All Aug 2013 485 APPROVALS & DISCUSSION - report here with details

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Originally Posted by indiani

Thanks Matt,

as mine was EB2 to EB2 retention of priority date ( one attorney told me that word porting is reserved for Eb3 to Eb2) , it took longer and moreover my RD was April 2012, I suddenly found myself in a rather unpleasant work environment so my eagerness to get approved sky-rocketed but for everyone getting approved probably will be a day to remember forever.

It was 2001 when I got my F-1 visa approved and I still remember that day ( I was very young in those days...12 years ago)

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Congrats Dude. Have you left your old employer yet ? We would love to know of any rajnikanth style actions and words spoken by you over next few days with ur employer.

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Originally Posted by seattlet

Congrats Dude. Have you left your old employer yet ? We would love to know of any rajnikanth style actions and words spoken by you over next few days with ur employer.

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Thanks..LOL...Tomorrow, the office staff will see "Rajnikanth" and soon the employer will get a sense of reality and learn to be respectful of others ( even though as H-1 employee we are "supposed to have equal rights" but that's rarely the case)

Even though AC 21 porting to self-employment is an option under EAD I know of only one friend who did it but in general I don't like the idea of ever being "employed" so I will slip into the self-employed position be a "good employer" soon..

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Originally Posted by indiani

You had the right feeling jagan at 4:00pm I received the " case update" TXT / CPO email.

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Indiani, many many congratulations! I have been following your posts and saying a silent prayer for you, as I completely understand how utterly frustrating it is to be in the position you were in. Now you're free to forge your own destiny. Cheers!

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Originally Posted by indiani

You had the right feeling jagan at 4:00pm I received the " case update" TXT / CPO email.

I am thrilled to see so many people rooting for me and want to thank everyone for the support ( which I needed badly) , Mondays have been usually good approval days as they are sending emails from 7:45 am onwards ( in fact most of them got the approval emails at this time) from the case adjudications from the last week's Friday/ Saturday.

My guess is by the end of the month they might be able to approve between 9-10 K leaving about 3K to be added to September, which should be a manageable goal to approve overall 18K , leaving only cases which needs security clearance or someone who are unable to reply to RFE on time. I know its a wishful thinking but it appears to be an achievable reality.

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Congratulations to you and your family. Must be feeling very relieved now. Enjoy the moment you have been waiting for. Iam sure your employer's tone is going to change on hearing the news. First and foremost ask them to file an I9 with GC this way you can record that you worked with them post GC and then its really up to you how best you can demonstrate the goodwill intention to stay with him and make a graceful exit. Believe me a lot of people have gone through this agony of waiting for GC in a terrible work environment, now that its done Iam sure you will be over it and gain strength out of it and move on to the next chapter of life towards a rewarding career and a job that you like.

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Originally Posted by indiani

You had the right feeling jagan at 4:00pm I received the " case update" TXT / CPO email.

I am thrilled to see so many people rooting for me and want to thank everyone for the support ( which I needed badly) , Mondays have been usually good approval days as they are sending emails from 7:45 am onwards ( in fact most of them got the approval emails at this time) from the case adjudications from the last week's Friday/ Saturday.

My guess is by the end of the month they might be able to approve between 9-10 K leaving about 3K to be added to September, which should be a manageable goal to approve overall 18K , leaving only cases which needs security clearance or someone who are unable to reply to RFE on time. I know its a wishful thinking but it appears to be an achievable reality.

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Congratulations indiani!! Very happy to see your approval. You should indeed look forward to one of the best long weekends of your life! :-)

Congrats Indiani! Glad that the wait is finally over for you :o.

Congrats indiani please continue being
A part if this great forum and guide folks like you always do.

QUOTE=pseudonym;39594]Congratulations indiani!! Very happy to see your approval. You should indeed look forward to one of the best long weekends of your life! :-)[/QUOTE]

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Originally Posted by indiani

You had the right feeling jagan at 4:00pm I received the " case update" TXT / CPO email.

I am thrilled to see so many people rooting for me and want to thank everyone for the support ( which I needed badly) , Mondays have been usually good approval days as they are sending emails from 7:45 am onwards ( in fact most of them got the approval emails at this time) from the case adjudications from the last week's Friday/ Saturday.

