Celebrations & Thanks

[Kanmani]

Sports,

Congratulations! It feels like we just heard the good news! Sorry to join your party late, late is the latest Tamil Nadu style!

Enjoy man!

[waitinglong]

I have also finally received the GC in hand. Mine was approved on 29th Aug (Lord Ganesha's blessing?), then it took some time to receive it in post. Mine is EB2-India, priority date 2-July-2008, TSC, RFE received on 2-Jun-2014. Was waiting for a long time, getting frustrated, and finally got it. In between I had opened SR, and also contacted the local senator. Both cases the answer was pretty routine - it is in process, and will inform you in 30-60 days. The other uncommon(?) thing that I had done some years back was I had applied for and received the Canadian GC as a sort of backup in case this US GC does not work out. But that Canadian GC expired while I was still waiting for US GC, so in reality it never became a proper backup. I did not go to Canada.

Thanks to so many folks here - Q, Spec, Kanmani, Sportsfan33, Viz, TeddyKoochu and many others. Your observations and comments made sense in this long and mad journey and gave us hope. Thanks once again.

[jdoe99]

BTW, I noticed on the trackitt threads that the approvals have gone up from Sept 27th. If they are indeed coming from 2014 numbers, that's very encouraging. The backlog is reducing. I feel depending upon how bad the PERM situation is, the date might move even earlier in the FY.

Your approval as well as the ones coming now have to be coming from visa numbers requested before internal retrogression or from 2014 spillover. They surely cannot borrow numbers from 2015 when there are a few days left. The more that are requested from 2014 the better

congrats!

[TeddyKoochu]

I have also finally received the GC in hand. Mine was approved on 29th Aug (Lord Ganesha's blessing?), then it took some time to receive it in post. Mine is EB2-India, priority date 2-July-2008, TSC, RFE received on 2-Jun-2014. Was waiting for a long time, getting frustrated, and finally got it. In between I had opened SR, and also contacted the local senator. Both cases the answer was pretty routine - it is in process, and will inform you in 30-60 days. The other uncommon(?) thing that I had done some years back was I had applied for and received the Canadian GC as a sort of backup in case this US GC does not work out. But that Canadian GC expired while I was still waiting for US GC, so in reality it never became a proper backup. I did not go to Canada.

Thanks to so many folks here - Q, Spec, Kanmani, Sportsfan33, Viz, TeddyKoochu and many others. Your observations and comments made sense in this long and mad journey and gave us hope. Thanks once again.

Congratulations my friend, enjoy the freedom and green life.

[GCHopes]

This forum has just been phenomenal!!! I've no idea what i'd have done if it wasn't for this Forum and the terrific support of the brilliant people participating!!! You guys helped me stay calm through the rough times and the constant unknown!!! Thanks again, and good luck to all who are waiting!!

[krookbond]

Got CPO email and texts today for both my wife and myself.

PD: 06/2008
RD: 02/2012
RFE: 09/22/2014
RFE Replied: 09/26/2014
CPO: 09/30/2014

When it happens, it happens fast

[gten20]

Got CPO email and texts today for both my wife and myself.

PD: 06/2008
RD: 02/2012
RFE: 09/22/2014
RFE Replied: 09/26/2014
CPO: 09/30/2014

When it happens, it happens fast

Congrats! Enjoy the green life.

[gten20]

Congrats GCHopes.

[qesehmk]

waitinglong / GCHopes / bond -

My heartiest congratulations to all of you. It is good to see approval coming so late in September.

This forum has just been phenomenal!!! I've no idea what i'd have done if it wasn't for this Forum and the terrific support of the brilliant people participating!!! You guys helped me stay calm through the rough times and the constant unknown!!! Thanks again, and good luck to all who are waiting!!

Got CPO email and texts today for both my wife and myself.

PD: 06/2008
RD: 02/2012
RFE: 09/22/2014
RFE Replied: 09/26/2014
CPO: 09/30/2014

When it happens, it happens fast

I have also finally received the GC in hand. Mine was approved on 29th Aug (Lord Ganesha's blessing?), then it took some time to receive it in post. Mine is EB2-India, priority date 2-July-2008, TSC, RFE received on 2-Jun-2014. Was waiting for a long time, getting frustrated, and finally got it. In between I had opened SR, and also contacted the local senator. Both cases the answer was pretty routine - it is in process, and will inform you in 30-60 days. The other uncommon(?) thing that I had done some years back was I had applied for and received the Canadian GC as a sort of backup in case this US GC does not work out. But that Canadian GC expired while I was still waiting for US GC, so in reality it never became a proper backup. I did not go to Canada.

Thanks to so many folks here - Q, Spec, Kanmani, Sportsfan33, Viz, TeddyKoochu and many others. Your observations and comments made sense in this long and mad journey and gave us hope. Thanks once again.

[krookbond]

Yes, USCIS messed in my RFE in the sense that it was issued back on May 27 2014 but they never mailed it to me or my attorney. They mailed it on Sep 17th with another letter attached to it saying "expiration extended till Oct 22".

I will give it to my Congresswoman and her staff. They kept bugging their USCIS liaison to get status update on my and my wife's case. They called USCIS multiple times to check if RFE was mailed, then to check if reply received was what they were expecting and finally they called USCIS yesterday to check if a decision can be made to our case.

My own attorney was not taking Congreewoman and liaison seriously till they actually got the RFE mailed. She was simply saying, it is their job to treat you well but they will keep giving you standard replies. One of the nicest things in Democracy, legislature has enough power to make executive branches work if they want to.

