Pedro,
Any idea what is the average time for Security Check. Any trend for the folk who where current in Aug 2013?
Originally Posted by Pedro Gonzales
Pedro,
Any idea what is the average time for Security Check. Any trend for the folk who where current in Aug 2013?
I haven't really seen anything that points me to that. In another thread, there's a guy that may be able to give us a data point. My gut is that it should be between a few hours and 1 week if there isn't a problem that requires additional investigation.
NSC (originally TSC, transferred to NSC on 02/13/13) |-| PD - 04/25/08 |-| MD - 01/19/12 |-| RD - 01/27/12 |-| ND - 01/31/12 |-| Check Encashed - 02/02/12 |-| NRD - 02/04/12 |-| FPND - 02/09/12 |-| FPNRD - 02/17/12 |-| FP Early Walk-In - 02/24/12 |-| EAD/AP Approval & card production notice - 03/07/12 |-| EAD/AP RD - 03/12/12 |-| EAD/AP renewal RD - 12/11/12 |-| EAD/AP renewal approval - 01/22/13 |-| 485 Approval notice - 09/04/13 |-| GC RD - 09/11/13|
Good luck to all of us who are current in September! Hope we all get our approvals this month.
Guys,
I know this questions has been asked gazillion times. How long would it take for me to get an EAD (just filed for the first time in Sep 2013). Planning to switch jobs/roles, H1 might cause some concerns.
Thanks,
Desitiger,
You should be getting EAD/AP card anywhere between 25-90 days from receipt of your application by USCIS. Although the official time frame on USCIS web site is 3 months, my spouse received her EAD (she is a first time filer like you) on 23rd Aug 2013 after applying on 1st Aug 2013. I am pretty sure that you will receive EAD/AP by end of this month or latest by early October 2013.
You should get it pretty quickly (within 2 months I imagine). You have a bigger issue though. You need to wait 6 months from RD of the 485 before you can use AC21 to keep your AOS application alive. If you change jobs before then, you will need to start the GC process all over. Even when you change jobs after 6 months, it has to be in a "similar" role.
Last edited by vizcard; 09-03-2013 at 11:44 AM.
The first few hours of September in Trackitt have a lot of EB3 approvals. I expect this to be the case. Would not be shocked if most of the approvals actually come from EB3-I, as their dates moved forward considerably. Once the numbers from DOS for FY-2013 come out, I suspect we will see EB3 got more visas than it was supposed to.
Today and tomorrow are very important dates as we would know whether the slowdown towards end of Aug was because of USCIS having less visas available or was it because they were running out of easy preadjudicated cases that can be granted GC.
If we start seeing more than 20 approvals daily then it is clear that they have lot of visas and the slow approvals towards end of Aug had more to do with lesser low hanging fruits.
Congrats! You're the first on this site. Did you resort to any prodding of the USCIS? SRs, Congressional or Senatorial enquiries, etc?
My latest count on trackitt is 9, excluding the 2 guys that were current in August.
NSC (originally TSC, transferred to NSC on 02/13/13) |-| PD - 04/25/08 |-| MD - 01/19/12 |-| RD - 01/27/12 |-| ND - 01/31/12 |-| Check Encashed - 02/02/12 |-| NRD - 02/04/12 |-| FPND - 02/09/12 |-| FPNRD - 02/17/12 |-| FP Early Walk-In - 02/24/12 |-| EAD/AP Approval & card production notice - 03/07/12 |-| EAD/AP RD - 03/12/12 |-| EAD/AP renewal RD - 12/11/12 |-| EAD/AP renewal approval - 01/22/13 |-| 485 Approval notice - 09/04/13 |-| GC RD - 09/11/13|
Jagan, I'd be very very surprised if the USCIS is running out of visa numbers. I think the slowdown was a mix of end of August vacations and completion of low hanging fruit. I'm sure things will pick up again.
