Post 485-Filing

I got RFE on 485, I dont think we'll get ant RFE's on EAD Level.

by the way, I don't know on what I got the RFE for, My status has been updated as Initial Evidence needed. I am waiting to see what they are asking, in the mean while I want to check how people have responded to Flu vaccine RFE

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Sirisha,
Did you get the RFE on EAD or 485? Appreciate your response.

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And I've one more doubt. My PD is JULY 14 2008, so now in may bulletin if it retogress, and if I submit my RFE before may, is there any chance that I get GC after that.

like will they allocate Visa number when they touch our file and send the RFE....

Thank you Imdeng and Sirisha.

Per my understanding, the Visa number allocation is the last step that happens before card production. I wish you good luck.

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Originally Posted by Sirisha

I got RFE on 485, I dont think we'll get ant RFE's on EAD Level.

by the way, I don't know on what I got the RFE for, My status has been updated as Initial Evidence needed. I am waiting to see what they are asking, in the mean while I want to check how people have responded to Flu vaccine RFE



And I've one more doubt. My PD is JULY 14 2008, so now in may bulletin if it retogress, and if I submit my RFE before may, is there any chance that I get GC after that.

like will they allocate Visa number when they touch our file and send the RFE....

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Finally today i got Green Card in Hand.

Big thanks to every one here on this great forum! My best wishes to all of you for early approvals.

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Originally Posted by Feb262009

Thank you Imdeng and Sirisha.

Per my understanding, the Visa number allocation is the last step that happens before card production. I wish you good luck.

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That's right. No visa allocation = no card production

Thanks everyone who replied..I couldn't log in due to account got lock...Hoping to get through.....

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Originally Posted by Umesh1209

Point 2 is not a problem. Even if you travel by air they don't take the I-94. I travel once a month to Canada and my lawyer request me to retain I-94. There something called Automatic Re validation and this is legally allowed

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No posts for one full day! What is going on?

Update from me:
I can see spouse's EAD/AP approved since 3/22
I can see my EAD/AP approved since 3/24.
Our RD was 2/2/2012 and ND was 2/6/2012. PD was 4/1/2009.
FP was done 3/14(Not Early-walkin).
Service Center was TSC
Receipts Nos. are in the SRC1290144XXX range if anyone is interested:)

Thanks and Good Luck to everyone on the forum.

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Originally Posted by imdeng

No posts for one full day! What is going on?

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I think everybody in forum Took a break for Sunday,

Anyway Is it COmmon to have AP approved for one dependend but No news on primary and other dependent for a week or more... I cant even find the case is USCIS site...

Did anyone hear of any 2009 PD getting a GC yet? What are the odds that before the retrogression kicks in there will be some outliers from 2009 who will sneak in. I was skimming through trackitt data and looks like approximately 1 in 5 of Jan filers have been processed to one degree or another approximately all the away upto end of Jan receipt dates. Theoretically, if the retrogression happens in May bulletin it would only kick in from 1st May so there are still 35 days left for anyone who has filed to have a fair chance, especialy if FP/BC get completed without any issues. Just trying to see if there any believers who think we might see some of 2009's getting lucky. Any thoughts?

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Originally Posted by manzoorraza

Did anyone hear of any 2009 PD getting a GC yet? What are the odds that before the retrogression kicks in there will be some outliers from 2009 who will sneak in. I was skimming through trackitt data and looks like approximately 1 in 5 of Jan filers have been processed to one degree or another approximately all the away upto end of Jan receipt dates. Theoretically, if the retrogression happens in May bulletin it would only kick in from 1st May so there are still 35 days left for anyone who has filed to have a fair chance, especialy if FP/BC get completed without any issues. Just trying to see if there any believers who think we might see some of 2009's getting lucky. Any thoughts?

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By Theory All who have the priority date till April 30 2010 and have FB and BC completed... have a fair chance ...

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Originally Posted by JJGCJML

By Theory All who have the priority date till April 30 2010 and have FB and BC completed... have a fair chance ...

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So how much time it takes for BC to complete after the FP date? 15-20 days?

Should It take that much Time. FP is for FBI to process fingerpeint and name check. Quote from FBI site: The majority of name checks submitted are electronically checked and returned to the submitting agency as having "no record" within 48-72 hours

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Originally Posted by JJGCJML

Should It take that much Time. FP is for FBI to process fingerpeint and name check. Quote from FBI site: The majority of name checks submitted are electronically checked and returned to the submitting agency as having "no record" within 48-72 hours

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I think Background Check might take more than 48-72 hours.

