amitjoey
09-29 05:25 PM
You made very good points. May I suggest we ask members to call on the phone too if they're busy? This actually worked in delaying the first Bailout in 2009, when they received numerous calls.
Customer service reps do this for hours everyday in some places.
We have had phone and email campaigns in the past. Phone campaigns work the best when a specific bill is being debated and there is the target 2-3 days campaign. The rest of the time, person-to person presentation is the best.
Customer service reps do this for hours everyday in some places.
We have had phone and email campaigns in the past. Phone campaigns work the best when a specific bill is being debated and there is the target 2-3 days campaign. The rest of the time, person-to person presentation is the best.
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tonyHK12
02-14 11:36 AM
Yes members can contact their lawyers and other sites to put this information up.
To add to what Pappu said, some of them might think we are competing for website hits and advertisement. t.
Thought I'll add to this - There are many immigration and lawyer sites out there.
Most free forums would like to increase hits, by spreading misleading information and having a paid member incite arguments, spread rumors - the popular porting one, or India, China, ROW one, to generate more hits. thats how they make money.
Its time for people to look beyond all that and do the only real thing that works - That is meeting law makers.
One of the best ways to do this is Direclty in Washington DC.
This is our only real chance until 2013.
To add to what Pappu said, some of them might think we are competing for website hits and advertisement. t.
Thought I'll add to this - There are many immigration and lawyer sites out there.
Most free forums would like to increase hits, by spreading misleading information and having a paid member incite arguments, spread rumors - the popular porting one, or India, China, ROW one, to generate more hits. thats how they make money.
Its time for people to look beyond all that and do the only real thing that works - That is meeting law makers.
One of the best ways to do this is Direclty in Washington DC.
This is our only real chance until 2013.
hellomms
05-01 02:54 PM
Add poll and let us see how many are ready to support for any fix. We can not count manually.
Poll Added, lets track everything here.
Thank you everyone, in advance, for your support. :)
PS
@Pappu: Thanks for the support!
Poll Added, lets track everything here.
Thank you everyone, in advance, for your support. :)
PS
@Pappu: Thanks for the support!
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Lasantha
04-01 12:12 PM
Hassan, How did you create this poll?
Can someone please create a poll for ROW RDs. It should be monthly banded
between May to Aug 2007.
I don't find an option for me to create a poll.
Can someone please create a poll for ROW RDs. It should be monthly banded
between May to Aug 2007.
I don't find an option for me to create a poll.
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yvjoshi100
08-13 07:31 PM
Is there any one like my who misssed CSPA applicability by less than a month.If yes, please respond.
AirWaterandGC
05-01 07:09 PM
Is this true ? I thought one can .... as long as the person's H1 is not thru his/her owned company.
As per my understanding you cannot own a company while on H1.
As per my understanding you cannot own a company while on H1.
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amitjoey
01-31 06:29 PM
Welcome sidkap
2010 Mission: Impossible to be
piperwarrior
08-28 07:17 PM
Your logic is not right. They are still American companies as they are based and incorporated in the US. Number of employees in India does not matter. It would be different if they had a majority of Indian employees in the US...
http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2007/apr/06it.htm
Check the above link too...
"The numbers speak for themselves. Accenture expects to reach 35,000 by the end of this financial year, a 52 per cent increase over last year. IBM already has 53,000 people in India, a 23 per cent increase over the previous year. By the end of the current financial year, Tata Consultancy Services plans to add 30,000 employees, taking its total headcount to 113,500. US-based Capgemini plans to employ 40,000 professionals by 2010."
http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2007/apr/06it.htm
Check the above link too...
"The numbers speak for themselves. Accenture expects to reach 35,000 by the end of this financial year, a 52 per cent increase over last year. IBM already has 53,000 people in India, a 23 per cent increase over the previous year. By the end of the current financial year, Tata Consultancy Services plans to add 30,000 employees, taking its total headcount to 113,500. US-based Capgemini plans to employ 40,000 professionals by 2010."
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tonyHK12
09-29 11:03 AM
You are talking about bringing a bill:
How many congressman and Senators have you met till now ?
You want to bring a bill without lobbying. So tell your plans. Let us all see.
