so-great performances in forgettable ‘Nazar’ and ‘Kasak’ and known more for her public tantrums. The actress is best known for her claim a few months ago that Mahesh Bhatt had physically abused her and was even possessive about her.

She went further to hold Bhatt responsible for driving her away from Bollywood. However, it seems that our tinsel town failed to tap her talents well and her performances are earning high appreciation in our neighbour Pakistan.

The actress has been conferred the ‘Sitara-i-Imitaz’, the third highest civilian honor in Pakistan. We wonder what Mahesh Bhatt has to say on this!!

EMMA STONE WAS SEEN IN BLACK SCOOPNECK TOP AND JEANS

Taking some much-deserved time off, Emma Stone was seen out and about in Hollywood yesterday afternoon.

The “Help” hottie was joined by some of her gal pals as she made her way around town, sporting a black scoopneck top and jeans.

In a recent interview, Emma told press that while the Spider- Man/Mary Jane upside down kiss from 2002 was iconic, she and Andrew Garfield aren’t looking to duplicate the past.

“Why would we do an upside-down kiss? I’m not Mary Jane. I’m Gwen Stacy in the Spider-Man film. New girl. New kiss. I wanted to do different kisses to make our mark.”

Miss Stone also noted that “The Amazing Spider-Man” isn’t the only project she’s pumped about. “It’s an incredibly exciting time. I’m part of a few movies I’m so excited about, which is fantastic. These are stories I was dying to tell, which is pretty rare, because there is so much junk out there."

JOHN ABRAHAM IN ALLAN AMIN'S "FORCE"

Well-known action director Allan Amin was the one to introduce Bollywood with the concept of stylized action and special effects. He all started with MISSION KASHMIR followed with QAYAMAT: CITY UNDER THREAT, DHOOM series, DUS, CHOCOLATE: DEEP DARK SECRETS and many more. However his upcoming action film "FORCE" starring John Abraham doesn't consist of the stylized action, which is in vogue.

Allan says FORCE is much different from his other films as the action here is much real, 'The action in FORCE is all real. We haven't made use of cables or any equipment or special effects for that matter. Moreover John has good caliber who did all the stunts by himself. What with lifting a bike or jumping off from a great height he did it all without the help of cables or airbags. And must say he performed it quite naturally.'

Certainly whatever Allan does he does it with much elan and elegance but what about the audiences who are used to watching stylized action these days and under such circumstances how FORCE action will appeal to the masses? To which he answers, "No it's completely stylized in its own way but without losing its originality. When you'll watch the film you'll come to know."

Ask him if it became a time consuming process to have real action and he says, "Though time consuming but it was fun shooting it naturally."

He may have designed best of the action sequences for the various films he did in his career but finds FORCE as his most challenging action film till date. "Yes FORCE has been the most challenging film in my career as it was all done without using any cables or any other aid," says Allan.

Allan further talks about the most difficult and the best action sequence in FORCE. "The most difficult was the one where John goes running behind several buses lined up and jumps from one bus to another as it was to be shot without the use of cables. While the best one was the bike sequence where John lifts the heavy bike and throws it. Actually I just asked John to lift it halfway but he decisively lifted the whole bike. Even the introduction scene of FORCE is one to watch out for."

Allan and John's bonding dates back to the time when John was about to make his mark in the industry. Says Allan, "I know John from long time. We have worked together for the films like KAAL, DHOOM, etc. We share a good rapport. There is a sort of good understanding and comfort level between us."

Ask him about the return of action genre or the genre gaining its lost glory and the prudent action master says, "It's just a phase of life where everything comes and goes back."

Allan becomes diplomatic when it comes to selecting his favourite action hero in Bollywood. "Everybody is good. I enjoy working with all of them," says Allan on a parting note.

ANNA PAQUIN & RYAN PHILLIPPE IN UPCOMING MOVIE "STRAIGHT A'S"

Branching out from her human/fairy role on “True Blood,” Anna Paquin is set to star in an upcoming film called “Straight A’s.”

The Sookie Stackhouse actress, along with “MacGruber” actor Ryan Phillippe, have signed on for the Nu Image/Millenium movie.

Directed by James Cox and written by Dave Cole, production for the comedy begins today (August 17) in Shreveport, Louisiana.

According to the script, "Phillippe portrays a man who's been in and out of rehab for 10 years and is haunted by the ghost of his dead mother pressing him to return home to the family he turned his back on years ago. Outfitted with nothing more than a bag of pills and a sack of weed, he trots back to Shreveport, only to be faced with his brother's wife, who's still pining for him, her first love."

GHAJINI VILLIAN, RETURNS AS "RAJDHARBHAU" IN "SHABRI"

Remember Pradeep Rawat, who played a dreadful villain "Ghajini" in Aamir Khan's blockbuster GHAJINI, named after the villain's name, is back to send a shiver down your spine, with his villainous act in upcoming film "SHABRI" directed by Lalit Marathe. Pradeep plays a crucial villain called Rajdharbhau in the film.

However, unlike GHAJINI where he made the protagonists of the film cry it seems Pradeep Rawat, who plays a cruel baddie in the film SHABRI, will be seen shedding some tears. As it so happened that while shooting for a scene he got so inspired that he refused to make use of glycerin and instead shed real tears for it.

