All Aug 2013 485 APPROVALS & DISCUSSION - report here with details

[IJune05]

How long does it take = I tried today and the earliest available date in my area is Sept 3
Does it make a difference = IMHO No but it may not hurt

Hope this helps!

Para-legal working on my case suggested info-pass. How long will it take to get appointment , does it make any difference?

[indiani]

How long does it take = I tried today and the earliest available date in my area is Sept 3
Does it make a difference = IMHO No but it may not hurt

Hope this helps!

I am thinking about taking appointment as congressional inquiry/ speaking with L2/ attorney's email request all have been exhausted and the Para-legal some how thinks that info pass can help as she has seen one approval after info-pass. ( perhaps a coincidence but for her to make a conclusion one case was enough ..LOL).

slowly the possibility of having to wait another year is sinking into me, I will wait till last week of September before using AC21 unless October dates will stay the same ( which I think is extremely unlikely but as Q thinks there is a small chance they might stay the same as September)

addendum: just took an info-pass appt., surprisingly there is only one day - September 4th morning available and I have to pick a time within 2 hour timeframe.

[Pedro Gonzales]

There's a thread on trackitt listing applicants that are current in Aug but haven't received their GCs yet. There are 80 people on the list. If we assume that list is 50% complete among trackitt users, we're looking at 160 trackitt users that are still waiting, and if we throw in a 6% conversion ratio, it could be about 2,700 applicants still left over. Of course, if only 20% of trackitt users had populated that list, that number would be 6,700.

Another way to look at it would be to compare the tracker # of approvals (about 80) with the # still waiting on this list (also 80). That tells me we only have half the approvals, thus far.

[indiani]

There's a thread on trackitt listing applicants that are current in Aug but haven't received their GCs yet. There are 80 people on the list. If we assume that list is 50% complete among trackitt users, we're looking at 160 trackitt users that are still waiting, and if we throw in a 6% conversion ratio, it could be about 2,700 applicants still left over. Of course, if only 20% of trackitt users had populated that list, that number would be 6,700.

Another way to look at it would be to compare the tracker # of approvals (about 80) with the # still waiting on this list (also 80). That tells me we only have half the approvals, thus far.

I counted all Nov 2007 august approvals listed trackitt and also all approvable cases waiting ( not accounting for people not posting their approvals due to various reasons)..

My final impression: overall looks like anywhere between 30% to 50% left out so far , that translates to 4 to 6 thousand are still waiting.

My main concern is that the rate of approvals aren't picking up pace overall which I expected.

In September even if 4K are added to 7.3K= 11.3K

If they are able to process 8K this months, they wont be able to process a whole lot more next month as the limiting factor if the personnel and time.
Finally as I mentioned few days ago I expect about 4K approvable cases left away ( I hope its somewhat lower)

[Spectator]

There's a thread on trackitt listing applicants that are current in Aug but haven't received their GCs yet. There are 80 people on the list. If we assume that list is 50% complete among trackitt users, we're looking at 160 trackitt users that are still waiting, and if we throw in a 6% conversion ratio, it could be about 2,700 applicants still left over. Of course, if only 20% of trackitt users had populated that list, that number would be 6,700.

Another way to look at it would be to compare the tracker # of approvals (about 80) with the # still waiting on this list (also 80). That tells me we only have half the approvals, thus far.

I also looked at this subject using Trackitt figures.

About 400 have been approved in August to date and there certainly could be the same number to come again with a PD prior to 2008.

There are only another 7 working days in August after today (which has seen quite low approval numbers for the second day running). The final total for August might be around 600, which is about the maximum USCIS has adjudicated in a month.

In September, somewhere between 600-700 further Trackitt cases will become Current with a PD earlier than the Cut Off Date.

Even accepting that not all September cases will ever be updated, it's a bit worrying considering the current processing rate. We have Labor Day coming up, so the start of September may well be slow as people tag days on each side of the the extended Holiday Weekend.

If a couple of hundred are still left from August and September cases require another 400, then USCIS would have to approve another 600 updated Trackitt cases in September.

