Post 485-Filing

Thanks guy- so far i have the following supporting documents that i will be sending to the lawyer. can someone see if i have missed anything:

1) Birth certificate
2) OLD EAD cards
3) Passport copies
4) Visa copies
5) College degree
6) All I-797 notices from prior visas and I-140 approval
7) Pay stubs
8) W2 stubs
9) Tax returns
10) Bank statements
11) Bank letter
12) Employer letter
13) I-94
14) Photos

These are the forms that i think i need to fill out.

1) I-485
2) Biographical form G-325A
3) EAD form
4) Advance parole form
5) Attorney rep form
6) Internet notification form
7) Medical form

Pls tell me if i have missed anything here.

thanks and good luck all.

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Originally Posted by grnwtg

Affidavit of support/paystubs are needed specifically for spouse or dependent, But assistant to lawyers at lawyers office ask for all forms. But if you single you do not need I134.
And make sure you go through all documents very well and dont just depend on lawyers office.

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Nishant did you get your FP notice? i have not seen a lot of FP notices for dec filers from NSC
Also has anybody done an early walk in @ Naperville IL ASC?
Thanks in advace

Could somebody please put up what RD ND and other such small acronym mean. I checked on page 1 of this forum and did not find anything. Thank you in advance who ever does it.

Hope this helps.

SC - Service Center (NSC or TSC)
RD - Received Date
ND - Notice Date
FP - Finger Print
FP RD - Finger Print Recieved Date
FP ND - Finger Print Notice Date
FP SD - Finger Print Scheduled Date

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Originally Posted by druvraj

Could somebody please put up what RD ND and other such small acronym mean. I checked on page 1 of this forum and did not find anything. Thank you in advance who ever does it.

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Thank you Sandeep. What is the difference between RD and ND?

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Originally Posted by doctorp

Nishant did you get your FP notice? i have not seen a lot of FP notices for dec filers from NSC
Also has anybody done an early walk in @ Naperville IL ASC?
Thanks in advace

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I opened a service request today. I called customer service, she asked me it had been more than 30 days since I got the filing receipts in hand, I said yes, because it was so, and then she opened service request, and said that I will get a response from the NSC within 15 days.

Customer service does not seem to have any detailed extra information on your case, that I noticed. However, they are very very courteous and professional, very impressed with customer service.

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Originally Posted by whereismygclost

Hi guys,
I have a unique situation due to dates moving to Jan'09 in this visa bulletin. I have PD of Oct'07 EB2-I and filed 485 at NSC on Nov 14th along with my wife as dependent. She has her own Oct'08 PERM which is now current. I have following questions:
-Should my wife file 485 again as primary and me as dependent? Is that okay? We just want to reduce risk if either 485 goes into audit.
-My wife's company doesn't pay for 485 dependent filing(they will pay for her 485) so it should cost us about $1070 ..is this really worth doing?
-Also another issue is my wife just came to know that her 140 as filed as EB3 even though her labor which cleared audit was approved for EB2. She has spoken to her lawyer and they said they will file new 140 and 485 concurrently. Is this doable?
Gurus,please respond with your thoughts.

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Hi,
can you please tell me what doid you end up doing? i have the same situ and have applied for my wife as my dependent but her receipt has her own PD, which was not current when we filed.
I am trying to see if that is normal? my lawyers are going to talk to USCIS too.

Is trackitt down? I can't seem to load the webpage.

How does this typically work? My husband's company will pay his processing fee. Would it be via a check or does the law firm have direct deposit/credit other means they write a check themselves?

So frustrated. The HR said they would pay for my husband and that we have to pay for myself, which we did already. Now, the lawyer said they will co-ordinate with HR for my husband's processing fee.

We are submitting signed docs today. Curious to know how this process works?

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by kd2008

Is trackitt down? I can't seem to load the webpage.

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http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

RD is the official day USCIS has received your application/s.
ND is the day they have issued the receipt notices (usually 1-2 days after the RD).

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Originally Posted by druvraj

Thank you Sandeep. What is the difference between RD and ND?

