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Usually it isn't a problem. Just make sure the job is in the same or similar field pursuant to AC21 portability requirements. But the 485-J pprwrk. burden on the employer is very light. Usually many if not most will agree to it because it involves on visa sponsorship or PERM/I-140 applications which way more involving on them.Quote:
Originally Posted by knighthood83
Gurus .. Need your advice plz.. My PD is 12/23/09 (EB2) i have been on EAD since 02/12 .. My wife got a PD 5/18/10 from a small Desi consulting company with approved 140.. However she switched to use EAD from my PD and has been working FT with a big financial company. Should we revive her PD and apply? or wait for mine to reach the line... the wait is killing :(
Folks who received EAD on October filing. How long after your received an update from USCIS to reuse Bio-metrics, have you received your EAD cards?
Does getting this Biometric reuse status mean the USCIS is close to processing the EAD application?
765,131 Filing Date : Dec 07 2020 ( Applied after I received the 485 receipt no )
765,131 Received Date : Jan 16 2021
765,131 Notice' Date : Jan 27 2021 ( Notice to reuse bio-metrics done for 485)
PD : Mar 2011 (EB2-I)
485 Filing date : Oct 19 2020
485 Receipt notice date : Nov 11 2020
Bio-metric notice received date : 01/02/2021
Bio-metric appointment date : 01/12/2021 (Grand Rapids Mi ASC)
Gurus, I filed 485/EAD/AP in October. EB2-EB3 downgrade with PD May 2011 (missed Eb2 by 2 days). Due to family emergency I had to travel to India. I am back in USA and received my receipts last week. I know I have to refile my AP as my travel out of country invalidated it. Do I need to pay filing fee for AP or is it free even in this scenario? Also how hard it is to file on my own. Thank you.
485-J indeed is a requirement every time you switch a job before GC approval. There is no escaping (except perhaps when filing concurrent). Unfortunately DOS / USCIS have made it a requirement.Quote:
Originally Posted by knighthood83
The good thing is that it is not very onerous. So employers should be able to take care of this quickly.
It took about a month to receive the passport in hand. Copy of original birth certificate and copy of digital birth certificate from the state government website were submitted as evidence (You need only one of it as evidence). Just want to add that my "Place of birth" was entirely different in the passport, not a typo. Only city of birth can be changed, State or Country of birth CANNOT be changed.Quote:
Originally Posted by iamdeb
Even though my passport had validity for 4 more years, it was submitted as renewal. So I had to submit all the other documents for passport renewal in addition to the birth certificate copy. The latest passport has an expiry of 10 years from the applied date.
If you applied to New York consulate, it has online helpline called PRAMIT (Pravasi Mitra). Their response was really good with all the clarifications and status update.
Current scenario Bio appointment is taking more than 4-5 months. What will happen if bio is not done and the person did not receive the card by that time?Quote:
Originally Posted by qesehmk
Probably too late, but try not to reveal your true identity here or other online forums!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mgajsk
Also I applied in first week of Oct and did my FP in the first week of Dec and have not yet received any approvals for EAD/AP.
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclope...ce-parole.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by Transformer
So you have an earlier PD than your wife and want to apply based on her PD? Maybe you got your dates wrong or something because that question does not make sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrperfect
Thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turbulent_Dragonfly
is yours being processed and National benefits center?
Thank you for the link. Fee part is little ambiguous. Just contacted my attorney and he says this:Quote:
Originally Posted by Turbulent_Dragonfly
Since the first AP never got approved, this filing will not be an extension. It will a first time AP so he will have to pay $575.00 for each applicant to file AP.
I am confused.
I believe he is right. In your case, your current I-131 application will eventually have a status of applied for and abandoned. So you essentially lost the freebie you get when applying for I-131 along with the I-485 and will have to pay for the new applications.Quote:
Originally Posted by Transformer
Yeah that's correct, applied at Dallas Lockbox and routed to MSC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mgajsk
maybe 1 in EB2 and other in EB3Quote:
Originally Posted by Turbulent_Dragonfly
Given where we are in terms of visa bulletin movements, is there any kind of expectation of where the bulletin final dates may be in June 2021 and sept 2021? Just looking to see where we think we may land up in terms of the numbers in 3 and 6 months. Please opine.
No he did not, he wants to try and get his GC 5 minutes faster because if it did not happen the wait might kill him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turbulent_Dragonfly
Go for it if wife's employer is paying for it. In all probability it will be current before EB2 12/23/09.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrperfect
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Originally Posted by kuku82
Does this means that even if the Filing employer is not the current employer, we can change the employer and be on EAD through AC21 benefit?
You can still use your existing H1 (if you have one).Quote:
Originally Posted by LeoAugust
Yea. H1B will be the last hope...Quote:
Originally Posted by qesehmk
For us to conclusively answer that question, we would need inventory data, which has not been published for almost 2.5 years now. So any guess is based on assumptions based on historical data. My guess is that horizontal spillover will be equally distributd across backlogged countries,resulting in india and china getting around 20000- 30000 extra visas each per eb category. This should leave eb3i moving around 15-30 months, and eb2 moving 10-20 months. So my guess is both both of these should get close to 2011 in worst case, and best case get close to 2013. Assuming 1-2 k inventory per month which was the case I'm 2009.Quote:
Originally Posted by android09
You should try whereismygc, as they have much more data to predict this. All predictions need to assume that every attempt will be made to prevent visa wastage.