You created your new ID, started a thread and you think that is a good start. I need to see something real in an idea than believing in your idea.
Well I had called a NY congresswoman when I was stuck in a H1 name check. I found them open and willing to help. She even contacted the FBI.
Well I am just an ordinary person, and the same as everyone here, and not saying I will do everything myself. There are persons who are better skilled at this and know the immigration law better.
Also don't rule out lobbying, I just said we also need something else that should justify our case without a lobby. I'm asking for suggestions or ideas.
I may be new here, If you see my post on the other forum, I'm asking for the creation of an organization with skilled people who will create a new campaign among legal immigrants. Kind of like Grass roots movement.
How many congressman and Senators have you met till now ?
You want to bring a bill without lobbying. So tell your plans. Let us all see.
You created your new ID, started a thread and you think that is a good start. I need to see something real in an idea than believing in your idea.
Well I had called a NY congresswoman when I was stuck in a H1 name check. I found them open and willing to help. She even contacted the FBI.
Well I am just an ordinary person, and the same as everyone here, and not saying I will do everything myself. There are persons who are better skilled at this and know the immigration law better.
Also don't rule out lobbying, I just said we also need something else that should justify our case without a lobby. I'm asking for suggestions or ideas.
I may be new here, If you see my post on the other forum, I'm asking for the creation of an organization with skilled people who will create a new campaign among legal immigrants. Kind of like Grass roots movement.
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gumpena
10-21 05:24 PM
Base Assumptions:
EB2 ratio (Pre PERM) 30% Before PERM came, PD was almost current and nobody cared for EB3 or EB2
EB3 ratio (Pre PERM) 70%
EB2 ratio (Post PERM) 50% After PERM, retrogression, people jumped on take advantage on EB2
EB3 ratio (Post PERM) 50%
Dependant 2.1
Indian National Ratio 60%
Total Labor Calculations
Approval Rate Total Comments Source
Backlog 363000 60% 217800 Before Mar 2005 http://www.murthy.com/news/n_relper.html
PERM 171000 75% 128250 Mar 2005- Mar 07 http://www.immigration.com/newsletter1/dolstatperm.pdf
Total Labor (Approved) 217800 Pre PERM only
Indian National 130680
Total EB3 91476
Total Eb2 39204
Yearly allocation in % EB3 (total 485 applications) EB2 (total 485 Appl.) Total 485 Pending for Indian National
2001 10 19210 8233 27443
2002 20 38420 16466 54886
2003 30 57630 24699 82328
2004 35 67235 28815 96050
2005 (Before march) 5 9605 4116 13721
Mar 2005- Mar 2007 100% 80798 80798 161595
Total EB pending for Indian 436023
Total EB applications filed is only 300K(jul-aug 2007) does not fit in the above logic...
EB2 ratio (Pre PERM) 30% Before PERM came, PD was almost current and nobody cared for EB3 or EB2
EB3 ratio (Pre PERM) 70%
EB2 ratio (Post PERM) 50% After PERM, retrogression, people jumped on take advantage on EB2
EB3 ratio (Post PERM) 50%
Dependant 2.1
Indian National Ratio 60%
Total Labor Calculations
Approval Rate Total Comments Source
Backlog 363000 60% 217800 Before Mar 2005 http://www.murthy.com/news/n_relper.html
PERM 171000 75% 128250 Mar 2005- Mar 07 http://www.immigration.com/newsletter1/dolstatperm.pdf
Total Labor (Approved) 217800 Pre PERM only
Indian National 130680
Total EB3 91476
Total Eb2 39204
Yearly allocation in % EB3 (total 485 applications) EB2 (total 485 Appl.) Total 485 Pending for Indian National
2001 10 19210 8233 27443
2002 20 38420 16466 54886
2003 30 57630 24699 82328
2004 35 67235 28815 96050
2005 (Before march) 5 9605 4116 13721
Mar 2005- Mar 2007 100% 80798 80798 161595
Total EB pending for Indian 436023
Total EB applications filed is only 300K(jul-aug 2007) does not fit in the above logic...
