Post 485-Filing

drapnvalsad,

You need to call USCIS and inform them ASAP. Let your attorney also know about this...

I set a remainder for today to open SR for EAD and this morning got CPO email for EAD & approval email for AP :)

We got both our EAD/AP approval messages today..now the wait begins for the date to reopen again. NSC is finally catching with Feb filers just around their FP date.

Thanks Kanmani. Congratulations to others who got their EAD/AP approval

Got EAD/AP approval email today, both for my wife and me. It is huge relief. Congrats to all those who got it today.

i received the EAD/AP combo card & also the i765 approval notice few days back. Can somebdy plz confirm if there is a separate approval notice for i131 , as I havent got that yet.

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Originally Posted by crux123

i received the EAD/AP combo card & also the i765 approval notice few days back. Can somebdy plz confirm if there is a separate approval notice for i131 , as I havent got that yet.

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Hi crux123,

Yes you will receive a separate email notice for I131.

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Originally Posted by benjiding

Hi crux123,

Yes you will receive a separate email notice for I131.

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Thanks. I was referring to the physical notice for 131 , just like the one for 765.
In case of travel would just the EAD card + i765 physical notice be sufficient

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Originally Posted by Kanmani

Congratulations! Arjun, JJGCJML's Spouse, mbasense, HR3012,ThatIsAll on your EAD/AP approval .

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Thanks Kanmani

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Originally Posted by Pundit Arjun

Thanks Kanmani. Congratulations to others who got their EAD/AP approval

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Thanks Pundit Arjun

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Originally Posted by Kanmani

Congratulations! Arjun, JJGCJML's Spouse, mbasense, HR3012,ThatIsAll on your EAD/AP approval .

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thanks Kanmani and others :)

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Originally Posted by Pundit Arjun

Thanks Kanmani. Congratulations to others who got their EAD/AP approval

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Hi Vizard/Imdeng/Kanmani/sportsfan33/Spec and Guru's,

Please help me to book the flight ticket urgent after 4 years of waiting for my family.

We got (My self & Wife) EAD/AP approval email today and how long will I get physical EAD/AP Combo card to our hand eventhough USCIS said 30 days as per USCIS standard .CAn we expect before May 2nd?

Another question is it required to wait until physical copy of approval EAD/AP like I797 approval notice or can she travel without that and if i get it I will handover to wife when i go to india Around June .

Is it legal status when she is out side of the USA that Physical i797 approval notice to come to my home?

Please advise ASAP.

SC:NSC; PD:02/2009; RD:02/03/2012; FP Date:04/30/2012; EAD&AP:04/10/2012; GC DT
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Hi Guru's,

Please help me to book the flight ticket urgent after 4 years of waiting for my family.

We got (My self & Wife) EAD/AP approval email today and how long will I get physical EAD/AP Combo card to our hand eventhough USCIS said 30 days as per USCIS standard .CAn we expect before May 2nd?

Another question is it required to wait until physical copy of approval EAD/AP like I797 approval notice or can she travel without that and if i get it I will handover to wife when i go to india Around June .

Is it legal status when she is out side of the USA that Physical i797 approval notice to come to my home?

Please advise ASAP.

SC:NSC; PD:02/2009; RD:02/03/2012; FP Date:04/30/2012; EAD&AP:04/10/2012; GC DT
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Originally Posted by Kanmani

anish
Normal delivery time is 3 - 10 days at the most. Keep an eye on the USPS post box or just give a word to your postman about the mail you are expecting to receive. I hear a lot of usps misplacement nowadays.

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Thank you Kanmani for your reply.

please consider 2nd question ?

Another question is it required to wait until physical copy of approval EAD/AP like I797 approval notice or can she travel without that and if i get it I will handover to wife when i go to india Around June .

Is it legal status when she is out side of the USA that Physical i797 approval notice to come to my home?

anish5,
it won't take more than 4-5 business days in mail (I got it in 2 days)

You should get EAD/AP by the end of this week. Look up the "post-485" thread for details about how to get tracking number for USPS Priority Mail etc. Best wait for actually travel until you have the card in hand. You can go ahead and block the tickets though. Congratulations on getting the EAD/AP - I know how much of a relief it is.

