Celebrations & Thanks

This forum has been an excellent support for me. Five years has been a long wait and predictions done here by Q, Spec, Teddy & gang are extremely helpful to get us through the waiting period. Finally today the wait is over and I got the Card Production Email:
"Your Case Status: Card/ Document Production
On September 3, 2013, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you."

Thanks for the invaluable information and analysis.

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Originally Posted by benjiding

This forum has been an excellent support for me. Five years has been a long wait and predictions done here by Q, Spec, Teddy & gang are extremely helpful to get us through the waiting period. Finally today the wait is over and I got the Card Production Email:
"Your Case Status: Card/ Document Production
On September 3, 2013, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you."

Thanks for the invaluable information and analysis.

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benjiding,

Congratulations!!

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Originally Posted by benjiding

This forum has been an excellent support for me. Five years has been a long wait and predictions done here by Q, Spec, Teddy & gang are extremely helpful to get us through the waiting period. Finally today the wait is over and I got the Card Production Email:
"Your Case Status: Card/ Document Production
On September 3, 2013, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you."

Thanks for the invaluable information and analysis.

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congratulations benjiding.

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Originally Posted by benjiding

This forum has been an excellent support for me. Five years has been a long wait and predictions done here by Q, Spec, Teddy & gang are extremely helpful to get us through the waiting period. Finally today the wait is over and I got the Card Production Email:
"Your Case Status: Card/ Document Production
On September 3, 2013, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you."

Thanks for the invaluable information and analysis.

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Congratulations, benjiding!

benji - many congratulations!! Your labor day weekend starts again!!

p.s. - Perhaps its not just me .... but what does benjiding stand for!!

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Originally Posted by benjiding

This forum has been an excellent support for me. Five years has been a long wait and predictions done here by Q, Spec, Teddy & gang are extremely helpful to get us through the waiting period. Finally today the wait is over and I got the Card Production Email:
"Your Case Status: Card/ Document Production
On September 3, 2013, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you."

Thanks for the invaluable information and analysis.

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Received "Card Production" email/SMS this morning for Self,my wife and my both daughters
EB2I Feb 28,2008 NSC.

I wish good luck for all of you waiting for GreenCard.
God Bless every One.

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Originally Posted by coolvibe

Received "Card Production" email/SMS this morning for Self,my wife and my both daughters
EB2I Feb 28,2008 NSC.

I wish good luck for all of you waiting for GreenCard.
God Bless every One.

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coolvibe,

Congratulations!!

A big relief I think.

Thanks guys, especially you Spec. I'm not going to abandon the forum, so i'm not going to give a long drawn out speech. But a couple of weeks of vacation will help with my addiction.

A couple of chilled beers now to help this sink in.

Pedro - that's the longest text I have read anybody informing people that s/he got a GC!!! LoL!!

All the best and many congratulations!!

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Originally Posted by Pedro Gonzales

37 approvals so far (tracker and threads) and the 37th was ME!

Inspired by natvyas' post earlier, I called an L1 officer and got the run around, so I did some more research on trackitt, figured out how to get to an L2 officer, and chose to give my number rather than wait the 122 minutes they said it would take. About 90 minutes later I got a call back, and really no information from the L2 officer other than that my application was with an officer. Less than 20 minutes later, I got the Card Production/Decision SMS and email. I really have no way to be sure if the two were related at all, but mine isn't the first case out there where this has happened.

The latest splits are as follows:
Augusters:------TSC 9-----NSC 0-----Total 9
Septemberers:--TSC 6-----NSC 22-----Total 28

TSC was working largely on clearing August backlog this morning, but appears to have shifted to the Septemberers this afternoon.

After years of approaching this with a zen-like almost-Buddhist calm, I've been pretty distracted since the last VB came out and absolutely consumed by this since last week (as many of you would have noticed). I have been battling this affliction and have tried hard to switch my focus back to work, but wasn't able to. Now, I think can.