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sanhari
07-16 09:56 AM
I am writing to the local congressmen, to request USCIS to apply the spillover visas to EB cases with older priority date first (irrespective of it's category or country). I hope this will help, if lot of these local congressmen/women contact USCIS to handle this spillover in a fair manner, allocating to older priority date cases first irrespective of category or country. All EB3 folks please take some time and do the same writing to your congressmen about this issue.
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delhirocks
06-29 12:47 PM
Is there any last date of doing medical if one needs to file by July31st?
If you have everything else ready, It takes roughly 2-3 days (atleast 48 hours) from your 1st doctors appointment to when you get the reports. This is the best case scenario considering your results for HIV & TB come out -ve. If you need a chest X-ray, add in another day atleast.
Also, If you filing through a lawyer, there is a significant backlog there, most of the lawyers will not file your papers the day you give it to them, considering you give your lawyer, all completed forms and not a questionairre, it will take a few days for the lawyer at the earliest to go through the papers.
I submitted my papers to the Lawyer last Monday, tentative date for filing given to me is after July4th (6-7 business days after submitting everything). They are filing on FIFO basis.
If you have everything else ready, It takes roughly 2-3 days (atleast 48 hours) from your 1st doctors appointment to when you get the reports. This is the best case scenario considering your results for HIV & TB come out -ve. If you need a chest X-ray, add in another day atleast.
Also, If you filing through a lawyer, there is a significant backlog there, most of the lawyers will not file your papers the day you give it to them, considering you give your lawyer, all completed forms and not a questionairre, it will take a few days for the lawyer at the earliest to go through the papers.
I submitted my papers to the Lawyer last Monday, tentative date for filing given to me is after July4th (6-7 business days after submitting everything). They are filing on FIFO basis.
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kurtz_wolfgang
09-02 12:47 PM
Does CPO status on USCIS site mean 485 is approved? or is there some hidden processing going on, which can turn the tables??
Just skeptical.
btw, I forgot to mention. I thank the IV members for their invaluable guidance. Will continue being a regular member.
Just skeptical.
btw, I forgot to mention. I thank the IV members for their invaluable guidance. Will continue being a regular member.
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pappu
01-31 03:02 PM
Immigration Voice: Announces Advocacy days in Washington DC in April.
Immigration Voice in its continued efforts to find legislative and administrative fixes is holding Advocacy Days in Washington DC on Monday, April 4th and Tuesday, April 5th.
2011 is a crucial year to get the fix needed to clear the backlogs and allow for our high skilled immigrants to get the relief needed. We need to capitalize on the opportunity to push for legislation now, as it is unlikely to have any favorable immigration bill to be brought for the next 2-3 years (Primary campaigns, Presidential campaigns will take priority).
IV’s vision is to hold more than 400 meetings with the legislator offices both in the House and the Senate. We will also be holding meetings with senior administration officials working on immigration issues. As a grassroots organization we need members from all across the country to register, participate in the advocacy event, bring awareness on our issues and seek a positive vote on our provisions from the legislators.
We aim to resolve this issue but we cannot do it alone and therefore it is imperative for everyone, and by that we mean EVERY ONE to participate in one way or the other. If you wanted to be a part of the past events but couldn’t, then now is your chance to make your voices heard and fight for a fair system and just process. Always remember, we are in United States at the invitation of our employers and our employers have filed our green card petitions in order to retain us. It is only fair and only just to ask for a system that achieves that objective without delays and without putting the immigrants in probationary limbo for 6-12 years. And it is your obligation to yourself and your family to stand up for your rights and ask Congress to legislate and fix the system so that it works the way it was originally intended to work.
Our previous efforts such as the June Advocacy 2010, September Advocacy and Rally 2007, Flower campaign, San Jose Rally, and many intermediary mini advocacy events in DC has allowed us to be one step closer to the goal. We need to make this upcoming event as a final push for reform. The President’s STOU address and feedback from Lawmaker meetings have provided us the encouragement to pursue this endeavor. As many of our members know, the efforts in our last advocacy days are consequential in how we are perceived by the lawmaker offices. IV calls upon members who participated previously to provide their input on the need for advocacy efforts and persuade many others to join in.