The entire unit spontaneously stood up and clapped at the end of the shot. The moment is captured on camera during the making of the film.

Produced by Ram Gopal Varma SHABRI stars Isha Koppikar in the lead and all set to hit the screens on 26th August 2011.

DOUTZEN KROES FEATURED IN "VICTORIA'S SECRET SWIMWEAR, 2011 PHOTO SHOOT"

Giving ladies (and gentlemen) more reasons to hit the beach this summer, Doutzen Kroes is featured in a new Victoria’s Secret Swimwear 2011 photo shoot.

The Dutch dame looks amazing in the various swim suits, ranging from more conservative one-pieces to super skimpy bikinis.

And it sounds like Doutzen is looking to make her way into the acting realm, as she’s starring in a new flick called “Nova Zembla.”

Kroes and fellow model Gemma Ward are working under the direction of Reinout Oerlemans on the 3D flick about a 1965 shipwreck. “Nova Zembla” hits theaters in the Netherlands on November 24th.

BOTH AJAY DEVGAN AND SANJAY DUTT IN "RASCALS"

The first trailer of David Dhawan's upcoming film "RASCALS" is out. If the first trailer is any indication of things, RASCALS offers much fun and masala in a true David Dhawan andaaz.

The out-an-out comedy stars powerhouse performers like Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan, Arjun Rampal and Kangana Ranaut. Sanjay and Ajay, who have their unique respective style of entertaining, will tickle the funny bones with their great comic timing in RASCALS. It seems Arjun Rampal plays a baddie in the film. The best part is when Sanjay and Ajay blow their own trumpets by using their respective films (ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI and VAASTAV) as examples.

Another high point is the leading lady of the film - Kangana Ranaut for whom the two RASCALS vie for. The National award winning actress goes ultra glam for RASCALS. What with Kangana flaunting her sexy curves in a hot white bikini. This is the first time the dazzling lady dons a bikini for her film.

The film also stars AISHA fame Lisa Haydon.

Here's a sneak peak at the theatrical promo of the film RASCALS.

SOPHIA BUSH FOR "DO SOMETHING AWARDS, 2011" IN LOS ANGELES

Joining in on the Hollywood Palladium happenings, Sophia Bush was on hand for the 2011 Do Something Awards in Los Angeles, California.

The 29-year-old actress was a hit on the red carpet as she mingled with fellow attendees ahead of the annual event which helps young people carry out charitable causes of interest.

Among the commendable nominees, Miss Bush is in the running for the Do Something Twitter honors while her TV show "One Tree Hill" is up for a trophy in the Do Something TV Show category.

As for the ceremony, "Glee" actress Jane Lynch is tending to hosting duties for the second straight year with the show set to air on Thursday, August 18 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on VH1.

VETERAN ACTOR, SHAMMI KAPOOR IS DEAD

Veteran actor, Shammi Kapoor, who ruled the late 1950s and 1960s with his unique style and versatile range, passed away on Sunday, 14th August, 2011 at the Breach Candy Hospital here, family sources said.

He was 79. He is survived by his wife Neela Devi, son Aditya Raj and daughter Kanchan Desai.
According to the sources, he was on dialysis for the last few years and was undergoing the procedure at least thrice a week. He was on Saturday admitted to the ICU of the hospital.

The actor, who made his debut in Bollywood in 1953, when the film Jeevan Jyoti was released, carved out a niche for himself with the superhit Junglee in 1961.

His new image took ground and his subsequent films were all in this genre later.

Kapoor, hailed as 'Elvis Presley of India', joined the silver screen at a time when his elder brother Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand and Dilip Kumar were the reigning trio.

Kapoor was suffering from chronic renal failure, family sources said. The funeral will take place on Monday morning, they said.

Born Shamsher Raj Kapoor on October 21, 1931, Kapoor was the second son of veteran theatre and film actor Prithviraj Kapoor.

Despite his family background, Shammi's entry into Bollywood was initially not successful even though he worked with major heroines like Madhubala in Rail ka Dibba, Suraiya in Shama Parwana and Nalini Jaywant in Hum Sab Chor Hai.

His initial movies flopped at the Box Office. He reinvented himself with Tumsa Nahi Dekha cutting his hair in the famous duck-tail style of the 50s and never looked back since then.

With the success of Junglee in 1961, an entire decade reeled under its colourful impact.

Shammi heralded the swinging 60s and a large part of his appeal was primarily due to the immensely catchy and upbeat numbers like Suku Suku, O Haseena Zulfo Wali, Aaj Kal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche, Aaja Aaja Main Hoon Pyar Tera where he was at his boisterous best.

Even though success came with light weight tales like Kashmir Ki Kali, Rajkumar, Jaanwar and An Evening in Paris, his performances in flicks like Junglee, Badtameez, Bluff Master, Pagla Kahin Ka, Teesri Manzil, Brahmachari silenced his critics.

Andaz, which released in 1971, was his last movie as a leading man but his character roles in Vidhata, Hero and Prem Rog were well received.

Shammi was a computer aficionado and his last years were veered towards spiritualism.

BROOKE BURKE AND DAVID CHARVET GOT MARRIED

Dancing With the Stars co-host Brooke Burke and David Charvet, her longtime partner and fiance, got married, according to reports.

