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10-03-2014, 03:59 PM
qesehmk

Trouble - many congratulations and thanks for the kind words. Hope to see you around. All the best!

Quote:

Originally Posted by IsItWorthTheTrouble

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.
10-03-2014, 09:05 PM
imdeng

Congrats IsItWorthTheTrouble! Best wishes to you and your family for a green life forward.
06-27-2015, 08:11 AM
helooo

GC approved

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
06-27-2015, 09:32 AM
Kanmani

Congratulations helooo !!!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy the freedom.
06-27-2015, 11:59 AM
qesehmk

Congrats heloo! Enjoy the freedom!

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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
06-28-2015, 12:05 AM
imdeng

Congratulations helooo! Wish you all the best for the green life ahead.
06-28-2015, 08:15 AM
Spectator

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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

helooo,

Many congratulations.

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

All the best for the future.
06-28-2015, 08:56 AM
helooo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spectator

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
06-28-2015, 02:06 PM
Jagan01

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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

congratilulations helooo
08-04-2015, 12:01 PM
gcq

GC approved today !

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
08-04-2015, 12:13 PM
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!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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
08-04-2015, 12:21 PM
gcq

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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!!

: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.
08-04-2015, 01:51 PM
Spectator

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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

gcq,

Many congratulations!!

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

Enjoy.
08-04-2015, 02:00 PM
Jagan01

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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

Congratulations gcq !!
08-04-2015, 03:19 PM
gcq

Thanks Jagan, Spec !
08-04-2015, 06:26 PM
gten20

Congrats gcq!
08-05-2015, 09:41 AM
idiotic

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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

God bless. Congrats.
08-05-2015, 04:06 PM
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.

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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
08-05-2015, 04:20 PM
gcq

Thanks gten20, idiotic, imdeng.
Enjoying the green side of US life now !
08-06-2015, 05:13 PM
Kanmani

Congratulations gcq !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Enjoy!
08-07-2015, 08:17 AM
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!
08-07-2015, 10:48 AM
gcq

Thank you Kanmani, Sportsfan33 !
08-12-2015, 08:19 AM
pdfeb09

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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

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 !:)
08-12-2015, 11:46 AM
qesehmk

GCQ you got really lucky there. Got through this mess by the skin of your teeth!
08-12-2015, 12:10 PM
suninphx

Quote:

Originally Posted by qesehmk

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)
08-12-2015, 12:20 PM
qesehmk

Quote:

Originally Posted by suninphx

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.
08-12-2015, 12:34 PM
gcq

Quote:

Originally Posted by qesehmk

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.
08-12-2015, 12:35 PM
gcq

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdfeb09

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 !
08-12-2015, 12:36 PM
suninphx

Quote:

Originally Posted by qesehmk

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.
08-12-2015, 12:43 PM
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.

Quote:

Originally Posted by suninphx

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.
08-12-2015, 12:46 PM
qesehmk

Quote:

Originally Posted by gcq

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!
08-12-2015, 03:19 PM
suninphx

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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,
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.
08-12-2015, 03:35 PM
qesehmk

Quote:

Originally Posted by suninphx

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!! ??
08-12-2015, 04:18 PM
gcq

Quote:

Originally Posted by qesehmk

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.
09-03-2015, 05:24 PM
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
09-03-2015, 05:31 PM
Suva2001

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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

Congratulation

Thanks
09-03-2015, 05:37 PM
imdeng

Congratulations Kiran! Best wishes to you and your family for the green life ahead.
09-03-2015, 06:54 PM
gcq

Congrats Kiran !
09-04-2015, 12:51 PM
gten20

Congrats Kiran! Good timing.. just in time before the long weekend. Enjoy!
08-09-2018, 04:14 PM
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.

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