Gurus
I have a question on I485J. MY PD is Oct 29, 2009 (EB2). I got an RFE from NSC that requires medicals and I485J. I had got same RFE in 2018 when I had submitted I485J and it was approved also. My employer is also not changed. Do you see any issue in me getting I485J again for same employer. I am planning to submit I485J again and my employer (large company) is also fine. I am planning to submit exactly same I485J response as last time.
RFE also mentions that if I need to continue with same lawyer (as in I 485 which is a different lawyer from previous company) , pls indicate. Do I need to continue with same lawyer and do I need a personal lawyer. Pls advise
If your job role has not changed , then its fine to use the same . use the lawyer your company provides as all large companies pay for it . This is a straight forward procedure, so don't sweat it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dallas111
Is there anything yet in JB's EOs that lifts the family GC ban from consulates? I don't re-collect seeing any and if that's true we may have more SOs than we think for fiscal 2022 also. Not bad eh.
Nothing stipulates you to use the same lawyer. Looks like your case is pretty straightforward too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dallas111
No, there is nothing in the EO to end the visa bans which has got people like gsiskind, ckuck all mad and threatening lawsuits. I will be shocked if we don't get 60k+ spillover for FY2022.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zenzone
I am current since November with PD September 2009. First applied in 2012. RFE in 2014 and 2016. Recent RFE for 485j, Medicals and Geographical information on Jan 5th 2021. Responded RFE on 28th Jan 2021. Received receipt for 485J on 2/2/2021.Quote:
Originally Posted by ak7419
My best friend had a June 2009 PD and became a citizen early last year, one of the fortunate ones... amazing what a few months difference in PDs in 2009 ended up costing. If they apply the spillover properly and issue the GC, one can hope people in 2010 won't meet the same fate.Quote:
Originally Posted by samada
I have a handful of friends whose PD was only few months earlier than me and they are now applying for citizenship and I am still waiting for RFE.... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Turbulent_Dragonfly
With only 140,000 GC for entire category for the last 30 years, this problem is going to be extrapolated in the coming years. The recession of 2009-11 camouflaged the issue for some time, just like Covid pandemic from 2020 - 21,22. All these extra numbers is going to help max of people till the end of 2012.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turbulent_Dragonfly
So in the year 2027 you will have a Dec 2012 applicant as a citizen and a Jan 2014 applicant still on H1 if the demand is high for next 5 years after 2022.
EB green card numbers has to be raised to 250,000 and all the people with approved 140s given a one time GC to the tune of 1 million.
Hear you. I have at least 2 from same company who got GCs in 2012 (EB2I 2009 PDs) and became Citizens couple of years ago. The movement from COVID spillover is a golden chance. Sadly people who miss out on GCs might have to face what you and other 2012 EAD folks are going through. A few months may matter a lot for some unfortunate folks. That's why I am advising everyone to keep one feet on EB2 and other on EB3.Quote:
Originally Posted by ak7419
Edit: The situation of people who just missed out on EAD with May 2010+ PDs is even worse. They had to wait many years to even apply for EADs. EADs have become the new GCs.
Couldn't agree more, Mine is June 2010 EB2. Not to mention the 2015 fiasco. I was pretty skeptical this time after multiple burns but actually got EAD.Quote:
Originally Posted by idliman
The infuriating part is that USCIS has been moving EB1-I dates over the last 4 months, but there are no applications in EB1-I queue who are eligible as most of the moved dates are applying after October, so they are all still waiting for biometrics etc. Whereas EB2-I is stuck and that is the only place where there is readily available applications in queue.
Only 0.3% of EB1-I that applied after October have gotten GC yet.
The glimmer of additional hope is that we are likely to have FB SO again in 2022 FY. So some ppl. who miss out closely this time may get another stab next year. Who knows..the country caps may be removed by then. I'm an eternal optimist :)Quote:
Originally Posted by idliman
What is your opinion about Dec-2013 please? Where do you see they stand and benefit from the current spillover.Quote:
Originally Posted by AceMan
Without pending inventory, it's going to be very difficult to estimate especially now that thousands have downgraded in the last few months. If someone wants to do something as far as imploring the admin is concerned, releasing the pending inventory would bring about much needed transparency and visibility into the case pipeline.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeoAugust
You have 4 full years of data before it reaches 2013. Let me start with my outlook for FY 2021. EB2 I am hoping to move 3-4 months from April 2021 to July 2021. It has a good solid chance of reaching May 2011 by September 21. Eb3 I is hampered a little by residual Eb3 ROW demand which was backlogged last year around same time. But the low numbers in Eb3 I should give it one year movement to May 2011 in the July 21 bulletin. Any forward movement beyond that is unlikely because of downgraders.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeoAugust
With the visa issuance still restricted at foreign posts the chance of Family spilling over more than 150,000-175,000 to EB in 2022 is another windfall possibility. December 2013 filer should look for in October 21 bulletin for any advancement in FD for Eb2 and Eb3 then. If the pandemic situation is similar Eb2I is poised to do the movements done by Eb1 this fiscal year.
At that point these aayarams and gayarams who downgraded already will be requesting options on how to upgrade.
Anyone knows why biometrics notices have been non-existent since Jan 1st 2021? There were just a few sent with ND of 1/23 - that is the best I have heard.
Is this expected to get better? If not, then, at this speed - not sure how much spillovers would actually be greened or wasted!!!
2011 May is definite for both EB2+EB3
2011 Dec will clear with 2021 FY SO and 2022 FY SO
2012 might have a chance but not sure for how far into 2012 with FY 2022 SO
Thats it, part of 2012 onwards it is another 10yrs wait
EB1 spillover is unlikely for 2023 FY as WITCH companies start clogging it again in a year or two.