It might be possible to process all of them, but I think USCIS would need the whole of September to have a chance of doing so.

[Niksammy]

I am thinking about taking appointment as congressional inquiry/ speaking with L2/ attorney's email request all have been exhausted and the Para-legal some how thinks that info pass can help as she has seen one approval after info-pass. ( perhaps a coincidence but for her to make a conclusion one case was enough ..LOL).

slowly the possibility of having to wait another year is sinking into me, I will wait till last week of September before using AC21 unless October dates will stay the same ( which I think is extremely unlikely but as Q thinks there is a small chance they might stay the same as September)

addendum: just took an info-pass appt., surprisingly there is only one day - September 4th morning available and I have to pick a time within 2 hour timeframe.

Just thought of sharing my InfoPass experience in Manhattan/NYC Downtown office on 20 Aug 2013. I unfortunately was directed to a pretty nasty woman officer (based on token number) who refused to give me any information other than asking me to send a mail to Texas Service Center regarding my case status and getting a response from them in 90 days.

She refused to let me know if my application is being adjudicated under EB2 or EB3 category (though Fragomen already sent me USCIS response on 13th Aug that my application is being considered under EB2). When I asked her if my application has been assigned to an officer, she bluntly suggested that she does not know. She went on to state that I do not even fall under NYC Field office and I had no business to come to NYC office to check my case status.

Icing on the cake was when she insisted that my EB2I PD (12/12/2006) is not even current in Aug 2013 , but will be current starting 1st Sept 2013.

[Spectator]

Niksammy,

Sorry to hear that.

[gclabor07]

Indiani,

I don't know if this is co-incidence for me or not. It very well could be because on 8/15 several TSC applicants mentioned getting magic email around 9:30am like I did. But for what it is worth, here is what happened to me.

Like you and others on this forum, I was anxious about getting my file picked up (EB2 I, July 2007 priority, Nov 2011 filer). I called L2 on 8/5 and spoke with a lady. She didn't provide any useful info, only said I should wait 8-10 days and call again. So, I called again in 9 days on 8/14. I spoke with another L2 officer. I told him that I was asked to call back this week to see if an officer can provide with any better status on my case. This L2 officer took my info like birth date, country of birth, address etc. and put me on hold for 5 minutes. He came back and said case is in the system. I tried to probe him a little bit. Then he said, he could have USCIS send me a letter stating I should wait for 90 days. This sounded to me like he was going to create SR. Sensing that, I told him I don't want to create any SR. My purpose was simply to understand status. I also told him not to bother with SR as I didn't want to put any burden on IOs because I know they are busy right now. The call ended there. Next day, I got the magic email for me. My wife got RFE which I'm waiting to receive.

Not sure if the L2 was doing something to expedite my case while I was on hold for 5 minutes. Or this must have been a total co-incidence. Also, the second L2 officer was a latino guy, greeted me in Spanish. I greeted him in Spanish when I ended the call. May be that helped, I would never know. This may sound warm and fuzzy. But, I know you're very anxious due to your job situation.

I hope this helps.

I counted all Nov 2007 august approvals listed trackitt and also all approvable cases waiting ( not accounting for people not posting their approvals due to various reasons)..

My final impression: overall looks like anywhere between 30% to 50% left out so far , that translates to 4 to 6 thousand are still waiting.

My main concern is that the rate of approvals aren't picking up pace overall which I expected.

In September even if 4K are added to 7.3K= 11.3K

If they are able to process 8K this months, they wont be able to process a whole lot more next month as the limiting factor if the personnel and time.
Finally as I mentioned few days ago I expect about 4K approvable cases left away ( I hope its somewhat lower)

[rajkraj]

Tricky situation?

My PD is OCT 2006, EB3 --> EB2 case, actually on july 11th uscis issued RFE's to me and dependent..We received copy of dependent ref thru old attorney but not mine...thru my new attorney we submitted dependent ref docs and requested my ref details on July 23 rd...Surprisingly I have received my ref details thru my other attorney (submitted ac21 thru him) on 1st Aug and sent ref docs on 2nd and uscis received on 5th morning.

