Celebrations & Thanks

[ramaka02]

Congrats, Texan!

[TeddyKoochu]

Hi Friends,

I got the email this morning from USCIS - Card / Document Production..... Thanks a lot to Q, Spec, Teddy and others for their selfless hard work and devotion to provide clarity to this process. My details are as follows -

PD - 07/11/2008
TSC

Congratulations my friend, enjoy freedom and green life.

[mesan123]

Hi Friends,

I got the email this morning from USCIS - Card / Document Production..... Thanks a lot to Q, Spec, Teddy and others for their selfless hard work and devotion to provide clarity to this process. My details are as follows -

PD - 07/11/2008
TSC

Congratulations

[RMS_V13]

Exactly 6 years to the date...ago a Priority date was assigned to our labor petition. Two kids, H4 renewals, SAHM, Back in the work force, later...we have our Green Card in our hands today. What a coincidence.

As of last Tuesday, having a GC in hand seemed impossible with TSC being so slow..Oh! How much can change overnight!

I may not have been a regular participant, but I knew where to go and ask questions when I had them! Thanks to this forum and everyone who gives their time here!

[Jagan01]

Exactly 6 years to the date...ago a Priority date was assigned to our labor petition. Two kids, H4 renewals, SAHM, Back in the work force, later...we have our Green Card in our hands today. What a coincidence.

As of last Tuesday, having a GC in hand seemed impossible with TSC being so slow..Oh! How much can change overnight!

I may not have been a regular participant, but I knew where to go and ask questions when I had them! Thanks to this forum and everyone who gives their time here!

RMS_V13 and Texan,

Congratulations to both of you and your families.

[PD2008AUG25]

Exactly 6 years to the date...ago a Priority date was assigned to our labor petition. Two kids, H4 renewals, SAHM, Back in the work force, later...we have our Green Card in our hands today. What a coincidence.

As of last Tuesday, having a GC in hand seemed impossible with TSC being so slow..Oh! How much can change overnight!

I may not have been a regular participant, but I knew where to go and ask questions when I had them! Thanks to this forum and everyone who gives their time here!

Congratulations!

Mine was delivered on same day 12 years after entering this country.

[satwgl]

I just received my cards and once again thanks everyone. Took 7 days after I485 was approved.

[HR3012]

Got the decision email this morning. TSC started approving Aug bulletin cases :)

On August 20, 2014, 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 AUDIT processing referred to in the welcome notice, whichever is later. If you move before receiving your card, please call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.

Thank you everyone, especially Q, Spec, Teddy, Viz, Kanmani... This is a wonderful forum!

Details are in my signature :)

[TeddyKoochu]

Got the decision email this morning. TSC started approving Aug bulletin cases :)

On August 20, 2014, 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 AUDIT processing referred to in the welcome notice, whichever is later. If you move before receiving your card, please call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.

Thank you everyone, especially Q, Spec, Teddy, Viz, Kanmani... This is a wonderful forum!

Details are in my signature :)

Congratulations my friend, enjoy green and free life.

[qesehmk]

Hey .... finally you got it without HR3012! Congratulations. As Mao said - it doesn't matter if the cat is black or white as long as it kills the mouse.
Enjoy the freedom.

Got the decision email this morning. TSC started approving Aug bulletin cases :)

On August 20, 2014, 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 AUDIT processing referred to in the welcome notice, whichever is later. If you move before receiving your card, please call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.

Thank you everyone, especially Q, Spec, Teddy, Viz, Kanmani... This is a wonderful forum!

Details are in my signature :)

[Kanmani]

Congrats HR3012. Enjoy!

[triplet]

I got my card production e-mail today!!! (PD OCT 08 NSC) Soon after that I got another e-mail and it changed to decision.
My journey has come to an end and can't say how relieved I am to have made it through this year. This is a big deal for me as it will help me switch from Academia to a smaller studio setting where sponsorship is always an issue. This blog has been invaluable and has been a constant companion - it helped me cope with the whole process, thanks Q for starting such a wonderful resource. Thanks Spec, Viz (hope you get yours soon), Kanmani, Teddy, Nishant, Sportsfan, Matt 2012 and many others!
To good times!! Wishing everyone the very best and hope everyone pending gets their permanent residence this year.

[TeddyKoochu]

I got my card production e-mail today!!! (PD OCT 08 NSC) Soon after that I got another e-mail and it changed to decision.
My journey has come to an end and can't say how relieved I am to have made it through this year. This is a big deal for me as it will help me switch from Academia to a smaller studio setting where sponsorship is always an issue. This blog has been invaluable and has been a constant companion - it helped me cope with the whole process, thanks Q for starting such a wonderful resource. Thanks Spec, Viz (hope you get yours soon), Kanmani, Teddy, Nishant, Sportsfan, Matt 2012 and many others!
To good times!! Wishing everyone the very best and hope everyone pending gets their permanent residence this year.

Congratulations my friend, end of a long journey, enjoy the freedom.

[qesehmk]

Congrats Triplet. Enjoy green life .... but not before telling us what the heck is triplet?

Your weekend starts now!

I got my card production e-mail today!!! (PD OCT 08 NSC) Soon after that I got another e-mail and it changed to decision.
My journey has come to an end and can't say how relieved I am to have made it through this year. This is a big deal for me as it will help me switch from Academia to a smaller studio setting where sponsorship is always an issue. This blog has been invaluable and has been a constant companion - it helped me cope with the whole process, thanks Q for starting such a wonderful resource. Thanks Spec, Viz (hope you get yours soon), Kanmani, Teddy, Nishant, Sportsfan, Matt 2012 and many others!
To good times!! Wishing everyone the very best and hope everyone pending gets their permanent residence this year.

[Jagan01]

Congrats Triplet. Enjoy green life .... but not before telling us what the heck is triplet?

Your weekend starts now!

congratts Triplet and HR3012....

I feel Viz should hear something today or tomorrow....

[fedupwithgc]

I got my CPO email/text today at 12:15 PM PST. Here are my details
PD:7/7/2008
RD:1/4/2012
RFE:5/30/2014
RFERR:6/17/2014
Approval : 8/21/2014
Officer: XM1333
I opened a congressmen enquiry last month, SR 2 weeks back and EAD/AP renewal application last week...
Thanks a lot for everyone for all your help.

[gten20]

Congratulations ramaka, rms_v13, satwgl, aug152008, texan, HR3012, triplet, fedupwithgc!

[triplet]

Congrats Triplet. Enjoy green life .... but not before telling us what the heck is triplet?

Your weekend starts now!

Thanks Q!
Me and my roommate from grad school, we had a theme song from the movie 'Triplets De Belleville', we used to play it on long road trips, camping trips, late night parties, it was our song and we always started with it. Brings back good memories, hence Triplet!

Closure to this process brings extreme relief! I'm so glad it is over and I am happy I persevered, partly thanks to this blog! So thanks again for all those who have contributed immensely to the blog, it is a beacon of hope for many!
Viz, I hope we hear good news from you this week, I know everyone here is willing you to get it, or willing USCIS to give you your green card!

Thanks everyone for your congratulatory messages, truly appreciate it!

[qesehmk]

Great story triplet! Good luck to you. Keep in touch once a while.
Thanks Q!
Me and my roommate from grad school, we had a theme song from the movie 'Triplets De Belleville', we used to play it on long road trips, camping trips, late night parties, it was our song and we always started with it. Brings back good memories, hence Triplet!

Closure to this process brings extreme relief! I'm so glad it is over and I am happy I persevered, partly thanks to this blog! So thanks again for all those who have contributed immensely to the blog, it is a beacon of hope for many!
Viz, I hope we hear good news from you this week, I know everyone here is willing you to get it, or willing USCIS to give you your green card!

Thanks everyone for your congratulatory messages, truly appreciate it!

[MeraGC1]

Got approval email around 12.30 pm
PD:July 2008
RFER: 6/13/2014
SR:7/22/2014 - got a reply on 8/6 "case is with officer, decision will be made within 30 days"
Contacted Senator office on 7/22, they asked me to wait 30 days for a response from USCIS
Spoke to L2 on 8/19, she sent an inquiry to TSC/officer (case is beyond processing time)

Thank you all for your help..
Q, Teddy, Spec, Sportsfan, Matt: you guys rock! Please keep up the good work.

[qesehmk]

MerGC / Fedup ... congratulations!

Sport - for a second i thought you got the good news.

[zee112008eb2I]

Hi everyone... Good news at last. Status changed to Card/Document Production this morning at 10:15 AM EST.

PD: Nov 2008 | RD: Mar 2012 | RFE: 23-Jun-2014 | RFE Replied: 14-Jul-2014 |RFE Officer ID: xm0136 | Status changed from RFE to Card Document Production this morning around 10 PM EST.

I got the following message. I hope this is it. I've become so cynical I can't believe it is actually the final stage. Am I really approved? :-)

I joined Q's forum only couple of weeks ago. I didn't know about this forum until then. But I have been following and posting in Trackitt for some time.
Thanks to everyone who shared their information, shared frustrations and encouragement. I've had more help here than my attorney or employer. I wish everyone gets it by November. Even better I hope they recapture visas and approve everyone.

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Application Type: I485 , APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS


Your Case Status: Card/ Document Production


On August 22, 2014, 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.


This step applies to applications that result in an applicant receiving a card (such as a "green card") or other document (such as a naturalization certificate, employment authorization document, travel document, or advance parole). Applications will be in this step from the time the order to produce the card/document is given until the card/document is produced and mailed to the applicant. You can expect to receive your card/document within 30 days of the approval of your application.

If you do not receive your document, please contact our National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.
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[suninphx]

Hi everyone... Good news at last. Status changed to Card/Document Production this morning at 10:15 AM EST.

PD: Nov 2008 | RD: Mar 2012 | RFE: 23-Jun-2014 | RFE Replied: 14-Jul-2014 |RFE Officer ID: xm0136 | Status changed from RFE to Card Document Production this morning around 10 PM EST.

I got the following message. I hope this is it. I've become so cynical I can't believe it is actually the final stage. Am I really approved? :-)

I joined Q's forum only couple of weeks ago. I didn't know about this forum until then. But I have been following and posting in Trackitt for some time.
Thanks to everyone who shared their information, shared frustrations and encouragement. I've had more help here than my attorney or employer. I wish everyone gets it by November. Even better I hope they recapture visas and approve everyone.

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Application Type: I485 , APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS


Your Case Status: Card/ Document Production


On August 22, 2014, 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.


This step applies to applications that result in an applicant receiving a card (such as a "green card") or other document (such as a naturalization certificate, employment authorization document, travel document, or advance parole). Applications will be in this step from the time the order to produce the card/document is given until the card/document is produced and mailed to the applicant. You can expect to receive your card/document within 30 days of the approval of your application.

If you do not receive your document, please contact our National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.
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Congratulations ! Enjoy !

[vizcard]

So I got approved on Saturday but got the email this morning :)

Good start to the week!

[Kanmani]

Hey Viz,
What a relief to us:)
Congratulations! Have a Great Green life ahead. EnjooooooooooooooooooooooY.

[TeddyKoochu]

So I got approved on Saturday but got the email this morning :)

Good start to the week!

Congratulations Viz very happy see a old timer get home finally. Enjoy freedom and green life.

[la_2002_ch]

So I got approved on Saturday but got the email this morning :)

Good start to the week!

Great! Congrats Viz!!

This gives a lot of hope to us who are still stuck in never seem to end wait, with no details.

[suninphx]

So I got approved on Saturday but got the email this morning :)

Good start to the week!

Congrats !

[venkat]

Congrats Viz...Glad the agony/pain of waiting is over for you...

I'm hoping for a similar email for me :-)



So I got approved on Saturday but got the email this morning :)

Good start to the week!

[qesehmk]

So I got approved on Saturday but got the email this morning :)

Good start to the week!
Congrats Viz. This was looooong overdue.

[GC-Utopic]

Ok Guys,I got the Card Production message finally this morning. You guys rock, and a Big thanks to all the Gurus for the enlightenment of the process.

PD 08/05/2008 TSC,RD 01/2012

Happy for you Viz, been following your case since my PD is similar to yours.

[helpful_leo]

So I got approved on Saturday but got the email this morning :)

Good start to the week!

Congrats!!!

Keeps our faith in the system for the rest of us waiting in line behind you!

[qesehmk]

Congrats to you too GC-Utopic.
Ok Guys,I got the Card Production message finally this morning. You guys rock, and a Big thanks to all the Gurus for the enlightenment of the process.

PD 08/05/2008 TSC,RD 01/2012

Happy for you Viz, been following your case since my PD is similar to yours.

[bieber]

So I got approved on Saturday but got the email this morning :)

Good start to the week!

Congrats buddy.

Congratulations to all other members who received approvals

[pdfeb09]

So I got approved on Saturday but got the email this morning :)

Good start to the week!

Viz and GCutopic,

Congrats .. Enjoy !

[Spectator]

Congrats to Vizcard and GC-Utopic.

A good start to the week to hear that.

[ramaka02]

Congrats all!!

[MATT2012]

So I got approved on Saturday but got the email this morning :)

Good start to the week!

Congrats Viz, I was waiting to see this note from you. I hope this brings you and your family much happiness and freedom to choose the desired career moves..

Cheers!!

Matt

[Kanmani]

Ok Guys,I got the Card Production message finally this morning. You guys rock, and a Big thanks to all the Gurus for the enlightenment of the process.

PD 08/05/2008 TSC,RD 01/2012

Happy for you Viz, been following your case since my PD is similar to yours.

GC-Utopic, Congratulations! enjoy.

[RoosterC]

Hi all :

I got the following email this morning. I did not the Card production email. Does the below mean that the green card is approved? What is ADIT processing mentioned below?

Decision

On August 22, 2014, 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. If you move before receiving your card, please call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.

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.

[vizcard]

Thanks all. its really a major milestone. I entered the US on 8/23/1999 as a student and exactly 15 years later (to the date), I became a permanent resident.

[iwait3]

Thanks all. its really a major milestone. I entered the US on 8/23/1999 as a student and exactly 15 years later (to the date), I became a permanent resident.

Congrats viz, I am 14 years, 9 months and counting..

[imdeng]

Congratulations Vizcard. Very happy to see your long journey come to a close. Enjoy the green life.

Thanks all. its really a major milestone. I entered the US on 8/23/1999 as a student and exactly 15 years later (to the date), I became a permanent resident.

[eb2mar2008]

Congrats Viz


Thanks all. its really a major milestone. I entered the US on 8/23/1999 as a student and exactly 15 years later (to the date), I became a permanent resident.

[gten20]

Congratulations, Vizcard and GC-Utopic.