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Originally Posted by essenel

Congrats, ragx! Very, very happy for you. Best wishes to you and your wife.

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Thank you essenel!

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Originally Posted by mysati

Ragx, Congrats to you and your wife! I am very happy for you both. It is a harbinger of all good things to come.

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Thankyou mysati. I have the same feeling - it is just like all the peices in the puzzle just fell in place magically!

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Originally Posted by GCKnowHow

Congrats !!! It feels good to see more and more approvals.

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Thankyou. I hope we will see many more (if not all) approvals before the dates move back.

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Originally Posted by bloke0002

Congrats!!!

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Thankyou

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Originally Posted by vizcard

Congrats!!! Time for you to celebrate, inform your wife and change your signature in your post... not necessarily in that order :)

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Thankyou! Took a week off from everything else and focused on work :-)!!!

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Originally Posted by ggk189

Ragx, So happy for you. Of all the users yours and Teddy's are the ones I was always interested on knowing the status. Good that you have finally received the approval. Congratulations.

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Thankyou soo much!

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Originally Posted by suninphx

Congratulations to you and your family!

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Thankyou!

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Originally Posted by mesan123

CONGRATULATIONS for you .....Enjoy the day......

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Thankyou!

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Originally Posted by venkat

Congrats ragx08!!!..

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Thankyou!

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Originally Posted by ontheedge

Many many congratulations Ragx! Happy for you :) Best wishes for your wife's continued good health and much happiness and success to you and your family.

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Thankyou! Yes, I can focus on that without worrying about my job/stay anymore!

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Originally Posted by soggadu

ragx08... i am very happy for you and your family buddy... hope there wont be any interuption of medical help for your family... i am so glad you guys got GC... may god bless you...

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Thankyou Soggadu! Intha mandi shreyobhilaashula wishes vunnaka antha manche jarugutundi! Thanks man!

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Originally Posted by Kanmani

http://www.familylobby.com/common/tt8262063fltt.gif to
99mutd08, ragx08, drapnvalsad enjoy!!!

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Thankyou Kanmani! I guess everyone on this blog will be rooting for you and will party hard when your CPO arrives! Thanks for adding color to this forum!

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Originally Posted by JJGCJML

Congrats 99mutd08, ragx08, drapnvalsad & americandream

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Thankyou!

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Originally Posted by 99mutd08

CPO messages received - NSC
Hello,
I wanted to share my news with everyone. Just got 485 CPO emails/SMSs for both me and my spouse.

PD: 27 Jul 2007
RD: 5 Dec 2011
ND: 12 Dec 2011
FP: 2 Feb 2012
EAD/AP approved: 18 Jan 2012
EAD/AP received: 23 Jan 2012
RFE received: Mar 5 2012
RFE response sent: Mar 12 2012
GC approved: 20 Mar 2012

All the very best to everyone else who are waiting.

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Hearty Congratulations friend!!!

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Originally Posted by americandream

Folks

Got the CPO mails today.I would like to thank Q and Teddy, as they are instrumental for me in following all the immigration forums. I understood all the nuances of Visa number calculations through their post.A Big Thank You, to you both.


Also, i would like to thanks Leo, soggadu, kanmani for their insights on various topics related to this journey.

I am also happy for RagX8 for his CPO mail yesterday.

Now, i will wait for the physical card to arrive(life is all about waiting for something:)

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Congrats americandream! Your final wait will come to an end this week. After that, I hope you wouldn't be lost not knowing what to wait for :-)!!!!

NewsFlash! DOS Issues New EB2 Cutoff Projection
Posted 23.Mar.2012

The Department of State (DOS) has advised that the EB2 India and China category will retrogress to August 15, 2007 in the May 2012 Visa Bulletin. Charles Oppenheim, Chief, Visa Control and Reporting, has provided this information to AILA.

The EB2 cutoff set in the April 2012 Visa Bulletin, which is May 1, 2010, is not changed by Mr. Oppenheim's announcement. The changes will occur in the May Visa Bulletin. We at the Murthy Law Firm will provide our readers with further analysis in an upcoming NewsBrief.

