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Originally Posted by krnashvom8

I have a question which I hope someone can answer:
My PD is June 2010. I applied for I-485 in Oct 2020 and have received our EAD/AP combo card in Jan 2021 with one year validity so its valid until Jan 2022.
My H1B is valid until June 2021 (as is my drivers license) and my company still has not filed for an extension as we are waiting for the next bulletin to see where the Final Action Date lands. Hoping that it crosses June 2010.

We are in Texas. Do you know what documents the DOT will need to renew our license in June? Will the EAD/AP card be ok? If anyone of you is in Texas what have you done to renew TX drivers license?

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You can renew with EAD. I've been renewing my license in DFW area for 8 years now. Take your passport, EAD and I-94 if u have. Here are couple of scenarios that happened to me/wife.
1. EAD valid - License renewed till expiration of EAD, around 2 years, since my EAD was renewed each time for 2 years.
2. EAD expired, but didn't take I94 to the DPS - Lewisville DPS checked online for I94 and triggered a secondary verification, got a letter that I can go back to the DPS with that letter to renew my license. Got a 1 yr extension.
3. EAD expired, took I94 to DPS - Carrolton DPS looked at I94, passport and EAD, triggered a secondary verification, then after receiving letter, got 1 yr extension.

Just in case wondering, my last 2 EAD renewals took 5-6 months, and i applied 4 months earlier.

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Originally Posted by AceMan

Oh, why are you not sending updated medicals? I am hearing people say wait for RFE before sending. But sending proactively the medicals might help your case. All you need is flu vaccination as all other previous ones would be valid?

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Took a leave of absence from the forum for a week. TSC is simply not approving any GCs. Bad they are not even issuing RFEs. A few people with Jul / Aug 2009 just got their RFEs. If you follow the excel tracking spreadsheets, as of today NSC had sent 82% RFEs and about 30% approval. TSC has sent about 10% RFEs with 1% approval (1 out of 104). My service request got closed without saying any timeframe or saying file is with AO. Congressman inquiry came with a reply that my PD is not current and that only May 22, 2009 is current in March 2021 bulletin. I am overwhelmed on what to do and how to react.

At this rate, I don't know how they are going to approve GCs. TSC in my opinion is taking 6 months to approve GCs after PDs become current. So anyone becoming current in April will be luckly to get GCs before the end of year. They are going to waste historic number of GCs this year. TSC is simply refusing to give any answer to anyone (you, me or congressman). If you are in NSC you will surely get a GC within a month of PD being current or after RFE. If you are TSC, forget it and work on mainitaing status by renewing H1B and EAD/APs. Thats all the input I have as of now.

So sending medical or I485J, do anything that you have to do to bring attention. I don't know if that is going to help or not. Wish there is some insider info on TSC. How can TSC be a polar opposite of NCS. Anyone know what's going on?

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Originally Posted by rsnake

This doesn't make sense to me. If dates are advanced without visas getting processed, then there is a big risk of a scenario where some people with earlier priority dates might get backlogged and retrogressed while some people with much newer priority dates get greened. I guess this scenario is better than wasted visas but might be in the mind of CO.

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This scenario is not new and has happened in the past when dates moved forward rapidly for EB-2I to May 2010 and lot of folks with later PD (2010) got greened while many from 2009 are still lurking around. LIN has been pretty good with processing but with the slow TSC center, I do not see them processing many 485's that were filed in 2020. This may lead to small retrogression as CO may not apply the spillover at the start of the next FY but dates should move pretty consistently every month. Chances for folks that have sent their medicals during the initial filing last year and those who have received the RFE already and who will promptly respond are pretty good to get greened this year as they will be the low hanging fruit for USCIS to pick.