Immigration Voice will arrange for meetings, advocacy material, and other logistics necessary for all the events during the Advocacy Days. All you have to do is show up. We request our members to come in on Saturday, April 2nd for orientation and training. Please make arrangements to carpool (for driving distances), book airline tickets, and contact friends in DC/MD area to host you. IV will not sponsor your travel and stay for this event. We expect each one of you to take the initiative and stand up for yourself and your family and use this opportunity to ask lawmakers to act on high-skilled immigration issue.
Our efforts have to be of a massive scale, we need members from every State to participate in the event. To be successful we need more than 200 members attending meetings. We also need to know in advance on your attendance. Please take the time to talk to your employers, arrange for a leave of absence, and register for the event as soon as possible. Make every possible attempt to be in DC.
To conduct such an effort, IV also needs contributions. Our estimated cost is around $50,000 for the event. We need generous contributions from our members, especially from members who are unable to make it to the DC event. To be clear, all one time contributions starting from February 1st will be considered as a contribution to the advocacy event. All the recurring donations will continue to go towards Donor forum access. Our advocacy event costs will be on top of our regular costs and we need to pay for both.
Please register here. (http://immigrationvoice.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=80&Itemid=36)
Poster to spread the word.. (http://immigrationvoice.org/wiki/images/a/a7/Myposter.pdf)
Other details are to follow.
IV Team.
Immigration Voice in its continued efforts to find legislative and administrative fixes is holding Advocacy Days in Washington DC on Monday, April 4th and Tuesday, April 5th.
2011 is a crucial year to get the fix needed to clear the backlogs and allow for our high skilled immigrants to get the relief needed. We need to capitalize on the opportunity to push for legislation now, as it is unlikely to have any favorable immigration bill to be brought for the next 2-3 years (Primary campaigns, Presidential campaigns will take priority).
IV’s vision is to hold more than 400 meetings with the legislator offices both in the House and the Senate. We will also be holding meetings with senior administration officials working on immigration issues. As a grassroots organization we need members from all across the country to register, participate in the advocacy event, bring awareness on our issues and seek a positive vote on our provisions from the legislators.
We aim to resolve this issue but we cannot do it alone and therefore it is imperative for everyone, and by that we mean EVERY ONE to participate in one way or the other. If you wanted to be a part of the past events but couldn’t, then now is your chance to make your voices heard and fight for a fair system and just process. Always remember, we are in United States at the invitation of our employers and our employers have filed our green card petitions in order to retain us. It is only fair and only just to ask for a system that achieves that objective without delays and without putting the immigrants in probationary limbo for 6-12 years. And it is your obligation to yourself and your family to stand up for your rights and ask Congress to legislate and fix the system so that it works the way it was originally intended to work.
Our previous efforts such as the June Advocacy 2010, September Advocacy and Rally 2007, Flower campaign, San Jose Rally, and many intermediary mini advocacy events in DC has allowed us to be one step closer to the goal. We need to make this upcoming event as a final push for reform. The President’s STOU address and feedback from Lawmaker meetings have provided us the encouragement to pursue this endeavor. As many of our members know, the efforts in our last advocacy days are consequential in how we are perceived by the lawmaker offices. IV calls upon members who participated previously to provide their input on the need for advocacy efforts and persuade many others to join in.
Immigration Voice will arrange for meetings, advocacy material, and other logistics necessary for all the events during the Advocacy Days. All you have to do is show up. We request our members to come in on Saturday, April 2nd for orientation and training. Please make arrangements to carpool (for driving distances), book airline tickets, and contact friends in DC/MD area to host you. IV will not sponsor your travel and stay for this event. We expect each one of you to take the initiative and stand up for yourself and your family and use this opportunity to ask lawmakers to act on high-skilled immigration issue.
Our efforts have to be of a massive scale, we need members from every State to participate in the event. To be successful we need more than 200 members attending meetings. We also need to know in advance on your attendance. Please take the time to talk to your employers, arrange for a leave of absence, and register for the event as soon as possible. Make every possible attempt to be in DC.
To conduct such an effort, IV also needs contributions. Our estimated cost is around $50,000 for the event. We need generous contributions from our members, especially from members who are unable to make it to the DC event. To be clear, all one time contributions starting from February 1st will be considered as a contribution to the advocacy event. All the recurring donations will continue to go towards Donor forum access. Our advocacy event costs will be on top of our regular costs and we need to pay for both.