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Originally Posted by self.coach

NewsFlash! DOS Issues New EB2 Cutoff Projection
Posted 23.Mar.2012

The Department of State (DOS) has advised that the EB2 India and China category will retrogress to August 15, 2007 in the May 2012 Visa Bulletin. Charles Oppenheim, Chief, Visa Control and Reporting, has provided this information to AILA.

The EB2 cutoff set in the April 2012 Visa Bulletin, which is May 1, 2010, is not changed by Mr. Oppenheim's announcement. The changes will occur in the May Visa Bulletin. We at the Murthy Law Firm will provide our readers with further analysis in an upcoming NewsBrief.

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35 Days left.

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Originally Posted by JJGCJML

35 Days left.

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We still have 35 Days till the retrogression....:cool:

If we receive EAD with FP on it, does that mean FP/BC completed? Or just FP completed?

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Originally Posted by HR3012

If we receive EAD with FP on it, does that mean FP/BC completed? Or just FP completed?

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That is not an indicator of whether or not BC is done. That doesn't mean that is hasn't been completed.

Quick question on RFE issue and 485 process. Once RFE is issued ( say for example RFE on BC) and the corresponding RFE is responded, do they re verify the whole process? Rather what takes place post RFE response?
KR

Got FP notice today (Finally !) and appt. scheduled for Apr 11th ...

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Originally Posted by kramacha

Quick question on RFE issue and 485 process. Once RFE is issued ( say for example RFE on BC) and the corresponding RFE is responded, do they re verify the whole process? Rather what takes place post RFE response?
KR

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kramacha, your RFE response goes back to the same officer who was adjudicating your case, so the officer does not need to re-verify everything. When the RFE response is received, you regain your place in that officer's line, so adjudication after that usually happens quickly (generally couple of weeks or so).

"Murthy Takes Action: Texas Service Center RFE Trend":

http://www.murthy.com/news/n_mtatsc.html

I got a status update on my EAD today saying, USPS delivered your card today. However, I did not receive the card in mail today. Do I need to panic or wait for a day or so? :)

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Originally Posted by gaurim17

I got a status update on my EAD today saying, USPS delivered your card today. However, I did not receive the card in mail today. Do I need to panic or wait for a day or so? :)

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I guess this does call for a little panic since USCIS updates the 'card delivered' message after a considerable amount of time (anywhere from 12-24 hours) after it is actually delivered. You might want to call their 1-800 number to check up on that.

In my case I got EAD card at around 3 PM and got status changed (USPS delivered) mails at around 9 PM.

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Originally Posted by gaurim17

I got a status update on my EAD today saying, USPS delivered your card today. However, I did not receive the card in mail today. Do I need to panic or wait for a day or so? :)

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Got FP notice today (Finally !) and appt. scheduled for Apr 11th ...

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Wonderful !!!. Nice to know ss2009. Goodluck and keep updating ...

You can call USCIS to get the tracking number for the EAD delivery and check the delivery status.

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Originally Posted by gaurim17

I got a status update on my EAD today saying, USPS delivered your card today. However, I did not receive the card in mail today. Do I need to panic or wait for a day or so? :)

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Finally I got my EAD/AP combo card. It is valid for 1 year.

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Originally Posted by self.coach

Finally I got my EAD/AP combo card. It is valid for 1 year.

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Congrats selfcoach! Do you plan to expand your coaching services beyond yourself since you have the EAD now?;)

I posted the same question under Post EAD forum. And reposting due to higher visibility. Please move or delete if it doesn't belong here.
"I have a follow up a question. Applied for my wifes SSN and recieved it. She is moving from ITIN to SSN. During tax filing when using her SSN to efile (turbotax) asked me for last year AGI. I used the AGI from last year for both but got my filing rejected. I googled the issue and some indicate that they used $0.00 for spouse AGI and Last years AGI for self and it went through. Others indicate that they still got rejected. Does any one here attempted to e-file after switching from ITIN to SSN? How did you address this issue."

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Originally Posted by JJGCJML

We still have 35 Days till the retrogression....:cool:

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I'm actually happy that they are retrogressing the dates. Hopefully, at least then, they'll process applications of all those that are left-over in the previous months. My only question is why not retrogress the dates in April? They could have very well done that. Apparently, TSC is still processing applications from June 2011. So, when there is such a bad back-log and limited quota, I don't see a reason why they didn't move the dates in April. They recognized that the movements/approvals trend was unsustainable and yet decided to keep the dates at the existing level instead of retrogressing them.

