I got my receipts through Emma Live chat. Next step is to get actual receipts from them, which's needed to renew DL and work authorization before expiry. Thanks for your help IdlimanQuote:
Originally Posted by idliman
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I got my receipts through Emma Live chat. Next step is to get actual receipts from them, which's needed to renew DL and work authorization before expiry. Thanks for your help IdlimanQuote:
Originally Posted by idliman
In fact, I emailed yesterday to Lockbox, I just got a standard reply. Chat with Emma seems easier way.Quote:
Originally Posted by gkjppp
Moved some of the new Administration proposals and discussions following that to Bills, Rules and Politics thread.
https://www.qesehmk.org/forums/showt...s-amp-Politics
Thanks Idliman for the response. But in my case it is my previous employer who filed my 485, not the current employer. So i guess i have to go back to work for him either after my EAD approval or after getting GC. Thanks again.
No. Unfortunately there is no premium processing for EB2 NIW applications, it takes around 9 months for approval.Quote:
Originally Posted by newyorker123
Thanks; I inferred the same. I thought this was a done deal as per the Oct 2020 order, and it was just a matter of time when this is finalized. But now with the Biden admin, who knows!Quote:
Originally Posted by inspired_p
I see only two potential issues in your case.Quote:
Originally Posted by gayathrianil
- Validity of I-140: If the I-140 has been approved, my concern will be whether the employer will withdraw it before you reach the 180 day limit. In this case, your I-485 will be rejected. After, 180 days even if the employer withdraws I-140, AC21 protects you. Now, if the I-140 is not approved even for 180 days after filing I-485, then it is a "grey area". A crafty attorney can save you in that situation.
- Potential Fraud of not working for sponsoring employer: As far as I know there is no legal requirement to work for the sponsor at the time of filing the LC or I-140 or I-485 is pending. EB GCs are based on future job offer. Will USCIS raise the issue of whether initial offer in LC / LC employer was valid or bona fide? The best proof of a job offer is working for the employer who sponsors your PERM / I-140. Filing a future job offer, without working for the employer and later using AC21 to move to a new employer can raise intent related questions or potential fraud or misrepresentation.
I want to tell my version of the truth as it is without sugar coating. If you want to take a risk and get through the first 180 days go ahead. With the current workload of USCIS, it would easily be 180 days before they start paying attention to your application.
I keep repeating this like a preacher multiple times in this forum. The key is the first 180 days after the receipt date.
Good Luck.
I've never been this relieved seeing my bank balance reduce!
USCIS finally picked up our file and processed fees on one of our applications.
It only took 85 days, fruitless chats with Emma and one automated email response from lockbox to get here.
PD: 30-Jun-2010 EB2-I
AOS/EAD/AP applied : 28-Oct-2020
Service Center: Lewisville Lockbox
Checks cashed: 21-Jan-2021
Receipt notice date: N/A
Congratulations... good relief...Quote:
Originally Posted by bangaloreboy
Thats a big relief. Still waiting on my end. Hopefully soon as my application has been filed on 10/29.Quote:
Originally Posted by bangaloreboy
Yes it was a long nervous wait and sleepless nights just for Receipt. Mine was submitted on 10/29 too and got receipts numbers yesterday from Emma Chat. Dont worry you will get it soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by mohan_jgd
Not sure how long of a wait it will be for the next step.
Cool. I did try on Emma chat yesterday too, but was told that i am not in the system yet. Will try again early next week.Quote:
Originally Posted by KB8765
Some authoritative explanation of the method behind the madness (New for me. Pardon if gurus already know this)
https://travel.state.gov/content/dam...ation%20of.pdf
Is this the reason we see spurt in approvals in beginning of the month and then zero movement in the last 2 weeks of the month?
Would be nice for the new admin to release a good VB tomorrow so that we can talk more about future predictions rather than receipt notices on this thread!
Thanks Idliman, my I140 was approved approx 9 yrs back, i worked with my previous employer for 10 yrs , not sure if they count that , but i dont have any issue working with them for 6 more months. Just wanted to see when i can join and if i can use AP without joining them (before joining them).