My guess is by the end of the month they might be able to approve between 9-10 K leaving about 3K to be added to September, which should be a manageable goal to approve overall 18K , leaving only cases which needs security clearance or someone who are unable to reply to RFE on time. I know its a wishful thinking but it appears to be an achievable reality.

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Many Congratulations Indiani.

Indiani - many congratulations!! Well deserved GC especially because you have been helpful to so many others.

On another note - we need to instantly make Jagan a Guru!!! OMG how could he say what he said and came true so fast!!

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Originally Posted by indiani

You had the right feeling jagan at 4:00pm I received the " case update" TXT / CPO email.

I am thrilled to see so many people rooting for me and want to thank everyone for the support ( which I needed badly) , Mondays have been usually good approval days as they are sending emails from 7:45 am onwards ( in fact most of them got the approval emails at this time) from the case adjudications from the last week's Friday/ Saturday.

My guess is by the end of the month they might be able to approve between 9-10 K leaving about 3K to be added to September, which should be a manageable goal to approve overall 18K , leaving only cases which needs security clearance or someone who are unable to reply to RFE on time. I know its a wishful thinking but it appears to be an achievable reality.

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Congatulations Indiani. That's very great news.

Btw Jagan, can u pls feel and tell me when will be my turn? Kidding...how in the world u know Indiani wil be a free soul today? That's....%*%-+ awesome.

Once again I want to thank everyone for their kindness. I will be on this forum indefinitely as long as Q is willing to maintain it :)

Congrats Indiani. I can understood how good feeling it must me. Good luck man.

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Originally Posted by indiani

Once again I want to thank everyone for their kindness. I will be on this forum indefinitely as long as Q is willing to maintain it :)

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indiani, Congratulations to you and your family .

hope tackle will get his CPO email soon

Congratulations Indiani!.....very happy to see your approval..I can understand how relieved you must feeling now!

Enjoy the moment and the green life ahead....its a new beginning and life is still young!

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Originally Posted by indiani

You had the right feeling jagan at 4:00pm I received the " case update" TXT / CPO email.

I am thrilled to see so many people rooting for me and want to thank everyone for the support ( which I needed badly) , Mondays have been usually good approval days as they are sending emails from 7:45 am onwards ( in fact most of them got the approval emails at this time) from the case adjudications from the last week's Friday/ Saturday.

My guess is by the end of the month they might be able to approve between 9-10 K leaving about 3K to be added to September, which should be a manageable goal to approve overall 18K , leaving only cases which needs security clearance or someone who are unable to reply to RFE on time. I know its a wishful thinking but it appears to be an achievable reality.

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Congratulations! I'm happy for you. Enjoy your freedom!

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Originally Posted by pakkineni

indiani, Congratulations to you and your family .

hope tackle will get his CPO email soon

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Thanks for your wishes bud :).

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Originally Posted by tackle

Thanks for your wishes bud :).

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Dude....I'm gonna pull a 'Jagan' and say you're next :) We're all rooting for you.

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Originally Posted by indiani

Thanks..LOL...Tomorrow, the office staff will see "Rajnikanth" and soon the employer will get a sense of reality and learn to be respectful of others ( even though as H-1 employee we are "supposed to have equal rights" but that's rarely the case)

Even though AC 21 porting to self-employment is an option under EAD I know of only one friend who did it but in general I don't like the idea of ever being "employed" so I will slip into the self-employed position be a "good employer" soon..

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Hi Rajinikanth(The Bosss) congrats!!!!. I like the last line, hope and wish you do not change as others did.

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Originally Posted by ontheedge

Dude....I'm gonna pull a 'Jagan' and say you're next :) We're all rooting for you.

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Thanks, ontheedge! :).

I'm hoping I don't miss the boat again this year. I called USCIS last thursday and opened SR as it has been 60 days since the status changed to RFE response review. I was told that the SR will be assigned to an officer within 15 days and I should get response within 30 days.

I have also sent requests to my local Congressman and my Senator. I haven't heard back from my congressman's office yet. However, I did receive a reply from Senator's office (postal mail) saying that they'll be working on my case and that by law, federal agencies have 30 days minimum (:confused:) to respond to inquiries from Senator's office.