[RoosterC]

Folks : I received only the decision email this morning and not card production email (Please see message above). Does this still mean that it is approved?

[la_2002_ch]

Folks : I received only the decision email this morning and not card production email (Please see message above). Does this still mean that it is approved?

Yes it is. Congratulations and Enjoy!!! You can make your long weekend a looooooong weekend. :)

[Jagan01]

congratts Triplet and HR3012....

I feel Viz should hear something today or tomorrow....

Viz,

Big congratulations to you and your family.

I had mentioned on Thursday that you would get something on Thu/Fri...

I was off by one day :)

Enjoy and have a great life ahead !!!!

[vizcard]

Viz,

Big congratulations to you and your family.

I had mentioned on Thursday that you would get something on Thu/Fri...

I was off by one day :)

Enjoy and have a great life ahead !!!!

thanks Jagan and all others. Good luck to all .

I'll say this... I thought I'd be happy when I got the GC but I was more relieved than happy. USCIS (and TSC) really takes the fun out of it :) Maybe when i get the physical card in my hand, it'll be party time. The next 2 weeks might also bring some career good news. I'm in the final round of interviews with a top I-bank. So if that comes through double party!

[la_2002_ch]

I got my CPO mail today about hour and a half ago, but its only for me. My wife's status still shows RFERR. So, not sure if its something to worry about or its just delayed.

Thanks to all Gurus and everyone else. Have been following this forum since its inception and can't recall a day when I didn't check it.

Don't know if I am happy or relieved or worried why wife's status didn't change. I just don't feel any different (I used to think I will scream with joy when it happens).

So finally 9.5 years after entering US on H1-B and 5 years 11 months after filing for PERM , I am now a Permanent Resident.

Thanks everyone and good luck to the people still waiting. Hang in there....

My details are in the signature below. Let me know if anyone wants to find anything else.

[qesehmk]

My wife's status still shows RFERR. So, not sure if its something to worry about ...
Sometimes opportunity comes in disguise!! Just saying ...

Many congratulations la_2002_ch. Hopefully wife's will follow in a day or two max.

[pdfeb09]

I got my CPO mail today about hour and a half ago, but its only for me. My wife's status still shows RFERR. So, not sure if its something to worry about or its just delayed.

Thanks to all Gurus and everyone else. Have been following this forum since its inception and can't recall a day when I didn't check it.

Don't know if I am happy or relieved or worried why wife's status didn't change. I just don't feel any different (I used to think I will scream with joy when it happens).

So finally 9.5 years after entering US on H1-B and 5 years 11 months after filing for PERM , I am now a Permanent Resident.

Thanks everyone and good luck to the people still waiting. Hang in there....

My details are in the signature below. Let me know if anyone wants to find anything else.

Congratulations la_2002_ch .. Enjoy !


Sometimes opportunity comes in disguise!! Just saying ...



Apparently Q's wife doesn't check the forum ... OR may be Q's getting ready to spend the night outside the house on the street !! :)

[qesehmk]

She is in India! So I am already a "lavaris".
Apparently Q's wife doesn't check the forum ... OR may be Q's getting ready to spend the night outside the house on the street !! :)

[la_2002_ch]

Thx pdfeb09, Q, sportsfan!!

Got the CPO mail for wife as well about 10 minutes ago... I guess the IO went on extended lunch break after approving mine ;)


Congratulations la_2002_ch .. Enjoy !



Apparently Q's wife doesn't check the forum ... OR may be Q's getting ready to spend the night outside the house on the street !! :)


She is in India! So I am already a "lavaris".


Sometimes opportunity comes in disguise!! Just saying ...

Many congratulations la_2002_ch. Hopefully wife's will follow in a day or two max.


Congratulations man! Don't worry about wife's status. I am sure it will change.

It's been more than 14 years for me since I arrived. Consider yourself lucky :)

Good to see approvals coming in. I am hoping for some magic this week for myself.

[ramaka02]

Congrats la! (Singapore style:D)

[helpful_leo]

I got my CPO mail today about hour and a half ago, but its only for me.

Congratulations!

Enjoy..

[la_2002_ch]

Congrats la! (Singapore style:D)


Congratulations!

Enjoy..

Thanks leo and ramaka

[dreamer]

Received "Card Production" email/SMS this morning for me and my wife followed by Decision email/SMS.

Thank you Q, Spec, all the gurus and contributors of this forum. Its been a quite a long journey and was a great experience travelling along with your comments/predictions. A BIG THANKYOU for all the hardwork/effort you put in to give the hope and ray of light at the end of the tunnel which doesn't seem to have an end at time.

Congratulations for the people who are current and got their GC. All the best for the folks who are waiting, I know its anxious but hang in there, there is always a good ending to every journey.

EB2I Sep 29,2008 NSC.
RFE: Jun 3rd 2014 for Medcal RFE
RFERR: July 3rd 2014
SR: August 13th, 2014 but haven't heard anything on it yet.

[Calgal]

Received "Card Production" email/SMS this morning for me and my wife followed by Decision email/SMS.

Thank you Q, Spec, all the gurus and contributors of this forum. Its been a quite a long journey and was a great experience travelling along with your comments/predictions. A BIG THANKYOU for all the hardwork/effort you put in to give the hope and ray of light at the end of the tunnel which doesn't seem to have an end at time.

Congratulations for the people who are current and got their GC. All the best for the folks who are waiting, I know its anxious but hang in there, there is always a good ending to every journey.

EB2I Sep 29,2008 NSC.
RFE: Jun 3rd 2014 for Medcal RFE
RFERR: July 3rd 2014
SR: August 13th, 2014 but haven't heard anything on it yet.

Congratulations! This thread fills me with so much joy to see so many long-overdue approvals :) Here's hoping that folks who are waiting get the magic email/sms this week.

[qesehmk]

Many congratulations dreamer! 2008-2014 .... is a long period. But all is well that ends well. Here is to a good new beginning for you and your family.


Received "Card Production" email/SMS this morning for me and my wife followed by Decision email/SMS.

Thank you Q, Spec, all the gurus and contributors of this forum. Its been a quite a long journey and was a great experience travelling along with your comments/predictions. A BIG THANKYOU for all the hardwork/effort you put in to give the hope and ray of light at the end of the tunnel which doesn't seem to have an end at time.

Congratulations for the people who are current and got their GC. All the best for the folks who are waiting, I know its anxious but hang in there, there is always a good ending to every journey.

EB2I Sep 29,2008 NSC.
RFE: Jun 3rd 2014 for Medcal RFE
RFERR: July 3rd 2014
SR: August 13th, 2014 but haven't heard anything on it yet.

[vizcard]

So I've heard these terms thrown around for post CPO events/docs - Welcome notice, welcome packet, Approval notice, tracking #s. Is there a sequence to these? Are the notices similar to I797s?

I guess I can wait and find out but today is a slow day at work with most of the bosses already gone to the damn hamptons for the weekend.

[dreamer]

Thank you!! Its been some time, my journey to US started in 2002 with masters, took some time to apply for GC but in the end as u mentioned all is well :)


Many congratulations dreamer! 2008-2014 .... is a long period. But all is well that ends well. Here is to a good new beginning for you and your family.

[wolverine82]

My time to share the news!!!

got CPO for me and my wife few minutes ago

my case history

PD Apr 4 2008
RD Sep 23rd 2013
RFE May 30 2014 (EVL,medicals)
RFERR June 26 2014
officer XM263
Opened SR on Aug 4th online system and received response on Aug 19th which said expect a response in 30days...

Thanks for all the support and guidance by all gurus - Q,Spec,sportsfan,teddy,Matt and all others i might have missed!!

[Spectator]

Congratulations wolverine!

[qesehmk]

Many congratulations Wolverine. All the best for future. Heck of a labor day weekend this is gonna be for you.
My time to share the news!!!

got CPO for me and my wife few minutes ago

my case history

PD Apr 4 2008
RD Sep 23rd 2013
RFE May 30 2014 (EVL,medicals)
RFERR June 26 2014
officer XM263
Opened SR on Aug 4th online system and received response on Aug 19th which said expect a response in 30days...

Thanks for all the support and guidance by all gurus - Q,Spec,sportsfan,teddy,Matt and all others i might have missed!!

[wolverine82]

Many congratulations Wolverine. All the best for future. Heck of a labor day weekend this is gonna be for you.

Thanks Q..Yup and on Ganesh Chaturthi too!!

It was nerve wracking journey which has finally come to end on an auspicious day!!

[TeddyKoochu]

My time to share the news!!!

got CPO for me and my wife few minutes ago

my case history

PD Apr 4 2008
RD Sep 23rd 2013
RFE May 30 2014 (EVL,medicals)
RFERR June 26 2014
officer XM263
Opened SR on Aug 4th online system and received response on Aug 19th which said expect a response in 30days...

Thanks for all the support and guidance by all gurus - Q,Spec,sportsfan,teddy,Matt and all others i might have missed!!

Congratulations my friend, great day and weekend to get greened. Enjoy the freedom it has been a long journey.

[hvp314]

Have been a silent observer of this Forum. Finally my turn to share the Good news. Got CPO mail for me and my wife this morning. What better day than Ganesha Chaturti.

My Details

Priority Date: July 17th 2008
Receipt Date: February 6th 2012
RFE: May 31 2014 (EVL and Medicals)
RFERR: June 19th 2014
Officer: XM1035
CPO: 29th August @10:45.

Thanks to Everyone on this forum especially Q,spec,teddy. Cannot express how helpful this Forum has been.

Thanks

[imdeng]

Congratulations Wolverine82. Very happy to see folks here finishing their GC journey.

[qesehmk]

Ganapati bappa moraya! Thanks for sharing the good news hvp. Keep in touch once in a while.
Have been a silent observer of this Forum. Finally my turn to share the Good news. Got CPO mail for me and my wife this morning. What better day than Ganesha Chaturti.

My Details

Priority Date: July 17th 2008
Receipt Date: February 6th 2012
RFE: May 31 2014 (EVL and Medicals)
RFERR: June 19th 2014
Officer: XM1035
CPO: 29th August @10:45.

Thanks to Everyone on this forum especially Q,spec,teddy. Cannot express how helpful this Forum has been.

Thanks

[helpful_leo]

Guys, got CPO mails Saturday morning. After 14 years in the US, hopefully this chapter is closed.

Details:

PD: 15 Dec 2008
RD: 8 Jan, 2012
RFER: 9 July, 2014
Officer: XM 0025
CPO e-mail: Aug 30, 2014
Senator inquiry initiated Aug 8 (no response till Aug 29 from TSC; they were planning to re-inquire today)
InfoPass: Aug 12 (was told my case assigned to officer on July 31)

Thanks to this excellent forum for providing high quality analysis and reliable info over the years...

I still expect USCIS to deliver my wife's card to the wrong address, as they have done with 2 RFEs (despite the correct address with LI/L2), but that is a smaller anxiety to getting approved.

Good luck to all here, and I am sure most to all current in August will get approved this year!

[Spectator]

Guys, got CPO mails Saturday morning. After 14 years in the US, hopefully this chapter is closed.

Details:

PD: 15 Dec 2008
RD: 8 Jan, 2012
RFER: 9 July, 2014
Officer: XM 0025
CPO e-mail: Aug 30, 2014
Senator inquiry initiated Aug 8 (no response till Aug 29 from TSC; they were planning to re-inquire today)
InfoPass: Aug 12 (was told my case assigned to officer on July 31)

Thanks to this excellent forum for providing high quality analysis and reliable info over the years...

I still expect USCIS to deliver my wife's card to the wrong address, as they have done with 2 RFEs (despite the correct address with LI/L2), but that is a smaller anxiety to getting approved.

Good luck to all here, and I am sure most to all current in August will get approved this year!helpful_leo,

Many congratulations!!

[nivarna]

Guys, got approved last Saturday (8/30)..

PD: 08/2008

thanks for all the moral support !!

[imdeng]

Congratulations Leo - so awesome to see folks here getting through.

Guys, got CPO mails Saturday morning. After 14 years in the US, hopefully this chapter is closed.

[qesehmk]

Congrats helpful_leo and nirvana. May you reach your potential the best with this newfound freedom.

Guys, got CPO mails Saturday morning. After 14 years in the US, hopefully this chapter is closed.

Details:

PD: 15 Dec 2008
RD: 8 Jan, 2012
RFER: 9 July, 2014
Officer: XM 0025
CPO e-mail: Aug 30, 2014
Senator inquiry initiated Aug 8 (no response till Aug 29 from TSC; they were planning to re-inquire today)
InfoPass: Aug 12 (was told my case assigned to officer on July 31)

Thanks to this excellent forum for providing high quality analysis and reliable info over the years...

I still expect USCIS to deliver my wife's card to the wrong address, as they have done with 2 RFEs (despite the correct address with LI/L2), but that is a smaller anxiety to getting approved.

Good luck to all here, and I am sure most to all current in August will get approved this year!


Guys, got approved last Saturday (8/30)..

PD: 08/2008

thanks for all the moral support !!

[la_2002_ch]

Guys, got approved last Saturday (8/30)..

PD: 08/2008

thanks for all the moral support !!


Guys, got CPO mails Saturday morning. After 14 years in the US, hopefully this chapter is closed.

Details:

PD: 15 Dec 2008
RD: 8 Jan, 2012
RFER: 9 July, 2014
Officer: XM 0025
CPO e-mail: Aug 30, 2014
Senator inquiry initiated Aug 8 (no response till Aug 29 from TSC; they were planning to re-inquire today)
InfoPass: Aug 12 (was told my case assigned to officer on July 31)

Thanks to this excellent forum for providing high quality analysis and reliable info over the years...

I still expect USCIS to deliver my wife's card to the wrong address, as they have done with 2 RFEs (despite the correct address with LI/L2), but that is a smaller anxiety to getting approved.

Good luck to all here, and I am sure most to all current in August will get approved this year!

Congratulations!! Enjoy the Green ery......

[fedupwithgc]

Friends,
I got my Green Card in mail today. Thanks a lot for all the support and knowledge. Wish you all a very best of luck.

[bvsamrat]

Today morning received CPO PD March end 2009.
Thanks to all for the great support and lot of information

[qbloguser]

Congrats!

You are the first March 2009 (current in Sep) case! This is a great news!



Today morning received CPO PD March end 2009.
Thanks to all for the great support and lot of information

[devi_pd]

Got CPO mail today. EB2 NSC April 2, 2009.

Thanks to Q for running this great forum and keeping it clean. Thanks to Spec for his most rigorous analysis.

[amitshukla1979]

I have been a silent observer for 3 years.
Finally, got the magic email.
PD 02/09/2009.

Thanks all for the great work.

