EAD and AP Concurrent Filing

E-Filed I-765 applications can only be concurrently e-Filed with the following applications under the following conditions:

I-131 application, only if the I-765 beneficiary is requesting an Employment Authorization Document on the basis of a pending I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status ((c)(9) Eligibility Classification).


Please note: If you wish to concurrently e-File an I-765 with an I-131, you must fill out the I-765 first.

DO NOT E-FILE if you have a pending I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence Status or Adjust Status, currently at an USCIS office and you are eligible to file the I-765 for advance parole for no additional fee.

Filing Fee

The fee for e-Filing Form I-765 is $380. If a fee does not apply in your case, you will need to file using the paper I-765.

More Details:

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=c646065d85cee010VgnVCM1000000ecd190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=9059d9808bcbd010VgnVCM100000d1f1d6a1RCRD

Handle Criticism like Buddha.

“A man interrupted one of the Buddha’s lectures with a flood of abuse. Buddha waited until he had finished and then asked him, “If a man offered a gift to another but the gift was declined, to whom would the gift belong?”

“To the one who offered it,” said the man.

“Then,” said the Buddha, “I decline to accept your abuse and request you to keep it for yourself.”

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“Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing” - Aristotle

Medical Bills You Shouldn't Pay

If your doctor or hospital is unhappy with the payment it receives from your insurance company and decides to bill you for the balance, do you have to pay? Often, the answer is no. But, in the morass that is health care billing, plenty of people don’t know that. So they wind up paying anyway, BusinessWeek reports.

The practice is known as “balance billing,” and it’s been around for years. Forty-seven states ban in-network providers from billing insured patients beyond co-payments or co-insurance required by the plan, BusinessWeek says. And federal law prohibits balance billing for Medicare patients.

But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. An insurer recently sued a New Jersey medical practice for billing more than 8,000 patients between 2004 and 2006 for a total of $4.3 million. A judge ordered the practice to stop balance billing, and give refunds to patients. Quest Diagnostics, the country’s largest lab chain, has been investigated for balance billing,


Source:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_36/b4098040915634.htm

Workers’ compensation insurance for contractors

Q: I am a subcontractor. Do I have to carry coverage if I have no employees?

A: Not if the general contractor who hires you does not require coverage as a condition of employment of affording you the opportunity to work. If so, you would either need to produce a certificate of insurance for the general contractor or allow the general contractor to deduct workers’ compensation from what he pays you to do the work.

Q: I am a general contractor. Do I have to have workers’ compensation insurance?

A: Yes, if you have three (3) or more employees. However, you may want to contact the builder’s permit licensing department to see if you must carry coverage regardless of the number of employees you have in order to obtain a builder’s permit.

Note:

Ohio law requires employers with one or more employees to obtain workers’ compensation coverage or be granted the privilege of self-insurance for liabilities associated with work-related accidents or occupational diseases.

it varies state to state.