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Originally Posted by idliman

Took a leave of absence from the forum for a week. TSC is simply not approving any GCs. Bad they are not even issuing RFEs. A few people with Jul / Aug 2009 just got their RFEs. If you follow the excel tracking spreadsheets, as of today NSC had sent 82% RFEs and about 30% approval. TSC has sent about 10% RFEs with 1% approval (1 out of 104). My service request got closed without saying any timeframe or saying file is with AO. Congressman inquiry came with a reply that my PD is not current and that only May 22, 2009 is current in March 2021 bulletin. I am overwhelmed on what to do and how to react.

At this rate, I don't know how they are going to approve GCs. TSC in my opinion is taking 6 months to approve GCs after PDs become current. So anyone becoming current in April will be luckly to get GCs before the end of year. They are going to waste historic number of GCs this year. TSC is simply refusing to give any answer to anyone (you, me or congressman). If you are in NSC you will surely get a GC within a month of PD being current or after RFE. If you are TSC, forget it and work on mainitaing status by renewing H1B and EAD/APs. Thats all the input I have as of now.

So sending medical or I485J, do anything that you have to do to bring attention. I don't know if that is going to help or not. Wish there is some insider info on TSC. How can TSC be a polar opposite of NCS. Anyone know what's going on?

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I feel your pain and those stuck in TSC . Looks like you have tried everything you could , I can't think of anything else . I am sorry .
When I wrote to my congresswoman on the dates not moving back Jan (when DT moved dates by 2 working days) , her office got back in a couple of weeks with a few Qs. by the second week of feb they said that they had spoken to the USCIS about the issue and will get back in the first week of march . My dates went current late feb and they mailed that as I was current they will wait for 30 days . If there was no activity by April on my case to contact them . After my approval last weekend , sent them a thank you note which her office acknowledged . Looks like there is a wait time of 30 days for them to do any follow ups because they said that if the card is not mailed in 30 days they can follow up . I received an email that my card was posted yesterday . I guess the USCIS tracking number will be issued today .

Can others in TSC try to reach out to their congresswoman/men . Maybe there is someone who will help .

Looks like all the attempts being done to wake up TSC have failed. Only hope would be if they transferred the cases to other service centers.

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Originally Posted by vsivarama

Looks like all the attempts being done to wake up TSC have failed. Only hope would be if they transferred the cases to other service centers.

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I suspect TSC is prioritizing 2020 downgrade and EB1 applications over anything else at this moment.

Hi all, quick question. Can someone explain how cases are processed based on what service center they at. My receipt is MSC so I know its at NBC, but NBC does not adjudicate 485 right? They only provide EAD and AP based on 765 and 131 forms? So the people that have SRC (Texas) and LIN (Nebraska) service centers, are these service centers allowed to adjudicate 485? Does NBC reroute to local USCIS office for adjutication?

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Originally Posted by ak7419

I suspect TSC is prioritizing 2020 downgrade and EB1 applications over anything else at this moment.

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It looks to me like there is a very deliberate attempt to not do load balancing by transferring cases or send RFEs. Can only hope and pray things get better. I see the odd one to 3 cases a day trickling in for approvals on trackitt, but seems like those people are not updating their profiles on trackitt itself to begin with.

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Originally Posted by idliman

Congressman inquiry came with a reply that my PD is not current and that only May 22, 2009 is current in March 2021 bulletin. I am overwhelmed on what to do and how to react.

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But this is not factually accurate, your priority date as per your signature is current as of March 2021 VB, so can you not seek further clarification from your congressman?

I have spoken to a Level 2 officer with regards to my case and the only thing he could do was to create a service order number for me and pass it on to TSC with a timeline of 30 days. All this is very disappointing. EB2/3 India has already been treated like a foster child, and now they are discriminating against us based on which service center your application landed!

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Originally Posted by jackryan041815

Hi all, quick question. Can someone explain how cases are processed based on what service center they at. My receipt is MSC so I know its at NBC, but NBC does not adjudicate 485 right? They only provide EAD and AP based on 765 and 131 forms? So the people that have SRC (Texas) and LIN (Nebraska) service centers, are these service centers allowed to adjudicate 485? Does NBC reroute to local USCIS office for adjutication?