[qesehmk]

I have been a silent observer for 3 years.
Finally, got the magic email.
PD 02/09/2009.

Thanks all for the great work.


Got CPO mail today. EB2 NSC April 2, 2009.

Thanks to Q for running this great forum and keeping it clean. Thanks to Spec for his most rigorous analysis.


Today morning received CPO PD March end 2009.
Thanks to all for the great support and lot of information


Friends,
I got my Green Card in mail today. Thanks a lot for all the support and knowledge. Wish you all a very best of luck.

GCs are raining in it seems. Many congratulations everybody.

I just want to say - on all Guru's behalf (if I can) - that it feels good when people take the effort to let everybody else know their good news. It is also appreciated when people register just to tell us the good news. All the best guys in whatever you choose to do with this freedom.

[imdeng]

Congratulations amitshukla, devi_pd, bvsamrat and fedupwithgc. It is good to see approvals well into 2009.

I second Q's thoughts - it is great to see folks sharing good news. We spend so much time dealing with doom and gloom here so the current happy messages are a welcome change of pace.

[ksur23]

Got CPO mail this morning for both me and my wife. PD Jan 28, 2009 and RFER June 27,2014. I am full of gratitude for the support I have received in this forum, amazing people here - especially those who continue to help even after getting their GCs. I hope to continue to visit this forum. Thank you!

[qesehmk]

Congratulations ksur. All the best!
Got CPO mail this morning for both me and my wife. PD Jan 28, 2009 and RFER June 27,2014. I am full of gratitude for the support I have received in this forum, amazing people here - especially those who continue to help even after getting their GCs. I hope to continue to visit this forum. Thank you!

[Feb262009]

Myself and my spouse got the text and email for Card production.
Our details: EB2 India , Feb 26 , 2009
REF received : June 10, 2014
REF response Received date: July 18, 2014
Address Change submitted: Aug 11,2014
Card production alert: Sep 4, 2014

[pdfeb09]

All,

Just wanted to informeveryone here that I got a CPO text and an email for me and my wife today !

I wasn't expecting it to come by so early and so haven't really processed it yet ... I thought TSC would clear 2008 before starting on 2009 ..

I cannot thank this forum enough for all the information and support it has provided over the past few years.

Special shout out to Q,Spec,Teddy, Kanmani, Nishant, Veni, Viz, sportsfan, Imdeng, KD, Matt ... forgive me for I cannot practically list everybody's name here .. this entire forum is darn good !


Details:
PD: Feb 09 (TSC) (Filed 485 in Feb 2012).
RFE: June 30th, replied back July 6th. RFERR since July 8th.


Waiting for Sportsfan's approval and hoping to see Kanmani and Imdeng getting current and getting their GCs soon ..

Good luck to all who are waiting at the various stages .... hopefully things will change for better soon and it won't take as long ..

[Kanmani]

pdfeb09,

Congratulations! Enjoy the freedom.

[qesehmk]

Many congratulations pdfeb and feb2009.


All,

Just wanted to informeveryone here that I got a CPO text and an email for me and my wife today !

I wasn't expecting it to come by so early and so haven't really processed it yet ... I thought TSC would clear 2008 before starting on 2009 ..

I cannot thank this forum enough for all the information and support it has provided over the past few years.

Special shout out to Q,Spec,Teddy, Kanmani, Nishant, Veni, Viz, sportsfan, Imdeng, KD, Matt ... forgive me for I cannot practically list everybody's name here .. this entire forum is darn good !


Details:
PD: Feb 09 (TSC) (Filed 485 in Feb 2012).
RFE: June 30th, replied back July 6th. RFERR since July 8th.


Waiting for Sportsfan's approval and hoping to see Kanmani and Imdeng getting current and getting their GCs soon ..

Good luck to all who are waiting at the various stages .... hopefully things will change for better soon and it won't take as long ..


Myself and my spouse got the text and email for Card production.
Our details: EB2 India , Feb 26 , 2009
REF received : June 10, 2014
REF response Received date: July 18, 2014
Address Change submitted: Aug 11,2014
Card production alert: Sep 4, 2014

[Kanmani]

To,
helpful_leo, nivarna, ksur, Feb262009, amitshukla, devi_pd, bvsamrat and fedupwithgc

Congratulations to all of you guys!

[whatever]

Just got CPO email for my case (and wife's). PD 04/29/2009! RFERR 17th July. No follow up.
Good luck to everyone!!
Thanks to everyone in the forum

[TeddyKoochu]

All,

Just wanted to informeveryone here that I got a CPO text and an email for me and my wife today !

I wasn't expecting it to come by so early and so haven't really processed it yet ... I thought TSC would clear 2008 before starting on 2009 ..

I cannot thank this forum enough for all the information and support it has provided over the past few years.

Special shout out to Q,Spec,Teddy, Kanmani, Nishant, Veni, Viz, sportsfan, Imdeng, KD, Matt ... forgive me for I cannot practically list everybody's name here .. this entire forum is darn good !


Details:
PD: Feb 09 (TSC) (Filed 485 in Feb 2012).
RFE: June 30th, replied back July 6th. RFERR since July 8th.


Waiting for Sportsfan's approval and hoping to see Kanmani and Imdeng getting current and getting their GCs soon ..

Good luck to all who are waiting at the various stages .... hopefully things will change for better soon and it won't take as long ..

Congratulations to you and your family, enjoy the freedom.

[suninphx]

Just got CPO email for my case (and wife's). PD 04/29/2009! RFERR 17th July. No follow up.
Good luck to everyone!!
Thanks to everyone in the forum

Cool ........ congratulations my friend!

[gten20]

Wow so many approvals... Congratulations!

[enigma]

Wow so many approvals... Congratulations!


My turn to share the good news:) Got CPO emails for self and spouse this morning. My details are below -


PD: 04/06/2009
RFE: 06/13/2014
RFE RR: 07/09/2014
Officer ID: NSC/CTH EX0628
CPO: 09/05/2014


After 14+ long years in this country, it is more a feeling of relief than happiness for me at this point :) Thanks to all the gurus and contributors in this forum who have helped bring a semblance of sanity to this long and convoluted GC process. Congrats to all those who got approved and good luck to all those who are waiting to be approved!!

[deepimpact]

Finally we got CPO emails (which later changed to decision) yesterday morning for both myself and my wife. My details are as follows:

PD : 3/19/2009
RD : 3/7/2012
RFE : 6/9/2014
RFER : 7/3/2014
CPO/Decission : 9/4/2014
Officer : EX0255

My GC journey comes to a happy conclusion 5 days short of 11 years in US. Thanks a lot to all gurus for your insight into this super complex system of EB GC. Congrats to all who got greened and best of luck to all waiting. Hoping your journeys also come to fruition soon.

[Zoroark]

Received CPO emails yesterday at 7:30 PM CST.

PD : 12/9/2008
RD : 2/1/2012
RFE : 6/12/2014
RFER : 8/4/2014
CPO/Decission : 9/4/2014
Batch/Officer ID : XM0136

Approval after 12 years & 8 months in US. Special thanks to Q, Spec & Teddy. Good luck to everyone who are still waiting.

[qesehmk]

deepimpact / zoro

many congratulations! Enjoy your weekend! Celebrations galore.

[anasha1721]

Im fairly sure you will get approved but that is an awfully long time to respond to the RFE. Open a SR online and hope for the best.

I opened a SR online on the 4th and guess what? I got CPO emails yesterday evening from USCIS. Exactly 90 days after the RFE was issued. Thank you so much vizcard. Special thanks to 'Q' for running this informative forum and I am not going to forget Teddy, Sportsfan, Spectator and many others whom i followed regularly on this site. The information and analysis presented here is top quality and has been a great support.
Good luck to everyone who are waiting; I am sure you will hear the good news soon.

[vik123]

i got CPO mail today, thanks everyone.

My case is slightly different . First RFE review July 25th and second RFE review for the same RFE is August 25th.

Category = EB2I
1) PD = 26-Jan-2009
2) RD = 16-Feb-2012
3) RFE date: 17-Jun-2014
4) RFERR: 25-Jul-2014
5) RFERR(Second): 25-Aug-2014 (had to submit I-693 again(for the same RFE) since dr provided wrong format first time)
6) RFE-1 Officer = XM154
7) SR-1 = N/A
8) SR-1 received = N/A
9) InfoPass Date = N/A
10) Senate/Congress Inquiry raised = N/A
11) Senate/Congress response received = N/A
12) CPO = 06-Sep-2014 @ 10.00 AM

[TeddyKoochu]

Received CPO emails yesterday at 7:30 PM CST.

PD : 12/9/2008
RD : 2/1/2012
RFE : 6/12/2014
RFER : 8/4/2014
CPO/Decission : 9/4/2014
Batch/Officer ID : XM0136

Approval after 12 years & 8 months in US. Special thanks to Q, Spec & Teddy. Good luck to everyone who are still waiting.

Congratulations my friend end of a long journey, enjoy the freedom and green life.

[Toolie]

Hello all,

I have been a follower of this blog for a few years now. It has been an invaluable resource through this ridiculously arduous journey and I am constantly amazed by the analytical abilities of contributors here, most of whom continue to post after receiving their Green cards. Thank you all for keeping our hopes up and keeping us grounded in terms of expectations and reality.

I received the e-mail/SMS on Saturday, September 08, 2014, finally.

Service center = TSC
Category = EB2I
1) PD = 16-July-2008
2) RD = 10-Jan-2012
3) RFE date: 30-May-2014
4) RFERR: 11-June-2014
5) RFE-1 Officer = XM263; SR response: XM1329
6) SR-1 = 21-July-2014
7) SR-1 received = 04-Aug-2014 (Additional review, assigned to officer, 90 days)
8) InfoPass Date = 10-Aug-2014 (will cancel)
9) Senate/Congress Inquiry raised = Yes
10) Senate/Congress response received = (they promised to send a letter to USCIS yesterday)
11) CPO = 06-Sep-2014 @ 8:15 AM EST

Thanks again and I'd love to get a drink with the gurus living in the Boston area!

Cheers.

[imdeng]

Congratulations Toolie. Thank you for registering and sharing the good news - its good to see the process working for people, even if a little delayed. Best of luck for a the green life ahead of you and your family.

Hello all,

I have been a follower of this blog for a few years now. It has been an invaluable resource through this ridiculously arduous journey and I am constantly amazed by the analytical abilities of contributors here, most of whom continue to post after receiving their Green cards. Thank you all for keeping our hopes up and keeping us grounded in terms of expectations and reality.

I received the e-mail/SMS on Saturday, September 08, 2014, finally.

Service center = TSC
Category = EB2I
1) PD = 16-July-2008
2) RD = 10-Jan-2012
3) RFE date: 30-May-2014
4) RFERR: 11-June-2014
5) RFE-1 Officer = XM263; SR response: XM1329
6) SR-1 = 21-July-2014
7) SR-1 received = 04-Aug-2014 (Additional review, assigned to officer, 90 days)
8) InfoPass Date = 10-Aug-2014 (will cancel)
9) Senate/Congress Inquiry raised = Yes
10) Senate/Congress response received = (they promised to send a letter to USCIS yesterday)
11) CPO = 06-Sep-2014 @ 8:15 AM EST

Thanks again and I'd love to get a drink with the gurus living in the Boston area!

Cheers.

[imdeng]

Heh Heh - somebody with RD after me got approved. I can't be too far behind :-) Congratulations Vik and best wishes for the green life ahead.

i got CPO mail today, thanks everyone.

My case is slightly different . First RFE review July 25th and second RFE review for the same RFE is August 25th.

Category = EB2I
1) PD = 26-Jan-2009
2) RD = 16-Feb-2012
3) RFE date: 17-Jun-2014
4) RFERR: 25-Jul-2014
5) RFERR(Second): 25-Aug-2014 (had to submit I-693 again(for the same RFE) since dr provided wrong format first time)
6) RFE-1 Officer = XM154
7) SR-1 = N/A
8) SR-1 received = N/A
9) InfoPass Date = N/A
10) Senate/Congress Inquiry raised = N/A
11) Senate/Congress response received = N/A
12) CPO = 06-Sep-2014 @ 10.00 AM

[imdeng]

We used to keep an awesome list of members sorted by PD where we could see all who have been approved and those who are close. Anybody remembers where it is? Somebody volunteering to maintain the list??

[iwait3]

Finally the 14 year 9 month over. A consolation prize this year after losing my premature second daughter in July.

This forum gave some insight couple of years back, and would look to it for reliable information.

Thanks to Q for forum, Spec for detailed analysis on every subject. Thanks to Kanmani, Viz, Imdeng, and many more.


PD : 23 Feb 2009

[qbloguser]

Got CPO mail this morning!

PD: 10-apr-2009
RFE: 23-Jun-2014
RFERR: 5-Aug-2014

[imdeng]

Congratulations qbloguser. Nice to see 2009 folks getting approved. Best wishes for your green life ahead.
PS> I moved your post to the appropriate thread.


Got CPO mail this morning!

PD: 10-apr-2009
RFE: 23-Jun-2014
RFERR: 5-Aug-2014

[imdeng]

Best wishes to you and your family for your green life ahead iwait3. So sorry to hear about your daughter - goes to show that GC is only one small part of our lives and experiences.

Finally the 14 year 9 month over. A consolation prize this year after losing my premature second daughter in July.

This forum gave some insight couple of years back, and would look to it for reliable information.

Thanks to Q for forum, Spec for detailed analysis on every subject. Thanks to Kanmani, Viz, Imdeng, and many more.


PD : 23 Feb 2009

[qbloguser]

Thanks imdeng!

And thanks to Spectator, Q, Kanmani, sportsfan and others for keeping everybody informed!


Congratulations qbloguser. Nice to see 2009 folks getting approved. Best wishes for your green life ahead.
PS> I moved your post to the appropriate thread.

[Anish05]

Finally !!! its my turn to share good news: PD: Feb 26th 2009, NSC got notice 5 min ago.

Thanks to Spectator, Q, Imdeng, sportsfan and others and special thank you for Teddy & Kanmani.

Teddy,

I was so sad 2 years ago for not attend function in India due to visa issue and your words was encourages to me also you shared your personel view. Thank you for that.

One quick question to all: My attorney got RFE, we replied and I never recived it any RFE and never changed my house address since 485 was filled, (2 EAD & AP also same address)

GC will come to my home address or Attorney place? Already opened SR on next Thursday, Shall I cancel it ? Shall I call L2 Officer to confirm my address?

Please advise!!!

Thanks,
Anish

[imdeng]

Congratulations Anish. Best wishes for a blue life ahead.