Both cases approved on 8th Aug. and received green cards on 14th Aug.

But on 6th Aug usics issued Rfe my case and after receiving it on 9th Aug we came to know that it is duplicate rfe (same old rfe)...I am thinking that since my new attorney requested a copy of my ref uscis issued on 6th and for safe side my attorney re-submitted copys of ref.

Here is tricky part on 14th Aug 4:15pm my case status changed to USPS delivered green card exactly after 1 hr (5:15 pm) it changed to 'Response review status' .....since then my case status stuck there....so day by day i am getting worry about my case status ..Gurus pls adivise...

[qesehmk]

Niksammy - I spent about 6 months last year in NY where my client was located. So used to camp in hotel in midtown. I am a big fan of NY. But my observation is that post 911 some NY folks especially jewshish folks treat all indians as if they drove those damn planes into WTC buildings. So my solution was - I was equally nasty to whoever was bitchy with me. Generally speaking that's how I treat anybody who mistreats me. There are just too many of them and no point in taking shit when you don't have to. I hope you next time you get some shit -- you give it back to that person. Green card will come when it will.

p.s. - My FDBL lawyer was the same way. In fact she was a paralegal and used to treat me as if i am a beggar.

Just thought of sharing my InfoPass experience in Manhattan/NYC Downtown office on 20 Aug 2013. I unfortunately was directed to a pretty nasty woman officer (based on token number) who refused to give me any information other than asking me to send a mail to Texas Service Center regarding my case status and getting a response from them in 90 days.

She refused to let me know if my application is being adjudicated under EB2 or EB3 category (though Fragomen already sent me USCIS response on 13th Aug that my application is being considered under EB2). When I asked her if my application has been assigned to an officer, she bluntly suggested that she does not know. She went on to state that I do not even fall under NYC Field office and I had no business to come to NYC office to check my case status.

Icing on the cake was when she insisted that my EB2I PD (12/12/2006) is not even current in Aug 2013 , but will be current starting 1st Sept 2013.

[indiani]

Just thought of sharing my InfoPass experience in Manhattan/NYC Downtown office on 20 Aug 2013. I unfortunately was directed to a pretty nasty woman officer (based on token number) who refused to give me any information other than asking me to send a mail to Texas Service Center regarding my case status and getting a response from them in 90 days.

She refused to let me know if my application is being adjudicated under EB2 or EB3 category (though Fragomen already sent me USCIS response on 13th Aug that my application is being considered under EB2). When I asked her if my application has been assigned to an officer, she bluntly suggested that she does not know. She went on to state that I do not even fall under NYC Field office and I had no business to come to NYC office to check my case status.

Icing on the cake was when she insisted that my EB2I PD (12/12/2006) is not even current in Aug 2013 , but will be current starting 1st Sept 2013.

I never wanted to think about info-pass until I spoke with Para legal to discuss the response from uscis and to see if there is anything left to do, at that time she suggested info-pass but I think info-pass officers are not in any better position than L2 ( which we can do fro home/ our office based on convenience as they speak for less than a minute anyway).

for me taking morning off might be difficult especially with my job situation. even though I took appointment for September 4th, I might just cancel it next week as I don't see any logical scenario how it will increase the chances of my GC., it will just remind my employer that I still am going through this GC stuff as I need to inform them before taking half day off as I am in the clinic ( sort of ) these days.

Thanks for sharing your story, when there is no accountability and no incentive to provide good service or more service , it just turns out to be pathetic service.

[indiani]

Tricky situation?

My PD is OCT 2006, EB3 --> EB2 case, actually on july 11th uscis issued RFE's to me and dependent..We received copy of dependent ref thru old attorney but not mine...thru my new attorney we submitted dependent ref docs and requested my ref details on July 23 rd...Surprisingly I have received my ref details thru my other attorney (submitted ac21 thru him) on 1st Aug and sent ref docs on 2nd and uscis received on 5th morning.

Both cases approved on 8th Aug. and received green cards on 14th Aug.

