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

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10-03-2013, 01:34 PM
Vkkpnm

Hi Matt,

Is that feasible? I hope it will not create any problem in coming back?

Thanks
vkkpnm
10-03-2013, 03:18 PM
MATT2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vkkpnm

Hi Matt,

Is that feasible? I hope it will not create any problem in coming back?

Thanks
vkkpnm

Vkkpnm,

it is very well feasible. Check for I-551 stamping, and is considered as temporary evidence for GC ( valid for one year). if the USCIS officer at your local office is convinced, it can be done. I am not sure, whether you require an infopass appointment for I-551 stamping. Your travel details and tickets may be good enough to make your case. Previously I-551 was a common practice, and these days USCIS officers are strict in issuing the same. But there is no harm in trying it out.

http://www.murthy.com/2012/02/21/per...ts-whats-next/
10-03-2013, 04:28 PM
Vkkpnm

Thanks a lot Matt. This is really helpful.

A separate question: Do we get text for USPS tracking# as well as we had in case of our EAD card production?
10-03-2013, 05:12 PM
MATT2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vkkpnm

Thanks a lot Matt. This is really helpful.

A separate question: Do we get text for USPS tracking# as well as we had in case of our EAD card production?

Yes we receive the text/email, at that time USPS tracking number can be obtained from the online case status page.
10-04-2013, 04:54 PM
Maksimus

Not sure where to ask this question about I-485 processing. Does anyone have any experience with their status getting stuck in "Extended Review"? Not "Additional Review" but Extended review. Thanks!
10-06-2013, 07:49 PM
JosephM

Looks like they are approving Aug 2013 first time filers (EB2I). There are about 6 approvals reported in trackit. Does it mean that the backlogs are cleared?
10-07-2013, 11:59 AM
Stemcell

Quote:

Originally Posted by JosephM

Looks like they are approving Aug 2013 first time filers (EB2I). There are about 6 approvals reported in trackit. Does it mean that the backlogs are cleared?

Spouse got her CPO email today.
Mine was approved in August with PD of Oct 07.
Spouse received RFE same day for birth certificate.
We got it fixed from www.meeseva.gov.in (State of Andhra Pradesh).

Hope it helps someone who has birth certificate issues.....
10-07-2013, 01:20 PM
Jagan01

Quote:

Originally Posted by JosephM

Looks like they are approving Aug 2013 first time filers (EB2I). There are about 6 approvals reported in trackit. Does it mean that the backlogs are cleared?

Joseph,

You are correct at pointing that out. Many on this forum believed that the approvals will take 4 months for the first time filers. It doesn't look like that. Approvals have started for the first time filers and this changes the predictions for FY 2014.
10-07-2013, 02:44 PM
pdmay2008

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Originally Posted by Jagan01

Joseph,

You are correct at pointing that out. Many on this forum believed that the approvals will take 4 months for the first time filers. It doesn't look like that. Approvals have started for the first time filers and this changes the predictions for FY 2014.

It does not take 4 months time frame to get approvals. Same thing happened in 2012, some of the applicants who applied on Jan 1st 2012 got approvals around March 1st or 2nd week of 2012. It all depends on when the finger prints are completed and all the background checks are completed. If the officer happens to see the file again, he can just complete the approval process right away.
10-07-2013, 04:52 PM
tackle

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Originally Posted by tackle

Nope. Still waiting!

I got CPO text notification on my case at 5:30 PM today. Received Email notification around 5:45 PM. Still waiting on my wife's approval. It is still stuck at "RFE Response Review".

All it took was 2 RFEs, 1 SR, Senator & Congressman Inquiry. Now, I'm worried about my wife's case. I opened SR only on my case. I kind of assumed that dependent cases will be bundled along with primary and so didn't bother opening a Service Request. I'll wait until tomorrow and if nothing happens, call USCIS and raise a SR for her case.

Thanks everyone for your well wishes.
10-07-2013, 04:58 PM
Jagan01

Quote:

Originally Posted by tackle

I got CPO text notification on my case at 5:30 PM today. Received Email notification around 5:45 PM. Still waiting on my wife's approval. It is still stuck at "RFE Response Review".

All it took was 2 RFEs, 1 SR, Senator & Congressman Inquiry. Now, I'm worried about my wife's case. I opened SR only on my case. I kind of assumed that dependent cases will be bundled along with primary and so didn't bother opening a Service Request. I'll wait until tomorrow and if nothing happens, call USCIS and raise a SR for her case.

Thanks everyone for your well wishes.

