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On April 3, 2012, we received your response to our request for evidence. This case is being processed at our TEXAS SERVICE CENTER location. If you move while this case is pending, please use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address or call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283. We will notify you by mail when we make a decision or if we need something from you. You should expect to receive a written decision or written update within 60 days of the date we received your response unless fingerprint processing or an interview are standard parts of case processing and have not yet been completed, in which case you can use the processing time information on our website to estimate when this case will be done. If you move while this case is pending, please use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address or call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.

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So can we expect some thing within 60 days, though dates retrogress.
or with in 5 months, as Texas service center processing time shows 8 months....

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Originally Posted by Sirisha

So can we expect some thing within 60 days, though dates retrogress.
or with in 5 months, as Texas service center processing time shows 8 months....

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I believe, that is only for processing times and if the case has been processed, stll the case will stay in the same status until the PD becomes current. When the PD becomes current, they can approve the case. This is same 4 months processing time for NSC for I485 without an RFE, but will not approve the case until the PD is current.

http://www.immigration-law.com/Canada.html

04/04/2012: Gosh, March 23, 2012 Was a Ominous Date for Indian & Chinese EB-2 485 Applicants or Waiters Whose Priority Dates Are Either 08/15/2007 or Later Date Regardless of April 2012 Visa Bulletin!

According to the AILA, State Department Visa Office stated that effective 03/23/2012, no EB-2 visas for Chinese or Indians have been authorized if the priority date is at least 08/15/2007 or later dates.
Next question is what then happens with the immigrant visa applicants whose applications have been pending pursuant to the April 2012 Visa Bulletin. Apparently, visa numbers have already been allocated for such cases. Accordingly the visa posts will continue to process and issue immigrant visas to such applicants. What about the new EB-485 applications or pending I-485 applications whose visa numbers are current for their priority dates in April 2012 Visa Bulletin? Apparently the USCIS will contine to receive and process EB-485 applications for those whose priority dates are within the cut-off dates in the April 2012 Visa Bulletin. However, their EB-485 cases with priority dates of 08/15/2007 or later dates will be held by the State Department Visa Office as pending files until new visas are available beginning from October 1, 2012, FY-2013. OUCH!!!


SO does this means that all applied before 03/23/2012 is allocated a visa Number and will be Issued GC!!!

This might be more helpfull.

http://www.murthy.com/news/n_visall.html

What are "visa posts"? Are they referring to CP cases?

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Originally Posted by JJGCJML

http://www.immigration-law.com/Canada.html

04/04/2012: Gosh, March 23, 2012 Was a Ominous Date for Indian & Chinese EB-2 485 Applicants or Waiters Whose Priority Dates Are Either 08/15/2007 or Later Date Regardless of April 2012 Visa Bulletin!

According to the AILA, State Department Visa Office stated that effective 03/23/2012, no EB-2 visas for Chinese or Indians have been authorized if the priority date is at least 08/15/2007 or later dates.
Next question is what then happens with the immigrant visa applicants whose applications have been pending pursuant to the April 2012 Visa Bulletin. Apparently, visa numbers have already been allocated for such cases. Accordingly the visa posts will continue to process and issue immigrant visas to such applicants. What about the new EB-485 applications or pending I-485 applications whose visa numbers are current for their priority dates in April 2012 Visa Bulletin? Apparently the USCIS will contine to receive and process EB-485 applications for those whose priority dates are within the cut-off dates in the April 2012 Visa Bulletin. However, their EB-485 cases with priority dates of 08/15/2007 or later dates will be held by the State Department Visa Office as pending files until new visas are available beginning from October 1, 2012, FY-2013. OUCH!!!


SO does this means that all applied before 03/23/2012 is allocated a visa Number and will be Issued GC!!!

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This is exactly what my lawyer mentioned few days ago.

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Originally Posted by JJGCJML

http://www.immigration-law.com/Canada.html

04/04/2012: Gosh, March 23, 2012 Was a Ominous Date for Indian & Chinese EB-2 485 Applicants or Waiters Whose Priority Dates Are Either 08/15/2007 or Later Date Regardless of April 2012 Visa Bulletin!

