Approvals

[veni001]

Friends... we created this dedicated website for our blog.

WELCOME HERE!! AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGE IN A MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION THAT WILL HELP ALL OF OUR VISITORS!!

Great and Congratulations!!

[skpanda]

A quick note. Sometime in last couple of hours this thread surpassed 300K views. What's interesting is we had passed 200K just on 24th May. So the next 100K came in just 22 days!

Thanks to all contributors for a meaningful, valuable and respectful dialogue. All the best!

Congratulations to all!! Way to go!

[TeddyKoochu]

Thanks to Q, Teedy, vini, spec and others for such wonderful info.

Last week i got my GC still can't resist reading this forum daily and help some of my friends.


Many Congratulations and enjoy your gren life. Please do keep reading and writing on this forum.

[Spectator]

Last week i got my GC still can't resist reading this forum daily and help some of my friends.

baba2s,

A bit late to the party, but many congratulations.

It must be a huge relief and a great weight off you mind!

[qblogfan]

Please send my best wishes to our source.

His help is really appreciated!

Congratulations to him.


Friends,

Our source is greened. He just received the card production notice. He is very thankful to this forum and to all of you. He will continue to help us in future. So dont be alarmed about anything.

One of the many interesting facts about him is he never had any lawyer EVER. Not that I would recommend that to anybody.. but its interesting that people do that. We wish him the very best and thank for his continued support!

[veni001]

Friends,

Our source is greened. He just received the card production notice. He is very thankful to this forum and to all of you. He will continue to help us in future. So dont be alarmed about anything.

One of the many interesting facts about him is he never had any lawyer EVER. Not that I would recommend that to anybody.. but its interesting that people do that. We wish him the very best and thank for his continued support!

Q,
Congratulations to our source. Have him enjoy his freedom.

[Spectator]

Hi all, approval email with PD Jan 23, 2007. Thanks for all the help. Hope this data point helps that they are covering all month cases in the first week itself.TexDBoy,

Congratulations. It must be an enormous relief!

[pch053]

Congratulations to you! It seems like we are seeing more and more approvals now.

[gccool]

nuvikas,
Congratulations!
Was it TSC or NSC?
Thanks!

[qesehmk]

Congratulations Amit and NuVikas!


Got green cards in the mail this evening.

Contacted the senator on 28th June, she confirmed that the card was approved on 1st July.

I strongly suggest that people who are current contact the senator this really help.

Amit


I was greened on 7/7. I called customer service and talked to a second level rep who confirmed that both my and my wife's cards were approved. EB2-I, Dec 2006 PD. Filed in Aug 2007. This is the best immigration related blog out there. Thanks for all you contribution.

[veni001]

Got the CPO (Card Production Ordered) email yesterday.
Priority Date: 12/27/2006
Country: India
Service Centre: TSC

Thanks to all the gurus who gave us peace of mind, especially Q, Teddy, Spec, Veni001.....I have been following Q and Teddy from immigrationvoice......and I want to thank them for their contribution......all the best to rest of the folks....hope you guys get greened pretty soon.

getgreened2010,
Congratulations.

[srinivasj]

Congratulations Q..learnt a lot from you and everyone on this website as well as from the initial thread on IV from which this site was born...

[imdeng]

Congratulations to Q and others who are current now. Our optimistic scenarios have not materialized - but at least we still have positive movement. There is another VB to go before the dust settled on this FY and I hope more people will get current. My PD is too far for the VB of today to have made much difference as long as visas are not being wasted. I was hoping for a pipeline intake so that people get at least EAD/AP relief and we get some visibility regarding demand after 07/07.

Isn't it sad that this FY we received the highest SOFAD ever and still the dates have moved less than a year overall.

[qblogfan]

Congratulations! I remember when the first time I visited this site it only had 65 pages.

Two months later we have 169 pages!



Thanks Spec. Keeping fingers crossed.

On another note I just want to thank everybody for their positive attitude on this site. Some people may have noticed that our thread just passed half million views this morning. It means a lot to me given that we started from scratch. I was not sure if we would be able to serve as many people as we are serving today. But I was unhappy enough about IV that I took the step of going aware from it anyway. Today I feel happy that we had 385 users hitting the site at teh same time. Just yesterday there were 26000 views. I am sure it was more than what IV received today and yesterday. I do wish them well. However, I can't and don't want to hide the pride and joy of this.

More than numbers, whats important is that people do it by and large in a cooperative and respectful manner. Some people may be thinking that its my personal quest or business enterprise or whatever. And I wouldn't deny that. I don't know where this will go. But I am confident of one thing - that I derive happiness out of helping and sharing and so do a lot of other people on this site. And while we have done that ... we have also donated more (literally) than we have earned through advertisement. So all in all its all goodness. I really appreciate eveyrbody;s support and contribution. Even if you have made a single post ... you have contributed positively to this forum. So thank you just for that.

[pch053]

Yes, it means that you I 485 has been approved and you will receive the green card in your mail soon. Congratulations!

[Monica12]

Guys,

What does this mean? Does it mean my case has been approved?

Card/ Document Production

"On July 14, 2011, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you. If you move before you receive the card, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283."

Congratulations ! yes, looks like you are approved !!!

[pravara]

Congratulations ! yes, looks like you are approved !!!

Thanks guys - I had to pinch myself twice when I got the text which I was driving home. And then, the same text came again at around 11 PM. Its still sinking in; there is still wait for my wife to get approved (as dependant), but this one hurdle crossed seems like 200 lbs off my shoulders.

I am praying that EVERYONE irrespective of category and country get greened soon, so that we can all get on with our lives. I would be more than happy if they will hand over this card to a Mongolian student who is setting his foot in this country for the first time on the first day - this wait is unbearable. Good luck to all.

Best
-P

[qesehmk]

victorian congratulations on being current and thanks for the offer. Honestly currently we don't do anything that requires donations. This site and hosting and all is really affordable to any one of us. But thanks again for the offer and best wishes for getting the cards next month ASAP.


I don't think BTM quite conveys the sentiment. It should be Big Ass Movement aka BAM!

Sorry, that is about as much as my intellect allows me to contribute here.

Congratulations to Q and all others who are current in the Aug Bulletin (including me, WOOOT!!). Good luck to all others in the Sept bulletin. This site is my go to source for all news/analysis/questions GC related. Thanks for everything and do let us know if/when you start accepting donations.

P.S - Nice handling of the troll there, Q. My suggestion - Do not feed the Troll.

[veni001]

my inbox has an email from uscis stating 485 application was approved yesterday. my new avatar reflects my mood.
Thanks to everyone in this forum for keeping my hopes alive in this long awful journey.

PD: March 7, 2007
NSC
Opened SR on Friday, July 15. Do not know if sr helped or not. I wish you all good luck and hoping that everyone gets through without any hassles or delays.

angryclubs,
Congratulations.

[Spectator]

angryclubs,

Many, many congratulations!!!

[TeddyKoochu]

my inbox has an email from uscis stating 485 application was approved yesterday. my new avatar reflects my mood.
Thanks to everyone in this forum for keeping my hopes alive in this long awful journey.

PD: March 7, 2007
NSC
Opened SR on Friday, July 15. Do not know if sr helped or not. I wish you all good luck and hoping that everyone gets through without any hassles or delays.

Many congratulations on your approval.


Spec/Q/ Veni

Will the surge in I-140 approvals have an impact on the latest predicitions of 4-10K visas for Sept?

Regards
Nat

The dashboard seems to more of a front-end for management reporting. We saw a document that showed the I485 approvals / completions were more than the receipts while I140 it was the opposite. So looks like they focused on I140 more after that. Essentially 50% of EB2 ROW and EB1 are filed concurrently if I140 processing rate goes up then most of these cases will see approval in FY 2011 This will reduce the SOFAD this year but make it a little better next year. Essentially the backlog of Eb2 ROW and EB1 will get cleared if it gets done sooner than in the current year we see less SOFAD else next year. Recently one of my friends got his I140 approval in 3 months so not all cases are taking as long as the processing time on the site.

[qesehmk]

BamBam - Congratulations! Joy when shared increases.


My dear friends,

Thanks for everything that you do. Thanks for keeping me sane for the last couple of months. Freedom Express has arrived for me today.




Based on my understanding, Mr.Co said 7k will be applied to EB2 China/India.

qbf - to be honest while I do believe its possible - I doubt CO will say it so clearly. In terms of disclosing useful information he is only next to Alan Greenspan.


The SOFAD figure below is for India alone and represents the average amount EB2-I receives over the years. It is based on a demand of 16,000 a year.