The location: On a boat under the stars off the coast of St. Bart's, with their kids. Hard to imagine a more special moment for the couple, both 39.

"We're just at that place, where love is deep and meaningful, and we're feeling very settled," Brooke said of their relationship earlier this year.

Burke began dating Charvet, who starred on Baywatch and the original Melrose Place, in 2005. He proposed to her just one year later, in 2006.

They are parents to daughter Heaven Rain, 4, and son Shaya Braven, 3. Burke has two daughters, Neriah, 11, and Sierra, 9, with ex-husband Garth Fisher.

In an interview with THG earlier this year, Brooke spoke about her "celebrity mom" status and making time for both herself and her relationship with David, despite challenges posed by balancing her career and four kids.

It's a busy life, but no doubt, it seems like it couldn't be going better for her. Congratulations to the newlyweds and to the entire family!

WASIM AKRAM'S GIRL FRIEND IN SHOAIB MANSOOR'S "KHUDA KAY LIYE"

Legendary cricketer Wasim Akram's model-turned-actress girlfriend, Humaima Mallick is all set for her Bollywood debut in acclaimed director Shoaib Mansoor's next. The movie features the pretty Humaima Mallick in the lead along with the singing sensation Atif Aslam.

Humaima, who has been in the news for the love life, is all set to showcase her acting talent in B-town. The KHUDA KAY LIYE director has made yet another gripping drama based on societal issues in Pakistan with Humaima as the main lead.

The movie which has already released in Pakistan is a big success and is one of the highest grosser there. News is that critics have appreciated and praised Humaima's acting a lot.

After the influx of actors from the southern film industry, it's time for Bollywood to make way for actors from other industries as well!

LINDSAY LOHAN HITS NYC

Making her way to the east coast, Lindsay Lohan was seen strolling around the SoHo neighborhood of New York City.

The "Georgia Rule" actress donned a lacy cleavage-baring white dress while toting a fringed purple handbag as she trekked the artsy area's streets during her visit to the Big Apple.

The sighting comes as LiLo's always-busy publicist was once again called upon to defend his oft-troubled client - this time denying inferences by paparazzi agency X17 claiming to have captured Lindsay in the midst of a drug deal in Venice Beach, California.

Of the video showing Lohan and several men exchanging a plastic bag and some cash, Steve Honig said that X17 "knowingly and consciously made inferences about Lindsay that are completely untrue."

In a statement to CNN, Honig told, "If they had taken the time to look into this a little bit further, they would have found out that the bag contained crystals from a local shop in Venice."

TODAY SRIDEVI TURNS 47

TODAY, Sridevi turns 47 who born on 13th August 1963, is an Indian actress who was a popular actress in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Malayalam films. Starting to act at the age of four, she made her debut as an adult in the late 1970s. After going on to establish herself as one of the most successful actresses of the 1980s and early 1990s, she left the industry in 1997 to raise her children. During her career, she has won four Filmfare Awards, two for Hindi films, and one each for Tamil and Telugu films.

FAMILY AND PERSONAL LIFE:-

Sridevi was born as Shree Amma Yanger to Ayyapan and Rajeswari on 13 August 1963 in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu. Her father was a lawyer. She has a sister and two step brothers. Sridevi married Boney Kapoor, a film producer and the elder brother of actors Anil Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor, in 1996. They have two daughters, Jhanvi and Khushi (Krishna). Her mother tongue is Tamil

HER FILM CAREER:-

Sridevi started her career as a child actor in the 1967 Tamil movie Kandan Karunai playing the role of young Muruga, and acted in many Tamil and Telugu movies from then on. During her early teens, she acted in a number of Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam movies as a lead actress.

In 1976, Sridevi got her first big break as heroine in K. Balachander's Moondru Mudichu, where she starred opposite rising stars, Rajinikanth and Kamal Hassan. She then followed with a succession of films with both Haasan and Rajnikanth. With the former, she was in movies such as Guru, Sankarlal, Sigappu Rojakkal, Thaayillamal Naan Illai, Meendum Kokila, Vazhvey Maayam, Varumayin Niram Sigappu, Neela Malargal, Moondram Pirai and 16 Vayathinile and with Rajnikanth, she appeared in movies such as Gayathri, Dharma Yuddham, Priya, Johnny, Ranuva Veeran, Pokkiri Raja, Thanikattu Raja, Adutha Varisu and Naan Adimai Illai.

At the same time, Sridevi started acting in Telugu movies, a number of which were made by K. Raghavendra Rao. With N. T. Rama Rao, she acted in movies such as Konda Veeti Simham, Vetagadu, Sardar Paparayudu and Bobbili Puli. With A. Nageswara Rao, she appeared in movies such as Mudulla Koduku, Premabhishekham, Bangaru Kanku and Premakanuka. With Krishna, she acted in movies such as Kanchu Kagada, Kalavari Samsaram, Krishnavatharam, Burripalem Bolludu, and Khaidi Rudrayya.