According to the AILA, State Department Visa Office stated that effective 03/23/2012, no EB-2 visas for Chinese or Indians have been authorized if the priority date is at least 08/15/2007 or later dates.
Next question is what then happens with the immigrant visa applicants whose applications have been pending pursuant to the April 2012 Visa Bulletin. Apparently, visa numbers have already been allocated for such cases. Accordingly the visa posts will continue to process and issue immigrant visas to such applicants. What about the new EB-485 applications or pending I-485 applications whose visa numbers are current for their priority dates in April 2012 Visa Bulletin? Apparently the USCIS will contine to receive and process EB-485 applications for those whose priority dates are within the cut-off dates in the April 2012 Visa Bulletin. However, their EB-485 cases with priority dates of 08/15/2007 or later dates will be held by the State Department Visa Office as pending files until new visas are available beginning from October 1, 2012, FY-2013. OUCH!!!


SO does this means that all applied before 03/23/2012 is allocated a visa Number and will be Issued GC!!!

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No. Read the last line.

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Originally Posted by usernameisnotvalid

What are "visa posts"? Are they referring to CP cases?

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Yes.

One question on spouses working on EAD..Me and my family got H1/ H4 stamped till 2015

I read that the moment they use EAD for working their h4 status ends..so if we need to go out of the country and come back, would it be like I enter on H1 and she using AP to enter?

It looks like a weird situation as AP is only for an year.. Can she enter on H4 in someway?

One guy on trackiit with PD 11/26/2008 just got approved!!

Gurus - Please share your thoughts and experience ...

Today i am completing 4 months .. Called the 1-800 number and the L1 said she cannot open the SR today and can from tomorrow ... i requested her to transfer to L2, the L2 officer was very good ... After several attempts i got the very good officer today and he told me that my case has been pre-ajudicated on Mar-26 ... What that means??
Is all my bg,namecheck everything completed and ready for approval? I mean my appln. is waiting just for visa number now ??

I really appreciate your responses.

It says the approval date is 3/17.

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Originally Posted by usernameisnotvalid

One guy on trackiit with PD 11/26/2008 just got approved!!

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It means you are documentarily qualified and will get your GC approved as soon as a visa number is available.
Also I thought the wait time is 90 days to raise SR and not 4 months. Am I wrong?

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Originally Posted by PDNOV2007

Gurus - Please share your thoughts and experience ...

Today i am completing 4 months .. Called the 1-800 number and the L1 said she cannot open the SR today and can from tomorrow ... i requested her to transfer to L2, the L2 officer was very good ... After several attempts i got the very good officer today and he told me that my case has been pre-ajudicated on Mar-26 ... What that means??
Is all my bg,namecheck everything completed and ready for approval? I mean my appln. is waiting just for visa number now ??

I really appreciate your responses.

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Originally Posted by GCKnowHow

It means you are documentarily qualified and will get your GC approved as soon as a visa number is available.
Also I thought the wait time is 90 days to raise SR and not 4 months. Am I wrong?

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Thanks for your response. For I-485, you can open SR if your application is outside of their normal processing time. For NSC the processing time is 4 months.

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Folks - finally got the EAD Approval today. I have been waiting for it - NSC took its own sweet time. Now, I am going to put the GC process on back burner until Jan 2013 when I expect my date to be near approval again.

Congrats!!!

No more bold-red words in your signature!

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Originally Posted by imdeng

Folks - finally got the EAD Approval today. I have been waiting for it - NSC took its own sweet time. Now, I am going to put the GC process on back burner until Jan 2013 when I expect my date to be near approval again.

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Thanks. Yes - NSC was way too slow - but I guess I should not be too peeved considering it got done in 60 days. I hope other Feb filers from NSC get their EADs in short order soon.

We might not see the face of the GC for at least another year (given the retrogression) - so the EAD/AP is very important. The ability to change jobs and travel without H1 issues = bliss.

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Originally Posted by usernameisnotvalid

Congrats!!!

No more bold-red words in your signature!

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Originally Posted by imdeng

Thanks. Yes - NSC was way too slow - but I guess I should not be too peeved considering it got done in 60 days. I hope other Feb filers from NSC get their EADs in short order soon.

We might not see the face of the GC for at least another year (given the retrogression) - so the EAD/AP is very important. The ability to change jobs and travel without H1 issues = bliss.

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Congrats !! Enjoy ..

Let's see if the validity for EAD is 1 or 2 yr. If the date retrogresses then ppl should get 2 yrs EAD, right?