NSC (originally TSC, transferred to NSC on 02/13/13) |-| PD - 04/25/08 |-| MD - 01/19/12 |-| RD - 01/27/12 |-| ND - 01/31/12 |-| Check Encashed - 02/02/12 |-| NRD - 02/04/12 |-| FPND - 02/09/12 |-| FPNRD - 02/17/12 |-| FP Early Walk-In - 02/24/12 |-| EAD/AP Approval & card production notice - 03/07/12 |-| EAD/AP RD - 03/12/12 |-| EAD/AP renewal RD - 12/11/12 |-| EAD/AP renewal approval - 01/22/13 |-| 485 Approval notice - 09/04/13 |-| GC RD - 09/11/13|
Fortunately I did not call anyone. No L1, L2 officer, no Congressmen etc. I had filed my 485 myself and when I got RFE for Photo, I replied and waited. The status said 'we are reviewing you response' and it stayed there till finally I got the CP email.
SC:NSC PD:05/29/2008 ND:01/27/2012 FP:03//22/2012 EAD:rfe for photo 03/16/2012, replied 03/26/2012, ead/ap card production 04/10/2012 GC:09/03/2013
I see 27 total EB2I approvals on trackitt today (threads + tracker).
I think that 27 is going to swell to 30+ by the end of the day.
Splits are as follows:
Current in August:------TSC 6-----NSC 2-----NBC 1-----Total 9
Current in September:--TSC 3-----NSC 15---------------Total 18
Last edited by Pedro Gonzales; 09-03-2013 at 04:49 PM. Reason: Udated
Can you break it down by service centers?
I read your mind.
NSC (originally TSC, transferred to NSC on 02/13/13) |-| PD - 04/25/08 |-| MD - 01/19/12 |-| RD - 01/27/12 |-| ND - 01/31/12 |-| Check Encashed - 02/02/12 |-| NRD - 02/04/12 |-| FPND - 02/09/12 |-| FPNRD - 02/17/12 |-| FP Early Walk-In - 02/24/12 |-| EAD/AP Approval & card production notice - 03/07/12 |-| EAD/AP RD - 03/12/12 |-| EAD/AP renewal RD - 12/11/12 |-| EAD/AP renewal approval - 01/22/13 |-| 485 Approval notice - 09/04/13 |-| GC RD - 09/11/13|
You sure did. If I may and if possible can you also post their PDs?
If you are trying to analyze the approvals, I can tell your ight now that it is completely random, with the exception that NSC is mostly focused on September applicants whereas TSC is still clearing out its Aug backlog of porters. Here is my list.
No Username PD Direct or EB3/EB2 RD SC RFE
1 chakdeindia 3/17/2008 Direct 1/5/2012 NSC No
2 parzival 3/10/2008 Direct 1/3/2012 NSC Mar 12
3 crazy007 4/15/2008 Direct 3/7/2012 NSC Jun 12
4 goinggc 5/27/2008 Direct 1/18/2012 NSC
5 iFrustrate 2/29/2008 NSC
6 hkbros 6/12/2008 Direct 3/7/2012 NSC
7 nikkya 4/8/2008 Direct 1/20/2012 TSC No
8 kmvk 4/1/2007 EB3 - EB2 8/1/2007 TSC Aug 13
9 deecee2000 4/22/2008 NSC
10 modic 2/7/2008 1/12/2012 NSC Apr 12
11 bjayaraj 1/4/2008 Direct 12/6/2011 TSC Jul 13
12 sarthakv 9/1/2004 EB3 - EB2 TSC
13 balaji6769 12/25/2006 EB3 - EB2 7/25/2007 NSC/TSC No
14 aped 9/1/2006 EB2 Direct 8/1/2007 NBC
15 HaveaDream 5/1/2007 EB2 Direct TSC Jun 12
16 sriram5 5/15/2008 Direct 2/6/2012 NSC
17 deservegc 5/31/2006 3/9/2012 NSC Aug 13
18 bpadala04 10/4/2006 EB3 - EB2 9/7/2007 NSC/TSC Aug 13
19 JustSigned 4/29/2008 Direct 2/2/2012 NSC Jun 12
20 dhana 2/5/2008 Direct 1/17/2012 NSC
21 eagergc2012 3/20/2008 Direct NSC Mar 12
22 Rolo 1/31/2008 Direct 4/6/2012 TSC
23 Caballo 11/30/2007 Direct 12/8/2011 NSC Aug 13
24 maneeshk 1/8/2008 Direct 2/2/2012 NSC Jul 12
25 suryagude 3/25/2008 Direct 1/17/2012 NSC No
26 USGC78 5/26/2006 Direct 11/7/2012 TSC Aug 13
27 virgoking 4/25/2008 Direct 4/23/2012 NSC Sep 12
NSC (originally TSC, transferred to NSC on 02/13/13) |-| PD - 04/25/08 |-| MD - 01/19/12 |-| RD - 01/27/12 |-| ND - 01/31/12 |-| Check Encashed - 02/02/12 |-| NRD - 02/04/12 |-| FPND - 02/09/12 |-| FPNRD - 02/17/12 |-| FP Early Walk-In - 02/24/12 |-| EAD/AP Approval & card production notice - 03/07/12 |-| EAD/AP RD - 03/12/12 |-| EAD/AP renewal RD - 12/11/12 |-| EAD/AP renewal approval - 01/22/13 |-| 485 Approval notice - 09/04/13 |-| GC RD - 09/11/13|
Once again you were lighting fast and yes I am trying to analyse the approvals. Last month too NSC started off fast but then TSC not caught up but went past them within the first 10 days of the month. A few things to note as you have already noted and lets us keep updating for all of us(If it makes sense) to get a quick snapshot for people who want quick summaries and don't want numbers.
