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visas are generally issues in order of PD only - but only for cases that are ready to be assigned visas. Cases do not become ready and eligible by PD. They havetheir own course depending on how much due diligence each case requires. Makes sense?
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Originally Posted by vizcard
How do they know a file is "low hanging fruit" without opening it? My assumption is only when the file is opened for processing they can tell. Is it possible to "pick" those kind of files out of the pool of files?
Another Jan filer (PD - Dec 2008) posted on trackitt that he just got his 485 approval!! Search for the user kumariah on this page -
http://www.trackitt.com/usa-discussi...hering/page/68
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Originally Posted by HR3012
Damn, this is nice stuff
I am not sure how it internally works, but per my lawyer, he always maintains, education in USA, steady employment with employer, last three years tax returns/W2 .... => rubber stamp approval once it gets to an officer.Quote:
Originally Posted by HR3012
My addition to this is: 485 are adjudicated by senior officers. The file only reaches them when it has been prepared by contractors and junior level officers. It would mean arranging everything properly, putting tabs to indicate areas of interest, indicating any potential areas of verification for more evidence, receiving all background checks and marking them as complete, or needs further review for possible derogatory results by senior officer, I mean one can go on and brainstorm on this. My point is by the time the file is given to the adjudicating officer, it has been well prepared for consumption. As part of this process, also I think, the contractors/juniors would put in the I-140 and PERM file, because this has to be synced up with the EVL and a projection taken based on EVL and past years tax returns W2 supplied.
Thanks for the explanation Nishant, it makes perfect sense now.Quote:
Originally Posted by nishant2200
Welcome, I am just trying to think their process, which frankly no one knows! I think though, it just helps in bit early approval maybe, if they are in the mode of reaching some processing goal fast, but honestly, there can't be any legal bias or official law to do any partiality. Anyone who is eligible is eligible, it's just some cases due to the nature of their condition, maybe easy to approve fast.Quote:
Originally Posted by HR3012
Hi Friends,
Finally, I am very happy to share the good news with all of you that We received the CPO email today at 3:30 PM PST. for both me and my wife.
Application Type: I485 , APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS
Your Case Status: Card/ Document Production
On February 25, 2012, 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.
Category: EB2I
PD: 06/06/2007
RD: 10/13/2011
SC: Texas
EAD & AP Approval: 12/15/2011
CPO Email: 02/26/2011
Thanks for all your support and I wish and pray for each and everyone to get their Approval's very soon.
Good Luck to you All
Thanks
March 2011 EB2-I received NVC Fee Notice
http://www.trackitt.com/usa-discussi...ate-nvc-notice
Congratulations samudrala!!Quote:
Originally Posted by samudrala
Am I in dream... I see in trackitt that someone with 4th Sep 2008 PD got approval.
Many congratulations to you and your family, enjoy the moment finally another PWMB case is greened.Quote:
Originally Posted by samudrala
Looks like multiple people with H1 2011 PDs are getint NVC fee notices. All good...
Yes..me too..PD 02/02/11
wow...looks like EB2 is going to get current soon.... all the best guys....get ready!!!!!!!!!
What's the implication of NVC notice? That they should allow the person to file for 485 within 12 months? Or is it that they approve 485 within 12 months?Quote:
Originally Posted by vishnu
Sending NVC notice is like hanging a carrot in front of the horse, totally confusing..Quote:
Originally Posted by yesman
I know that they don't necessarily need to approve 485, can anyone give a concrete answer for the first part of the question? Is there any time frame at all?
Are you sure this is EB2-India?
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Originally Posted by nostwal
Here is what Ron Gotcher had to say about the "low hanging fruit" theory.
I went through our records today, to see what results we have gotten. First, I found that most of the AOS approvals we received were for EB3 to EB2 upgrade cases where the applicant had an I-485 on file and pending since 2007. These were largely all pre-adjudicated cases. We have had a few new filings that have been approved, but they appear to be anomalies. That is, they were filed after other new filings (in some cases months later), but have been approved nonetheless. This is not at all an unusual phenomenon with the USCIS. The USCIS Ombudsman criticized the USCIS in one of the annual reports for "picking the low hanging fruit." That is, they would pull out what they considered to be very easy cases and approve those, rather than taking more complex cases that were filed earlier.