It is normal for RFE to only go to the attorney. My RFEs only went to the attorney and she confirmed that this is quite normal. THE GC though will come directly to you - just like EAD/AP.

Finally !!! its my turn to share good news: PD: Feb 26th 2009, NSC got notice 5 min ago.

Thanks to Spectator, Q, Imdeng, sportsfan and others and special thank you for Teddy & Kanmani.

Teddy,

I was so sad 2 years ago for not attend function in India due to visa issue and your words was encourages to me also you shared your personel view. Thank you for that.

One quick question to all: My attorney got RFE, we replied and I never recived it any RFE and never changed my house address since 485 was filled, (2 EAD & AP also same address)

GC will come to my home address or Attorney place? Already opened SR on next Thursday, Shall I cancel it ? Shall I call L2 Officer to confirm my address?

Please advise!!!

Thanks,
Anish

[qesehmk]

Many congratulations Anish / qbloguser/ iwait / toolie / vik123 / & anasha !! Wish the very best for you and your families.


Finally !!! its my turn to share good news: PD: Feb 26th 2009, NSC got notice 5 min ago.

Thanks to Spectator, Q, Imdeng, sportsfan and others and special thank you for Teddy & Kanmani.

Teddy,

I was so sad 2 years ago for not attend function in India due to visa issue and your words was encourages to me also you shared your personel view. Thank you for that.

One quick question to all: My attorney got RFE, we replied and I never recived it any RFE and never changed my house address since 485 was filled, (2 EAD & AP also same address)

GC will come to my home address or Attorney place? Already opened SR on next Thursday, Shall I cancel it ? Shall I call L2 Officer to confirm my address?

Please advise!!!

Thanks,
Anish


Thanks imdeng!

And thanks to Spectator, Q, Kanmani, sportsfan and others for keeping everybody informed!


Finally the 14 year 9 month over. A consolation prize this year after losing my premature second daughter in July.

This forum gave some insight couple of years back, and would look to it for reliable information.

Thanks to Q for forum, Spec for detailed analysis on every subject. Thanks to Kanmani, Viz, Imdeng, and many more.


PD : 23 Feb 2009


Hello all,

I have been a follower of this blog for a few years now. It has been an invaluable resource through this ridiculously arduous journey and I am constantly amazed by the analytical abilities of contributors here, most of whom continue to post after receiving their Green cards. Thank you all for keeping our hopes up and keeping us grounded in terms of expectations and reality.

I received the e-mail/SMS on Saturday, September 08, 2014, finally.

Service center = TSC
Category = EB2I
1) PD = 16-July-2008
2) RD = 10-Jan-2012
3) RFE date: 30-May-2014
4) RFERR: 11-June-2014
5) RFE-1 Officer = XM263; SR response: XM1329
6) SR-1 = 21-July-2014
7) SR-1 received = 04-Aug-2014 (Additional review, assigned to officer, 90 days)
8) InfoPass Date = 10-Aug-2014 (will cancel)
9) Senate/Congress Inquiry raised = Yes
10) Senate/Congress response received = (they promised to send a letter to USCIS yesterday)
11) CPO = 06-Sep-2014 @ 8:15 AM EST

Thanks again and I'd love to get a drink with the gurus living in the Boston area!

Cheers.


i got CPO mail today, thanks everyone.

My case is slightly different . First RFE review July 25th and second RFE review for the same RFE is August 25th.

Category = EB2I
1) PD = 26-Jan-2009
2) RD = 16-Feb-2012
3) RFE date: 17-Jun-2014
4) RFERR: 25-Jul-2014
5) RFERR(Second): 25-Aug-2014 (had to submit I-693 again(for the same RFE) since dr provided wrong format first time)
6) RFE-1 Officer = XM154
7) SR-1 = N/A
8) SR-1 received = N/A
9) InfoPass Date = N/A
10) Senate/Congress Inquiry raised = N/A
11) Senate/Congress response received = N/A
12) CPO = 06-Sep-2014 @ 10.00 AM


I opened a SR online on the 4th and guess what? I got CPO emails yesterday evening from USCIS. Exactly 90 days after the RFE was issued. Thank you so much vizcard. Special thanks to 'Q' for running this informative forum and I am not going to forget Teddy, Sportsfan, Spectator and many others whom i followed regularly on this site. The information and analysis presented here is top quality and has been a great support.
Good luck to everyone who are waiting; I am sure you will hear the good news soon.

[TeddyKoochu]

I opened a SR online on the 4th and guess what? I got CPO emails yesterday evening from USCIS. Exactly 90 days after the RFE was issued. Thank you so much vizcard. Special thanks to 'Q' for running this informative forum and I am not going to forget Teddy, Sportsfan, Spectator and many others whom i followed regularly on this site. The information and analysis presented here is top quality and has been a great support.
Good luck to everyone who are waiting; I am sure you will hear the good news soon.

Congratulations my friend, enjoy the freedom and green life.

[dalian]

Hi Guys,

Finally got the CPO emails and texts. It did go back to "Decision". Is this normal?

PD: 12/09/2008
RFE: 08/05/2014
RFE RR: 08/25/2014
Service Center: TSC
CPO: 09/05/2014

Thanks.

[vizcard]

Congratulations to all. I come to this thread once every other day or so and its so great to see so many of our forum members getting approved.

[imdeng]

Congratulations dalian - and yes it is normal.

Hi Guys,

Finally got the CPO emails and texts. It did go back to "Decision". Is this normal?

PD: 12/09/2008
RFE: 08/05/2014
RFE RR: 08/25/2014
Service Center: TSC
CPO: 09/05/2014

Thanks.

[TeddyKoochu]

Finally !!! its my turn to share good news: PD: Feb 26th 2009, NSC got notice 5 min ago.

Thanks to Spectator, Q, Imdeng, sportsfan and others and special thank you for Teddy & Kanmani.

Teddy,

I was so sad 2 years ago for not attend function in India due to visa issue and your words was encourages to me also you shared your personel view. Thank you for that.

One quick question to all: My attorney got RFE, we replied and I never recived it any RFE and never changed my house address since 485 was filled, (2 EAD & AP also same address)

GC will come to my home address or Attorney place? Already opened SR on next Thursday, Shall I cancel it ? Shall I call L2 Officer to confirm my address?

Please advise!!!

Thanks,
Anish

Congratulations my friend, great to hear that you are greened. Enjoy the freedom and green life. GC should come to your mailing address which should be your home address.

[bvsamrat]

Finally received cards on hand 1 week after CPO notice
Things moved fast once the dates become current
Thanks to all once again for the great support

[scion78]

Hello All, I've been a long time lurker, rare poster. However felt that I should share my appreciation for all folks on this forum. Thanks to Q for creating and maintaining this forum and also to all the other posters who provide valuable insight and support through this process. Thanks all!!
We received our welcome notice emails a week ago and CPO emails today, still waiting for physical cards

PD: Nov 2008
485: Jan 2012
REFRR- Aug 15th 2014
Welcome Email - Sep 4th
CPO Email - Sep 10th

[qesehmk]

bvsamrat, scion, dalian - congratulations to you all. All the very best for future and keep in touch once a while.
Hello All, I've been a long time lurker, rare poster. However felt that I should share my appreciation for all folks on this forum. Thanks to Q for creating and maintaining this forum and also to all the other posters who provide valuable insight and support through this process. Thanks all!!
We received our welcome notice emails a week ago and CPO emails today, still waiting for physical cards

PD: Nov 2008
485: Jan 2012
REFRR- Aug 15th 2014
Welcome Email - Sep 4th
CPO Email - Sep 10th


Finally received cards on hand 1 week after CPO notice
Things moved fast once the dates become current
Thanks to all once again for the great support


Hi Guys,

Finally got the CPO emails and texts. It did go back to "Decision". Is this normal?

PD: 12/09/2008
RFE: 08/05/2014
RFE RR: 08/25/2014
Service Center: TSC
CPO: 09/05/2014

Thanks.

[venkat]

Thanks to all the forum members. I’ve been an ardent follower of this forum for last 3 years ever since my friend told about this great place. Thanks to Q, Spec, Nishant, Teddy, Veni and more recently Kanmani, Viz, Imdeng for your contribution.


Only yesterday i was down and frustrated after the visa number news...i can't believe this myself.

I finally got my CPO email/text

PD: 6/24/2008
RD: 1/30/2012
RFERR: 6/19/2014
CPO: 9/11/2014 @ 2:30 PM ET

Additional Info: Initiated Congressman Enquiry on 7/29 and it was going nowhere, finally when i heard the news last night i called them first thing this morning and the lady was very helpful. she spoke to the Congressional liaison at the TSC and said mine is under final review and should happen anytime. Created SR on on Aug 20 but it was a standard reply. In my case God only knows why it took so long when they were happily approving 2009 cases

Wishing everyone (including Seeking_GC_Since_Jun_2008 and Krookbond - You are not far behind) all the best to get yours soon!!!

[Kanmani]

Venkat,

Congratulations!

Guys, internal retrogression as of 10th and GC approval on 11th indicates there must have been an internal allocation of visas done before the announcement. I wish/guess everyone waiting must have got allocated a visa number before they were exhausted. All the best to all waiting, your cards are on the way!

[Seeking_GC_Since_Jun_2008]

Thanks to all the forum members. I’ve been an ardent follower of this forum for last 3 years ever since my friend told about this great place. Thanks to Q, Spec, Nishant, Teddy, Veni and more recently Kanmani, Viz, Imdeng for your contribution.


Only yesterday i was down and frustrated after the visa number news...i can't believe this myself.

I finally got my CPO email/text

PD: 6/24/2008
RD: 1/30/2012
RFERR: 6/19/2014
CPO: 9/11/2014 @ 2:30 PM ET

Additional Info: Initiated Congressman Enquiry on 7/29 and it was going nowhere, finally when i heard the news last night i called them first thing this morning and the lady was very helpful. she spoke to the Congressional liaison at the TSC and said mine is under final review and should happen anytime. Created SR on on Aug 20 but it was a standard reply. In my case God only knows why it took so long when they were happily approving 2009 cases

Wishing everyone (including Seeking_GC_Since_Jun_2008 and Krookbond - You are not far behind) all the best to get yours soon!!!

Wohooo! Venkat, Congratulations!

Your GC news brought a silver lining especially after last night's news..

[venkat]

You are 200% correct (as you are always). I have so far seen close to 10 approvals in Trackitt all that happened today


Venkat,

Congratulations!

Guys, internal retrogression as of 10th and GC approval on 11th indicates there must have been an internal allocation of visas done before the announcement. I wish/guess everyone waiting must have got allocated a visa number before they were exhausted. All the best to all waiting, your cards are on the way!

[EB2EB2]

Got greened.
EB2-I | NSC | PD: 2/23/2009 | RD: 2/28/2012

[vizcard]

Got greened.
EB2-I | NSC | PD: 2/23/2009 | RD: 2/28/2012

Congrats EB2EB2 !

I moved your post from the other thread to this one.

[qesehmk]

Congratulations Venkat. You are one patient man (looking at your PD)!!


Thanks to all the forum members. I’ve been an ardent follower of this forum for last 3 years ever since my friend told about this great place. Thanks to Q, Spec, Nishant, Teddy, Veni and more recently Kanmani, Viz, Imdeng for your contribution.


Only yesterday i was down and frustrated after the visa number news...i can't believe this myself.

I finally got my CPO email/text

PD: 6/24/2008
RD: 1/30/2012
RFERR: 6/19/2014
CPO: 9/11/2014 @ 2:30 PM ET

Additional Info: Initiated Congressman Enquiry on 7/29 and it was going nowhere, finally when i heard the news last night i called them first thing this morning and the lady was very helpful. she spoke to the Congressional liaison at the TSC and said mine is under final review and should happen anytime. Created SR on on Aug 20 but it was a standard reply. In my case God only knows why it took so long when they were happily approving 2009 cases

Wishing everyone (including Seeking_GC_Since_Jun_2008 and Krookbond - You are not far behind) all the best to get yours soon!!!


Got greened.
EB2-I | NSC | PD: 2/23/2009 | RD: 2/28/2012

[Soleil]

Congrats to all who got greened.

Need some suggestions

Received the CPO mail & text on Jul 12 followed by welcome notice.There was no case update online after CPO and have not received my GC card till now.

Raised SR after 30 days and received a response after 15 days that "Your file has been requested. Upon receipt, your case will be reviewed".
The mail has an XM# for queries and to wait for 60 days for a response.
I have scheduled an infopass appointment next week and planning to get passport stamped with I 551.

what are my options
1. Will calling USCIS again help - may be try to reach the XM# if L1 agrees to
2. Do I need to seek help of Congressman immediately or wait for 60 days
3. Anything specific I can request during infopass appointment which can help resolve the issue.
4. Is my EAD valid and its due renewal Dec 14 ?

My spouse is also having the same issue.

[JJcalifornian]

Thank you so much Q, Spec, Kanmani, Vizcard and all the members here, for having such a one stop place to contribute and support each other. I received the physical GC today 09/12. I couldn't believe it, as almost all my applications in GC journey took it's maximum time to get through but this one.

PD 27th Jan 2009
RFE 13th Jun 2014, for medical and EVL.
RFE responded and delivered on 14th July 2014 but did not move to RFERR, till I see the status changed to CPO on 5th Sept 2014.
Welcome mail received on 9/11 and I missed the window to get the tracking no# from USCIS case status system.
On 9/12 called in to get the tracking no#, L1 transferred my call to L2 as she couldn't help to get the tracking no#.

[qesehmk]

Thank you so much Q, Spec, Kanmani, Vizcard and all the members here, for having such a one stop place to contribute and support each other. I received the physical GC today 09/12. I couldn't believe it, as almost all my applications in GC journey took it's maximum time to get through but this one.

PD 27th Jan 2009
RFE 13th Jun 2014, for medical and EVL.
RFE responded and delivered on 14th July 2014 but did not move to RFERR, till I see the status changed to CPO on 5th Sept 2014.
Welcome mail received on 9/11 and I missed the window to get the tracking no# from USCIS case status system.
On 9/12 called in to get the tracking no#, L1 transferred my call to L2 as she couldn't help to get the tracking no#.
JJ - many congratulations. Somebody is going to celebrate over the weekend ;)

[vizcard]

Congrats to all who got greened.

Need some suggestions

Received the CPO mail & text on Jul 12 followed by welcome notice.There was no case update online after CPO and have not received my GC card till now.