But on 6th Aug usics issued Rfe my case and after receiving it on 9th Aug we came to know that it is duplicate rfe (same old rfe)...I am thinking that since my new attorney requested a copy of my ref uscis issued on 6th and for safe side my attorney re-submitted copys of ref.

Here is tricky part on 14th Aug 4:15pm my case status changed to USPS delivered green card exactly after 1 hr (5:15 pm) it changed to 'Response review status' .....since then my case status stuck there....so day by day i am getting worry about my case status ..Gurus pls adivise...

once they have approved your GC ( as long as there is no error or fraud), they can't cancel your GC, its illegal, you can sue them if they try to take it away.

[Pedro Gonzales]

Tricky situation?
Here is tricky part on 14th Aug 4:15pm my case status changed to USPS delivered green card exactly after 1 hr (5:15 pm) it changed to 'Response review status' .....since then my case status stuck there....so day by day i am getting worry about my case status ..Gurus pls adivise...

I don't think you need to worry about anything. You have the green card (do not return it), you've responded to the RFE, twice before the GC was received, so you're fine. I'd ask your lawyer to follow up to close the loop with the USCIS so as to resolve confusions on their end.

[Niksammy]

Niksammy,

Sorry to hear that.

I was not too surprised because there many people on Trackitt who have described not very pleasant encounters with L2 officers. Since people who handle info pass appointments at field offices are similar to L2 officers, a part of me was expecting that I might not get any new information.

[Niksammy]

Niksammy - I spent about 6 months last year in NY where my client was located. So used to camp in hotel in midtown. I am a big fan of NY. But my observation is that post 911 some NY folks especially jewshish folks treat all indians as if they drove those damn planes into WTC buildings. So my solution was - I was equally nasty to whoever was bitchy with me. Generally speaking that's how I treat anybody who mistreats me. There are just too many of them and no point in taking shit when you don't have to. I hope you next time you get some shit -- you give it back to that person. Green card will come when it will.

p.s. - My FDBL lawyer was the same way. In fact she was a paralegal and used to treat me as if i am a beggar.

Thanks for the kind words. Unfortunately, people in NYC are a bit rude as compared to other places in the US. It doesn't make too much sense to feel bad about it - may be the USCIS officer had a bad day, was frustrated and took it out on me.

I feel happy that I have tried everything I could do to ensure that USCIS looks at my application - from interfile to asking FDBL to use Streamline process to opening a SR to asking my congresswoman for help. Need to just wait and watch. Hoping to get greened soon .

To the contrary, my experience with FDBL has been nothing but pleasant (much better than 2 law firms I have dealt with earlier - my old company's lawyers and law firm used by my wife's hospital for her H1). I had read about all the bad experience you had with them and was pretty concerned, but they(FDBL) have gone out of way to accommodate all my requests. The reason for this could be that forced my HR to ensure that I communicate directly with their Client Services Manager instead of stupid paralegals (who all think that they are more qualified than US Attorney General ).

[indiani]

Thursday will be hopefully "high approval day" expecting 35 on trackitt

[sam96_77]

Thursday will be hopefully "high approval day" expecting 35 on trackitt

An update on my case. I received the magic email yesterday for both me and spouse.
PD Dec 2007, RD Dec 2011. Missed the boat in 2012. Although I came to this forum once every other day to read but I tried to refrain from posting and checking various other forums frequently. This time around when dates were current I approached my congressman and senator both for help after 1st week( my attorney said if it cannot help it won't hurt anything). Senate office is backed up and needed 2 weeks to just look at my request. Congressman office was more accessible but they are still waiting for a response back. I can't say last few weeks were not stressful or I didn't think about GC but was trying my best to stay engage with work, family and friends and exercise, in that order.

I found this forum almost 2 years ago and has been my soul source of information. Seldom I ventured to trackitt or other sites. I think this forum has lots and lots of useful information and very knowledgeable people who go out of their way to help or answer any question.

My special thanks to gurus for all their work. Just to name a few without which this post will be incomplete are: Q, Spe, Viz, matt, veni, pedro, nishant, tackle, indiani, and others. This is simply amazing work.

