My attorney sent my GC forms to Phoenix,AZ. Is this one of the location. I thought every one will sent to Texas or Nebraska and they will be distributed from there, is it correct? What all the locations available to send the GC documents?
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My attorney sent my GC forms to Phoenix,AZ. Is this one of the location. I thought every one will sent to Texas or Nebraska and they will be distributed from there, is it correct? What all the locations available to send the GC documents?
Is this for new or renewals???
Petitioners filing Form I-485 based on a pending or approved Form I-140, should file their application at the USCIS Phoenix or Dallas Lockbox facility.
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/usc...0048f3d6a1RCRD
Is it depends on the 140's receipt #??
I saw below message in I-131 form, please suggest:
If I797C starts with EAC or SRC, it should go to Dallas
If I797C starts with LIN or WAC, it should go to Phoenix
Is this correct, I am applying first time, mine became current in Feb. Is it applies for renewals or even for the new applications??
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Originally Posted by eb2visa
Hi eb2visa,
To the best of my knowledge this is how it works....
Any of the I-485 applications will first go to a lock box facility (Ex: Phoenix). From there the documents are scanned and they are sent electronically to the service center where your I-140 was approved from. There are only two service centers that process I-485 applications for whole of USA. They are "Texas" and "Nebraska". So whichever lock box facility your application is sent (depending on your residence address I guess), finally they will reach the appropriate service centers. FYI, here is the meaning of those three letter abbreviations:
"SRC" means Texas Service Center
"LIN" means Nebraska Service Center
"WAC" means California Service Center
"EAC" means Vermont Service Center
Ideally any I-485 application will finally go to "Texas (SRC)" or "Nebrasks (LIN)".
I hope I answered your question. All this information I mentioned above was explained by the Gurus on various occasions. Gurus, please correct me if any of the above information is incorrect or incomplete....
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Originally Posted by eb2visa
For where to send applications, look at page 7 of the I-485 Instructions. The entire document is a useful read before filling the 485 form. Link below:
http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-485instr.pdf
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Originally Posted by eb2visa
One question on job change after 6 months on EAD..
Once you resign from your current job or got laid off, how quickly you need to find your next job with out losing your status?
There is no such time period that USCIS talks about. They talk about being out of status and the candidate should leave the country ASAP.
However there are examples where people have stayed back for a year and then found another job.
IMHO - if your H1 stays valid - then perhaps your status stays valid. At least I am not aware of any law that says that you lose your H1 status if you lose the job. You aquire the status through your job but i do not think you lose just by losing the job.
You can certainly lose status if it expires and is not extended OR if the employer cancels the H1B.
So long story short - you have time until your status is valid. I am not sure if just by losing the job you lose the status.
All the best Khushraho.
p.s. - If you are an electrical engineer and willing to work in Tucson Arizona, there is an opening there I know of.
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Originally Posted by khushraho
^^
Well, let me elaborate further..
If someone on h1 got laid off, he needs to find next job very quickly coz the latest pay stubs is mandatory for H1 transfer. If you are out of job for 3-4 months, you can certainly assume that your transfer would be in trouble.
As far as AC21is concerned,there are not this much process. As per my knowledge you just need to inform USCIS about your new job and job profile. No approval per say is not required..
That is where my question was from..
If eligible for AC21, and H1 status is not valid then candidate is already in unlawful status but in a period of authorized stay (Spec explained this 7-8 pages back). As such can look for a job forever unless 485 is revoked.
There is no such requirement for paystubs etc as in H1 trasnfer. Only that they need to inform USCIS.
p.s. - As suninphx mentioned below EAD is still required to work. But you don't accrue unlawful presence while on AOS.
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Originally Posted by khushraho
Whenever the job described in the H1b is lost, the H1b beneficiary immediately loses his/her status. If there is a gap between the date of last paycheck and RD of H1b transfer application , then the USCIS would approve only the H1b petition but deny the status extension. ( H1b approval notice without I-94 at the bottom)
To reinstate the valid H1b status , the incumbent must travel out of usa and get a valid I-94 Card.
The above is true for H1b applicants without I-485 pending. I am not sure about the scenario after I-485 .
One need to move on EAD in order to continue working if H1 status is lost because of either losing job or not getting paid on h1.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kanmani
Just wanted to share some good news! Both me and my wife have recieved our CPO mails for I-485. Finally! Thanks to every member of the forum...esp Q, The Big 4 and The Top 10. I have been a deligent follower of the forum and have personally learnt a lot over the past year.
Thanks for the responses..
In short, if one is eligible for AC 21, there is no need for panicking if he/she looses his job...correct?
Received I485 CPO emails for self and spouse today. My background: Work for a fortune 10 company, MS (Australia), unique name (pretty sure there will be none with my first and last name), changed H1 only once and been with the same employer for 6 years
Friends, if the last inventory data shows such a low number of filings in Q4 of 2007 as well current low 485 demand from ROW, what are the new estimated for PD to receive GCs in year 2012 (till october)? Is it still till March 2008 or mid-april 2008?