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Originally Posted by anish5

Hi Guru's,

Please help me to book the flight ticket urgent after 4 years of waiting for my family.

We got (My self & Wife) EAD/AP approval email today and how long will I get physical EAD/AP Combo card to our hand eventhough USCIS said 30 days as per USCIS standard .CAn we expect before May 2nd?

Another question is it required to wait until physical copy of approval EAD/AP like I797 approval notice or can she travel without that and if i get it I will handover to wife when i go to india Around June .

Is it legal status when she is out side of the USA that Physical i797 approval notice to come to my home?

Please advise ASAP.

SC:NSC; PD:02/2009; RD:02/03/2012; FP Date:04/30/2012; EAD&AP:04/10/2012; GC DT
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Anish - I have answered your question in the Prediction thread. Please avoid posting the same question, at the same time in multiple threads here.

Folks,

I got CPO and approval emails for my EAD and AP this morning:) However, there haven't been any updates to my spouse's EAD and AP cases yet. I am just wondering when I can expect my spouse's EAD/AP to be approved. For those who received EAD/AP approvals for self and spouse - did you receive the self and spouse approval emails in quick succession?

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by enigma

Folks,

I got CPO and approval emails for my EAD and AP this morning:) However, there haven't been any updates to my spouse's EAD and AP cases yet. I am just wondering when I can expect my spouse's EAD/AP to be approved. For those who received EAD/AP approvals for self and spouse - did you receive the self and spouse approval emails in quick succession?

Thanks.

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DOnt worry Buddy, My son got first. After a week I got. Again after another one week My spouse Got....

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Originally Posted by bieber

anish5,
it won't take more than 4-5 business days in mail (I got it in 2 days)

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Me too IN 2 days...

Thank you JJGCJML. I will keep looking out for those texts/emails :)

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Originally Posted by JJGCJML

DOnt worry Buddy, My son got first. After a week I got. Again after another one week My spouse Got....

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Q and other friends

can you please answer these questions for me.

We filed amended i 140 along with 485 on Dec21, 2011. Today 140 got approved.

1. Is there a good chance they will adjudicate my 485 before dates retrogress from May?

2. I read somewhere that when we do concurrent filing (140 and 485), they will adjudicate at the same time when 140 gets approved. Is it true?

Thankyou for the help.

My take is that any EB2I 485 approval is stuck until CO gets a better idea of things for Q4 0 until then nothing is happening. Also - if I recall the discussions here about processing protocols, in concurrent 140+485 filings, 485 does not get touched much until 140 is done. They are not worked on in parallel.

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Originally Posted by dec2007

Q and other friends

can you please answer these questions for me.

We filed amended i 140 along with 485 on Dec21, 2011. Today 140 got approved.

1. Is there a good chance they will adjudicate my 485 before dates retrogress from May?

2. I read somewhere that when we do concurrent filing (140 and 485), they will adjudicate at the same time when 140 gets approved. Is it true?

Thankyou for the help.

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I saw it on trackkit. Somebody with Feb-2009 PD got RFE for 485 yesterday and he/she is now able to check the app status online.

Thoughts?

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Originally Posted by imdeng

You should get EAD/AP by the end of this week. Look up the "post-485" thread for details about how to get tracking number for USPS Priority Mail etc. Best wait for actually travel until you have the card in hand. You can go ahead and block the tickets though. Congratulations on getting the EAD/AP - I know how much of a relief it is.

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Thanks you Imdeng for your answer.

I was searched almost 20 pages where post 485 thread how to get the USPS Traking number ? Can you help, Do you want me to call USCIS directly to get the trackit number?

Appriciate all your response!!!

imdeng - You were right on the money regarding the EAD/AP approval timeframe for NSC. I got my approvals in 64 days :) Have you received your EAD card yet? I am just curious because I am trying to gauge when I can expect to receive my cards. I got the approval emails for self and spouse on Wednesday, 4/11. And USCIS updated our 765 case status this morning stating that the cards have been mailed.

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Originally Posted by imdeng

Thanks. It has been such a relief.

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.


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.



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.


Thanks Kanmani.

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I received my cards yesterday. The rule of thumb is 2-3 days from the day your status goes to "mailed", depending upon how far you are from the mailing location.