Wow.... Congrattts Tackle....
10-07-2013, 05:12 PM
SenorMeow

Quote:

Originally Posted by tackle

I got CPO text notification on my case at 5:30 PM today. Received Email notification around 5:45 PM. Still waiting on my wife's approval. It is still stuck at "RFE Response Review".

All it took was 2 RFEs, 1 SR, Senator & Congressman Inquiry. Now, I'm worried about my wife's case. I opened SR only on my case. I kind of assumed that dependent cases will be bundled along with primary and so didn't bother opening a Service Request. I'll wait until tomorrow and if nothing happens, call USCIS and raise a SR for her case.

Thanks everyone for your well wishes.

Congratulations!!! Usually if they are together in one file the dependent approval follows shortly in a few minutes to hours.
10-07-2013, 06:00 PM
Pedro Gonzales

Congratulations! I told you you'd get your GC this month! I've been waiting for this message from you for a long time. Anyway, your wife will get her's too in the next few day, I'm sure, but do everything in your hand to make it happen.
10-07-2013, 08:31 PM
mysati

Quote:

Originally Posted by tackle

I got CPO text notification on my case at 5:30 PM today. Received Email notification around 5:45 PM. Still waiting on my wife's approval. It is still stuck at "RFE Response Review".

All it took was 2 RFEs, 1 SR, Senator & Congressman Inquiry. Now, I'm worried about my wife's case. I opened SR only on my case. I kind of assumed that dependent cases will be bundled along with primary and so didn't bother opening a Service Request. I'll wait until tomorrow and if nothing happens, call USCIS and raise a SR for her case.

Thanks everyone for your well wishes.

Tackle, Congratulations to you and good luck to your wife! Yours was probably the one that was long pending without any specific reason and shows how badly the system is messed up. Every time the window was open I was hoping you would get it ...anyway, all is well that ends well.
10-07-2013, 08:31 PM
tackle

Quote:

Originally Posted by SenorMeow

Congratulations!!! Usually if they are together in one file the dependent approval follows shortly in a few minutes to hours.

Thank you. And you are correct. Just received wife's approval. Finally I can relax a bit. Thanks Jagan for your wishes.
10-07-2013, 08:33 PM
tackle

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pedro Gonzales

Congratulations! I told you you'd get your GC this month! I've been waiting for this message from you for a long time. Anyway, your wife will get her's too in the next few day, I'm sure, but do everything in your hand to make it happen.

Thank you Pedro :). We've already received approval notice for my wife too. Thank you for your wishes.
10-07-2013, 08:34 PM
tackle

Quote:

Originally Posted by mysati

Tackle, Congratulations to you and good luck to your wife! Yours was probably the one that was long pending without any specific reason and shows how badly the system is messed up. Every time the window was open I was hoping you would get it ...anyway, all is well that ends well.

Thanks mysati for your wishes :). My wife got her approval too. So, I'm relieved now. :)
10-07-2013, 09:51 PM
suninphx

Tackle congratulations to you and your family !! Who else is pending on this forum?
10-07-2013, 10:49 PM
chikki77

My wife's I-485 is still pending

Quote:

Originally Posted by suninphx

Tackle congratulations to you and your family !! Who else is pending on this forum?

My wife's I-485 is pending. My case was approved really quick, 30 days. RD = 8/6/2013 Card production email date = 9/6/2013. But my wife's case is still in Acceptance status. I mailed both applications together in a single package via UPS. Got our finger printing notice, EAD& AP Combo card all together except I-485 approval. Since it has not been 4 months (I-485 Processing time) from RD, I am not sure what I can do.

Thanks
10-07-2013, 11:43 PM
suninphx

Quote:

Originally Posted by chikki77

My wife's I-485 is pending. My case was approved really quick, 30 days. RD = 8/6/2013 Card production email date = 9/6/2013. But my wife's case is still in Acceptance status. I mailed both applications together in a single package via UPS. Got our finger printing notice, EAD& AP Combo card all together except I-485 approval. Since it has not been 4 months (I-485 Processing time) from RD, I am not sure what I can do.

Thanks

Looking at healthy approval rate on trackitt for Oct , approval should be coming soon. good luck. Have you tried all options like SR, Senator's office, CM office?
10-08-2013, 08:13 AM
tackle

Quote:

Originally Posted by suninphx

Tackle congratulations to you and your family !! Who else is pending on this forum?

Thank you sun :)
10-08-2013, 08:24 AM
TeddyKoochu

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stemcell

Spouse got her CPO email today.
Mine was approved in August with PD of Oct 07.
Spouse received RFE same day for birth certificate.
We got it fixed from www.meeseva.gov.in (State of Andhra Pradesh).

Hope it helps someone who has birth certificate issues.....

