Celebrations & Thanks

[qesehmk]

Wow! Many congrats GCQ.

If Joe Biden were to listen to this he would say this is a "Big f....ng deal".

So what's the plan for the rest of the week!!

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

[gcq]

Wow! Many congrats GCQ.

If Joe Biden were to listen to this he would say this is a "Big f....ng deal".

So what's the plan for the rest of the week!!

Thanks Q.
Rest of the week - let this freedom sink in and am going to enjoy this feeling for a while.
Feels nice to be a free man after 11 years of wait and 15 years in this country.

[Spectator]

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

gcq,

Many congratulations!!

It's always particularly sweet to see one of the old timers complete the wait.

Enjoy.

[Jagan01]

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

Congratulations gcq !!

[gcq]

Thanks Jagan, Spec !

[gten20]

Congrats gcq!

[idiotic]

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

God bless. Congrats.

[imdeng]

gcq - Congratulations to you and your family. Best wishes for the green life ahead. It is so nice to see one of the old guard get through the finish line.

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

[gcq]

Thanks gten20, idiotic, imdeng.
Enjoying the green side of US life now !

[Kanmani]

Congratulations gcq !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Enjoy!

[sportsfan33]

Hi gcq,

Just saw the update...gosh, my frequenting of the immigration boards has certainly dropped!

Congratulations Another one to be greened. Almost all the old timers are finally getting out of the line for good.

Hopefully the September bulletin covers a lot of people. Good luck to all!

[gcq]

Thank you Kanmani, Sportsfan33 !

[pdfeb09]

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

Congratulations gcq ! ..

I haven't been frequenting the forum as much as I used to, and so missed this update earlier.

Congratulations and enjoy the greenery !

[qesehmk]

GCQ you got really lucky there. Got through this mess by the skin of your teeth!

[suninphx]

GCQ you got really lucky there. Got through this mess by the skin of your teeth!

He was in EB3 catagory. So wouldn't have been problem I guess. EB3I is at Dec 2004 now.(really happy for EB3I guys)

[qesehmk]

He was in EB3 catagory. So wouldn't have been problem I guess. EB3I is at Dec 2004 now.(really happy for EB3I guys)

Still that date was outside the range of pure EB3-I quota. The difference between May and Dec 2004 is a few months demand for EB3-ROW and thus depending on how efficiently USCIS processed EB3-ROW even May 2004 wouldn't have achieved.

[gcq]

Still that date was outside the range of pure EB3-I quota. The difference between May and Dec 2004 is a few months demand for EB3-ROW and thus depending on how efficiently USCIS processed EB3-ROW even May 2004 wouldn't have achieved.

Interesting observations. But USCIS cannot realistically process fresh I-485 cases that fast. Fresh I-485 cases has to go through steps like FBI check, name check. This involves multiple agencies and delay introduced by them.

[gcq]

Congratulations gcq ! ..

I haven't been frequenting the forum as much as I used to, and so missed this update earlier.

Congratulations and enjoy the greenery !

Thanks pdfeb09 !

[suninphx]

Still that date was outside the range of pure EB3-I quota. The difference between May and Dec 2004 is a few months demand for EB3-ROW and thus depending on how efficiently USCIS processed EB3-ROW even May 2004 wouldn't have achieved.

Q, you can stretch your point for debate sake but I don;t agree with your point. In all probability EB3I is going to progress in coming year.

[qesehmk]

Yes EB3I will continue to progress without a doubt. The reason is very simple. They are at the bottom of the rung of Visa hierarchy. So DoS has no reason to move those dates in a knee jerk reaction.

You probably didn't understand my point. What I meant to say is EB3-I wouldn't have reached even May 2004 on its own let alone Dec 2004. The difference between May and Dec is not much given most EB3 have already ported. That difference is barely 2-3 months of EB3-ROW demand. Given how EB3-ROW moved 2 or more years in a single year - 2-3 months is 10% of that demand which means if USCIS was even 10% more diligent in processing EB3-ROW - EB3-I wouldnt reach even May 2004.

Just trying to explain if you didn't understand. If you have a different view point would love to hear.

Q, you can stretch your point for debate sake but I don;t agree with your point. In all probability EB3I is going to progress in coming year.

[qesehmk]

Interesting observations. But USCIS cannot realistically process fresh I-485 cases that fast. Fresh I-485 cases has to go through steps like FBI check, name check. This involves multiple agencies and delay introduced by them.

Not always true. Many folks - particularly from EB1 - have 485 processed in 4 months. In fact most EB1-A/B folks have them done in 4-8 months. That's why you don't see EB1 folks visiting these kind of forums!

[suninphx]

Yes EB3I will continue to progress without a doubt. The reason is very simple. They are at the bottom of the rung of Visa hierarchy. So DoS has no reason to move those dates in a knee jerk reaction.

You probably didn't understand my point. What I meant to say is EB3-I wouldn't have reached even May 2004 on its own let alone Dec 2004. The difference between May and Dec is not much given most EB3 have already ported. That difference is barely 2-3 months of EB3-ROW demand. Given how EB3-ROW moved 2 or more years in a single year - 2-3 months is 10% of that demand which means if USCIS was even 10% more diligent in processing EB3-ROW - EB3-I wouldnt reach even May 2004.

Just trying to explain if you didn't understand. If you have a different view point would love to hear.

Q,
None of this explains why you said gcq got lucky. If I am missing something so be it. Its not imprtant now as gcq has GC already.

[qesehmk]

Q,
None of this explains why you said gcq got lucky. If I am missing something so be it. Its not imprtant now as gcq has GC already.

Because GCQ's date is May 2004 - or I may be wrong. That's what I thought.

How is life treating you post GC!! ??

[gcq]

Because GCQ's date is May 2004 - or I may be wrong. That's what I thought.

How is life treating you post GC!! ??

Of course green and colourful My PD is May 06 2004.

[kiran_july_2004]

Folks,

So far I have been only a reader but today, finally, I too got a chance to post some thing to share my joy with all of you. So far, the picture was same but today, this is what I see there "09/03/2015 We ordered your new card"

For me and my wife, the story is same!!!

For the record,

My PD is 07/09/2004
Got Only one RFE for g325, Medicals and EVL on 07/14/2015
Ordered new card: 09/03/2015 (Today... Hurray!)
Cards received: (I am not much worried about this now and I want forget this Immigration thing for some time)

Thanks so much to all for all the arguments, information, funny comments that I get to read every day here, which actually kept me going so far!!!

-Kiran