VB out EB2-I moved to 12th Oct 2009. That’s effectively 2 days movement considering the weekend.
https://travel.state.gov/content/tra...uary-2021.html
Eb1-4months
Eb2-4day
Eb3-9days
Whether Rama rules or Ravana Rules, back-logger's still be backlogged.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxray
The good news is EB1I moved 4 months and has reached 2020. Considering 3 months movement at a time EB1 should be current in 3 or 4 bulletins. That should open spillover to EB2I floodgates. I think we all should go dormant/sleep for another 3 months and come back to revisit this somewhere in June or July of 2021.
Another angle is that the VBs are finalized typically in the first week of the month. Maybe we should be hopeful and give the rulers another chance next month.
:-D Give Biden time to settle in. It is not even 2 days since he became the President. Let us look at the April bulletin to see if the new administration changes are up to the speed with expectation. EB1 has reached January 2020, considering the low applicant resultant of covid impact from March 2020, Eb1 India can be current by April 2021 bulletin.Quote:
Originally Posted by idliman
The question comes down to USCIS ability to process thousands of cases in 4 to 5 months time. Based on historical pattern it seems improbable that they will be able to accomplish that.Quote:
Originally Posted by idliman
Right now TSC hasnt even looked at PD that went current in Nov. OTOH NSC keeps sending RFEs but limited CPO. Points to a lack of capacity to deal with a four fold increase in Q3 & Q4 due to spillover. IIRC same thing happened in 2012 except we were discussing 2007 folks then and now we are discussing 2009 & 2010 folks.
From Feb Bulletin, so looks like future is slow!Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxray
EMPLOYMENT-based categories (potential monthly movement)
Employment First:
India: Up to six months
Employment Second:
India: Up to two weeks
Employment Third:
India: Up to three weeks
I agree. I think there should be definite fwd. movement starting March.Quote:
Originally Posted by AceMan
Sorry to hear about your loss! I didn't mean to imply that Covid is a blessing either, I understand the trauma this pandemic has caused to many of us.Quote:
Originally Posted by vedu
Long time lurker here. Just created an account !Quote:
Originally Posted by idliman
Obviously with Feb 2010 priority date, I was hoping to see more movement than this.
But please explain to me what I am missing here? I am seeing a lot of posts hoping for EB2 movement in April/May. Is this due to the expectation that EB1I will go current and vertical spillover to EB2I?
But what about horizonal spillover? EB2 is scheduled to get 70K+ visas and with EB2ROW current since last year, shouldn't horizontal spillover be applied quarterly? With EB3I also in 2010s there shouldn't be any porting happening to keep EB2I dates where they are?
Hi Folks,
My priority date is around last week of March 2010 EB2. Now that I see EB3 moving to April 2010, is it wise idea to downport from EB2 to EB3 or wait it out. I have EAD and have moved out from employer who sponsored my GC. If someone has already answered this or if there is another thread please point me to that.
Thanks!
It is painful to lose a family member due to Covid. My condolences.Quote:
Originally Posted by vedu
Just seeing the VB, and it is such a dampener heading into the weekend! Just amazing that they just keep moving EB1 by huge chunks and let EB2 languish like this for a decade. Saving grace is that ROW is current. With EB1 India likely current (DF is still being honored until Nov 2020), EB2 should get massive spillovers vertically and horizontally and EB3 will at least get horizontal spillover. Hang in there everyone, this is not going to be overnight. It will probably be July or something until we start seeing the full effects.
Yes , the current VB is so unfair. They now have just 7 months (hoping that the March VB will move dates) to utilize the spillover and there is a good chance that the GCs will go waste unless they are preparing the machinery to print 10000's of extra GCs in the coming months. There is no one really to champion the cause of legal immigration .Quote:
Originally Posted by Turbulent_Dragonfly
I am still optimistic that the Biden administration will fund the USCIS to prevent the wastage of GCs . Anyone in the Oakland area has contacts with Vice President Kamala Harris ? It might help putting in a word to help move the files and prevent wastage of GCs . She is from the Bay area and will be more sympathetic to the legal immigrants as she is associated with the tech industry .
All those in the Big Tech companies of the bay area , Please try to contact your HR, C-level execs and request them to call the offices of Pelosi and Harris asking them to not wastes GCs. We are not asking for any extra GCs or favors , just requesting the USCIS/DOS to do their basic job. Most Tech companies are associated with Pelosi/Harris , so a call will help.