Raised SR after 30 days and received a response after 15 days that "Your file has been requested. Upon receipt, your case will be reviewed".
The mail has an XM# for queries and to wait for 60 days for a response.
I have scheduled an infopass appointment next week and planning to get passport stamped with I 551.

what are my options
1. Will calling USCIS again help - may be try to reach the XM# if L1 agrees to
2. Do I need to seek help of Congressman immediately or wait for 60 days
3. Anything specific I can request during infopass appointment which can help resolve the issue.
4. Is my EAD valid and its due renewal Dec 14 ?

My spouse is also having the same issue.

I'd focus on the infopass appointment. Take the welcome letter and receipt notices with you along with your passports. Worst case scenario, you can get a I-551 stamp on your passport based on your approval. You are approved so that's not the issue. Your cards are probably just MIA.

Since your case has been approved, your EAD is no longer valid. I would clarify all this during the Infopass appointment.

[dalian]

Hi Guys,

Just a word of caution for those who have moved since filing I-485 and it is pending.

I moved while my I-485 was pending and filed an AR-11 online, I also made sure that I updated my address on my pending I-485. I received confirmation of change both via email and postal mail. All well and good.

I was lucky that my RFE's were sent to my new address and we responded in time.

I got approved recently and got the CPO email with USPS tracking number. The funny thing about USPS tracking is that when you track your mail, it doesn't tell you the destination city as FedEx or UPS. To my surprise when I checked the tracking on the day it was supposed to be delivered, I found out that they shipped the cards to my old address. I thought, oh no problem they will just return it to USCIS because I have mail forwarding setup (been less than a year). But nope, USPS delivered it to my old address, regardless of the fact that I had mail forwarding. I was lucky that I know the tenant at my old address and was able to ask him to ship me the cards.

I didn't dig deeper into why this happened. But I have heard this happen to several people. So I would suggest you call USPS to confirm delivery address when you get your CPO email with USPS tracking and if you have moved since filing I-485.

[dorais]

I got the CPO and Decision emails today. It was a pleasant surprise as just last week L2 had mentioned that the case was transferred to the Local office. I would like to thank all the gurus and the forum members for their support. Analysis and the civil discussions here made me feel better when I felt I was blindfolded with no information. Good luck to everyone waiting.

PD 04/14/2009

[qesehmk]

Congrats dorais. Enjoy the freedom and keep visiting once a while.
I got the CPO and Decision emails today. It was a pleasant surprise as just last week L2 had mentioned that the case was transferred to the Local office. I would like to thank all the gurus and the forum members for their support. Analysis and the civil discussions here made me feel better when I felt I was blindfolded with no information. Good luck to everyone waiting.

PD 04/14/2009

[Soleil]

I'd focus on the infopass appointment. Take the welcome letter and receipt notices with you along with your passports. Worst case scenario, you can get a I-551 stamp on your passport based on your approval. You are approved so that's not the issue. Your cards are probably just MIA.

Since your case has been approved, your EAD is no longer valid. I would clarify all this during the Infopass appointment.

Apart from "welcome notice" what are the "receipt notices" you are referring to?
Thanks vizcard for the info. I wish the infopass appt goes well and they trigger to send the physical card ASAP.

[gc4a_k]

I opened SR and to which they mentioned visa is available and requested my case for reveiw and i should hear something from them in 90 days. Also contacted congresman and yet to hear from them. When i contacted l2 they mentioned that no one has assined to my case. I dont know whats wrong with my case...

If some thing is wrong then I should not have even got RFE right but I got it and responded back in july and patiently waiting since then.. do you have any suggestions?

hi,

hang in there. you shld get gc soon. my pd is 24 march 2009, rferr was 11 jul, 2014. raised eSR on 4th sept (couldn't wait for 60 days) spoke with l1 on 10th sept, she was kind enough to transfer me to L2, however l2 said that he cannot give me any info as I had already raised eSR and told me to wait till 19th sept. finally got cpo email yesterday. I think L2 wont say anything if they know you have raised SR. that's my 2 cents. hope you get GC soooon.

Q,Spec,Viz,Sports,kamani etc thanks a ton for all the help/analysis which helped me preserve my sanity.

[reachkash]

finally the waiting is ended. Received the GC.

Thanks to you so much Q, Spec, Kanmani, Vizcard, imdeng, Teddy, MATT and all the members here. I could not imagine the wait without this forum. It helped a lot reading all the information, reduced the stress.

PD: 02/04/2009
RFE: 06/28/2014
RFE RR: 07/31/2014
Service Center: TSC
CPO: 09/06/2014
Card Received: 09/13/2014

Thanks,
Kash

[qesehmk]

Many congratulations reachkash. Thanks for sharing. Sharing helps the journey easier. All the best for future.
finally the waiting is ended. Received the GC.
Thanks to you so much Q, Spec, Kanmani, Vizcard, imdeng, Teddy, MATT and all the members here. I could not imagine the wait without this forum. It helped a lot reading all the information, reduced the stress.

PD: 02/04/2009
RFE: 06/28/2014
RFE RR: 07/31/2014
Service Center: TSC
CPO: 09/06/2014
Card Received: 09/13/2014

Thanks,
Kash


hi,

hang in there. you shld get gc soon. my pd is 24 march 2009, rferr was 11 jul, 2014. raised eSR on 4th sept (couldn't wait for 60 days) spoke with l1 on 10th sept, she was kind enough to transfer me to L2, however l2 said that he cannot give me any info as I had already raised eSR and told me to wait till 19th sept. finally got cpo email yesterday. I think L2 wont say anything if they know you have raised SR. that's my 2 cents. hope you get GC soooon.

Q,Spec,Viz,Sports,kamani etc thanks a ton for all the help/analysis which helped me preserve my sanity.

gc4a_k, congrats to you too. Good luck with the future!

[vizcard]

Apart from "welcome notice" what are the "receipt notices" you are referring to?
Thanks vizcard for the info. I wish the infopass appt goes well and they trigger to send the physical card ASAP.

The receipt notices are what you got when you filed initially.

[imdeng]

Congratulations Kash. Best wishes to you and your family - enjoy the green life.

finally the waiting is ended. Received the GC.

Thanks to you so much Q, Spec, Kanmani, Vizcard, imdeng, Teddy, MATT and all the members here. I could not imagine the wait without this forum. It helped a lot reading all the information, reduced the stress.

PD: 02/04/2009
RFE: 06/28/2014
RFE RR: 07/31/2014
Service Center: TSC
CPO: 09/06/2014
Card Received: 09/13/2014

Thanks,
Kash

[TeddyKoochu]

finally the waiting is ended. Received the GC.

Thanks to you so much Q, Spec, Kanmani, Vizcard, imdeng, Teddy, MATT and all the members here. I could not imagine the wait without this forum. It helped a lot reading all the information, reduced the stress.

PD: 02/04/2009
RFE: 06/28/2014
RFE RR: 07/31/2014
Service Center: TSC
CPO: 09/06/2014
Card Received: 09/13/2014

Thanks,
Kash

Congratulations my friend, enjoy the freedom and achieve all your goals.

[Seeking_GC_Since_Jun_2008]

Finally received CPO email this morning!

PD Jun 30 2008(TSC)
RD Jan 20 2012
RFE May 31 2014
RFERR Jun 30 2014

Good luck to everyone who is waiting!

Cheers,
Seeking

[Seeking_GC_Since_Jun_2008]

Finally received CPO email this morning!

PD Jun 30 2008(TSC)
RD Jan 20 2012
RFE May 31 2014
RFERR Jun 30 2014

Good luck to everyone who is waiting!

Cheers,
Seeking


Forgot to mention this very important thing...Kudos to everyone who is behind this forum...you guys made the waiting relatively easier and I was able to keep my the sanity all this while....

[venkat]

Congrats man!!!

when i got my approval (12 days back) I wanted you and Krookbond to get your approvals soon...I think he got it too...

So all old timers are finally greened!!!


Finally received CPO email this morning!

PD Jun 30 2008(TSC)
RD Jan 20 2012
RFE May 31 2014
RFERR Jun 30 2014

Good luck to everyone who is waiting!

Cheers,
Seeking

[Seeking_GC_Since_Jun_2008]

Congrats man!!!

when i got my approval (12 days back) I wanted you and Krookbond to get your approvals soon...I think he got it too...

So all old timers are finally greened!!!

Thanks Venkat!

[SONU77]

I will start my thread with prayers for those who are waiting for the GC journey to be over successfully. I finally received CPO text/mail yesterday for the primary applicant only; dependent still pending. I want to thank everyone for all the help/guidance/company during this journey. It is nothing but a test of our patience/perseverance. Thank you!

Priority Date: July 04,2008
RFE 1 Date: May 31,2014
RFE 1 Reply Date: June 17, 2014
RFE 2 Date: August 16, 2014
RFE 2 Reply Date: September 10, 2014
CPO Mail: Sept 22, 2014
Card sent: Waiting
Card received: Waiting

[qesehmk]

SONU / Seeking_GC

Many congratulations to both of you. Good to see approvals still coming in.
I will start my thread with prayers for those who are waiting for the GC journey to be over successfully. I finally received CPO text/mail yesterday for the primary applicant only; dependent still pending. I want to thank everyone for all the help/guidance/company during this journey. It is nothing but a test of our patience/perseverance. Thank you!

Priority Date: July 04,2008
RFE 1 Date: May 31,2014
RFE 1 Reply Date: June 17, 2014
RFE 2 Date: August 16, 2014
RFE 2 Reply Date: September 10, 2014
CPO Mail: Sept 22, 2014
Card sent: Waiting
Card received: Waiting


Finally received CPO email this morning!

PD Jun 30 2008(TSC)
RD Jan 20 2012
RFE May 31 2014
RFERR Jun 30 2014

Good luck to everyone who is waiting!

Cheers,
Seeking

[nbk1976]

Is there anyone who got his/her GC this year that was not RFEd? Also, is there anyone with only medical certification RFE?

[gcseeker2009]

Folks- Finally ,oh boy.... what a journey, it has to come to end in a perfect timing. We were blessed with a baby girl on Sunday 9/21 and our CPO email came on Monday 9/22.. We are overwhelmed. I couldn't post it earlier due as our daughter is keeping us busy.I got a break finally to post this. This was one of the toughest journey and I couldn't ask for perfect end. I was very emotional when I got the CPO email. No doubt the toughest journey of my life. I wish no one goes through this pain and anxiety. I started visiting this forum from 2012 and not a single day I missed coming to this site. All the gurus rock here... I love all the informative posts, expertise and the respect being shared Q, Spec, Kanmani, Sportsfan and all the gurus -great job guys and please continue to do so. I gained immigration knowledge from this forum and will continue to visit this site. Here are my details

PD: Apr 09, 2009
RD: Feb 06,2012
RFE: June 28,2014
RFER:July 15, 2014
CPO: Sep 22, 2014

[qesehmk]

gcseeker congratulations to you and many many many blessings to your little princess.
Folks- Finally ,oh boy.... what a journey, it has to come to end in a perfect timing. We were blessed with a baby girl on Sunday 9/21 and our CPO email came on Monday 9/22.. We are overwhelmed. I couldn't post it earlier due as our daughter is keeping us busy.I got a break finally to post this. This was one of the toughest journey and I couldn't ask for perfect end. I was very emotional when I got the CPO email. No doubt the toughest journey of my life. I wish no one goes through this pain and anxiety. I started visiting this forum from 2012 and not a single day I missed coming to this site. All the gurus rock here... I love all the informative posts, expertise and the respect being shared Q, Spec, Kanmani, Sportsfan and all the gurus -great job guys and please continue to do so. I gained immigration knowledge from this forum and will continue to visit this site. Here are my details

PD: Apr 09, 2009
RD: Feb 06,2012
RFE: June 28,2014
RFER:July 15, 2014
CPO: Sep 22, 2014

[imdeng]

AFAIK nobody who had an expired Medical has been greened without an RFE. Also - NSC has issued many Medical-Only RFEs (including me) , TSC very few..

Is there anyone who got his/her GC this year that was not RFEd? Also, is there anyone with only medical certification RFE?

[imdeng]

Congratulations on the double bonanza gcseeker!


Folks- Finally ,oh boy.... what a journey, it has to come to end in a perfect timing. We were blessed with a baby girl on Sunday 9/21 and our CPO email came on Monday 9/22.. We are overwhelmed. I couldn't post it earlier due as our daughter is keeping us busy.I got a break finally to post this. This was one of the toughest journey and I couldn't ask for perfect end. I was very emotional when I got the CPO email. No doubt the toughest journey of my life. I wish no one goes through this pain and anxiety. I started visiting this forum from 2012 and not a single day I missed coming to this site. All the gurus rock here... I love all the informative posts, expertise and the respect being shared Q, Spec, Kanmani, Sportsfan and all the gurus -great job guys and please continue to do so. I gained immigration knowledge from this forum and will continue to visit this site. Here are my details

PD: Apr 09, 2009
RD: Feb 06,2012
RFE: June 28,2014
RFER:July 15, 2014
CPO: Sep 22, 2014

[Spectator]

What gives? Why is there such an asymmetrical processing clearly favoring NSC applicants over the TSC? I am almost certain the NSC will completely clean out its backlog and even green some of the July 2014 applicants while the TSC will leave some old cases behind simultaneously.I'm not sure that is true.

At the end of Q3, USCIS reported that the relative split of EB pending cases at NSC:TSC was 43:57.

NSC started fast then fizzled out quickly, while TSC started later and has continued.

During July to date Trackitt reports the relative approvals for EB2-I as 38:62 in favour of TSC.

In rough terms, the approvals have been in relation to the % of cases at the respective SC and any cases left pending would be in the same proportions - no SC would give a particular advantage.

[Seeking_GC_Since_Jun_2008]

Thanks Q.....


SONU / Seeking_GC

Many congratulations to both of you. Good to see approvals still coming in.

[Seeking_GC_Since_Jun_2008]

Awesome gcseeker!

Double congratulations to you and your family!

Folks- Finally ,oh boy.... what a journey, it has to come to end in a perfect timing. We were blessed with a baby girl on Sunday 9/21 and our CPO email came on Monday 9/22.. We are overwhelmed. I couldn't post it earlier due as our daughter is keeping us busy.I got a break finally to post this. This was one of the toughest journey and I couldn't ask for perfect end. I was very emotional when I got the CPO email. No doubt the toughest journey of my life. I wish no one goes through this pain and anxiety. I started visiting this forum from 2012 and not a single day I missed coming to this site. All the gurus rock here... I love all the informative posts, expertise and the respect being shared Q, Spec, Kanmani, Sportsfan and all the gurus -great job guys and please continue to do so. I gained immigration knowledge from this forum and will continue to visit this site. Here are my details

PD: Apr 09, 2009
RD: Feb 06,2012
RFE: June 28,2014
RFER:July 15, 2014
CPO: Sep 22, 2014

[nbk1976]

AFAIK nobody who had an expired Medical has been greened without an RFE. Also - NSC has issued many Medical-Only RFEs (including me) , TSC very few..

