Discussion
Thanks!
IsItACatInAHat said:
I'm currently beginning my application now (Also on a H1-B) - if you don't mind my asking, how long did it take from start to finish? And what grade(EB1/2/3) did you get?
Took about a year from filing - I was surprised it happened relatively quickly given the stories I've heard. And it was done as an EB2.
jimmyjimjim said:
Sounds like a lot of that was waiting for the priority date to become current; I was EB2, and took 2 1/2 months from I-485 receipt to approval letter, with my priority date being current when the I-485 was filed. About 10 months from PERM filling to approval letter.
You're probably right. I think the PERM filing was about a year ago but haven't got the actual date (left pretty much everything to the attorney!). Famous Graham - I'd get the process started as soon as possible. As others have said, it take a lot of the worry away...
Matt Harper said:
Ooops - mah byad.
Sorry if I got anyone outside of FL all revved-up about this. I wronly assumed that this was a part of more widespread property tax legislation - Homestead Exemption only applies in FL by the sound of things.
Depends on the state, loads of them have a reduction for the first home iirc.Sorry if I got anyone outside of FL all revved-up about this. I wronly assumed that this was a part of more widespread property tax legislation - Homestead Exemption only applies in FL by the sound of things.
(We have Homestead Exemption though! $300pa in council tax, beats the **** out of the UK where we were paying £1800pa).
Matt Harper said:
What? $300 a year? My property tax dropped from nearly $7k to around $3800 and I thought Homestead Exemption had done me a huge favor. Are you living under canvas?
1800 square feet (on third of an acre) half mile from the Gulf!(I genuinely don't know why it's so low. Should be at least $350.
)This is not meant to be a big balls boasting post but my property tax in the house I am moving into is around $24k. It is more than the bloody mortgage. I have not figured out why yet, the only justification is that the bins get emptied twice a week. I am in NJ and we have the highest property taxes in the US. I looked at a place in Sparta which was $800k to buy but $46k/year in taxes. The bigger properties were being priced out of the market by their tax.
h0b0 said:
This is not meant to be a big balls boasting post but my property tax in the house I am moving into is around $24k. It is more than the bloody mortgage. I have not figured out why yet .........
Each State grabs the money of its inmates by different methods.NJ has low income tax so we have tragic real estate tax.
A wealthyish friend of mine said he does not mind high R.E. Taxes as it prevents someone like me from moving in next door
Because of the high taxes I always check they have the right valuation of my property. In my county they use a multiplication factor to calculate value when compared to a historical date. They make it difficult to find the factor so it is hard to calculate. However, I took our taxes from $12k to less than $7k a couple of years ago by halving the assessed value.
OP congrats on the green card. I got my full card this year having been on a marriage card before. I'm now bringing over an employee on a visa and have been amazed how quickly it has gone. I heard things were getting quicker in immigration and it looks to be true.
OP congrats on the green card. I got my full card this year having been on a marriage card before. I'm now bringing over an employee on a visa and have been amazed how quickly it has gone. I heard things were getting quicker in immigration and it looks to be true.
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