Spec ... a very interesting statistic I will tell you ... if you look at the historical (i.e. 2000 till date) EB2I approvals and add the 2011 backlog of EB2I. The total number comes exactly to 16K per year. So it means while demand is 16K per year, EB2I also sees approvals of 16K per year over extended periods. So EB2I will most likely never be current as a category but the great news is they will always get GC in 4-5 years start to finish as long as no other category's demand increases in a fundamental manner.


Pdmar08,
I thought you were referring to Kevin Pietersen for a moment.
Bloody fine knock! (as the English might say)
Can the Little Master respond?
Spec ... are you aware Little MAster is "Sunil Gavaskar" not "Tendulkar". That point beside.... I feel happy as well as lucky to have such a community we have built. The way people react and respond and share to help others - proves that given a chance people generally are good and of helping nature. Lets keep it that way.

[nishant2200]

You missed my post! I got an approval email!

Excellent. Congratulations buddy. enjoy. pray for rest of us.

[victorian]

Excellent. Congratulations buddy. enjoy. pray for rest of us.

This is curious. Now, my status has gone back to "Decision" from "Document/Card Production"

Here is the text -

On August 2, 2011, we mailed you a notice that we had registered this customer's new permanent resident status. Please follow any instructions on the notice. Your new permanent resident card should be mailed within 60 days following this registration or after you complete any ADIT processing referred to in the welcome notice, whichever is later.
During this step the formal decision (approved/denied) is written and the decision notice is mailed and/or emailed to the applicant/petitioner. You can use our current processing time to gauge when you can expect to receive a final decision.

I guess this means that my case is still not approved? Anyone have any insight?

[TeddyKoochu]

This is curious. Now, my status has gone back to "Decision" from "Document/Card Production"

Here is the text -

On August 2, 2011, we mailed you a notice that we had registered this customer's new permanent resident status. Please follow any instructions on the notice. Your new permanent resident card should be mailed within 60 days following this registration or after you complete any ADIT processing referred to in the welcome notice, whichever is later.
During this step the formal decision (approved/denied) is written and the decision notice is mailed and/or emailed to the applicant/petitioner. You can use our current processing time to gauge when you can expect to receive a final decision.

I guess this means that my case is still not approved? Anyone have any insight?

Many congratulations to you and thanks for sharing the good news with all of us. This movement of status is normal, I read on Trackitt the status going back to document/card production means that your GC is in the mail These days they send it by priority mail you should have it by the weekend. To be sure about the address you should call USCIS and get the USPS tracking number that the card is going to the correct address. Rest assured that you are approved.

[qesehmk]

I finally got greened. I have been regular visitor on this forum since it started

Congrats! Thanks for sharing.


Hi,

My employer has not given my PERM and I-140 documents. Intially they said my PD is XX-XX-XXXX and now they are saying different date. How can i get my documents copy.
If I am not wrong we can use G-639 form to get information from USCIS. If yes please let me know to which address we need to send this form.

Thanks in advance.
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=34139c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCR D&vgnextchannel=34139c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1 RCRD


Q, I have been reading old IV posts, the original EB2-EB3 Predictions thread. I kind of wanted to see the legacy and how this blog took birth. A lot of things make sense to me now.

Thanks for making this a safe haven for fellow aspirants, to freely, speak their minds, and understand this intricate process. To not fear asking questions. To not burn anyone on the stake.


Nishant, sometimes I just feel plain lucky that people liked objective analysis and then they felt it worthwhile to join hands and actively contribute. Many from the beginning continue to participate. Especially Teddy, who still runs a great thread on IV by the same name and of course is our Guru as well :)

[qesehmk]

Great. Congrats to him. I think he can show his H1 while entering. But they can see his GC approved in their system and probably will grant entry based on his 485.


Hi Gurus
My brother just received the green card yesterday and he is in China.
Can he travel on his valid H1B or does he needs to show the Green Card while entering US back.

Thank U

[sc09876]

One thing we cant say is "Congratulations to all who became current this month"!!!....Wait for the next time.. Time to congratulate our EB3 folks who became current this month :)

[qesehmk]

Friends,

Received USCIS email that mine and wife's permanent residency was registered!! Finally - after almost 11 years in this country, an MBA and 2 terrific kids!

I feel incredibly blessed for receiving tons of wishes and friendship from this blog. Trust me, cherish this blog/forum as dearly as the GC received today. So I won't be going anywhere. However as some of you have rightly said, it is time to change things a bit and push a reset button and rearrange things. So will discuss with other Gurus how to best do this.

I do feel quite passionate about our mission and the mission stays the same. Some of the ideas propped up in the morning are seriously good. May be we should seriously think about having a good formal link with CO's office. I am sure we can give it a serious try.

Meanwhile here is the chronology that some of you may find useful:

Aug 3 (Wed) - Wrote a letter to senior senator from the state.
Aug 8 (Mon) - Case was approved (but I didn't know)
Aug 9 (Tue) - USCIS mailed me decision (but I didn't know)
Aug 10 (Wed) 10:00 am - Opened an SR. Learned Case is approved on Monday
Aug 10 (Wed) 12:30 pm - Received email as well as online status updated to "Decision". Waiting for cards in the mail.

My best wishes and heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for standing for yourself AND for each other on this forum!! All the best!!

[kd2008]

Super Congratulations!!!!

[gcseeker]

Q

Hearty congratulations.Let the pleasure be mine of congratulating you first . Awesome well deserved greening and I am glad you decided to go nowhere and stay around.

Enjoy the moment, have an blast.


Friends,

Received USCIS email that mine and wife's permanent residency was registered!! Finally - after almost 11 years in this country, an MBA and 2 terrific kids!

I feel incredibly blessed for receiving tons of wishes and friendship from this blog. Trust me, cherish this blog/forum as dearly as the GC received today. So I won't be going anywhere. However as some of you have rightly said, it is time to change things a bit and push a reset button and rearrange things. So will discuss with other Gurus how to best do this.

I do feel quite passionate about our mission and the mission stays the same. Some of the ideas propped up in the morning are seriously good. May be we should seriously think about having a good formal link with CO's office. I am sure we can give it a serious try.

Meanwhile here is the chronology that some of you may find useful:

Aug 3 (Wed) - Wrote a letter to senior senator from the state.
Aug 8 (Mon) - Case was approved (but I didn't know)
Aug 9 (Tue) - USCIS mailed me decision (but I didn't know)
Aug 10 (Wed) 10:00 am - Opened an SR. Learned Case is approved on Monday
Aug 10 (Wed) 12:30 pm - Received email as well as online status updated to "Decision". Waiting for cards in the mail.

My best wishes and heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for standing for yourself AND for each other on this forum!! All the best!!

[soggadu]

Friends,

Received USCIS email that mine and wife's permanent residency was registered!! Finally - after almost 11 years in this country, an MBA and 2 terrific kids!

I feel incredibly blessed for receiving tons of wishes and friendship from this blog. Trust me, cherish this blog/forum as dearly as the GC received today. So I won't be going anywhere. However as some of you have rightly said, it is time to change things a bit and push a reset button and rearrange things. So will discuss with other Gurus how to best do this.

I do feel quite passionate about our mission and the mission stays the same. Some of the ideas propped up in the morning are seriously good. May be we should seriously think about having a good formal link with CO's office. I am sure we can give it a serious try.

Meanwhile here is the chronology that some of you may find useful:

Aug 3 (Wed) - Wrote a letter to senior senator from the state.
Aug 8 (Mon) - Case was approved (but I didn't know)
Aug 9 (Tue) - USCIS mailed me decision (but I didn't know)
Aug 10 (Wed) 10:00 am - Opened an SR. Learned Case is approved on Monday
Aug 10 (Wed) 12:30 pm - Received email as well as online status updated to "Decision". Waiting for cards in the mail.

My best wishes and heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for standing for yourself AND for each other on this forum!! All the best!!

Congratulations big bro... i am very happy for you and your family...i think i should change my avatar for a day in your honor .... :-)

[neospeed]

Friends,

Received USCIS email that mine and wife's permanent residency was registered!! Finally - after almost 11 years in this country, an MBA and 2 terrific kids!

I feel incredibly blessed for receiving tons of wishes and friendship from this blog. Trust me, cherish this blog/forum as dearly as the GC received today. So I won't be going anywhere. However as some of you have rightly said, it is time to change things a bit and push a reset button and rearrange things. So will discuss with other Gurus how to best do this.

I do feel quite passionate about our mission and the mission stays the same. Some of the ideas propped up in the morning are seriously good. May be we should seriously think about having a good formal link with CO's office. I am sure we can give it a serious try.