Nishant used to be an active participant but I haven't seen him here lately. This is just a request to him if he reads this post to continue to post and help others as I remember from last year you added a lot of valuable post to this forum.

Thank you everyone. I believe I cannot quit this forum so will continue to read and hopefully someday I can contribute in a positive way.

Best of luck to everyone who is current or will be current next month.

Indiani I feel like tera number bi jaroor ayega aur jald hi ayega. Best of luck.

[Spectator]

sam96_77,

Many congratulations!!

Glad to hear you will be sticking around.

[GCKnowHow]

......when she insisted that my EB2I PD (12/12/2006) is not even current in Aug 2013.....

Sorry for you.
This is exactly what that article few posts above states.

[qesehmk]

Big Congrats Sam!! Wish you the best.

An update on my case. I received the magic email yesterday for both me and spouse. Big Congrats Sam!! Wish you the best.
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I found this forum almost 2 years ago and has been my soul source of information. Seldom ****entured to trackitt or other sites. I think this forum has lots and lots of useful information and very knowledgeable people who go out of their way to help or answer any question. My special thanks to gurus for all their work. Just to name a few without which this post will be incomplete are: Q, Spe, Viz, matt, veni, pedro, nishant, tackle, indiani, and others. This is simply amazing work. So kind of you to say that. Thank you.

Nishant used to be an active participant but I haven't seen him here lately. This is just a request to him if he reads this post to continue to post and help others as I remember from last year you added a lot of valuable post to this forum. Nishant has become a manager in his company. I know he keeps posting once a while and checks forum regularly. Nishantbhai - are you listening.

Thank you everyone. I believe I cannot quit this forum so will continue to read and hopefully someday I can contribute in a positive way. - Sam - certainly other people will benefit from your experience now. But if you can't visit regularly that too is perfectly alright. Do what makes you happy!

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Indiani I feel like tera number bi jaroor ayega aur jald hi ayega. That reminds me of Anoop Kumar in Chalati ka naam gaadi. "O munnu tera to ho gayaa pyaar Ab mera kyaa hoga". Everybody is waiting for Indiani's.

[ragx08]

An update on my case. I received the magic email yesterday for both me and spouse.
PD Dec 2007, RD Dec 2011. Missed the boat in 2012. Although I came to this forum once every other day to read but I tried to refrain from posting and checking various other forums frequently. This time around when dates were current I approached my congressman and senator both for help after 1st week( my attorney said if it cannot help it won't hurt anything). Senate office is backed up and needed 2 weeks to just look at my request. Congressman office was more accessible but they are still waiting for a response back. I can't say last few weeks were not stressful or I didn't think about GC but was trying my best to stay engage with work, family and friends and exercise, in that order.

I found this forum almost 2 years ago and has been my soul source of information. Seldom ****entured to trackitt or other sites. I think this forum has lots and lots of useful information and very knowledgeable people who go out of their way to help or answer any question.

My special thanks to gurus for all their work. Just to name a few without which this post will be incomplete are: Q, Spe, Viz, matt, veni, pedro, nishant, tackle, indiani, and others. This is simply amazing work.

Nishant used to be an active participant but I haven't seen him here lately. This is just a request to him if he reads this post to continue to post and help others as I remember from last year you added a lot of valuable post to this forum.

Thank you everyone. I believe I cannot quit this forum so will continue to read and hopefully someday I can contribute in a positive way.

Best of luck to everyone who is current or will be current next month.

Indiani I feel like tera number bi jaroor ayega aur jald hi ayega. Best of luck.

Congratulations Sam!!!

[Eb2_Dec07]

Congratulations Sam . Enjoy green life.

Indiani , waiting for your post with the news

[Eb2_Dec07]

This morning I saw another round of emails circulating . One again for CPO and another again decision . Case status online flips from CPO to decision .

[ragx08]

This morning I saw another round of emails circulating . One again for CPO and another again decision . Case status online flips from CPO to decision .

From what I remember - that is normal.

[Jagan01]

Big Congrats Sam!! Wish you the best.

Congrats sam