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Originally Posted by imdeng

Thanks. Yes - NSC was way too slow - but I guess I should not be too peeved considering it got done in 60 days. I hope other Feb filers from NSC get their EADs in short order soon.

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I completely agree with you. I have been in this country for 12 years now and just the possibility of no more job/travel restrictions in near future seems like a blessing !

Congrats !

(My PD is Feb 2009 and ND is 2/24, still waiting on FP Notice/EAD/AP from NSC)

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Originally Posted by imdeng

Thanks. Yes - NSC was way too slow - but I guess I should not be too peeved considering it got done in 60 days. I hope other Feb filers from NSC get their EADs in short order soon.

We might not see the face of the GC for at least another year (given the retrogression) - so the EAD/AP is very important. The ability to change jobs and travel without H1 issues = bliss.

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Congrats imdeng!! My RD/ND is pretty close to yours. I have noticed a few cases where EAD/AP approval came through a few days before the scheduled FP date. Yours seems to be one of those cases. My FP is scheduled for 4/20. I might have to wait a week or two for the EAD/AP approval...

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Originally Posted by imdeng

Folks - finally got the EAD Approval today. I have been waiting for it - NSC took its own sweet time. Now, I am going to put the GC process on back burner until Jan 2013 when I expect my date to be near approval again.

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Originally Posted by pdfeb09

Congrats !! Enjoy ..

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Thanks. It has been such a relief.

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Originally Posted by ThatIsAll

Let's see if the validity for EAD is 1 or 2 yr. If the date retrogresses then ppl should get 2 yrs EAD, right?

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I think the norm so far has been a 1 year EAD. I certainly would not begrudge a 2 year one - but considering that the renewals are free and relatively hassle-free, I am okay with either.

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Originally Posted by nupami

I completely agree with you. I have been in this country for 12 years now and just the possibility of no more job/travel restrictions in near future seems like a blessing !

Congrats !

(My PD is Feb 2009 and ND is 2/24, still waiting on FP Notice/EAD/AP from NSC)

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Thanks. I am nearing 10 years in this country and my last H1B renewal experience was certainly interesting (they mistyped my employer name). Am glad to be done with that.

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Originally Posted by enigma

Congrats imdeng!! My RD/ND is pretty close to yours. I have noticed a few cases where EAD/AP approval came through a few days before the scheduled FP date. Yours seems to be one of those cases. My FP is scheduled for 4/20. I might have to wait a week or two for the EAD/AP approval...

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Thanks. I think the link between FP and EAD is co-incidence. In NSC, the 55 to 65 days time period for EAD approval seems to be holding and FP appointments are usually falling around that.

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Originally Posted by Kanmani

Congratulations !!!!!!!

on your EAD/AP.

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Thanks Kanmani.

Congratulations on Your EAD...

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Originally Posted by imdeng

Folks - finally got the EAD Approval today. I have been waiting for it - NSC took its own sweet time. Now, I am going to put the GC process on back burner until Jan 2013 when I expect my date to be near approval again.

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Originally Posted by imdeng

Folks - finally got the EAD Approval today. I have been waiting for it - NSC took its own sweet time. Now, I am going to put the GC process on back burner until Jan 2013 when I expect my date to be near approval again.

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Congratulations imdeng!! :)

Thanks Mesan and reachme. I appreciate your thoughts and wishes.

Hope everybody is having a great weekend. I think this thread is now going to be a little less visited now that dates have retrogressed and focus is now less on post-485 process and more on the prediction/calculation of PD movement.

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Originally Posted by mesan123

Congratulations on Your EAD...

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Originally Posted by reachme_s

Congratulations imdeng!! :)

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Congrats imdeng on the EAD/AP approval. Goodluck on the Finger printing.

Sorry did not realize below link is already posted....

Visa Bulletin For May 2012: http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/bul...etin_5692.html

Thanks Arjun. Just finished FP today early morning as per regular schedule (not an early walk-in). The process was quick and easy - took just about 30-40 mins.

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Originally Posted by Pundit Arjun

Congrats imdeng on the EAD/AP approval. Goodluck on the Finger printing.

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Can we expect any approvals for EB2I category for folks whose RFE has been under review since 3 weeks?

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Originally Posted by kramacha

Can we expect any approvals for EB2I category for folks whose RFE has been under review since 3 weeks?