Hope this clears some air.
All my dear peeps,
I wanted to share the news of us getting greened!!
wohoo!!
PD: Jan 6th, 2008
485 Approval: Feb 28th
Thank you all on this forum and hope everyone gets greened soon. God is great!
Congrats Jan2008.
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Originally Posted by Jan2008
Sorry to sound rude here, that is not my intention. But he is saying that most of the approved cases are related to porting which I strongly feel is not true based on the profile of the people from this forum who are getting approved and the other people that I know of.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonty Rhodes
We all know that he strongly advocates porting and is trying to make a case for it here. That's what I feel. Feel free to disagree...
I don't disagree with you. In fact, if you look at the beginning of the paragraph, I also feel that Ron is trying to make a case for porting which he always does. Looking at the trend, the scenario seems to be different than what Ron suggests. However, I just posted a comment to show what he had to say about "low hanging fruit theory" and which he has mentioned in the later part of the paragraph.Quote:
Originally Posted by mysati
Sure, one thing to note is whenever an OP quotes some other person's comment like Ron, most of the times, he is inviting thoughts from people on this forum on that comment, it may not necessarily mean the OP is trying to propogate support of that comment :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonty Rhodes
now my thoughts on this. I think it's wrong of Ron to even call the porting of EB3 to EB2 for cases which have I-485 filed during the July 2007 fiasco a low hanging fruit. They are just a special case, and absolutely they can be and are approved faster, USCIS is ethically obliged to do it, there is no reason to hold them up. The main reason is the I-485 is already sitting pre-adjudicated, all it needs is the new I-140 approval of the EB2 job, the new EVL, and a written request to consider the former I-485 for the new job, these are the main things needed.
You can find it here
As we already knew, it was a low production quarter.
Certified -- 9,531
Denied ---- 1,374
Withdrawn -- 547
Total ----11,352
I have updated the various posts in FACTS & DATA to reflect the new figures.
Thank you Spec.
I noticed this for ROW-M-P:
More than PD, the approval date matters, esp, in case of EB2 cases as upon PERM approval they can file concurrently and end up getting reflected in USCIS inventory.
Here are approvals by FY:
FY 2010: 37173
FY 2011: 18926
FY 2012 Q1: 3805
Basically, if EB1 usage does not change then a slightly higher SOFAD for Eb2IC may happen. Again just a possibility but not a definitive.
I have few friends whose dependents EAD/AP approved and primary no update including me though filed together perhaps sent in same package. Any clue how USCIS processing.
Spec,Quote:
Originally Posted by Spectator
I looked at the report. It did reported pending cases.
there might be several hundreds pending cases ??
Thank u.
KD,Quote:
Originally Posted by kd2008
Yes I agree with most of your post, that's great observation by comparing last 3 FY years PERM.
But your last line.. If spillover rules remains unchanged. SOFAD is 100 %.Quote:
Again just a possibility but not a definitive.
I see another Jan filer with PD in June 2008 approved GC
http://www.trackitt.com/member/pats2012
Service Center: Texas
Priority Date: 10 Jun 2008
KD excellent observation. I agree.
Thanks to Spec too!!Quote:
Originally Posted by kd2008
Keep them coming....Quote:
Originally Posted by kolugc
some one may have thought about this already but posting it again for my own clarification ....
Does anyone have an approximate idea of how many 221G refusals were issued since 2009? I am thinking may be that is another way to determine so called DD. I am thinking most of the 221G refusals result in a fresh H-1B and a new labor in which case can we assume that the total number of refusals translate to part of the DD? on the contrary is it safe to say that it is not true DD as they try to port their old PD?
Sunny,
Its not just the H1 refusals, you may also want to look into L1 refusals as well , as they are eligible to apply for GC. On an average it was rounded to 40-50% of 221G/denials since 2008 to 2010 evident from the report by NFAP that I posted earlier.