If someone can help craft a professional letter explaining the situation, we can use that to reach out to our execs. They calling the office will have a 1000x more impact than us calling in
I don't post or watch trackitt that much but are any EB1s getting GCs issued? I would understand (against the protests of the EB1C haters) if they are giving priority to first wipe out the EB1 backlog, then EB2 and EB3. But hopefully they are actually consuming and issuing the GCs to those who are current in a reasonable timeline.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moveon
Guys , lets take politics on a different thread please . Lets focus our energies on what can be done with what we have to move the dates and trash the politicians on a diff thread. Honestly we are wasting our time as they are so thick skinned that they don't care for anything except getting reelected .
My request will be for us to reach out to our C-level execs to use their contacts with Pelosi/Harris as they will always pick a call from the big guys. We are not asking for any favors, just requesting that the USCIS does its basic job. Imagine what a call from Sundar Pichai or Satya Nadela or Shantanu Narayen or Mark Z to them do . Sundar/Satya/Shantanu are immigrants who have been through this and can help .
So filing dates are continuing to not being accepted for Feb bulletin so confirms that they have enough backlog to work with.
There is already gridlock between Schumer and McConnell in the Senate which was predictable with such a narrow majority. Democrats leading with a massive comprehensive bill is not going to go anywhere. I don't know how many times they will try the same thing over and over again. Democrats will hold legal immigration hostage for DACA and Asylees. Republicans will hold DACA and Asylees for legal immigration.
My short term view is that it's not going to get done looking at previous attempts to pass comprehensive immigration reform. There is no way 17 Republican Senators are going to sign up for a Comprehensive IR bill. And Democrats are not going to budge on piecemeal immigration reform since they know DACA will never become law that way. Let's watch what transpires in the next few months.
Given the Senate stalemate, what can potentially be done via executive order ?
In my opinion only, anything that they do to reduce EB backlogs by Executive Action will likely be struck down in the courts no matter what Siskind or Cyrus M keep harping about. All their creative accounting of not counting dependents, recapturing old visas etc. are all wishful thinking. And above everything else, the only Executive Action as regards to immigration which is well known and has survived is DACA. I don't think the Admin is going to take any Executive Action to reduce backlogs. The DACA population may only be around 800k, but they have a foothold and a voice in the mainstream discussion and massive clout among all advocates in the public and in Congress. For EB, we have IV who make websites to call sitting Senators racist that is still up. Good luck finding some empathy.Quote:
Originally Posted by newyorker123
We don't need any new executive orders, bills, etc. All we need is new admin's SINCERE WILL to use 100% of the visas available for this year and next year. Much of the backlog can be cleared if this one thing is done properly. And there are no R's or D's stopping that. We need to give new admin time to prove their credibility in this regard. If it doesn't happen, then sooner or later people will start doubting the new admin's intent on this very forum...you will see!Quote:
Originally Posted by newyorker123
I like what Moveon is suggesting we should focus on to make this happen.
I hope the USCIS officials in the new Admin sack up and release an updating pending I-485 inventory. At least that will set the stage to argue the level of processing backlogs that have strangled the system and prompt further action to fully utilize every visa for FY2021.
Thanks Vedu. Executive Action , Passing of bills etc are not going to happen for legal immigration, we have seen this for the last 15 years . If some of you are working in Google, MSFT, Adobe , Facebook, Amazon etc then you can request your HR to escalate upto the CEOs . These companies are sympathetic to such causes and can help pressurize the admin to get the ball rolling . Again , we are only requesting the USCIS to do its job of issuing GCs which they are duty bound to and nothing extra .Quote:
Originally Posted by vedu
These CEO's (or CEOs of any big company in any country ) wield immense power in the corridors of power and this will be the simplest of favors for them to request .
Also adding insult to injury , EB-2I actually has move by only 2 days and not 4 as 10 and 11th are Saturday and Sunday :mad: . Must be some dedicated sadists in the USCIS.
Dear all,
After filing 485, when am I able to switch employer ? I know it's 180 days but is 180 days starts from the date USCIS received my I-485 form?
Also, Do I need to get Suppliment J form from my employer and file myself or my employer directly file Suppliment- J form directly with USCIS ?
Please guide gurus;
Yes Date of filing/ Date they receiveQuote:
Originally Posted by texas_
Plz ,use the company lawyer to use the right codes and job description to avoid rejection
Thanks Moveon.
is it ok to get the Suppliment J from the new employer and file it with my attorney who initially filed my GC ?
Or Suppliment J form needed to sent by new employer only ??
Please guide