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Saw a case on trackitt where it got adjudicated at MSC, more like EB1 type case. If that is the norm, shouldn't MSC handle the case until final adjudication?

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Originally Posted by racharox

Saw a case on trackitt where it got adjudicated at MSC, more like EB1 type case. If that is the norm, shouldn't MSC handle the case until final adjudication?

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yea, that is why I am not sure. Maybe the case only gets bounced to your local field office when an interview needs to be scheduled. Does anyone else know how it works?

Just noticed this -- "If the “USCIS Office” is the National Benefits Center (NBC) and you have filed an employment-based or family-based Form I-485, you should check processing times for your local field office."

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Originally Posted by android09

Just noticed this -- "If the “USCIS Office” is the National Benefits Center (NBC) and you have filed an employment-based or family-based Form I-485, you should check processing times for your local field office."

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Does this mean the 485 cases will be processed at local offices?

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Originally Posted by mitul75

But this is not factually accurate, your priority date as per your signature is current as of March 2021 VB, so can you not seek further clarification from your congressman?

I have spoken to a Level 2 officer with regards to my case and the only thing he could do was to create a service order number for me and pass it on to TSC with a timeline of 30 days. All this is very disappointing. EB2/3 India has already been treated like a foster child, and now they are discriminating against us based on which service center your application landed!

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Yes. Sometimes we have think a few moves ahead. My congresman liason is new and young. He had helped us before and we have buit a good relationship. I don't have issue with congressman, they will just relay what we say. Just thinking how to corner USCIS. If we make a move, how are they going to counter. They have made a mistake and sent a wrong information. That's a good start.

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At this time there are no visas available for your constituent under their current classification and priority date of November 23, 2009. According to the Department of State (DOS) March 2021 Visa Bulletin, visas in this category are available for those persons born in India having approved petitions with a priority date of May 22, 2009, or earlier. Visa availability cannot be expedited due to numerical limitations set by statute.

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They sent the correct link for VB to Congressman. If you click, you will know that what they are saying is not true. Just don't know what's the USCIS strategy.

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Originally Posted by Mgajsk

Does this mean the 485 cases will be processed at local offices?

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Thats what it looks like. I was curious because my I-485 receipt does say National Benefits Center in Lee Summit, MO. All the conversation here was about the TSC and the NSC...so was curious on the NBC. Here is where I saw this: https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/more-info

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Originally Posted by android09

Thats what it looks like. I was curious because my I-485 receipt does say National Benefits Center in Lee Summit, MO. All the conversation here was about the TSC and the NSC...so was curious on the NBC. Here is where I saw this: https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/more-info

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wonder what the chance is that they bounce the application to the service center that has the least load at this time and is processing more. In this case that would be NSC of course. I thought that the primary role of the local field office was just interviews so if interviews were indeed being waived, maybe its approved elsewhere.

Hi
My pd is oct 2009. NSC center. Rfe replied in feb end (485j and medical). Has been current in March. Received EAD in 2012

When should I raise SR. Is it after 30 days of being current (now) or after 60 days.
When should I raise congressman or senator inquiry. Anyone who has raised inquiry in Dallas. What is the process

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Originally Posted by android09

Thats what it looks like. I was curious because my I-485 receipt does say National Benefits Center in Lee Summit, MO. All the conversation here was about the TSC and the NSC...so was curious on the NBC. Here is where I saw this: https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/more-info

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How do we know our local field office?

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Originally Posted by aGCHopefull

How do we know our local field office?

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Enter zip code at the bottom

https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/find-.../field-offices

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Originally Posted by Dallas111

Hi
My pd is oct 2009. NSC center. Rfe replied in feb end (485j and medical). Has been current in March. Received EAD in 2012

When should I raise SR. Is it after 30 days of being current (now) or after 60 days.
When should I raise congressman or senator inquiry. Anyone who has raised inquiry in Dallas. What is the process

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NSC is in Jan 2010 now . So raise an SR , no harm . I am in Dec and Should get the card in hand by Monday. My Friend is end Dec and already got his on tuesday .
Wait for a couple of weeks or three after SR before approaching members of congress.