Thanks. 40-50% denials seems a lot but i guess DOS is really upping its game in denials. I hope they release inventory data more frequently...Quote:
Originally Posted by Prabhas
Sunny/Prabhas,
Although there have been a lot of queries but still 40-50% does seem very high........and scary. I am personally a subject of one (a pretty nasty one at that) and this percentage is very unnerving. Just waiting for my EAD before I respond to it just in case things go south with the H1.
I have heard that the approval rate has improved a tad recently after some noise was made and there was also talk of the RFE rate being high to quickly go through the backlog and make the processing numbers look better. Another theory doing the rounds is the higher RFE's are being handed out as a justification to additional resources for fraud prevention or vice-versa (depending on who you ask) - All this may add up to a high query/rejection rate. Either way, slowly and steadily, they are catching up with the games being played by the body shops...........the real scary thing is they are opening up cases from the past where there is suspect behavior on part of the employer. Recently heard from one of my colleagues that his company's financials are being investigated and that has been the cause of no one from his company getting an approval on 485 although their priority dates are way in the past. Their attorney/employer is not sure if they will investigate cases where the greencards have already been issued or if they would let bygones be bygones. Am sure this would scare some but offlate things are starting to get more difficult with H1s. Even the site visits have increased a lot; we have had 2 at our client site (one of the largest investment banks) within my group.
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Originally Posted by Sunnyznj
I believe those who will file concurrently are not counted into I-485 Inventory unless I-140 is approved. I remember reading it somewhere but could not find the reference now. This is from the FAQ on I-485 Inventory.Quote:
Originally Posted by kd2008
It is not clear what does above statement infer. Does it mean Inventory does not include those "whose I-140 is pending but has not filed I-485" or "regardless all whose I-140 is pending are not counted"? Obviously former is contradicting and very intuitive. If individual's I-140 is pending and if he is not eligible or chose not to file concurrently, we do not expect them to be in I-485 Inventory.Why to make such statement. Anyways just wanted to throw this information out and see if it makes sense. In meantime let me see if I can find that reference.Quote:
Q: What does this pending inventory report contain?
A: Although this pending inventory report is intended to provide information about demand for an immigrant visa and give potential employment-based immigrants an idea of where they stand in line for a visa, it does not include all potential employment-based immigrants. This report contains principal and dependent employment-based I-485s pending at USCIS Service Centers and Field Offices. It does not include cases pending consular processing at overseas posts. It also does not include individuals and their dependents with a pending or approved I-140 petition who have not yet filed an I-485 application or begun consular processing. Please note, therefore, that there are likely many individuals with an earlier priority date than your own who do not currently appear on the inventory, either because they are awaiting consular processing or because they have not filed an I-485
This refers to non-concurrent I-485 filers.Quote:
Originally Posted by shaumack
Yes , You are correct , I too remember reading the same. My guess is ombudsman report to congress.Quote:
I believe those who will file concurrently are not counted into I-485 Inventory unless I-140 is approved. I remember reading it somewhere but could not find the reference now..
The reference is from the cisomb-2010-annual-report-response.pdf document, where USCIS responded to the comments in the Ombudsman's Report.Quote:
Originally Posted by shaumack
I have quoted the relevant portion below.
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To clarify this point, the pending inventory report contains all principal and dependent employment-based green card applications pending at the Nebraska Service Center (NSC) and the Texas Service Center (TSC).
This includes cases for which visas are currently available but have not yet been adjudicated to completion, and cases that have been pre-adjudicated because the applicant is otherwise eligible but a visa is not currently available.
In instances where the green card application and the petition for an alien worker are filed concurrently, and the petition has not yet been adjudicated – meaning country of chargeability, preference, and priority date are as yet unknown – the green card application does not appear in the inventory.
This may include newly-filed cases where both the green card application and the petition are within target cycle-times. However, a newly-filed green card application based on an approved petition will appear in the inventory if it was filed prior to the posting of the latest inventory report.
That is it!!!! Thanks Spec & Kanmani. I will make sure that I bookmark it this time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spectator