TIA
- Makmohan
Congratulations .. ...enjoy the freedom :)
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Originally Posted by gcoracle
Congratulations TT and gcoracle! All the best for future!Quote:
Originally Posted by tometukuri
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Originally Posted by gcoracle
Friends, I have received my CPO email for me yesterday, but there is no update for my wife. In our case, USCIS web site did not recognize all the receipt numbers until they are approved. The EAD / AP receipt numbers were not recognized until they were approved, my 485 receipt number was recognized yesterday after approval and my wife's 485 receipt is still not recognized. So, I do not know the real status of my wife's case.
If primary is approved and the dependent is pending, does it mean that there is an RFE on that case or could it be just a time delay?
Congratulations. Almost certainly the dependent approval should come within a couple of days unless you filed the dependent later than your own.
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Originally Posted by Reader
Congratulations!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by gcoracle
Can someone please help me with my question... My 485 was approved few days ago and my wife's 485 is still pending. Therefore she does not have her H4 status anymore. I know that she can stay legally waiting for a decision on AOS, but my question is what happens if her AOS is denied. If a decision is made in May 2012, will the days she has stayed in US in March and April waiting for the decision be counted as unlawful presence?
Though primary and dependent 485 is approved together most of the time, it's not uncommon to approve them seperate with few weeks delay. When the primary is approved the dependent will be approved unless there are obvious issues like out of status fr more than 180 days or criminal record. If you don't think of those issues then there is no reason to be panic. Be cool and you will get it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reader
From my understanding of reading the USCIS memos,
It depends,
Scenario 1 - If you are in Lawful status at the time of properly filed I485, even if its get rejected you would not accrue any unlawful presence.
Scenario 2- If you do not have status ( even if your status expires 3 days before applying) when applying the I 485, if it gets rejected eventually, you would accrue unlawful presence of 3 days + AOS time..
So, the key is having a lawful status when you apply, if you have one, no need to worry about AOS time even if it gets rejected eventually.
Hope it makes sense, others more knowledgeble than me can chime in.
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Originally Posted by Reader
April Visa Bulletin Prediction on CM's blog. Any comments???
http://us-non-immigrants.blogspot.co...ctions-eb.html
only prediction I can make is, if his best case scenario for EB2I comes true, then I will be filing for EAD/485 in April!!
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Originally Posted by Jonty Rhodes
For EB2IC I think I would agree with the forecast. But honestly I feel also fooled by CO since I never thought there would such kind of sustained continuous forward movement.
It is counterintuitive since it required two things we didn't assume : 1) Quarterly spillover 2) Slower than usual Pace of USCIS approvals.
As long as those 2 things are in still place - we will continue to see forward movement. The chances of #2 being in place is what is difficult and hence the date advance should come to a halt and even retro. Whether it happens this month or next is really secondary.
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Originally Posted by Jonty Rhodes
All I can say is, he said a lot but said nothing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonty Rhodes
Most analysis point to a stall in movement. If there is movement there is no reason to expect any particular time frame. It could be 1 month or 3 or 6. We are already way past the "building pipeline" stage.
See, I did the same thing as the CM blog. Said nothing in my whole paragraph :)
ha ha ha - hilarious yet true! kudos to vizcard for summarizing in 2 lines as opposed to 20 on CM Blog
Another thing to keep in mind is that when the demand from EB2IC is so low, visas will continue to be handed out in the order of processing without regard to country quotas. We saw this in happen before this bulletin: http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulleti...etin_2007.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by qesehmk
This bulletin was the first of its kind to explain the setting of cuttoff dates after they had been current for a while.
The hard truth is USCIS will have to improve its processing speed considerably to consume all of the quarterly spillover. This is highly unlikely. My personal opinion is we won't see any retrogression until July bulletin. Will the dates stall in coming bulletins? It is not a very relevant item simply because the chances of the cases filed in coming months being adjudicated are really small. We will see Oct-Nov-Dec filers' cases being processed for quite a while in future.Quote:
Changes in CIS processing procedures during the past two years created a significant backlog of cases and a consequent reduction in demand for numbers.
During the time that the Employment-based categories have remained “Current” many tens of thousands of applicants have become eligible to file for adjustment of status. Last summer, CIS notified Congress of its intent to eliminate its current backlogs by the end of FY-2006. As a result of the CIS backlog reduction effort, we are now experiencing very heavy visa demand as CIS has begun to process cases to conclusion. Section 201(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act states that not more than 27 percent of the Employment-based annual limit may be used in each of the first three quarters of a fiscal year. Based on the current rate of demand, the 27 percent level for the first quarter of FY-2005 will be exceeded by the end of December.
It has therefore become necessary to impose an Employment-based Third preference cut-off date for January in order to limit number use during the second quarter. Many of the cases have priority dates that are several years old, and the cut-off date represents the first priority date that cannot be accommodated for final processing. The cut-off date will apply only to the following chargeability areas: China-mainland born, India, and Philippines. Cut-off date movement during the remainder of FY-2005 depends on the extent of future visa demand. No specific predictions are possible at this time.