Why is the medical recertification needed even if you have never left the US after filing the I-485?

[gc2008]

I am happy to inform you all that finally my GC journey has come to an end today.


Category = EB2 I (direct)
1) PD = DEC 2008
2) RD = 4th Jan 2014
3) RFE-1 = 21st June 2014
4) RFER-1 = 24th July 2014
5) SR-1 Officer = XM1268
6) SR-1 = 22nd Aug 2014
7) SR-1 response received=6th Sept 2014
9) Senate/Congress Inquiry raised = yes September 8 2014
10) Senate/Congress response received = No
11) CPO = no text/email. online status changed

Sportsfan, I sincerely hope you will get your GC soon. Good luck buddy!!!

[Spectator]

gc2008,

Congrats.

[suninphx]

I am happy to inform you all that finally my GC journey has come to an end today.


Category = EB2 I (direct)
1) PD = DEC 2008
2) RD = 4th Jan 2014
3) RFE-1 = 21st June 2014
4) RFER-1 = 24th July 2014
5) SR-1 Officer = XM1268
6) SR-1 = 22nd Aug 2014
7) SR-1 response received=6th Sept 2014
9) Senate/Congress Inquiry raised = yes September 8 2014
10) Senate/Congress response received = No
11) CPO = no text/email. online status changed

Sportsfan, I sincerely hope you will get your GC soon. Good luck buddy!!!

Congratulations!

Happy to see approvals are still trickeling in.

[imdeng]

Congratulations gc2008. Best wishes to you and your family for a green life ahead. Very happy to see that approvals are still going on. Hang in there Sports - its gonna happen.

I am happy to inform you all that finally my GC journey has come to an end today.


Category = EB2 I (direct)
1) PD = DEC 2008
2) RD = 4th Jan 2014
3) RFE-1 = 21st June 2014
4) RFER-1 = 24th July 2014
5) SR-1 Officer = XM1268
6) SR-1 = 22nd Aug 2014
7) SR-1 response received=6th Sept 2014
9) Senate/Congress Inquiry raised = yes September 8 2014
10) Senate/Congress response received = No
11) CPO = no text/email. online status changed

Sportsfan, I sincerely hope you will get your GC soon. Good luck buddy!!!

[Spectator]

Looks like I am the last domino to fall. They seem to have started allocating October numbers early!

Sorry I can't think of any colorful metaphors to say that I received CPO finally. My observation is that it came almost the end of the month so it should be from the 2015 quota already.

Don't really feel different because the last few days, I had convinced myself I had the damn green card. I managed to trick my mind.

Anyway, some thank yous are in order. The three foremost: Q (for creating and maintaining this forum), spec (for being the most knowledgeable poster and the one who kept my spirits alive when I bugged him with many PMs with depressing thoughts), kanmani (for being the Guru of all semantics and "law thingies"). Everyone else including imdeng, sunn, viz and even the old timers like Pedro (shame he stopped posting!)...sorry guys, I don't want to drag this unnecessarily. I thank each and every one of you for being the part of this forum and keeping it alive.

I will keep on posting. Good luck to everyone, whoever is still waiting to be greened this year.

I will not leave and keep posting from time to time.sports,

Congrats!!

I told you it would happen. I thought you might have to wait until October, but I'm very happy that the good news came within FY2014.

[Spectator]

Thanks Spec...you were right about the timeframe. I did notice that quite a few folks reported CPOs (haven't done trackitt analysis yet) end of September, which makes me think they started allocating October numbers early. I could be wrong, but this is one thing to keep an eye on.

Needless to say, this should be a sigh of relief to almost everyone. I feel almost certain that by the end of October, very few people with PD until May 1, 2009 should be left over. This would push the date further in July 2015.

Final thought: Everyone with an RFE seems to be accounted for somehow. I don't know how they are managing this, but an RFE seems to have a visa number attached to it.sports,

The figures show a sharp tailing off of approvals after the announcement on September 10, 2014. This seems to be consistent with the approvals coming from FY2014.

Unfortunately, I can't (at least at this time) agree with your thoughts about the end of October, though I would like to. There seem to be just too many cases remaining (excluding new applications) to clear them all with the visa numbers likely to be available in October.

[qesehmk]

What a news Sports!!! All the best. I wouldn't worry about where the number came from. The cat has killed the mouse. Doesn't matter if it's black or white ;)

Time to make plans for fall break.

Looks like I am the last domino to fall. They seem to have started allocating October numbers early!

Sorry I can't think of any colorful metaphors to say that I received CPO finally. My observation is that it came almost the end of the month so it should be from the 2015 quota already.

Don't really feel different because the last few days, I had convinced myself I had the damn green card. I managed to trick my mind.

Anyway, some thank yous are in order. The three foremost: Q (for creating and maintaining this forum), spec (for being the most knowledgeable poster and the one who kept my spirits alive when I bugged him with many PMs with depressing thoughts), kanmani (for being the Guru of all semantics and "law thingies"). Everyone else including imdeng, sunn, viz and even the old timers like Pedro (shame he stopped posting!)...sorry guys, I don't want to drag this unnecessarily. I thank each and every one of you for being the part of this forum and keeping it alive.

I will keep on posting. Good luck to everyone, whoever is still waiting to be greened this year.

I will not leave and keep posting from time to time.

[gc2008]

Congrats Sportsfan!!!
Best way to start week with :)

[suninphx]

Looks like I am the last domino to fall. They seem to have started allocating October numbers early!

Sorry I can't think of any colorful metaphors to say that I received CPO finally. My observation is that it came almost the end of the month so it should be from the 2015 quota already.

Don't really feel different because the last few days, I had convinced myself I had the damn green card. I managed to trick my mind.

Anyway, some thank yous are in order. The three foremost: Q (for creating and maintaining this forum), spec (for being the most knowledgeable poster and the one who kept my spirits alive when I bugged him with many PMs with depressing thoughts), kanmani (for being the Guru of all semantics and "law thingies"). Everyone else including imdeng, sunn, viz and even the old timers like Pedro (shame he stopped posting!)...sorry guys, I don't want to drag this unnecessarily. I thank each and every one of you for being the part of this forum and keeping it alive.

I will keep on posting. Good luck to everyone, whoever is still waiting to be greened this year.

I will not leave and keep posting from time to time.
Sports - great news ! Congratulations !!

[ramaka02]

Congrats Sports! Happy for you and your family!

Hearty congrats to gcseeker09 on having a baby and GC as well! Nothing like having a daughter buddy.....be ready to be wrapped around her little finger and dance to her whims and fancies :D!



Looks like I am the last domino to fall. They seem to have started allocating October numbers early!

Sorry I can't think of any colorful metaphors to say that I received CPO finally. My observation is that it came almost the end of the month so it should be from the 2015 quota already.

Don't really feel different because the last few days, I had convinced myself I had the damn green card. I managed to trick my mind.

Anyway, some thank yous are in order. The three foremost: Q (for creating and maintaining this forum), spec (for being the most knowledgeable poster and the one who kept my spirits alive when I bugged him with many PMs with depressing thoughts), kanmani (for being the Guru of all semantics and "law thingies"). Everyone else including imdeng, sunn, viz and even the old timers like Pedro (shame he stopped posting!)...sorry guys, I don't want to drag this unnecessarily. I thank each and every one of you for being the part of this forum and keeping it alive.

I will keep on posting. Good luck to everyone, whoever is still waiting to be greened this year.

I will not leave and keep posting from time to time.

[gkjppp]

Awesome news sports, wishing you all the Best.


Looks like I am the last domino to fall. They seem to have started allocating October numbers early!

Sorry I can't think of any colorful metaphors to say that I received CPO finally. My observation is that it came almost the end of the month so it should be from the 2015 quota already.

Don't really feel different because the last few days, I had convinced myself I had the damn green card. I managed to trick my mind.

Anyway, some thank yous are in order. The three foremost: Q (for creating and maintaining this forum), spec (for being the most knowledgeable poster and the one who kept my spirits alive when I bugged him with many PMs with depressing thoughts), kanmani (for being the Guru of all semantics and "law thingies"). Everyone else including imdeng, sunn, viz and even the old timers like Pedro (shame he stopped posting!)...sorry guys, I don't want to drag this unnecessarily. I thank each and every one of you for being the part of this forum and keeping it alive.

I will keep on posting. Good luck to everyone, whoever is still waiting to be greened this year.

I will not leave and keep posting from time to time.

[pdfeb09]

Looks like I am the last domino to fall. They seem to have started allocating October numbers early!

Sorry I can't think of any colorful metaphors to say that I received CPO finally. My observation is that it came almost the end of the month so it should be from the 2015 quota already.

Don't really feel different because the last few days, I had convinced myself I had the damn green card. I managed to trick my mind.

Anyway, some thank yous are in order. The three foremost: Q (for creating and maintaining this forum), spec (for being the most knowledgeable poster and the one who kept my spirits alive when I bugged him with many PMs with depressing thoughts), kanmani (for being the Guru of all semantics and "law thingies"). Everyone else including imdeng, sunn, viz and even the old timers like Pedro (shame he stopped posting!)...sorry guys, I don't want to drag this unnecessarily. I thank each and every one of you for being the part of this forum and keeping it alive.

I will keep on posting. Good luck to everyone, whoever is still waiting to be greened this year.

I will not leave and keep posting from time to time.

Congratulations Sports .. Enjoy the green life !!

[shekhar_kuruk]

There is a time for everything in Life. Now is the time for a cold beer. Cheers & Keep posting.


Looks like I am the last domino to fall. They seem to have started allocating October numbers early!

Sorry I can't think of any colorful metaphors to say that I received CPO finally. My observation is that it came almost the end of the month so it should be from the 2015 quota already.

Don't really feel different because the last few days, I had convinced myself I had the damn green card. I managed to trick my mind.

Anyway, some thank yous are in order. The three foremost: Q (for creating and maintaining this forum), spec (for being the most knowledgeable poster and the one who kept my spirits alive when I bugged him with many PMs with depressing thoughts), kanmani (for being the Guru of all semantics and "law thingies"). Everyone else including imdeng, sunn, viz and even the old timers like Pedro (shame he stopped posting!)...sorry guys, I don't want to drag this unnecessarily. I thank each and every one of you for being the part of this forum and keeping it alive.

I will keep on posting. Good luck to everyone, whoever is still waiting to be greened this year.

I will not leave and keep posting from time to time.

[imdeng]

Sports - I can not tell you how happy I am for you. You have been around as long as I have (maybe longer) - I have personally witnessed your trials and tribulations - and I dare say you have been a witness to mine. I remember the stretch when you were not around for some time, then restarted your account, the 2012 euphoria and so on. You have been one of the most enthusiastic posters around - always ready to help other posters. USCIS has really given you a run around - but as the say - all is well that ends well.

So Congratulations my friend. Best wishes for a successful green life forward for you and your family. I hope you will stick around - and if you are around in Chicago-Milwaukee area then ping me and we will share Q-blog stories over a beer :-).


Thanks for the wishes everyone!

It hasn't sunk in yet because I am still not feeling any different. Maybe when it arrives in mail.

[TeddyKoochu]

Looks like I am the last domino to fall. They seem to have started allocating October numbers early!

Sorry I can't think of any colorful metaphors to say that I received CPO finally. My observation is that it came almost the end of the month so it should be from the 2015 quota already.

Don't really feel different because the last few days, I had convinced myself I had the damn green card. I managed to trick my mind.

Anyway, some thank yous are in order. The three foremost: Q (for creating and maintaining this forum), spec (for being the most knowledgeable poster and the one who kept my spirits alive when I bugged him with many PMs with depressing thoughts), kanmani (for being the Guru of all semantics and "law thingies"). Everyone else including imdeng, sunn, viz and even the old timers like Pedro (shame he stopped posting!)...sorry guys, I don't want to drag this unnecessarily. I thank each and every one of you for being the part of this forum and keeping it alive.

I will keep on posting. Good luck to everyone, whoever is still waiting to be greened this year.

I will not leave and keep posting from time to time.

Congrats Sports, enjoy the freedom and green life.

[gten20]

Congrats Sportsfan33.

[iatiam]

imdeng, thanks much for the kind words! We have been here indeed for a long time (3 years and counting!). Things have been certainly pretty wild. Looking back now, I cannot however deny how lucky we have been. When I think back to the "dark ages" (2007-10), the projections made for our PDs (anywhere from 7 to 11 years based upon the *spillover estimates at the time*) were plenty scary.

Things changed during those 4 crazy months for all of us. What happened afterward was really immaterial - needless self inflicted agony. I spent my last few days remembering how lucky I have been and that's what made the final stretch a piece of cake.

It will be you, kanmani and others now around this time next year. For me though, all folks who have the EAD have the equivalent of a GC with a minor inconvenience of needing a visa for Canada and Mexico.

P.S. I will definitely take you up on your Chicago offer. Same offer here from me if you are in DC.

Sports,

Congrats from another fellow traveler. Do stick around for as much as you can.

Iatiam

[helpful_leo]

Looks like I am the last domino to fall. They seem to have started allocating October numbers early!

Sorry I can't think of any colorful metaphors to say that I received CPO finally. My observation is that it came almost the end of the month so it should be from the 2015 quota already.

Don't really feel different because the last few days, I had convinced myself I had the damn green card. I managed to trick my mind.

Anyway, some thank yous are in order. The three foremost: Q (for creating and maintaining this forum), spec (for being the most knowledgeable poster and the one who kept my spirits alive when I bugged him with many PMs with depressing thoughts), kanmani (for being the Guru of all semantics and "law thingies"). Everyone else including imdeng, sunn, viz and even the old timers like Pedro (shame he stopped posting!)...sorry guys, I don't want to drag this unnecessarily. I thank each and every one of you for being the part of this forum and keeping it alive.

I will keep on posting. Good luck to everyone, whoever is still waiting to be greened this year.

I will not leave and keep posting from time to time.

Congrats Sports!

I must say I found your optimism and, daresay, your belief the system will eventually work very encouraging during those anxious days!

[Kanmani]

Sports,

Congratulations! It feels like we just heard the good news! Sorry to join your party late, late is the latest Tamil Nadu style!

Enjoy man!

[waitinglong]

I have also finally received the GC in hand. Mine was approved on 29th Aug (Lord Ganesha's blessing?), then it took some time to receive it in post. Mine is EB2-India, priority date 2-July-2008, TSC, RFE received on 2-Jun-2014. Was waiting for a long time, getting frustrated, and finally got it. In between I had opened SR, and also contacted the local senator. Both cases the answer was pretty routine - it is in process, and will inform you in 30-60 days. The other uncommon(?) thing that I had done some years back was I had applied for and received the Canadian GC as a sort of backup in case this US GC does not work out. But that Canadian GC expired while I was still waiting for US GC, so in reality it never became a proper backup. I did not go to Canada.