Meanwhile here is the chronology that some of you may find useful:

Aug 3 (Wed) - Wrote a letter to senior senator from the state.
Aug 8 (Mon) - Case was approved (but I didn't know)
Aug 9 (Tue) - USCIS mailed me decision (but I didn't know)
Aug 10 (Wed) 10:00 am - Opened an SR. Learned Case is approved on Monday
Aug 10 (Wed) 12:30 pm - Received email as well as online status updated to "Decision". Waiting for cards in the mail.

My best wishes and heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for standing for yourself AND for each other on this forum!! All the best!!

WOW congrates Q. You are in Green Q now :)

[Spectator]

Q,

Super, fantastic, fabulous!!!!!!!!

Great news to hear. Don't drink too much tonight.

Many, many congratulations.

PS Don't forget to update Trackitt, so this momentous event can be officially recorded in my figures.

[vedu]

Congratulations, Q! Great news, indeed.

[SChowdary]

Congrats Q!!!!!

[08OCT2008]

Congratulations !!

[indiaeb2]

Q - Great news. Enjoy this moment and thanks for sharing. Please like always provide your valuable thoughts.

[BamBam]

Congratulations Q!!!

[GK1234]

Congratulations Q! God bless you and your family. Enjoy your freedom to the best. :-)

[skpanda]

Congratulations Q... Thank you for your great job on this forum and your decision to continue to help the community on this forum.

[qblogfan]

Congratulations!

It's great news!


Friends,

Received USCIS email that mine and wife's permanent residency was registered!! Finally - after almost 11 years in this country, an MBA and 2 terrific kids!

I feel incredibly blessed for receiving tons of wishes and friendship from this blog. Trust me, cherish this blog/forum as dearly as the GC received today. So I won't be going anywhere. However as some of you have rightly said, it is time to change things a bit and push a reset button and rearrange things. So will discuss with other Gurus how to best do this.

I do feel quite passionate about our mission and the mission stays the same. Some of the ideas propped up in the morning are seriously good. May be we should seriously think about having a good formal link with CO's office. I am sure we can give it a serious try.

Meanwhile here is the chronology that some of you may find useful:

Aug 3 (Wed) - Wrote a letter to senior senator from the state.
Aug 8 (Mon) - Case was approved (but I didn't know)
Aug 9 (Tue) - USCIS mailed me decision (but I didn't know)
Aug 10 (Wed) 10:00 am - Opened an SR. Learned Case is approved on Monday
Aug 10 (Wed) 12:30 pm - Received email as well as online status updated to "Decision". Waiting for cards in the mail.

My best wishes and heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for standing for yourself AND for each other on this forum!! All the best!!

[iamdeb]

Congrats Q! You rock buddy.

[Spectator]

On a lighter vein, my minds eye view of what Q looks like has suddenly become the spitting image of Shrek!

I can't shake it for the moment.

Perhaps that should be his new avatar. ;)

[needid]

Congrats Q. You are crowd puller. keep doing good stuff.

[vishnu]

Q - may the blessings of maha vishnu be with you :) :P

[qesehmk]

Dear All,

Thanks again. As I said I truly cherish these wishes. Pls continue the good discussion. Don't mean to hog the bandwidth. Adios for the day from my side. Signing off for today.

p.s. - Soggadu, you really changed your Avatar!! Appreciate it!

[nishant2200]

Lots of best wishes Q. Take the day off, from both office work and us :)

[memk26]

Q- A hearty congralutaions to you. atleast a good news in this moment make us happy.
Enjoy your day :)

[TeddyKoochu]

Dear All,

Thanks again. As I said I truly cherish these wishes. Pls continue the good discussion. Don't mean to hog the bandwidth. Adios for the day from my side. Signing off for today.

p.s. - Soggadu, you really changed your Avatar!! Appreciate it!

Q Many Many Congratulations to you and your family on the approvals. It’s a day of enormous happiness and joy for you and all of us here. Enjoy this day to the fullest it’s the end of a long journey.

[srini1976]

Congrats Q,

You truly deserve it. All the Best


Friends,

Received USCIS email that mine and wife's permanent residency was registered!! Finally - after almost 11 years in this country, an MBA and 2 terrific kids!

I feel incredibly blessed for receiving tons of wishes and friendship from this blog. Trust me, cherish this blog/forum as dearly as the GC received today. So I won't be going anywhere. However as some of you have rightly said, it is time to change things a bit and push a reset button and rearrange things. So will discuss with other Gurus how to best do this.

I do feel quite passionate about our mission and the mission stays the same. Some of the ideas propped up in the morning are seriously good. May be we should seriously think about having a good formal link with CO's office. I am sure we can give it a serious try.

Meanwhile here is the chronology that some of you may find useful:

Aug 3 (Wed) - Wrote a letter to senior senator from the state.
Aug 8 (Mon) - Case was approved (but I didn't know)
Aug 9 (Tue) - USCIS mailed me decision (but I didn't know)
Aug 10 (Wed) 10:00 am - Opened an SR. Learned Case is approved on Monday
Aug 10 (Wed) 12:30 pm - Received email as well as online status updated to "Decision". Waiting for cards in the mail.

My best wishes and heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for standing for yourself AND for each other on this forum!! All the best!!

[mvinayam]

Congratulations Q :)

[leo07]

Congratulations Q!!!

[Pdmar08]

Q,
Congrats. The work that you (and others too) have done on this blog is great. This blog has brought all of us together and though we dont know each other in person feels like we know each other well. And most important its very sane which is a testament to you and other gurus. Sit back for a moment and reflect on all the years, or go to the nearest border crossing and make the first U turn aross the border and come back....just for kicks.

I had a question/suggestion, can we have a separate thread that will help people with things to prepare for filing I485. I can find resources that will provide list of documents and all somewhere on the internet or from mylawyer but my concern is around getting medical records etc. I talked to my friend and he suggested i get all my medical records and have them handy along with vaccination records. Now i m not sure if my parents or I have these and what do others do.
Since we have a forum here of people who have recently gone thru the same(or may be not recently back in 2007) or would be going thru it now it might help others. My time is still far away. But i feel it might also give a reason for poeple to come back to the blog.
If something like tihs already exists can you point me to the same?





Friends,

Received USCIS email that mine and wife's permanent residency was registered!! Finally - after almost 11 years in this country, an MBA and 2 terrific kids!

I feel incredibly blessed for receiving tons of wishes and friendship from this blog. Trust me, cherish this blog/forum as dearly as the GC received today. So I won't be going anywhere. However as some of you have rightly said, it is time to change things a bit and push a reset button and rearrange things. So will discuss with other Gurus how to best do this.

I do feel quite passionate about our mission and the mission stays the same. Some of the ideas propped up in the morning are seriously good. May be we should seriously think about having a good formal link with CO's office. I am sure we can give it a serious try.

Meanwhile here is the chronology that some of you may find useful:

Aug 3 (Wed) - Wrote a letter to senior senator from the state.
Aug 8 (Mon) - Case was approved (but I didn't know)
Aug 9 (Tue) - USCIS mailed me decision (but I didn't know)
Aug 10 (Wed) 10:00 am - Opened an SR. Learned Case is approved on Monday
Aug 10 (Wed) 12:30 pm - Received email as well as online status updated to "Decision". Waiting for cards in the mail.

My best wishes and heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for standing for yourself AND for each other on this forum!! All the best!!

[sc09876]

Congrats Q.

[RRRRRR]

Congratulations Q, enjoy rest of the day

[cantwaitlonger]

Congratulations Q! 11 years is a long time and gives me inspiration to keep my hopes alive.
I'm sure your services in this forum are highly valued - look forward to your continued contributions!

[Sandeep2011]

Friends,

Received USCIS email that mine and wife's permanent residency was registered!! Finally - after almost 11 years in this country, an MBA and 2 terrific kids!

I feel incredibly blessed for receiving tons of wishes and friendship from this blog. Trust me, cherish this blog/forum as dearly as the GC received today. So I won't be going anywhere. However as some of you have rightly said, it is time to change things a bit and push a reset button and rearrange things. So will discuss with other Gurus how to best do this.

I do feel quite passionate about our mission and the mission stays the same. Some of the ideas propped up in the morning are seriously good. May be we should seriously think about having a good formal link with CO's office. I am sure we can give it a serious try.

Meanwhile here is the chronology that some of you may find useful:

Aug 3 (Wed) - Wrote a letter to senior senator from the state.
Aug 8 (Mon) - Case was approved (but I didn't know)
Aug 9 (Tue) - USCIS mailed me decision (but I didn't know)
Aug 10 (Wed) 10:00 am - Opened an SR. Learned Case is approved on Monday
Aug 10 (Wed) 12:30 pm - Received email as well as online status updated to "Decision". Waiting for cards in the mail.

My best wishes and heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for standing for yourself AND for each other on this forum!! All the best!!