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Originally Posted by essenel

"Murthy Takes Action: Texas Service Center RFE Trend":

http://www.murthy.com/news/n_mtatsc.html

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Much respect to Murthys for doing this. I wish other immigration lawyers do the same and put some pressure on USCIS. Thanks for the link essenel.

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Originally Posted by sam96_77

I posted the same question under Post EAD forum. And reposting due to higher visibility. Please move or delete if it doesn't belong here.
"I have a follow up a question. Applied for my wifes SSN and recieved it. She is moving from ITIN to SSN. During tax filing when using her SSN to efile (turbotax) asked me for last year AGI. I used the AGI from last year for both but got my filing rejected. I googled the issue and some indicate that they used $0.00 for spouse AGI and Last years AGI for self and it went through. Others indicate that they still got rejected. Does any one here attempted to e-file after switching from ITIN to SSN? How did you address this issue."

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Sam,

This exact same thing happened to me. I just set it as 0 for my wife the second time and it went through. By the way, I was using TaxAct.

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Originally Posted by sam96_77

I posted the same question under Post EAD forum. And reposting due to higher visibility. Please move or delete if it doesn't belong here.
"I have a follow up a question. Applied for my wifes SSN and recieved it. She is moving from ITIN to SSN. During tax filing when using her SSN to efile (turbotax) asked me for last year AGI. I used the AGI from last year for both but got my filing rejected. I googled the issue and some indicate that they used $0.00 for spouse AGI and Last years AGI for self and it went through. Others indicate that they still got rejected. Does any one here attempted to e-file after switching from ITIN to SSN? How did you address this issue."

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Sam,

This exact same thing happened to me. I just set it as 0 for my wife the second time and it went through. By the way, I was using TaxAct.

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Did you file "married filing jointly" this year and last year? If so, it shouldn't ask you for two different AGIs ? If your wife is switching from ITIN to SSN, you can put "0" as AGI for your wife. I'm not a tax accountant but am very familiar with tax code.

As a separate matter, you should go to the local SSA or City Hall and make sure that the ITIN and SSN are linked properly. This drives credit history and stuff.

SC:TSC
I got my RFE. The same RFE for my husband tooo...

They asked us for BirthCertificate, Marriage certificate and Flu Vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine, meningococcal vaccine and HepA.

My doctor told me that she will not give me pneumococcal vaccine as there is no need for me. But, as we said its for immigration then they are wondering why they need this?

The clinical surgeon who has prepared I693 is asking, why are they specifying all these... which are not needed and she has shown us the chart, in which it says, it's not needed for our age.

Reg: my Birth Certificate, I've the original which has been registered 2 years ago and my husband got it from the Indian consulate, so we got his birth certificate ready from India.

It's like they printed the same RFE for both of us...:confused:

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SC:TSC
I got my RFE. The same RFE for my husband tooo...

They asked us for BirthCertificate, Marriage certificate and Flu Vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine, meningococcal vaccine and HepA.

My doctor told me that she will not give me pneumococcal vaccine as there is no need for me. But, as we said its for immigration then they are wondering why they need this?

The clinical surgeon who has prepared I693 is asking, why are they specifying all these... which are not needed and she has shown us the chart, in which it says, it's not needed for our age.

Reg: my Birth Certificate, I've the original which has been registered 2 years ago and my husband got it from the Indian consulate, so we got his birth certificate ready from India.

It's like they printed the same RFE for both of us...:confused:

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sirisha..

Indian consulate BC is not recognised and also your's is late registration.... i would say get 3 affidavits each and send them along with old BC copies you have already submitted...
Take a letter along with 693 from doctor mentioning the same reasons you mentioned... might be they didnt accept your BC's which caused them to issue RFE for other age related vaccines... my 2 cents...

i always encourage all my friends and everybody else to put 3 affidavits in all cases... it wont hurt...

Thank you Soggadu

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Indian consulate BC is not recognised and also your's is late registration.... i would say get 3 affidavits each and send them along with old BC copies you have already submitted...

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I've included two affidavits one from my father and one from my uncle, this time I'll include the affidavit from my mother too...