1. NSC approvals mostly EB2i direct are getting LPR status.
2. TSC still clearing 2007 cases.
I am with you on that... I also feel that there are sufficient numbers available and the slowdown in Aug end was because of lesser low hanging fruits... Good luck Pedro...
I do see one pattern in the approvals. Far more applicants have responded to RFEs at some point in the last 2 years than I would have expected (about 50% for Septemberers). Maybe 1 out of every 2 employees at NSC has received an RFE and so it isn't significant at all, but it would surprise me if the RFE ratio was that high (remember NSC wasn't subject to the mass RFEs in June). I think it is more likely that the RFE response review was completed at some point within the last 6 months and that it triggered a simultaneous IBIS check , which means those guys are truly pre-adjudicated (assuming the RFE response was sufficient).
The RFE % for Augusters is much higher (70%), but that makes sense, as those cases are mostly TSC (and so subject to the mass RFEs in June).
Another update.
31 total EB2I approvals on trackitt today (threads + tracker).
Splits are as follows:
Augusters:------TSC 7-----NSC 4-----NBC 1-----Total 12
Septemberers:--TSC 3-----NSC 16---------------Total 19
Last edited by Pedro Gonzales; 09-03-2013 at 06:38 PM.
After trying to control myself for the whole day, I called USCIS. I requested to be put through to the L2 officer. The wait time was 90 mins so left the call back number. 60 mins later got the call from L2 officer. After taking the usual details, she pulled up my case details and then was taken aback by the fact that the case was received in Jan 2012 ( I guess she didn't figure that I was from India). She quickly wrote an email to NSC asking for a status update and advised me that I should hear from them before 20 September (is this SR?).
On my question related to the fact if everything on my file was "in-order". She then told me that my file was reviewed in May and June and if something was amiss they would have issued an RFE. She said everything seems ok.
Regards
Nat
Last edited by natvyas; 09-03-2013 at 06:00 PM.
I initially thought of waiting for a week to open SR but not controlled myself and spoke to L1 and L2 officers today. L1 officer opened SR and told i will get the response in 15 days. Are we going to get the response through regular mail only or email also ? I remember during 2012 when i opened SR for FP status, i received the response in email.
L2 officer was very rude and she told my application was 'Preadjucated' but other than that she didn't answer anything. I asked her about the background check status and whether my application was assigned to officer for final review, she said I will get the response for SR and wait for that.
Hoping to here good news in coming weeks.
yes that's SR, she is correct most likely you wont get RFE ( but not impossible)
That's not bad but I hope they issue same or higher everyday ( I am hoping 40 approx. on some days)
So far, the numbers that have updated the Tracker with a September 3 approval date are:
Year -- NSC -- TSC - Total
2005 ---- 1 ---- 0 - --- 1
2006 ---- 3 ---- 2 - --- 5
2007 ---- 1 ---- 2 - --- 3
2008 --- 13 ---- 4 ---- 17
Total -- 18 ---- 8 ---- 26
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