Congratulations Q. I cannot thank you enough for the support that you provide to me and other friends through this forum.

[srinivasj]

congratulations Q...you have been great in providing clarity about this GC processing to many people along with other great forum members..followed the blog from IV to here...keep up the good work...wish you all the best..

[pch053]

Congratulations, Q and all the best for future endeavors. One silver lining from this long wait during this green card process is it has helped all of us make new friends through web who share common interest about the immigration process. This website has played the perfect role in sharing the knowledge amongst all people who are going through this process. Whatever I have learned about the details of green card procedure, I attribute it to this wondrous blog (and the people participating in this blog).

[10102007]

Congratulations Mr. Q.

It feels good to imagine how you must have felt after receiving the news. Feel happy for you that you have finally been liberated.

All the very best.

[sandeep11]

Congratulations to you and your family!!!!!!!!!Good Luck.


Friends,

Received USCIS email that mine and wife's permanent residency was registered!! Finally - after almost 11 years in this country, an MBA and 2 terrific kids!

I feel incredibly blessed for receiving tons of wishes and friendship from this blog. Trust me, cherish this blog/forum as dearly as the GC received today. So I won't be going anywhere. However as some of you have rightly said, it is time to change things a bit and push a reset button and rearrange things. So will discuss with other Gurus how to best do this.

I do feel quite passionate about our mission and the mission stays the same. Some of the ideas propped up in the morning are seriously good. May be we should seriously think about having a good formal link with CO's office. I am sure we can give it a serious try.

Meanwhile here is the chronology that some of you may find useful:

Aug 3 (Wed) - Wrote a letter to senior senator from the state.
Aug 8 (Mon) - Case was approved (but I didn't know)
Aug 9 (Tue) - USCIS mailed me decision (but I didn't know)
Aug 10 (Wed) 10:00 am - Opened an SR. Learned Case is approved on Monday
Aug 10 (Wed) 12:30 pm - Received email as well as online status updated to "Decision". Waiting for cards in the mail.

My best wishes and heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for standing for yourself AND for each other on this forum!! All the best!!

[rahil1]

Congratulations

[bieber]

Q, congrats to you and your wife (assumed your kids are citizens already)

[nayekal]

Friends,

Received USCIS email that mine and wife's permanent residency was registered!! Finally - after almost 11 years in this country, an MBA and 2 terrific kids!

I feel incredibly blessed for receiving tons of wishes and friendship from this blog. Trust me, cherish this blog/forum as dearly as the GC received today. So I won't be going anywhere. However as some of you have rightly said, it is time to change things a bit and push a reset button and rearrange things. So will discuss with other Gurus how to best do this.

I do feel quite passionate about our mission and the mission stays the same. Some of the ideas propped up in the morning are seriously good. May be we should seriously think about having a good formal link with CO's office. I am sure we can give it a serious try.

Meanwhile here is the chronology that some of you may find useful:

Aug 3 (Wed) - Wrote a letter to senior senator from the state.
Aug 8 (Mon) - Case was approved (but I didn't know)
Aug 9 (Tue) - USCIS mailed me decision (but I didn't know)
Aug 10 (Wed) 10:00 am - Opened an SR. Learned Case is approved on Monday
Aug 10 (Wed) 12:30 pm - Received email as well as online status updated to "Decision". Waiting for cards in the mail.

My best wishes and heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for standing for yourself AND for each other on this forum!! All the best!!

Great News! Congratulations Q. Hope you will continue to lead this blog as earlier :)

[chirag.n]

Q,

congrats!!! can you please share a copy of the letter that was sent to the senator? thanks!

[pdfeb09]

Friends,

Received USCIS email that mine and wife's permanent residency was registered!! Finally - after almost 11 years in this country, an MBA and 2 terrific kids!

I feel incredibly blessed for receiving tons of wishes and friendship from this blog. Trust me, cherish this blog/forum as dearly as the GC received today. So I won't be going anywhere. However as some of you have rightly said, it is time to change things a bit and push a reset button and rearrange things. So will discuss with other Gurus how to best do this.

I do feel quite passionate about our mission and the mission stays the same. Some of the ideas propped up in the morning are seriously good. May be we should seriously think about having a good formal link with CO's office. I am sure we can give it a serious try.

Meanwhile here is the chronology that some of you may find useful:

Aug 3 (Wed) - Wrote a letter to senior senator from the state.
Aug 8 (Mon) - Case was approved (but I didn't know)
Aug 9 (Tue) - USCIS mailed me decision (but I didn't know)
Aug 10 (Wed) 10:00 am - Opened an SR. Learned Case is approved on Monday
Aug 10 (Wed) 12:30 pm - Received email as well as online status updated to "Decision". Waiting for cards in the mail.

My best wishes and heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for standing for yourself AND for each other on this forum!! All the best!!

Congratulations mate ! Enjoy your freedom !

[samudrala]

Congratulations Q, Atleast we got some good news that your GC is Approved in this month. I wish you all success in your future.

[veni001]

Friends,

Received USCIS email that mine and wife's permanent residency was registered!! Finally - after almost 11 years in this country, an MBA and 2 terrific kids!

I feel incredibly blessed for receiving tons of wishes and friendship from this blog. Trust me, cherish this blog/forum as dearly as the GC received today. So I won't be going anywhere. However as some of you have rightly said, it is time to change things a bit and push a reset button and rearrange things. So will discuss with other Gurus how to best do this.

I do feel quite passionate about our mission and the mission stays the same. Some of the ideas propped up in the morning are seriously good. May be we should seriously think about having a good formal link with CO's office. I am sure we can give it a serious try.

Meanwhile here is the chronology that some of you may find useful:

Aug 3 (Wed) - Wrote a letter to senior senator from the state.
Aug 8 (Mon) - Case was approved (but I didn't know)
Aug 9 (Tue) - USCIS mailed me decision (but I didn't know)
Aug 10 (Wed) 10:00 am - Opened an SR. Learned Case is approved on Monday
Aug 10 (Wed) 12:30 pm - Received email as well as online status updated to "Decision". Waiting for cards in the mail.

My best wishes and heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for standing for yourself AND for each other on this forum!! All the best!!

Q,
Congratulations to you and your Family!

[donvar]

Friends,

Received USCIS email that mine and wife's permanent residency was registered!! Finally - after almost 11 years in this country, an MBA and 2 terrific kids!

I feel incredibly blessed for receiving tons of wishes and friendship from this blog. Trust me, cherish this blog/forum as dearly as the GC received today. So I won't be going anywhere. However as some of you have rightly said, it is time to change things a bit and push a reset button and rearrange things. So will discuss with other Gurus how to best do this.

I do feel quite passionate about our mission and the mission stays the same. Some of the ideas propped up in the morning are seriously good. May be we should seriously think about having a good formal link with CO's office. I am sure we can give it a serious try.

Meanwhile here is the chronology that some of you may find useful:

Aug 3 (Wed) - Wrote a letter to senior senator from the state.
Aug 8 (Mon) - Case was approved (but I didn't know)
Aug 9 (Tue) - USCIS mailed me decision (but I didn't know)
Aug 10 (Wed) 10:00 am - Opened an SR. Learned Case is approved on Monday
Aug 10 (Wed) 12:30 pm - Received email as well as online status updated to "Decision". Waiting for cards in the mail.

My best wishes and heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for standing for yourself AND for each other on this forum!! All the best!!

Congratulations !!!

[evoori]

Congrats Q..

I am happy for you and us (1 less in front of us)..

[nishant2200]

Congrats Q..

I am happy for you and us (1 less in front of us)..

2 less.

If it becomes such that 1 less, (don't count dependants), the number of visas available will become more than 300k a year automatically.

[nnnnnn123]

First of all congrats Q....have a blast today...your approval changed moods of many of us today

now i am not able to login with my userid(mesan).....logged in 5 times with wrong password...had tough day at work...didnt count how many times entered wrong......

i tried the process of reseting the password after 15 minutes, i get the password, even i enter that i am not able to login...

Guru's unlock my mesan account and let me know the steps i need to follow to relogin ....:(

[whereismygclost]

Heartiest Congrats Q to you and your family! Your good news lifted my spirits and gives me hope after the disappointing Sept VB yesterday. Hope is always eternal.

Friends,

Received USCIS email that mine and wife's permanent residency was registered!! Finally - after almost 11 years in this country, an MBA and 2 terrific kids!

I feel incredibly blessed for receiving tons of wishes and friendship from this blog. Trust me, cherish this blog/forum as dearly as the GC received today. So I won't be going anywhere. However as some of you have rightly said, it is time to change things a bit and push a reset button and rearrange things. So will discuss with other Gurus how to best do this.