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Ramcha, most likely you will have to wait till new quota visas are available for approval if your PD is no longer current .

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Originally Posted by Eb2_Dec07

Ramcha, most likely you will have to wait till new quota visas are available for approval if your PD is no longer current .

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Since dates were moved till 2010, they got a overload of 485 applications versus the available visas. Now if they process using received date, then it could happen that applications with later priority dates get visas before applications that have an earlier priority date: As an eg. Lets say an applicant 'A' has a priority date of Jan 2008 but this application was received on Feb 2012 as his attorney was busy with other things. Meanwhile other applicant 'B' with priority date of Jan 2009 has a received date of Jan 2012. In this case 'B' would get a VISA and A will be waiting.
If this is a one of case then its fine, but if this is an overwhelming scenario, then in order to process according to priority date, they would have to retrogress the dates. Even if ample VISA numbers are available.
This is just my feeling. The Gurus here can comment on this please.

Today the Ssn card has arrived for my wife..it is written that ' allowed to work with dhs authorization" ..is that normal?

Also on the accompanying letter it's been said that you need to present this card along with appropriate immigration documents to your prospective employer..what immigration document one need to work on EAD. ? Are they referring the EAD card?

Thanks,

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Originally Posted by Kanmani

If the PD stays current for a while immediately after applying I-485, then B will get GC before A. If the PD is retrogressed and later brought current, then A will get GC before B. In both the cases USCIS processes applications purely by Received date only. Retrogression plays no role during the phase of Pre-Adjudication.

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Yes once application is received, it gets processed using received date. In a normal processing scenario, the application window is extended only a couple of weeks. This makes sure that even though the applications are processed by received date, there is some semblance of an order given to their priority dates as well. But this process gets broken if the application window(priority date) is extended by couple of months or years. Which had clearly happened when priority date was made current till 2010.

One of the objective was to get in enough applications so as not to waste VISA numbers. Having achieved that, now USCIS wants to restore the processing order.

yes. they are referring to EAD and/or GC.

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Originally Posted by khushraho

Today the Ssn card has arrived for my wife..it is written that ' allowed to work with dhs authorization" ..is that normal?

Also on the accompanying letter it's been said that you need to present this card along with appropriate immigration documents to your prospective employer..what immigration document one need to work on EAD. ? Are they referring the EAD card?

Thanks,

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I GOT MY GREEN CARD ON 23RD MARCH 2012, BUT TODAY I GOT EMAIL FROM USCIS FOR CASE STATUS CHANGE.
I DON'T KNOW WHATS GOING ON, GURU PLEASE THROW SOME LIGHT.
SHOULD I CONTACT CUSTOMER SERVICE OR KEEP SILENT.


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


Your Case Status: Initial Review


On April 9, 2012, the post office returned the notice we last sent you on this case I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS as undeliverable. This may have serious effects on processing this case. Please call 1-800-375-5283 to update your mailing address for this notice to be re-sent.

Don't worry - there have been instances of mixup between USPS and USCIS - essentially USPS providing "undeliverable" for your address to USCIS by mistake. Since you already have the GC, in my personal opinion, there is not much risk in you calling up USCIS and getting this cleared. Search this thread for the last case of similar "undeliverable" message - I remember that it was resolved without any problem.

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Originally Posted by drapnvalsad

I GOT MY GREEN CARD ON 23RD MARCH 2012, BUT TODAY I GOT EMAIL FROM USCIS FOR CASE STATUS CHANGE.
I DON'T KNOW WHATS GOING ON, GURU PLEASE THROW SOME LIGHT.
SHOULD I CONTACT CUSTOMER SERVICE OR KEEP SILENT.


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


Your Case Status: Initial Review


On April 9, 2012, the post office returned the notice we last sent you on this case I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS as undeliverable. This may have serious effects on processing this case. Please call 1-800-375-5283 to update your mailing address for this notice to be re-sent.

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Got the EAD approval notification, today :)

Hi All,

CPO for spouse EAD/AP after long time, My son AP got approved in Mid March, Mine EAD/AP (Primary) on March End and now spouse got EAD/AP . Best possible in current scenario. Can visit INDIA after 4 and half years....

got my EAD /AP approval notification on 04/06. back to the waiting period now.

this forum helps me get my sanity check. thanks to all gurus for their insight!