Towards the tail end of her Telugu film career, Sridevi started acting in Hindi movies. Many of these initial movies starred Jeetendra and were remakes of her Telugu movies, mostly directed by K. Raghavendra Rao and K. Bappaiah. In 1978, she starred in her first Hindi film, Solva Saawan. In her second movie, Himmatwala, she starred opposite Jeetendra. The film went on to be a blockbuster and established Sridevi as a star in Bollywood. The Jeetendra Sridevi pair also delivered more hits like Tohfa, Mawaali and Justice Chaudhury. In 1983, she starred opposite Kamal Hasan in the drama Sadma, remade from the Tamil hit Moondram Pirai starring the same lead actors. Her performance as an amnesiac patient won her much critical acclaim.

Her performances in the '80s included Justice Chowdhary, Jaani Dost, Mawaali, Maqsad, Tohfa, Karma, Aakhree Raasta, Jaanbaaz, Ghar Sansar, Nagina, Mr India, Suhagan and Aulad. In 1989's Chaalbaaz, she played a double role as twin sisters which won her the first Hindi Filmfare Best Actress Award. The same year, Sridevi also received a nomination for Yash Chopra's Chandni. The songs and dances of the film became a rage while Sridevi's white costumes started a trend called "The Chandni Look" in North India. In 1991, Sridevi played a double role in Chopra's inter-generational romance Lamhe opposite Anil Kapoor. Although the film failed commercially, critics applauded it and Sridevi won the second Filmfare Best Actress Award of her career. In 1992, she starred opposite Amitabh Bachchan in Khuda Gawah, where she had a double role as a pining Afghan wife and her spirited daughter. The Telugu film Kshana Kshanam was released in the same year and brought her a South Filmfare Award and a Nandi Award for Best Actress. The failure of Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993) was a big setback to her career, but she continued to deliver fine performances. Gumrah (1993), Laadla (1994) and Judaai (1997) were some of her notable performances in this period.

RICKI LAKE - GOT ENGAGED WITH CHRISTIAN EVANS

Ricki Lake is ENGAGED! She and Christian Evans are getting married!

"It's out of the bag. Thrilled to share some happy news with you," Lake Tweeted, along with a picture of her and her boyfriend-turned-fiancé.

Earlier this summer, she told PEOPLE she was in no rush to walk down the aisle with Evans, whom she described as "everything to me." The two have been together since last summer.

Previously, the Hairspray star, talk show host and weight loss spokeswoman was married to artist Rob Sussman, whom she divorced in 2005.

She has two sons from her previous marriage – Milo, 14, and Owen, 10 – and says they gave the actress' new man their stamps of approval.

"I'm totally in love," she said. "I'm happier than I've ever been."

SHILPA SHETTY IN BALD AVATAR IN "INDO - CHINESE VENTURE TITLED "Desire"

Bollywood actress, Shilpa Shetty will be seen in an all new de-glam and bald avatar in her Indo-Chinese venture titled "Desire". She plays a monk in the flick and has to undergo four hours of prosthetic makeup everyday in order to get that bald look.

The movie has Shilpa Shetty and Chinese actor Xia Yu play the lead roles. Anupam Kher, Jayapradha, Vikram Gokhale, and Asif enact other important characters in the movie. Sankar Ehsan Loy and Viswamohan Bhat have composed the music. The movie has been shot in Kerala, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh in India and in various locales in Malayasia. In the past, glamorous Antara Mali had also played a bald monk living in Sikkim in Amol Palekar’s film ‘And Once Again’, but she opted to shave off her tresses completely than going for prosthetic makeup.

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poorslumdog

09-04 12:59 PM

No point in agruing with fools like you.....

Then argu with yourself Idiot.:D

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gc_chahiye

06-27 10:46 PM

Sorry my number was wrong...

Its not 80,000 , it is 129,973.. That is also as of March 2007..

look at link http://www.shusterman.com/pdf/permstats407.pdf

8000 Indians (almost the complete 7% ANNUAL limit for I485) were PERM certified in the first quarter of fiscal 2007 (oct-dec 2006) itself! No wonder we have big backlogs for India...

An older stat, for the first year of PERM (march-05 to march-06):
http://www.murthy.com/news/n_relper.html
shows that 80K cases were filed, and of these 36K certified. Assuming of the 23K rejections 14K were appealed and then got through, that means only 50K PERM approvals in the whole year. As dates retrogress in the future, and slowly start moving again, they should hopefuly cross this march-2005 to march-2006 timeframe fairly fast... Some of these I140s would have gotten denied, some of these cases possibly abandoned (no substitution also now!), and some I485s would get caught in namechecks and what not..

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onemorecame

07-24 06:23 PM

I do send money because I have a dialysis patient at home for 6 years now. and at this time I don't want to point to the healthcare system at all, but my best wishes that you don't have to go there.

I do have properties and business properties in India from before I came to US. I don't want to make this personal by naming the IT businesses I sold but am sure if you are from 90's and from India you are aware of those names.

I am sold those one by one, and that is another line buddy. Capital Assets Line. IT Enquiry Lines, Company liquidation issues (specially if you were a LTD. company), Commerical Property Tribunals, Service Tax lines, State Tax Issues, Central Sales Tax issues. And god forbid if there is a lawsuit filed.

And yes I am in GC line for 8 years. This is the Last line hopefully other than immigration line at India every year. (which is painful for Indian Citizens) but easy for PIO's and Non Citizens.

You are good to be here and i'll pry for your GC line/wiait finish soon.