I do feel quite passionate about our mission and the mission stays the same. Some of the ideas propped up in the morning are seriously good. May be we should seriously think about having a good formal link with CO's office. I am sure we can give it a serious try.

Meanwhile here is the chronology that some of you may find useful:

Aug 3 (Wed) - Wrote a letter to senior senator from the state.
Aug 8 (Mon) - Case was approved (but I didn't know)
Aug 9 (Tue) - USCIS mailed me decision (but I didn't know)
Aug 10 (Wed) 10:00 am - Opened an SR. Learned Case is approved on Monday
Aug 10 (Wed) 12:30 pm - Received email as well as online status updated to "Decision". Waiting for cards in the mail.

My best wishes and heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for standing for yourself AND for each other on this forum!! All the best!!

[superdesi2100]

Congratulations Q! You gave some good news today after the disaster yesterday!


Friends,

Received USCIS email that mine and wife's permanent residency was registered!! Finally - after almost 11 years in this country, an MBA and 2 terrific kids!

I feel incredibly blessed for receiving tons of wishes and friendship from this blog. Trust me, cherish this blog/forum as dearly as the GC received today. So I won't be going anywhere. However as some of you have rightly said, it is time to change things a bit and push a reset button and rearrange things. So will discuss with other Gurus how to best do this.

I do feel quite passionate about our mission and the mission stays the same. Some of the ideas propped up in the morning are seriously good. May be we should seriously think about having a good formal link with CO's office. I am sure we can give it a serious try.

Meanwhile here is the chronology that some of you may find useful:

Aug 3 (Wed) - Wrote a letter to senior senator from the state.
Aug 8 (Mon) - Case was approved (but I didn't know)
Aug 9 (Tue) - USCIS mailed me decision (but I didn't know)
Aug 10 (Wed) 10:00 am - Opened an SR. Learned Case is approved on Monday
Aug 10 (Wed) 12:30 pm - Received email as well as online status updated to "Decision". Waiting for cards in the mail.

My best wishes and heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for standing for yourself AND for each other on this forum!! All the best!!

[cbpds1]

Congrats Q, you might have lost some more in the stock market today but you sure gained happiness big time today !!

[SmileBaba]

Friends,

Received USCIS email that mine and wife's permanent residency was registered!! Finally - after almost 11 years in this country, an MBA and 2 terrific kids!


Badhai ho Sir! Many congratulations!

[imechanix]

Congrats Q! Enjoy your freedom & independence day.

[harick]

Q, hearty congratulations.

[Monica12]

Hearty Congratulations Q bhai.....I'm so glad :)

[qesehmk]

Friends Thanks again! Here is the letter to Senator that I wrote. If you like it you can change relevant information and rewrite. To be honest I have no clue whether writing such a letter helped at all. But what's there to lose?

Honorable Dear Senator XXXX,

I am writing to seek your help on a personal important matter. Since [485 receipt date] I am waiting for my own and my wife's Green Card cases with USCIS to be approved. Our dates are current now. If your office could help expedite the processing of our cases, we would be extremely thankful to you. The case numbers are:
xxxxxxxxxx - [applicant name]
xxxxxxxxxx - [applicant name]

We have been in this country for about XX years now. Had XX wonderful children here. I work for XXXXX in XXXX as a XXXXX.
Not having a Green Card has hindered our plans to purchase a home and start a business among other things. We have been good members of the society with good education, and track record of community service and other contributions to good causes. We would be very excited to become permanent residents.

I really appreciate your kind attention and would like to profoundly thank you in advance for your help.

Please accept our sincere thanks & best wishes for your service and dedication to the community as well.

Warm Regards,

XXXX & XXXXX
[City, State]
----------------------------------------------------------

p.s. - in response to somebody asked .... yes our children were born here. So fortunately we never had to worry about kids' visa etc. Got their PIOs ASAP so that India was easy. But its weird that they couldn't get Indian Citizenship which I strongly want them to have. However some weird government rules are prohibiting that.

[tikkahyd]

On another note, do you generally carry GC with you all the time ? I am aware that the law says you must have the card with you all the time but was wondering how many of you actually do it ?

[qesehmk]

I am not aware of a rule that says you have to carry the original. So may be carrying a copy is something I will do.
On another note, do you generally carry GC with you all the time ? I am aware that the law says you must have the card with you all the time but was wondering how many of you actually do it ?

[Monica12]

I got approval email last night. Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!! Cried a lot after seeing it :)
I'm still in a daze.

[suninphx]

I got approval email last night. Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!! Cried a lot after seeing it :)
I'm still in a daze.

Congratulations!!

[krishnav]

Awesome Monica....Congratulations...very happy for you and your family!! Enjoy the freedom.
By the way, what was your PD?


I got approval email last night. Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!! Cried a lot after seeing it :)
I'm still in a daze.

[TheTexan]

Congratulations!

[qblogfan]

Congratulations! We all understand how much you went through!

You deserve it and I am happy for you and your family!


I got approval email last night. Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!! Cried a lot after seeing it :)
I'm still in a daze.

[nishant2200]

I got approval email last night. Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!! Cried a lot after seeing it :)
I'm still in a daze.

Monica, heartfelt congratulations. If you are in southern california, PM me where I can come for party.

[Monica12]

Thanks everyone !!!!
PD : April 29,2007
NSC

[Monica12]

Monica, heartfelt congratulations. If you are in southern california, PM me where I can come for party.
Buddy, definitely !!!! We'll get together and celebrate :)
Now waiting for you to get current next month :)

[grnwtg]

Congrats!!! as november season is coming, get a good vacation for few days...and then again you will get vacation...a way of celebrating until this month end...


Thanks everyone !!!!
PD : April 29,2007
NSC

[qesehmk]

I got approval email last night. Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!! Cried a lot after seeing it :)
I'm still in a daze.

Monica congratulations!!!! Finally. I can only imagine how happy you must be!!

[immitime]

Thanks everyone !!!!
PD : April 29,2007
NSC

Congratulations and time to celebrate for you and family.

[sandeep11]

Monica, Congratulations!!!!!!! Have fun.


I got approval email last night. Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!! Cried a lot after seeing it :)
I'm still in a daze.

[Monica12]

Thanks so much everyone !!!! If it was not for this forum, I would have lost my sanity long ago. I just cannot thank everyone enough :)
Q, you rock !!!!! Thanks so much for creating this wonderful forum.


Monica

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Congratulations!!


Awesome Monica....Congratulations...very happy for you and your family!! Enjoy the freedom.
By the way, what was your PD?


Congratulations!


Congratulations! We all understand how much you went through!

You deserve it and I am happy for you and your family!


Monica, heartfelt congratulations. If you are in southern california, PM me where I can come for party.


Congrats!!! as november season is coming, get a good vacation for few days...and then again you will get vacation...a way of celebrating until this month end...


Monica congratulations!!!! Finally. I can only imagine how happy you must be!!


Congratulations and time to celebrate for you and family.

[gcseeker]

Monica behen

Awesome Awesome Awesome.Congratulations .I am glad finally you can go to spain and do the same stuff in ZNMD :) .

Have a blast on the weekend.


I got approval email last night. Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!! Cried a lot after seeing it :)
I'm still in a daze.

pch053

Congratulations to you as well. Hats off to your patience.


I think yesterday was a good day for approvals. I got my I485 approval email as well. My PD is 11th July'07 and my case was with NSC. I am a bit surprised as I did't submit my medical tests during the Aug'07 rush (I would have missed the deadline had I waited for the medical tests) and was expecting a RFE. Can USCIS ask to do the medical tests (like fingerprinting) after I485 approval or during ADIT processing?

My journey in US so far:
1998 - 2003 (MS + Phd)
2003 - 2005 (Employer A)
2005 - 2006 (Employer B)
2006 - 2009 (Employer C) --> filed my green card through this employer
2009 - present (Employer D) --> switched jobs using AC21
I probably should have applied earlier for green card but all is well that ends well. Looking forward to seeing more approvals and advancement of PDs in near future.

[cbpds1]

pch053 & Monica,

Congratulations to both of u , just in time before Diwali !!

mujko bhi thoda lift karade, EAD tho jaldi dilade :), monica , pch053 ko diya hai :).....enuf, let me get back to work !!

Regards

[mysati]

Monica and Pch053

Congratulations and Good luck!

[familyguy]

congrats pch053 and monica.. enjoy your greendom :)

[Eb2_Dec07]

I got approval email last night. Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!! Cried a lot after seeing it :)
I'm still in a daze.

Monica, congratulations to you . Happy for a fellow member on this journey. Do enjoy these moments of new freedom .

[TeddyKoochu]

Congratulations to monica12 & pch053, best wishes to your families. Thanks for sharing the good news with all of us. Have a great time.