Experts, the one year time frame that Mesan said is applicable or not?..Can it take take greater than one year or should the dates have to move within one year?Quote:
Originally Posted by mesan123
but why are people getting NVC reciepts(like from Jan 2011 & Mar 2011 folks also). what i meant is incase USCIS picks up on cases and demand is shown...how would CO move the dates to MArch 2011.....because with best scenario the people getting GC will be from early 2009( very best scenario).
my point is will not the NVC reciepts be voided in one year???will that happen?
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Originally Posted by qesehmk
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Originally Posted by qesehmk
Nice to see a post from you. I realize you have been extremely busy lately.
I totally agree with you.
USCIS have shown that they can approval relatively large numbers recently. They didn't really have the opportunity to show that until now and approvals in a 3-4 month timescale is pretty good (amazing by USCIS standards).
In fact, if USCIS approve too many, too fast, they will likely outstrip the number of spillover visas available in a quarter. That would force CO to retrogress the Cut Off Dates.
Since April is the beginning of a new quarter, that seems unlikely for the April VB, but I won't be surprised if it happens in May, assuming USCIS continue at their recent pace.
One year is just an expectation and not guaranteed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mavrick
NVC notice expires in 1 year but if you paid the fee it never expires. So don't be surprised if someone with July 2011 recieves a NVC notice now but his dates are not current in next 2 years.
What is the purpose of NVC issuing a notice if the dates are going to be current after two years or later?Quote:
Originally Posted by Transformer
if demand picks up then CO will be forced to slow down or retro because otherwise it creates the potential to not process visas in strict order of PD. Not that that is against any law that I know .... but that is a norm USCIS and DOS have followed.
As per why people are getting NVC notices .. I do not know. May be that's an indication that demand will not pick up and dates will continue to move forward.
Honestly none of us know EXACTLY what will happen. All we attempt to do is be as rational as possible with the information we have.
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Originally Posted by mesan123
Spec .... yes if they approve too many too fast then that will outstrip quarterly supply. (p.s. Although I said quarterly spillover -I strongly suspect that CO is doing almosta monthly spillover).Quote:
Originally Posted by Spectator
Got my Greencard in my hand finally!!
Came to US in 1997 on F1. Applied labor in 2007. Missed 485 filing by Half a day, as my Labor was approved at 1pm on Aug 17,2007I dont know if my GC journey is 14yrs or 4+ years.
After responding to my RFE for BC and MC, I got CPO mail in a 4 days and a week later I got my GC. Good luck to you all who are waiting..Thanks to this forum & Gurus(Q,Spec,Veni,Big T, Nishant, Soggadu,Kanmani, Monica12..etc) for Predictions. It kept me busy at work ;)
Let me know if there are any discussion threads/forums like "Fighting your employer/main-vendor in court for non-payments".. :) (Main Vendor didnt pay employer for 5 months)
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Originally Posted by qesehmk
I wasn't vey clear. I agree it is split into monthly allotments, per the description in the VO explanation.
I guess I was saying that CO might let it ride another month to ensure the USCIS production increase was sustainable through a relatively higher density period. Otherwise, he will have to consider doing something in the April VB itself.
Once he does stop forward movement, or retrogresses the dates, the chance of Cut Off Dates moving beyond the latest date reached so far, is zero for FY2012 because qualified demand becoming available will make that impossible.
My guessQuote:
Originally Posted by qesehmk
USCIS will not be able to clear many app , we may have 30k spill over and they will not process that many EB2 IC application by Sep 2012 so DOS will allow NVC to process CP cases by making date current to EB2 IC. Now what if EB2 IC cp demand is not enough to consume spill over visas , it will go to EB3. Key thing to watch is not date movement but USCIS processing times. For DEC 2011 filers as of now its Sep 24th 2012 when they can eligible to open SR Jan 2012 filers won't be able to even open SR for TSC. I will not be surprised if NSC will do same soon.
Processing time will be key for future date movement till end of the year 2012 ( Sep 2012 )
NVC receipts are very intriguing in the current setup. DOS had really absolutely no reason to send NVC fee notices to people in 2011 PD. In normal situation there is no way that they are likely to get a GC until FY2014. However, now that the fee notices have actually been sent, we must entertain the possibility that it is NOT a normal situation as far as DOS can see. It is possible that they are looking at USCIS processing rates and thinking that there is no way that USCIS will be able to process say 35K EB2IC visas they expect (hypothetically) to be available in FY2012. So they have decided to process as many CP cases as possible to help USCIS in not wasting any visas. Trouble is that as Spec's post a couple pages before showed, CP now makes a very tiny fraction of EB2IC - so they have to travel really far PD wise to get sufficient CP cases to bridge any shortfall USCIS may run into. The fee notices show the extent to which they are going to go.
So, my entirely non-analytical, gut-based prediction for April VB: EB2IC PD will NOT stall. It will continue to move in batches in every VB until either the PD catches up with NVC receipts or USCIS catches up with expected spillover numbers. USCIS is likely to catch up when they process a good bit of Jan filers - so until that happens - I would expect PD to keep moving in small batches.
Congratulations! 15 years of living in a country without any (or much) legal rights - you did great to survive this long without EAD - now take a couple days off and enjoy the fruits of your patience and labor.
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