Please register here. (http://immigrationvoice.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=80&Itemid=36)
Poster to spread the word.. (http://immigrationvoice.org/wiki/images/a/a7/Myposter.pdf)
Other details are to follow.
IV Team.
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Saralayar
07-13 08:18 PM
Item 4 must be dropped. There is this major misconception about Indians being able to afford housing more than others - No! HUD shows that compared to other communities only 4% of Indian immigrants own a home.
Sometime back some other person on the forum wanted USCIS to give GCs if candidate buys a home - what a foolish idea. He thought it would help the economy. How? Buy if you can't afford and then go into foreclosure?
Rest of the points are fine except I don't think involving social security is this is going to fly! Too sensitive a topic.
Yours is misconception. How can you decide that this is only for Indians?
Sometime back some other person on the forum wanted USCIS to give GCs if candidate buys a home - what a foolish idea. He thought it would help the economy. How? Buy if you can't afford and then go into foreclosure?
Rest of the points are fine except I don't think involving social security is this is going to fly! Too sensitive a topic.
Yours is misconception. How can you decide that this is only for Indians?
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neelu
12-17 12:59 AM
mr_dasari, prathapmd
Thanks
Thanks Vicks_don!
Welcome to IV, Mr_dasari and prathapmd!
We are glad you are part of IV. As you might have understood, IV is all about US!
Please become involved. Join the Add ONE member campaign. If you know someone who is going thru GC pain, please introduce him/her to IV, by Dec. 31st.
Again, welcome.
Thank you.
Neelu
Thanks
Thanks Vicks_don!
Welcome to IV, Mr_dasari and prathapmd!
We are glad you are part of IV. As you might have understood, IV is all about US!
Please become involved. Join the Add ONE member campaign. If you know someone who is going thru GC pain, please introduce him/her to IV, by Dec. 31st.
Again, welcome.
Thank you.
Neelu
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amitjoey
01-19 11:44 AM
To All Free Riders
please tell us what is stopping you from not contributing
1) Faith in IV -- Look at what they have done till now ( we all know about it )
2) Just too Lazy to contribute - Shame on you !! your Advance Degrees and High paying jobs your BMW or Audi are no use if you ask me ( junk)
3) too stingy to contribute-- Shame on you again 20$ you save now will result in 20k Loss in the future be prepared
4) Do not Care -- Too Bad its now or never ( many fall here i thing ) they just want to njoy the results
Come up with your Problems and We will try to help you out
Sam, one more 5) new to IV, no trust.
please tell us what is stopping you from not contributing
1) Faith in IV -- Look at what they have done till now ( we all know about it )
2) Just too Lazy to contribute - Shame on you !! your Advance Degrees and High paying jobs your BMW or Audi are no use if you ask me ( junk)
3) too stingy to contribute-- Shame on you again 20$ you save now will result in 20k Loss in the future be prepared
4) Do not Care -- Too Bad its now or never ( many fall here i thing ) they just want to njoy the results
Come up with your Problems and We will try to help you out
Sam, one more 5) new to IV, no trust.