In future if you face any other line in US then please don't start blaming US....
...good luck dude

I will pray with god that he will never put you line.....;)

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sledge_hammer

01-14 02:23 PM

What these guys are really trying to achieve is bring back the good old days of high billing rates. I guess they see that the desi consulting company is responsible for driving down the quality as well as rates and salaries. The memo gives examples that would make it ok for large consulting companies like Accenture, Infy, PWC, etc, but not ok to be a *tech or *soft desi consulting company.

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snathan

08-19 10:13 AM

Another story doing the rounds.....

SRK as usual did not comb his hair and was dressed shabbily...

Immigration officer: Who are you?

SRK with a loud voice: " Im KING KHAN ".

Immigration officer: What......???

Other Immigration officer: Sir! He said he is KING KONG.....

Immigration officer : Guys catch the monkey in disguise......

SRK: Maahaaa Maahaa Maahaa Maahaa Maahaa...

Immigration officer: Sir...Howz the monkey sounding like a Goat????

So this is how SRK was caged in America...

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09-03 01:32 PM

Andhra CM YSR Reddy gave Raju 50 acres for SEZ-Software-Infotech-The Economic Times on Mobile (http://m.economictimes.com/articleshow/4004358.cms)

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simple1

05-18 08:03 PM

krish2005,

Please don�t mix up LTTE and Tamils.

The question is simple. Are tamils and sinhalese genetically the same? to me they look very similar.
If Yes, why
- sinhalese were violent against tamils in 20th century
- tamils want to secede based on language, religion and social-culture ?
If No, give supporting evidence that they are not.

Clearly Both groups are not natives (except veddhas all seem to have immigrated at some point).

Is it all petty politics, external-profiteers and power mongers in play ?

external-profiteers: I heard a small city state indirectly benefited in SL�s 80�s from the civilwar was afraid Colombo will complete with them.

If we are trying to quote facts here then myths also come into play.

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karthkc

07-23 01:01 PM

I posted this message on another thread and got slammed - :confused:. All the discussions here are just speculations.. no one really has access to real numbers.. so take it easy this time :p

As we do not have any real numbers my predictions are based on EB2 numbers from (assuming the data to be a true random sample)

Here are number of EB2-I I485 pending cases by year

2007-100
2006-150
2005-125
2004-200
2003-50 (250 have been approved)

USCIS has approved about 450 EB2-I cases last year. A conservative estimate of approval rate going forward would be 30 cases per month. Based on this the movement..
2003 cases will be approved by Sep '08
2004 cases by Apr '09
2005 cases by Sep '09
2006 cases by Dec '09

Good Luck !!!

This does not make sense at all.. cases are a miniscule portion of actual USCIS approvals and a rate of 30 cases per month would mean most of USCIS personnel are on vacation for summer :)

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bitu72

09-29 02:09 PM

HI can some body answer if we can apply for canadian PR with H1 B valid for less than 1 year.

For canadian citizenship you have to be in canada for 2 yr(physicaly) and after 3 yr after stamping

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Legal

07-26 10:31 AM

According to my analysis based on recipted/pending I-485 they processed some 80-90K (estimated range) EB I-485 applications which 57/65% of 140k by April 2008.

May month usage was very low, i feel June/July not to bump too much so another 20k cases. We should still have FB rollover from 07 (31K) + another 10k visa in the pool for Aug/Sept visa.


It appears FB spillover is factored into EB quota in Sep bulletin every year.

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satyasaich

09-23 12:19 PM

Admins / nixtor

Any comments ?
I have seen the same situation in 2005 when i was buying a home with a credit score of over 700. I was denied by so many lenders, but anyway got a decent loan from Wellsfargo.
(But those days are different, housing market is on high, no worries of credit crisis etc;)

But nowadays, we are hearing a lot of these denials

Has anybody really tried to get a mortgage recently? I have been denied by 8 lenders so far simply because I don't have a green card. Most lenders have tightened their underwriting guidelines. They will give mortgages only to U.S.Citizens or somebody who is a permanent resident aka having a green card. There are very very few lenders who will give mortgages to somebody on a visa and the rates may not be very favorable.

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mchundi

01-23 06:04 PM

I personally know a guy who used Nick's services. Bottomline, his 485 was rejected as Nick sold the same labor to other guys as well. As for him, spend some time on EAD and now he is back on H1. What happens to his VISA number. Returns to the pool? Which pool? Or is it lost as the VISA number was used from last year's quota.

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Pegasus503

02-13 10:51 AM

I am curious,

while searching the forum I found this thread tucked away under



Immigration Voice > Immigration Voice Issues and Congressional updates > Sept 18th Rally: Car-pooling, Group Reservations for Air travel, hotel etc. > March VB is out!!!!!!!!!!



it just seemed to be a strange folder structure for newbies to find....


I'm not being critical, just confused

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tikka

07-04 09:33 AM

This is a HUGE issue if it is true. Can we verify it preferably with a URL?

This is what I meant when I said that we should identify all the issues and worry about english later. BTW, this is what is taught in a writing course: outline first, english later.

I have scanned most of the letters posted in thread. I will carefully scan them again and add their issues to my skelton.