I just hope one of my initiatives would at least get someone at USCIS to dust-up my application and take a look at it. I just want to know what is holding up my application. Should have been a straight forward case. I've been in the same city since 2002. Straight EB2. Working at the same company (formerly Fortune 500, now Fortune 1000) since 2005. Have had no trouble with the law. So, I'm just not sure what is holding my application up.

Indiani

Many congratulations. You had little longer wait this month but you can party hard now :)

Congrats Indiani. Enjoy the freedom.

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Originally Posted by bieber

Indiani

Many congratulations. You had little longer wait this month but you can party hard now :)

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Tackle all the best to you, hope to hear on your approval soon. Good Luck, you are one of the old timers still waiting.

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Originally Posted by TeddyKoochu

Tackle all the best to you, hope to hear on your approval soon. Good Luck, you are one of the old timers still waiting.

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Thanks, Teddy. Good to see you around :).

Congratulations Indiani!

Congratulations Indiani!! Good to see Gurus getting greened. Thanks for all your contributions to this forum. I learnt a lot from your posts.

Congrats Indiani! Happy for you! Enjoy the freedom with your family this labor day.

Gurus,

Do we have any numbers regarding break up of TSC approvals in terms of original EB2 filers and EB3-EB2 upgrades?

I am trying to figure out if USCIS is done processing most of direct EB2 folks from 2007 and if most of the people who are still waiting to be greened(after becoming current on 1st Aug 2013) are EB3-EB2 upgrades like me. Also, do you think USCIS will be trying to finish pending applications with priority dates earlier than 1 Jan 2008 before approving new applications which will become current in Sept 2013?

I understand the logic for USCIS officers going for low hanging fruits (i.e direct EB2 folks) to increase their productivity/bonus/other incentives.

But, since EB2I dates are expected to retrogress some time soon and then not move for another 9 months , won't the EB3-EB2 upgrades that are left out this year face the same problem next year of not being low hanging fruit and missing out again to direct EB2 folks.

May be I have become a bit skeptical after not seeing any updates on my case (Dec 2006) till now and thinking too much. Any thoughts:mad:

Congratulations Indiani!!!

You deserved this and finally you can be happy that the wait is over...It must be a tremendous feeling...I've heard at first it can take little time to sink in...

I think my turn will be next year...

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Originally Posted by Niksammy

Gurus,

Do we have any numbers regarding break up of TSC approvals in terms of original EB2 filers and EB3-EB2 upgrades?

I am trying to figure out if USCIS is done processing most of direct EB2 folks from 2007 and if most of the people who are still waiting to be greened(after becoming current on 1st Aug 2013) are EB3-EB2 upgrades like me. Also, do you think USCIS will be trying to finish pending applications with priority dates earlier than 1 Jan 2008 before approving new applications which will become current in Sept 2013?

I understand the logic for USCIS officers going for low hanging fruits (i.e direct EB2 folks) to increase their productivity/bonus/other incentives.

But, since EB2I dates are expected to retrogress some time soon and then not move for another 9 months , won't the EB3-EB2 upgrades that are left out this year face the same problem next year of not being low hanging fruit and missing out again to direct EB2 folks.

May be I have become a bit skeptical after not seeing any updates on my case (Dec 2006) till now and thinking too much. Any thoughts:mad:

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As you might have already seen, approvals are pretty random. There is no order to it. The reason it seems like straight EB2 cases are being picked before EB3-EB2 porting cases (with an earlier PD) is that there is just too many direct applicants when compared to porters. So, the probability a porting case gets picked is much less than the probability of a direct case gets picked. I don't think "low-hanging fruit" theory is the reason for this. As far as I can tell, USCIS handles the cases that are current with the same priority regardless of PD or RD. I'm not saying this is fair; but this is the reality. So, once you are current, all you can do is pray that your application gets picked. If you expect USCIS to process the applications in an orderly fashion, you'll be sorely disappointed.