girlfriend #39;Mission Impossible: Ghost
my2cents
10-21 02:41 PM
Base Assumptions:
EB2 ratio (Pre PERM) 30% Before PERM came, PD was almost current and nobody cared for EB3 or EB2
EB3 ratio (Pre PERM) 70%
EB2 ratio (Post PERM) 50% After PERM, retrogression, people jumped on take advantage on EB2
EB3 ratio (Post PERM) 50%
Dependant 2.1
Indian National Ratio 60%
Total Labor Calculations
Approval Rate Total Comments Source
Backlog 363000 60% 217800 Before Mar 2005 http://www.murthy.com/news/n_relper.html
PERM 171000 75% 128250 Mar 2005- Mar 07 http://www.immigration.com/newsletter1/dolstatperm.pdf
Total Labor (Approved) 217800 Pre PERM only
Indian National 130680
Total EB3 91476
Total Eb2 39204
Yearly allocation in % EB3 (total 485 applications) EB2 (total 485 Appl.) Total 485 Pending for Indian National
2001 10 19210 8233 27443
2002 20 38420 16466 54886
2003 30 57630 24699 82328
2004 35 67235 28815 96050
2005 (Before march) 5 9605 4116 13721
Mar 2005- Mar 2007 100% 80798 80798 161595
Total EB pending for Indian 436023
EB2 ratio (Pre PERM) 30% Before PERM came, PD was almost current and nobody cared for EB3 or EB2
EB3 ratio (Pre PERM) 70%
EB2 ratio (Post PERM) 50% After PERM, retrogression, people jumped on take advantage on EB2
EB3 ratio (Post PERM) 50%
Dependant 2.1
Indian National Ratio 60%
Total Labor Calculations
Approval Rate Total Comments Source
Backlog 363000 60% 217800 Before Mar 2005 http://www.murthy.com/news/n_relper.html
PERM 171000 75% 128250 Mar 2005- Mar 07 http://www.immigration.com/newsletter1/dolstatperm.pdf
Total Labor (Approved) 217800 Pre PERM only
Indian National 130680
Total EB3 91476
Total Eb2 39204
Yearly allocation in % EB3 (total 485 applications) EB2 (total 485 Appl.) Total 485 Pending for Indian National
2001 10 19210 8233 27443
2002 20 38420 16466 54886
2003 30 57630 24699 82328
2004 35 67235 28815 96050
2005 (Before march) 5 9605 4116 13721
Mar 2005- Mar 2007 100% 80798 80798 161595
Total EB pending for Indian 436023
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eastindia
09-29 10:52 AM
Every time someone comes up with something new they get shot down here by "certain" other members. They try to find reasons to say it was a bad idea rather than saying something constructive. Give this guy a chance.
You can also start a new thread with an idea. There is no stopping of ideas and evaluating ideas by others on the forum. It is just feedback that we give. One should be open to all kinds of feedback for an idea. Don't you get it in your own office?
You can also start a new thread with an idea. There is no stopping of ideas and evaluating ideas by others on the forum. It is just feedback that we give. One should be open to all kinds of feedback for an idea. Don't you get it in your own office?
sayantan76
04-10 09:26 PM
You are right. But many people came here at the middle of their carrier and they are struck here with their children education etc., They are bound to be here and there is no way. Further, in my country, there are still reservation policies in everything, which may prevent the kids in going in for the education line they like. I donot want to explain this more as I may be degrading my own mother country. In a nutshell, everyone who wish to be a citizen of this country will have lot of valid reasons for getting a citizenship in this country.
isn't the effect of reservation the same as the effect of affirmative action?
If your kid gets high scores in SAT but does not get into an ivy league college because your ethnicity is over-represented - but some other kid with much lower scores gets in (and its not a hypothetical scenario - happens every admission season and i sincerely hope does not happen to your loved ones).....where does that leave your logic??
i see your point that people do have their own reasons for desiring US citizenships - but sometimes its also important to take a step back and see what one is giving up!
isn't the effect of reservation the same as the effect of affirmative action?
If your kid gets high scores in SAT but does not get into an ivy league college because your ethnicity is over-represented - but some other kid with much lower scores gets in (and its not a hypothetical scenario - happens every admission season and i sincerely hope does not happen to your loved ones).....where does that leave your logic??
i see your point that people do have their own reasons for desiring US citizenships - but sometimes its also important to take a step back and see what one is giving up!
days_go_by
01-17 02:38 PM
It is also important for us to realize if we let go of this opportunity we could be in for a very very long wait.
When IV was not there, we had no hopes, no one could do anything, now IV and the volunteers have taken the initiative, least we can do is support them.
We all deserve a better life and more respect in this country.
Next few months are most critical for us, please take a step forward and contribute.
It is not a forever contribution, next 6 months are most important. You also have the option to cancel ur subscription when u want.
When IV was not there, we had no hopes, no one could do anything, now IV and the volunteers have taken the initiative, least we can do is support them.
We all deserve a better life and more respect in this country.
Next few months are most critical for us, please take a step forward and contribute.
It is not a forever contribution, next 6 months are most important. You also have the option to cancel ur subscription when u want.