I got approval email last night. Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!! Cried a lot after seeing it :)
I'm still in a daze.


I think yesterday was a good day for approvals. I got my I485 approval email as well. My PD is 11th July'07 and my case was with NSC. I am a bit surprised as I did't submit my medical tests during the Aug'07 rush (I would have missed the deadline had I waited for the medical tests) and was expecting a RFE. Can USCIS ask to do the medical tests (like fingerprinting) after I485 approval or during ADIT processing?

My journey in US so far:
1998 - 2003 (MS + Phd)
2003 - 2005 (Employer A)
2005 - 2006 (Employer B)
2006 - 2009 (Employer C) --> filed my green card through this employer
2009 - present (Employer D) --> switched jobs using AC21
I probably should have applied earlier for green card but all is well that ends well. Looking forward to seeing more approvals and advancement of PDs in near future.

[soggadu]

I got approval email last night. Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!! Cried a lot after seeing it :)
I'm still in a daze.

No words to describe my happiness for you dear.... all the best for the future a head.... have a good one and please dont forget to have couple of margarita's mere taraf se... aaj bhagwan bhi allow karega...
abb kya... aage kya...

a big hearty congratulations to pch053 too...

[veni001]

I got approval email last night. Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!! Cried a lot after seeing it :)
I'm still in a daze.

Congratulations.

[pch053]

Congratulations pch053. Did you submit your midical reports afterwards or did you not submit them at all?

Thanks
I didn't submit them at all and that being the reason it is even more surprising.

[pch053]

Veni,
Thanks for the note. I think I am partly responsible for this delay as at the beginning I wasn't sure of staying in US for that long and wasn't too serious about applying for green card. Most of my fellow classmates have become US citizens quite a while back but well, that's life. Thankfully this long journey had a happy ending!

[qesehmk]

.... a point my lawyer always says to me: He says that people who have done masters education here in a good university, and have a clean straightforward full time job history, USCIS just rubber stamps the approval, they don't scrutinize much at all. He thinks it will be a piece of cake to get approval once dates get current.

Nishant your lawyer is 100% right. I NEVER had any difficulty whatsoever during GC or F1 or H1. In fact during one of my H1 stampings at Mumbai (oink oink) consulate, I didn't even have proper documentation. But the guy kept talking with me about phoenix weather and stamped it anyway.


I still love Mumbai,wada-paw,cutting chai,Wills, Kingfisher, list goes on.
Mumbai meri jaan :))
Believe it or not I also enjoyed the train! I just like the rush of it. I am from Pune but very much liked Mumbai for its industrious nature and super friendly people!!!


good to see quite a few from mumbai ...born and brought up in mumbai ...still miss it ..evertime i visit first thing i do is visit my good old tapri for some vada pav and cutting chai ..love u mumbai or bombay ..name doesn't matter to me ..
I like mumbai for teh same reason I like Chennai or Thiruvanthapuram or Bengaluru or Kolkata!! Sorry now I am digressing. I leave it to Nishant to clean up the thread!

[tanu_75]

I didn't submit them at all and that being the reason it is even more surprising.

Wow, that's really surprising. They must really be in a hurry.

[indiaeb2]

Congragulation pch053 and Monica. You guys have a good green night

[Monica12]

Thank you everyone !!!!!!!!!!
Congrats Pch, yesterday was a good day for both of us :)
Gcseeker, I plan on watching ZNMD again and then fly to Spain :)
Soggadu, now we need to get-together and celebrate, Jersey city here I come :) :)

[Pdmar08]

Monica monica,
first of all congrats. second of all i told you you can do sky diving here. third of all Hritik left spain....he is not dancing to the tune of "kidhar hai tu...pagla hai kya" (or whatever that aunty is saying in spanish).
Anyways, i know what u mean have fun, when and i mean WHEN i get my GC i m going to drive to the canadian border just for kicks.

Thank you everyone !!!!!!!!!!
Congrats Pch, yesterday was a good day for both of us :)
Gcseeker, I plan on watching ZNMD again and then fly to Spain :)
Soggadu, now we need to get-together and celebrate, Jersey city here I come :) :)

[bieber]

Monica and Pch, many congratulations

[Monica12]

Thank you Bieber (btw love your username) :)
Thanks Pdmarch08,... you have an amazing sense of humor..love the aunty part.LOL!

Fyi, This what I did after getting current in October:
Oct 3: opened congressional enquiry
Oct 6: got response that FBI clearance done, visas available, give them 30 days .
Oct 13: opened SR with L2 officer.
I don't know if doing any of above helped, maybe the approval was just random.
But I suspect that it was the SR and not the congressman that might have helped because when I talked to the L2 officer, he didnt indicate that the files were with an adjudicating officer. He just said that the cases are under review and pending and visas are available.

[tackle]

I have never seen a case of GC being given without medicals though. Guess a PhD deserves it :D

Of course. Why would he need medicals. He is Doctor. :D

[soni123]

Congratulations to all who are greened. My pd is 06/25/07, today I spoke to usics and the officer said "This I 485 application has been placed on hold pending review and adjudication. You should receive some type of response within 2 to 3 months." I am wondering what is HOLD mean.

[Monica12]

Congratulations to all who are greened. My pd is 06/25/07, today I spoke to usics and the officer said "This I 485 application has been placed on hold pending review and adjudication. You should receive some type of response within 2 to 3 months." I am wondering what is HOLD mean.
Soni, It probably means ,it's at the adjudication service area pending review by a officer.Nothing to worry about in my opnion. I have read on Trackitt different L2 officers also give different stories. Were you able to open an SR with the L2 officer..?

[Monica12]

Got my card today. My case was actually approved on Oct 17 but I got decision email on Oct 19 and the card today
The card actually looks blue instead of green :)

[soggadu]

Got my card today. My case was actually approved on Oct 17 but I got decision email on Oct 19 and the card today
The card actually looks blue instead of green :)

Yes it may look blue but it is designed to give new happiness in lives beaten black and blue...

[soggadu]

Of course. Why would he need medicals. He is Doctor. :D

Arey uncle a doc can't treat his own illness right.... I know u mentioned it for fun... Hey you know what my doc gave me all the vaccines Again... Now I am feeling like I might become one of those X men taking same vaccines so many times... I would be called V MAN....

[nishant2200]

Arey uncle a doc can't treat his own illness right.... I know u mentioned it for fun... Hey you know what my doc gave me all the vaccines Again... Now I am feeling like I might become one of those X men taking same vaccines so many times... I would be called V MAN....

dude I wouldn't mind him giving me anything, I will stretch out one arm, and in the other arm hand out the new COSTCO american express card :)

have to say though that I am afraid of injections, it's been a long time.

what not we did for GC, including getting stripped down and injected!

I had a restless one last night, Nov 1 07 somehow was morphing into Nov 8 07, and I almost shrieked that Nooooo Make it Nov 15 07, I can't apply if it's 8.
damn, need to take a break.

[Monica12]

LOL ! you guys are too funny.
Soggadu, I'm imagining you as V man and LMAO ! I need to buy you that "cham-cham karta chamkeela wala Sippy-cup" It'll go very well with your V man persona.
Nishant, I used to get exactly the same dream. Don't worry, buddy... you'll be current soon. Praying for you !!!!

[soni123]

Soni, It probably means ,it's at the adjudication service area pending review by a officer.Nothing to worry about in my opnion. I have read on Trackitt different L2 officers also give different stories. Were you able to open an SR with the L2 officer..?

I dont know if I spoke to L2 officer but she said to wait for 2-3 moths. So I was unable to open a new SR.

[Monica12]

I dont know if I spoke to L2 officer but she said to wait for 2-3 moths. So I was unable to open a new SR.
Soni, another thing you can do is a Senator/congressman enquiry. It's very easy to do and quite effective. If you look at Q's posts in this thread, he had done the same.

Thanks to PenguinA on Trackitt, I gathered the following info to help me decide which congressman/ senator to chose:

The very best and effective way to get a congressional inquiry is to go in person to their local office and meet the MAIN immigration caseworker who would be working in your case. Do not call ahead, show up unannounced. Have the release/privacy form ready( If one is not on the website, you can get one at their office ).Take your I-140 and I-485 copies. When you get there, just tell them you are a constituent and that you need to talk to their immigration caseworker to open a congressional inquiry with USCIS
You have to pick among YOUR congressman/congresswoman and the two senators, see who is your representative: http://www.contactingthecongress.org/

Once you see who represents you, look them up on the Antis website for their grades, the higher the grade, the more anti-immigrant, so try to go with the one who has lower grades: http://www.numbersusa.com/content/my/tools/grad...