Quote:

Originally Posted by tackle

I got CPO text notification on my case at 5:30 PM today. Received Email notification around 5:45 PM. Still waiting on my wife's approval. It is still stuck at "RFE Response Review".

All it took was 2 RFEs, 1 SR, Senator & Congressman Inquiry. Now, I'm worried about my wife's case. I opened SR only on my case. I kind of assumed that dependent cases will be bundled along with primary and so didn't bother opening a Service Request. I'll wait until tomorrow and if nothing happens, call USCIS and raise a SR for her case.

Thanks everyone for your well wishes.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tackle

Thank you. And you are correct. Just received wife's approval. Finally I can relax a bit. Thanks Jagan for your wishes.

Many Congratulations Stemcell on your wife's approval finally the end of a long journey.

Many Congratulations Tackle and family, finally you tackled it ! Enjoy green life. End of of a long wait for a well deserved approval.
10-08-2013, 10:40 AM
Kanmani

Tackle and Stemcell, Congratulations! Enjoy!
10-08-2013, 11:04 AM
Niksammy

Quote:

Originally Posted by suninphx

Tackle congratulations to you and your family !! Who else is pending on this forum?

I have been waiting for last 68 days with PD Dec 2006 (EB3->EB2). Tried everything from eSR, SR, talking to L2, using congressional inquiry etc. My case has been lying with an officer since Sept 03 2013 (as per response to SR received on 6th Sept 2013) , but no updates since then.

The only good thing is that TSC Congressional Liaison office had asked congresswoman's office to wait for 45-60 days on 26th Aug 2013 and tomorrow 45 days would have passed since their last update, so my congresswoman's office will contact them again. I just hope that USCIS does not run out of visas again (if they decide to use monthly quota ONLY). There is already some chatter on Trackitt that visas for this month are over :(
10-08-2013, 02:21 PM
tackle

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeddyKoochu

Many Congratulations Stemcell on your wife's approval finally the end of a long journey.

Many Congratulations Tackle and family, finally you tackled it ! Enjoy green life. End of of a long wait for a well deserved approval.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kanmani

Tackle and Stemcell, Congratulations! Enjoy!

Thank you Teddy & Kanmani :D
10-08-2013, 03:25 PM
Pedro Gonzales

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niksammy

I have been waiting for last 68 days with PD Dec 2006 (EB3->EB2). Tried everything from eSR, SR, talking to L2, using congressional inquiry etc. My case has been lying with an officer since Sept 03 2013 (as per response to SR received on 6th Sept 2013) , but no updates since then.

The only good thing is that TSC Congressional Liaison office had asked congresswoman's office to wait for 45-60 days on 26th Aug 2013 and tomorrow 45 days would have passed since their last update, so my congresswoman's office will contact them again. I just hope that USCIS does not run out of visas again (if they decide to use monthly quota ONLY). There is already some chatter on Trackitt that visas for this month are over :(

To our knowledge, the USCIS has no mechanism for applying monthly quotas. The DoS sets that through the visa bulletins and the USCIS is guided only by quarterly quotas. The vast majority of Eb2I applicants pre-Jun 2008 will get their GCs this month. I suspect that once your congressman's office follows up, you will receive your GC in days.
10-08-2013, 04:30 PM
Niksammy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pedro Gonzales

To our knowledge, the USCIS has no mechanism for applying monthly quotas. The DoS sets that through the visa bulletins and the USCIS is guided only by quarterly quotas. The vast majority of Eb2I applicants pre-Jun 2008 will get their GCs this month. I suspect that once your congressman's office follows up, you will receive your GC in days.

I hope your words come true :o. Never thought that this whole approval thing will get pushed to October 2013.

Also, thanks for clarifying that there is no concept of monthly quota as far as USCIS is concerned. The monthly quota makes more sense for DoS while determining CoD.
10-14-2013, 08:25 PM
pakkineni

Quote:

Originally Posted by tackle

I got CPO text notification on my case at 5:30 PM today. Received Email notification around 5:45 PM. Still waiting on my wife's approval. It is still stuck at "RFE Response Review".

All it took was 2 RFEs, 1 SR, Senator & Congressman Inquiry. Now, I'm worried about my wife's case. I opened SR only on my case. I kind of assumed that dependent cases will be bundled along with primary and so didn't bother opening a Service Request. I'll wait until tomorrow and if nothing happens, call USCIS and raise a SR for her case.

Thanks everyone for your well wishes.

Congratulations tackle !!!
10-15-2013, 11:17 AM
ontheedge

Tackle...congratulations!! This was long in the making....how relaxed are you feeling? :)

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