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Originally Posted by Moveon

NSC is in Jan 2010 now . So raise an SR , no harm . I am in Dec and Should get the card in hand by Monday. My Friend is end Dec and already got his on tuesday .
Wait for a couple of weeks or three after SR before approaching members of congress.

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While the things are little better at NSC the approvals have been not consistent with any pattern. There seem to be only few officers approving the cases (as per trackitt data) and many more with PD Sep/Oct/Nov 2009 are still waiting 2-3 months after responding RFE. In the past few days approvals have dried up (specifically this week).

In the RFE letter they have mentioned that if you don't get response 60 days after RFER date then you can call them.

Hello everyone,

I have been a silent observer for several years but here is my situation.

My PD is August 28,2009.
EB2I

I did not file I485 in 2012.

I filed I485 in 2020.

Got my EAD, AP and done with biometrics

Do I wait for RFE and interview as I have not filed before 2017?

Thanks

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Originally Posted by suninphx

While the things are little better at NSC the approvals have been not consistent with any pattern. There seem to be only few officers approving the cases (as per trackitt data) and many more with PD Sep/Oct/Nov 2009 are still waiting 2-3 months after responding RFE. In the past few days approvals have dried up (specifically this week).

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Hi Suninphx,
are these from the 2012 batch or those who applied recently . It could be that the pre adjudicated cases are only being approved . I am not where what the bottle neck is .

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Originally Posted by Moveon

Hi Suninphx,
are these from the 2012 batch or those who applied recently . It could be that the pre adjudicated cases are only being approved . I am not where what the bottle neck is .

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People who applied in 2012 and replied to RFE in Dec/Jan. I would be surprised if these cases are not pre adjudicated already (at least majority of them). It's like a blackhole.

I recently checked with manager and he confirmed there won't be salary raise after i get GC :) , my bank told me mortgage would be the same :) and my wife is planning to visit India at least twice a year (instead of once a year) once we have GC. So there is that. :) :)

This might be a stupid question for many. How do I know whether my case will be processed at field office or service center?

Choosing I-485 on https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/home, I see a dropdown for SC and field office. What do I choose? My SC is MSC i.e. NBC.

Thanks for any help.

Silent observer in this forum for several years.

Mine would be allocated to Norfolk, Virginia.

My PD is August, 2009.
EB2 I.

I couldn?t file in 2012

I filed in October 2020 and got my EAD and AP.

How do I find out if my local office is processing which year and month applications?

Also-could you tell me what is my next step? Just wait?

Thanks

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Originally Posted by idliman

Took a leave of absence from the forum for a week. TSC is simply not approving any GCs. Bad they are not even issuing RFEs. A few people with Jul / Aug 2009 just got their RFEs. If you follow the excel tracking spreadsheets, as of today NSC had sent 82% RFEs and about 30% approval. TSC has sent about 10% RFEs with 1% approval (1 out of 104). My service request got closed without saying any timeframe or saying file is with AO. Congressman inquiry came with a reply that my PD is not current and that only May 22, 2009 is current in March 2021 bulletin. I am overwhelmed on what to do and how to react.

At this rate, I don't know how they are going to approve GCs. TSC in my opinion is taking 6 months to approve GCs after PDs become current. So anyone becoming current in April will be luckly to get GCs before the end of year. They are going to waste historic number of GCs this year. TSC is simply refusing to give any answer to anyone (you, me or congressman). If you are in NSC you will surely get a GC within a month of PD being current or after RFE. If you are TSC, forget it and work on mainitaing status by renewing H1B and EAD/APs. Thats all the input I have as of now.