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Originally Posted by enigma

imdeng - You were right on the money regarding the EAD/AP approval timeframe for NSC. I got my approvals in 64 days :) Have you received your EAD card yet? I am just curious because I am trying to gauge when I can expect to receive my cards. I got the approval emails for self and spouse on Wednesday, 4/11. And USCIS updated our 765 case status this morning stating that the cards have been mailed.

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Please see below the post by our resident Guru Nishant.

PS> The trick is to use the right search term. A search for "USPS" was effective in tracking down this post.

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Originally Posted by anish5

Thanks you Imdeng for your answer.

I was searched almost 20 pages where post 485 thread how to get the USPS Traking number ? Can you help, Do you want me to call USCIS directly to get the trackit number?

Appriciate all your response!!!

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Originally Posted by nishant2200

Tracking Numbers.

Guys, many of you asked this.

basically if your case status says mail picked by USPS, you directly call customer service, and say you need tracking number. They will verify your case status and redirect you to higher level officer who will verify your name, date of birth, address and provide you the USPS tracking number.

If your case status says card is ordered and should get within 30 days, the customer service person will ask you to wait for 30 days to be over, and depending on your luck may redirect you to higher level officer.

This is applicable only to "cards" , EAD/AP or Green card.

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Thanks imdeng. It looks like I can expect my cards early to mid next week.

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Originally Posted by imdeng

I received my cards yesterday. The rule of thumb is 2-3 days from the day your status goes to "mailed", depending upon how far you are from the mailing location.

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Has anyone seen a LUD change (for 485) since the visa bulletin released ? If yes, please note your PD in your response.

My wife and I got our EADs recently. If she goes to work using her EAD, does it affect my H1B status. I have my H1B valid till mid 2013 , and was intending to hold on to it till then. Does my wife working on her EAD affect that?

No. It will not affect your H1B status.

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Originally Posted by mbasense

My wife and I got our EADs recently. If she goes to work using her EAD, does it affect my H1B status. I have my H1B valid till mid 2013 , and was intending to hold on to it till then. Does my wife working on her EAD affect that?

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Originally Posted by usernameisnotvalid

No. It will not affect your H1B status.

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thanks usernameisnotvalid. I did not think so too, but there are too many rumors floating around..so just wanted to confirm, this EAD is kinda new unknown territory :)

Any Feb filer who is able to see his/her online status for 485? Anybody?

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Originally Posted by usernameisnotvalid

Any Feb filer who is able to see his/her online status for 485? Anybody?

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I don't see it yet.

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Originally Posted by pdfeb09

I don't see it yet.

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i don't see it too

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Originally Posted by usernameisnotvalid

Any Feb filer who is able to see his/her online status for 485? Anybody?

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Seems TSC Feb filers are still facing this issue. NSC filers are able to track the cases from day 1. Atleast TSC is fast in terms of FP and EAD/AP.

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Originally Posted by imdeng

You should get EAD/AP by the end of this week. Look up the "post-485" thread for details about how to get tracking number for USPS Priority Mail etc. Best wait for actually travel until you have the card in hand. You can go ahead and block the tickets though. Congratulations on getting the EAD/AP - I know how much of a relief it is.

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Thank you very much Imdeng.

Hi Imdeng/Kanmani/Guru's,
We received both EAP/AP combo card and it says serve I-512 as adavnce payroll with one year validity and alreayd book the flight ticket on May 16th.

My question is after approval we receive one more EAD paper copy I-797 valid one year for both of us. but we dont recive any AP approved I-797 paper copy ? Is it mandatory to get the paper copy to travel out side of USA or combocard is enough ? When we saw online it says April 10th we mailed notice , can we receive or do I need concern anything here incase of POE issue? please advise!!! Hope your EAD/AP approed before me , Did you recive such papaer documents?

Waiting for your answer to do further steps!!!

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Originally Posted by Kanmani

Yes Sir, its me who got the RFE :( , out of frustration I deleted that useless post :)

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Kanmani, what is the RFE about?

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Originally Posted by Kanmani

We ( Primary and Dependent) didn't receive it yet, online status shows RFE for initial evidence from yesterday evening.

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Kanmani,
I don't have any updates on my case (from jan) but we did have our FPs done on the same day. Wonder what to make of that.