Thanks to so many folks here - Q, Spec, Kanmani, Sportsfan33, Viz, TeddyKoochu and many others. Your observations and comments made sense in this long and mad journey and gave us hope. Thanks once again.

[jdoe99]

BTW, I noticed on the trackitt threads that the approvals have gone up from Sept 27th. If they are indeed coming from 2014 numbers, that's very encouraging. The backlog is reducing. I feel depending upon how bad the PERM situation is, the date might move even earlier in the FY.

Your approval as well as the ones coming now have to be coming from visa numbers requested before internal retrogression or from 2014 spillover. They surely cannot borrow numbers from 2015 when there are a few days left. The more that are requested from 2014 the better :)

congrats!

[TeddyKoochu]

I have also finally received the GC in hand. Mine was approved on 29th Aug (Lord Ganesha's blessing?), then it took some time to receive it in post. Mine is EB2-India, priority date 2-July-2008, TSC, RFE received on 2-Jun-2014. Was waiting for a long time, getting frustrated, and finally got it. In between I had opened SR, and also contacted the local senator. Both cases the answer was pretty routine - it is in process, and will inform you in 30-60 days. The other uncommon(?) thing that I had done some years back was I had applied for and received the Canadian GC as a sort of backup in case this US GC does not work out. But that Canadian GC expired while I was still waiting for US GC, so in reality it never became a proper backup. I did not go to Canada.

Thanks to so many folks here - Q, Spec, Kanmani, Sportsfan33, Viz, TeddyKoochu and many others. Your observations and comments made sense in this long and mad journey and gave us hope. Thanks once again.

Congratulations my friend, enjoy the freedom and green life.

[GCHopes]

This forum has just been phenomenal!!! I've no idea what i'd have done if it wasn't for this Forum and the terrific support of the brilliant people participating!!! You guys helped me stay calm through the rough times and the constant unknown!!! Thanks again, and good luck to all who are waiting!!

[krookbond]

Got CPO email and texts today for both my wife and myself.

PD: 06/2008
RD: 02/2012
RFE: 09/22/2014
RFE Replied: 09/26/2014
CPO: 09/30/2014

When it happens, it happens fast :)

[gten20]

Got CPO email and texts today for both my wife and myself.

PD: 06/2008
RD: 02/2012
RFE: 09/22/2014
RFE Replied: 09/26/2014
CPO: 09/30/2014

When it happens, it happens fast :)

Congrats! Enjoy the green life.

[gten20]

Congrats GCHopes.

[qesehmk]

waitinglong / GCHopes / bond -

My heartiest congratulations to all of you. It is good to see approval coming so late in September.


This forum has just been phenomenal!!! I've no idea what i'd have done if it wasn't for this Forum and the terrific support of the brilliant people participating!!! You guys helped me stay calm through the rough times and the constant unknown!!! Thanks again, and good luck to all who are waiting!!


Got CPO email and texts today for both my wife and myself.

PD: 06/2008
RD: 02/2012
RFE: 09/22/2014
RFE Replied: 09/26/2014
CPO: 09/30/2014

When it happens, it happens fast :)


I have also finally received the GC in hand. Mine was approved on 29th Aug (Lord Ganesha's blessing?), then it took some time to receive it in post. Mine is EB2-India, priority date 2-July-2008, TSC, RFE received on 2-Jun-2014. Was waiting for a long time, getting frustrated, and finally got it. In between I had opened SR, and also contacted the local senator. Both cases the answer was pretty routine - it is in process, and will inform you in 30-60 days. The other uncommon(?) thing that I had done some years back was I had applied for and received the Canadian GC as a sort of backup in case this US GC does not work out. But that Canadian GC expired while I was still waiting for US GC, so in reality it never became a proper backup. I did not go to Canada.

Thanks to so many folks here - Q, Spec, Kanmani, Sportsfan33, Viz, TeddyKoochu and many others. Your observations and comments made sense in this long and mad journey and gave us hope. Thanks once again.

[krookbond]

Yes, USCIS messed in my RFE in the sense that it was issued back on May 27 2014 but they never mailed it to me or my attorney. They mailed it on Sep 17th with another letter attached to it saying "expiration extended till Oct 22".

I will give it to my Congresswoman and her staff. They kept bugging their USCIS liaison to get status update on my and my wife's case. They called USCIS multiple times to check if RFE was mailed, then to check if reply received was what they were expecting and finally they called USCIS yesterday to check if a decision can be made to our case.

My own attorney was not taking Congreewoman and liaison seriously till they actually got the RFE mailed. She was simply saying, it is their job to treat you well but they will keep giving you standard replies. One of the nicest things in Democracy, legislature has enough power to make executive branches work if they want to.

[reachkash]

Congratulations sports. Enjoy the moments. I am happy for you.



Looks like I am the last domino to fall. They seem to have started allocating October numbers early!

Sorry I can't think of any colorful metaphors to say that I received CPO finally. My observation is that it came almost the end of the month so it should be from the 2015 quota already.

Don't really feel different because the last few days, I had convinced myself I had the damn green card. I managed to trick my mind.

Anyway, some thank yous are in order. The three foremost: Q (for creating and maintaining this forum), spec (for being the most knowledgeable poster and the one who kept my spirits alive when I bugged him with many PMs with depressing thoughts), kanmani (for being the Guru of all semantics and "law thingies"). Everyone else including imdeng, sunn, viz and even the old timers like Pedro (shame he stopped posting!)...sorry guys, I don't want to drag this unnecessarily. I thank each and every one of you for being the part of this forum and keeping it alive.

I will keep on posting. Good luck to everyone, whoever is still waiting to be greened this year.

I will not leave and keep posting from time to time.

[IsItWorthTheTrouble]

Congratulations sports. Enjoy the moments. I am happy for you.

My 6yr 2mos & 1week journey to GC freedom ended @ 1pm EST today. I was a first time filer (jul 2008) this july. I was happy last fri when our EADs got approved because I thought we only had a outside chance for our cases to get approved before oct 31st but never expected it to happen within 13hours of the dawn of the new fiscal yr.

I loved this forum for the analysis that the guru's based on cold hard - and sometimes implied - facts. This forum has been my beacon of hope for the last few years since I'm across it on a google search (thanks google).

I hope to remain on this forum and hopefully help others in my own small ways.

[gten20]

Congrats IsItWorthTheTrouble

[IsItWorthTheTrouble]

I would like to thank the guru's on these forum for their tireless work on number crunching to come up with predictions that gave hope to countless folks like me. Our saga came to end this last wednesday when our GC was approved. We were first time filers with a july end 2008 PD. Thanks again for bringing sanity to the countless of EB2-I folks struck in limbo.

[Spectator]

IsItWorthTheTrouble,

Congratulations!

[qesehmk]

Trouble - many congratulations and thanks for the kind words. Hope to see you around. All the best!
My 6yr 2mos & 1week journey to GC freedom ended @ 1pm EST today. I was a first time filer (jul 2008) this july. I was happy last fri when our EADs got approved because I thought we only had a outside chance for our cases to get approved before oct 31st but never expected it to happen within 13hours of the dawn of the new fiscal yr.

I loved this forum for the analysis that the guru's based on cold hard - and sometimes implied - facts. This forum has been my beacon of hope for the last few years since I'm across it on a google search (thanks google).

I hope to remain on this forum and hopefully help others in my own small ways.

[imdeng]

Congrats IsItWorthTheTrouble! Best wishes to you and your family for a green life forward.

[helooo]

Hello All,
Best news of my life:
On June 26, 2015, we ordered your new card for Receipt Number SRC149032xxxxx, and will mail it to the address you gave us.
PD 6/16/2008
RD. 07/01/2014
Interview:Jan,2015
485 Approval:6/26/2015
TSC

Thanks to Q,Spec and all the great folks on this forum

[Kanmani]

Congratulations helooo !!!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy the freedom.

[qesehmk]

Congrats heloo! Enjoy the freedom!
Hello All,
Best news of my life:
On June 26, 2015, we ordered your new card for Receipt Number SRC149032xxxxx, and will mail it to the address you gave us.
PD 6/16/2008
RD. 07/01/2014
Interview:Jan,2015
485 Approval:6/26/2015
TSC

Thanks to Q,Spec and all the great folks on this forum

[imdeng]

Congratulations helooo! Wish you all the best for the green life ahead.

[Spectator]

Hello All,
Best news of my life:
On June 26, 2015, we ordered your new card for Receipt Number SRC149032xxxxx, and will mail it to the address you gave us.
PD 6/16/2008
RD. 07/01/2014
Interview:Jan,2015
485 Approval:6/26/2015
TSC

Thanks to Q,Spec and all the great folks on this forumhelooo,

Many congratulations.

I am sure it must be a big relief to you.

All the best for the future.

[helooo]

helooo,

Many congratulations.

I am sure it must be a big relief to you.

All the best for the future.Thanks everyone!

After waiting for so long and then getting interview call,everything I went through which we expect in worse case scenario but at last getting GC was really a big relief.I think the lesson I learned was not to postpone anything for GC,it may take time but you will get it.Never loose hope......

You all are very helpful and lot of folks like me always wait for your predictions as they are accurate.Thanks again and please keep up the good work

[Jagan01]

Hello All,
Best news of my life:
On June 26, 2015, we ordered your new card for Receipt Number SRC149032xxxxx, and will mail it to the address you gave us.
PD 6/16/2008
RD. 07/01/2014
Interview:Jan,2015
485 Approval:6/26/2015
TSC

Thanks to Q,Spec and all the great folks on this forumcongratilulations helooo

[gcq]

Everyone,

It is my turn to announce it.
I-485 was approved for myself and wife on this "beautiful" day of August 4 2015.
Spec and Q, your predictions for my case has materialized. May god bless you all !

PD: May 06 2004 ( EB3-I )
RFE issued: June 30 2015
USCIS received RFE Response: July 31 2015
I-485 approved: Aug 04 2015

[qesehmk]

Wow! Many congrats GCQ.

If Joe Biden were to listen to this he would say this is a "Big f....ng deal".

So what's the plan for the rest of the week!!


Everyone,

It is my turn to announce it.
I-485 was approved for myself and wife on this "beautiful" day of August 4 2015.
Spec and Q, your predictions for my case has materialized. May god bless you all !

PD: May 06 2004 ( EB3-I )
RFE issued: June 30 2015
USCIS received RFE Response: July 31 2015
I-485 approved: Aug 04 2015

[gcq]

Wow! Many congrats GCQ.

If Joe Biden were to listen to this he would say this is a "Big f....ng deal".

So what's the plan for the rest of the week!!

:rolleyes:
Thanks Q.
Rest of the week - let this freedom sink in and am going to enjoy this feeling for a while.
Feels nice to be a free man after 11 years of wait and 15 years in this country.

[Spectator]

Everyone,

It is my turn to announce it.
I-485 was approved for myself and wife on this "beautiful" day of August 4 2015.
Spec and Q, your predictions for my case has materialized. May god bless you all !

PD: May 06 2004 ( EB3-I )
RFE issued: June 30 2015
USCIS received RFE Response: July 31 2015
I-485 approved: Aug 04 2015gcq,

Many congratulations!!

It's always particularly sweet to see one of the old timers complete the wait.

Enjoy.

[Jagan01]

Everyone,

It is my turn to announce it.
I-485 was approved for myself and wife on this "beautiful" day of August 4 2015.
Spec and Q, your predictions for my case has materialized. May god bless you all !

PD: May 06 2004 ( EB3-I )
RFE issued: June 30 2015
USCIS received RFE Response: July 31 2015
I-485 approved: Aug 04 2015Congratulations gcq !!

[gcq]

Thanks Jagan, Spec !

[gten20]

Congrats gcq!

[idiotic]

Everyone,

It is my turn to announce it.
I-485 was approved for myself and wife on this "beautiful" day of August 4 2015.
Spec and Q, your predictions for my case has materialized. May god bless you all !

PD: May 06 2004 ( EB3-I )
RFE issued: June 30 2015
USCIS received RFE Response: July 31 2015
I-485 approved: Aug 04 2015

God bless. Congrats.

[imdeng]

gcq - Congratulations to you and your family. Best wishes for the green life ahead. It is so nice to see one of the old guard get through the finish line.

Everyone,

It is my turn to announce it.
I-485 was approved for myself and wife on this "beautiful" day of August 4 2015.
Spec and Q, your predictions for my case has materialized. May god bless you all !

PD: May 06 2004 ( EB3-I )
RFE issued: June 30 2015
USCIS received RFE Response: July 31 2015
I-485 approved: Aug 04 2015

[gcq]

Thanks gten20, idiotic, imdeng.
Enjoying the green side of US life now !

[Kanmani]

Congratulations gcq !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Enjoy!

[sportsfan33]

Hi gcq,

Just saw the update...gosh, my frequenting of the immigration boards has certainly dropped!

Congratulations :) Another one to be greened. Almost all the old timers are finally getting out of the line for good.

Hopefully the September bulletin covers a lot of people. Good luck to all!

[gcq]

Thank you Kanmani, Sportsfan33 !

[pdfeb09]

Everyone,

It is my turn to announce it.
I-485 was approved for myself and wife on this "beautiful" day of August 4 2015.
Spec and Q, your predictions for my case has materialized. May god bless you all !

PD: May 06 2004 ( EB3-I )
RFE issued: June 30 2015
USCIS received RFE Response: July 31 2015
I-485 approved: Aug 04 2015

Congratulations gcq ! ..

I haven't been frequenting the forum as much as I used to, and so missed this update earlier.

Congratulations and enjoy the greenery !:)

[qesehmk]

GCQ you got really lucky there. Got through this mess by the skin of your teeth!

[suninphx]

GCQ you got really lucky there. Got through this mess by the skin of your teeth!


He was in EB3 catagory. So wouldn't have been problem I guess. EB3I is at Dec 2004 now.(really happy for EB3I guys)

[qesehmk]

He was in EB3 catagory. So wouldn't have been problem I guess. EB3I is at Dec 2004 now.(really happy for EB3I guys)
Still that date was outside the range of pure EB3-I quota. The difference between May and Dec 2004 is a few months demand for EB3-ROW and thus depending on how efficiently USCIS processed EB3-ROW even May 2004 wouldn't have achieved.