Most of the letters are missing or not stressing some HUGE points like above. These HUGE points are bold faced in the articles I post. Editorials have a lot of these so called punch lines.


i picked this up from one of the threads.. not sure if it was the breaking news or media thread .. we need member info and url if possible...

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old_hat

05-02 02:38 PM

The issue started long before LTTE but it has not stayed static. There were many opportunities to set it correct which LTTE shunned. Again a lot of Tamils joined mainstream in Lanka and LTTE went after them too.

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coopheal

02-23 09:37 AM

whatamidoinghere,
what is the source of you information.
Can we maintain a information on such numbers on IV itself so that we have one place to see it.

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dvb123

02-15 10:48 AM

my friend you really need to dig deeper into stuff...most things are more than meets the eye. courts are very reluctant to strike down laws. the supreme court will strike down a federal law ONLY if it's against the constitution itself...ie there has to be a fundamental problem. this is true both in the US and in India.
the fact that a law inconveniences people is just not enough ground.

Yup Paskal I have a dug a little deeper. Although this case is about DV visa it is very similar to our Visa recatpure situation.

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:yJNFLn-AtcsJ:vls.law.vill.edu/Locator/3d/Jan2004/031075p.pdf+court+order+immigrant+visa+number&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=7&gl=in

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rajsenthil

05-03 06:46 AM

Here Some Arava became Sherlock Holmes II
Unfortunately its a flop show.. I pity you dude..

If you are not Sinhalese then you must be SAROJA DEVI :D
I could guess this from one of your post :cool:

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amsgc

07-03 11:08 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/04/us/04visas.html

Just sent her a thank you note and my letter above.

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h1techSlave

09-25 01:37 PM

A quarterly spill over is advantageous to every body in the playing field.

It is obviously good for retrogressed groups. It is even good for CIS, since they can plan their work properly and use up the visas in an orderly fashion.

So if IV can use some of its massive clout to convince DOS to do a quarterly spill over, that would be win-win for all.

Unfortunately we will have to wait until march and not december to find out if DOS is doing quarterly spillover because EB2 row already has more than 7000 pending 485, every quarter there are about 10000 Eb 2 visas, so technically there are already enough EB2 row 485 applications to use up the first quarter numbers.

offcourse there are only 4000 pending eb1 485 applications and assuming not more than a 1000 new eb1 applications are added to the list there would be 5000 visas that could be spilled over into eb2, the problem is we dont know
1. If DOS will do spillover every quarter
2. if by miracle they do spillover will it only in there respective categories i.e Eb2 row to to eb2 india\china, or accross categories eb1-row to Eb2 row to Eb2 India\china

These questions can only be answered by DOS. Hope DOS looks at what USCIS did and comes out with a Q&A of there own which explains if they are going to do a spillover every quarter or not. If not we will still be speculating to no end. Do we have to file another FOIA request to DOS to find out if they are going to do a spillover every quarter? I hope DOL also published a report every quarter like USCUS which contains the numnber of perm applications pending by month, year and country

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chanduv23

02-13 03:41 PM

I support having ongoing discussions with USCIS and having an amicable relationship with them. We should work hard to make the letter campaign successful. We have 30000 members but less than 2000 letters so far. While some volunteers are working tirelessly to make the letter campaign successful some do not want to take part in it at all because the Template's we have out there are asking for their Name, Address and Telephone Number. it is not a joke to mail out a letter to the president on which the signature of the person is not comprehendable and there is no Full Name, Adress and Telephone number. I spent hours last weekend answering people's questions about letter campaign but all I get in return is recommendations on what else I can do. There were no letters after all that. I totally support Walking_Dude on this.

Raising 30K in 7 days was possible. it was made possible by 300 members. I still remember having a conversation with a gentleman at a mela (US Citizen and a white american) who said funds should not be a problem for you guys. You have 25,000 members and you all make good money. On any day you can all contribute 10$ and raise 250k. I wish. That will be my dream come true. I am one of those volunteers who worked very tirelessly to make 30k happen in 7 days. it is fun to be an active IV volunteer. I know a few people in our Local Chapter who spend their money for local chapter activities in addition to their monthly contributions. We have less than 10 members in our chapter who do that. I can totally understand when they tell me sometimes that have been spending a lot of their own money and taking the lead this for an year and half and are getting burned and want to take a step back now since we do not have new people stepping forward to help. Atleast they promised to take part in action items for sure.

I apologize for my venting today

Buck up :) We all go through it. I never take it personally. I would definitely be happy if more and more members come forward and help, instead of "missing in action" when needed most.

We would be really happy if new members come up and take initiatives (i am now keeping my messages positive :) ) , more active members, more strength.

participation is contigeous, all we need is some self motivators and self starters to kindle the fire.

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sanjay

03-27 11:47 AM

Boss, remove Atalji. He is on bed for last 8 months. So no chance for him.
Sonia Gandhi is out of question as people will not accept her.
Rahul is a baccha ( KID ) in front of all those stalwarts ( old and experience wolves ).

Contest should be only between MMS and Advani.

Though i would have loved to see Modi on PM HOT seat.

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snathan

01-22 05:40 PM

Wow, you have a great suggestion for him, I am sure he took your suggestion and did the right thing, do you have a similar suggestion regarding immigration to Obama ?, if so you better let him know what you think, you seem very open minded about giving suggestions.