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I and my wife (dependent) filed on 12/13/2011, RD 12/14/2011, Receits 12/21/2011.
My wife 485 has the PD as 12/14/2011 on her receipt (my PD is 1/2/2008), is this normal?

Harsha,
This is normal...nothing to worry about.

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Originally Posted by harsha131

I and my wife (dependent) filed on 12/13/2011, RD 12/14/2011, Receits 12/21/2011.
My wife 485 has the PD as 12/14/2011 on her receipt (my PD is 1/2/2008), is this normal?

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Really?? You are frustrated about that?
How does it matter in what format the lawyer is paid? Don't you trust the employer?
If you are going to be current in Feb, then relax and before a week ask your lawyer if everything is in place.
Mine same case, I asked the lawyer before a week to confirm if everything is ready and he replied the package is ready to be mailed.

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Originally Posted by RMS_V13

How does this typically work? My husband's company will pay his processing fee. Would it be via a check or does the law firm have direct deposit/credit other means they write a check themselves?

So frustrated. The HR said they would pay for my husband and that we have to pay for myself, which we did already. Now, the lawyer said they will co-ordinate with HR for my husband's processing fee.

We are submitting signed docs today. Curious to know how this process works?

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by druvraj

Could somebody please put up what RD ND and other such small acronym mean. I checked on page 1 of this forum and did not find anything. Thank you in advance who ever does it.

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Will do. We are trying to add some more info to this thread.
RD- Receipt Date
ND - Notice Date
FP - Finger Printing
NSC - Nebraska Service Center
TSC - Texas Service Center

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Originally Posted by PDCurrent

Hi,
I got my i-765, i-131 receipts and my husband got all his three receipts.. I was wondering if this is going be an issue..or just that i might need to wait for few more days to get i-485 receipt.

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Just be patient, AOS receipt number will be 1 less than the other 2.

Processing Center: TSC
Priority Date - Oct 10, 2007
Mailed Date - Nov 1, 2011
Received Date - Nov 3, 2011
Notice Date - Nov 7, 2011
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FP Notice Recd Dt - Nov 26, 2011
FP Appt Date - Dec 19, 2011
Actual FP Date - Dec 19, 2011
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EAD/AP Approved - Jan 11, 2012 (Email notification)

A question - This might not be the right place to post this, but please delete after I have the answer.

I am on EB2-NIW, am I considered loss of status if I lost job after I have filed I-485? Can I legally stay? Thanks.

A friend of mine got a GC card yesterday. His priority date was June 27, 2007 and applied for AOS in the 2nd week of Oct 2011. Infact last week only he got an EAD/AP card and his wife never got instead she recieved GC card along with him..

Not an expert - but my thought is that if you have EAD then you are eligible to stay and pursue another job. I think this has been discussed before in this forum - see if you can search it out.

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Originally Posted by luckycub

A question - This might not be the right place to post this, but please delete after I have the answer.

I am on EB2-NIW, am I considered loss of status if I lost job after I have filed I-485? Can I legally stay? Thanks.

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GC0907, Well, do not judge a person before you know their background :) It is not the matter of trusting the employer. As for my urgency, every day matters. Anyways I appreciate your response. Again, not everyone is up to date in all immigration matters. We are quite new to all this. What we know now is what we have learnt the past 1 month.

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Originally Posted by gc0907

Really?? You are frustrated about that?
How does it matter in what format the lawyer is paid? Don't you trust the employer?
If you are going to be current in Feb, then relax and before a week ask your lawyer if everything is in place.
Mine same case, I asked the lawyer before a week to confirm if everything is ready and he replied the package is ready to be mailed.

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Originally Posted by clickuser

A friend of mine got a GC card yesterday. His priority date was June 27, 2007 and applied for AOS in the 2nd week of Oct 2011. Infact last week only he got an EAD/AP card and his wife never got instead she recieved GC card along with him..