[gcq]

Still that date was outside the range of pure EB3-I quota. The difference between May and Dec 2004 is a few months demand for EB3-ROW and thus depending on how efficiently USCIS processed EB3-ROW even May 2004 wouldn't have achieved.
Interesting observations. But USCIS cannot realistically process fresh I-485 cases that fast. Fresh I-485 cases has to go through steps like FBI check, name check. This involves multiple agencies and delay introduced by them.

[gcq]

Congratulations gcq ! ..

I haven't been frequenting the forum as much as I used to, and so missed this update earlier.

Congratulations and enjoy the greenery !:)
Thanks pdfeb09 !

[suninphx]

Still that date was outside the range of pure EB3-I quota. The difference between May and Dec 2004 is a few months demand for EB3-ROW and thus depending on how efficiently USCIS processed EB3-ROW even May 2004 wouldn't have achieved.

Q, you can stretch your point for debate sake but I don;t agree with your point. In all probability EB3I is going to progress in coming year.

[qesehmk]

Yes EB3I will continue to progress without a doubt. The reason is very simple. They are at the bottom of the rung of Visa hierarchy. So DoS has no reason to move those dates in a knee jerk reaction.

You probably didn't understand my point. What I meant to say is EB3-I wouldn't have reached even May 2004 on its own let alone Dec 2004. The difference between May and Dec is not much given most EB3 have already ported. That difference is barely 2-3 months of EB3-ROW demand. Given how EB3-ROW moved 2 or more years in a single year - 2-3 months is 10% of that demand which means if USCIS was even 10% more diligent in processing EB3-ROW - EB3-I wouldnt reach even May 2004.

Just trying to explain if you didn't understand. If you have a different view point would love to hear.


Q, you can stretch your point for debate sake but I don;t agree with your point. In all probability EB3I is going to progress in coming year.

[qesehmk]

Interesting observations. But USCIS cannot realistically process fresh I-485 cases that fast. Fresh I-485 cases has to go through steps like FBI check, name check. This involves multiple agencies and delay introduced by them.
Not always true. Many folks - particularly from EB1 - have 485 processed in 4 months. In fact most EB1-A/B folks have them done in 4-8 months. That's why you don't see EB1 folks visiting these kind of forums!

[suninphx]

Yes EB3I will continue to progress without a doubt. The reason is very simple. They are at the bottom of the rung of Visa hierarchy. So DoS has no reason to move those dates in a knee jerk reaction.

You probably didn't understand my point. What I meant to say is EB3-I wouldn't have reached even May 2004 on its own let alone Dec 2004. The difference between May and Dec is not much given most EB3 have already ported. That difference is barely 2-3 months of EB3-ROW demand. Given how EB3-ROW moved 2 or more years in a single year - 2-3 months is 10% of that demand which means if USCIS was even 10% more diligent in processing EB3-ROW - EB3-I wouldnt reach even May 2004.

Just trying to explain if you didn't understand. If you have a different view point would love to hear.

Q,
None of this explains why you said gcq got lucky. If I am missing something so be it. Its not imprtant now as gcq has GC already.

[qesehmk]

Q,
None of this explains why you said gcq got lucky. If I am missing something so be it. Its not imprtant now as gcq has GC already.
Because GCQ's date is May 2004 - or I may be wrong. That's what I thought.

How is life treating you post GC!! ??

[gcq]

Because GCQ's date is May 2004 - or I may be wrong. That's what I thought.

How is life treating you post GC!! ??
Of course green and colourful :) My PD is May 06 2004.

[kiran_july_2004]

Folks,

So far I have been only a reader but today, finally, I too got a chance to post some thing to share my joy with all of you. So far, the picture was same but today, this is what I see there "09/03/2015 We ordered your new card" :cool:

For me and my wife, the story is same!!!

For the record,

My PD is 07/09/2004
Got Only one RFE for g325, Medicals and EVL on 07/14/2015
Ordered new card: 09/03/2015 (Today... Hurray!)
Cards received: (I am not much worried about this now and I want forget this Immigration thing for some time)

Thanks so much to all for all the arguments, information, funny comments that I get to read every day here, which actually kept me going so far!!!

-Kiran

[Suva2001]

Folks,

So far I have been only a reader but today, finally, I too got a chance to post some thing to share my joy with all of you. So far, the picture was same but today, this is what I see there "09/03/2015 We ordered your new card" :cool:

For me and my wife, the story is same!!!

For the record,

My PD is 07/09/2004
Got Only one RFE for g325, Medicals and EVL on 07/14/2015
Ordered new card: 09/03/2015 (Today... Hurray!)
Cards received: (I am not much worried about this now and I want forget this Immigration thing for some time)

Thanks so much to all for all the arguments, information, funny comments that I get to read every day here, which actually kept me going so far!!!

-Kiran

Congratulation

Thanks

[imdeng]

Congratulations Kiran! Best wishes to you and your family for the green life ahead.

[gcq]

Congrats Kiran !

[gten20]

Congrats Kiran! Good timing.. just in time before the long weekend. Enjoy!

[horizon]

Been a long time observer of this forum. Just wanted to share some news from my end. I finally got my and my wife's GC last week after 10+ years in the US. Here are some of my details
PD - EB2, Feb 6, 2009
I-485 applied - sep 2014
RFE 1 - 2016
RFE 2 (Medical, SuppJ) - July 1, 2018
RFER - July 24, 2018
Approval - July 27, 2018
GC in mail - Aug 3, 2018

USCIS approved my case within 3 days of receiving the rfe response
Thanks to all in the forum for all the valuable insights especially Q and Spec.

[HarepathekaIntezar]

Been a long time observer of this forum. Just wanted to share some news from my end. I finally got my and my wife's GC last week after 10+ years in the US. Here are some of my details
PD - EB2, Feb 6, 2009
I-485 applied - sep 2014
RFE 1 - 2016
RFE 2 (Medical, SuppJ) - July 1, 2018
RFER - July 24, 2018
Approval - July 27, 2018
GC in mail - Aug 3, 2018

USCIS approved my case within 3 days of receiving the rfe response
Thanks to all in the forum for all the valuable insights especially Q and Spec.

It is about time you got the GC bro. Enjoy and don't be a stranger or silent observer, please contribute.

[imdeng]

Been a long time observer of this forum. Just wanted to share some news from my end. I finally got my and my wife's GC last week after 10+ years in the US. Here are some of my details
PD - EB2, Feb 6, 2009
I-485 applied - sep 2014
RFE 1 - 2016
RFE 2 (Medical, SuppJ) - July 1, 2018
RFER - July 24, 2018
Approval - July 27, 2018
GC in mail - Aug 3, 2018

USCIS approved my case within 3 days of receiving the rfe response
Thanks to all in the forum for all the valuable insights especially Q and Spec.

Congratulations Horizon! Enjoy the freedom.

[hope21]

Been a long time observer of this forum. Just wanted to share some news from my end. I finally got my and my wife's GC last week after 10+ years in the US. Here are some of my details
PD - EB2, Feb 6, 2009
I-485 applied - sep 2014
RFE 1 - 2016
RFE 2 (Medical, SuppJ) - July 1, 2018
RFER - July 24, 2018
Approval - July 27, 2018
GC in mail - Aug 3, 2018

USCIS approved my case within 3 days of receiving the rfe response
Thanks to all in the forum for all the valuable insights especially Q and Spec.

Congrats horizon, long wait finally paid off..

[qesehmk]

Many congratulations horizon! Must have felt like a lifetime. But all is well that ends well. Good luck.
Been a long time observer of this forum. Just wanted to share some news from my end. I finally got my and my wife's GC last week after 10+ years in the US. Here are some of my details
PD - EB2, Feb 6, 2009
I-485 applied - sep 2014
RFE 1 - 2016
RFE 2 (Medical, SuppJ) - July 1, 2018
RFER - July 24, 2018
Approval - July 27, 2018
GC in mail - Aug 3, 2018

USCIS approved my case within 3 days of receiving the rfe response
Thanks to all in the forum for all the valuable insights especially Q and Spec.

[lville]

Good News!!!! My status just changed to New card is being produced for AP but for EAD still shows "Fingerprint were taken". What's up with that ?

EB2-I PD May 22,2009
Filed : 10/07/2019
Finger printing : 11/07/2019
AP New card being produced : 12/20/2019
EAD : Still shows finger prints were taken.

[qesehmk]

Good News!!!! My status just changed to New card is being produced for AP but for EAD still shows "Fingerprint were taken". What's up with that ?

EB2-I PD May 22,2009
Filed : 10/07/2019
Finger printing : 11/07/2019
AP New card being produced : 12/20/2019
EAD : Still shows finger prints were taken.

Many congratulations lville. That's a long time to wait for GC. I missed 2 GC PDs one in 2003 (stubborn HR) and then in 2005 (jerk manager) and then got approved on 2007 date in 2011. If PD was 2003 I would have been approved in 2003. If 2005, likely would have been approved in 2008/9. Between you and me the difference is just 2 years, and you had to wait until 2019. This is so unjust. But every thing is well that ends well!!

[nbk1976]

Many congratulations lville. That's a long time to wait for GC. I missed 2 GC PDs one in 2003 (stubborn HR) and then in 2005 (jerk manager) and then got approved on 2007 date in 2011. If PD was 2003 I would have been approved in 2003. If 2005, likely would have been approved in 2008/9. Between you and me the difference is just 2 years, and you had to wait until 2019. This is so unjust. But every thing is well that ends well!!

Would you be able to guess how many years would I have to wait with a PD of Feb 10, 2010 (EB-2-India)?

Thank you.

[shekhar_kuruk]

Would you be able to guess how many years would I have to wait with a PD of Feb 10, 2010 (EB-2-India)?

Thank you.

That's a difficult question to answer but I will take a shot at it
1. At the current rate it could take 5-6 years(2 months movement per year).
2. If there is a change in immigration law to help the most backlogged countries, it could happen in a year or two(nothing is guaranteed, there is one in process which will help India).
3. If there is a recession which could lead to a slow down in ROW perms and approval, there could be a significant spillover which would hep EB-India(2-3 years).

So in a nutshell anywhere from 2 - 5 years, plan accordingly. Having a EAD helps, hope you did apply for it when you were current.

[excalibur123]

That's a difficult question to answer but I will take a shot at it
1. At the current rate it could take 5-6 years(2 months movement per year).
2. If there is a change in immigration law to help the most backlogged countries, it could happen in a year or two(nothing is guaranteed, there is one in process which will help India).
3. If there is a recession which could lead to a slow down in ROW perms and approval, there could be a significant spillover which would hep EB-India(2-3 years).

So in a nutshell anywhere from 2 - 5 years, plan accordingly. Having a EAD helps, hope you did apply for it when you were current.

The date has moved from 3/15/2009 to 5/18/2009 in last 1 1/2 year. So the real movement has been 40 days per year. Until EB3 moves ahead of EB2 and downgrades start to appear, the wait can be a lot longer than 5 years.

[anfu02]

Finally got greened!! Came to US in 2001 and filed for green card in 2009. Thanks to the immigration law firm, it was postponed from 2007 to 2009. Not sure if it was worth the wait!! Anyways relieved now. Many thanks to the forum for keeping my sanity. Good luck to those waiting.

[GCGCGCGC]

Finally got greened!! Came to US in 2001 and filed for green card in 2009. Thanks to the immigration law firm, it was postponed from 2007 to 2009. Not sure if it was worth the wait!! Anyways relieved now. Many thanks to the forum for keeping my sanity. Good luck to those waiting.

Congratulations.. Enjoy the freedom.

[sudiva]

Finally got greened!! Came to US in 2001 and filed for green card in 2009. Thanks to the immigration law firm, it was postponed from 2007 to 2009. Not sure if it was worth the wait!! Anyways relieved now. Many thanks to the forum for keeping my sanity. Good luck to those waiting.

Congratulations... About 19 years of your journey to earn it. Wow... feel happy for you.
Did you get it processed under EB2I or EB3I? Please share more details, important mile stones and any strategic decisions you took during this journey. Thank you.

[vyruss]

20 years in this country and when I actually got the card being produced message, it feels as if nothing changed. Go figure.

Tried to apply in 2007, firm's lawyer insisted on applying in EB3. All I knew at the time was it would it take forever so I declined (did not know porting was an option -LOL) Then applied in EB2 with the same firm and same lawyer in the thick of recession in 2009, got hit with a PERM audit that took two years to clear. Then switched to EAD in a few years and had issues renewing EAD and AP cards and at one time did not have AP to travel to see a sick parent; had to expedite and stress about it. Expediting did not work; so missed out on spending time with family in India.

My two cents:

Without a major change in the immigration process (like elimination of country cap; not counting family members towards annual limit etc), EB India will remain in a quagmire. If you HAVE options, young family etc, re-think if GC is the thing you need to wait for. The current administration if they have their way will look to further tighten the immigration. Add to this, the continuous exploitation (by desis and increasingly others) of all the loopholes in the system will forever keep the EB categories backlogged.

I have a lot more to say, but like I said ...my two cents. So long...

[zenmaster]

Congratulations Vyruss ! The circus goes on.... From one Q to another i.e. from GC Q to Citizenship Q ;)

[sk1879]

Congratulations Vyruss!!!!

[imdeng]

I have good news to share.

My status just changed to "New Card is Being Produced".

I can barely believe it.

[Pundit Arjun]

I have good news to share.

My status just changed to "New Card is Being Produced".

I can barely believe it.

God Bless :). Glad to hear, Imdeng.

[srisri]

I have good news to share.

My status just changed to "New Card is Being Produced".

I can barely believe it.

Great news imdeng. Congratulations and enjoy the moment while it lasts.

When did you get RFE, and what all did you do for the medical?

[qesehmk]

I have good news to share.

My status just changed to "New Card is Being Produced".

I can barely believe it.
What a great news imdeng. I am so happy for you. New folks might not know but old timers do know what a great support you have been to so many people around here. I wish you and your family the best of times ahead.

[imdeng]

Thanks Q. I am probably one the oldest-tenure members here except for like you and Spec. You all have been such a pillar of strength for me and so many others. Thank You!

It has been some journey. Came to the country in June 2003, three graduate degrees between the two of us, filed PERM in 2009, EAD/AP in the glorious days of 2012, RFEs in 2014, 2016, 2018, major panic about BC in the middle, one job change and accompanying I-485J madness, three apartments, two houses, cutest boy-girl twins you will ever see! Finally, after 17 years in the country, we have the legal right to stay in the country - even if we lost our jobs.

Right now I am missing all the old timers in the forum who are no longer active here - folks like Kanmani, Veni, Teddy...


What a great news imdeng. I am so happy for you. New folks might not know but old timers do know what a great support you have been to so many people around here. I wish you and your family the best of times ahead.