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Originally Posted by tackle

As you might have already seen, approvals are pretty random. There is no order to it. The reason it seems like straight EB2 cases are being picked before EB3-EB2 porting cases (with an earlier PD) is that there is just too many direct applicants when compared to porters. So, the probability a porting case gets picked is much less than the probability of a direct case gets picked. I don't think "low-hanging fruit" theory is the reason for this. As far as I can tell, USCIS handles the cases that are current with the same priority regardless of PD or RD. I'm not saying this is fair; but this is the reality. So, once you are current, all you can do is pray that your application gets picked. If you expect USCIS to process the applications in an orderly fashion, you'll be sorely disappointed.

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I would generally agree.

There is some anecdotal evidence from the Trackitt approvals that, to date, it has been slightly better to be at NSC if you have an earlier PD, but I wouldn't rely on the figures as terribly authoritative.

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Originally Posted by indiani

You had the right feeling jagan at 4:00pm I received the " case update" TXT / CPO email.

I am thrilled to see so many people rooting for me and want to thank everyone for the support ( which I needed badly) , Mondays have been usually good approval days as they are sending emails from 7:45 am onwards ( in fact most of them got the approval emails at this time) from the case adjudications from the last week's Friday/ Saturday.

My guess is by the end of the month they might be able to approve between 9-10 K leaving about 3K to be added to September, which should be a manageable goal to approve overall 18K , leaving only cases which needs security clearance or someone who are unable to reply to RFE on time. I know its a wishful thinking but it appears to be an achievable reality.

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Awesome, I am so happy for you Indiani. Congratulations!!!

Tackle/Spec,

Thanks a lot for the explanation. I guess that I just need to wait keeping my fingers crossed.

Congratulations indiani.

From this thread the following forum members are still waiting for the email/SMS: tackle, Goforgreen, Sandyn16, 1June05, Niksammy, San312 and mvkrishna. All the best guys. Hope you all get your GCs this week, before we 08ers become current next week.

To lighten up folks in this list -> where is Jagan01 when we need him to tell us " hamara number kab ayega" ?

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Originally Posted by Pedro Gonzales

Congratulations indiani.

From this thread the following forum members are still waiting for the email/SMS: tackle, Goforgreen, Sandyn16, 1June05, Niksammy, San312 and mvkrishna. All the best guys. Hope you all get your GCs this week, before we 08ers become current next week.

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Originally Posted by Pedro Gonzales

Congratulations indiani.

From this thread the following forum members are still waiting for the email/SMS: tackle, Goforgreen, Sandyn16, 1June05, Niksammy, San312 and mvkrishna. All the best guys. Hope you all get your GCs this week, before we 08ers become current next week.

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Yes, I'm still waiting and its frustrating to have date being current and not getting approval. I'm getting worried that I might not get it this year. If the dates dont go back in October I might have 1-2 more months open window.

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Originally Posted by goforgreen

Yes, I'm still waiting and its frustrating to have date being current and not getting approval. I'm getting worried that I might not get it this year. If the dates dont go back in October I might have 1-2 more months open window.

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I don't think you'll need to wait that long. Most SR responses seem to say that if your application is with an officer, you should hear back within 45 days. Assuming your application is with an officer (and that it got there before Aug 15th), you should see your card before the end of September. And in any case, I think the 45 day timeframe probably includes a huge cushion. The only potential problem would be if they issue an RFE when they finally process your application.

Thanks for the kind words Pedro. I raised SR a week back and again called them this week, L1 officer said I should hear back a response on the SR by Aug 31.

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Originally Posted by tackle

Thanks for your wishes bud :).

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indiani
Many Congratulations !!! Enjoy and I guess tomorrow your employer is in trouble !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7W2pMmpMCY


Tackle,
Rooting for your approval man...No old timers will be left behind !

I have a quick question for August approvals -- did almost everyone receive the June 14th RFE for EVL? I was chatting with my attorney a few days back, and he'd mentioned that the % of EVL RFEs is still pretty small - less than 10%.

Curious to know that the general consensus/experience has been on the forum.

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Originally Posted by qesehmk

Indiani - many congratulations!! Well deserved GC especially because you have been helpful to so many others.

On another note - we need to instantly make Jagan a Guru!!! OMG how could he say what he said and came true so fast!!

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Thanks Q...

However, this was just a guess that I made... True Guru's are people like you, Spec, MATT, Indiani and many more that have very important contributions in keeping this forum alive... I have been lucky to be a part of this forum and have learned a lot...