Please read all his post first and you will understand the reason for this comment.

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12-14 05:05 PM

Simple. If it wasn't for that ceiling the vast majority of the visas will go to applicants from the oversubscribed countries. Now this is not a bad thing if the visas are in unlimited supply. But since that's not the case, the country ceiling ensures that even people from smaller nations will get an equal oportunity to claim a visa before all the visa are grabbed by their BIG brothers and sisters. And what's more what ever is left is given back to the oversubscribed countries.

How can you call that unfair? Is it fair to deprive a person from a smaller country, equal chance to have go at his GC?

Country quota for family based immigration prevents giving any nationality a head start in cornering all the GC for themselves. And country quota to promote diversity makes sense because the basis of GC is family ties.

Employment based GC is based on employer filing for GC. Skilled people can come from all over the globe. The basis is skill. Even without a country quota, a small country with educated and skilled workers are not at any disadvantage compared to a large country with poorly trained workers. So, I do not understand your argument how the BIG countries are going to monopolize employment based GC. No nationality has a birth claim on skill. We are here because of our skills not our nationality.

Let us not repeat the arguments of anti-immigrant restrictionist groups like PG.

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illusions

05-12 11:44 AM

It looks like your half family does not know what is happening in the camps. Rather these thrown out media reporters know about that in detail.

Oh..I forgot to mention all the people who are talking in this report are LTTE and supporters of LTTE.

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/grim+scenes+at+sri+lankan+camps+/3126257

No, they know what's going on, everybody know it's not a picnic there in the North, I didn't say that they were un aware what was going on in the North, all i said they are fine where they are, please read what i said. It seems you are only looking at it from 1 angle.

I'm not disputing what channel 4 reported, it's overwhelming for the govt to handle millions of IDP's and terrorists mixed up in 1 big bowl of soup. In any war situation there will always be cases of misconduct as it has happened in Iraq, Kashmir, Afghanistan etc.

Oh and thanks for being sarcastic, it proves a lot.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-8349680,00.html?gusrc=gpd

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09-24 03:43 PM

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08-17 08:55 PM

Excellent reply.

Excellent and brilliant answer and I agree to this.

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01-16 01:36 PM

And who is asking your advice ? This is usa and I have a right to express my views.If you don't like it please ignore my post.Who has forced you to read my post ? Who is stopping to go back to India ?

You are not expressing your views...You are just spewing your venom and hatred. You are an ideal fit for loser's guild. I am not the one talking all BS about my employer and claiming gladly will back to India. Its YOU... if you dont remember what you are talking..I pity you. Did anyone force you to work for your employer? It was your choice and why you whine now.

I dont want to waste my time with your garbage. Have fun.

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amitga

08-15 04:59 PM

There is different view to the whole story:

washingtonpost.com (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/15/AR2009081501595.html)

Meghnad Desai , an Indian-born economist, a member of Britain's House of Lords and the author of books on Indian cinema and globalization, joked in an interview in New Delhi that the whole thing seemed like a publicity stunt for the new film.

"The U.S. government was an inadvertent accomplice to 20th Century Fox, which is investing millions in this movie," he said, chuckling, referring to a joint venture between Hollywood and Bollywood to distribute the film. "This was a no-no for India-U.S. relations. Anyhow, there will be no bigger story in India tomorrow. Or maybe for the next few days."

read more at : http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/15/AR2009081501595.html

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08-17 12:27 PM

People can not expect to be treated special because they are charming to some group or more. There are hell a lot of people with special talent and each and every one expecting to be treated in a special way...then there is no need for that procedure. If SRK is started crying when the common people going through the ordeal...well thats makes the difference between the real start and a moron.

It is not about being treated special. First thing - if you do not go through unnecessary inspection "Does not mean it is special treatment" Lets get the slavery mentality out of us.

SRK is a visitor to the country and can vouch for himself and not for everyone sitting in that room.

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shirish

10-24 03:34 PM

I have a question on a similer subject, but not exactly labour sub

In my case my previous company filed my labour, i got it approved, then i got my 140 approved too. But i had to leave the company (I could have stayed for the GC but had to leave- before leaving that company i worked in their india office for 2 years). Then they used my approved labour for another employee.

I have joined another company and back in the US now,i understand that the labour is not for me, i have to go for the labour again, but is it possible to use my previous PD.

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03-17 10:33 AM

The sooner LC substitution goes away the lesser we have to deal with such questions. And the sooner we would get our green cards.



hi All,

Can someone give me advice on this:

I have 4 yrs Bachelors + 6.5 yrs of IT exp. i am being offered a Pre- approved labor(EB3-PD-Nov.2003), which was filed for someone with a condition-Bachelors + 4 years exp., at the time of filing.
i graduated in June 2000, so i am about 1 year short for the 2003 PD. However i did some part time work during college in India and the lawyer says if i can get exp. letter from that company on a letter head, that should suffice.
i am concerned if that India exp. during graduation will work or not.
Has anyone faced a situation like this?
the (part time exp)company was very small, can this be risky? what do you guys think?