So sending medical or I485J, do anything that you have to do to bring attention. I don't know if that is going to help or not. Wish there is some insider info on TSC. How can TSC be a polar opposite of NCS. Anyone know what's going on?

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How will a person will come to know if his application has gone to TSC or NSC? For e.g. my application for AOS has gone to Texax(SRC). When my PD will be current in future, how will I come to know if application has gone to TSC or NSC?

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Originally Posted by LeoAugust

How will a person will come to know if his application has gone to TSC or NSC? For e.g. my application for AOS has gone to Texax(SRC). When my PD will be current in future, how will I come to know if application has gone to TSC or NSC?

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Your receipt will have "LIN" if NSC - Stands for Lincoln, Nebraska .

Hi Guys - My AOS was filed on 10/28. Application center is NBC. I live in the Bay area. Was current for filing at that time, current now for final action in april 21 bulletin.

Many(lot) of my co-workers have already received finger print/biometrics notice. I still havent. Are there others here in the same boat? Any suggestion? Not even talking about getting the GC yet. It seems the delay there is 13-27 months. It still feels like a good bet to get GC as an illegal (even after being current) then through legitimate means. We are really being treated like shit.

thanks!

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Originally Posted by bones20

Hi Guys - My AOS was filed on 10/28. Application center is NBC. I live in the Bay area. Was current for filing at that time, current now for final action in april 21 bulletin.

Many(lot) of my co-workers have already received finger print/biometrics notice. I still havent. Are there others here in the same boat? Any suggestion? Not even talking about getting the GC yet. It seems the delay there is 13-27 months. It still feels like a good bet to get GC as an illegal (even after being current) then through legitimate means. We are really being treated like shit.

thanks!

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Hang in there buddy. My RD is 10/29 with NBC (receipts start with MSC). I got my biometrics on Friday for 4/15. I?m sure yours are with USPS.

Yep. My RD is 10/27, got my appt letter on Thursday (3/25) for April 13th FP appt. Yours should be on the way.

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Originally Posted by bones20

Hi Guys - My AOS was filed on 10/28. Application center is NBC. I live in the Bay area. Was current for filing at that time, current now for final action in april 21 bulletin.

Many(lot) of my co-workers have already received finger print/biometrics notice. I still havent. Are there others here in the same boat? Any suggestion? Not even talking about getting the GC yet. It seems the delay there is 13-27 months. It still feels like a good bet to get GC as an illegal (even after being current) then through legitimate means. We are really being treated like shit.

thanks!

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RD 10/29 for me and my friend. We both haven't gotten fp, biometric notices yet. Waiting patiently.

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Originally Posted by bones20

Hi Guys - My AOS was filed on 10/28. Application center is NBC. I live in the Bay area. Was current for filing at that time, current now for final action in april 21 bulletin.

Many(lot) of my co-workers have already received finger print/biometrics notice. I still havent. Are there others here in the same boat? Any suggestion? Not even talking about getting the GC yet. It seems the delay there is 13-27 months. It still feels like a good bet to get GC as an illegal (even after being current) then through legitimate means. We are really being treated like shit.

thanks!

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My RD is 11/02 with NBC. Yet to receive bio-metrics notices for me and my kid. However we did get my wife's bio-metric notice 2 days back for 4/12 as we filed an expedite request for her citing job loss. Hopefully i should get it in a couple of weeks.

There is no update on my 485 application. I applied for EAD/AP in Jan, and biometrics appt update came with that. Funny thing is, I received 2 biometric appt (same day same time), one for my ead and one for my 485.

If you have applied for your ead and received a receipt notice, sign up for uscis online case tracker. Online case status (for ead/AP) updated a week earlier than the physical receipt notice. Still no change to my aos online status.

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Originally Posted by dexter2010

Hang in there buddy. My RD is 10/29 with NBC (receipts start with MSC). I got my biometrics on Friday for 4/15. I?m sure yours are with USPS.

