According to U.S. Immigration Laws, every employer must check to ensure all employees (regardless of citizenship or national origin) are permitted to work in the USA. If you are a non-US citizen or not a green card holder, or if you have no valid non-immigrant visa, such as L-1 or H-1B visa, you may need to apply for an EAD to prove that you can work in the U.S.

A..Apply for a new EAD. Make sure you apply well in advance, since processing may take several months. If you have never applied for Adjustment of Status, then you will be required to show that your initial I-130 petition is still awaiting approval, or, if the I-130 was approved, that you have applied for an immigrant visa at a U.S. Consulate. A..Yes, you can apply for an extension of status with the USCIS (INS).

The Applicant Home page will list all of the applications you have begun or have already submitted. The grid that is displayed has a column titled "Status" which displays the status of your application. When a user places the mouse over the status, some text will appear and provide a definition. Some of the statuses and their meaning include: Application Incomplete ? application is incomplete and must be updated and then resubmitted.

Using the online applicant site, you can login at any time using your user name and password. Looking at the left side menu bar, click on "Manage Jobs". You may verify the current status of your application for each position for which you have applied by reviewing the Status column provided on the Manage Jobs screen.

If you comply with the requirement to include an email address in your pre-application, you will receive an email within 30 days of the deadline date. See the RFA for further information. If selected to receive a fellowship, you will be contacted no later than May 31, 2007, and you should subsequently receive your award by July 20, 2007, for the fall term. Please note that this schedule may be changed without notification due to factors that were not anticipated at the time of announcement.

The committee will receive the applications shortly after the deadline passes. It usually takes about 2 weeks for the decision, and then the director will begin making contacts. If first round students do not accept the offer, then second round students will be contacted. This process sometimes takes until the end of April. If you have not heard anything by the first week of May, it probably means that someone else has been made an offer and we are waiting to hear back from him or her.

any point during the processing period, you can use your PIN to check the status of your FAFSA or to check on a correction you made to your FAFSA: Click on the first item in the right-hand column (under "FAFSA Follow-up"): "Check status of a submitted FAFSA or print Signature Page." Read the Check Status page, click on "Next" at the bottom of the page, then enter the information required.

We do not routinely acknowledge receipt of applications or supporting documents. People who apply online can go back into their online application and check for the number of recommmendations that have been received. Transcripts should be sent via express mail enabling you to follow via the tracking number provided by your express mail carrier. The website will not show admission decisions. The decision will be mailed to each student in late February.

EAD (or EAD card) is an Employment Authorization Document. It is similar in size and format to a driver's license. See the bottom edge of the EAD for an expiration date; after that date the holder is not authorized to be employed. EADs are issued to many types of nonimmigrants who have been given work authorization by the USCIS. Not everyone who is eligible to work has an EAD, however. Notable exceptions are H-1 and O-1 workers, and J-1 Exchange Visitors.

If the status of the application is "Draft", it means the application is incomplete and has not been submitted; and thus will not be reviewed. To submit it, click on the application and go to the Signature Tab. Once there, click the Submit button and ensure the status of the Application is now "Pending Verification" on the Applicant Home Page.

Applications logged into the DXCC computer system are listed on the DXCC Web site. Go to http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/appstatus.html. Wait a few seconds to allow the entire list to load then search for your callsign using your browser utilities. Callsigns are listed alpha-numerically. Next to the callsign is the date the application was mail-logged into the DXCC computer (This date can be as much as 4-7 days after actual receipt from the post office). No.

In eRA Commons, there is no ability to delegate and we would advise against sharing usernames and passwords. Since eRA Commons is a web interface, a PI does not have to be at the home institution to verify. Internet access is all that is needed.

Your account status information is available on your My Account page. If you have a subscription, it will be detailed on the right side, below your quota information.