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Thanks for sharing this information. Do you know if your friend applied in NSC or TSC

AOS MD: 12/01/2011
AOS RD: 12/02/2011
AOS ND: 12/07/2011
AOS NRD: 12/09/2011
I485 LUD: 12/12/2011
FP ND: 01/02/2012
FP N RD: 01/06/2012
FP Actual SD: 01/30/2012 DETROIT ASC
FP Actual CD: 01/30/2012 DETROIT ASC

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Originally Posted by imdeng

Not an expert - but my thought is that if you have EAD then you are eligible to stay and pursue another job. I think this has been discussed before in this forum - see if you can search it out.

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Thanks. Will search the forum.

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Originally Posted by RMS_V13

GC0907, Well, do not judge a person before you know their background :) It is not the matter of trusting the employer. As for my urgency, every day matters. Anyways I appreciate your response. Again, not everyone is up to date in all immigration matters. We are quite new to all this. What we know now is what we have learnt the past 1 month.

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RMS,

I understand your frustration, but try to just forget everything once you send the packet to your attorney, 'cos things are out of your control from that point of time. I don't mean to state the obvious, but sometimes it helps.

Relax and am sure good things will happen soon.

I didn't go through every page to see if this was posted. But my theory is they are creating a pool to make sure there is no wastage in visa number. On the other hand everyone who gets an EAD has to be renew it every 1 or 2 years and hence keeps the renewal fee coming.

Good Source of funding.

They did it for last 5 years since 2007 and continue to do that for people in EB3 IC.

Just my 2 cents.

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Originally Posted by 10102007

Processing Center: TSC
Priority Date - Oct 10, 2007
Mailed Date - Nov 1, 2011
Received Date - Nov 3, 2011
Notice Date - Nov 7, 2011
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FP Notice Recd Dt - Nov 26, 2011
FP Appt Date - Dec 19, 2011
Actual FP Date - Dec 19, 2011
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EAD/AP Approved - Jan 11, 2012 (Email notification)

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Congrats on your EAD and Good luck for your GC!

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Originally Posted by indiaeb2

Thanks for sharing this information. Do you know if your friend applied in NSC or TSC

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Let me guess. NSC!

Is there an option to send EAD and AP to Lawyer address rather than my own? Because I will have to move soon and not sure what to do.

Is this even recommended?

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Originally Posted by sam96_77

I didn't go through every page to see if this was posted. But my theory is they are creating a pool to make sure there is no wastage in visa number. On the other hand everyone who gets an EAD has to be renew it every 1 or 2 years and hence keeps the renewal fee coming.

Good Source of funding.

They did it for last 5 years since 2007 and continue to do that for people in EB3 IC.

Just my 2 cents.

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its beneficial only for immigrants not USCIS. as long as Visa numbers wont change/ any legislation change your PD and GC go hand in hand( earlier PD's get earlier GC),hence having EAD/AP for you and your dependants boosts your confidence,you can make decisions/invest etc also down the line after 6 months,you are eligible to find suitable job rather wasting time for steability...

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Originally Posted by sam96_77

I didn't go through every page to see if this was posted. But my theory is they are creating a pool to make sure there is no wastage in visa number. On the other hand everyone who gets an EAD has to be renew it every 1 or 2 years and hence keeps the renewal fee coming.

Good Source of funding.

They did it for last 5 years since 2007 and continue to do that for people in EB3 IC.

Just my 2 cents.

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Under the new fee structure since post-July 2007, there are no renewal fees for EAD or AP. EB3I folks who continue to pay fees, filed their I-485s in the July 2007 fiasco. So USCIS makes no money from renewing EADs and APs with these new I-485s.

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Originally Posted by kd2008

Under the new fee structure since post-July 2007, there are no renewal fees for EAD or AP. EB3I folks who continue to pay fees, filed their I-485s in the July 2007 fiasco. So USCIS makes no money from renewing EADs and APs with these new I-485s.

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sorry my ignorance, then its headache for USCIS.... no advantage for them.

Yes its from NSC !!!!

Applied AOS in Dec with TSC, yet to recieve finger print notice..is there anyone like me here ??

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Originally Posted by clickuser

Applied AOS in Dec with TSC, yet to recieve finger print notice..is there anyone like me here ??