I don't think i'm going to continue to scour trackitt looking for updates, so if anyone wants to continue to do so, send me a PM with your personal email and i'll forward my spreadsheet to you.

Jai Hind, Go Yankees and God save the Queen!

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Congrats Pedro. Really happy for you.

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Originally Posted by Pedro Gonzales

37 approvals so far (tracker and threads) and the 37th was ME!

Inspired by natvyas' post earlier, I called an L1 officer and got the run around, so I did some more research on trackitt, figured out how to get to an L2 officer, and chose to give my number rather than wait the 122 minutes they said it would take. About 90 minutes later I got a call back, and really no information from the L2 officer other than that my application was with an officer. Less than 20 minutes later, I got the Card Production/Decision SMS and email. I really have no way to be sure if the two were related at all, but mine isn't the first case out there where this has happened.

The latest splits are as follows:
Augusters:------TSC 9-----NSC 0-----Total 9
Septemberers:--TSC 6-----NSC 22-----Total 28

TSC was working largely on clearing August backlog this morning, but appears to have shifted to the Septemberers this afternoon.

After years of approaching this with a zen-like almost-Buddhist calm, I've been pretty distracted since the last VB came out and absolutely consumed by this since last week (as many of you would have noticed). I have been battling this affliction and have tried hard to switch my focus back to work, but wasn't able to. Now, I think can.

I don't think i'm going to continue to scour trackitt looking for updates, so if anyone wants to continue to do so, send me a PM with your personal email and i'll forward my spreadsheet to you.

Jai Hind, Go Yankees and God save the Queen!

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Pedro,

Congratulations... Have a blast....

Pedro, that is great news. Congrats and a big thanks for all your help !!

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Originally Posted by Pedro Gonzales

37 approvals so far (tracker and threads) and the 37th was ME!

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Its my turn to announce the good news.Got the magic sms today morning that the status has changed.
Went to check the uscis site hoping it was not an RFE.It was not :)
Status says card production ordered so alls well.
What a relief !!!! Yayyy!!!
Thanks to all the gurus Q,Spec,Teddy,Pedro,Viz its been a great experience hanging around here.You guys bought some much needed logic to this backwards and forwards movement.
All the best to other folks who are current hope everybody gets their soon.
PD 5/16/2008 ,NSC

free2talk - very happy for you. Now you are free2work-or-not-withoutanyrestrictions !!

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Originally Posted by free2talk

Its my turn to announce the good news.Got the magic sms today morning that the status has changed.
Went to check the uscis site hoping it was not an RFE.It was not :)
Status says card production ordered so alls well.
What a relief !!!! Yayyy!!!
Thanks to all the gurus Q,Spec,Teddy,Pedro,Viz its been a great experience hanging around here.You guys bought some much needed logic to this backwards and forwards movement.
All the best to other folks who are current hope everybody gets their soon.
PD 5/16/2008 ,NSC

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Congratulations to Pedro and free2talk for their GC....

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Originally Posted by free2talk

Its my turn to announce the good news.Got the magic sms today morning that the status has changed.
Went to check the uscis site hoping it was not an RFE.It was not :)
Status says card production ordered so alls well.
What a relief !!!! Yayyy!!!
Thanks to all the gurus Q,Spec,Teddy,Pedro,Viz its been a great experience hanging around here.You guys bought some much needed logic to this backwards and forwards movement.
All the best to other folks who are current hope everybody gets their soon.
PD 5/16/2008 ,NSC

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Congratulations free2talk! Happy for you.

Congratulations to Pedro and free2talk for your GCs

Enjoy green life....

Congratulations Pedro.... Enjoy your freedom. I myself worked well after the approval email without worrying about approvals, dates, etc

I have received following mails between 9.00 am - 9.10 am for self, my Wife & Son from USCIS. Can anyone pl. confirm if this can be considered as initial stage of GC approval?

*** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL ***
The last processing action taken on your case
Receipt Number: SRC1290XXXXXX
Application Type: I485 , APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS
Your Case Status: Decision

On September 5, 2013, we mailed you a notice that we had registered this customer's new permanent resident status. Please follow any instructions on the notice. Your new permanent resident card should be mailed within 60 days following this registration or after you complete any ADIT processing referred to in the welcome notice, whichever is later. If you move before receiving your card, please call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.
During this step the formal decision (approved/denied) is written and the decision notice is mailed and/or emailed to the applicant/petitioner. You can use our current processing time to gauge when you can expect to receive a final decision.

My Details are:
Service Center:TSC
EB2 I Direct
Our PD: May 20th, 2008
Our RD: Jan 17th, 2012
RFE: Recived on Mar 23, 2012 to Self (Medical) & Spouse (Medical & BC)
RFE: Replied on April, 02 & status is RFE Response Review until today.
Congressman / Senator Service used & SR created on 09/04/2013.

Q, Spec and all others,

I was a silent follower of this forum, taking pearl of wisdom from all of you. Today, I received my GC approval SMS & Email with status of Card Production.
I had a Priority date of Apr 2, 2008 (EB2I) from TSC. My case - I485 was filed last year on Jan 12 and had RFE for Immunization for my sons, which was replied on May'12. I had added my name in the list which Pedro had put together as skchoubey - apr2, 2008 (EB2I)

I must say that, it is really a big relief for me and my family that finally I got GC (more than 7 years into US),

Thanks to all of you again.

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Originally Posted by pavanraj

I have received following mails between 9.00 am - 9.10 am for self, my Wife & Son from USCIS. Can anyone pl. confirm if this can be considered as initial stage of GC approval?

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Congrats!! You're golden :) (green, rather)

Thank you for your wishes. I am greatly Indebted to many people on this site. Our great Gurus on this site had been continuous source of inspiration. Many of them are doing a selfless service for betterment of immigrant community. I truly salute your service and sincerely thank everyone for their invaluable contribution. I learnt lot on immigration matters from this site.

For people waiting for GC I wish all the best & hope you get greened too. My advice is please use all available resources or pull all possible strings. I contacted Congressman, sent email to Ombudsman & raised 'SR'. I do not know which one had worked. As adage say "Make hay while sun shines". I followed this simple philosophy.

sk - thank you for sharing. Many congratulations!!

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Originally Posted by skchoubey

Q, Spec and all others,

I was a silent follower of this forum, taking pearl of wisdom from all of you. Today, I received my GC approval SMS & Email with status of Card Production.
I had a Priority date of Apr 2, 2008 (EB2I) from TSC. My case - I485 was filed last year on Jan 12 and had RFE for Immunization for my sons, which was replied on May'12. I had added my name in the list which Pedro had put together as skchoubey - apr2, 2008 (EB2I)

I must say that, it is really a big relief for me and my family that finally I got GC (more than 7 years into US),

Thanks to all of you again.

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congratulations Pavan. Thanks for sharing and good advice from you I must say.

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Originally Posted by pavanraj

Thank you for your wishes. I am greatly Indebted to many people on this site. Our great Gurus on this site had been continuous source of inspiration. Many of them are doing a selfless service for betterment of immigrant community. I truly salute your service and sincerely thank everyone for their invaluable contribution. I learnt lot on immigration matters from this site.

For people waiting for GC I wish all the best & hope you get greened too. My advice is please use all available resources or pull all possible strings. I contacted Congressman, sent email to Ombudsman & raised 'SR'. I do not know which one had worked. As adage say "Make hay while sun shines". I followed this simple philosophy.

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Congrats to skchoubey and Pavan....Good news and that too on a Friday is wonderful...Have a great weekend...