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Aah_GC

08-15 10:03 PM

The system is working very well the way it was designed. As some one already pointed out blame it on osama bin laden. Not on the DHS

Alrite bud, you win I lose. Most Americans still think Legal immigration is a rose-garden that needs to be revamped to their benefit. You do have a point about what-needs-to-be-done-should-be-done but that turns the very foundational principles of this country upside down.
POE experience is rotting with time, most Indians with H1B don't walk that alley anymore fearing deportation and there is more to come with this attitude.

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sumagiri

07-23 12:42 PM

There are 20 K EB visas left from the regular EB category for this fiscal and there are minimum of 20k FB visas which spill over for EB.

Thus conservative estimate 40k visas are available for use before Sep 30th. Liberal estimate the numbers could be higher.

More likley to happen is most EB-2 upto Dec 2005 getting approved, many in early 2006 getting approved.

Legal,

I hope you are right. But I am not convinced because there was a statement in USCIS testimony that they used up 65% of their target in first 5 months. So even if they used up just 30% in next 5 months, there will be very few Visas left over. If their target did not include the spill overs, then you are right. But in that case, a part of the spill over should also go to EB3. So EB3 should open up again. I am also EB2. So I hope you are right. But as of now, it appears that either there are not many visas left over or it can be that USCIS target was very low.

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AirWaterandGC

05-11 04:39 PM

If I am in the fourth/fifth year of my CA PR when I decide to go to CA, will I be allowed at least in the country.

Another question was if I am in my 4th/5th year and know that it might take me another year before I go to CA, can I apply for CA PR again, even when I already have my CA PR OR if I apply for my CA PR immediately after my current CA PR expires, would I get it again (assuming I have the necessary points)

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eastindia

01-19 10:08 AM

Question to everyone criticizing consulting companies

If you have a choice to have a EB3 2001 PD/EB2 2003 PD substitute labor from a consulting company, what will you do?

Will you not want to contact them and file your greencard through them?

So stop this bullshit about criticizing consulting companies. There are real human beings working in this those companies. Just because you do not work in consulting companies does not give you any right to post negative about them.

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patfanboston

05-12 09:25 PM

@venetian:

I was not responding to the Sri Lankan issue - please don't read it as such. As I said, my comment was tangential to the discussion thread. I was just writing about my observation of the behavior and attitude of Tamils in general in India.

@jerrome:

Your point about MGR/Jayalalitha/Rajanikanth just proves my point. These people migrated to Tamil Nadu, made it their home and 'assimilated' by learning Tamil and considering themselves Tamil and showing their love for Tamil - they did not become famous in TN by propagating Telugu/Malayalam/Kannada. Now, if only you could provide some examples of the other way around - Tamils who migrated elsewhere and who made the host cultures proud. Can you?

There definitely are Telugu/Malayalam/Kannada natives in TN - but without exception, they have 'Tamilized' themselves to a great extent to live a normal life. Is the converse true?

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02-14 01:13 PM

"Another aspect of the present misconduct relates to the agency's failure to fulfill a statutory duty. The INS has a statutory obligation to issue visas to qualified applicants to the full extent of the annual quota limits established by Congress. 6 The legislative history of the Immigration & Naturalization Act indicates that this duty has not been left to agency discretion, see S.Rep. No. 748, 89th Cong., 1st Sess. reprinted in (1965) U.S.Code Cong. & [*39] Ad.News, pp. 3328, 3337-38, but is obligatory upon the agency. "

Encouraging precedent for the law suit. Excellent.

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Caliber

09-23 08:46 AM

As completely unrelated these two issues are (from a law maker's perspective) on a normal day, these are possibly those times when each of these issues can help the other.

END OF CONTENT

Nixstor: I know how responsible person you are. You must have given lot of thought to this. Even if 20-30% people buy house, that reduces the no of applicants waiting for GC which will make it faster for the people that do not want to buy now for various reasons.

I fully support this idea. Thanks for bringing such good and justified proposal.

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rajesh_kamisetty

07-11 11:54 AM

Agree.
Very well written...

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ivar

01-13 04:34 PM

Most important of all There are people (Legal) immigrants who have bought house recently and will have to sell adding more pain to the real estate market.

AILA should. I heard a lots of para legal staffs are already lost their jobs. Because there were less H1, and GC filings. Actually there is a huge economy based on immigration. If USCIS just changes the rules as they want that would affect lots of US citizens not just few immigrants.

Lets see which businesses/people are making money out of immigration related activities.
1) Attorney
2) Paralegal staff
3) Shipping guys (usps, fedex, etc)
4) Airlines (because immigrant workers has to visit their home country periodically)
5) Consulate
6) USCIS
7) Contractors in USCIS
8) Port of Entry/customs staffs
9) Notaries
10) Doctors/hospitals for getting medical clearance for 485, etc
11) Passport photo shops
12) Airport staffs
13) ....

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eb3India

10-23 02:02 PM

as name suggests, you find a company with a already approved labour, they will apply your 1-140 with that labour, if you I-140 is approved you get to keep his PD and get a free ride,

while myself, has to wait 2 years for labour and another few years till my PD becomes current

in labor sub case, if one can find approved labour before 2001 (if you happen to be from India). you can get 1140 approval and apply for 485 if you everthing goes well you have your GC in 6-12 months

and did I mention this perfectly legal.

lot of guys cry sour grape about labour sub. if you ask me, if you have opporunity use it, I would

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