For eg ....They especially gave Sen. Carl Levin an F- because he did NOT vote to "Reduce Unnecessary Worker Visas." Meaning Levin supports EB skilled workers, and more visa numbers for us. So, he is definitely on our side. ..... the higher the grade your congressman/senator, the more anti-immigrant, the lower the grade, the better.

Hope this helps. Please let me know, if you have any questions :)

[pch053]

Got my card yesterday (Fri) within 3 days of the Decision/CPO email. Looks like they are pretty fast as far as delivering the actual card is concerned! Approvals are still coming in trackitt; so hopefully, people waiting in the queue will be greened soon.

[mvinayam]

Got my card yesterday (Fri) within 3 days of the Decision/CPO email. Looks like they are pretty fast as far as delivering the actual card is concerned! Approvals are still coming in trackitt; so hopefully, people waiting in the queue will be greened soon.

Dear Friends,

We are Greened. Just saw the Card production & Decision emails :). Its has been approved yesterday. A long 11 yrs wait after 4 labour petition finally reached the end of tunnel :) . Best wishes to everyone & thanks for all the support you guys rock.

Regards,
mvinayam

[Monica12]

Congratulations Pch053 and Mvinayam !!!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing the good news with us. Wishing you guys all the very best in the future journey ahead :)

[nishant2200]

Congrats! Thanks for sharing ur joy.


Dear Friends,

We are Greened. Just saw the Card production & Decision emails :). Its has been approved yesterday. A long 11 yrs wait after 4 labour petition finally reached the end of tunnel :) . Best wishes to everyone & thanks for all the support you guys rock.

Regards,
mvinayam

[nishant2200]

Got my card yesterday (Fri) within 3 days of the Decision/CPO email. Looks like they are pretty fast as far as delivering the actual card is concerned! Approvals are still coming in trackitt; so hopefully, people waiting in the queue will be greened soon.

Excellent! Go bit south now across border and have tequila!

[pch053]

That's what I am planning in the next couple of weeks; going to Tijuana with my next door neighbor so that I can officially claim to have visited Mexico. Another relief on not requiring a visa to travel to Canada as I have a trip planned in Nov. On a different note, mine is one of the very few I485 approvals without medical tests (this can be my claim to fame) even though I had 3 fingerprints!

[soni123]

Than you Monica, I cahecked the websites you mentioned and unfortunately all the representatives are A and B where I live. I don't know if it will help if I request for congressional inquiery.

[Monica12]

Than you Monica, I cahecked the websites you mentioned and unfortunately all the representatives are A and B where I live. I don't know if it will help if I request for congressional inquiery.
Soni, If the Congressman and Senators in your area are not very pro-immigrant, maybe you can say something like this to the immigration case-worker , that "you want to open a business and buy a house and you cant do that unless you have a GC etc.." Be extra nice and polite and thank them for helping you out.
Go to their office un-announced (without any appointment) and take copies of your I-140 and I-485. You have nothing to lose. It will not harm you in any way and if it works you might get approved soon.

[Monica12]

Some people asked me about Congressional enquiry and SR with L2 officer. As a FYI, I'm posting here what I did and the response I got. I don't know if doing either helped me or not....but the response to Congressional enquiry atleast put my mind to rest that my file was not buried somewhere. So, here it is :

Oct 3: went to local Senator's office and asked them to open an enquiry( take copies of your I-140 and I-485, as it's very important for both to be linked).
When I didn't hear back, called them again on Oct 6. The immigration caseworker said that he had contacted them on Oct 3 but hasn't heard back. So,he contacted USCIS again On Oct 6 and got the following response :

Good Afternoon xxxxxxxx,
USCIS electronic records reflect that on 8-16-07, our office received the Derivative Employment Based I-485 application referenced above. To date USCIS electronic records do not reflect that final action has been taken on that application. Please note that our office does not expedite the processing of Employment Based I-485 applications. Therefore, I cannot request that the I-485 application referenced above be considered for expeditious processing. However, since it appears that our office has current FBI Clearances for that application and since it appears that as of 10-1-11, a visa is again available for that application, today, 10-6-11, I forwarded that application to the NSC Employment Based I-485 Adjudications Customer Service area so that an adjudications officer can adjudicate that application as soon as possible. Please allow our office up to 30 days from today, 10-6-11, to take adjudicative action on that application.
I hope that this information will be of assistance to you. At this time I am closing your inquiry on this matter.
Thank you.
xxxxxx xxxx
Immigration Services Analyst
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Nebraska Service Center

Now, I dont know if they actually gave my file to an adjudicating officer or it was just kept in the Adjudications Customer service area, waiting to be picked up by an officer.

On Oct 13, I called USCIS and the L2 officer said that my file is "under review and pending ". He opened an SR for me( He asked me to give him the I-140 no, so that he can link it to the I-485. I think it's very important to do that. So, if you open an SR, make sure you give them the I-140 no. also )
Oct 17: my case got approved.
So, I don't know what really helped me: the senator or the SR.

Lesson leant : If you decide to go the Congressional enquiry way, choose someone who is pro-immigrant (that is very important) and follow up with them after a day or two, to make sure something is being done. Be persistent. Also, ask them to e-mail you the response they get from USCIS. That way you will know first hand, what is being done.

[Monica12]

Getting to a L2 immigration officer can be difficult. The L1 officers don't transfer the call and some convincing needs to be done. Here are some ways that other people were successful:
"It looks like there is problem with the System status updates in NSC. I found from a friend that he called in and found he got approved while online status shows "Initial Review". Can you please Transffer me to Second Level IO and get status on my application"
"the cases after mine are being approved and hence would like to speak to the L2 officer, as the information with the L1 is what I can see on the USCIS website. "
" say you want to verify your address", L1 cant do that and will transfer the call to L2
you can also say, "So and so officer said this info, I dont know why I didnt ask this ,but I am not sure why etc. and agent will transfer to officer."
"tell them right away that you want to know if your case has been pre-adjudicated and request them to transfer you to Level 2 officer"

The trick is to be nice and polite but persistent with L1 and confuse them a little bit, by using heavy words like " pre-adjudicated" etc...something that the L1 has no knowledge of. That's what I did. The first time, the L1 just would not connect me. The second time, I totally confused the L1 and he was like "what.... educated? " and I was like "No..... adjudicated" and after a while he gave up because he didnt know what adjudication was.

Keep trying as these call are not recorded and don't harm your case.
Also, different L2 officers might give different stories and if one officer does not say anything, do not get disheartened. Call again and hopefully, you'll get a better officer who can give more details on your case.

It has been recommended to pick one route : Congressional enquiry or SR and stick with it. USCIS doesn't like multiple enquiries. Also, multiple SRs are not recommended. I was really desparate so I opened the SR also, after Congressional enquiry.

PS: There are many people who don't do anything and still get approved early. So, it's something you have to decide for yourself.

GOOD LUCK to everyone who's waiting !!!!!

[ram_40001]

I am getting ready to file my 485 in November.
I had a couple of questions.
1) What is an SR?
2) Why/When/How does one open one?
3) Are these necessary or should you wait a while before attempting an SR?
4) What is the whole Congressional inquiry all about?
5) How much do these expedite your case?
Thanks!

[Monica12]

I am getting ready to file my 485 in November.
I had a couple of questions.
1) What is an SR?
SR means "Service Request".When your case is outside normal processing times, You call USCIS and speak to a Level 1/ Level 2 Officer. You can request them to open a Service request for you or they offer to open one. This request is transferred to another officer who looks at your file to see what's delaying the case and what action need to be taken.

2) Why/When/How does one open one?
Why? : You want them to take a look at your case and take necessary action.
When? : If your case EAD/AP/I-140/I-485 is outside normal processing times
How? : You call the USCIS no. on your receipt and follow the automated instructions. You will be connected to a Level 1(L1) officer who will ask your details, they usually dont have more information than what you see online on USCIS website. Level 2(L2) officers have more details of your case.

3) Are these necessary or should you wait a while before attempting an SR?
This is not at all necessary. If you think that your case is being delayed unneccesarily or is outside normal processing time, then you can do a Congressional enquiry / SR. It's something you have to decide for yourself.

4) What is the whole Congressional inquiry all about?
It's similar to SR, but in this case you seek your Senator/Congressman's help. They have immigration caseworkers who have their liasons at various USCIS service centers. It is rumored that these liasons actually take your file and put it on an officer's desk and ask them to take necessary action. Also, sometimes they give a detailed response explaining what stage your case is at. eg. FBI clearance done, Finger printing needed etc.
Congressman/Senator can help their constituents with any Federal Agency and USCIS is a Federal agency.

5) How much do these expedite your case?
No one knows for sure. There are some cases where SR / Congressional enquiry helps. But there are many more people who dont do anything and get approved faster too.
Thanks!