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I am also from Dallas location and RD 10/29 with NBC. I have not received biometric notice yet. I heard it depends ASC availability but not sure how long its going to take for BM notice.

Hello

our EB2 priority date mentioned in I485 and I140 is Jan 8th 2010. After our date became current last month, we contacted USCIS for next steps as we did not hear back from them. They got back to us from the Texas service center that our priority data is confirmed as July 30 2010 and not Jan 2010. On looking through our records, it seems like they are considering the Received date on our I-140 (which is 30th june 2010) and the not the priority data field in either the I-140 or the I485.

Can the experts help me in determining what should be the priority date - the date in the priority date column of I-140 and I485 OR the date in the received date column of I-140? Our immigration counsel is refusing our calls so far other than an email that says that the USCIS needs to update their records. However USCIS said there is nothing that can be done other than the immigration counsel calling in to sort it out

thanks
Shai

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Originally Posted by shaisri

Hello

our EB2 priority date mentioned in I485 and I140 is Jan 8th 2010. After our date became current last month, we contacted USCIS for next steps as we did not hear back from them. They got back to us from the Texas service center that our priority data is confirmed as July 30 2010 and not Jan 2010. On looking through our records, it seems like they are considering the Received date on our I-140 (which is 30th june 2010) and the not the priority data field in either the I-140 or the I485.

Can the experts help me in determining what should be the priority date - the date in the priority date column of I-140 and I485 OR the date in the received date column of I-140? Our immigration counsel is refusing our calls so far other than an email that says that the USCIS needs to update their records. However USCIS said there is nothing that can be done other than the immigration counsel calling in to sort it out

thanks
Shai

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Sorry to hear about your situation. There is a column on your I485 receipt notice that clearly says priority date and there is a date below that. This seems to be a genuine situation for your immigration counsel to help sort out, especially after they are being paid for their services. They are clearly not working in your best interests. Might be good idea to change counsel to Murthy or another reputed attorney to sort this out. If its company appointed counsel, then I understand its probably not feasible to change attorneys, since your employer may decline to support you. Wishing you good luck and prayers.

Hi I got the below response to my SR, don’t know how to respond to it

The status of this service request is:

We have received your service request. Our systems indicate that you are not the applicant, petitioner, or attorney of record for the receipt number provided. Therefore, we cannot release any information to you regarding this case.

The Privacy Act, 5 USC Sec. 552a, prohibits release of information to someone other than the affected party. The affected party is typically the petitioner, applicant or attorney of record. Disclosures of processing times and general procedures relating to certain form types do not fall under the Privacy Act. However, information given to someone other than the affected party, such as the beneficiary, which relates to the specific processing or adjudication of a particular petition or application is prohibited by the Privacy Act and Service policy.

In addition, only the petitioner or applicant may request a change of address or other changes be made to the record. We cannot process changes requested by the beneficiary or a third party.

We hope this information is helpful to you.

XM1676

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Originally Posted by shaisri

Hello

our EB2 priority date mentioned in I485 and I140 is Jan 8th 2010. After our date became current last month, we contacted USCIS for next steps as we did not hear back from them. They got back to us from the Texas service center that our priority data is confirmed as July 30 2010 and not Jan 2010. On looking through our records, it seems like they are considering the Received date on our I-140 (which is 30th june 2010) and the not the priority data field in either the I-140 or the I485.

Can the experts help me in determining what should be the priority date - the date in the priority date column of I-140 and I485 OR the date in the received date column of I-140? Our immigration counsel is refusing our calls so far other than an email that says that the USCIS needs to update their records. However USCIS said there is nothing that can be done other than the immigration counsel calling in to sort it out

thanks
Shai

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I think @Idliman also got a similar response. Maybe a glitch in the software or the person responding to SR didn't know where to look? Can you resubmit the SR?Or do you need to wait for sometime before reapplying? Assuming you applied in 2012, you probably have a EADs approved by now, so the overall system should be okay?