Hi

My status was changed to Card/Document Production yesterday evening saying you would receive the card within 30 days and today morning it shows Decision

"On September 6, 2013, we mailed you a notice that we had registered this customer's new permanent resident status. Please follow any instructions on the notice. Your new permanent resident card should be mailed within 60 days following this registration or after you complete any ADIT processing referred to in the welcome notice, whichever is later. If you move before receiving your card, please call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.

During this step the formal decision (approved/denied) is written and the decision notice is mailed and/or emailed to the applicant/petitioner. You can use our current processing time to gauge when you can expect to receive a final decision."

Does this mean my 485 is approved or it could still be any decision?

Could you please throw some light.

Thank you very much !!

Time for celebration Guest. Congratulations.

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Originally Posted by Guest123

Hi

My status was changed to Card/Document Production yesterday evening saying you would receive the card within 30 days and today morning it shows Decision

"On September 6, 2013, we mailed you a notice that we had registered this customer's new permanent resident status. Please follow any instructions on the notice. Your new permanent resident card should be mailed within 60 days following this registration or after you complete any ADIT processing referred to in the welcome notice, whichever is later. If you move before receiving your card, please call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.

During this step the formal decision (approved/denied) is written and the decision notice is mailed and/or emailed to the applicant/petitioner. You can use our current processing time to gauge when you can expect to receive a final decision."

Does this mean my 485 is approved or it could still be any decision?

Could you please throw some light.

Thank you very much !!

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Originally Posted by qesehmk

Time for celebration Guest. Congratulations.

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Thanks Q !! It's a sigh of relief to hear that. And Thank you for your valuable contributions. This site provides good clarity in the midst of so much uncertainity. Analysis from you, spec and others puts things in a perspective. Thank you all for all the great work !!

I recieved this email & text message from USCIS few minutes back. Does this mean my I-485 is approved? The status changed from Acceptance (until this morning) to Card Production. Is this normal?

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On September 6, 2013, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you. If you move before you receive the card, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283.
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Thanks

My case History:
Arrived in US in 1999 on F-1
Two Masters in US
Applied for 1st LABOR through Employer A in June 2007
Applied for I-140 through Employer A in Feb 2008
Changed employment from Employer A to Employer B
Applied for 2nd LABOR through Employer B in March 2011
Stuck in RFE
Changed employment from Employer B to Employer C
Applied for 3rd LABOR through Employer C in May 2012
Applied for I-140 in August 2012
Applied for I-1485 on July 31st 2013
EAD recieved on 9/3/13

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Originally Posted by mstanfield

Hey Guys, I got the CPO mail today. Here's my info if you care
EB2I (direct)
PD - 06/10/2008
I-485 recvd date - 01/03/2012
TSC

No RFE, No SR, No congressman inquiry, No nothing.
I did change my address recently (08/14) and called L2 to confirm it. Funny thing..L2 guy took about 20 min to pull my file. May be that wiggled my case.
Also, I looked up few cases around case number and they were all approved long time.

Thank you for all the wonderful work you guys are doing on this board. You definitely helped me along the way. For those who are still waiting, hope for the best prepare for anything. Good luck people !!

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Congratulations mstanfield!!!

I have been silent visitor of this forum so far. I am not sure if I am through yet.
I want to convey my heartfelt appreciation for lot of knowledgeable folks here Q, Vizcard, Pedro, Indiani & any other guru I missed.

I recieved this email & text message from USCIS few minutes back. Does this mean my I-485 is approved? The status changed from Acceptance (until this morning) to Card Production. Is this normal?