If you are filing in November, you dont have to do any of these things, since it will take a few months for your file to get "ripe" i.e., go through the necessary steps of FBI, name clearance, finger-printing etc.
For people who filed in 2007, it has been a long wait...so it makes sense for them (if they want to)
Your EAD and AP will take approx. 3 months to approve. If for some reason, there is a delay more than that, you can think of opening a SR

[neospeed]

Thank you Bieber (btw love your username) :)
Thanks Pdmarch08,... you have an amazing sense of humor..love the aunty part.LOL!

Fyi, This what I did after getting current in October:
Oct 3: opened congressional enquiry
Oct 6: got response that FBI clearance done, visas available, give them 30 days .
Oct 13: opened SR with L2 officer.
I don't know if doing any of above helped, maybe the approval was just random.
But I suspect that it was the SR and not the congressman that might have helped because when I talked to the L2 officer, he didnt indicate that the files were with an adjudicating officer. He just said that the cases are under review and pending and visas are available.

Hello Monica,

Im also still waiting. Did senator office replied anything regarding your inquiry?

[Monica12]

Hello Monica,

Im also still waiting. Did senator office replied anything regarding your inquiry?
Neospeed, Call the Senator's office again.
I had opened the enquiry on Oct 3. The immigration caseworker did contact NSC on the same day but they didnt respond. So, I asked the immigration caseworker on Oct 6 to contact NSC again and then in the afternoon of Oct 6, got the following response :

Good Afternoon xxxxxxxx,
USCIS electronic records reflect that on 8-16-07, our office received the Derivative Employment Based I-485 application referenced above. To date USCIS electronic records do not reflect that final action has been taken on that application. Please note that our office does not expedite the processing of Employment Based I-485 applications. Therefore, I cannot request that the I-485 application referenced above be considered for expeditious processing. However, since it appears that our office has current FBI Clearances for that application and since it appears that as of 10-1-11, a visa is again available for that application, today, 10-6-11, I forwarded that application to the NSC Employment Based I-485 Adjudications Customer Service area so that an adjudications officer can adjudicate that application as soon as possible. Please allow our office up to 30 days from today, 10-6-11, to take adjudicative action on that application.
I hope that this information will be of assistance to you. At this time I am closing your inquiry on this matter.
Thank you.
xxxxxx xxxx
Immigration Services Analyst
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Nebraska Service Center

So, in a way...the enquiry was actually opened only on Oct 6. I think it's important to follow-up with Senator/ Congressman' office. Be very polite but a little persistent.

[leo07]

CONGRATULATIONS Monica12 Pandit !!!! actually that makes a great last name :)
I completely missed out on this message. Sorry for the delayed response.

[leo07]

Monica12,

I guess we can open a SR or Senator/Congressman inquiry after 3 months from receipt date or as soon as posted processing time is reached? which is 3-4 months from the 485-receipt date (for PWMB's, that is).
Is there any hard and frost rule that you are aware of?

[Monica12]

CONGRATULATIONS Monica12 Pandit !!!! actually that makes a great last name :)
I completely missed out on this message. Sorry for the delayed response.


Monica12,

I guess we can open a SR or Senator/Congressman inquiry after 3 months from receipt date or as soon as posted processing time is reached? which is 3-4 months from the 485-receipt date (for PWMB's, that is).
Is there any hard and frost rule that you are aware of?
That is absolutely correct Leo. There is no hard and fast rule as such other than that. From my conversations with L1/L2 officers, they are always like.."oh.. so, looks like your case is outside posted processing times, I will therefore open a SR for you "
Also, about 4 months back, I had applied to renew my EAD and AP and thought that I might get a new FP notice because of the renewal. I thought they might send me a Finger Print notice while I was in India, so I wanted them to send one asap.( it later turned out that people get FP every 15-18 months for I-485 and NOT EAD/ AP renewal). So, I called and the L1 just opened a SR for me (even though my EAD and AP were within normal processing times of 3 months) and I got my my EAD/AP within 10 days.

Gosh ! I'm a Pandit now.. LOL !

[ram_40001]

If you are filing in November, you dont have to do any of these things, since it will take a few months for your file to get "ripe" i.e., go through the necessary steps of FBI, name clearance, finger-printing etc.
For people who filed in 2007, it has been a long wait...so it makes sense for them (if they want to)
Your EAD and AP will take approx. 3 months to approve. If for some reason, there is a delay more than that, you can think of opening a SR


Thanks Monica!

[leo07]

Thanks Monica!

Thanks to CIS+DOS, we can't get out of this process unless we become a GC pandit at the least, if not GC Guru :)

[Monica12]

Thanks Monica!

Thanks to CIS+DOS, we can't get out of this process unless we become a GC pandit at the least, if not GC Guru :)
Lol ! so true Leo. Lawyers are not very helpful or knowledgable themselves. We have to kind of help ourselves. I did so much research on immgration related stuff that I'm practically almost ready to become an immgration lawyer ;)

[leo07]

btw, I called FBI after my FP. They mentioned that my finger prints are "readable" and they sent the results back to CIS the very same day. There has been no LUD after.

Does anyone know what it means or what's next? ( I know I have to wait for 3-6 months :) I'm looking for a different answer)

[Monica12]

btw, I called FBI after my FP. They mentioned that my finger prints are "readable" and they sent the results back to CIS the very same day. There has been no LUD after.

Does anyone know what it means or what's next? ( I know I have to wait for 3-6 months :) I'm looking for a different answer)
FP results are usually sent back by FBI within 2 days. Most people dont have LUD after that. So,no worries there. Next is name and background check which can take a couple of months. Right now,on Trackitt....some July,2011 filers are getting approved esp. at NSC. So, I'm assuming they are clearing FBI/ name / background check etc within 3-4 months.

[MANTRAM]

Any Nov 2011 filers who got hard copy of receipt or biometrics appointment letter?

PD: 10Oct2011
AOS package sent: 4Nov2011 to NSC
Receipt: Did not get it yet

[imdeng]

Based on what I read, biometric appointments are coming in for about 30 days past the receipt. There had been some posts on this site regarding this. Receipts are taking 15 days I am told.

Any Nov 2011 filers who got hard copy of receipt or biometrics appointment letter?

PD: 10Oct2011
AOS package sent: 4Nov2011 to NSC
Receipt: Did not get it yet

[MANTRAM]

Thanks Imdeng!

[MANTRAM]

Just in case if anyone are interested:

Service Center: NSC
AOS Package Mailed date: 11/4/2011
AOS Package Received date: 11/7/2011
Receipt Notice date: 11/10/2011
Receipt Received in mail: 11/17/2011
Waiting on FPs

[leo07]

Thanks Mantram!

[neospeed]

After waiting for couple of months after being current i got greened today. Following this blog for almost eight months.

Thanks everyone for your help and support.

Thanks Q for running such a nice blog. Thanks to Teddy, veni,spec and nishanth for there excellent analysis.

Hoping to see everyone greened soon.

[iamsheshu]

I saw 131 & 765 approval notice yesterday, however I don't have any updates on 485 yet. I got my fingerprint recently 2 weeks back. 131 & 765 was approved after I went to fingerprint. On the fingerprint notice, the case type just says 485. Not sure how long will take to get decision for 485. Any ideas ? With 131, can I travel outside US ? I have valid H1 till 2014, however my visa on passport got expired Feb 20th.

[gc0907]

For you travel question check the links here. (http://www.qesehmk.org/forums/showthread.php?294-Travelling-on-AP-v-s-H1-L1)
In short:
1: You can return using AP without stamping.
or
2: You can go for stamping and enter using with a valid visa stamp.


I saw 131 & 765 approval notice yesterday, however I don't have any updates on 485 yet. I got my fingerprint recently 2 weeks back. 131 & 765 was approved after I went to fingerprint. On the fingerprint notice, the case type just says 485. Not sure how long will take to get decision for 485. Any ideas ? With 131, can I travel outside US ? I have valid H1 till 2014, however my visa on passport got expired Feb 20th.

[iamsheshu]

Thanks ! Is it true that if I use AP to enter the U.S, terminates one's nonimmigrant H1B (or L-1) status ?

[gc0907]

If you read the murthy's link I provided this is what it says:

Using the AP to enter the U.S., however, terminates one's nonimmigrant H1B (or L-1) status.

If you have doubt's on that, the best thing will be to contact an immigration attorney.


Thanks ! Is it true that if I use AP to enter the U.S, terminates one's nonimmigrant H1B (or L-1) status ?

[iamsheshu]

OK, Thanks for your quick response.

[iamsheshu]

My PD is Nov 2008 , EB2, Got EAD & AP about 20 days back. I got my FP a month back. Any idea how long does it take to get decision on 485 ?