09 September 2008

To Save $320 filing fee for getting new I-94 for the new Passport ?

Want to get New I-94 for the New Passport without leaving US ?

A friend of mine had Visa in his Passport till June 2011. When he entered US, he received I-94 till the Passport expiry date (i.e. some day in January 2009)

He got the New Passport through his Consulate Office in US and we want to get new I-94 till the valid Visa date(i.e. June 2011) based on the Old Passport.

We took him to Deferred Inspection Unit in Newark Airport in New Jersey (NJ). They simply just refused to give the new I-94 for the New Passport and they suggested to file form I-102 to USCIS with $320 fee.

We took appointment in Local USCIS Office to get I-94 through InfoPass facility in USCIS.They also suggested to file the same form I-102 to USCIS with $320 fee.

Finally, we called and went to Deferred Inspection Unit in JFK Airport in New York. They took the old I-94 and issued the New I-94 till the Visa Validity date (i.e. June 2011) with the same I-94 Number based on the old Passport.They have not charged any fee (no single penny).

Simply Not able to understand why the deferred inspection unit in Newark were unable to issue the new I-94 , while the same unit in JFK was able to issue new I-94 without any issues ?

Only USCIS has to correct and educate the functionalities performed in deferred inspection unit related to I-94 processing.

27 April 2008

Open Source - Business & Technical Drawings - Dia

Don't worry if you cannot afford to use Microsoft Visio for creating Business & Technical Drawings for your Application. Use the Free Open Source Dia application for creating the business and UML diagrams at free of cost.It is available for windows and lunix version.

21 April 2008

Papal Visit to Newyork

Papal (Pope Benedict XVI) Visit to Newyork on 19 April 2008

23 February 2008

Free Online Photo Editing Tool - Fotoflexer

Wanna to edit the Images online ? Checkout the great tool which is available online @ free of cost http://fotoflexer.com/. No need to download any Exe file.

It is a great tool which performs equivalent of Adobe Photoshop.

After editing, You can upload directly to Flickr, Picasa, Facebook, Yahoo through the tool.

02 June 2007

Free Calls to India

Using jaxtr , We can make free phone calls to any where in the world.We would need the internet only for the first time to make a call and then you can use regular phone.

Here is the procedure to make phone call from US to India :-

1. Create a user account for someone in your country (say India) at www.jaxtr.com
2. Add India phone to this account. Before you activate, call them on another line and tell the passcode to activate the added number. They will get a call on the added number and need to enter the passcode.
3. Uncheck the box on Home page that says "Receive calls only from people I approve".
4. Logout
5. Access the url created above. i.e. if user name is "tester", the url is www.jaxtr.com/tester
6. Click on Call me free. Provide your US number. It will call you first and then to India number. When the call is ended you will get a US long distance number(Chicago area code 773) that you can use for further calls. i.e. dialing a US long distance number connects you to India.


Unlimited Calling Indian Cell Phone From US @ Zero Cents :-


(1) Create a Login. Select India and Type the Indian Cell Phone Number and Enter the Confirmation Code.

Enter the 2 digit Confirmation Code in the Indian Cell phone and make sure that the Number gets activated successfully. (jaxtr right now works only with indian cell phone and not with Land Lines in india)

Uncheck the checkbox in the "Receive calls only from people I approve" item in the Home Menu.


(2) Repeat the above steps for the another new login for a US Cell phone.

(3) Save the Email Addresses for the above Two Accounts in your address book of yahoo or gmail or msn.

(4) Login into the account which activated with US cell phone. Click on "Friends" Menu and Click "Find your friends on jaxtr". Login into the Account which contains the 2 EMail Addresses which are saved in Address book (as in step 3)


Then Click "view jaxtr links of friends". You will see the jaxtr link of your friend in "Friends on jaxtr" menu.

Click on the link for your friend (which is related to indian cell phone number) and Select US and enter the US number. AFter calling, 10 digit US cell phone will be created and it will be displayed . After that call the 10 digit number connects to the indian cell phone number directly.