[reachkash]

Congratulations sports. Enjoy the moments. I am happy for you.

Looks like I am the last domino to fall. They seem to have started allocating October numbers early!

Sorry I can't think of any colorful metaphors to say that I received CPO finally. My observation is that it came almost the end of the month so it should be from the 2015 quota already.

Don't really feel different because the last few days, I had convinced myself I had the damn green card. I managed to trick my mind.

Anyway, some thank yous are in order. The three foremost: Q (for creating and maintaining this forum), spec (for being the most knowledgeable poster and the one who kept my spirits alive when I bugged him with many PMs with depressing thoughts), kanmani (for being the Guru of all semantics and "law thingies"). Everyone else including imdeng, sunn, viz and even the old timers like Pedro (shame he stopped posting!)...sorry guys, I don't want to drag this unnecessarily. I thank each and every one of you for being the part of this forum and keeping it alive.

I will keep on posting. Good luck to everyone, whoever is still waiting to be greened this year.

I will not leave and keep posting from time to time.

[IsItWorthTheTrouble]

Congratulations sports. Enjoy the moments. I am happy for you.

My 6yr 2mos & 1week journey to GC freedom ended @ 1pm EST today. I was a first time filer (jul 2008) this july. I was happy last fri when our EADs got approved because I thought we only had a outside chance for our cases to get approved before oct 31st but never expected it to happen within 13hours of the dawn of the new fiscal yr.

I loved this forum for the analysis that the guru's based on cold hard - and sometimes implied - facts. This forum has been my beacon of hope for the last few years since I'm across it on a google search (thanks google).

I hope to remain on this forum and hopefully help others in my own small ways.

[gten20]

Congrats IsItWorthTheTrouble

[IsItWorthTheTrouble]

I would like to thank the guru's on these forum for their tireless work on number crunching to come up with predictions that gave hope to countless folks like me. Our saga came to end this last wednesday when our GC was approved. We were first time filers with a july end 2008 PD. Thanks again for bringing sanity to the countless of EB2-I folks struck in limbo.

[Spectator]

IsItWorthTheTrouble,

Congratulations!

[qesehmk]

Trouble - many congratulations and thanks for the kind words. Hope to see you around. All the best!

My 6yr 2mos & 1week journey to GC freedom ended @ 1pm EST today. I was a first time filer (jul 2008) this july. I was happy last fri when our EADs got approved because I thought we only had a outside chance for our cases to get approved before oct 31st but never expected it to happen within 13hours of the dawn of the new fiscal yr.

I loved this forum for the analysis that the guru's based on cold hard - and sometimes implied - facts. This forum has been my beacon of hope for the last few years since I'm across it on a google search (thanks google).

I hope to remain on this forum and hopefully help others in my own small ways.

[imdeng]

Congrats IsItWorthTheTrouble! Best wishes to you and your family for a green life forward.

[helooo]

Hello All,
Best news of my life:
On June 26, 2015, we ordered your new card for Receipt Number SRC149032xxxxx, and will mail it to the address you gave us.
PD 6/16/2008
RD. 07/01/2014
Interview:Jan,2015
485 Approval:6/26/2015
TSC

Thanks to Q,Spec and all the great folks on this forum

[Kanmani]

Congratulations helooo !!!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy the freedom.

[qesehmk]

Congrats heloo! Enjoy the freedom!

Hello All,
Best news of my life:
On June 26, 2015, we ordered your new card for Receipt Number SRC149032xxxxx, and will mail it to the address you gave us.
PD 6/16/2008
RD. 07/01/2014
Interview:Jan,2015
485 Approval:6/26/2015
TSC

Thanks to Q,Spec and all the great folks on this forum

[imdeng]

Congratulations helooo! Wish you all the best for the green life ahead.

[Spectator]

Hello All,
Best news of my life:
On June 26, 2015, we ordered your new card for Receipt Number SRC149032xxxxx, and will mail it to the address you gave us.
PD 6/16/2008
RD. 07/01/2014
Interview:Jan,2015
485 Approval:6/26/2015
TSC

Thanks to Q,Spec and all the great folks on this forum

helooo,

Many congratulations.

I am sure it must be a big relief to you.

All the best for the future.

[helooo]

helooo,

Many congratulations.

I am sure it must be a big relief to you.

All the best for the future.

Thanks everyone!

After waiting for so long and then getting interview call,everything I went through which we expect in worse case scenario but at last getting GC was really a big relief.I think the lesson I learned was not to postpone anything for GC,it may take time but you will get it.Never loose hope......

You all are very helpful and lot of folks like me always wait for your predictions as they are accurate.Thanks again and please keep up the good work

[Jagan01]

Hello All,
Best news of my life:
On June 26, 2015, we ordered your new card for Receipt Number SRC149032xxxxx, and will mail it to the address you gave us.
PD 6/16/2008
RD. 07/01/2014
Interview:Jan,2015
485 Approval:6/26/2015
TSC

Thanks to Q,Spec and all the great folks on this forum

congratilulations helooo

[gcq]

Everyone,

It is my turn to announce it.
I-485 was approved for myself and wife on this "beautiful" day of August 4 2015.
Spec and Q, your predictions for my case has materialized. May god bless you all !

PD: May 06 2004 ( EB3-I )
RFE issued: June 30 2015
USCIS received RFE Response: July 31 2015
I-485 approved: Aug 04 2015