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On September 6, 2013, we ordered production of your new card. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you. If you move before you receive the card, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283.
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Thanks

My case History:
Arrived in US in 1999 on F-1
Two Masters in US
Applied for 1st LABOR through Employer A in June 2007
Applied for I-140 through Employer A in Feb 2008
Changed employment from Employer A to Employer B
Applied for 2nd LABOR through Employer B in March 2011
Stuck in RFE
Changed employment from Employer B to Employer C
Applied for 3rd LABOR through Employer C in May 2012
Applied for I-140 in August 2012
Applied for I-1485 on July 31st 2013
EAD recieved on 9/3/13

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Originally Posted by natvyas

Friends

I just got approved at 2:17 pm

Cheers
Nat

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Conragtulations Natvyas

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Originally Posted by pavanraj

I have received following mails between 9.00 am - 9.10 am for self, my Wife & Son from USCIS. Can anyone pl. confirm if this can be considered as initial stage of GC approval?

*** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL ***
The last processing action taken on your case
Receipt Number: SRC1290XXXXXX
Application Type: I485 , APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS
Your Case Status: Decision

On September 5, 2013, we mailed you a notice that we had registered this customer's new permanent resident status. Please follow any instructions on the notice. Your new permanent resident card should be mailed within 60 days following this registration or after you complete any ADIT processing referred to in the welcome notice, whichever is later. If you move before receiving your card, please call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.
During this step the formal decision (approved/denied) is written and the decision notice is mailed and/or emailed to the applicant/petitioner. You can use our current processing time to gauge when you can expect to receive a final decision.

My Details are:
Service Center:TSC
EB2 I Direct
Our PD: May 20th, 2008
Our RD: Jan 17th, 2012
RFE: Recived on Mar 23, 2012 to Self (Medical) & Spouse (Medical & BC)
RFE: Replied on April, 02 & status is RFE Response Review until today.
Congressman / Senator Service used & SR created on 09/04/2013.

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Congratulations pavanraj

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Originally Posted by skchoubey

Q, Spec and all others,

I was a silent follower of this forum, taking pearl of wisdom from all of you. Today, I received my GC approval SMS & Email with status of Card Production.
I had a Priority date of Apr 2, 2008 (EB2I) from TSC. My case - I485 was filed last year on Jan 12 and had RFE for Immunization for my sons, which was replied on May'12. I had added my name in the list which Pedro had put together as skchoubey - apr2, 2008 (EB2I)

I must say that, it is really a big relief for me and my family that finally I got GC (more than 7 years into US),

Thanks to all of you again.

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Felicitations skchoubey....

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Originally Posted by natvyas

Friends

I just got approved at 2:17 pm

Cheers
Nat

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Congratulations Nat! Enjoy the green life with your family!

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Originally Posted by natvyas

Friends

I just got approved at 2:17 pm

Cheers
Nat

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Congrats Nat. Enjoy the green days ahead!

I know it is impossible to ever know for sure, but do you feel that the SRs that you opened helped?

Thanks Q, Jagan, Venkat and others,

I appreciate your wishes and wish all of you, best of luck. This forum is indeed great with right dose of optimism, a little bit of pessimism backed by solid calculations (Spec) and some realism (Q). At the end, this forum keeps growing and become the hope of all those, who are waiting for their GC. I really appreciated all the posts, through this tough & arduous time.

BTW, One of my friend (his I-485 receipt starts with LIN XXXX) EB3I also got approved today.
Thanks again

congrats Chikki, Pedro
seems like happy weeknd for me too- got cpo email followed by address change status back to back.
wife also got cpo emailand her Status is still the same.
folloeing Pedro advice I was trying to exhaust/use all avenues possible.
pd- april 22nd 2008, NSC -eb2 direct.
only issue was on the case was that i applied 2nd i140 for the same labor as 1st was revoked, nd the 2nd i140 was approved dec 2012

thnks to Q,T, S, I's of the forum----I nvr lost hope on my case as I had the best info possible on the dates movement.
ps - ignore my typing.

Thanks Chikki and congrats once again. You are lucky to get approval so fast. Enjoy.

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Originally Posted by Vkkpnm

Thanks Chikki and congrats once again. You are lucky to get approval so fast. Enjoy.

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Chikki,

Enjoy and have lots of chikki... Tal chikki, dry fruit chikki, ...