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You should call uscis customer service center to find out way you haven't recevie fp notice...

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Originally Posted by sam96_77

I didn't go through every page to see if this was posted. But my theory is they are creating a pool to make sure there is no wastage in visa number. On the other hand everyone who gets an EAD has to be renew it every 1 or 2 years and hence keeps the renewal fee coming.

Good Source of funding.

They did it for last 5 years since 2007 and continue to do that for people in EB3 IC.

Just my 2 cents.

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I have seen this kind of post across several different immigration forums. In order to attribute a reason to USCIS building a pipeline, folks are coming up with all sorts of reasons from the weather to fee generated from EAD/AP renewal.This is a very common misconception all across several forums on immigration. USCIS DOES NOT charge anything for EAD/AP renewals past July 30,2007. Read top left part on page 8 of below document (Point 4 says that if u applied AOS after July 30,2007, no fee for renewal of EAD/AP card is required):

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-765instr.pdf

So,please read and spread the word.

The reason for DOL building a pipeline or inventory is guess what??? ...they dont want visa numbers to get wasted due to inefficiency of USCIS unlike past years. Any other reason provided for the rapid movement of dates is pure and absolute BS.

Some other misconceptions are:

early walk in for FP will expedite EAD/AP process (biometrics are for 485/GC)

Green cards are issued based on Receipt date and not Priority date (USCIS pre-adjudicates cases based on RD but DOL issues visas (GCs) based on PDs and visa availability)

well, I reached out customer service center on last monday, looks like they just open a service ticket and they hardly has any info on our case. But they were really nice, as per them, the turn around time is 15 days..may be I need to wait for another week, before calling them...

After speaking to my wife's lawyer we decided against filing 485 again based on her approved 140. However her receipt for 485 filed as my dependent has my PD. So I guess it should be okay. Still waiting on EAD/AP for both from NSC even though we filed on 15 Nov,2011.

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Originally Posted by Pdmar08

Hi,
can you please tell me what doid you end up doing? i have the same situ and have applied for my wife as my dependent but her receipt has her own PD, which was not current when we filed.
I am trying to see if that is normal? my lawyers are going to talk to USCIS too.

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Originally Posted by billu77

I have seen this kind of post across several different immigration forums. In order to attribute a reason to USCIS building a pipeline, folks are coming up with all sorts of reasons from the weather to fee generated from EAD/AP renewal.This is a very common misconception all across several forums on immigration. USCIS DOES NOT charge anything for EAD/AP renewals past July 30,2007. Read top left part on page 8 of below document (Point 4 says that if u applied AOS after July 30,2007, no fee for renewal of EAD/AP card is required):

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-765instr.pdf

So,please read and spread the word.

The reason for DOL building a pipeline or inventory is guess what??? ...they dont want visa numbers to get wasted due to inefficiency of USCIS unlike past years. Any other reason provided for the rapid movement of dates is pure and absolute BS.

Some other misconceptions are:

early walk in for FP will expedite EAD/AP process (biometrics are for 485/GC)

Green cards are issued based on Receipt date and not Priority date (USCIS pre-adjudicates cases based on RD but DOL issues visas (GCs) based on PDs and visa availability)

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Hi Billu - Thats a good thing to know that for ead/ap renewal we need not pay money. Thanks.

I filed my 485 requesting all documents to be sent to the lawyers office and I have been receiving all the documents from my lawyer. Just yesterday I picked up the EAD/AP combo card for spouse and self from the lawyer. Earlier I was cussing myself for directing all docs to the lawyers office, but now I see some virtue in it. Just recently we received a letter that was intended for a house a few numbers away and my wife questioned me about the possibility of our EAD/AP/GC/RFE etc. being dispatched to the wrong address. At that time I did not have an answer, but now I think I made a good decision to send all communication to the lawyers office coz there is a better chance that your docs will reach correctly at your lawyers office than at your address. Sometimes when your mailbox is full, the postwoman simply leaves the mail outside the door - that wouldn't happen at your lawyers office. That's just my opinion, others might think differently.